In testimony on March 13 before a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee, the American Water Works Association called for strengthening existing water infrastructure finance tools and advocated for creation of a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority. Aurel Arndt, general manager of Lehigh County Authority inRead More

President Obama has nominated Gina McCarthy to replace Lisa Jackson as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy has been serving as chief of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. She previously served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. ?As AssistantRead More

Itron, Inc. has announced that Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD), a not-for-profit agency that provides water to more than 1 million residents and 35 million annual visitors in Southern Nevada, has selected Itron?s automated metering solution to improve operational efficiency and streamline meter reading.Read More

The 2012 elections meant many things to many people. The bad news is, that issues that should enjoy bipartisan support, such as water and wastewater infrastructure investment, are threatened to end up a casualty of this hostile political environment.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and PulteGroup, Inc. have agreed to pay civil penalties of $130,000 and $56,000 respectively in separate settlements with the U.S. EPA resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations at construction sites in Maryland and Virginia. ?The EPA alleged that the companies failed toRead More

With the successful renaming of all subsidiaries concluded on March 1, 2013, the new group of companies, Bilfinger Water Technologies, demonstrated its development into one of the world’s leading suppliers of components and services in nearly all areas of water and wastewater technology. Bilfinger WaterRead More

Lucid Energy, a provider of renewable energy systems and developer of the LucidPipe Power System for in-conduit hydropower, announced last week that the company has received funding from OurCrowd, Israel?s hybrid venture capital/crowd funding platform. OurCrowd links accredited investors with dynamic, early-stage companies seeking ventureRead More

Latinos for Water will hold its Water Education for Latino Leaders conference March 21-22 in Los Angeles, Calif. Latinos for Water encourages all California Latino City Council members, mayors and county supervisors to attend, as well as those public officials who serve represent large LatinoRead More

UIM: Water Utility Infrastructure Management magazine has applied for business publication membership in BPA Worldwide. The bi-monthly journal is published by Benjamin Media Inc. (Brecksville, Ohio). BPA Worldwide will track circulation for UIM based on business/distribution, demographics and geographic coverage. The magazine will have 12Read More

Senior government officials at the Department of Commerce recently provided an update on the administration?s priorities for cyber security policy. Recently, the president signed an executive order on improving critical infrastructure cyber security and a Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on critical infrastructure security and resilience.Read More