Lafayette Utilities System (LUS), which provides electric, water, wastewater and telecommunications services to approximately 62,000 electric customers and 52,000 water customers in Lafayette, La., will implement the Aclara Meter Data Management (MDM) system, while Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation (BREMC), Lenoir, N.C., will deploy Aclara consumer engagement as well as MDM, Aclara announced recently.
Effective wastewater treatment is increasingly becoming the focus of municipalities looking to save money across the United States.
The Clean Water America Alliance is one of three civil society members joining the Global Environmental & Technology Foundation, the U.S. Department of State and others in a public-private partnership.
On Feb. 21, the Clean Water America Alliance announced winners of the 2012 U.S. Water Prize for watershed-based approaches toward water sustainability.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dec. 8 released a draft analysis of data from its Pavillion, Wyo., groundwater investigation. At the request of Pavillion residents, EPA began investigating water quality concerns in private drinking water wells three years ago.
The Board of Directors of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) today announced the election of Jim Chaffee, a Wisconsin-based engineer with the global firm Jacobs, as the Association?s next president-elect.
Black & Veatch appointed Cindy Wallis-Lage as President of its global water business. She will lead the company?s efforts to address billions of dollars in water infrastructure needs around the world.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the State of Illinois on Dec. 14 announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into Chicago area waterways during flood and wet weather events.
Public-private partnerships (P3s) in the water sector are used increasingly as a means for addressing infrastructure around the globe.
Mobile, Ala., has completed all work required under a 2002 consent decree resolving the city?s violations of the Clean Water Act and Alabama Water Pollution Control Act.
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