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- Wastewater treatment plant to be site of largest NH solar project (2/21/14)
The town of Peterborough, N.H., recently announced that its wastewater treatment plant will be the site of the state’s largest solar installation to date. It will be built on a five-acre area -- formerly a wastewater lagoon -- that lies adjacent to the facility
- Communities talk wastewater (1/29/14)
EXETER — Portsmouth and Exeter have taken a first step in working to find a regional solution to the federal Environmental Protection Agency's crackdown on nitrogen discharge, as the city recently agreed to discuss the issue with Exeter.
- City seeking approval to extend sewer main (11/18/13)
DOVER — The City of Dover is planning to approve a sewer main extension to service a dozen homes along the Bellamy River, which City Manager Mike Joyal said is expected to have environmental benefits for that portion of the Great Bay Estuary
- Cranston sues landfill operator over wastewater discharge (10/29/13)
JOHNSTON — A lawsuit filed by the city of Cranston accuses the operator of Rhode Island’s Central Landfill of sending a stream of highly polluted wastewater to the city’s treatment facility.
- Fall River starts next phase of combined sewer overflow project (9/16/13)
For the next one and a half years, crews will be working mostly underground to furnish piping, chambers and equipment for a 10,000-square-foot screening and disinfectant facility serving this central part of the city, said Paul Ferland, city project manager for the community utilities division.
- No fracking in Connecticut, but what about its waste? (2/13/14)
Connecticut has no oil or gas deposits, and that means no fracking – the controversial natural gas and oil extraction process that strips them from rock. Yet Connecticut could have up to four bills on fracking this legislative session.
- DEEP honors new Southbury water treatment (12/3/13)
Connecticut environmental and educational officials on Tuesday praising a new Southbury wastewater pump station that will improve water quality in Transylvania Brook, which is a tributary to the Pomperaug River
- Warwick to borrow $56 million to complete sewer work started decades ago (11/14/13)
WARWICK — Rhode Island’s second-largest city took the first step toward finally installing sewers in the roughly 35 percent of the city that lacks them.
- Advocates Get Proactive When It Comes To Fracking Wastewater (10/22/13)
There are no plans for hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in Connecticut since there are no shale deposits, but advocates want the state to close a loophole that could allow companies to truck billions of gallons of wastewater into Connecticut from the fracking operations in nearby states.
- Ansonia mayor pushes for regional wastewater system with Derby (9/5/13)
ANSONIA - Mayor James Della Volpe said Thursday a plan to create a regional wastewater treatment system for Ansonia and Derby would save taxpayer dollars and protect the environment.