The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) has detailed its Regional Partnership Program and released a white paper emphasizing voluntary, community-led approaches to water system consolidation and collaboration. The materials stress that benefits and viability differ by community and should be decided locally with t…
Read the full article →The National Rural Water Association has launched an Employer Incentivization Program to support workforce development in rural communities through federally registered apprenticeships in water and wastewater operations. Supported by the U.S. Department of La…
Read the full article →The National Security Agency issued an advisory warning that newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities, collectively referred to as "PHP2Shell," pose a serious risk to internet-facing services that rely on the language. PHP released an open-source patch on October…
Read the full article →A new analysis by Food & Water Watch of the 500 largest U.S. community water systems finds that typical drinking water bills rose 62% between 2015 and 2025, adding nearly $200 a year to household costs on average. The study calculated annual bills based on 60…
Read the full article →Badger Meter introduced OneNetwork, a real-time network monitoring and analysis platform designed to give water distribution, wastewater collection and stormwater managers a single operational view of diverse assets and sensor data. The software brings Advanc…
Read the full article →As utilities connect more of their networks, cybersecurity has become a design requirement rather than a back-office task. Leaders at Badger Meter discussed independent validation and data protection practices spanning meters, communications, and software. Th…
Read the full article →The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority announced $88.6 million in loans and grants for 12 wastewater and drinking water projects across nine cities. Nearly 4,000 lead service lines will be replaced with copper in three communities as part of the package. T…
Read the full article →The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $499.4 million to Georgia to repair and strengthen drinking water and wastewater systems impacted by Hurricane Helene. The funding will be administered by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) unde…
Read the full article →Federal agencies have opened a new public comment window on additional options for defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will be considered alongside the agencies’ 2025 proposed rule a…
Read the full article →The U.S. EPA’s Strengthening Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Initiative is offering free technical assistance and webinars to help drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities strengthen resilience to natural hazards. Support includes develo…
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