Here's a quick roundup of this month's industry news. Track the industry's movers and shakers, learn about company acquisitions, get the skinny on new products and more.

See what’s going on around the country in this listing of new water and wastewater projects

In its fourth week, the partial shutdown of the federal government leaves U.S. EPA inspectors off duty and stalls infrastructure projects

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A treatment plant operator shares her experience working at the bottom of the world at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a pump failure in Atlanta, Georgia, leaves untreated waste flowing into a river for days