The City of Baltimore?s Board of Estimates has awarded Itron, Inc., the contract for its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Water Meter System Installation Program.

The Water Design-Build Council has announced the publication of a new guide on design-build delivery methods for water and wastewater projects.

The International Private Water Association (IPWA) will hold a Financial Tools Taskforce meeting via conference call on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. (EST). The focus of the meeting and presentations will be an update on the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program.

According to a recent poll, Texas voters say they will support the ballot initiative in November to allocate $2 billion from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to invest in water infrastructure projects.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the city of Middletown, N.Y., to comply with federal Clean Water Act requirements for reducing pollutants in the wastewater that flows from area industrial facilities to its wastewater treatment plant.

Bob Bailey, water business president for CH2M HILL will be attending and speaking at the American Water Summit (AWS) in Washington, D.C., along with other water experts from the firm.

American Water announced last month it has been awarded a research grant from the Water Research Foundation to investigate removal mechanisms of nitrosamine precursors during the filtration of drinking water.

Last week, New York City Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Carter Strickland announced the completion of the world?s largest ultraviolet (UV) treatment facility.