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Grass. Again.

March 18, 2024
In local news the war on grass continues in Southern Nevada. Lucky holdouts will now receive, “for a limited time only,” $5 for each square foot of grass replaced ...
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Potable Water Quality

WQA marks 50-year anniversary as a trade association

Feb. 13, 2024
After its establishment in 1974, the Water Quality Association now has more than 2,500 member companies across the globe.
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Infrastructure Funding

EPA celebrates $46M for Canton, Ohio water treatment

Feb. 12, 2024
A $46 million investment from Ohio’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program will help to modernize the Sugar Creek Water Treatment Plant.
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Potable Water Quality

Study demonstrates faster PFAS test method

Feb. 9, 2024
A new approach to PFAS testing using paper spray mass spectrometry could detect key PFAS down to 1 ppt within minutes, according to the study’s authors.
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Potable Water Quality

Researchers' sensor detects lead in water to parts-per-quadrillion

Feb. 8, 2024
A new ultra-sensitive sensor for lead in water can detect the metal at record low concentrations, down to the parts per quadrillion level.
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Drinking Water

Mississippi River basin drought conditions officially over

Feb. 5, 2024
Drought conditions that had affected the Mississippi River’s commercial operations since September 2022 are officially over, according to the USACE Mississippi Valley Division...