The Water Department for the City of Haines City, Fla., serves 20,000 customers, and oversees and maintains 89 miles of water mains ranging from 2 to 30 in., 7 miles of reclaimed water, 40 miles of force mains and 51 miles of gravity sewer mains with 850 manholes.

Jacobs Associates and Boise-based engineering and construction firm McMillen LLC have announced that the two firms intend to merge. The combined firm will be known as McMillen Jacobs Associates.

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced the availability of the Draft Scope of Work for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Water for the Future: Upstate Water Supply Resiliency Project.

Construction firms added jobs in 39 states between September 2013 and September 2014 while construction employment increased in 34 states and the District of Columbia between August and September, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Last week, Innovyze announced that the City of Coconut Creek, Fla., has chosen the company?s InfoWater to support its enterprise-wide geospatial water distribution network modeling and management needs.

Last week, Aclara Technologies finalized an agreement with the City of Munroe Falls in Northeast Ohio, to deploy its STAR network meter-reading solution to local residents. In addition, other Ohio cities using Aclara?s STAR network include Berea, Bexley, Middletown, Newark, Springboro, Sylvania and Wooster.

The board of directors of McKim & Creed, Inc., has announced that John T. Lucey, Jr., P.E., has been named the company?s next president and CEO, effective Nov. 1, 2014. Lucey was previously executive vice president of engineering and business development at Heckmann Water Resources (now Nuverra Environmental Solutions).

The National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) and the Environmental Research Systems Institute, Inc. (ESRI) have collaborated on the incorporation of Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) data and code structure for storage of condition and asset information in geographical databases.

Integrated management, strong stakeholder collaboration and stable infrastructure funding are the three strategic pillars of the newest California Water Plan, a comprehensive report that addresses all aspects of the state’s complex network of water resources.

Pure Technologies has announced the appointment of David Burke, P.E. as vice president for its southeast region. Burke brings more than 27 years of experience at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to his new role with Pure.