Water Management

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) have announced the recipients of their new Singapore International Water Week Scholarship (SIWWS).

The Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) is the global platform to share and co-create innovative water solutions. Taking place this year, June 1-5 in Singapore, stakeholders from the global water industry will gather to share business opportunities and showcase the latest water technologies.

According to Fitch Ratings, despite more stringent state laws, water and sewer utilities must comply with U.S. EPA water regulations and would bear much of the financial burden if hydrofracking (fracking) operations lead to contamination of a water supply.

Building flood storage basins and creating a wide storm-water drainage channel on Milwaukee’s north side are part of a proposed $139.3 million plan to help combined sanitary and storm sewers carry away water from heavy rains and prevent property damage.

The Design-Build Institute of America?s 2014 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference recently took place in San Jose, Calif., March 17-19. Presented by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) and co-hosted by AWWA and WEF, the multi-day conference program was a huge success.

Although the legislature cannot make it rain, Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) is doing the next best thing: creating new sources of clean water.

Sensus, a provider of clean technology solutions, has acquired Atlanta-based Verdeeco, a smart grid analytics company offering big data solutions for electric, water and gas utilities. Verdeeco will remain a separate brand but operate as part of Sensus.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has awarded $29 million in federal loans to 10 South Florida water projects ranging from an overworked treatment plant in Miami-Dade County’s crumbling sewer system to a much-needed system in the lower Florida Keys.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued its fiscal year (FY) 2014 to 2018 Strategic Plan, which provides a blueprint for advancing EPA?s mission to protect public health and the environment across the country.

SWIC applauds the introduction of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2014 (H.R. 4237) in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 13. The bipartisan legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds (PABs) shall not apply to bonds for facilities for furnishing of water and sewage facilities.