Drinking Water News
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Breaking Down Pollution: Texas A&M AgriLife Research Seeks Solution To ‘Forever Chemicals’
4/19/2024
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are looking for a better way to remove or degrade stubborn pollutants, also called forever chemicals, from waste before they impact human and animal health.
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Secretary Haaland Announces Up To $95 Million Through The President’s Investing in America Agenda For Water Resources And Ecosystem Health
4/18/2024
During remarks at the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration in Albuquerque today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the availability of up to $95 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for projects to bolster water resources, advance ecosystem health and support resilience in communities facing drought and other climate change impacts.
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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Strategy To Guide Balanced Management, Conservation Of Public Lands
4/18/2024
The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule to help guide the balanced management of America’s public lands.
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WVU Researcher Studying Worst Western US Megadrought In 1,200 Years
4/17/2024
Drylands in the western United States are currently in the grips of a 23-year “megadrought,” and one West Virginia University researcher is working to gain a better understanding of this extreme climate event.
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Water Sector Organizations Applaud New Water Affordability Legislation
4/17/2024
Today, a coalition of drinking water and wastewater sector organizations offered its strong support for H.R. 8032, the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act, bipartisan legislation that would permanently establish low-income water assistance for families struggling to access affordable drinking water and wastewater services.
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ALTRA | SANEXEN Wins The Water Sector Distinction Award From Réseau Environnement
4/17/2024
ALTRA | SANEXEN won today the Water Sector Distinction Award from Réseau Environnement. This award is presented to an organization working in the field of drinking water or wastewater, and who has made an outstanding contribution in Quebec to the improvement and sound management of infrastructures or best practices in this field.
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WEB Aruba Signs Water-As-A-Service BOOT Agreement With Seven Seas Water Group
4/17/2024
Water-En Energiebedrijf Aruba (“WEB”) and Seven Seas Water Group (“SSWG”), a multinational provider of Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) solutions, jointly announced today the signing of a 10-year Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) Agreement.
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City Joins Lawsuit Against Manufacturers Of PFAS/PFOA Contaminants
4/16/2024
The City of Spokane is taking action as part of its commitment to protect the community’s drinking water by joining a lawsuit against manufacturers responsible for PFAS/PFOA contamination.
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Interior Department Delivers Nearly $30M For Drought Resilience In The Upper Colorado River Basin From President’s Investing In America Agenda
4/16/2024
The Department of the Interior today announced a $29.7M investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help states in the Upper Colorado River Basin – Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – with drought planning, as part of the all-of-government approach to make western communities more resilient to drought and climate change.
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Huffman, Napolitano Introduce Legislation To Boost Large-Scale Water Recycling Projects In The West
4/16/2024
Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Grace F. Napolitano (CA-31), Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07), and Susie Lee (NV-03) introduced H.R. 7990, the Large-Scale Water Recycling Reauthorization and Investment Act of 2024, to reauthorize a water recycling grant program for large-scale projects in California and the other sixteen western states.