JIM: WESH 2’S CHRIS GUARDARO REPORTS MANY PEOPLE NOW WANT TO KNOW WHY THE CITY DID NOT ALERT THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. CHRIS: WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS SHUT DOWN RIGHT NOW WHILE WATER INSPECTORS ARE ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A power outage at a key facility that produces chlorine to treat drinking water and sewage in the Northwest has put state officials on alert. Oregon officials stressed Thursday during ...

Ever since the advent of modern plumbing, people have embraced a practice of flush and forget. Unfortunately, public works employees and clean-water advocates rarely enjoy such a luxury, and recent ...

As anyone who’s ever owned a pet fish or gone to a public swimming pool knows, chlorine is commonly used to disinfect water. Ironically, when it comes to sewage treatment, it may be doing just the ...

Though chlorine has been the most common and well-known method of water treatment for many decades, in Logan Township, another form of disinfection reigns supreme. Logan Township has used ultraviolet ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - Built atop a manmade hill at Fort Riley is the Water Treatment Facility where employees work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to ensure the Fort Riley community has safe, clean ...

One person was injured and a school sheltered in place after a chlorine leak at Ephrata's waste water treatment plant on Monday. Chlorine leaked from a 150 pound cylinder inside the public works ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - A hazardous materials situation at the Waste Water Treatment plant in southwest Detroit has been contained. Detroit Fire Chief John King says a HAZMAT team and firefighters were called ...

WEBVTT ELI ROSENBERG IS LIVE IN PARKVILLE TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. ELI: MAJOR POWER PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE CHLORINE AND THAT HELPS WITH THE TREATMENT OF THE WATER. WHEN THE -- THE POWER CAME ...

Oregon is experiencing a shortage of chlorine, the chemical used in small amounts by water treatment facilities to prevent harmful bacteria growth in drinking water supply. State officials say they ...

A Somerset dairy farm has slashed mastitis cases, cut water bills and boosted milk yields after tackling a hidden water ...

MIDDLETOWN — City water customers may have noticed their tap water has a stronger smell and taste of chlorine, something Middletown Water and Sewer Department Director Joseph Fazzino attributes to how ...