Water
API Praises Admin Action to Rescind WOTUS Rule
The American Petroleum Institute (API) praised actions taken by the Trump administration earlier this week to rescind the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. “Today’s action by the administration will help spur U.S. job creation by providing the regulatory certainty needed to encourage i..
Study: Clean Drinking Water More Important to Americans than Clean Air
According to “Perspectives on America’s Water,” a new study conducted by PSB, on behalf of Nestlé Waters North America, access to clean drinking water and the nation’s water infrastructure are major concerns for Americans across the country. The study, the first of its kind to gather both the opini..
Michigan Sues Flint After Council Refuses to OK Water Deal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The state of Michigan sued Flint Wednesday, alleging that the city council’s refusal to approve a broadly backed deal to buy water long term from a Detroit-area system is endangering public health in the wake of a man-made crisis that left the supply contaminated with lead. Th..
Trump Administration Moves to Withdraw Obama’s Water Rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved Tuesday to roll back an Obama administration policy that protected more than half the nation’s streams from pollution but drew attacks from farmers, fossil fuel companies and property-rights groups as federal overreach. The 2015 regulation sought t..
Texas Town Receives $5.5 Million for Water, Wastewater Projects
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved financial assistance in the amount of $5.5 million, consisting of a $1.6 million loan from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and a $3.9 million loan from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, to the city of Gladewater. The assistance provi..
Georgia Utility Awards Sewer Contract
The Walker County Water & Sewerage Authority (WCWSA) has awarded a $297,000 contract to Insituform, an Aegion Company, to combat millions of gallons of stormwater infiltrating its system. The project involves renewing and extending the life of 11,000 feet of sewer line, utilizing a cured in place p..
More than $16 Million Awarded for South Dakota Water, Wastewater Projects
The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources has approved more than $16 million for water and wastewater projects. Loans were awarded to the following municipalities: Eagle Butte, $940,000 in two loans, which includes a $670,000 loan for sanitary and storm sewer improv..
Artesian Water Completes Infrastructure Project
Artesian Resources Corporation’s principal subsidiary, Artesian Water Company, Inc. has achieved full regionalization of drinking water throughout its growing southern New Castle County service area. In June 2017, Artesian’s transmission and distribution teams completed several critical service con..
Flint Extends Contract for Detroit-area Water Supply
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Flint has extended its water contract with the Great Lakes Water Authority to September as the impoverished Michigan city struggles to recover from a lead-tainted water crisis. The Flint Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2teV69f ) that the city council approved the short-term..
West Virginia American Water Begins Infrastructure Upgrades
West Virginia American Water today announced it is beginning work on the following water infrastructure improvement projects: An approximately $70,000 project to replace 500 feet of 1950s-era water line with new six-inch PVC line in South Hills. The project will take place along Bridg..
California's Giant Water Tunnels Win First Crucial Approval
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials gave crucial first approval Monday to California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decades-old ambitions to build two massive tunnels that would re-engineer the water system in the nation’s most populous state. The National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wi..
Pennsylvania American Water Begins Two Water Main Upgrade Projects
Pennsylvania American Water has announced work is underway on the following construction projects: Upgrading more than 3,500 feet of water main in Clarks Summit and South Abington Township to improve reliability for customers, reduce service disruptions and increase water flows for firefighting. ..
Pennsylvania American Water Begins Water Line Expansion
Pennsylvania American Water has started construction to extend water lines in Butler County to provide public water service to the Summit Township Elementary School and approximately 100 residential customers. The elementary school was closed in January after reports of lead and E.coli contami..
Contracts Awarded for Underground Utilities Construction
The Palm Beach Town Council has approved the following contracts for underground utilities construction: More than $4.8 million to Burkhardt Construction for undergrounding, water main and drainage improvements $7.9 million to Whiting-Turner Contracting for the installation of underground utilit..
Feds To Give Update On California’s Big Water Tunnels
The federal regulators evaluating Gov. Jerry Brown’s decades-old ambitions to re-engineer the water supplies from California’s largest river are promising a status update Monday, as Brown’s $16 billion proposal to shunt part of the Sacramento through two mammoth tunnels awaits a crucial yes or no fr..
Florida DEP Approves Nearly $39 Million for Water Pipeline Projects
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs recently selected seven clean water and drinking water pipeline projects around the state for $38.6 million in low-interest loans and grants. Both programs provide l..
