Entries Tagged Drinking Water

By now, most water utilities have likely heard that the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its national Tap Water Database, which allows...

Last week was Drinking Water Week, a time when many utilities do some public outreach and educate their customers on what it takes...

A common lament among utilities is that their customers don’t appreciate their product — safe, clean and reliable tap water.Consumers do largely take...

Five-hundred water utilities and other agencies are included in the American Water Works Association’s list of participants celebrating Drinking Water Week this...

The EPA’s role in rebuilding the country’s water infrastructure could take a hit if President Donald Trump’s plans for the agency come...

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

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

Communities across the country are facing the immediate challenges of aging and inadequate drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. Most of our country’s...

Nearly half of the U.S. population relies on groundwater as a drinking water source. That’s more than 140 million people, and about 45...

Despite drought conditions that persist in California, 84 percent of the water agencies in the state have a conservation target of zero...

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection recently announced that a $46 million project recently got underway to upgrade more than 5...

Safe drinking water and effective wastewater management are basic building blocks of public health. Too often, we neglect our infrastructure until it...

The city of Montreal is doubling its budget to replace lead pipes that carry water to nearly 70,000 homes.When officials announced in...

From Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Homer, Alaska, drinking water and wastewater utilities across the country are working with EPA to prepare for...