Aging Infrastructure Articles

A new competition is aimed at solving the biggest challenges facing Lake Erie.Erie Hack launched last week, a competition bringing together coders,...

Milwaukee Water Works must begin a search for a new superintendent now that its longtime head, Carrie Lewis, has moved on to...

The recent storms that have taken much of California out of a years-long drought have been welcome, no doubt. But climate experts...

As communities across the country work to replace the lead in their water distribution systems, a consistent issue has been funding. In...

This week, the Indiana Senate unanimously passed legislation that would help assess the state’s current water capacity and future need, as well...

The February 2017 Municipal Sewer & Water cover story focuses on an 18-year, $500 million effort undertaken by the city of Toledo,...

When Kruczek Construction took on Rhinelander, Wisconsin's Downtown Streetscape Project last year, the work itself wasn’t unusual for the general contractor. Kruczek...

Flint, Michigan’s water system no longer has lead levels exceeding the EPA’s limit. Officials reported this week that a sampling of 368...

“We’re going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none. And we will put millions of our...

A new study by Michigan State University claims nearly 36 percent of U.S. households will be unable to afford water in five...

The Metropolitan Utilities District in Omaha, Nebraska, had 96 water main breaks in December, a record for the utility in that month,...

A former longtime employee of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department believes a combination of failure to reinforce some pipes, faulty connections...

An entire neighborhood in a Detroit suburb was evacuated over Christmas weekend after a massive sinkhole opened up, threatening to collapse a...

The Water Research Foundation (WRF), a leading sponsor of innovative research supporting the water community, has published a new report to help...