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Judge orders Thames Water to pay up for sewer flooding after 10-year delay
An appeal by Thames Water to pay a smaller fine and less compensation to victims of sewer flooding backfired last week, after an unimpressed appeal judge and two justices increased the amount the company must pay to its victims. Thames Water was appealing against fines totalling £204,000 imposed in 2011 by the Bromley Magistrates Court, for letting raw sewage flood homes, gardens and a ...
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Mayors Discuss Urgent Need for New Strategies As Clean Water Act Turns 40
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA), a landmark federal law protecting water resources in the United States, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) hosted a panel discussion on Thursday, May 31 about the urgent need for regulatory reform as aggressive unfunded water mandates are guided by outdated regulatory approaches and collide with the ability of cities and their rate ...
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American Water Announces 500,000th Customer Contract
Company Experiences Landmark Success with Service Line Protection Programs Voorhees, NJ - American Water, the largest water services provider in North America, announced today it has signed its 500,000th service line protection program customer contract. Managed by the company's Homeowner Services Group, American Water's full array of service line protection programs include a Water Line ...
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U.S. Conference of Mayors, American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation Champion Affordability for Low-Income Water Customers
As federal requirements to meet specific environmental standards drive up water bills in many U.S. households, a joint issue brief from the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) proposes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reassess its definition of affordability. The EPA’s affordability ...
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Grundfos acquires Metasphere to pioneer solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges
Smart sewer solutions from UK-based telemetry and analytics business will empower the industry to meet the challenges of climate change Grundfos has completed the acquisition of XPV Water Partners portfolio company Metasphere, a leading provider of telemetry and analytics solutions for water networks. By adding the capabilities of Metasphere to its portfolio, Grundfos is set to provide its ...
By Grundfos
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Voices on the ground in Africa demand governments walk the talk
Grassroots activists in Africa have come together at AfricaSan 3, Kigali, Rwanda to demand that their leaders and international governments demonstrate strong leadership and take urgent action on the continent’s critical sanitation situation. Only 31% of people living in Africa have adequate access to sanitation, despite sanitation and water being a recognised human right. This is a ...
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Pennsylvania American Water Files Rate Request
Pennsylvania American Water today filed an application with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) requesting a $6.12 a month increase in water rates for a typical residential customer. The company’s request would bring a typical monthly residential water bill, using 3,960 gallons per month, to $58.63, meaning the cost of tap water for most households would remain at about one ...
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NACWA Applauds U.S. House for Proposed Increase to Clean Water State Revolving Fund
On March 16, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chair Grace Napolitano (D-CA), and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021. This legislation will reauthorize the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) for the ...
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Congressional briefing on combined sewage overflows: challenges and innovations - May 16
In its 2004 Report to Congress on CSOs and SSOs, EPA estimated that the costs associated with controlling these overflows in the next 20 years totaled nearly $140 billion ($50.6 billion and $88 billion respectively). These costs have likely risen dramatically over the past decade, and in addition the severity and length of the economic downturn could not have been foreseen. No one doubts that ...
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NACWA Applauds House Passage of Clean Water Provisions in INVEST in America Act
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act, which included key provisions authorizing substantial new funding for critical clean water programs. This wide-ranging infrastructure authorization package combines two pieces of legislation championed by NACWA, H.R. 1915, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021, and H.R. 3293, the ...
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NACWA Applauds Final Omnibus Spending Bill, Encourages Swift Passage
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) applauds Congressional negotiators for reaching final agreement on an omnibus FY 2016 federal spending package, and encourages its swift passage by both the House and the Senate. The bill includes a number of important priorities for the municipal clean water community, including robust funding levels for the Clean Water State Revolving ...
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NACWA Applauds Senate EPW Approval of WRDA 2016
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) strongly applauds today's passage by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee of the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) by a strong, bipartisan vote of 19-1. "Many of the municipal clean water community's legislative priorities from recent years are included in this bill, and NACWA believes it will go a long way towards ...
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UK water companies deliver improvements
Water companies, responding to Ofwat's challenge, have delivered improvements to customer services and the environment. According to companies' annual returns for 2007-08: Every water company in England and Wales either hit or beat its leakage target; Overall leakage fell by 127 million litres per day (Ml/d) from 3,418 Ml/d in 2006-07 to 3,291 Ml/d in 2007/08. This is equal to the daily ...
By Ofwat
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EPA Approves Plan to Control Sewer Overflows in Cincinnati Area
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the approval of an innovative plan for the control of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. “This plan is good news for the residents of Cincinnati and for communities along the Ohio River,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and ...
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BBA Pumps to the rescue
The 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake in November 2016 and subsequent landslides revealed the fragility of our nation’s infrastructure in an event widely described as unprecedented. The reinstatement of the railways alone was the largest rail construction effort in the South Island since WWII. Early in the emergency, military helicopters were used to lift Prime Pump BBA pumps from frigates based off ...
By Prime Pump
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EPA orders buffalo sewer authority to reduce water pollution in Niagara River; four billion gallons of sewage and wastewater pollutes Niagara River and tributaries every year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Buffalo Sewer Authority in Buffalo, New York to comply with federal Clean Water Act requirements for combined sewer systems to protect people’s health and water quality. Combined sewer systems carry domestic sewage, stormwater runoff and industrial wastewater in the same pipes. During periods of heavy rain, they can overflow and send ...
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Settlement with Town of Timmonsville and City of Florence will Resolve Drinking Water and Sewer Problems
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced a settlement today with the Town of Timmonsville and City of Florence, S.C., to resolve drinking water and sewer problems. The proposed settlement, set forth in a consent decree, will resolve Timmonsville’s liability for violations of the Clean Water Act ...
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BioLargo`s Patented AOS Filter Receives Additional Validation for Use in Water Treatment
BioLargo, Inc. (OTCQB: BLGO) announced it has achieved an important milestone in the pilot testing currently underway at the University of Alberta's center of excellence serving the oil and gas industry. The company's Advanced Oxidation System (AOS) Filter has been proven successful at replicating earlier proof of claim results and confirmed the role of advanced oxidation within the AOS Filter ...
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DC Water and Xylem celebrate the installation of the first intelligent wastewater pumping system in North America
Xylem (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company, today presented to DC Water the first installation in North America of Flygt Concertor, the world's first wastewater pumping system with integrated intelligence. DC Water, one of the nation's leading water and wastewater innovators, has a well-established track record of piloting and adopting leading-edge technologies to evolve its ...
By Xylem, Inc.
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, one of the nation’s most seriously contaminated bodies of water. The final plan, announced today on the banks of the canal by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck with Congressmember Nydia Velázquez, state and local officials and community ...
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