Water & Dams

Water Resources Bills Advance in House and Senate

mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:59:08 -0400

Provisions include increased spending for drinking water infrastructure and streamlining U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' processes.

Tunnel Boring Machine Prepared for $360M NH Stormwater Tunnel

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0400

Granite Janet, a 281-ton tunnel boring machine, arrived on an oversized truck at a parking lot beside the Queen City Bridge in Manchester, N.H. late last month as the $360 million Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel project team prepares for its launch in August.

FlatironDragados-Led Team Tapped for Vancouver Port's Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Expansion

gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:34:27 -0400

Vancouver's future container terminal moves toward construction as planning begins for massive marine works and environmental mitigation before 2028 reclamation starts.

Keystone Successor Firm Pays $70M to Settle Giant 2022 Kansas Pipe Spill

rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:26:25 -0400

Federal consent decree comes as new Canadian owner South Bow gains US permission for a line extension in the Midwest.

Queensland Utility Awards $165M Stage 1 Contract for Toowoomba-Warwick Pipeline

gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:05:46 -0400

A first contract award moves northeast Australian water pipeline closer to construction, with challenging geology and trenchless crossings still ahead.

A Newer Sewer Threads Past Hills, Highways and Houses in Portland, Ore.

choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:00:00 -0400

Steep slopes, narrow streets, a busy interstate highway—and two abandoned trestles—are some of the challenges faced by the Carolina Trunk Rehabilitation project team.

Ongoing Effort to Rehabilitate Portland's Aging Sewer System

blairs@enr.com (Scott Blair) — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

To repair and replace its aging sewer system, the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services has several programs running concurrently, including a small-diameter program, a bespoke Downtown–Old Town program and the large-diameter program.

Mass. Beaches Reopen for Swimming After Massive Sewer Main Break North of Boston

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:14:11 -0400

A massive water main break spewed sewage into a Massachusetts river, temporarily closing local beaches.

PFAS, Project Funding Are Key Woes as Drinking Water Providers Convene

mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:05:04 -0400

Utilities and industry grappled with multiple demands, from 'forever chemical' remediation to funding shortfalls, at American Water Works Association annual meetingheld June 22-24

Walsh-Soletanche JV Advances $669M Delaware Container Terminal

gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:12:48 -0400

The project is intended to quadruple the port's container capacity, accommodate larger container vessels and meet growing international cargo demand.

Q&A: Panama Canal’s First Woman Administrator Looks Ahead

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:07:53 -0400

The Panama Canal’s first female administrator, Ilya Espino de Marotta, talks leadership, engineering and equity.

New Panama Canal Chief Takes on Next Wave of Megaprojects

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:07:37 -0400

The Panama Canal is about to undertake an $8.5-billion-plus capital improvement plan aimed at creating a Trans-Isthmus Logistics Corridor.

Water Conservation Meets Geopolitics at the Panama Canal

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0400

The Panama Canal is bracing for renewed drought risk while surging traffic from Strait of Hormuz disruptions tests water-saving measures and long-term reservoir plans.

Project Cost, Risk Responsibility Debated at Resilience Conference

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:54:52 -0400

Speakers at New York City event last month discussed need for communities to be better prepared for drastic changes in water levels.

Navy Maps Out Four Packages for Planned $10B Bremerton Dry Dock Rebuild

gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:11:28 -0400

As the U.S. Navy advances a planned $10-billion dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, new documents reveal four major construction packages and phasing.

EPA Approves 13-Acre PCB Landfill in Western Massachusetts

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 -0400

General Electric is building a 13-acre landfill in Lee, Mass.

Tapping Into Torrance’s Brackish Water Plume

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400

Unlocking a long inaccessible source of groundwater through a combination of progressive design-build delivery and pilot-driven decision-making.

$400M, 30-Mile Illinois Water Pipeline Moves Forward

manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion) — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:53:34 -0400

Pipeline to bring Lake Michigan water to Chicago's far-west suburbs passes critical milestone.

GE Gets Underway on 13-Acre PCB Landfill in Western Massachusetts

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0400

The planned landfill will contain 3 million cu yd of polychlorinated biphenyl-containing sediment from the Housatonic River contaminated from last-century transformer manufacturing

Virginia Beach Begins Initial Phase of $518M Flood Protection Program

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:41:45 -0400

The Windsor Woods program totals $518 million for flood control efforts in Virginia Beach, Va.

UAE Awards $285M EPC Contract for Desalination Plant P3 Project

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:24:08 -0400

The seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant will be located at the Port of Fujairah, the second such facility delivered under a public-private partnership model in the United Arab Emirates.

Colorado River Agencies Test Framework for Interstate Water Exchanges

gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:39:00 -0400

Can Southwest water agencies create a new market for desalinated and recycled water without building pipelines or altering Colorado River water rights?

Pittsburgh Readies to Dig Into $1B Sewer Overflow Tunnel Project

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:08:36 -0400

Lane/Brayman’s five-year, $1-billion contract for the Ohio River Tunnel project in Pittsburgh is scheduled to get underway later this year.

California Water Agency Ramps Up Novel Deep-Sea Desalination Plan

rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:43:00 -0400

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District this fall will suspend ''pod' at depth in Santa Monica Bay to produce desalinated water using developer OceanWell's innovative technology, with less energy needed and less brine created.

Southern California Water Agencies Mount Massive Push for Reuse

mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:10:00 -0400

Separate programs work collectively to reduce reliance on imported supply, including effort to manufacture water through innovative deep-ocean desalination.

US Commission Asks Mexico to Prioritize Pipes Leaking Raw Sewage in Tijuana River Valley

yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:54:41 -0400

The parallel gravity line pipe system in the Tijuna River Valley ruptured twice in a period of less than two weeks.

Port of Long Beach Continues $2.4B Buildout as Bigger Ships Come In

choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:41:50 -0400

Joint venture team is coping with tides, port traffic and unexploded ordnances on Port of Long Beach's $400-million pier infill project.

DC Agency Chief Defends Pre-Sewage Spill Maintenance, But System Repair Is Far from Over

Fri, 22 May 2026 15:50:00 -0400

DC Water CEO David Gadis cited long-term access easements, standardized permitting timelines and better regulator field coordination "to prevent a recurrence of the failure," but one stakeholder lamented there was no conclusive spill cause or 'clear plan' to avoid future ones.

EPA Scales Back Limits on PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water

mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland) — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:46:51 -0400

US Environmental Protection Agency wants to maintain legally enforceable limits on the most-studied types of "forever" chemicals known as PFAS but would roll back standards established for four other types, including GenX.

Army Corps Terminates Shimmick From Chickamauga Dam Lock Chamber Contract

kormanr@enr.com (Richard Korman) — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:55:17 -0400

Shimmick disputes the causes for termination from the $309-million project.