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Separate programs work collectively to reduce reliance on imported supply, including effort to manufacture water through innovative deep-ocean desalination.

The parallel gravity line pipe system in the Tijuna River Valley ruptured twice in a period of less than two weeks.

Joint venture team is coping with tides, port traffic and unexploded ordinances on Port of Long Beach's $400-million pier infill project.

DC Water CEO David Gadis cited long-term access easements, standardized permitting timelines and better regulator field coordination "to prevent a recurrence of the failure," but one stakeholder lamented there was no conclusive spill cause or 'clear plan' to avoid future ones.

US Environmental Protection Agency wants to maintain legally enforceable limits on the most-studied types of "forever" chemicals known as PFAS but would roll back standards established for four other types, including GenX. 

Shimmick disputes the causes for termination from the $309-million project.

The appropriations process directing use of federal funds in fiscal year 2027 has begun in earnest, with hearings and markups scheduled in both chambers over the next several weeks. 

Agency director discusses planned infrastructure upgrades to wharves and waterways.

EPA's interim guidance on best practices to dispose of and destroy “forever” chemicals highlights widely used technologies, but others need further study.

The Waterways Council is calling on Congress to create an Inland Navigation Construction Organization to manage construction on the nation's rivers.