EPA Awards $80M in Water Infrastructure Funding to Kansas at Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration Where Missouri and Kansas Rivers Meet
Federal, state and local officials gather at historic Kaw Point Park in Kansas City, Kansas October 5, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 5 , 2022) – Today at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox joined EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister for the Midwest stop […]
Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Hold Drinking Water Polluters Accountable
Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation (S.8763A/A.9824A) allowing local water authorities to take legal action against drinking water polluters for claims that were previously barred due to the statute of limitations. Local water authorities may generally only file legal claims against companies within three years of when misconduct or contamination occurred. “Every New Yorker deserves […]
Lenoir City Schools Achieve Energy Savings of 29% After Comprehensive Energy Upgrades Through Trane Collaboration
DAVIDSON, NC / ACCESSWIRE / October 5, 2022 / Trane® – by Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator – is pleased to share that the Lenoir City School System in Lenoir City, Tennessee, has achieved a total energy savings of nearly $1.6 million in the three years following a comprehensive energy and infrastructure upgrade […]
Judge dismisses charges against top former state officials in Flint water crisis
By Raja Razek and Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A judge has dismissed charges against seven former top Michigan state officials for their alleged role in the Flint water crisis, ruling that the charges weren’t valid due to a procedural error. The cases against Eden Wells, Richard Baird, Jarrod Agen, Nancy Peeler, Gerald Ambrose, Nicolas […]
The World of Sports: Waving goodbye to excessive water usage
A proposed surf park, dubbed “Coral Mountain,” in the city of La Quinta in Coachella Valley was rejected unanimously by the City Council mid-September. Thank god. The last thing Californians need is a gigantic water-wasting project like this. The project, proposed by luxury real estate company Meriwether Co., would consist of a hotel, several hundred […]
Good Works, Green Street to Break Ground on Loudoun’s Most Energy Efficient Building
Loudoun-based attainable housing developer Good Works and Maryland-based Green Street Housing on Friday plan a groundbreaking for Waxpool Apartments, a 52-unit affordable apartment building and, they say, possibly the most energy-efficient building in the county. According to the developers, it will be the first building in Loudoun County certified by four separate green building programs: […]
Toxins study notes Clean Water Act’s ‘unfulfilled promise’
The lower Cape Fear River and Cape Fear Memorial Bridge as shown Tuesday from the Wilmington waterfront. Photo: Jennifer Allen DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON — North Carolina is home to two of the top five watersheds in the country that had the highest amounts of toxins discharged in 2020 – the upper New River and the lower […]
Cooper Union stages exhibition on architectural models, and more
Happy Tuesday! And welcome back to another daily news roundup of this week’s art, landscape, architecture, and planning news. Here’s what you need to know today: American Society of Landscape Architects announce 2022 Professional Awards The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of its 2022 Professional Awards. This year, 28 winners were […]
Wausau Water Works Commission Hears Funding Proposals for GAC Filtration System | WSAU News/Talk 550 AM · 99.9 FM
Wausau Water Works WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The Wausau Water Works Commission took no action regarding potential funding for a granular activated carbon filtration system to be installed at the city’s new drinking water treatment plant in the next five years. Representatives from Ehlers Financial were on hand to present their findings on how to […]
Phase three of safe drinking water improvement begins in Tyendinaga Territory
The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte – Kenhtè:ke Kanyen’kehá:ka will soon have more reliable safe drinking water at 320 more residences thanks to 21 kilometres of new water main infrastructure. Chief Donald Maracle and the Council of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) hosted a sod-turning ceremony (This article continues…) Subscribe now […]