Water Management

AWWA named David B. LaFrance as its new executive director. He was scheduled to join the staff in May.

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announced recently its plans to initiate a search for a new executive director to lead the 81-year old non-profit technical and educational water quality organization.

The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) recently honored the 2009 recipient of its prestigious ?We Dig America Award? ? Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.).

As every investor knows only too well, the last two years have been an exceptionally difficult period in the global financial markets.

The City of Riverside, Calif., recently faced the need to upsize existing sewer lines in a very tight, densely populated area of its central city.

USA TODAY reported in 2009, ?The USA?s infrastructure is crumbling and threatens the nation?s economic well-being, according to a new report by a top engineering group.

The water pipeline infrastructure in North America was built over a period of several decades. As such, it is not expected to fail all at once.

Over the last decade the federal government has been reducing its water and sewer grant footprint, replacing some of that funding with State Revolving Fund (SRF) loans.

The Clean Water America Alliance (CWAA), a newly formed organization focused on the promotion of water sustainability and the development of a viable national water policy to better address the provision of clean safe water for future generations, recently hosted its second national dialogue.

The financial services firm Janney Montgomery Scott held its annual Water Industry Summit March 22-23 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.