The City of Wheaton, Ill., and the Wheaton Sanitary District jointly developed a master plan in which the city agreed to reduce excess flows in Basin 4 by 40 percent and in Basin 3 by 60 percent. RJN Group, Inc. (RJN) originally began working onRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) a $9,542,000 grant for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund and an $18,327,000 grant for its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure projects.

Dan Bena, Senior Director of Sustainable Development for PepsiCo, and Mary Ann Dickinson, Executive Director for the Alliance for Water Efficiency have joined the U.S. Water Alliance?s Board of Directors. ?We’re honored global water leaders, like Dan and Mary Ann, are joining the Alliance,? explainsRead More

During the recent political conventions, both parties adopted platform language recognizing the positive impact of clean and safe water on job creation, economic growth and health. While the candidates have touched on infrastructure investment as a way to generate jobs, water infrastructure has been largelyRead More

American Water was recently named the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) 2012 WaterSense Excellence Award winner. American Water earned the award for the company’s commitment to consumer education and environmental stewardship, specifically with the celebration of its 125th anniversary in 2011. The nationwide campaign educatedRead More

Itron, Inc. and Manas, Inc. announced recently they were awarded a contract to supply and deliver a comprehensive water solution to Kocaeli Water and Sewage Administration (ISU). ISU, a regional water utility in Turkey, purchased Itron?s commercial and industrial (C&I) water meters, advanced data collectionRead More

General Electric has installed a new aeration control system at the Bird Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Buffalo, N.Y., that is projected to save the city more than $350,000 a year in energy costs. GE delivered a Roots Aeration Control System for the plants? 32Read More

Neptune Technology Group Inc., has partnered with both Esri, a water utility geographic information system (GIS) developer, and 3-GIS, a browser-based GIS solutions provider, to enhance the mapping functionality within its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) host software, N_SIGHT R450. The Esri GIS technology allows utilitiesRead More

The City of Milwaukee?s Common Council has recently declared South 6th Street between West Howard Avenue and West College Avenue the first ?Green Corridor? in the state of Wisconsin.

The Walker Calloway Trunk Sewer Assessment project for the Trinity River Authority (TRA) of Texas began this past July. RJN Group, Inc. (RJN), is providing professional engineering services for the assessment of approximately 15,000 lf of sewer pipe ranging in size from 24 in. to 42 in. in diameter.