Residents of Kittery, Maine, a town of about 9,500 residents, approved a bond to update part of their sewer system in 2013....
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Sewer Upgrade Results in Hefty Bills for Unsuspecting Customers
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Report: Clean Water State Revolving Funds Will Create 500,000 New Jobs
A new economic benefits analysis of the impacts of increased funding for the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds released by the...
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USDA Funding Helps Rural Utility Rehabilitate Water Infrastructure
The Pascoag (Rhode Island) Utility District was recently awarded $2.4 million in loans and grants from the United States Department of Agriculture...
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New Jersey Receives $70M for Water Infrastructure Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allotted $70,413,000 to the State of New Jersey to help finance improvements to water projects that are...
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News Briefs: Governor Responds to Calls to Drink Flint Water
In response to concerns over unsafe drinking water, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he will drink filtered tap water from Flint for...
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Water Utility Leaders Urge Congress to Fund Water Infrastructure Renewal
With water infrastructure issues in headlines across the United States, more than 130 water utility professionals from 47 states visited with members of Congress...
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News Briefs: New York Suspends Work on Crucial Water Tunnel
Mayor Bill de Blasio has postponed work to finish New York City’s third water tunnel, reports the New York Times, citing that...
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Focus on Conservation: Federal Agencies Partner With Western Water Districts
Three of the West’s largest municipal water agencies have partnered with federal agencies to kick off the latest round of an expanded...
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Picking Up the Pieces: District Recovers From Historic Flooding
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District plans to have its flood-damaged Fenton Wastewater Treatment Plant restored to full treatment capability by April...
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Cities Issue Call-to-Action to Resolve Flint Water Crises
The National League of Cities passed a resolution March 8 that urges Congress to provide direct assistance to Flint, Michigan, asks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve...
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Lead Abatement: Treat the Water or Replace the Pipes?
It’s a tough question.Replace all the lead pipe in your drinking water system, including home service laterals, or add corrosion-control chemicals at...
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Congress Allocates $100 Million to Address Western Drought
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López released plans Feb. 8 to spend an additional $23 million this year to support water reuse...
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California Receives $182 Million for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced more than $182 million in funding to California for investment in statewide...
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Competition Addresses $3.6 Trillion Infrastructure Problem in America
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has announced details of the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge — a three-phased, crowd-sourced competition to award a...
