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Improvements needed for US-Mexico border water infrastructure program

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided US$626 million in assistance agreements (grants) to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBank) for projects starting between Fiscal Years (FYs) 1997 and 2007. The grants were for water infrastructure improvements (both drinking water and wastewater) along the U.S.-Mexico border. ...

Mar. 31, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Funds Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvements in the U.S.

Agency will make $2.7 billion in funding available to states, tribes, and territories Earlier this year, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would make $2.7 billion available to State Revolving Funds (SRFs) to help U.S. states, territories, and tribes develop infrastructure to protect surface water and secure safe drinking water for communities nationwide. Two ...

Dec. 11, 2020

By Fluence Corporation

Catalyzing Water Infrastructure Renewal

Replacing aging water infrastructure in the U.S. could cost at least $1 trillion in the next quarter century. Decentralized treatment could be a key to making the process affordable Water utilities in the United States are facing infrastructure obsolescence on a grand scale. Replacing the infrastructure, especially old pipework, could cost the nation at least $1 trillion over the next 25 ...

Nov. 12, 2018

By Fluence Corporation

Water infrastructure act to benefit Alaska

Many Alaska residents have long needed improvements to water and wastewater treatment. Help is now being provided through a combination of legislation — namely, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act — and other government funding. The act, originally known as the Water Resources Development Act, was signed into law December 16, 2016. It covers projects across the ...

Feb. 27, 2017

By Fluence Corporation

Tracking the downstream impacts of inadequate sanitation in central Appalachia

Poor sanitation in rural infrastructure is often associated with high levels of fecal contamination in adjacent surface waters, which presents a community health risk. Although microbial source tracking techniques have been widely applied to identify primary remediation needs in urban and/or recreational waters, use of human-specific markers has been more limited in rural watersheds. This ...

May 26, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Doing Well by Doing Good

'Doing Well by Doing Good' is more than a feel good byproduct of a company's corporate social responsibility endeavours. It is a fundamental business precept that lies at the core of sound management practice. Finding creative business solutions to address any of the pressing social or economic problems of today's increasingly complex world is as important to the overall bottom line performance ...

Oct. 9, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Improving effectiveness and efficiency in the water sector: institutions, infrastructure and indicators

This special edition is devoted to the theme of water institutions, infrastructure and performance indicators and how they matter to the effectiveness and efficiency of the water sector. It explores many questions which have not been adequately addressed in the literature. For example, what do we know about institutional reforms in the water sector? Can regulation improve the performance of ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Financing urban water services in Kenya : utility shadow credit ratings

The Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB), with support from the Water and Sanitation Program, is exploring the potential for urban water services providers (WSPs) to access medium-term finance from commercial lenders. The debt will be used to finance infrastructure investment to improve access to water services by Kenyans. This paper presents the results of a credit assessment and shadow ...

Jan. 9, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Climate Trends and Challenges of the Energy-Water Nexus

Most power generation facilities rely on a significant quantity of water, primarily for cooling. The most recent USGS water use survey (2005) reports that thermoelectric power accounts for approximately 41% of total freshwater withdrawals in the United States—more than any other water-use sector. Although most water use for this sector is not highly consumptive (less than 5% of national ...

Jul. 1, 2014

By LimnoTech Inc.

Sustainable financing: We know we can… but how?

Ensuring water and sanitation services for all depends on securing appropriate financing, an issue that has long been a major challenge for the water sector. The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) makes this challenge all the more urgent. How much money do we need to expand and improve water services infrastructure? What about financing for operations and maintenance? Can we ...

Jun. 21, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Earthquake proofing of water treatment plants through seismic system risk analysis

In Japan, earthquake resistance improvement (earthquake proofing) of drinking water infrastructure is not as developed as for other types of infrastructure such as gas and electricity. To facilitate earthquake proofing, it is important for water utilities to encourage customers to better understand its importance and effectiveness. So that water consumers could instinctively understand the ...

Mar. 25, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Going Green in D.C. Case Study

Green infrastructure practices serve as decentralized alternatives to traditional wet weather controls in urban areas where land is limited and sewer infrastructure is often stressed to capacity. Green infrastructure attempts to restore natural hydrologic processes and decreases the quantity of runoff, reduces peak flow rates, and improves water quality. In addition, green infrastructure can ...

Sep. 27, 2013

By LimnoTech Inc.

Integrated planning of rehabilitation strategies for sewers

Building measures in sewer systems are increasingly driven by rehabilitation/retrofitting and adaptation needs. Aging infrastructure together with changing boundary conditions (due to climate change, land-use change, demographic change) and also changing design standards and legislation require a prospective design to preserve the functionality of urban drainage systems not only today, but also ...

Jul. 4, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Resilience of civil infrastructure systems: literature review for improved asset management

Infrastructure resilience has drawn significant attention in recent years, partly because the occurrence of low-probability and high-consequence disruptive events like Hurricane Katrina, the Indonesian tsunami, terrorism attack in New York, and others. Since civil infrastructure systems support society welfare and viability, continuous infrastructural operation is critical. Along protection ...

Dec. 10, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Water Crisis in Jordan

Facing severe drought and needs of refugees, the country is digging deep for freshwater resources Jordan, one of the driest countries on earth, is said to be experiencing its worst drought in 900 years. Its baseline water supply is inadequate and becoming worse with climate change. And, since the eruption of war and political unrest in the region, it has been difficult to name another country on ...

May 23, 2019

By Fluence Corporation

California’s Water Storage Proposals

The huge state, with its wide range of geography and climate, is thinking creatively to avoid water crises As Californian dry seasons become more brutal, the state finds itself in need of more water storage. Environmental concerns and a changing demand structure are sparking some creative thinking to take advantage of natural topography and to avoid the traditional go-to solution of building ...

Feb. 22, 2018

By Fluence Corporation

It’s time to restore the flow of our planet’s life-giving waters

If we get smarter about how we use and manage water, we can have healthy rivers and healthy economies side by side. When you look to the year ahead, what do you see? Ensia recently invited eight global thought leaders to share their vision for the environment as it relates to business, culture, ecosystems, energy, food, health, water and the world (see more). In this installment, Sandra Postel, ...

Feb. 11, 2016

By Ensia

What`s Happening? AWWA State Of The Industry Report Now Available

Since 2004 the American Water Works Association has been tracking issues and trends in the water industry. The Association continues to conduct this annual survey in order to identify significant challenges facing the water industry, as well as provide analysis to support water professionals as they develop and communicate strategies to address current and future issues. In September 2015, ...

Sep. 23, 2016

By Pure Technologies - a Xylem brand

Water – an essential sector in need of solutions

The past year has seen water at the heart of global efforts to deal with some of the most pressing issues the world faces. The year started with the importance of water being underlined by the Global Economic Forum. In its latest report on global risks, water crises were identified as the number one risk out of 28 in terms of their potential impact following a survey of influential people around ...

Dec. 17, 2015

By Aquatech Global Events

Consortium of NWP members improves watershed management in Virunga

Partnering in multi-expert teams pays off, especially in complex and challenging circumstances. This is proven in the EUR 14 million Water4Virungas project in the Great Lakes region, a transboundary volcanic territory lying between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. The project, funded by the Dutch Embassy in Rwanda, is implemented by NWP members MDF Training & ...

Aug. 29, 2020

By The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP)

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