Articles by: WFM Staff

Congress approved legislation last week that ended a brief government shutdown, set a federal budgetary framework through the 2019 fiscal year and delivered billions of dollars in disaster relief aid to communities affected by the devastating hurricanes in fall 2017. The bill was approved as partRead More

Andrew Wheeler’s nomination for Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the number two position at the agency, passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee by an 11-10 party line vote on Feb. 7. The EPW Committee vote wasRead More

The deadline to submit an abstract for the 2018 Water Finance Conference is Friday, February 23. The fourth annual Water Finance Conference, to be held August 28-29, 2018, in Washington, D.C., is a two-day event aimed at gathering executive-level utility professionals, including directors, general managers, superintendents,Read More

Xylem Inc. announced it has acquired EmNet, LLC, a rapidly growing provider of smart solutions that enable municipalities to manage the urban water cycle and wastewater and stormwater systems. The addition further expands Xylem’s portfolio of advanced infrastructure analytics solutions and capabilities. Financial terms were notRead More

Water technology company Neptune Technology Group Inc. (Neptune), has officially introduced a new look, logo and branding campaign that the company says is focused on innovations that water industry professionals can use to ‘win your day.’ Neptune serves more than 4,000 water utilities across NorthRead More

U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-Ariz.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) recently introduced the Securing Required Funding for Water Infrastructure Now (SRF WIN) Act to modernize investment in water infrastructure. This legislation rejects the fix-as-fail approach currently used to upgrade the nation’s infrastructureRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (Army) have finalized a rule adding an applicability date to the 2015 Clean Water Rule (the 2015 Rule). This rule provides clarity and certainty about which definition of “waters of the United States”Read More

The Association of Regional Water Organizations (ARWO) has tapped Jim Maras to lead the federal advocacy group as its new executive director. Maras brings to ARWO 30 years of experience with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Jim Maras’ vast experience with rural water developmentRead More

In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed at least a $1.5 trillion investment in improvements to U.S. infrastructure, noting it as a top priority for his administration in the coming year while criticizing the current pace of neededRead More

An early draft of the White House’s proposed infrastructure improvement plan leaked last week. The draft reveals some details of a plan to revitalize U.S. water infrastructure, as well as improve transportation, land revitalization and Veteran’s Affairs facilities. First reported by Axios, the leaked six-page documentRead More