A Twin Cities utility’s Water Efficiency Grant Program incentivizes municipalities and water customers to conserve and help protect the region’s aquifers

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the City of Asheville Water Resources Department officially lifts the boil water notice first issued after Hurricane Helene

Also in this week's sewer and water news, a study finds that foodborne pathogens can attach to microplastics, surviving wastewater treatment

Also in this week's sewer and water news, officials are working to restore drinking water after flooding from Hurricane Helene leaves a wastewater treatment facility in North Carolina inoperable

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years

Also in this week's sewer and water news, a 4.5 million-gallon wastewater spill floods streets and homes in Florida

Also in this week's sewer and water news, the U.S. EPA announces the availability of $7.5 billion of Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act funding

Also in this week's sewer and water news, the U.S. EPA announces $9 million in research grants to assess the impact of antimicrobial resistance in wastewater

Also in this week's sewer and water news, the Mississippi Senate recently passed a measure aiming to transform the governance of Jackson's troubled water system