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News Briefs: Iran-Linked Group Suspected in U.S. Water Facility Cyberattacks

Also in this week's sewer and water news, a puppy is rescued from a San Antonio sewer after an eight-hour effort
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News Briefs: Industry Group Develops Green Infrastructure Training Program

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
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News Briefs: Utility Delays Overflow-Control Project to Help Ratepayers

In this week’s news briefs, the Narragansett Bay Commission in Rhode Island is putting off completion of a multi-phase CSO project for at least three years to keep rates down, and Florida’s drought has Lake Okeechobee at its lowest level in six years
Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Utilities

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
USDA Funding Helps Rural Utility Rehabilitate Water Infrastructure

USDA Funding Helps Rural Utility Rehabilitate Water Infrastructure

Pascoag Utility District awarded $2.4 million in loans and grants through the USDA Rural Development's Water and Environmental program
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EPA Provides $165 Million for New England Water Infrastructure Projects

Low-interest loans will be used to replace aging infrastructure and upgrade drinking water systems throughout the region
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Wastewater Utility Employs Sliplining to Fix Corroding Pipe

With the pipe buried below a busy highway and a need to keep it in service, Warwick Sewer Authority officials had to look beyond the dig-and-replace method
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