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Innovation Meets Groundbreaking Construction at Hampton Roads Sanitation District If you follow innovative water infrastructure projects in the United States – especially those in the water reuse category – you’re probably familiar with Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s (HRSD) Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) program.Read More

Carollo Engineers, in association with CDM Smith, has been selected by Broward County, Florida, to design comprehensive water treatment and transmission infrastructure upgrades to address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the county’s groundwater supplies. A press release from Carollo notes the multi-faceted project isRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Mojave Groundwater Bank – Northern Pipeline Project to submit an application for a low-interest loan of up to $194 million to fund capital costs under the federal Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program. TheRead More

Cadiz, Inc. has announced a new investment for an $800 million groundwater project that will soon be underway in the Mojave Desert. According to lead engineer Stantec, it will be among the largest new water infrastructure projects in the Southwestern United States, and will helpRead More

Facility to produce 15,000 acre-feet per year of purified water for injection into Southern California’s largest groundwater storage basin The Chino Basin Program (CBP), a program led by the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and partners, has reached a significant milestone as environmental engineering firmRead More

The Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the City of Garden Grove, California, in May began operating one of four treatment plants being constructed in Garden Grove to remove per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from local well water. PFAS are a group of thousands of manmade,Read More

By Melanie Mow Schumacher, Dave Carlson & Ashu Shirolkar Water management strategies tend to evolve gradually with slowly changing community needs. That’s rare in California, where continued population growth and prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change have sparked dramatic change, through initiatives such as theRead More

Recently, the City of Pomona, Calif., got one step closer to winning its 10-year lawsuit against the U.S. subsidiary of a Chilean fertilizer manufacturer for contaminating the Southern California city’s drinking water. The defendant had sold Chilean fertilizer used in the area’s citrus orchards whichRead More

In December, the City of Camarillo, Calif., announced the start-up and commissioning of its North Pleasant Valley (NPV) Groundwater Desalter Plant, moving the city closer to a more self-reliant, affordable potable water future. For nearly two decades, groundwater quality in the northern portion of theRead More

After a week-long trial, a federal jury has awarded the City of Pomona $48 million in damages from SQM North America Corp., a subsidiary of a large Chilean mining company, for the costs of cleanup of the toxic chemical perchlorate from the city’s groundwater supply. Fertilizer sold byRead More