It’s been over a week since Hurricane Harvey made landfall and utilities on Texas and Louisiana’s Gulf Coast are dealing with the...
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News Briefs: Audit Claims Feds Should End Deal to Rebuild New Orleans’ Storm-Damaged Infrastructure
A recent federal audit says the Federal Emergency Management Agency should rescind its multi-billion-dollar deal to rebuild New Orleans’ hurricane-damaged infrastructure.According to...
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News Briefs: EPA Announces Proposed Rule for Great Lakes CSO Notification Procedures
The EPA has released a proposed rule that would affect 182 Great Lakes communities and how they provide public notification about CSO...
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Initiating Water Culture Through Water Clusters
In today’s volatile political arena, water is perhaps more important than it has ever been. And with new regulations and technological changes...
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News Briefs: Radar Technology Helps Louisiana City Identify Post-Katrina Infrastructure Problems
A southern Louisiana city is using new underground radar technology to identify issues with its underground infrastructure that have carried over from...
Editorial
Utility Fights for Infrastructure Funding
The Louisiana city of Tallulah prospered for many years, until the 1970s, when a large lumber mill closed down and the newly...
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News Briefs: City Seeks to Strike Out Odor Near Ballpark
By addressing the “rotten egg” smell near its minor league baseball stadium, Sioux City, Iowa, hopes to put to rest the city’s...
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News Briefs: Detroit Pistons Owner Pledges to Raise $10M for Flint
Tom Gores, owner of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, has pledged to raise $10 million from the private sector for relief efforts in...
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USDA Provides $314M for Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced Nov. 2 loans and grants for 141 projects to build and improve water and wastewater infrastructure...
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EPA Helps Protect Louisiana’s Waters with $15.3M Grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a grant of more than $15.33 million to...
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WEF Announces Winners of MS4 Stormwater, Green Infrastructure Awards
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced the first winners of a new national municipal stormwater and green infrastructure awards program.Developed through...
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2015 WateReuse Award Winners Announced
The WateReuse Association presented the 2015 WateReuse Award of Excellence to nine leaders in alternative water supply development during a Sept. 15 luncheon in...
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Pump Station Employees Braved Dire Conditions
As we recognized the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina last month, I was reminded of the harrowing stories of survival that emerged...
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News Briefs: Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Third Louisiana Water System
Naegleria fowleri, also called “brain-eating amoeba,” has been found in a third Louisiana water system. The Terrebonne Parish utility district issued a...
















