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Water sector professionals met in Toronto to discuss challenges of aging infrastructure, climate change and replacement of lead and copper water service lines.

Bid protest by Atkins-Jacobs-Westinghouse competing team is key factor in megacontract dispute, but neither the judge, companies nor U.S. Energy Dept. will comment on the invalidated contract or on what will happen next.

Regional port authority says new standards for future projects are "industry-leading."

State will enact nation-leading requirements next month to boost first floor building elevations for most new or renovated projects that are based on “predictive precipitation modeling” of future flood impacts, not historic trends.

The city's federally named water manager said funding would address major water system leaks and boost pumping capacity.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is funding projects with its $2.6 billion allocation from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Chief of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, with a track record in public procurement and private development, shares insight on how agency guides the government's behind the scenes push to expedite project approvals.

Washington and Maryland now have PFAS contamination suits against chemical manufacturers. 

As wildfires become more common across the West Coast, states are enacting protections for outdoor workers likely to be exposed to smoke.

The Bureau of Reclamation opened a funding opportunity for project proposals to result in measurable water savings in Lake Mead at the Arizona-Nevada border, or to add new water to an applicant’s supply to cut use of river water,