Also in this week's sewer and water news, the U.S. EPA has announced a new round of $6 billion in funding under its WIFIA program

Among the victims are 11 public works employees and a contractor

Officials also worry environmental rollbacks by the Trump administration will make bay restoration more difficult going forward

Here’s a look at three projects in New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Virginia that the EPA recently recognized for their innovative approaches in handling stormwater

In this week’s news briefs, the Narragansett Bay Commission in Rhode Island is putting off completion of a multi-phase CSO project for at least three years to keep rates down, and Florida’s drought has Lake Okeechobee at its lowest level in six years

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

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.

42 teams squared off in New Orleans to test their skills against one another, from lab work to safety emergency response.