Huge areas of land mass within Australia, India, China and the United States are highlighted as suffering extreme pressure on their renewable water supplies by a new index and map that evaluate water stress.

Total construction spending increased by 0.7 percent in October, driven largely by growing demand for power projects and public construction, the Associated General Contractors of America noted Dec. 1 in an analysis of new Census Bureau data.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors Water Council met Oct. 14-15 in Pleasanton, Calif. Pleasanton Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, Co-Chair of the council, hosted the meeting. There were over 70 registrants.

The ASCE Pipelines 2010 Conference held in Keystone, Colo., from Aug. 28, to Sept. 1, 2010, was a huge success.

A total of 17,515 water professionals and 984 exhibiting companies occupying a record breaking 295,295 net square feet of exhibition booth space attended WEFTEC 2010

More than 30 participants, journalists and observers from around the world took part in Black & Veatch?s second annual roundtable series Oct. 5 at WEFTEC in New Orleans.

Johnson County (Kan.) Wastewater (JCW) announced that completion of its Black & Veatch-designed Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin Treatment Plant expansion and upgrade will result in water quality improvements that reach beyond local streams.

The City of Aurora, Colo., recently celebrated the completion of the Prairie Waters Project, an innovative and environmentally friendly water system that was finished ahead of schedule and more than $100 million under budget.

CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, announced that Glen Daigger, CH2M HILL Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

SouthWest Water Company announced the completion of its merger in which institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Water Asset Management LLC have acquired the company.