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American Water has announced that Jeff Sterba will retire from his role as president and chief executive officer of American Water at the Company’s annual meeting, scheduled for May 9, 2014. At that time, American Water?s current senior vice president and chief financial officer Susan N. Story will succeed Sterba as president and CEO.

The Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency recently awarded a $141.2 million contract to CH2M HILL for the design, construction and long-term operation of a new surface water treatment system, largely helping replace ground water with treated surface water from the Sacramento River by 2016.

On Oct. 1, Piero Salvo, who has almost 20 years of trenchless construction experience, founded a new engineering firm named GAME Trenchless Consultants. The name GAME stands for Global Asset Management Engineering.

Michael Deane, executive director of the National Association of Water Companies, presents an exclusive perspective for waterfm.com on investor-owned utilities.

The 2014 outlook for the U.S. water and sewer market is stable despite ongoing economic, capital and political pressures, according to new report from Fitch Ratings. The report reveals that while water and sewer utilities continue to face ongoing capital and debt pressures, the sector shows overall financial strength.

For some, WEFTEC 2013 came and went ? another major water conference. For others, WEFTEC 2013 was truly a unique and distinct experience. Hosted by the City of Chicago at McCormick Place, this year?s show attracted a record number of attendees.

The established U.S. water and wastewater analytical instrumentation market has high saturation levels along with very few recent technological innovations. Nonetheless, slow and steady growth is anticipated, driven mainly by federal and state level regulations.

Last month, Texas voters approved a plan that will authorize $2 billion in state funding to finance 50 years of water infrastructure projects. The money will come via a transfer from the state?s Rainy Day Fund, which is flush as a result of oil and gas revenue.

The City of Shreveport, La., has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sanitary sewer system and pay a $650,000 civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from illegal discharges of raw sewage, the Department of Justice and the U.S. EPA announced last month. The state of Louisiana, a co-plaintiff in this case, will receive half of the civil penalty.

The U.S. EPA is releasing a synthesis report on ?The Importance of Water to the U.S. Economy.? The report is intended to help raise the awareness of water?s importance to our national economic welfare and to summarize information that public and private decision-makers can use to better manage the nation?s water resources.