Water Management

Each year, more than one trillion gallons of water are wasted by easy-to-fix household leaks, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program. That’s why EPA is encouraging consumers to “Be a Leak Detective” during WaterSense’s eighth annual Fix a Leak Week, March 14-20Read More

A new analysis published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) estimates 6.1 million lead service lines remain in U.S. communities, suggesting progress in lead service line removal over the past two decades but indicating an estimated $30 billion challenge remains.

According to Fitch Ratings, lawsuits filed against the City of Flint, Mich., and the City of Chicago could have a broad, long-term impact on the entire U.S. water sector. Significant investment in service line replacement also may be forthcoming over the near term, particularly if the U.S. EPA materially alters existing rules.

AWWA’s Board of Directors has voted unanimously to support recommendations from the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) that strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule and ultimately lead to the complete removal of lead service lines.

The U.S. Water Alliance has announced several individuals who will join its restructured Board of Directors in an effort to realign and refocus its work around its guiding principle of ?One Water, One Future.?

Last week, AWWA announced the Reading Area Water Authority has received the ?Directors Award of Recognition? from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by AWWA, EPA and associated partner organizations.

Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last week by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) would reauthorize the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), offer funding aid to water systems seeking to replace lead service lines and establish new programs to help communities respond to drought and global climate change.

Democratic Presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, debated Sunday night in Flint, Mich., where a water crisis has impacted the community?s largely poor population and its access to safe drinking water.

World Water Works, a designer and manufacturer of wastewater treatment solutions, was selected by Frost & Sullivan?s Manufacturing Leadership (ML) Council?s 2016 Manufacturing Leadership Awards for manufacturing the patent-pending new AvN technology.

Woolpert has been awarded a $5.6 million contract to assess, rehabilitate and reduce sanitary sewer overflows by the DeKalb County (Ga.) Department of Watershed Management. This project is being conducted through the Priority Areas Sewer Assessment and Rehabilitation Program (PASARP) and is part of a federal consent decree.