Water Subcommittee to Examine the Role of Integrated Planning in America’s Water Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will hold a hearing next week to examine the status of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) implementation of its integrated planning policy. The Subcommittee will focus on ways EPA can work with states and municipalities to develop integrated stormwater and wastewater requirements to achieve greater flexibility for communities to meet their Clean Water Act compliance obligations and maximize their limited resources t...
Rainwater Runoff Poses Threat to Indiana’s Waterways
INDIANAPOLIS (May 11, 2017) -- Indiana’s extremely rainy start to spring may call for concern. Heavy rainfalls can cause fertilizer runoff into major waterways that serve as source waters and replenish groundwater supplies across the state. Indiana American Water, the state’s largest investor-owned water utility, warns Indiana residents to take caution as to what types of fertilizers are safest to use when kickstarting the landscaping and gardening season. In recent years, it has become...
CH2M, Evergreen State College Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Visualize a Future for Water Infrastructure
PORTLAND, Ore.- Visualize a future where water infrastructure doesn't play a vital role in the daily lives of global citizens. Might seem hard to picture – yet, around the world water infrastructure is aging, and at risk for breakdowns. With dams averaging 50-years-old, most wastewater systems operating well over their expected lifespan and leaky pipes responsible for the loss of six billion gallons of treated drinking water every day, water infrastructure in the United States is at a critic...
Longtime Utility Directors Launch WaterPIO, Communications Consulting Firm Serving Water, Wastewater Professionals Across North Carolina, Nation
WILMINGTON, N.C.- Today two longtime utility directors launched a communications consulting firm dedicated to helping water and wastewater professionals across North Carolina and the nation meet their customers' growing expectations for information. WaterPIO (www.WaterPIO.com) provides short-term, long-term and emergency communication services to utilities and local government operations that will strengthen their relationships with their ratepayers, all for a fraction of the cost of full-time p...
NRDC REPORT: Nearly One in Four Americans’ Drinking Water Comes from Untested or Contaminated System
WASHINGTON – Nearly 77 million people—roughly a quarter of the U.S. population—spread across all 50 states were served by water systems reporting violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 2015, according to a report issued today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The offenses ranged from arsenic to nitrate contamination, and included often-serious failures to test or report contamination levels. A new threat to the nation’s water supplies comes in the form of dramatic cuts to t...
The Leaders of the Water Industry Assemble for the Global Water Summit 2017
Dogs, Robots and Intelligent Synergies: The leaders of the international water industry come together in Madrid The Global Water Summit 2017 took place on the 24-25th April 2017 at the Marriott Auditorium Hotel & Conference Center in Madrid, Spain. Over 700 delegates attended the summit, including 150 speakers representing national governments, investment banks, water technology brands transnational water companies, and regional utilities from around the world. The 2017 Summit was organise...
CH2M Envisions Better Way of Managing Life-Cycle Infrastructure Development
DENVER, May 1, 2017 - CH2M, an industry leader in the management of major projects and programs, has developed a new Resiliency and Sustainability Framework for infrastructure that offers public and private sector planners a comprehensive program development and decision support system. The Framework is being utilized today in San Mateo, California, for the city's Clean Water Program, to understand how resilient and sustainable the program currently is, and to identify actions or design alter...
GWI Announces Winners of the 2017 Global Water Awards
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) today announced the winners of the 2017 Global Water Awards, which were presented on Monday 24 April at the Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid. The winners were announced in a ceremony presented by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Mr Nassim Nicholas Taleb Former Trader, Risk Specialist and Author, delivered an informative speech on the subject of antifragile, stressing the importance of "evolution, adaption and improvement from small mistakes". Drawing from his experience as a t...
CH2M to Supply Industry-Leading Water and Wastewater Services for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District
MOBILE, Ala., April 27, 2017 - The Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selected CH2M to provide planning, engineering and environmental services for projects in support of its Water and Wastewater Technical Center of Expertise in the United States and additional geographical areas, including South and Central America and the Middle East. For the next five years under the IDIQ contract, the Mobile District will look to CH2M for support in rapid delivery of their water and wastewater...
“Waters of the United States” Rule Fundamentally Flawed, ARTBA Tells Senate Committee
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) April 26 told a U.S. Senate panel the controversial “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule is scientifically and legally flawed and should be repealed. In comments submitted for an Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing, the association said the WOTUS rule threatens recent bipartisan achievements in reducing transportation project delays, noting “[a]ny reduction in delay gained from improvements to...
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