Centralia expects new water-treatment plant to begin operating this fall
Centralia officials say the city’s new water-treatment plant remains on track to begin operating in fall 2026, with equipment installation expected by August.
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Mound water-main project enters summer construction stages with Commerce Boulevard detours
Mound’s Phase 2 water-main project is moving through service reconnections, temporary pavement repairs and pedestrian-ramp work, with closures and lane reductions continuing through summer 2026.
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Townsend begins testing $14 million water-system project ahead of August 2026 startup
Testing is underway on Townsend’s delayed water-system project, including a new water tower expected to come online in August 2026.
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Temple Terrace continues work on a plan to remove PFAS from its drinking water
Temple Terrace officials were moving closer to a plan for addressing elevated PFAS in the city’s municipal water system, but a final treatment project had not been announced.
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Stilwell targets summer 2026 operation for new water-treatment plant
Stilwell expects its new water-treatment plant to be fully operational in summer 2026, with the broader water and wastewater project targeted for completion by October.
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Citronelle Water System Gets $12 Million for Meters, Well and Water Main
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management made $12 million available for South Alabama Utilities’ Citronelle drinking-water modernization project.
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Cedar Park Begins Temporary Switch From Chloramine to Chlorine
Cedar Park began a temporary switch from chloramine to free chlorine on Aug. 3 as regional water-system maintenance affects four area communities.
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Bowie water notice affects West Pecan Street as annual chlorine conversion begins
Bowie issued a boil-water notice for the 500–700 blocks of West Pecan Street on Aug. 6, the same day its annual chlorine conversion began.
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Storm Lake water conservation order continues after two wells remain out of service
Storm Lake’s mandatory water-conservation declaration remained in effect July 26 after two municipal wells went out of service and demand stayed close to the treatment plant’s capacity.
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Twain Harte-area water project sets August design milestone ahead of September groundbreaking
The Sierra Pines Regional Water Treatment Facility project has a schedule calling for 30% design and a 30% cost estimate in August 2026, followed by a September groundbreaking and construction completion in June 2029.
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University of Hawaiʻi research targets safer drinking water after fuel contamination
A new NSF-supported University of Hawaiʻi project will study how chlorine reacts with fuel in drinking-water supplies, with the goal of improving treatment decisions after contamination.