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World Water Works, a designer and manufacturer of wastewater treatment solutions, was selected by Frost & Sullivan?s Manufacturing Leadership (ML) Council?s 2016 Manufacturing Leadership Awards for manufacturing the patent-pending new AvN technology.

BRECKSVILLE, OHIO — UIM: WaterUtility Infrastructure Management, the leading journal of finance and management for water and wastewater professionals, is excited to announce the dates for its 16th annual Water Asset Management Conference in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18-19, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus. TheRead More

Woolpert has been awarded a $5.6 million contract to assess, rehabilitate and reduce sanitary sewer overflows by the DeKalb County (Ga.) Department of Watershed Management. This project is being conducted through the Priority Areas Sewer Assessment and Rehabilitation Program (PASARP) and is part of a federal consent decree.

Last week, AWWA announced the Reading Area Water Authority has received the ?Directors Award of Recognition? from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by AWWA, EPA and associated partner organizations.

Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last week by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) would reauthorize the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), offer funding aid to water systems seeking to replace lead service lines and establish new programs to help communities respond to drought and global climate change.

Democratic Presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, debated Sunday night in Flint, Mich., where a water crisis has impacted the community?s largely poor population and its access to safe drinking water.

Smart water infrastructure is quickly becoming an important urban infrastructure solution in both the United States and around the world. This is because cities and countries are struggling to manage growing water scarcity, which is being compounded by climate change and population growth.

Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for thousands of our nation?s heroes.The cemetery?s history dates back to 1864 when the first military burial took place during the Civil War. Today, more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans, their families and many more who gave service to country lay to rest within the cemetery?s hallowed grounds.

As 2015 came to close, the City of Houston, Texas awarded a $900 million Progressive Design-Build project to a joint venture with CDM Smith and CH2M for the design and construction of a 320 million gallon per day (MGD) water purification project ? expanding its Northeast Plant from 80 MGD capacity in order to meet the demands for water by residents and businesses. Immediately signing the contract, the project teams began work in early 2016.

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