Your water pipeline infrastructure is sometimes “out of sight, out of mind.” But as those systems age, they can present multiple challenges....
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Membranes Replace Conventional Treatment in This Iowa City
A dozen years ago, the Iowa city of Council Bluffs needed more water treatment capacity to accommodate industrial and commercial growth.Instead of...
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What Does Wastewater Treatment Cost?
In my first newspaper jobs I covered a wide range of municipal organizations, including water and sewer utilities. One water utility had...
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See how the nation's engineers rate the condition of water and wastewater systems
In all my years of schooling I never had to bring home a report card with a D or F on it....
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Senate Panel Passes Drinking Water, Wastewater Treatment Bill
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has unanimously passed the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure ACT of 2021 — a bill...
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Floods Are Becoming More Frequent and Severe. Here's a New Approach to Suit Challenging Sites.
Critical infrastructure is not always well equipped to resist rising floodwaters and coastal inundation and erosion, which can cause millions of dollars...
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Diligent Care for the Water System Earned an Illinois Village a Utility Water Saver Award
The Illinois village of Mount Prospect has not had its own water plant for decades. It does have plenty of challenges to...
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Why Public Awareness is the Key to Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Investments
The nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure needs huge investment. The 2017 Infrastructure Report Card from the American Society of Civil Engineers gives...
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EPA Awards $3.9 Million to UT for Water Infrastructure Research
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it's awarding more than $3.9 million to the University of Texas at Austin to develop a center...
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Come Celebrate! It's Infrastructure Week 2016
On Monday, May 16, the Value of Water Coalition kicked off Infrastructure Week and a national tour of innovators in the water...
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Water Utilities Use Infrastructure Week to Educate Stakeholders
Across the country, water providers are rising to the challenge and creating innovative solutions to solve water-centric problems both at the local...
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Ice, Ice ... Infrastructure Revenue?
Spartanburg, South Carolina, residents love frozen. No, not the Disney movie. They’re big fans of Spartanburg Water’s ice houses — the automated...
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Imagine H20 Announces 12 Finalists in Innovation Competition
Imagine H2O, a nonprofit organization that inspires and empowers people to solve water problems, announced 12 finalists in its water tech Accelerator...
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Congressional Panel Approves WIFIA Funds
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, a U.S. House-Senate conference committee approved spending legislation for the 2015 fiscal year that includes funding for the...














