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A first contract award moves northeast Australian water pipeline closer to construction, with challenging geology and trenchless crossings still ahead.

Steep slopes, narrow streets, a busy interstate highway—and two abandoned trestles—are some of the challenges faced by the Carolina Trunk Rehabilitation project team.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $85-million contract to a Black & Veatch-Stantec joint venture to advance the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, a key effort to keep the invasive fish species out of the Great Lakes. Work will support design of a layered system of engineered barriers and deterrent technologies at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam.

The emirate's government picked two consortia for packages in the Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels project, a public-private venture to modernize Dubai's wastewater handling and treatment infrastructure.

A massive water main break spewed sewage into a Massachusetts river, temporarily closing local beaches.

Utilities and industry grappled with multiple demands, from 'forever chemical' remediation to funding shortfalls, at American Water Works Association annual meetingheld June 22-24

EPA has proposed revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act process that officials say will speed up reviews and make them clearer and more predictable.

A planned low-level radioactive water release into the Hudson River tests state versus federal authority over nuclear safety.

Speakers at New York City event last month discussed need for communities to be better prepared for drastic changes in water levels.

Under new Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D), the Resilient Environments and Landscapes rule (REAL) now has one-year reprieve from July 20 before it mandates higher shorebuilding elevations and other requirements for high-risk area—giving pro and con forces more time to battle over likely amendments.