Articles by: WFM Staff

Last week in Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox announced the agency’s Get the Lead Out (GLO) Initiative aimed at providing technical assistance for lead service line removal in underserved communities. Through the GLO initiative, which is funded entirely byRead More

By Jeff Griffiths Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issues a Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, which depicts the condition and performance of American infrastructure in the familiar form of a school report card. For the first time this century, theRead More

The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced the selection of 31 planning projects to receive more than $28 million in appropriated funding to support potential new water reuse and desalination projects. The 31 projects are in California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. The projectsRead More

Online bill payment service InvoiceCloud recently announced a new integrated solution with Oracle Energy and Water that the companies say will enhance the utility payment experience for joint customers. Oracle and InvoiceCloud will now provide Oracle-supported, pre-built, real-time integration with Oracle Utilities Customer Information SystemsRead More

Laying and connecting pipes in a new construction project is a complex and challenging task that requires careful planning and coordination. Some of the factors that need to be considered are: Once the pipe has been lowered into the trench or borehole and is properlyRead More

The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved an appropriations bill that would reduce total funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and some of the agency’s key funding programs, although the measure is unlikely to get very far. The measure would reduce EPA’s fundingRead More

The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District’s (Regional San) $1.7 billion EchoWater project was recently named a winner of Bentley Systems’ Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure, which recognizes users of the company’s software for excellence in infrastructure modeling and digital twin. The EchoWater project is aRead More

By Jason Montgomery, George Schaaf, Britt Klein & Bethany McDonald On a sunny day in May 2022, crews in Gilbert, Arizona, unearthed the crown of a critical water transmission main. Removing cracked concrete mortar from the outside of the bar-wrapped pipe revealed what the teamRead More

Maine’s York Sewer District announced last week it has filed a lawsuit against 3M, DuPont and other manufacturers for the presence of PFAS in the district’s wastewater. Representing York Sewer District is SL Environmental Law Group P.C., a New Hampshire-based law firm that focuses exclusivelyRead More

The Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s office (WRC) in Waterford Township, Michigan, was one of the 2023 recipients of the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) Utility of the Future award. This marks the third time in four years the organization has received this award, emphasizing itsRead More