The Value of Water Campaign recently announced that the sixth annual Infrastructure Week will take place May 14-21. Across the country, hundreds of businesses,...
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Study Estimates Water Efficiency Could Boost Economy by Billions of Dollars
A direct investment of $10 billion in water and energy efficiency programs could boost U.S gross domestic product by $13 to $15...
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Affordable, Yet Effective Ways to Fight Drought
Small additions to water supply infrastructure rather than expensive, large-scale projects. That’s the better approach for combatting problems like drought, according to...
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EPA Tool Offers One-Stop Shop for Infrastructure Financing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching the Water Finance Clearinghouse, a web‐based portal to help communities make more informed financing decisions...
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Convincing Consumers to Dedicate Dollars to Infrastructure
The adage “out of sight, out of mind” is a particularly common one in the water and wastewater industry. It’s often made...
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America Needs to Get Its Infrastructure Grades Up
If America’s infrastructure were a student, he or she would be a candidate for remedial classes. In its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card,...
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Funding the High Cost of Aging Infrastructure
Reports about the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure often are accompanied by a price tag — an especially high one. In...
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Water Week Highlights Need for Investments in Infrastructure
In recognition of Water Week and World Water Day March 22, advocates around the nation underlined a need for significant investments in...
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Nation’s Water Infrastructure Gets a Passing Grade
Last week, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, an assessment of the nation’s infrastructure produced every...
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Water Treatment Vulnerabilities Exposed Via Simulated Ransomware Attack
Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ransomware that was able to take control of a...
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Updated Water Management Plan to Help Utilities Meet Infrastructure Challenges
Nearly a decade after an agreement among six water trade organizations and the EPA that pledged to develop a water sector utility...
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Was Flint Just the Beginning of a National Health Crisis?
Since the Flint water crisis came to light in the spring of 2014, concerns over elevated lead levels in drinking water have...
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AWWA Letter Urges Trump to Prioritize Water Infrastructure
In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) is urging the new administration to make water infrastructure...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Beer Gets a Boost in Arizona
The Southwest Water Campus — a coalition of water companies and utilities — is being awarded a $250,000 grant to promote beer...














