Funding News

  1. AMWA, Partners Go To Bat For Municipal Bonds 2/10/2025

    AMWA and its partners in the Public Finance Network wrote to all members of the House and Senate at the end of January to remind lawmakers of the critical value of tax-exempt municipal bonds, ahead of an anticipated tax reform debate that could put the financing mechanism at risk.

  2. New Policy Brief: How States Can Lead On Water 2/10/2025

    Securing water system funding is key to ensuring all Americans have safe, reliable, and affordable access to water and wastewater services.

  3. Italy: EIB Provides €30M To Improve Water Service Efficiency And Resilience In Pescara 2/6/2025

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a €30M loan to Azienda Comprensoriale Acquedottistica S.p.A (ACA), the utility company providing integrated water services to around 450 000 people in the Italian provinces of Pescara, Chieti and Teramo.

  4. £550M Wastewater Removal Contracts Awarded 2/6/2025

    The total value of the combined contracts will be approximately £138M per year, with contracts due to start in 2025 for a four-year period, with an option to extend for an additional four years, taking the potential spend with these suppliers to approximately £1.09B.

  5. U.S. Water And Sewer Bill Has Increased 24% In Five Years, Raising Affordability Concerns 2/6/2025

    The combined water and sewer bill for a typical U.S. household has increased by 4.6% from 2023 to 2024, according to Bluefield Research, a leading provider of global water market data and insights.

  6. Global Water Resources Files Settlement Agreement In Farmers Water Rate Case 2/4/2025

    Global Water Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GWRS), a pure-play water resource management company, has reached a unanimous settlement agreement related to the Global Water – Farmers Water Company, Inc. (GW-Farmers) general rate case application it had filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) on June 27, 2024.

  7. Yorkshire Water Set To Embark On Largest Ever Environmental Investment 1/30/2025

    Yorkshire Water is set to deliver its largest ever environmental investment between 2025 and 2030, with £8.3B to be spent across the region to improve services for customers and upgrade infrastructure. 

  8. Jacobs Selected To Operate And Maintain Jackson, Mississippi, Water Treatment System 1/30/2025

    Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected to operate and maintain the water treatment system in Jackson, Mississippi, by JXN Water, the entity responsible for ensuring reliable water service for citizens in the state's largest city. This contract follows a short-term operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement that provided nearly 180,000 residents in and around Jackson with more reliable drinking water.

  9. Jazan Emir Launches And Lays Foundation Stone For 73 Regional Water And Sanitation Projects At SR +4.7B 1/29/2025

    His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, Emir of Jazan region, today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 73 environmental, water, and agricultural projects worth more than 4.7 billion Saudi Riyals in the presence of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Engineer Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli, at the main conference hall of the Emirate.

  10. Impact Investment Manager, WaterEquity, Appoints Aleem Remtula To Head Private Equity And Infrastructure Investments 1/28/2025

    WaterEquity, an impact-driven asset manager dedicated to helping solve the global water & sanitation crisis, announces the appointment of Aleem Remtula as its Head of Private Equity & Infrastructure.