Water Management

Leading members of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) took part in a national news conference this month, drawing attention to the impact of 10 major rain and flood events in 2022 and examining how the aggregate effect of climate change and arisingRead More

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced projects that have been selected to receive over $30 million in grant funding under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. This grant funding, and additional funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, willRead More

Nearly three-in-four people perceive their home’s tap water as safe, according to a survey conducted by data intelligence company Morning Consult on behalf of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), and nearly 80 percent trust their water utility. The June 2022 poll, titled “Public Perceptions of Tap Water,” includedRead More

On this edition of Water Finance & Management Conversations, we’re joined by Cecilia Correia, Senior Water Solutions Manager with Bentley Systems, based in Lisbon, Portugal. Cecilia explains some of the differences and similarities in the U.S. water utility market versus in Europe, and how utilitiesRead More

The ratings of U.S. public finance issuers affected by Hurricane Ian will largely remain stable, although the credit quality of some issuers with lesser resources and financial flexibility could weaken, says Fitch Ratings. While the full extent of property damage in Florida, Georgia and theRead More

A new company, Community Infrastructure Partners (CIP), recently announced its official launch and says it intends to challenge the status quo for how infrastructure is being addressed in the United States, offering a performance-based delivery model to implement infrastructure improvements “better, faster, and cheaper” thanRead More

If you’re a regular reader of Water Finance & Management, you may know we talk a lot about how utility managers and finance pro­fessionals for both drinking water and clean water systems can improve their strategic decision making. How can they tackle the regular system maintenanceRead More

The forward-thinking initiatives of 34 water utilities are being recognized by the Water Environment Federation and other organizations as Utilities Of The Future Today as they reimagine partnerships and community engagement, watershed stewardship, and recovery of resources such as water, energy and nutrients. The UtilityRead More

The City of Hayward is making significant improvements at its Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) to serve a growing population, rehabilitate aging infrastructure and improve the quality of purified water released to the San Francisco Bay. Known as the “Heart of the Bay,” Hayward isRead More

Core & Main, Inc. has closed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the municipal waterworks division of Trumbull Industries, Inc., as well as the assets of an affiliated entity, a supplier of specialty and private label products for the municipalRead More