Online Exclusives EPA Tool Offers One-Stop Shop for Infrastructure Financing The web-based portal consolidates information about financing mechanisms and other resources that can help communities plan their projects July 26, 2017
Online Exclusives Utilities Take On Climate Change Challenges Together A regional compact among four Southeast Florida counties allows for ample sharing of resources to tackle shared problems July 10, 2017
Online Exclusives Map Assets and Prevent Cross Bores with Geospatial Probes The data provided by these sensors can be used to create in real-time a virtual 3-D computer model of underground assets June 20, 2017
Online Exclusives Southern Water Adopts New Web-Based Inspection Reporting Software The web system works seamlessly with survey reporting software to make data easy to store and access June 15, 2017
Online Exclusives New Legislation Proposes Rate Assistance for Low-Income Families Major water infrastructure improvements can come with major rate increases. How can utilities shield low-income customers from expenses they can’t afford? June 05, 2017
Online Exclusives Showing Water Customers What They Pay For West Virginia American Water tries a new method for shedding more light on how customers’ water bills turn into infrastructure improvements May 31, 2017
Online Exclusives Online Tool Provides Financial Forecasts for Infrastructure Replacement 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 May 30, 2017
Online Exclusives Utility Makes Progress On Private Lead Pipe Replacements 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 May 29, 2017
Online Exclusives New Poll Shows Americans Want Increased Infrastructure Investment Value of Water Campaign kicks off Infrastructure Week by releasing the poll results along with other events across the country May 17, 2017
Online Exclusives Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Utilities With an eye on rising seas, a report in Rhode Island offers a long list of wastewater infrastructure recommendations May 15, 2017
Online Exclusives News Briefs: Budget Deal Protects Rural Water Loan and Grant Program 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 May 11, 2017
Online Exclusives News Briefs: California Governor Lifts Emergency Drought Order In this week’s news briefs, the three-year emergency drought order is over in California but some water-use restrictions remain, and a Tennessee worker suffers second-degree burns in a sewer lining accident April 13, 2017
Online Exclusives News Briefs: New Bill Aims for Better Flexibility in Water Project Planning In this week’s news briefs, senators across the country have teamed up to introduce the Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act, and the director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board resigns to focus his efforts on the private sector March 30, 2017