Water Utilities

Tue September 26, 2017

EPA Awards State $14.7M for Water Infrastructure Projects

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $14.7 million to the State of Vermont to help finance improvements to water infrastructure projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment....

Mon September 18, 2017

Meet 'Nora': DEP Begins $1B Aqueduct Repair Project

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was joined by federal, state and local representatives, honored guests and dozens of construction workers to mark the start of tunneling for the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel — the largest repair project in the 175-year history of New York City's drinking water supply....

Emily Buenzle - Tue August 22, 2017

Tennessee Provides $22 Million in Loans to Water, Wastewater Construction

Two Tennessee communities, a utility district and a water authority will receive more than $22 million in low-interest loans to improve water and wastewater infrastructure. Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau made the announcement that the funds had been approved Aug....

Tue August 15, 2017

Tucson Company Repairs International Sewage Line

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) A Tucson construction company is being paid $300,000 to do emergency repairs on an international sewage line that carries untreated sewage from Mexico into Arizona. The flow of untreated wastewater has been pouring into a southern Arizona wash from a partial break in the international sewage line....

Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Thu August 03, 2017

Complex South Hartford Conveyance and Storage Tunnel Under Way

Of the Metropolitan District's (MDC) Clean Water Project's five components that will prevent the discharge of untreated waste water into the Connecticut River and nearby waterways, the South Hartford Conveyance and Storage Tunnel (SHCST) is the most complex and critical....

Ellen Knickmeyer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 02, 2017

DWR Approves $16B Water Tunnels, Assures Financiers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The main California agency promoting Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $16 billion water tunnels gave its expected approval to the project on July 21. The move by the Department of Water Resources, which is helping shepherd Brown's tunnels project over the regulatory and financial hurdles it must clear to break ground, endorsed the tunnels as a sound step environmentally....

Tue August 01, 2017

Utah's 50-Year Water Management Program Marks New Beginning

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) It took more than four years, but Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's Water Strategy Advisory Team has completed the state's new 50-year water management plan. Herbert accepted the “Recommended Water Strategy” report that maps out a plan for using water over the coming decades in Utah, the nation's second-driest state....

Thu July 27, 2017

Utah Water Strategy Recommends Over $1B in Pipeline, Dam Construction

After four years of work, Utah Governor Gary Herbert's Water Strategy Advisory Team announced that it has finished a new, 50-year water management plan. Herbert accepted the 106-page “Recommended Water Strategy,” which was compiled with the help of Envision Utah, a Salt Lake City-based non-profit, at the state Capitol July 26....