NEWS: “Animal rescued from drain pipe” are the feel-good stories you need right now

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• December 1st, 2016
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In a world of chaos, discord, and debate, saving animals from precarious situations make even the most hardened of hearts feel a tinge of sentimentality. Recent weeks have seen an uptick of news stories focused on animals being rescued from danger, specifically sewer and drain-pipe rescues that draw a...

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SPORTS: What would happen if Michael Phelps tried swimming in our tanks?

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• August 8th, 2016
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As swimmer Michael Phelps places more gold medals around his neck during these Olympic Games in Rio, we wondered how he’d fare in an environment more unusual than a 50-meter chlorinated pool. Southerly first-stage aeration tanks Could Phelps swim in one of these long bubbling channels known as an...

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#SewerDebate: The 2016 election is about to go down the drain April 26, and for a good reason.

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• April 18th, 2016
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We want to make sewers great again. Our first-ever #SewerDebate will take place on Twitter all day Tuesday, April 26. You will be able to cast your votes in a series of Twitter polls throughout the day as we pose water and infrastructure questions about the four leading Presidential...

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TRENDING: 5 other things that make Crying Jordan cry

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• April 5th, 2016
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The meme to end all memes wants you to know that some things are worth crying over. Here are five unexpected events that get Crying Jordan all misty. Seeing you flush your unused meds down the toilet. Crying Jordan reminds you to dispose of your pills safely. Flushing them...

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SCIENCE: Tardigrade takeover? How the indestructible water bear parallels “The Walking Dead”

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• March 21st, 2016
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For all you The Walking Dead fans out there, you may be surprised to see a similarity between this AMC franchise and the science of water quality. We introduce you to the Are-you-kidding-me?-Is-that-thing-still-alive?!? water bear, also known as the tardigrade. These microscopic buggers are known for their ability to...

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#SewerBowl: Because we know the biggest games are won in the trenches.

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• January 19th, 2016
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Game on, football fans. For the fourth straight year, water and sewer infrastructure will take the field during the Super Bowl as we cover some of the unexpected #SewerBowl stats and stories from our accounts. From the beverages consumed to the systems that take it away from your homes...

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HISTORY: This viral list of 1915 facts is full of lies. Except the ones about water.

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• December 31st, 2015
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Turns out this viral list of 1915 “facts” rounding out 2015 is actually a fake, filled with untruths and misleading statements. But FWIW, it turns out the few about water are indeed true. Gizmodo’s Factually posted a breakdown of the list, a graphic that has made its internet rounds...

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WATCH: When we sense a disturbance in the Force, things tend to get messy. #StarWars

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• December 17th, 2015
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We don’t think this is the Force George Lucas or J.J. Abrams had in mind. Still, clean water wouldn’t be the same without it. Our own treatment-plant Jedi Christen Wood shows us how force and the rarely-seen sludge “explosion” helps keep a sewer line clear and gives the Death...

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LIST: 9 ways the movie Elf pretty much sums up any water lesson we could ever teach

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• December 7th, 2015
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The life lessons offered in Will Ferrell’s Elf are profound and unparalleled. In this holiday season, we invite you to reflect on nine specific clean-water insights only Buddy can convey.   A short shower is just as effective as a long one.  Everyone needs some alone time. Let your...

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TRENDING: Never forget, it was a toilet that made time travel possible. #BackToTheFutureDay

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• October 21st, 2015
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Back To The Future‘s Doc Brown and his illustration of the time-travel-enabling flux capacitor. The future has arrived. As the past. In the present. Thanks to a toilet. October 21, 2015 has been declared Back To The Future Day, a day of ’80s sci-fi nostalgia, the date to which...

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