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The measure approved by the House panel would authorize about $25 billion for new Corps construction projects, including $19.2 billion for a major hurricane and flood protection plan in coastal Texas.

White House says $110 billion has been distributed to states and localities so far, while the industry seeks a longer time frame for Buy America waivers.

Huntington Beach proposal was too "problematic" to move forward, California Coastal commissioners said.  

The clearwater project calls for construction of a 7-mile-long tunnel to prevent sewage from overflowing into waterways.

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.