Bluefield Research’s report values the U.S.’s water and wastewater systems at more than $728 billion

Repaving is underway on the section of road that collapsed Christmas Eve 2016 due to a collapsed sewer main

Organizations and utilities across the country are doing a variety of public education activities on Oct. 12 to mark the third annual Imagine a Day Without Water

In this week’s news briefs, in the ongoing effort to conserve treated water, a California city finds a way to significantly limit how much water is lost to storm sewers during hydrant flushing, and a Florida city nears the end of a 12-year consent order to reduce overflows

In this week’s news briefs, the EPA invites utilities to apply for more than $2 billion in loans through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, and OSHA issues citations for an incident that killed three sewer workers in January

The web-based portal consolidates information about financing mechanisms and other resources that can help communities plan their projects

In this week’s news briefs, D.C. Water awards the contract for a 5-mile, $580 million tunnel project that will reduce overflows into the Anacostia River, and a Michigan city is adding defendants to its lawsuit over who should pay for the repairs of a collapsed sewer and large sinkhole that appeared this past Christmas Eve

Major water infrastructure improvements can come with major rate increases. How can utilities shield low-income customers from expenses they can’t afford?

West Virginia American Water tries a new method for shedding more light on how customers’ water bills turn into infrastructure improvements

AWWA’s Buried No Longer tool is a resource that utilities can use in planning for their own system’s upgrades, and the data will also be used to develop a national report about infrastructure needs