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Understanding Sewer Systems

Understanding Sewer Systems

January 9, 2024

There are three main types of sewer systems: Sanitary, stormwater and combined. Sanitary sewer systems handle wastewater, and stormwater sewer systems handle stormwater. Wastewater must be cleaned at wastewater treatment facilities before being released back into the environment; stormwater systems move stormwater directly to nearby bodies of water without treatment. Everything is Connected Have you

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What’s up with my water bill? (Update)

December 19, 2023

MetroConnects serves more than 100,000 customers in unincorporated areas of Greenville County, as well as the City of Travelers Rest. But you may be wondering more about who we are, and why there are charges from us on your water bill. Who We Are Metro was established in 1969 by the South Carolina General Assembly

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US Water Alliance Forging the Way Toward a Net Zero Future

December 14, 2023

US Water Alliance and the Water Research Foundation Join Forces Climate change is upon us, and it is everyone’s responsibility to take measures to help dampen its effects. The US Water Alliance is helping the water and wastewater industries do just that with its new project on climate action in the water sector. Working with

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Human Rights Day: Water (Sanitation) is a Human Right

December 7, 2023

Human Rights are Everyone’s Rights This December 10 marks the 75 Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This groundbreaking declaration enshrines the right to dignity and equity  to “all members of the human family” regardless of  race, color, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other

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Toilets and (GIS) Tech: Celebrating Our Two Favorite Things

November 16, 2023

A Few of Our Favorite Things This week at MetroConnects celebrate two of our favorite things: Our Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team and toilets! GIS Day, which is Nov. 15 every year, and World Toilet Day, which takes place on Nov. 19, are set aside to help us appreciate the work of each of these …

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Keep Things Running Smoothly This Toilet Tank Repair Month

October 27, 2023

Toilet Tank Troubles Maybe it’s that faint sound of a drip, drip, drip that you notice late on night. Or the need to jiggle jiggle the toilet handle each time you flush. Or the slow, slow circling of water and waste as it makes its way  down the drain. In each of these cases, your

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This Energy Action Month: Shower Better!

October 17, 2023

October marks National Clean Energy Action Month and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Shower Better Month. Good energy and water management helps preserve natural resources and strengthens the resilience of local infrastructure.  And this ultimately saves YOU money. That’s a win three ways! Water Infrastructure and Energy Management Water infrastructure, including the wastewater infrastructure operated by

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Source Water Protection Week

September 25, 2023

Source Water Noun a raw of untreated source of water — typically surface water or groundwater — used for current or potentially future drinking water. Source Water Protection Noun a proactive approach to safeguard, maintain, or improve the quality and/or quantity of drinking water sources and their contributing areas. Source Water Protection Week Noun a

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