Funding Articles

Here’s a look at a tunnel project in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that broke ground this year and two more projects recently recognized by the EPA

The Water Environment Federation and other industry organizations sent a letter to legislators in support of at least maintaining current funding levels for 2018

Akron, Ohio, received ‘exceptional’ honors from the EPA for how it used the State Revolving Fund program to finance a $22 million storage basin project

Little Rock, Arkansas’ reimbursement program was one of five projects given ‘exceptional’ honors by the EPA for its innovative use of State Revolving Fund loans

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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 city of Amsterdam is the first in New York to apply for sewer repair funds available in the state’s new emergency assistance program, and D.C.’s new law banning non-biodegradable wet wipes is still set to take effect despite pushback from Congress

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

AWWA’s Buried No Longer tool is a resource that utilities can use in planning for their own system’s upgrades, and the data will also be used to develop a national report about infrastructure needs

The Green Bay Water Utility has made a concerted effort to identify all the lead in its system, and provide waterline replacements at no cost to homeowners

In this week’s news briefs, Trump’s proposed budget cuts targeting water programs don’t make it through Congress, and a New York county looking to transition from septic to sewer hopes funding in a new state law can help

In this week’s news briefs, the California state Senate passes legislation aimed at making it easier to finance stormwater capture projects, and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation debuts a mapping tool to better identify water quality problem areas

University research team creates interactive online map showing the various ways utilities have gotten creative with financing mechanisms