Articles Tagged with ''water/environment''

Water Infrastructure

Senate Committee Approves 11% Hike for Corps Civil Works

Tom Ichniowski

September 12, 2019

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Republicans defeat Democrats' attempts to block DOD projects' funding shift to border wall.

Water Infrastructure

Update: New Law Helps Newark, Other Cities Fund Drinking-Water Upgrades

Measure enacted Oct. 4 lets states shift more dollars to drinking-water revolving funds

Tom Ichniowski

September 11, 2019

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UPDATE: Measure enacted Oct. 4 lets states shift more dollars to drinking-water revolving funds

Environment

New Loan Fast-Forwards Newark’s Lead Water Pipe Replacement

$120-mil. loan will compress 10 years' work into 30 months, officials say

Jim Parsons

September 3, 2019

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Elevated lead levels were discovered in drinking water samples in early 2017. Newark’s system provides approximately 80 million gallons per day to more than 300,000 customers.

Data Drives Smarter Water Systems Decisions

Advances in technologies help water systems operate more efficiently, save money and build resilience

Pam Radtke Russell

August 28, 2019

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The untapped potential in using more data to plan, build and operate water systems could save billions

Oregon Loans Are a New Twist for WIFIA

Tom Ichniowski

August 28, 2019

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The Environmental Protection Agency has broken new ground in the latest loans it cleared under its Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, or WIFIA, program.

Water Infrastructure

EPA Clears $640M in WIFIA Loans for $1.3B Oregon Water Project

Tom Ichniowski

August 21, 2019

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Action marks first time EPA has approved more than one WIFIA loan for a single project.

Top Lists

ENR 2019 Top 200 Environmental Firms: Building Up to Meet Demand

August 8, 2019

As global markets change quickly, Top 200 firms can't add size and new capabilities fast enough

Water Infrastructure

WIFIA Requests Dip, But Dollars Sought Outrun Funds Available

Tom Ichniowski

July 22, 2019

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EPA gets 51 requests seeking $6.6 billion in loans, exceeding the $6 billion agency can lend.

Kaskaskia, an Illinois Island Community in the Mississippi River, Still Can't Assess Flood Damages

The island, the first capital of Illinois, was cut off from the mainland by flood water from April to July

Jeff Yoders

July 12, 2019

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Even though flood water has fallen to levels that make some bridges and channel roads passable in the tiny island town of Kaskaskia, Ill., local officials still don't have a good idea of how much damage more than three months of being submerged has done.

Climate Change

Ellicott City, Md., Advances Projects And Refines Plans to Fight Future Floods

Pam Hunter McFarland

July 3, 2019

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Historic mill town, hit hard by recent storms, seeks ways to get ahead of the next big one.

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