New Study Highlights How to Make Infrastructure Relevant Again
Brodeur Partners, a global strategic communications firm, today announced the results of a new study, “Making Infrastructure Relevant Again” which looks at voters’ sense of urgency toward the nation’s aging infrastructure. Among other things, the study revealed that voters give high marks to the..
Company Removing Chemical from North Carolina Water
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A company says it will remove an unregulated chemical from wastewater that’s been dumped in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina for more than 35 years. Chemours of Wilmington, Delaware, said Tuesday it will capture the GenX chemical and dispose of it. North Carolina Envir..
Underground Construction Industry Applauds Proposed Sewer, Water Infrastructure Legislation
Legislation that would open the door to private investment in water and wastewater infrastructure investment was introduced today by U.S. Reps. John “Jimmy” Duncan (R-Tenn.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.). The Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act, which would remove water and wastewater..
Contract Awarded for Lewis and Clark Water Pipeline Project
TEA, S.D. (AP) — The organization responsible for a system that delivers water to towns and rural water systems in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota has awarded a contract to construct a pipeline. The Lewis and Clark Regional Water System board of directors said Thursday that a roughly $2.2 mi..
$8.5 Million Investment in Water System Nears Completion
Illinois American Water has announced that its $8.5 million investment in the Metro East water distribution system is nearing completion. The project includes 2.6 miles of water main installation on Front Street in East St. Louis. In 2016, the company completed phase one of the project, which inclu..
Philadelphia Expanding, Improving Low-income Water Program
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Water Department is launching a new program next month to provide discounted service to low-income families. Philly.com (http://bit.ly/2sRCnQx ) says the city expects about 50,000 households to participate, about five times as many as the city’s current program ..
Report: New York Should Do More to Protect Drinking Water
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new report from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli concludes that state officials can do more to protect residents from drinking water contamination. The findings are part of an analysis released by DiNapoli’s office on Monday. They come after potentially harmful industrial ..
Drain Pipe Collapse Forces Street Closure in Macomb County
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A drainage pipe collapse has forced the closure of a street in Macomb County’s Harrison Township. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens reports (http://bit.ly/2tl9ObK ) Monday that the 48-inch pipe beneath North River Road near Interstate 94 collapsed Friday. ..
Avanti Creates New Online Video Series to Solve Sewer, Water Problems
After years of collaboration and development with multiple authorities, Avanti International today announced that Fundamentals of Municipal Grouting, a 16-module video series designed as an interactive learning experience for solving Infiltration and Inflow (I&I) issues in sanitary sewer and storm w..
Michigan Governor Defends Cabinet Members Charged in Flint Water Crisis
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – An apologetic Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was largely silent last year when criminal charges were brought against state officials over Flint’s man-made drinking water crisis, except to say some “bureaucrats” had failed residents and that he was focused on the city’s recovery. No..
Improvements In HDD Technology Over Last 50 Years
by Robert Carpenter Editor-in-Chief It is said that the last 50 years have seen more accumulation of knowledge and technological developments than in all the previous history of mankind. Today, technology, on an annual basis, is advancing geometrically. It has changed our lives in ways we cannot ev..
How To Get The Most From Your PACP-Certified Software
By NASSCO Member Ronnie Flannery-Guy, Business Development, Aqua Data Software certified by NASSCO’s Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) is required to generate and import a standard database file that is fully compatible with PACP. Contractors and system owners across the country have..
TTC Celebrates 10-Year Partnership With China For Trenchless R&D
For 27 years, the Trenchless Technology Center (TTC), an industry/university/government research center at Louisiana Tech University, has served as a global leader for the development of technologies influencing almost every aspect of trenchless construction methods. In April, the TTC’s Dr. Thomas ..
Water Sector M&A Tops $57 Billion
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global water sector exceeded $20 billion in 2016, pushing the three-year total valuation of announced deals to more than $57 billion, according to Bluefield Research’s new report, Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Key Trends in a Changing Global Landscape. The in-d..
- 290-mile gas pipeline expansion proposed across Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina
- $227 million Garnet Valley water project advances, set to create 73,000 jobs in Nevada
- Pasadena, Calif., undergrounding project could take 500 years to finish
- Construction underway for $1.4 billion, 60-mile water pipeline in Chicago
- HDD industry faces challenges as cities push back on fiber drilling disruptions
- Gehl and Mustang offer world’s largest skid loader
- Growing Pains and Gains
- Authorities investigating trench collapse that killed worker in Ashburn, Va.
- Pasadena, Calif., undergrounding project could take 500 years to finish
- $227 million Garnet Valley water project advances, set to create 73,000 jobs in Nevada