Articles by: WFM Staff

Kentucky collection system project wins national design-build award

Kentucky collection system project wins national design-build award

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management November 12, 2019 at 10:22 am

A Kentucky-based sewer collection system improvement project has been heralded by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) during its 2019 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition. The annual program promotes exceptional diversity in project size, sector and geography while celebrating the innovative and collaborative teams whoRead More

American Water, CEO Story honored by Women’s Forum of New York

American Water, CEO Story honored by Women’s Forum of New York

Private Financing / P3s, Water Management November 11, 2019 at 10:51 am

American Water and its CEO Susan Story were recognized as the Muriel F. Siebert Award winner by the Women’s Forum of New York at the 2019 Breakfast of Corporate Champions held on Nov. 7 in New York City. “We are honored to be recognized by theRead More

EPA, Bureau of Reclamation advance cooperation on water supply, reuse funding

EPA, Bureau of Reclamation advance cooperation on water supply, reuse funding

Water Management November 11, 2019 at 10:32 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) last week announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that advances federal collaboration on funding for water supply and water reuse projects nationwide. Consistent with the Administration’s commitment to infrastructure resiliency, the agencies areRead More

American Water launches new customer service portal

American Water launches new customer service portal

Private Financing / P3s, Water Management November 4, 2019 at 10:52 am

American Water recently announced it has completed the launch of a new customer service portal called My Account for all of its regulated water and wastewater customers across its service territories. According to American Water, customers are now able to more easily access their accounts throughRead More

Middlesex Water Company begins $70 million plant upgrade

Middlesex Water Company begins $70 million plant upgrade

Private Financing / P3s, Water Management November 4, 2019 at 10:26 am

Middlesex Water Company, a provider of water and wastewater and related services primarily in New Jersey and Delaware, announced it has begun construction of a new ozone treatment facility and various other upgrades at its Carl J. Olsen Treatment Plant in Edison, New Jersey. ProjectRead More

Selecting a CMMS: Stepping Up Your Public Asset Management Game

Selecting a CMMS: Stepping Up Your Public Asset Management Game

Technology Perspectives, Water Management October 30, 2019 at 8:25 am

By Greg Baird In Japan, there is a saying that there are many paths to the top of Mount Fugi. In the United States, we have the saying that all paths to water utility cost savings lead to infrastructure asset management. A water utility strivesRead More

Be Prepared: Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Planning Under AWIA

Be Prepared: Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Planning Under AWIA

Water Management October 28, 2019 at 9:08 am

America’s Water Infrastructure Act Brings New Emergency Response and Resilience Requirements By Will Williams & Ahmet Ozman Even those of us who were not Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts can recite the Scouting motto. “Be Prepared” originally meant to be watchful and ready for anything, whichRead More

EPA invites 38 projects to apply for WIFIA loans

EPA invites 38 projects to apply for WIFIA loans

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is inviting a total of 38 projects in 18 states to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans. Together, the selected borrowers will apply for WIFIA loans totaling approximately $6 billion toRead More

EPA offers compliance assistance to community treatment facilities

EPA offers compliance assistance to community treatment facilities

Water Management October 28, 2019 at 8:16 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Region is offering free compliance assistance to smaller water and wastewater treatment facilities in five states and the District of Columbia to help improve water quality protection throughout the mid-Atlantic. “EPA is providing valuable technical assistance and trainingRead More

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan SMART Infrastructure Act

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan SMART Infrastructure Act

Washington Report, Water Finance, Water Management October 21, 2019 at 11:01 am

U.S. Reps. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.) and Brian Babin (R-Texas) have introduced H.R. 4687, the Sustainable Municipal Access to Resilient Technology in Infrastructure (SMART Infrastructure) Act, along with Reps. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.). The SMART Infrastructure Act supports innovation and open competition in procurement,Read More