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A pair of Southern California dam upgrades aim to mitigate flood risk for nearly 2.5 million people and $400 billion worth of infrastructure in the area between the dams and the Pacific Ocean.

Despite lawmakers' action, funding levels overall are barely a drop in the bucket and must be used more "strategically" in smaller projects for better preparedness and protection, said one industry expert.

About $1 billion in federal funding distributed through the Interior Dept. will go toward rehabilitating canals, tunnels and storage systems across six Western states, but America's water infrastructure deficit continues widening faster than investment can close it.

Permanent repair remains planned for the 1960s-era pipeline and related infrastructure, while utility DC Water said its focus now is on environmental remediation in the surrounding area following a nearly 250-million-gallon sewage spill.

Water pipe manufacturer and software provider steps up to meet needs of the AI buildout and convince utilities and government agencies to rethink their water systems, says its chief executive.

This 1985 cover image depicts the largest iron ore mine in the world, Carajas, in Para State in Brazil, developed by CVRD, now known as Vale.

State dollars, Texas politics and soaring costs collide as Corpus Christi races to stabilize its water supply.

How do engineers repair a century-old jetty battered by Pacific storms? A $30M USACE project at Grays Harbor offers a look.

The settlement resolves funding sources for the continued dredging, sediment capping and long-term remediation along the city’s industrial river corridor, a declared Superfund site.

A central Texas utility plans a 7.2-mile transmission replacement to carry new groundwater supplies, pairing well expansion with modernization of a 60-year-old system.