Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world?s most challenging water issues, has broken ground on a 10,000-sq ft extension of its manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, N.J., to support continuing growth in the dewatering segment.

Two design-build projects were awarded to RJN Group, Inc. (RJN) in late 2011. The two projects are both contractor-led sewer relocation projects, driven by redevelopment efforts in St. Louis, Mo., and Southwestern Illinois.

More than 160 water utility leaders took to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. last week, to show their support for draft legislation that would create a federal Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority (WIFIA).

The massive investment needed for buried drinking water infrastructure in the United States totals more than $1 trillion between now and 2035.

The American Public Works Association (APWA) announced that APWA member Philip Guerin of Worcester, Mass., was recently honored by the White House as a ?Champion of Change? Innovator in Infrastructure for creating jobs in his community and using innovative techniques to develop valuable projects that help improve America?s infrastructure.

American Water Works Company, Inc., recently announced the financial close of its sale of regulated operations in Arizona and New Mexico to EPCOR USA at a purchase price of $470 million.

Itron, Inc. recently announced that Water Utility of Madison, Wis., will implement Itron?s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for Project H20, the city?s program to automate the collection and analysis of water meter reads.

FMI (www.fminet.com), the largest provider of management consulting and investment banking to the engineering and construction industry, announced the release of its Nonresidential Construction Index report for the first quarter of 2012.

On Feb. 21, the Clean Water America Alliance announced winners of the 2012 U.S. Water Prize for watershed-based approaches toward water sustainability.

Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced on Feb. 21, that it was chosen by the Cairns Regional Council, under the Port Douglas Demand Management Campaign, to deploy its advanced water metering solution.