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This section covers issues and content related to groundwater, canals, aqueducts and sewers and related construction.

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Water Infrastructure

Supreme Court Delves Into Scope of Clean Water Act Permits

Tom Ichniowski

November 6, 2019

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Case centers on whether pollution moving through groundwater should require "point source" permit.

Environmental Restoration

Maryland-Exelon Pact Aims for Cleaner Susquehanna River

Tom Ichniowski

October 30, 2019

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Elements of deal will be part of Exelon FERC relicensing application for Conowingo Dam.

Water Infrastructure

House Passes Bill to Unlock Harbor Trust Fund Surplus

Tom Ichniowski

October 29, 2019

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If appropriators follow through, the measure is expected to allow increased spending on port dredging projects.

Environment

TBM Makes First Thames Tideway Breakthrough

Project on schedule for 2022 completion, but already 8% over budget

Peter Reina

October 28, 2019

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Thames sewer overflow prevention effort cost is now $4.9 billion.

Water Infrastructure

Corps Studying Multiple-Port Dredging Concept

If funded, plan's focus expected to be on lower Mississippi River

Tom Ichniowski

October 25, 2019

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Senate Appropriations Committee also backs multi-project idea as a test program, recommends $525 million for it.

Tom Ichniowski

October 23, 2019

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As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to sign off on new Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loans, one of its latest WIFIA approvals has a new twist.

Two Mississippi River Diversions Will Generate Millions In Revenue

October 23, 2019

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The construction of two Mississippi River diversions in Louisiana will create 447 construction jobs and provide $28.7 million in construction earnings, according to a new study on the economic impact of the planned $1.15-billion Mid-Barataria and $700-million Mid-Breton sediment projects in Plaquemines Parish.

JV Contractor Sinks Caisson for World's Largest Sea Lock in the Netherlands

October 23, 2019

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The contractor OpenIJ has finally sunk a 150,000-tonne concrete caisson at the troubled project for the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden, Netherlands.

Water Infrastructure

EPA Proposes to Extend Timetable to Replace Lead Drinking-Water Lines

Pam McFarland

October 10, 2019

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Some view plan as modest improvement from 1991 rule, but critics say it weakens current protections.

Global Best Projects 2019

Project of the Year Finalist, Water/Wastewater: DSSIP Main Trunk Sewer MTS-01 Project

Tom Sawyer

September 25, 2019

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A sewer line project in Doha, Qatar, completed in April on time and within budget, is the first phase of the public works authority’s Doha South Sewage Infrastructure Project.

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Nov 25, 2019

Fixed-price contracts, including for P3s such as this major Ohio road expansion, have lifted contractor margins when projects are priced right and run well. But more red ink linked to tougher projects and owner demands have firms seeking new risk balance—or changing their business model

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