Entries Tagged Aging Infrastructure

In the wake of tightening municipal budgets, environmental violations, and aging infrastructure, private players are poised to capitalize on struggling water and...

Repairs on a massive sinkhole that developed in Fraser, Michigan, 10 months ago following a sewer main collapse are finally coming to...

You know the value of water. Every day you’re involved in maintaining the infrastructure that brings safe drinking water to customers’ taps....

During the height of the California drought, Ventura residents had a chronic complaint to the city as they had to increasingly cut...

The EPA has invited 12 utilities to submit applications for more than $2 billion available in loans through the Water Infrastructure Finance...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching the Water Finance Clearinghouse, a web‐based portal to help communities make more informed financing...

D.C. Water recently awarded its largest contract ever — a 5-mile tunnel costing $580 million that will help avoid CSOs into the...

Water and sewer pipes have to be maintained. Treatment plants need periodic upgrades and expansions. These things are necessary. They’re also expensive....

The adage “out of sight, out of mind” is a particularly common one in the water and wastewater industry. It’s often made...

Dealing with the financial side of upgrading infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges that utilities face. Recently, the American Water Works...

Reports about the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure often are accompanied by a price tag — an especially high one. In...

Kansas City, Missouri, recently celebrated its 100th mile of pipe replaced since launching a comprehensive water main replacement program in 2013.It’s only...

Lawmakers are trying to establish legislation that would allow more flexibility for communities when complying with federal mandates for water and wastewater...

Last week, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, an assessment of the nation’s infrastructure produced every...