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Americans Likely to Open Their Wallets at Businesses with Clean Restrooms

Businesses that make a point to clean up their restrooms may also clean up in sales, according to new national research conducted by Bradley Corporation. The annual Healthy Hand Washing Survey reveals that almost half...
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's McCook Reservoir

Water Unleashed Into Greater Chicago’s McCook Reservoir for First Time

For the first time, water came gushing into the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's (MWRD's) McCook Reservoir Thursday, demonstrating a fully functioning system designed to prevent polluted water from entering local waterways...
Watts Offers Free E-book on Backflow Prevention for Water Professionals

Watts Offers Free E-book on Backflow Prevention for Water Professionals

Watts has published a new e-book – Water Safety: Protecting Our Communities from Backflow Incidents – to help early-career plumbing engineers and others understand the serious risks of backflow and what they can do...
Flint, MI

Update on the Flint Water Crisis

On June 14, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced a new round of charges being filed against local and state officials, officers, and employees in Flint, MI. In the most serious charges leveled to...