Also in this week's sewer and water news, the Great Lakes Water Authority Board adopts a 40-year Wastewater Master Plan to manage the region's wastewater system

The updated program allows those financially impacted by COVID-19 to continue receiving assistance and expands eligibility to reach those at or below 200% of federal poverty level

Also in this week's sewer and water news, the city of Bennington, Vermont, plans to replace more than 1,500 lead service lines thanks to a one-time funding opportunity inspired by the Flint Water Crisis

Also in this week's sewer and water news, the Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference is scheduled for April 2020

The program encourages competition between water operators to reduce emissions from energy generation

In this week’s news briefs, the EPA is receiving feedback about a new rule that would affect how utilities provide public notification about CSO discharges into the Great Lakes, and a Louisiana city is preparing to make a final push to fix infrastructure still affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The American Water Works Association and Great Lakes Protection Fund are partnering to award cash prizes to Great Lakes Basin utilities that can reduce energy-related pollution in their distribution systems.

In this week’s news briefs, Flint, Michigan, and other communities dealing with lead issues will benefit from a federal bill, and a Maryland utility’s water rate structure is called out for being discriminatory.

In this week’s news briefs, only 16 percent of California’s water agencies are committing to continued water conservation now that state-mandated restrictions have been lifted, and a Wisconsin city’s plan to tap into Lake Michigan is met with some pushback.

Great Lakes communities will use the funds to build green infrastructure that will keep millions of gallons of runoff out of the lakes.