The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) recently selected Black & Veatch to provide design and engineering services for renewal and replacement projects at its three wastewater treatment plants. The upgrades are part of the department’s $8.6 billion capital improvement program to enhance and expand criticalRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a $14.8 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Palmdale Water District (PWD) in Southern California. The agency said the loan will assist the district’s regional advanced water augmentation program to expand the water supplyRead More

In July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed modification to the 2011 settlement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to address the flow of untreated sewage into Cleveland-area waterways and Lake Erie. The agency said the modification will affect the CityRead More

Justin Bernstein of Connecticut has been named the national winner of the 2024 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP). Bernstein’s project expanded on previous research by using genetically engineered cryobacterium to protect glaciers. The bacterium, exposed to a naturally occurring silicic acid on the glacier,Read More

Judy Adler, Director of Water Resources at the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA), will give the opening keynote on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 6 at the 2024 Water Finance Conference. The 2024 Water Finance Conference is being held in Buford, Georgia, Aug. 6-7, atRead More

Stantec, along with the Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority in Lindsay, California, has announced completion of the first phase of construction for a 10-mile section of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project. The canal, which delivers water to more than 1Read More

In July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPS) committed to providing more than $20 million to 13 workforce development organizations under its Innovative Water Workforce Development Grant Program, which supports expanding career opportunities in the drinking water and wastewater utility sector. “In every community inRead More

Orbis Intelligent Systems has announced a national distribution partnership with Core & Main. According to Orbis, the collaboration will combine the company’s SmartCap technology with Core & Main’s extensive industry leadership and expertise.  Orbis’ SmartCap technology is an acoustic, fixed-base pipe monitoring system, housed inRead More

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has selected water monitoring solutions company Flume to conduct the Residential End Uses of Water Study, Version 3. According to Flume, this prestigious research project will be the largest and most significant residential end-use study ever conducted in North America with more thanRead More

Juniper Capital Management, a lower-middle private equity firm, recently announced the successful sale of its portfolio company, Infrastructure Services Group LLC (“ISG” or “the company”), to Azuria, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital. Juniper invested in and created ISG in 2018 by combining GreenRead More