RJN Group Inc. began a year-long study for the City of Burlington (Iowa) in August. The evaluation and study will be conducted on the Cascade (Mississippi River Interceptor) Sewer Basin.

American Water Works Company Inc. (NYSE: AWK) has announced that Jeffry Sterba has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, and elected to the Board of Directors. Sterba is succeeding Donald Correll, who is leaving the company.

CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, announced that four of this year?s inductees to the National Association of Clean Water Agencies? (NACWA) Hall of Fame have CH2M HILL roots.

Infrastructure Technologies (I.T.) recently announced that it has been awarded the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) contract to install I.T.pipes software into WSSC?s CCTV inspection units.

American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that its subsidiary, Applied Water Management, has been awarded a $4.5 million contract from Home Properties Inc.

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on issues related to establishing a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) and use of various types of public-private partnerships (PPPs) to contribute to wastewater infrastructure financing.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has issued voluntary information requests to nine natural gas service companies regarding the process known as hydraulic fracturing.

The Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI), a trade association representing all segments of the plastics piping industry, will host a webinar titled ?The Benefits of Utility Relocation with HDPE Conduit.?

Ask a water utility about the connection between advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and customer service, and they will probably tell you that their AMI system allows them to better serve customers by providing early leak notification, a simplified billing schedule and clear details about water usage.

Cities are facing harsh economic times. Many are faced with mega capital improvement programs and rising budget deficits, exacerbated by the fact that limited help is coming from federal and state governments.