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To address thousands of raw sewage discharges in violation of the Clean Water Act, the San Antonio Water System has agreed to a $1.1 billion upgrade to its infrastructure and will pay a $2.6 million civil penalty. The State of Texas is a co-plaintiff inRead More

With hurricane season underway on the East Coast and extreme heat and drought currently affecting many parts of the country, American Water Works Company, Inc., recently published a new white paper, titled ?Sustainability and Resiliency Planning for Water Utilities.? During a significant weather event, aRead More

To further protect surface and ground water quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a model program for onsite wastewater treatment systems in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to help states reduce excessive nutrients, such as nitrogen, from entering the Bay from onsite orRead More

The International Private Water Association (IPWA) will?hold a Financial Tools Taskforce meeting via?conference call on July 31 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. (EST). The focus of the meeting and two presentations will be on water initiatives emulating out of Singapore.? ?The first presentation willRead More

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced the appointment of Dr. Eileen O?Neill as WEF interim executive director following the resignation of Executive Director Jeff Eger. ?While the Board joins the staff and some 36,000 WEF members in thanking Jeff for his leadership and commitmentRead More

Recently, the Senate confirmed Gina McCarthy as the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by a vote of 59 to 40. Recently, the Senate confirmed Gina McCarthy as the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by a vote of 59 toRead More

Hundreds of thousands of people in suburban Washington who are sweating through a punishing heat wave are under orders to avoid long showers, turn off sprinklers and think twice about flushing the toilet. The reason for the restrictions: urgent repairs to a nearly 50-year-old waterRead More

American Water announced last week that Joe Goodwill, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts ? Amherst, has been chosen as the recipient of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2013 American Water Scholarship. The scholarship is an annual award of $5,000 presented toRead More

The National Roundtable on Water Quality Trading, will be convened on July 17-18, in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the U.S. Water Alliance and a collaboration including the Electric Power Research Institute, The Freshwater Trust, Willamette Partnership, and World Resources Institute.? Attendees will hear and discuss aRead More

Last week, officials from the University of Connecticut showed off the school?s new $25 million water reclamation facility, a key piece of a plan to solve water shortages that have plagued the institution and surrounding communities since?2005. The plant came on line in May, saidRead More