Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority has been named as a recipient of the CS Week Expanding Excellence Awards for the Best Smart Infrastructure category during the Expanding Excellence Awards in Tampa, Fla., May 1-3. The Expanding Excellence Awards are presented to utilities that haveRead More

On Earth Day and every day, Sensus partners with water utilities worldwide to conserve water through leak detection and smart water networks. Recent research commissioned by Sensus found that utilities lose an estimated $9.6 billion each year due to leaked water. Sensus has been providingRead More

Nearly 200 water utility leaders from across the United States ascended the steps of Capitol Hill?April 17,?urging their members of Congress to vote for legislation that addresses the nation?s water infrastructure challenge and confronts mounting affordability concerns. The water utility leaders ? in Washington, D.C.Read More

Turning the Gulf of Mexico into a long-term source for fresh drinking water is the focus of an unprecedented study that Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) agreed to begin last week. The $2 million effort will investigate the feasibilityRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week, a legal agreement with SL Industries, Inc. and SL Surface Technologies, Inc. to perform soil cleanup and reimburse EPA?s past costs at the Puchack Well Field Superfund site in Pennsauken Township, N.J. The soil to be cleanedRead More

Last week, the International Water Association (IWA), a leading network of water professionals world-wide, announced it has appointed Ger Bergkamp (Ph.D.) as its new executive director. Bergkamp is taking up this position following the footsteps of former executive director Paul Reiter, who stepped into theRead More

King County and the City of Seattle have agreed to invest in major upgrades to local sewage and combined storm water collection, piping and treatment under settlements with the Department of Justice and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The state of Washington was aRead More

Private Activity Bond (PABs) Champion Rep. Bill Pascrell?talked to?Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew?about tax-exempt qualified private activity bonds?in the context of balancing the budget and creating jobs at the House?Budget Committee hearing yesterday. Rep. Pascrell told Secretary Lew that he was pleased to see his PABRead More

More than 170 water utility leaders from 47 states?will take?to Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge passage of legislation that would create a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority (WIFIA) to confront America?s growing water infrastructure challenge. The delegates are part of the Water Matters! FlyRead More

The Board of Directors of Black & Veatch has selected a new chairman, president and CEO for the company upon the decision of Len Rodman to retire at the end of 2013 after 42 years of outstanding leadership, service and dedication to the company. RodmanRead More