WaterWorks

New Irvington tunnel project achieves significant milestone
August 2012, Vol. 67 No. 8

After 13 months of digging the New Irvington Tunnel in the state of California from four separate tunnel headings, miners from two of the headings have met up with each other underground.

Congressman invites water leaders to support WIFIA bill
May 2012, Vol. 67 No. 5

U.S. Congressman Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) recently urged water utility leaders to ask their Congressional representatives to co-sponsor draft legislation that would create a federal Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority (WIFIA).

Kansas city gets grant for drinking water upgrades
May 2012, Vol. 67 No. 5

EPA has awarded $388,000 to the City of Russell, KS, for improvements to its drinking water system. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2012.

Proposed Delta mega tunnel needs more review
May 2012, Vol. 67 No. 5

State and federal agencies are proposing a giant canal or tunnel to divert a portion of California’s Sacramento River flow out of the San Joaquin Delta, carrying the water directly to export pumps already running near Tracy.

Stormwater legislation passes in Pennsylvania State Senate
May 2012, Vol. 67 No. 5

The Pennsylvania Senate has unanimously passed Senator Ted Erickson’s Senate Bill 1261 allowing municipalities to create stormwater authorities.

Water agencies urge no cuts to SRFs
May 2012, Vol. 67 No. 5

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) and six national water groups sent a letter to Congress urging the House and Senate to reject the offered reductions to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and to maintain funding for these two key clean water programs at the FY12 levels.

Miya awarded contract to maximize water systems
May 2012, Vol. 67 No. 5

Miya, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arison Investments, has been awarded a contract by the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) to maximize the efficiency of its water systems. The contract value is estimated at $83 million, comprising $59 million in fixed fees and the balance in performance fees over a ten year period.

Water infrastructure bill to top $1 trillion
April 2012, Vol. 67 No. 4

The cost of repairing and expanding U.S. drinking water infrastructure will top $1 trillion in the next 25 years, an expense that likely will be met primarily through higher water bills and local fees, a groundbreaking study by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) shows.

Wichita gets grant for storm sewer project
February 2012, Vol. 67 No. 2

EPA has awarded $123,000 to the city of Wichita, KS, for improvements to its storm sewer system. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2012.

U.S. Clean Water Act settlement in Chicago to reduce sewage overflows
February 2012, Vol. 67 No. 2

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the state of Illinois announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into Chicago area waterways during flood and wet weather events.

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