Senate Passes Water Bill 99-1; Sends to President for Signature
Over a month after being passed by the House of Representatives, the reconciled America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 passed the U.S. Senate with a vote of 99-1 on Oct. 10, “President Trump called on Congress to take action on the country’s water infrastructure and we have done that today,” noted Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in a statement. “America’s Water Infrastructure Act will cut Washington red tape, grow the nation...
Water Treatment & Wastewater Treatment Reuse Experts Launch A New Water Treatment Solutions Website to Help Municipal & Industrial Businesses Across the World
MAITLAND, Fla. - Genesis Water Technologies, a leading specialized water treatment solutions company focused on serving industrial and municipal clients worldwide, announces the launch of its newly redesigned website, www.genesiswatertech.com. The new site clearly illustrates the innovative solutions and services Genesis Water Technologies offers for drinking water, process water, and wastewater reuse including specialized consulting services. The completely revamped website has a simplifi...
NACWA Lauds Bipartisan Passage of the America's Water Infrastructure Act
Washington, DC – With the Senate passage of the America's Water Infrastructure Act, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) commends both the House and Senate for their strong collaboration with the Association throughout the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) process to ensure the inclusion of several bipartisan provisions that are important to the municipal clean water sector. "This legislation reinforces the critical role that municipal water infrastructure plays...
wellcare® Well Owners Network Partners with Tap Score to Help Well Owners Affected by Hurricane Florence
WASHINGTON - The Water Systems Council's wellcare® Well Owners Network is providing its members and other well owners impacted by Hurricane Florence with important information on protecting and rehabilitating water wells damaged by flooding and has partnered with Tap Score for discounts on water well test kits. If you live in an area that has experienced recent flooding, your well could be contaminated from pollutants carried by floodwater. The wellcare® Well Owners Network has the following...
Cape Town Leads the Way to Drought-proof Water Tariffs
The South African city has topped Global Water Intelligence’s annual listing of the largest water tariff increases in 2018 with a 390% increase in the benchmark price of water and wastewater services. Overall the global average price of water and wastewater rose by 3.8% to $2.04, held down by price cuts in Northern Europe and cities in Africa and the Middle East choosing not to increase rates. The results were released in a new white paper entitled The Global Value of Water, published by GWI...
Water Treatment & Wastewater Treatment Reuse Experts Launch A New Water Treatment Solutions Website to Help Municipal & Industrial Businesses Across the World
MAITLAND, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018 - Genesis Water Technologies, a leading specialized water treatment solutions company focused on serving industrial and municipal clients worldwide, announces the launch of its newly redesigned website, www.genesiswatertech.com. The new site clearly illustrates the innovative solutions and services Genesis Water Technologies offers for drinking water, process water, and wastewater reuse including specialized consulting services. The completely revamped website...
WaterStep Provides Water and Disinfectant for Desperate Rural Communities in North Carolina
Louisville, KY - Louisville-based non-profit WaterStep has returned from a week-long trip to aid those affected by Hurricane Florence in North Carolina. Five members from the organization left Louisville on Sunday, Sept. 23 in trucks packed with ten disaster relief kits that were able to purify water, and generate chlorine and bleach for disinfection and sanitation. They set up base at First Baptist Church in Willington, N.C., and then traveled into surrounding rural areas each day. Many of thes...
New Water Treatment Facility Helps Malibu Combat Climate Change
(Malibu, CA) — The City of Malibu will cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of its new state-of-the-art water treatment facility on Friday, October 5 at 11:00 AM. The largest infrastructure project in the City’s history, the Civic Center Water Treatment Facility will replace outdated septic systems, enhancing the iconic area to provide a new level of sustainable water management. With advanced technology and engineering practices, the facility will capture and treat nearly 200,000 gallons...
What is “Porous Pavement” and How Does that Help Soils Capture and Clean Water?
Parking lots, sidewalks, streets, and rooftops: cities are full of water-shedding surfaces. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Oct. 1 Soils Matter blog explains why these surfaces are problematic, and how soil can be part of the answer. Impermeable surfaces, such as asphalt and concrete, move precipitation to storm drains, and from there to rivers, lakes, and oceans. But it’s not just water. Contaminants from cars and trucks wash away, as well as salts and other pollutants. All of tha...
GreenBlu Begins $1.6 Million U.S. Department of Energy Award to Commercialize Adsorption Desalination Technology
GreenBlu's stand-alone module deployed with solar collectors can produce 16000 gal/day using a 5000 sq. ft. footprint. A one million gallon per day plant, enough for a town of 20,000, would require 63 containers and shade the parking lot of a standard big-box retail store. HAMILTON, N.J. - GreenBlu, Inc., a water technology company commercializing a new thermal distillation technology, Vapor Adsorption Distillation with Energy Recycling (VADER), announced it is beginning its $1,600,000 a...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
June Issue 2026
.jpg?width=225)