This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s WaterSense program and its partners will celebrate Fix-a-Leak Week. EPA estimates that the average American household could be wasting more than 10,000 gallons each year from leaks.

The WateReuse Association and WateReuse Research Foundation have announced a plan to merge the leadership of their organizations. The groups say the merger is an effort to more aggressively address the challenges that local communities face in meeting growing demands for water supplies.

American Water announced last week that Dr. Mark LeChevallier, Director of Innovation & Environmental Stewardship, has been selected by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) to receive the 2015 A.P. Black Research Award.

After 10 years of meetings, paperwork, drilling and water testing, a project that could supply well water to about 5,000 residents stretching 250 miles from the base of the Little Belt Mountains to Roundup is one step closer to reality.

The American Membrane Technology Association and the American Water Works Association announced four awardees at this year?s Membrane Technology Conference. Awardees were recognized at an awards luncheon during the conference in Orlando, Fla., last week.

MWH Global has announced that Paul Demit has joined the company as senior vice president and director of program management in the Americas region.

Kurt Bruenning has joined Aclara Technologies LLC as the chief financial officer, senior vice president of finance, accounting, information technology and legal functions. Aclara is a provider of smart infrastructure technologies and software solutions to the utility industry.

The County of Los Angeles has voted to make the Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program available to local residents. Los Angeles County and 84 cities within the county, including the City of Los Angeles, join more than 200 other cities and counties which have adopted HERO.

Last week, MWH Global, in partnership with Brown and Caldwell, announced it was awarded a contract by the City of San Diego to manage and assist in the delivery of Pure Water San Diego, a $2.7 billion program to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective drinking water to San Diego.

IDModeling, Inc. is deploying its flagship smart water enterprise software, Sedaru, for the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency to help the utility distribute hydraulic, asset and operational management content.