Innovyze, a business analytics software and technologies company for smart wet infrastructure, recently announced that its president, COO and chief technical officer, Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., BCEEM, Hon.D.WRE, Dist.D.NE, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, has been appointed to the Design Professionals Coalition (DPC).

The Water Design-Build Council (WDBC) recently elected Leofwin Clark (CH2M), John Doller (Carollo) and Steve Gates (Brown and Caldwell) to leadership roles in the organization.

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has released its ?End of 2015? Regulatory Update, reviewing a busy year in regulatory development in the U.S. water industry, including Congressional legislation passing a major trade bill, a five-year transportation bill, a cybersecurity overhaul and a two-year budget and debt deal.

Innovyze recently announced that the City of Oakland, Calif., has chosen Innovyze?s InfoMaster software to help optimize its sanitary sewer infiltration and inflow (I/I) reduction program.

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and the WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) Boards of Directors have unanimously agreed to take the steps necessary to merge and integrate.

Last week, officials gathered near San Diego, Calif., to officially dedicate what will be largest desalination plant in the United States.

Last week, the White House announced a strategy to support public-private water innovation, aimed at addressing water resources challenges, particularly those related to drought.

Last week, lawmakers on Capitol Hill wrapped up their remaining 2015 business week by passing an omnibus appropriations bill that avoids a government shutdown and funds federal operations and activities for the remainder of the 2016 fiscal year.