The sight of trucks bringing water up the mountain to the tiny village of Cloudcroft, N.M., has become familiar to its 900 or so local residents, many of whom are American Indians.
A new report provides recommendations for specific actions the water sector and local governments can take to reduce water pollution and address climate change through improving stormwater controls.
The U.S. Dept. of Energy has issued its first definition of what it means to be a zero-energy building, and buildings-related organizations say that it should provide consistency and clarity for the construction industry.
Several water groups are hoping a newly released document will give regulatory agencies and utilities the information and guidance they need to safely implement projects that convert wastewater into municipal drinking water through direct potable reuse (DPR).
House Republicans are unhappy with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s role in the Aug. 5 spill of 3 million gallons of mine wastewater into Colorado’s Animas River.
A federal judge has blocked—but only in 13 states—a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Army Corps of Engineers rule determining when contractors need federal permits to build in and near wetlands and other bodies of water.
A National Labor Relations Board decision could affect relationships between some construction contractors and firms that provide temporary labor and potentially with subcontractors, too, an industry official says.
As the fallout from the Animas Mine blowout continues, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is under fire as criticism mounts regarding the agency's handling of the Aug. 5 spill that spewed 3 million gallons of mine wastewater into Colorado's Animas River.
Leaders from three military branches highlighted their services’ efforts to move toward net-zero-energy and water projects at bases and facilities around the country at a recent executive forum held in Washington, D.C.
Three design-and-engineering teams unveiled their concepts for saving the lower Mississippi River Delta over the next 100 years at an Aug. 20 press conference in New Orleans.
