Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a video surfaces of firefighters using a leaf blower to rescue a kitten trapped in a 4-inch pipe at a treatment plant
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a city in Nevada will drain its wastewater plant to eradicate an odor that has plagued the facility since an illegal dumping incident two years ago
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a North Carolina town will test its wastewater for opioid use; and a company selling bottled water is accused of illegally disposing of hazardous waste
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a hazardous chemical reaction results in the evacuation of a wastewater plant in San Francisco; and a computer malfunction in Vermont causes a 3-million-gallon spill into Lake Champlain
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a lightning strike turns water brown in Massachusetts; and a worker is seriously injured after a 30-foot fall into a tank at a treatment plant
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, Salem, Oregon, continues its fight against cyanotoxins; and designers are making wedding dresses out of toilet paper
In this week's water and wastewater news, a Minnesota city declares a state of emergency after a treatment plant fire; and the failure of a membrane system in Iowa leaves customers from nine counties boiling water
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, firefighters respond to a chlorine leak in Oklahoma City; and a brewery in Sweden is marketing and selling beer made from recycled wastewater
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a treatment plant worker in Manitoba dies after falling from a chemical storage tank; and scientists detect traces of opioids in Puget Sound's mussel population
In this week's water and wastewater news, the U.S. EPA backpedals after disallowing some reporters to attend its National Leadership Summit on PFAS in drinking water; and Michigan gets closer to enacting the strictest lead-level regulations in the nation