Articles by Mary Scott Nabers
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Will The Nation's Water Infrastructure Needs Be Overlooked Again?
4/28/2017
Industry experts and government officials fear that when President Donald Trump’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan is finally “laid out,” water infrastructure projects could largely be “left out.”
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Got Water-Related Services And Solutions? WIIN Funding Will Initiate Hundreds Of Contracting Opportunities
12/12/2016
Companies in water-related industries will soon be inundated with prospects for government contracting opportunities as a result of passage of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN).
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Is There Finally Hope For Infrastructure Relief?
11/4/2016
No matter what happens at the polls on Tuesday, both presidential candidates have made public pledges to address the country’s infrastructure problems. That’s extremely good news for both cities and states, because it appears that the next president will champion infrastructure reform. Long overdue infrastructure needs such as water, energy, and road and bridge projects have been postponed as federal funding has steadily declined. That could soon change.
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More Private Partners Likely For Municipal Water Infrastructure Projects
8/19/2016
The doors of opportunity are opening for private investors in the municipal water market in the U.S. With the country facing a water infrastructure funding gap of $532 billion over the next 10 years, private-sector investments and public-private partnerships (P3s/PPPs) are expected to play a growing role in ownership, management, and operation of municipal water and wastewater system projects.