wastewater infrastructure News
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AWWA partner Imagine H2O seeks Water Infrastructure Innovations
Imagine H2O's Infrastructure Challenge, its sixth annual path-to-market program, seeks innovative emerging and growth-stage businesses with scalable solutions for water and wastewater infrastructure. The top companies will advance to Imagine H2O’s Accelerator Program, where they receive mentorship from industry experts, introductions to municipal and industrial beta partners, investor ...
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ARRA clean water funding benefits economy and environment
As the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) marks its one year anniversary communities are realizing the benefits of the $4 billion provided to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) as nearly all funds (over 99%) are under contract on projects that will repair the nation’s clean water infrastructure while creating needed jobs. NACWA applauds the clean water investments provided ...
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American Water CEO says national report proves critical need to invest in water infrastructure
“The report by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) underscores the critical nature of this nation’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure, and the urgent need for investment to ensure the integrity and quality for future generations. American Water itself estimates that its own company-funded capital investment will total between approximately $4 and $4.5 billion over the next five ...
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Balfour Beatty acquires US water and wastewater contractor
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that its US Construction Services division has acquired Fru-Con Construction LLC, a leading water and wastewater infrastructure contractor, for a net cash consideration of US$20 million (£12 million). Fru-Con, which is based in Virginia, has annual revenue of approximately US$80 million (£49 million) and was ...
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NACWA applauds House economic recovery package’s US$6bn for clean water SRF
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) is pleased that US$6 billion for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) was included in draft legislation unveiled by the House Appropriations Committee today to help boost the economy. The CWSRF funding is significant not only because it will help provide thousands of good jobs within the next few months to get America working ...
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Pennsylvania looks to its own water infrastructure funding
By executive order, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has established a high-level task force that will evaluate what is needed to ensure Pennsylvania maintains a sustainable water and wastewater infrastructure in view of continued budget cuts from the federal government in recent years. A federal Clean Water Needs Survey found that Pennsylvania is facing nearly $11 billion in unmet drinking ...
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Town of Greenwich, Conn. To pay penalty and fix wastewater infrastructure
Under a settlement between the United States, state of Connecticut, and the town of Greenwich, Conn., the town will pay a $200,000 penalty and rehabilitate a critical wastewater collection system that serves three of the town’s major wastewater pump stations. The agreement settles allegations of Clean Water Act violations by the town stemming from two major ruptures of the town’s ...
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Report finds proposed changes to tax-exempt municipal bonds would significantly increase costs to drinking water and wastewater utilities
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) and the Association of the Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) released a report today examining the vital role of tax-exempt municipal bonds in funding drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. The report, The Impacts of Altering Tax-Exempt Municipal Bond Financing on Public Drinking Water & Wastewater Systems, reviews options being ...
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Black & Veatch chairs seminar to discuss effect of global financial situation on Middle East
Senior leaders representing UK industry and government have expressed the view that a drop in oil prices below the Gulf State governments' current budget predictions of US $45-$55 a barrel, coupled with the international financial crisis, could cause a severe decline in the number of infrastructure projects undertaken in the Arab Gulf States.This prospect was raised at a recent British Expertise ...
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Key groups urge house to restore funding to clean & safe water programs
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, Association of Clean Water Administrators, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, American Public Works Association, American Water Works Association, ...
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Frost & Sullivan: water-stressed MENA to experience a 16 per cent CAGR during 2010-2015 in the water and wastewater infrastructure market
Worldwide, the average water availability per person is close to 7,000 cubic metres per person per year; in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, it is about 1,200 cubic metres. With the population expected to grow from nearly 300 million in 2008 to almost 500 million in 2025, the already dismal per capita availability of water is expected to halve by 2050. This shrinking of freshwater ...
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Water Sector Coalition Urges Congress to Reject Proposed Cuts to the SRFs
April 3 2014, NACWA along with a coalition of water sector and municipal groups sent the attached letters to House and Senate Appropriators, urging them to reject the cuts proposed in the Administration’s FY 2015 budget request and continue the FY 2014 funding levels of at least $1.449 billion and $907 million for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water and Drinking ...
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New Web-Video on Water Infrastructure Designed for Public Officials and Water Managers
Bridging the Gap is a ground-breaking on-line video designed to help elected officials and water and wastewater managers make smart choices as they address water and wastewater infrastructure issues. The video outlines the key steps to developing an asset management plan for both novice and experienced professionals. The hosting website provides an on-line learning experience with an ...
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Pure Technologies to host Capital Markets Day and Webcast
Pure Technologies Ltd. (TSX: PUR) will host a Capital Markets Day event at its Mississauga, Ontario office onWednesday, November 19, 2014. The event will begin at 9:30 am ET with remarks by Jamie Paulson, Executive Chairman, followed by presentations by Jack Elliott, President and CEO, and other members of the senior management team. Attendance is limited to the analyst community. Webcast & ...
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Water community marks Hispanic Heritage Month
The American Water Works Association and the water community kicked off a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month today. Throughout the month, AWWA and its members will pay tribute to the many contributions the Hispanic-Latino community has made to the water community, the nation and the world. “Generations of Hispanic and Latino Americans have lent their labor and talents to the water and ...
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World Bank finances rehabilitation of Armenia’s water and wastewater infrastructure
The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a US$20 million credit for additional financing for the Armenia Municipal Water and Wastewater Project (MWWP). The additional financing will support the government’s efforts in scaling up activities implemented under the ongoing program of water system rehabilitation and improvements, including an extension of the ongoing management contract ...
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Frost & Sullivan explores the Middle East and North Africa water and wastewater infrastructure market: mounting demand, major challenges and opportunities
The Environmental Practice at Frost & Sullivan, a Global Growth Partnership Company, is pleased to host an Analyst Briefing titled, "Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Middle East and North Africa: Mounting Demand, Major Challenges and Opportunities," scheduled for Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at 3 p.m. U.A.E time. Frost & Sullivan will be shortly releasing a report titled, "Water and ...
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Blanco, Texas selects Inframark to operate water services
The City of Blanco, Texas, has awarded a multi-year partnership for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure operations to Inframark LLC, an operations, maintenance, and municipal infrastructure manage company. The partnership will delegate the operations for Blanco’s water treatment and wastewater treatment plants, distribution and collection systems, and other public works functions. ...
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Frost & Sullivan Explores the Middle East and North Africa Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Market: Mounting Demand, Major Challenges and Opportunities
The Environmental Practice at Frost & Sullivan, a Global Growth Partnership Company, is pleased to host an Analyst Briefing titled 'Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Middle East and North Africa: Mounting Demand, Major Challenges and Opportunities,' scheduled for Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 at 3:00 pm U.A.E Time. Frost & Sullivan will be shortly releasing a report titled 'Water and ...
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Parkson CEO Asks U.S. Congress to Simplify Financing on Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects to Help Create Private Sector Jobs
Parkson CEO Zain Mahmood is asking the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation that would encourage private investment in crucial improvements to the nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure. In a letter to Florida Representative Alcee Hastings, Mahmood asks for his full support and co-sponsorship of H.R. 1802, the “Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of ...
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