Water Finance

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Maryland Governor Martin O?Malley recently announced an expansion of the Green Streets, Green Towns, Green Jobs Initiative (G3) thanks to a joint investment of $3.4 million by the State of Maryland, EPA and the Chesapeake Bay Trust.

Last week, the Value of Water Coalition, a group comprising leading organizations responsible for ensuring the safety, reliability and sustainability of the nation?s water, announced the launch of a new campaign to inform Americans about the value of water and the challenges facing our waterRead More

The Water Environment Federation?s 86th annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) is finally here. WEFTEC will roll into McCormick Place South Oct. 5-9, 2013 in Chicago, Ill., and will allow attendees countless educational, business and networking opportunities across a variety of topics prevalent in theRead More

Lowell, Mass., City Manager Bernie Lynch and his administration made the case Tuesday night for the City Council approval for close to $63 million in loan orders to bolster the city’s water and sewer infrastructure.

Candi Controls, creator of a breakthrough unifying platform for machine-to-machine communications, recently announced the successful deployment of a cloud-enabled energy management system for the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA). Located at the MRWPCA treatment plant near Marina, Calif., the Candi-based implementation allows theRead More

United Water currently chairs SWIC and provides water and wastewater services to approximately 5.7 million people in the United States. In addition to owning and operating 20 water utilities, the company operates 100 municipal and industrial water and wastewater systems through innovative public-private partnerships and contract agreements.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has invited the 22 largest U.S. Great Lakes shoreline cities to apply for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding for green infrastructure projects that will improve Great Lakes water quality.

Black & Veatch?s 2013 ?Strategic Directions in the U.S. Water Industry? report quantifies and confirms the industry?s most pressing challenges: aging infrastructure and costs associated with maintaining and improving infrastructure.

To address thousands of raw sewage discharges in violation of the Clean Water Act, the San Antonio Water System has agreed to a $1.1 billion upgrade to its infrastructure and will pay a $2.6 million civil penalty. The State of Texas is a co-plaintiff inRead More

American Water announced last week that Joe Goodwill, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts ? Amherst, has been chosen as the recipient of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2013 American Water Scholarship. The scholarship is an annual award of $5,000 presented toRead More