Infrastructure

Grundfos recently launched a new campaign to help water/wastewater utilities increase the public's understanding of challenges in the water sector.

The latest four-year infrastructure report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers gives improving marks to the country’s water and wastewater infrastructure, but there is still a long way to go.

In this week’s news briefs, the Trump White House’s initial proposal for EPA cuts could negatively affect the water industry, and officials in Fraser, Michigan, are inspecting miles of pipe around the site of the Christmas Eve sinkhole to catch any additional problem areas.

Here's a quick roundup of recent industry news. Track the industry's movers and shakers, learn about company acquisitions, get the skinny on new products and more.

A competition has launched to help bring new ideas for problems faced by utilities in the Lake Erie Basin.

An updated Effective Utility Management Primer being offered by a 10-partner coalition may hold the key to sustainable water sector organization in the 21st century.

IVL Flow Control solutions aim to help water utilities build autonomous distribution systems that limit losses and ensure reliable supply.

In this week’s news briefs, Milwaukee’s longtime water superintendent leaves for a job in Maine, and New York lawmakers push for a bill that would create a formula-based program for distributing water and sewer infrastructure funds.

After five years of drought, California has been inundated by snow and rain. Good, right? Not necessarily, say climate experts.

Eight startup companies have been selected for the first-ever Pipeline H2O program aimed at addressing the world's water challenges.

In this week’s news briefs, proposed legislation in Wisconsin aims to ease the burden on customers paying for their portion of lead service line replacements, and a recent study says New Jersey utilities are losing one-third of their treated drinking water through leaky pipes.