The Water Design-Build Council has announced the release of its third edition of its Municipal Water Design-Build Handbook, now available online. This updated and expanded version continues to provide readers with an overview of important factors to consider in implementing water and wastewater infrastructure projects using the various methods of Design-Build (DB).

Xylem Inc., has been awarded a $2.7 million contract to supply the equipment and technology for a stormwater drainage system to protect against future storm damage along Route 35 on the New Jersey coastline.

American Water has announced that Jeff Sterba will retire from his role as president and chief executive officer of American Water at the Company’s annual meeting, scheduled for May 9, 2014. At that time, American Water?s current senior vice president and chief financial officer Susan N. Story will succeed Sterba as president and CEO.

The Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency recently awarded a $141.2 million contract to CH2M HILL for the design, construction and long-term operation of a new surface water treatment system, largely helping replace ground water with treated surface water from the Sacramento River by 2016.

On Oct. 1, Piero Salvo, who has almost 20 years of trenchless construction experience, founded a new engineering firm named GAME Trenchless Consultants. The name GAME stands for Global Asset Management Engineering.

SWIC joined the Chronicles Group in hosting water documentary film screenings and speaker panels of Members of Congress and water leaders at the U.S. Capitol in November. Water summit special guest, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), began the program and encouraged support for his private activity bond legislation that would provide $50 billion in private capital investment in water and wastewater infrastructure and create more than one million jobs.

Michael Deane, executive director of the National Association of Water Companies, presents an exclusive perspective for waterfm.com on investor-owned utilities.

The 2014 outlook for the U.S. water and sewer market is stable despite ongoing economic, capital and political pressures, according to new report from Fitch Ratings. The report reveals that while water and sewer utilities continue to face ongoing capital and debt pressures, the sector shows overall financial strength.

For some, WEFTEC 2013 came and went ? another major water conference. For others, WEFTEC 2013 was truly a unique and distinct experience. Hosted by the City of Chicago at McCormick Place, this year?s show attracted a record number of attendees.

The established U.S. water and wastewater analytical instrumentation market has high saturation levels along with very few recent technological innovations. Nonetheless, slow and steady growth is anticipated, driven mainly by federal and state level regulations.