Crushed porcelain from old toilets taken out of city schools is incorporated into rain gardens

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is preparing to debut a new outreach campaign that will enlist volunteers to curtail their water use during rainstorms

Syracuse, New York, partners with the University of Chicago on a data algorithm that predicts which pipes are at the highest risk of failure

New York City shared data with 34 other communities to develop the report

In this week’s news briefs, the city of Amsterdam is the first in New York to apply for sewer repair funds available in the state’s new emergency assistance program, and D.C.’s new law banning non-biodegradable wet wipes is still set to take effect despite pushback from Congress

In this week’s news briefs, a federal audit argues that FEMA shouldn’t have entered into the $2.04 billion deal to help repair New Orleans’ Hurricane Katrina damage, and a city in New York is looking at putting a halt to new development because of concern that its current water system can’t handle the growth

In this week’s news briefs, the Water Environment Federation is working with other utilities groups toward a 2018 debut on a green infrastructure certification program, and a Rhode Island town teams with its utility to take on private-side lead pipe replacements

In this week’s news briefs, D.C. Water awards the contract for a 5-mile, $580 million tunnel project that will reduce overflows into the Anacostia River, and a Michigan city is adding defendants to its lawsuit over who should pay for the repairs of a collapsed sewer and large sinkhole that appeared this past Christmas Eve

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

In this week’s news briefs, the California state Senate passes legislation aimed at making it easier to finance stormwater capture projects, and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation debuts a mapping tool to better identify water quality problem areas