Water Management

Innovyze announced last week that it will provide worldwide support for the U.S. EPA?s flagship EPANET and SWMM public domain software.

Last week, grants totaling $200 million for clean water projects for municipalities in New York were approved in the new state budget, an issue environmental groups and local governments pushed as they deal with straining infrastructures.

A pipeline project intended to bring billions of gallons of water a year to a drought-stricken section of eastern New Mexico represents a lifeline to parched communities that are quickly running out of water. The lifeline, however, might not reach the region for more than a decade, even though officials say some areas don’t have that long before wells dry up.

Pennsylvania American Water?s Norristown Water Treatment Plant, which serves approximately 32,000 customers in Montgomery County, Pa., has received the prestigious President?s Award from the Partnership for Safe Water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week the award of 14 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling over $17 million to fund projects that will improve Great Lakes water quality.

UIM: Water Utility Infrastructure Management and the SWIM Center at Virginia Tech are looking for speakers for the 15th annual Water Asset Management Conference in Arlington, Va., Dec. 2-3, 2015. If you are interested in presenting to executive-level municipal representatives and consultants involved in the fields of water, wastewater and stormwater, we want to hear from you. The deadline to submit an abstract is April 1.

A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ordered the Sacramento region?s sewer agency to halt construction of a storage project, finding enough probability that a $114 million contract awarded to Teichert Construction of Davis violated state law.

A study conducted by Duke University finds that population growth could cause global demand for water to outpace supply by mid-century if current levels of consumption continue. And it wouldn’t be the first time, according to the study.

Total construction put in place (CPIP) for 2015 is predicted to grow 8 percent, according to a recent report from FMI. This supports earlier FMI predictions that CPIP will top $1 trillion in 2015, something the market has not seen since 2008.

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $1.1 billion drought relief and flood protection package, as California?s dry conditions stretch into a fourth year. The enactment marks the second time in two years that Brown and lawmakers approved legislation related to California?s ongoing drought.