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Also in this week's sewer and water news, a state cabinet estimates that Kentucky will need $15 billion in water and sewer upgrades in the next 20 years

Also in this week's sewer and water news, a water supervisor faces felony charges for tampering with his city's main meter; and the mayor of Santa Fe is criticized for his exorbitant water use

Hoboken, New Jersey’s ongoing green infrastructure initiative was recently recognized by the EPA

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

In this week’s news briefs, the Pennsylvania House passes a bill that would bring Pittsburgh’s troubled utility under the authority of the state, and new research shows how dire the freshwater situation is for northern Canada’s cities

In this week’s news briefs, proposed legislation in Wisconsin aims to ease the burden on customers paying for their portion of lead service line replacements, and a recent study says New Jersey utilities are losing one-third of their treated drinking water through leaky pipes.

In this week’s news briefs, Lansing, Michigan, proves it is possible for a utility to win the lead waterline battle, and two New Jersey water utility workers are accused of tampering with public records.

Updated version projects future scenarios, such as the intensity of a 100-year storm.

Infrastructure Week 2016 provides a platform to address the nation's deferred maintenance crisis and highlight the lack of investment in aging infrastructure

Low-interest loans will help officials upgrade wastewater and drinking water systems statewide.

In this week’s news, Baltimore begins installing new screen systems on storm drains, a massive sinkhole damages a sewer force main in Florida, and Jersey City will spend $94M to upgrade water and sewer infrastructure.

A national water-quality crisis — such as the recent events in Flint, Michigan — can spark questions from customers and the media. Here’s how several utilities are proactively handling the topic of lead contamination.

In this week’s news briefs, a community rallies in support of a utility supervisor who was killed on the job, a water district dedicates new wells at a former sanitarium, and Massachusetts approves $100M in interest-free loans to replace aging waterlines.

In this week's news, California officials are on the hunt for suspects panning for sewer gold, a worker is critically injured in a fall at a Kansas pump station, and Austin, Texas, breaks ground on a reclaimed water project.