Infrastructure

The Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) City Council recently passed an ordinance requiring citizens to replace the private side of lead service lines...

Every time cities propose a million- or even billion-dollar infrastructure upgrade, there’s one small seed of doubt at the back of people’s...

Spending $20 million (so far) on restoring sewer and water lines is not something many Lawrence, Massachusetts, residents are keen on. Blame...

Komatsu America Corp. and Propeller Aero Inc. are partnering together in hopes of boosting the efficiency of construction job sites by using...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service has announced that more than $4 billion in Direct Loan funds and $1...

Vermeer’s founder Gary Vermeer had foresight. He wanted the company’s Pella, Iowa, production facilities to be set up with redundancy in mind...

For the most part, you don’t see too many automobiles that are more than 20 years old unless you come across a...

The completion of Hawaii’s largest ever wastewater system upgrade was formally announced last week by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. The project cost...

The entry submission process is now open for the annual Sherwin-Williams Impact Award, which recognizes excellence on North American water and wastewater...

Until the beginning of this year, direct potable reuse in Arizona was unequivocally banned. “There was a flat-out prohibition against using direct potable...

Every municipality’s goal is ultimately to protect its residents — but losing 5 percent of your housing stock to wildfire can make...

A worker in Washington, D.C. found a man’s body while checking a sewer trap at a pumping station in the early morning...

The Madison (Wisconsin) Water Utility recently documented a project in which they dug up a century-old water main as part of a...

America’s water is under threat from many sides. It faces pollution problems, outdated infrastructure, rising costs, and unprecedented droughts and rainfall patterns...

Lead contamination was found in 70 percent of the 2,797 homes tested in Chicago as part of a program allowing residents to...

Water main break rates have increased 27 percent in the past six years, with asbestos cement and cast iron accounting for a...

A cross bore occurs when one underground utility line intersects another. Cross bores are particularly dangerous when a gas line intersects a...