Category Archives: Washington
Water News as of June 21, 2013
Top Stories EPA’s Fifth Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment, released June 4, reports that $384 billion in improvements are needed for the nation’s drinking water infrastructure through 2030 for systems to continue providing safe drinking water to 297 … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, National, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Virginia, Washington
Tagged aging infrastructure, clean water, epa, flooding, leaking infrastructure, raw sewage, road closures, sewage spill, sink holes, water main breaks
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Water News For May 17, 2013
A note from the Clean Water Council: In 2011 CNN reported that 700 water main breaks occur in the United States every day–many experts believe that is a conservative number. In 2011, Houston, alone, reported 700 water main breaks in … Continue reading
Posted in District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, National, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Uncategorized, Washington
Tagged aging infrastructure, clean water, infrastructure needs, leaking underground pipes, road closures, sewage spill, sink holes, water main break, water treatment plant, WRDA
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Water News for February 27 – March 6
Top Stories National: Sequestration set off a series of automatic spending cuts March 1 that will cut an estimated $154 million in federal funding for state environmental programs, according to the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In a February … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, National, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Uncategorized, Washington, West Virginia
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Water News, January 16-23, 2013
Top Stories Pennsylvania: Governor Tom Corbett announced Tuesday the investment of $82 million in seven drinking water and wastewater projects in 5 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST). “While there may be fewer than the usual number of projects approved at … Continue reading
Posted in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Uncategorized, Washington
Tagged aging infrastructure, clean water, infrastructure needs, leaking infrastructure, raw sewage, sewage spills, sewer overflow, water, water infrastructure, water infrastructure funding, water main break, water pipeline, water treatment plant
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Water News for Janurary 2-9, 2013
Top Stories Texas: Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says water will be high on his agenda, advocating taking $1 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to create a water infrastructure development bank from which cities and counties could borrow for water … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, Uncategorized, Vermont, Washington
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News for December 26 – January 2, 2013
Top Stories Oklahoma: The infrastructure crisis the small town of Konoawa is facing is typical of what small towns around the county are facing with the rapidly aging treatment plants and pipelines that need to be replaced. With generous federal … Continue reading
News for December 18-25, 2012
Top News New Hampshire: The Governor’s Water Sustainability Commission’s report, issued December 24, estimates the state will need to invest $2.9 billion just to deal with the state’s aging infrastructure. The biggest challenge to the problem, the report said, could … Continue reading
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News for Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Top Stories While most Americans worry about gas and heating oil prices, water rates have surged in the past dozen years, according to a USA TODAY study of 100 municipalities. Prices at least doubled in more than a quarter of … Continue reading
Posted in California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, Uncategorized, Washington, West Virginia
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