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The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust will receive a more than $50 million loan from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for wastewater infrastructure improvements.
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Hundreds of Oklahoma cities, towns and rural water districts applied for competitive grants to fund water and wastewater projects. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board has announced 76 communities across the state that are likely to receive that money and released a list that ranks all the applications by funding priority.
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Some areas of western Oklahoma are experiencing an uptick in illnesses caused by E. coli and other bacteria.
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The highly infectious viral disease can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases. Health officials are urging people to get vaccinated if they haven't been.
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With 60% of the state's population already covered by wastewater testing, Colorado is aiming to be a sentinel of coming contagion — not just of COVID surges, but of other types of diseases, too.
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This comes after an extremely rapid rise in December, where the number far exceeded previous pandemic records.
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The most practical alternative to earthquake-triggering oilfield disposal wells is for energy companies to reuse the wastewater instead of injecting it…
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Europe has extracted natural gas from organic waste for about a decade, and now it's spreading to the U.S. In Colorado, efforts are under way to produce natural gas from human waste and food scraps.