By Jason Mumm The numbers that guide affordability policies in the water sector have been with us for decades. They are 2 percent of the median household income for wastewater, 2.5 percent for drinking water, and 4.5 percent combined; most practitioners have treated them asRead More
By Jason Mumm The numbers that guide affordability policies in the water sector have been with us for decades. They are 2 percent of the median household income for wastewater, 2.5 percent for drinking water, and 4.5 percent combined; most practitioners have treated them asRead More
Earlier in April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $30 million in grant funding, as part of the agency’s RealWaterTA Initiative. The new funding will support technical assistance and training to benefit small drinking water and wastewater systems and private well owners. The newly available RealWaterTA funding helps connect small and rural drinking water and wastewaterRead More
The cities of Baytown and Shenandoah, Texas, will each implement advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), bringing modern water system technology to southeast Texas. The projects were announced by energy infrastructure services provider Ameresco, Inc., which will execute the two AMI contracts as project manager. CityRead More
Badger Meter, Inc. in April announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire UDlive Limited (“UDlive”), a provider of hardware‑enabled software solutions for sewer line monitoring based in the United Kingdom, for $100 million, plus contingent consideration. The transaction closed at the end of AprilRead More
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has released its 2026 State of the Water Industry (SOTWI) Report, which shows that infrastructure renewal and replacement is the top challenge among water sector professionals. Financing for capital improvements followed behind at No. 2. The annual State of the Water IndustryRead More
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI) is bringing its 2026 Pipelines Conference to Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 1-5. The 2026 conference will dive into the newest insights, innovations and trenches that are shaping the pipeline engineering field. The Pipelines Conference servesRead More
Kamstrup brings its built-in Acoustic Leak Detection to ACE26. Water utilities across the U.S. are losing billions of gallons of water every year to non-revenue water, and most already know it. What they may not know is that a simple solution is already sitting insideRead More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing monitoring requirements for 30 unregulated contaminants in the Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6). The Safe Drinking Water Act requires that once every five years, EPA issue a list of unregulated contaminants to be monitored byRead More
By Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi After a wet start to the year, drought headlines in California have largely faded. However, drought conditions now appear to be intensifying in several western states (e.g., Colorado, Utah, among others), as well as on the East Coast in the Carolinas.Read More
Carollo Engineers is leading a new study from the Water Research Foundation — project 5388 — with the goal of generating data and decision making tools for water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) assess powdered activated carbon (PAC) as a near-term treatment option for PFAS. PACRead More
Sustainability Partners has announced its board of directors unanimously elected Adam Cain to be its next chief executive officer. Cain will succeed John Veech, who is retiring from full-time employment after a 43-year career in law, investment banking and infrastructure investing. Cain currently serves asRead More
Global water company Xylem has announced the appointments of Meredith Emmerich and Joe Johnston to its executive leadership team effective July 1. Emmerich will serve as executive vice president and president of Xylem’s Measurement and Control Solutions business. Most recently, she served as executive viceRead More
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) named the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick, the winner of its Best of the Best Water Taste Test, an annual competition held at AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE) to recognize the best tasting tap water. City Corporation in Russellville, Arkansas,Read More
The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) has announced that Dan Hartnett, the association’s chief policy officer, has been appointed to serve as interim chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2026. Hartnett joined AMWA in 2007 as a legislative assistant and has served in severalRead More
In the first comprehensive federal settlement with a major PFAS manufacturer, Chemours has agreed to settle $450 million in federal and state charges over the “forever chemicals” found in its products. The settlement was announced on June 24 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),Read More
The UESI Pipelines 2026 Conference is the premier technical conference for professionals engaged in pipeline planning, design, construction, maintenance and repair. This year’s event takes place August 1-5 at the Huntington Place Convention Center in Detroit. But, Pipelines 2026 goes beyond the world-class presentations andRead More
By Jason Mumm The numbers that guide affordability policies in the water sector have been with us for decades. They are 2 percent of the median household income for wastewater, 2.5 percent for drinking water, and 4.5 percent combined; most practitioners have treated them asRead More
The Leak Has Already Started. Are You Listening? 
EPA releases draft UCMR 6 
How Utilities Manage Water Demand During Drought 
New research study underway to evaluate PFAS removal option 
Sustainability Partners elects new CEO 
Xylem welcomes new appointees to executive leadership team 
