Water
New York Grants Nearly $30 Million for Mohawk Valley Water Projects
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is granting nearly $30 million for water infrastructure projects in the Mohawk Valley. The $29,661,723 in grant money will be used to support 21 drinking water and wastewater projects in the central New York region. It’s part of $255 million that’s available statewide f..
Big Water Tunnels Project OK'd by Southern California Agency
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The powerful Metropolitan Water District voted Tuesday to pay its share of the $16 billion project to build two massive tunnels to pipe water from Northern California to Southern California cities. The 28-6 vote gives Gov. Jerry Brown’s ambitious project an important boost of sup..
Justices to Hear Argument in States' Disputes over Water
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will hear a decades-long dispute between Florida and Georgia over water rights. The justices on Tuesday issued a brief order in a lawsuit that Florida filed at the high court challenging water use by its neighbor. The court set not set a date f..
Broken Water Main Fixed in Alabama Town
CUBA, Ala. (AP) — A broken water main left part of an Alabama community with little or no water for two weeks, but the pipe is now fixed. WTOK-TV reports that water service was restored over the weekend for nearly 40 households in Sumter County’s Cuba area. Some customers got water back soon after..
Michigan Governor Sticking to Flint Water Crisis Story
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s governor insisted Thursday that his congressional testimony regarding the Flint water crisis “was truthful and I stand by it,” shortly after a committee pointed out a potential discrepancy and warned him about committing perjury. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder sent t..
Nearly $200 Million Awarded for Water Projects in Florida
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recently awarded nearly $200 million in low-interest loans and grants from its Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs for 45 statewide clean water and drinking water projects. Both funding p..
Another Official Facing Manslaughter Charge Over Flint Water Crisis
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A special prosecutor said Monday the he will add a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Michigan’s chief medical executive in a criminal investigation of the tainted water crisis in Flint and an extraordinary outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. Dr. Eden Wells was in court f..
Another Wastewater Release Darkens Water near Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — More wastewater has been discharged into the Niagara River in the latest in a series of overflows since a discharge blackened water near Niagara Falls in view of summer tourists. The Niagara Falls Water Board says heavy and prolonged rain is to blame for Monday morning’s ..
Water Testing Near Dump Finds Chemicals in Expanded Area
BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — Testing has found unsafe levels of hazardous chemicals from a decades-old tannery waste dump site in western Michigan in private residential drinking water wells in an expanded area. The Grand Rapids Press reports that multiple properties near Belmont have tested positive for ..
No Water Contamination Found on Crow Indian Reservation
CROW AGENCY, Mont. (AP) — No contamination has been found in the water on the Crow Indian Reservation after a water treatment plant in Crow Agency was vandalized. Tribal Chairman A.J. Not Afraid declared a state of emergency Wednesday after workers discovered the destruction at the plant, including..
Snyder Appointee Contradicts Him on Legionnaires' Outbreak
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan official testified Friday that he told Gov. Rick Snyder about a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Flint area late in 2015, contradicting the governor who has repeatedly insisted that he didn’t learn about it until some weeks later in 2016. Harvey Hollins, w..
18 Vermont Communities Get $6M for Stormwater Projects
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Transportation Agency says 18 Vermont communities are going to be getting nearly $6 million in state and federal grants to help those communities control stormwater runoff. Republican Gov. Phil Scott says the money from the Municipal Highway and Stormwater M..
West Virginia Top Court Blocks Order for Replacement Water
CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia’s highest court has blocked a judge’s order requiring a mining company provide replacement drinking water to residents who said its wastewater impoundment contaminated their wells. Supreme Court Chief Justice Allen Loughry writes that the judge lacked the authority t..
Audit Delivers Another Hit to California Tunnels Project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s water managers appear to have violated state law when they hired a consultant to help plan Gov. Jerry Brown’s $16 billion project to build two massive water tunnels, state auditors said Thursday. The audit also faulted the state Department of Water Resources f..
Niagara Falls Board Cited for Second Excess Sewer Discharge
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Officials in upstate New York say excess sewer water again made its way into the Niagara River after a high-profile discharge of black-colored water last summer. The Niagara Falls Water Board says it reported to the state Department of Environmental Conservation that exce..
