Aging Infrastructure Articles

A concerted effort to identify and replace the most at-risk water mains is paying off for KC Water Services, as the utility has seen a drastic reduction in breaks

In light of a new study attributing most of Flint, Michigan’s outbreak to changes in water supply, here’s information from an industry organization looking at Legionella bacteria and how to prevent it from contaminating a distribution system

Syracuse, New York, partners with the University of Chicago on a data algorithm that predicts which pipes are at the highest risk of failure

Broken mains result from record lows across the nation

If you apply a condition assessment program properly, you’ll be able to prioritize infrastructure replacement and always justify the cost

Bluefield Research’s report values the U.S.’s water and wastewater systems at more than $728 billion

Repaving is underway on the section of road that collapsed Christmas Eve 2016 due to a collapsed sewer main

Organizations and utilities across the country are doing a variety of public education activities on Oct. 12 to mark the third annual Imagine a Day Without Water

In this week’s news briefs, in the ongoing effort to conserve treated water, a California city finds a way to significantly limit how much water is lost to storm sewers during hydrant flushing, and a Florida city nears the end of a 12-year consent order to reduce overflows

In this week’s news briefs, the EPA invites utilities to apply for more than $2 billion in loans through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, and OSHA issues citations for an incident that killed three sewer workers in January

The web-based portal consolidates information about financing mechanisms and other resources that can help communities plan their projects

In this week’s news briefs, D.C. Water awards the contract for a 5-mile, $580 million tunnel project that will reduce overflows into the Anacostia River, and a Michigan city is adding defendants to its lawsuit over who should pay for the repairs of a collapsed sewer and large sinkhole that appeared this past Christmas Eve

Major water infrastructure improvements can come with major rate increases. How can utilities shield low-income customers from expenses they can’t afford?

West Virginia American Water tries a new method for shedding more light on how customers’ water bills turn into infrastructure improvements