https://www.wcmu.org/tags/waste-water-treatment Waste Water Treatment en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:14:33 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-07-29/mcdonald-rivet-pushes-for-federal-funding-to-upgrade-mid-michigan-wastewater-system Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet is pushing for federal funding to upgrade Buena Vista Township’s aging wastewater treatment plant, which still runs on a floppy disk system. Local officials said the outdated facility poses growing risks to public health and the environment. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:14:33 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-07-29/mcdonald-rivet-pushes-for-federal-funding-to-upgrade-mid-michigan-wastewater-system Alexandrea Ladiski https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-02/retirements-by-water-and-wastewater-plant-operators-are-leading-to-workforce-shortages Baby boomers are part of a "silver tsunami" of retirements sweeping across the nation's drinking water and wastewater systems. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:22:43 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-02/retirements-by-water-and-wastewater-plant-operators-are-leading-to-workforce-shortages Lester Graham https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-01-19/two-birds-one-stone-growing-sector-turns-to-biogas-systems-for-fuel-waste-reduction We’re all likely familiar with renewable energy like solar, wind, and water, but decomposing things like rotting food, stinking manure, and sewage waste also release energy. This source of power - known as biogas - has largely been untapped... Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:26:34 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-01-19/two-birds-one-stone-growing-sector-turns-to-biogas-systems-for-fuel-waste-reduction Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2021-07-06/is-tap-water-chemical-soup All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. Some of the industrial byproducts, agricultural… Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:37:25 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2021-07-06/is-tap-water-chemical-soup Lester Graham