Fitch Ratings says U.S. water utilities weathered the COVID-19 pandemic remarkably well and appear to be on solid footing, even as the broader economy inches closer to recession, according to the credit ratings company’s annual peer review for the sector. According to the review, slowerRead More

Garney Construction will welcome incoming CEO David Burkhart and two new presidents in October as long-time employee-owners prepare to retire in April 2024. Burkhart will take over as CEO effective next month, as Mike Heitmann, current CEO, will retire in the spring. Heitmann has beenRead More

In late August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a final rule to amend the definition of “waters of the United States” to conform with the recent Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. EPA. The agenciesRead More

On Sept. 7, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced the launch of the Large-Scale Water Recycling Projects Competitive Grants Program, which Congress created in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. The WateReuse Association helped create the program duringRead More

McKim & Creed announced Dave Gunter has joined the firm as Senior OT SCADA Cybersecurity Practice Lead. Gunter is based in McKim & Creed’s Pittsburgh office.   “Cybersecurity protection is necessary as we look to solve infrastructure challenges for our clients,” said Mike Stoup, vice presidentRead More

Shaun Thompson, Strategic Account Manager-Water/Wastewater at Badger Meter, joins us for a new episode of Water Finance & Management Conversations. We talk to Thompson about his previous position working on the utility side in wastewater treatment. He also walks us through some ways operators areRead More

Xylem Inc. announced this week that after a distinguished decade leading the company, President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Decker plans to retire as CEO at the end of 2023. Chief Financial Officer Sandra Rowland will also be departing the company to pursue new andRead More

In August, 18 water sector organizations including those representing U.S. utility systems, wrote to Congress to reiterate support for funding the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) to the maximum authorization in federal law, $3 billion each, for fiscal year 2024. InRead More

Facility to produce 15,000 acre-feet per year of purified water for injection into Southern California’s largest groundwater storage basin The Chino Basin Program (CBP), a program led by the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and partners, has reached a significant milestone as environmental engineering firmRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month released the first set of data collected under the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). In the latest action to deliver on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, UCMR 5 will provide new data that will improve EPA’s understandingRead More