In April, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) cosigned two separate letters addressed to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, asking that he continue funding for the agency’s WaterSense program. The first letter is under the banner of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, andRead More

According to a new report from Bluefield Research, mergers and acquisitions in the global water sector exceeded $20 billion in 2016, pushing the three-year total valuation of announced deals to more than $57 billion. The report, Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Key Trends in a Changing Global Landscape,Read More

In April, the Trump Administration released a one-page outline of a tax code overhaul that it says will grow the economy, simplify tax filing and lower rates for businesses and middle-income families.  The outline does not definitively indicate whether or not municipal bond interest income would beRead More

Evoqua Water Technologies’ Alkagen AQ solution has been selected to control odor and extend the useful life of existing infrastructure at the Siesta Key wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Sarasota, Fla. The Siesta Key WWTP services the Siesta Key barrier island, home to the No.Read More

The City of Beaufort, S.C., is partnering with Johnson Controls to complete a city-wide performance infrastructure and conservation project that’s expected to generate $5.4 million in savings over 15 years, while reducing the city’s overall carbon footprint, energy usage and water consumption. The one-year constructionRead More

In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced the investment of $39 million for 12 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and nonpoint source projects across nine counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority. “Today marked another special day for the Pennvest program and for the citizens ofRead More

Badger Meter, Inc. has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D-Flow Technology AB of Luleå, Sweden, for approximately $23 million in cash. D-Flow Technology is a knowledge-based company specializing in ultrasonic technology, primarily for flow measurement. “There is a growing acceptance ofRead More

Pure Technologies Ltd. and Xylem have announced they have entered into a commercial collaboration whereby Xylem will represent Pure’s products and services to the water sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman), and in India, Singapore and Malaysia.Read More

    By Dave Russell & Yuwu Yu

USA Reservoir Inspection | Clark Public Utilities (CPU) is committed to providing customers with the most reliable, affordable service possible. But a lot has to go on behind the scenes to make that happen. As a publicly-owned utility in Vancouver, Wash., it is committed to bringingRead More