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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and PulteGroup, Inc. have agreed to pay civil penalties of $130,000 and $56,000 respectively in separate settlements with the U.S. EPA resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations at construction sites in Maryland and Virginia. ?The EPA alleged that the companies failed toRead More

With the successful renaming of all subsidiaries concluded on March 1, 2013, the new group of companies, Bilfinger Water Technologies, demonstrated its development into one of the world’s leading suppliers of components and services in nearly all areas of water and wastewater technology. Bilfinger WaterRead More

Lucid Energy, a provider of renewable energy systems and developer of the LucidPipe Power System for in-conduit hydropower, announced last week that the company has received funding from OurCrowd, Israel?s hybrid venture capital/crowd funding platform. OurCrowd links accredited investors with dynamic, early-stage companies seeking ventureRead More

Latinos for Water will hold its Water Education for Latino Leaders conference March 21-22 in Los Angeles, Calif. Latinos for Water encourages all California Latino City Council members, mayors and county supervisors to attend, as well as those public officials who serve represent large LatinoRead More

UIM: Water Utility Infrastructure Management magazine has applied for business publication membership in BPA Worldwide. The bi-monthly journal is published by Benjamin Media Inc. (Brecksville, Ohio). BPA Worldwide will track circulation for UIM based on business/distribution, demographics and geographic coverage. The magazine will have 12Read More

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn recently awarded a $250 million low-interest loan to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Itron, Inc. announced last week that the City of San Diego?s Public Utilities Department has selected Itron?s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution for the automation of the city?s commercial and industrial (C&I) water meters. Itron?s solution will help streamline meter reading and enhance customer serviceRead More

Senior government officials at the Department of Commerce recently provided an update on the administration?s priorities for cyber security policy. Recently, the president signed an executive order on improving critical infrastructure cyber security and a Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on critical infrastructure security and resilience.Read More

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) applauded the introduction of S. 335, the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013 (WIFIA) by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), calling it an important step forward in rebuilding U.S. water and wastewater infrastructure.??One year ago this week,Read More

In the coming months, the City of Garretson, S.D. will be will be implementing exciting upgrades to its utility meter reading infrastructure. The city will be the first in the country to deploy a combined water and natural gas advanced metering analytics (AMA) solution fromRead More