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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to continue to press forward with new rules defining the types of rivers, streams and wetlands that fall under Clean Water Act protections.

The ethics and standard-of-care witness in the negligence trial of two engineering firms connected to the 2015 Flint, Mich., water crisis said in three days of testimony that both firms failed to act to stop or limit the public danger despite having the knowledge and obligation to alert higher government authorities.

Team wins Itaipu 14-year modernization contract for 650-ft-high hydro project on Brazil-Paraguay border, second-largest in the world.

Bureau of Reclamation will release additional water to Lake Powell and hold back more water in the reservoir.

 The committee cleared the new Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, on May 4, by a 20-0 vote.

Lake Powell's water level has dropped below the 35-ft buffer targeted by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

The measure would authorize $24.6 billion in federal funds for 21 Army Corps of Engineers projects covering flood and hurricane protection, harbor dredging and other related efforts across the country.

A potentially damaging witness seeks to avoid testifying against his company's own client.

Efforts to address water pollution and trash at border between U.S. and Mexico advance.