Historically the water market has been broken down into various sectors ? drinking water vs. wastewater, local vs. federal, public vs. private, gray infrastructure vs. green infrastructure, finance vs. operations.

Governments, public work departments and utilities in an effort to continue to streamline costs and efficiencies are turning to technology to gain control of current and future costs.

When the Olivenhain Municipal Water District (OMWD) in Encinitas, Calif., recently mandated a rehabilitative painting of its massive 10 million-gallon, 300-foot diameter Black Mountain Norte potable water tank, it gave advance notice of ?removal/reinstallation? to the multitude of cell phone companies that used the tank as a telecommunications hub for their antennas and cable trays.

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), the City of Indianapolis, Citizens Energy Group and other key customer stakeholders on April 12 announced an agreement on terms for the City?s transfer of the water and wastewater systems to Citizens.

Dozens of Allegheny County municipalities have moved one step closer to saving their residents millions of dollars and protecting southwestern Pennsylvania?s water resources at the same time through a 3 Rivers Wet Weather (3RWW) grant program supporting sewer system consolidation studies.

MWH Soft announced it has a new name ? Innovyze. The new name and logo more accurately reflect the company?s rich history of creating innovative, technically advanced modeling and management solutions for the world?s water and wastewater communities.

ARCADIS, the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, announced that Malcolm Pirnie, the water division of ARCADIS, was selected by Henrico County, Va., to implement a regional water supply program in central Virginia.

The next International Private Water Association (IPWA) Financial Tools Taskforce meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 27.

CDM and Wilbur Smith Associates (WSA) announced the acquisition of WSA by CDM. The combined organization expands both firms? global, full-service capabilities in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities.

On behalf of the nation?s mayors, the U.S. Conference of Mayors President Elizabeth Kautz, mayor of Burnsville, Minn., released the following statement in response to President Obama?s FY 2012 Budget:?The nation?s mayors are pleased that the President?s budget proposes significant boosts to programs that impact Main Street America because investment in cities and metropolitan areas makes for a strong national economy.