Water Management

Turning the Gulf of Mexico into a long-term source for fresh drinking water is the focus of an unprecedented study that Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) agreed to begin last week. The $2 million effort will investigate the feasibilityRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week, a legal agreement with SL Industries, Inc. and SL Surface Technologies, Inc. to perform soil cleanup and reimburse EPA?s past costs at the Puchack Well Field Superfund site in Pennsauken Township, N.J. The soil to be cleanedRead More

Last week, the International Water Association (IWA), a leading network of water professionals world-wide, announced it has appointed Ger Bergkamp (Ph.D.) as its new executive director. Bergkamp is taking up this position following the footsteps of former executive director Paul Reiter, who stepped into theRead More

King County and the City of Seattle have agreed to invest in major upgrades to local sewage and combined storm water collection, piping and treatment under settlements with the Department of Justice and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The state of Washington was aRead More

Private Activity Bond (PABs) Champion Rep. Bill Pascrell?talked to?Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew?about tax-exempt qualified private activity bonds?in the context of balancing the budget and creating jobs at the House?Budget Committee hearing yesterday. Rep. Pascrell told Secretary Lew that he was pleased to see his PABRead More

More than 170 water utility leaders from 47 states?will take?to Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge passage of legislation that would create a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority (WIFIA) to confront America?s growing water infrastructure challenge. The delegates are part of the Water Matters! FlyRead More

The Board of Directors of Black & Veatch has selected a new chairman, president and CEO for the company upon the decision of Len Rodman to retire at the end of 2013 after 42 years of outstanding leadership, service and dedication to the company. RodmanRead More

Suzanne Chiavari, New Jersey American Water vice president for engineering, joined New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin and other speakers testifying before the New Jersey Clean Water Council yesterday to provide an overview of the water infrastructure damage from recent storms, includingRead More

I?m going to swim against the recent tide of commentaries in this publication and dozens of others on water and sewer funding. All call for more grants. Au contraire!? Going back about 45 years I see that water and sewer grants are a lot likeRead More

J. Tyler Hewitt has joined HDR as the Water and Natural Resources business group?s manager for the state of Georgia. He will be headquartered in HDR?s Atlanta, Ga., office. A professional engineer, Hewitt has more than 15 years of Georgia municipal experience in water supply,Read More