Articles by: WFM Staff

The board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted April 10 to provide the additional financing necessary to allow for the construction of the full California WaterFix project, the district announced in a press release. The board authorized $10.8 billion for the project toRead More

Editor’s Note: As reducing non-revenue water remains front and center for water utilities, we sat down with Oded Fruchtman, CEO of Israeli leak detection technology provider Aquarius Spectrum, for his perspective on how the market stands on a global scale with regard to water lossRead More

Fourth annual event to highlight utility consolidation, partnerships, new funding mechanisms and national affordability challenges  BRECKSVILLE, OHIO — The 2018 Water Finance Conference, in partnership with the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), will head to Washington, D.C., Aug. 28-29, for the fourth annualRead More

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced its support for a Farm Bill introduced by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee that recognizes the importance of protecting drinking water sources from nutrient runoff. In a letter delivered to the committee last week, AWWA thanked Chairman K. MichaelRead More

 Editor’s Note: Check out some of the innovative products sent our way this month as we feature leak detection. Aquarius Spectrum Pipe Condition Assessment Aquarius Spectrum is about to deploy 1,000 acoustic and hydrophone sensors in two major cities in Israel, after winning two leakRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its sixth Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment, and the results show that nearly $473 billion is needed over the next 20 years to improve drinking water infrastructure in the United States. The agency is required under theRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applicants for up to $5.5 billion worth of loans and credit assistance through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program. Community water systems and other prospective borrowers have until 12 p.m. EDT on July 6Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the availability of funding that could provide as much as $5.5 billion in loans, which could leverage over $11 billion in water infrastructure projects through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program. Prospective borrowers seekingRead More

President Donald Trump is fielding letters from Democrats in the House of Representatives who have called on the president to either fire U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt or urge him to resign. Scrutiny against Pruitt has reached a new high in recent days as theRead More

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) for U.S. municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure will exceed $683 billion over the next decade, according to new forecasts from Bluefield Research. “The public’s growing concerns about U.S. water infrastructure are real and increasingly reflected in utility planning documents,” according to Erin BonneyRead More