The Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to discuss the innovative advances...
Wastewater System Funding Articles
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News Briefs: White House Announces $10 Billion Rural Infrastructure Fund
Rural infrastructure will receive a financial shot in the arm, thanks to a $10 billion private fund aimed at creating jobs and...
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EPA To Grant $27.5 Million for 2014 Great Lakes Restoration Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a request for applications, soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for...
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News Briefs: Heavy Rains and Sump Pumps Cause WWTP Woes
Heavy rains and excess water from homeowner sump pumps nearly caused disaster at a treatment plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., last week.“Our...
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News Briefs: Report Says, 'Expect More Job Openings in Wastewater Infrastructure'
Infrastructure jobs are a growing opportunity — and a growing problem — according to a new report from the Brookings Institute. In...
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News Briefs: Maine Wastewater Systems Receive $30 Million
Seven Maine wastewater treatment facilities received a funding boost from the U.S. Department of Agriculture during an Earth Day celebration in Hartland,...
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Top Issues Facing Large Wastewater Treatment Systems
If money is the biggest challenge facing small wastewater treatment systems, big systems have the same issue — complicated by an ever-changing...
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Top Issues Facing Small Wastewater Treatment Systems
On its website, the U.S. EPA lists what it considers the biggest challenges facing small (less than 1 mgd) wastewater treatment systems:
Economic/financial...
Blogs
Of Funding Gaps and Creative Solutions
We know that aging infrastructure and funding are top concerns for the water and wastewater industry (see Top 10 Issues Facing the...
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EPA Awards Over $30 Million Pacific Territories for Environmental Protection
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded over $30 million as part of a yearly program that provides grants to Guam, the...
Editorial
We Can’t Afford What?
Reports on aging infrastructure come out every so often, a few of them each year, it seems, from different entities.
A report earlier...












