Hundreds of thousands of people in suburban Washington who are sweating through a punishing heat wave are under orders to avoid long showers, turn off sprinklers and think twice about flushing the toilet. The reason for the restrictions: urgent repairs to a nearly 50-year-old waterRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently announced more than $3 million to help restore the St. Louis River Area of Concern.

American Water announced last week that Joe Goodwill, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts ? Amherst, has been chosen as the recipient of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2013 American Water Scholarship. The scholarship is an annual award of $5,000 presented toRead More

The National Roundtable on Water Quality Trading, will be convened on July 17-18, in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the U.S. Water Alliance and a collaboration including the Electric Power Research Institute, The Freshwater Trust, Willamette Partnership, and World Resources Institute.? Attendees will hear and discuss aRead More

Last week, officials from the University of Connecticut showed off the school?s new $25 million water reclamation facility, a key piece of a plan to solve water shortages that have plagued the institution and surrounding communities since?2005. The plant came on line in May, saidRead More

Itron, Inc. recently announced that it is helping address water conservation and efficiency efforts in India by delivering advanced automation technology. Itron has been selected by Larsen & Turbo, the largest construction company in India, to provide an advanced metering solution to the Delhi JalRead More

Lake Erie beaches in Ohio are the worst in the nation for water quality, according to the annual report on beach rankings by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The environmental advocacy group?s report, ?Testing the Waters,? placed Ohio at the bottom of a list ofRead More

The City of San Diego?s Miramar Water Treatment Plant has received the prestigious Phase IV ?Presidents Award? recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water. The Partnership program is an initiative developed by the USEPA, AWWA, and other water organizations representing water suppliers working to provideRead More

Last week, CH2M HILL announced that Lawrence Benjamin, Brad Phelps and Tom Walters were recognized with the prestigious American Water Works Association Fuller Award and inducted into the Fuller Society during the AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE13)?held in Denver, Colo. June 9-13. Selected fromRead More

Neptune Technology Group Inc., has announced its agreement to work with IDModeling, Inc., as a premier enterprise partner in Neptune?s new ?Connected Utility? partnership program. Neptune?s Connected Utility Partnership Program was created to meet the growing needs of water utilities to operate an Advanced SensorRead More