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City of Tucson, Itron partner for AMI project

City of Tucson, Itron partner for AMI project

AMR/AMI, Water Management December 16, 2025 at 1:35 pm

In an effort to enhance water conservation, Tucson Water in Arizona is partnering with Itron, Inc., to deploy advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Tucson will implement Itron’s AMI Essentials for water, the provider’s standard bundled AMI solution, tailored to better serve small- to medium-sized water utilitiesRead More

EPA announces more than $351 million for Fort Worth

EPA announces more than $351 million for Fort Worth

Public Utility Finance, Water Finance December 16, 2025 at 9:20 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced more than $351 million in funding for the City of Fort Worth, Texas. The funds include an approved loan of $347 million from the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program and selection of Fort WorthRead More

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan WIFIA amendments

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan WIFIA amendments

Public Utility Finance, Washington Report, Water Finance December 15, 2025 at 5:15 pm

In November, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Amendments of 2025 aimed at broadening funding provided by WIFIA loan program at U.S. EPA. The amendments were introduced by U.S. Reps. Kim SchrierRead More

Plastics Pipe Institute turns 75

Plastics Pipe Institute turns 75

Pipe Selection, Water Management December 15, 2025 at 3:05 pm

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), the major North American trade association representing all segments of the plastic pipe industry, recently celebrated its 75th anniversary during its semi-annual meeting, Oct. 20-23 in Mobile, Alabama. Founded in 1950 as the Thermoplastic Pipe Division of the SocietyRead More

How to Mitigate the Effect of Tariffs on Activated Carbon

How to Mitigate the Effect of Tariffs on Activated Carbon

Water Finance December 15, 2025 at 8:15 am

By Devon Santistevan Tariffs on imported activated carbon have arrived in the water treatment industry, with effects that are just beginning to ripple through the market. Roughly 25 to 30% of the activated carbon used in the U.S. is imported, with about a third ofRead More

WateReuse spearheading regulatory guide for states

WateReuse spearheading regulatory guide for states

Water Management December 15, 2025 at 6:45 am

The WateReuse Association (WateReuse) is heading up a new project to create a State Regulatory Guide that will offer recommendations to members and other stakeholders on developing and implementing state-level water reuse rules, regulations and standards. The guide, expected by May 2026, will offer recommendationsRead More

Water group coalition calls for funding on Capitol Hill

Water group coalition calls for funding on Capitol Hill

Washington Report, Water Finance December 12, 2025 at 4:15 pm

A coalition of national water sector leaders hosted an informational briefing on Dec. 10 for Congress to highlight the urgency of investing in America’s aging water infrastructure systems and the critical role of the Clean Water and Drinking Water state revolving funds (SRFs). Titled, “StrongRead More

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Action for Tomorrow: New Mexico’s Unique Program for Its 50-Year Water Action Plan

By Paul Gagliardo New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham announced New Mexico’s 50-Year Water Action Plan in 2024. Climate change is threatening the precious water resource that holds immeasurable cultural, agricultural, ecological, economic and recreational value to the state. Complex issues are affecting all aspects ofRead More

Water Main Breaks & National Trends: A Broader Context

Water Main Breaks & National Trends: A Broader Context

By Greg Baird WaterOne’s journey toward resilient infrastructure through PVC adoption, discussed in Water Finance & Management’s Q4 cover story, is part of a larger national narrative. The 2025 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card assigns a C grade to the nation’s drinking water systems — unchangedRead More

Explaining the Decline in WIFIA Loan Volume: Part 2

Explaining the Decline in WIFIA Loan Volume: Part 2

Commentary, Public Utility Finance, Water Finance December 8, 2025 at 11:35 am

By John Ryan The first part of this article concluded that the most likely cause of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan program’s dramatic decline from 2022 to 2024 was displacement by two other federally subsidized sources of U.S. water infrastructure finance,Read More