North Carolina Utility Head on Drinking Water: OK as far as he Knows
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The head of the agency providing drinking water to more than 200,000 people in and around Wilmington said Tuesday that unregulated and little-studied chemicals in the Cape Fear River aren’t a hazard — as far as he knows. Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Executive Director J..
Louisiana Department of Health: Water System is Free from Amoeba
MONROE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Health says a water system has tested negative for the presence of a brain-eating amoeba following a prior positive testing. The News-Star of Monroe reported Tuesday that the North Monroe Water System tested negative for Naegleria fowleri after testing..
Michigan Health Chief Back in Court in Flint Water Case
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s former head of disease control said Wednesday that an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area was a sensitive topic at the same time that Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration was being challenged over water quality in the poor city. Corinne Miller returned to..
Sewer, Water Projects Receive Funding in Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia’s U.S. senators say that more than $2.5 million will be granted to 10 projects for improving infrastructure and economic development in the state’s southwest region. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced the federal funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission in ..
Report: North America's Pumps and Valves Services Market to Increase Through 2021
Technavio has released a new report, Pumps and Valves Services Market in North America 2017-2021, which shows the pumps and valves services market in North America is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 5% during the forecast period. Key findings include: The growth of the end-user industries a..
Water, Sewer Utilities Report Highlights Factors Driving Purchasing Decisions
SpendEdge has released its Water and Sewer Utilities Procurement Research Report, which provides a strategic analysis of the supply markets, factors influencing purchasing decisions, procurement best practices, pricing models, supplier landscape, and an analysis of the supplier capability matrix for..
Utilities Oppose Expanded Use of 6-GHz Spectrum Band
Expanded use of mid-band spectrum by new wireless broadband services could interfere with critical utility networks used for the reliable operation of the nation’s electricity grid, the Utilities Technology Council told the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday. The FCC is inquiring whether it ..
New York City Begins Construction on $19 Million Water Project
The New York City Departments of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Design and Construction (DDC) today announced that work is underway on a $19 million project to upgrade the drinking water supply connection to Randall’s Island and Wards Island. As part of the project, a new sub-aqueous main will ..
Boise State University Sinkhole Causes Flooding, Traps Fire Truck
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise State University officials say a water main break caused massive flooding to stream through a main artery on the campus and trapped a fire engine inside a sinkhole. According to the university, a water main broke Monday evening near the Student Union Building. A fire engin..
Harvey Knocked out Dozens of Texas Water, Sewer Systems
DALLAS (AP) — State and federal environmental agencies report Harvey knocked out five drinking-water systems and seven sewage systems in the 58 Texas counties covered by Gov. Greg Abbott’s disaster declaration. In a joint statement issued Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Tex..
Water Environment and Reuse Foundation, Brown and Caldwell Partner to Further Potable Reuse Research
Brown and Caldwell today announced it made a $100,000 contribution in September to support the Water Environment and Reuse Foundation’s (WE&RF) Advancing Potable Reuse Initiative’s goal of establishing potable reuse as a solution to the nation’s water supply challenges and as a reliable and sustaina..
American States Water Company Wins 50-Year Contract to Provide Water, Wastewater Services at Fort Riley
American States Water Company’s contracted services subsidiary, American States Utility Services, Inc., has been awarded a 50-year contract by the U.S. government to operate, maintain, and provide construction management services for the water distribution, wastewater collection, and treatment facil..
Drone Companies Team up to Service North Dakota Oil Patch
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Norway-based manufacturer and a Scandinavian technology company have been teaming up with a North Dakota drone operation to service the region’s utility and oil and gas customers. Robot Aviation, a manufacturing company based in Poland, and eSmart, a software company founded in..
Alabama Cracks Down on E. coli Bacteria in Rivers
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will crackdown on E. coli bacteria in rivers with revised standards. Wastewater treatment facilities in the state will face tighter limits from the new standards, which were approved by the Alabama Environmental Management Commission, Al.com reported. The existing five-y..
Nebraska City Uses Sonar Tool to Assess Sewer Lines
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A city in eastern Nebraska is using a musical instrument of sorts as a sewer line rapid assessment tool to help figure out how much money the city will need to repair and maintain its sewers. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the SL-Rat transmitter is the first tool used to ..
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