The City of Milwaukee’s preliminary 2015 budget will continue a decade-long emphasis on steadily rebuilding the city?s aging core infrastructure of sewers, streets, bridges and street lighting, Mayor Tom Barrett said last week.

Adjusting to changing market realities, CH2M Hill Cos. Ltd. will cut back its 26,000-person global staff by 5 percent ? about 1,200 positions ? as part of a restructuring it will implement over the remainder of 2014 and early 2015.

A low-profile state board in New York has embarked on one of its highest-profile cases as it examines how federal clean water funds were earmarked by the Cuomo administration for construction of the new $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge.

The EPA has announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will provide nearly $12 million to federal and state agencies to protect public health by targeting harmful algal blooms (HABs) in western Lake Erie

On Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, New Orleans will host the Water Environment Federation?s (WEF) 87th annual WEFTEC show, a premier event for thousands of water and wastewater professionals looking for best practices, innovative technologies and solutions for sustainable and effective water management.

The contribution of plastic pipe systems to sustainable development will be one of the key discussion points at the upcoming Plastic Pipes XVII Conference and Exhibition, Sept. 22-24, in Chicago.

U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy says she’s not backing down on her agency?s efforts to implement a new rule that would assert regulatory authority over many of the nation?s streams and wetlands.