Alliance Convenes Ag and Water Sector Leaders in Minneapolis to Discuss Nutrients in Mississippi Watersheds

(Minneapolis, Minn.) The U.S. Water Alliance convened a meeting of agriculture, water, and environmental sector leaders at The McKnight Foundation headquarters in Minneapolis on Thursday March 28, 2013 to increase collaboration to reduce excess nutrients in the Mississippi River. “Food and water leaders can find common ground and grow innovative and sustainable solutions when given [...]

Los Angeles to Host 4th Annual Leadership Conference

Green infrastructure and sunshine will inspire you at the next Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference, September 23-26. Los Angeles, a former U.S. Water Prize winner, will showcase their innovation, integration, and collaboration model along with other Spotlight Cities. Resource recovery developments will also be featured at this national focal point for one water sustainability. Organized [...]

US EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities Initiative

Climate change has affected the U.S. in many ways in 2012. The U.S. EPA has created the Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) software to assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in assessing their risk to climate change impacts and in developing adaptation strategies in response. In addition to evaluating risk at a utility, [...]

Grumbles Testifies on Innovative Approaches for Financing Infrastructure

(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Water Alliance President Ben Grumbles testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today on how to better enable local communities to finance wastewater and drinking water facilities mandated by state and federal environmental laws and regulations.  “We urgently need water innovation and collaboration, not only to sharpen and polish existing tools, [...]

Full Faith & Public Credit

With all the debate over money, profit, and the future, here’s a reminder not to lose sight of today’s public servants behind the scenes and bar screens at our nation’s water and wastewater systems: support them and their missions, locally and nationally, but don’t stop seeking new efficiencies and public-private partnerships that fit local needs [...]

California Water Agencies Going Solar

It was announced this week that four California water agencies and treatment facilities have installed solar power equipment from SunPower. The City of Galt’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Castaic Lake Water Agency’s Rio Vista Water Treatment Plant, the Rancho California Water District’s headquarters, and Riverside’s Sengal Dohety Pump Station have all installed systems that will [...]

The Poo-Gloos are Coming!

Wastewater treatment has often been associated with large treatment plants that require a high investment in labor and energy. Enter the “Poo-Gloo” or Bio-Dome as it is officially known – an igloo-shaped device that can treat wastewater as effectively as its mechanical counterparts. The Poo-Gloo, developed by Wastewater Compliance Systems, can serve as an alternative [...]

New York City Turns Wastewater into Energy

Every city in the U.S. has to deal with wastewater created by homes and businesses. But one of the biggest cities in the nation wants to put its wastewater to good use as a source of clean energy. New York City’s 8 million residents contribute 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater a day and the City’s [...]