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

In this week’s news briefs, Trump’s proposed budget cuts targeting water programs don’t make it through Congress, and a New York county looking to transition from septic to sewer hopes funding in a new state law can help

A $1 billion price tag on a deep tunnel was too hefty, so Evansville, Indiana, had to do some work to strike a more affordable agreement with the EPA

In this week’s news briefs, the three-year emergency drought order is over in California but some water-use restrictions remain, and a Tennessee worker suffers second-degree burns in a sewer lining accident

A new Water Research Foundation report finds that some lining and coating technologies can reduce or eliminate lead release

Utilities must apply by June 9

In this week’s news briefs, utilities are urging the federal government not to include the conservation program WaterSense in the anticipated EPA budget cuts, and Milwaukee Water Works names a new superintendent

In this week’s news briefs, senators across the country have teamed up to introduce the Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act, and the director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board resigns to focus his efforts on the private sector

In this week’s news briefs, Alexandria, Virginia, claims it needs time beyond the 2025 deadline given by the state to fix a combined sewer that overflows into the Potomac River, and a $100 million federal grant has been approved to aid Flint, Michigan.

In this week’s news briefs, the Trump White House’s initial proposal for EPA cuts could negatively affect the water industry, and officials in Fraser, Michigan, are inspecting miles of pipe around the site of the Christmas Eve sinkhole to catch any additional problem areas.