Celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2011, the Consolidated Mutual Water Company (CMWC) in Lakewood, Colo., is continuing the pioneering spirit of the company founders who banded together to provide water for the growing population in the West.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) in November released its 2012 economic forecast for the U.S. commercial and industrial construction industry.

Mobile, Ala., has completed all work required under a 2002 consent decree resolving the city?s violations of the Clean Water Act and Alabama Water Pollution Control Act.

The UIM Asset Management Conference was held at the Hilton Arlington Nov. 28-29 and attracted 85 participants from across the country.

A total of 16,961 water professionals and 923 exhibiting companies from around the world attended WEFTEC 2011, the Water Environment Federation?s (WEF) 84th annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, which was held Oct. 16-19 in Los Angeles

Every day, water service companies help provide essential water and wastewater services to nearly 73 million Americans. The voice of the private water service industry is amplified by the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) that successfully hosted its annual Water Summit in La Jolla, Calif., from Oct. 2 ? 5.

The American Water Summit Conference met Nov. 9-10 in Atlanta. The event was organized by Global Water Intelligence of the United Kingdom. There were close to 300 attendees.

Annually, the U.S. Conference of Mayors Water Council meets in Washington, D.C., at the St. Regis Hotel. This year?s meeting took place Oct. 27-28.

The Town of Culpeper, Va., has chosen Aclara to provide a total advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution for electric and water meters.

Itron Inc. announced that the City of Allentown, Pa.?s Bureau of Water Resources will implement Itron?s mobile data collection solution for the collection and analysis of water meter reads.