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Adapting infrastructure for climate change is moving beyond the theoretical in some areas

If GOP holds Senate, speculation centers on Capito of W. Va. as new chair; if Democrats take over, Delaware's Carper will be chair.

House-Senate staff negotiations are continuing, with hopes of an agreement before Dec. 11 deadline

Largest grants go to ports in U.S. Virgin Islands; Norfolk, Va.; Seward, Alaska and Conneaut, Ohio.

A facility under construction will treat the same amount of wastewater but has upgrades for better seismic and flooding resilience.

Chicago has around 400,000 homes with lead service lines. Although the city has made EPA's safe drinking water standard, the homes tested mostly belong to employees and retirees from the water management department and the voluntary replacement program is not funded beyond 2021.