Articles by: WFM Staff

In June, a House Appropriations Subcommittee approved a spending proposal for FY25 that would cut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget by $1.8 billion, bringing the total appropriation for the agency to $7.36 billion for the next fiscal year, down from $9.16 billion in FY24. TheRead More

Design and engineering firm Stantec is providing construction management services, engineering services during construction, and inspection services for a CSO storage tunnel with a pump station for the City of Lynchburg, Virginia. Construction on the project began recently. The project marks a continuation of Stantec’sRead More

The largest pipelines in a water network are often the most critical. However, they can also be the most difficult to inspect. Until recently, utilities had to shut down and fully dewater their large, metallic pipelines for inspection. These inspections could easily put the mainRead More

The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed legislation to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a biennial bill that authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects. The bill, H.R. 8812, passed by a vote of 359 to 13. WRDA authorizes the U.S. Army CorpsRead More

The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) recently selected Black & Veatch to provide design and engineering services for renewal and replacement projects at its three wastewater treatment plants. The upgrades are part of the department’s $8.6 billion capital improvement program to enhance and expand criticalRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a $14.8 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Palmdale Water District (PWD) in Southern California. The agency said the loan will assist the district’s regional advanced water augmentation program to expand the water supplyRead More

In July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed modification to the 2011 settlement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to address the flow of untreated sewage into Cleveland-area waterways and Lake Erie. The agency said the modification will affect the CityRead More

Justin Bernstein of Connecticut has been named the national winner of the 2024 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP). Bernstein’s project expanded on previous research by using genetically engineered cryobacterium to protect glaciers. The bacterium, exposed to a naturally occurring silicic acid on the glacier,Read More

Judy Adler, Director of Water Resources at the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA), will give the opening keynote on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 6 at the 2024 Water Finance Conference. The 2024 Water Finance Conference is being held in Buford, Georgia, Aug. 6-7, atRead More

Stantec, along with the Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority in Lindsay, California, has announced completion of the first phase of construction for a 10-mile section of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project. The canal, which delivers water to more than 1Read More