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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $340 million to the State of New York for improvements to wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

Aegion Corp. recently announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Charles R. ?Chuck? Gordon as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The company has also announced various strategic realignment initiatives aimed at enhancing growth opportunities.

American Water has announced that Walter Lynch, president and chief operating officer of regulated operations, will officially be appointed president of the National Association of Water Companies.

North American design firm Stantec plans to significantly strengthen its presence in the province of Quebec by acquiring the Canadian engineering operations of Montreal-based Dessau.

Optimizing use of available water supplies is among the top objectives of a six-year project by The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread to address U.S. water resource and infrastructure challenges.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to begin preliminary research on the EPA?s efforts to correct noncompliance at small drinking water systems.

According to officials at the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), the drought the state has suffered in 2014 will go into the record books as one of California?s driest ever.

Since the introduction of plastic pipe in the 1950s and the discovery of how efficient and effective installation by trenchless methods can be, the popularity of both has continued to grow.

California voters this November will decide whether to approve the sale of $7.5 billion in bonds to fund water projects in the drought-afflicted state, after the Legislature last month passed and Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a spending package now headed to the ballot.

The Water Council and JPMorgan Chase & Co., have entered into a partnership to bring together North America?s investment community and water technology entrepreneurs to match capital with water innovation.The partnership includes a $225,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase as part of the company?s recently launched Small Business Forward initiative ? a national, five-year, $30 million grant program meant to boost small business support networks that help growing enterprises in specific industries.