Water Finance

A preliminary analysis presented in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 Water Affordability Needs Assessment Report indicates between 12.1 million and 19.2 million households throughout the United States lack affordable access to water services. EPA’s Water Affordability Needs Assessment Report provides an estimate of the water affordability burdenRead More

Last week, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) reached a final agreement on the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA). The Water Resources Development Act is biennial legislation that authorizes theRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General in October issued a report identifying nearly $1 billion in questioned costs and funds that it suggested could be put to better use in the agency’s distribution of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for lead service line replacement.  DueRead More

The Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) has initiated a flexible, multi-phase pathway to securing new, long-term sources of water for the state.  WIFA officials will use a competitive process supported by Arizona’s Long-term Water Augmentation Fund (LTWAF) to identify, vet, and select partners andRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October announced a $268 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), which serves areas across southeast Virginia and the Eastern Shore. This is the third WIFIA loan, and part of aRead More

By David Stewart Jones A demonstration of San Jose Water’s new Emergency Water Distribution Unit (EWDU) in March 2024 highlighted the collaborative development crucial to creating a rapid-response mobile unit enabling quick and efficient drinking water delivery and distribution directly to customers during water outages,Read More

On Oct. 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3.6 billion in new funding under the Biden-Harris administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to upgrade water infrastructure. Combined with $2.6 billion announced earlier in October, EPA said the $6.2 billion in investments for Fiscal Year 2025Read More

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) joined other national leaders at the White House for a roundtable on water security and climate resilience on Oct. 31. As a water sector representative, WEF had the unique opportunity to highlight its commitment to building a more sustainable andRead More

On Oct. 7, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) filed the organizations’ opening brief with the United States Court of Appeals in the case of AWWA vs. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), related to EPA’s final drinking water regulationRead More

Several organizations representing drinking water and wastewater utilities recently wrote to both presidential candidates, urging them both to support funding for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) at the Department of Health and Human Services. The letters to Vice President Kamala Harris andRead More