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The water sector's top ten stories of 2012

What were the water and wastewater industry's highlights over 2012? WaterWorld.com has tracked down the top ten most popular stories viewed by you, water and wastewater professionals…

NH sand and gravel facility pays fine for Clean Water Act violations

SG Holdings, Inc. paid $150,000 to resolve EPA claims that it allowed polluted stormwater and process water from its Columbia facility to flow into nearby waters.

New Zealand capital chooses advanced IMS as network management system

InfoNet, an advanced infrastructure management system, was chosen by the Wellington City Council for its powerful analysis and business intelligence capabilities.

Kansas City water infrastructure improved with $75M of historically-low-interest bonds

InfoZine recently issued $75M in wastewater revenue bonds at a historically low interest rate of 2.86 percent to Kansas City, Mo., enabling Water Services to make water infrastructure improvements.

OH college seeks to become model stormwater campus using new technology

The College of Wooster committed to research a plan for what is needed to convert its grounds to a zero stormwater discharge campus.

Safety products

Allegro Industries offers a new catalog and website featuring its expanded product offering.

Manhole chimney seals

Cretex Specialty Products provides flexible, mechanical internal and external manhole frame-chimney seals for use on sanitary sewer manholes.

Rainwater catchment system design standard released for public comment

A new American National Standard to provide rainwater catchment system design and installation requirements is being jointly developed by the ASP and the ARCSA.

WERF to host 8th Annual Water Research Forum in Chicago

The Water Environment Research Foundation will host its 8th Annual Research Forum in Chicago, IL, sharing the latest on wastewater, stormwater, and water quality research.

New AGL report calls for prioritizing, preventing Great Lakes contaminants

An Alliance For The Great Lakes report shows that scientists are seeing alarming trends of increasing  chemicals and contaminants found in the Great Lakes.