Articles by Pam McFarland

Strong demand from new data centers is just one reason the agency is pushing for water reuse across a range of industries. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the tiny particles of plastic known as microplastics for the first time to its most recent draft list of contaminants that are candidates for future regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

But Congress has final budget authority to determine how proposed cuts to state water programs, transit grants and clean energy programs, and a steep rise in defense spending, will fare..

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.

Senate committee confirmed Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, a former contractor, as secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, with former energy giant Williams Co. CEO Alan Armstrong named the Senate successor through January.

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.

Maryland seeks emergency federal court ruling to stop DHS conversion of a purchased 825,000-sq-ft warehouse in small state town into a detention center for 1,500 or more

Federal Emergency Management Agency funding remains in limbo with lawmakers at an impasse over approving the budget for parent agency the Dept. of Homeland Security for the remainder of fiscal 2026.

The BlueOval City plant was designed as one of the largest auto manufacturing plants in the U.S. and among the first to co-locate EV assembly and battery manufacturing at the same site.

Leaders of the union and its contractors group plan to boost organizing and use of AI, while seeking growth in emerging North American construction sectors.