The intense economic realities of the ?new normal? of today?s business environment are driving both private- and public-sector entities to make significant changes to their organizations and to enhance their focus on efficiently meeting their current and future challenges.

Pipe is often overlooked but nonetheless is a critical component of any water and sewer system. In fact, underground transmission and distribution systems comprise a majority of the replacement costs facing drinking water utilities today.

America?s economic growth in the last few decades was possible because of the historical investment in the planning and the construction of our water and wastewater systems.

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.