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Mastering water quality parameters for wastewater ensures community health
Karoline Qasem
Water quality management is serious. Municipalities must manage the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of surface water and groundwater to facilitate a healthy community, which is no sm...
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2024 Fehr Graham Scholarship winners announced
Fehr Graham
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce that five high school students received the Fehr Graham Scholarship. In its first year, the 58 students applied ...
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Sludge management in wastewater treatment explained
Lucas Elsbernd
Sewage sludge is a wastewater treatment byproduct, a semi-solid slurry of organic matter, trace chemicals and inorganic solids. The effective management, treatment and disposal of sewage sludge is a m...
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Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program requirements and how they’re shaping communities
Noah Carmichael
Our roadways are about to become safer for drivers and pedestrians, and it's about time. With millions injured every year, change couldn't come soon enough. When streets and roads are unsafe, people p...
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Former casket factory overcomes challenges to create affordable housing in Fond du Lac
Dillon Plamann
Renovating a property listed on the historic registry is difficult. Doing it while also changing the property's intended use is even harder. Taking that on after a fire and with hazardous contaminatio...
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A look at the Lead Service Line Replacement Program in Iowa communities
Bridgette Stocks
Does your drinking water come from lead pipes, also known as service lines? Chances are more likely if your house was built before 1950. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates more t...
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PFAS update 2024: Exploring legislative standards for environmental protection
Jennifer Buholzer
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first-ever nationwide, legally enforceable drinking water standard for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This rule represents th...
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