Water Finance

Longtime water finance consultant Jason Mumm has joined Brown and Caldwell as its new senior director of infrastructure financing, the company announced in a LinkedIn post. Mumm’s expertise includes long-range financial planning, cost allocation, rates and charges, capital planning and financing, regional partnerships/agreements, and managementRead More

Last week, more than 750 water utility professionals from across the United States convened in the nation’s capital for the annual Water Week, featuring Congressional office visits and policy updates from sector leaders and regulators. The anchor event of Water Week is the National WaterRead More

Veolia North America has finalized an agreement with Tampa Bay Water (TBW) to lead the design, construction and operation of a major TBW treatment plant expansion that will increase drinking water supply capacity for the region. TBW serves drinking water to more than 2.5 millionRead More

The Trump administration has placed a 10% baseline tariff on most imports, effective April 5, with additional tariffs on goods from select nations going into effect on April 9. Canada and Mexico are exempt from these tariffs due to the fact they are currently payingRead More

By Wayne Hofmann On Jan. 27 of this year, I traveled across the country to talk to strangers about federal funding, something I do occasionally. As I drank my morning coffee and prepared my remarks, a colleague sent an article titled “White House budget officeRead More

By Krishnan Sadasivam To make water safe for consumption and compliant with regulations, disinfection chemicals are a basic supply for water treatment facilities. Thanks to technological advancements and changing market and environmental trends, the choice between purchasing bulk bleach or making it on-site is gettingRead More

Earlier this month, Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah), along with Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would amend federal tax law to exempt homeowners from paying income tax on rebates received from water utilities for water conservation and runoff management improvements.Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on “Water Infrastructure Financing: WIFIA and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund,” featuring four water sector experts who testified on current challenges and needs with the programs. The four witnesses whoRead More

The National Rural Water Association (NRWA), a non-profit organization representing the interests of more than 31,000 U.S. water and wastewater utilities, is enthusiastically supporting the reintroduction of the Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislation would provide small and rural systems accessRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under recently confirmed Administrator Lee Zeldin is targeting a 65% reduction in agency spending, according to a White House spokesperson who clarified a remark by President Donald Trump last week after he seemed to suggest the cuts applied toRead More