Articles by: Andrew Farr

In July, the House of Representatives approved fiscal year 2017 (FY17) Interior-EPA appropriations legislation that includes tens of millions of additional dollars for drinking water infrastructure, but a presidential veto threat and Congress’ departure for a seven-week recess make the bill’s potential uncertain. The bill would fundRead More

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver plans to ask city council to approve contracts to hire two companies to replace no more than 250 lines in the hopes of controlling future costs, according to a Detroit Free Press report last week. The city had initially hoped to replace as manyRead More

Jeanne Bennett-Bailey of Fairfax, Va., has officially begun her one-year term as president of the American Water Works Association. Bennett-Bailey becomes the 135th president of AWWA. As an active member of AWWA, Bennett-Bailey was the AWWA’s Volunteer of the Year in 2014 and has servedRead More

Arcadis has announced an expansion of its leadership team in Chicago and its relocation into a larger office space along Michigan Avenue. Arcadis has more than 250 engineers, architects, scientists, and construction program management professionals in the Chicago area. The firm will relocate a keyRead More

In June, Sensus announced the deployment of its new ally water meter that allows users to remotely turn water on and off to help manage high maintenance accounts and to better control flow and pressure. “With the integrated three-state valve, utilities can remotely turn onRead More

The Lake County Department of Utilities in Lake County, Ohio, received the Directors Award of Recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by American Water Works Association, EPA and associated Partner organizations, to guide water suppliers towards improving water quality by optimizingRead More

Water quality reports from member companies of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), which compare drinking water quality to state and federal standards, are now available. The reports are required annually of water providers. “These reports show private water companies have a stellar recordRead More

John D’Antoni has joined Black & Veatch’s water business and will serve as the Texas Regional Asset Management Leader, where he will focus on strengthening the link between project planning, asset management and program management for clients. D’Antoni’s engineering career spans more than 40 yearsRead More

A new report released this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) claims more than 18 million Americans got their drinking water from systems with lead violations in 2015. According to the report, the problem could be more widespread than originally thought because manyRead More

According to global water market insight firm Bluefield Research, capital expenditures (CAPEX) for U.S. municipal water and wastewater utilities – including spending on pipes, plants and pumps – are expected to exceed $532 billion between 2016 and 2025. This new outlook, compiled heavily from plannedRead More