Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, along with labor leaders, environmental activists and local government officials, on Oct. 18 launched the governor?s $1 billion Illinois Clean Water Initiative, which will overhaul Illinois? aging water infrastructure. ?On this anniversary of theRead More

?Integrated watershed management now!? will never be a good bumper sticker, but it’s a great principle for driving sustainability and environmental progress.

There seems to be a common understanding among manufacturers of chemical root control applications, that the market for root control products really hasn?t changed much in recent years.

The accurate billing for and measurement of sewer flow has for decades been a universal industry objective.

Today, utilities use modern ductile iron to build durable, reliable, efficient and environmentally ? sound water infrastructure systems ? and ductile iron is far stronger than its predecessor, cast iron.

Despite the significant improvements over the past 15 years in understanding the economic management of real losses on distribution systems, little information is available on the true extent of transmission mains leakage, and how best to quantify and manage it.

By any measure, the decades leading up to and following World War II were the golden ages for public works in the United States, with entities like the Works Project Administration spending the modern equivalent of hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure across the nation.

Illinois American Water will invest more than $1.2 million in the Streator District to replace water mains, install new water mains and relocate customer services. Weather permitting, the water main projects will be completed by the end of the year.?According to David Clifton, operations superintendentRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has entered into a Clean Water Act (CWA) administrative consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with PDC Mountaineer, LLC (PDCM) to resolve violations involving construction activities at Marcellus Shale gas extraction facilities in northern West Virginia.Read More

The San Diego County Water Authority?s Board of Directors, on Nov. 29, voted to approve a landmark agreement to purchase up to 56,000 acre-feet of water annually from what will be the nation?s largest seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif. The plant is expected to start producing up to 50 million gallons a day in 2016.