Noticias sobre Americas
Maryland approves WSSC Water’s $1.9 billion budget
Maryland’s largest water utility will pour $770.3 million into capital projects, lift income-based assistance 20 percent, and raise the typical household bill by about $4.92 a month starting July 1.
Brazil’s Copasa clears watchdog for privatization
Brazil's Copasa, the state sanitation utility of Minas Gerais, secured approval on Monday from the state public spending watchdog, TCE-MG, to launch the share offering tied to its privatization.
Argentina opens US$500 million bidding to privatize Aysa
Argentina has launched the tender to privatize Aysa, the company that provides drinking water and sewerage services in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
U.S. EPA moves to rewrite PFAS drinking water rules: firmer ground or lost ground?
The U.S.
California cannot manage what it cannot measure: data centers, water, and a governance gap
A first-of-its-kind statewide analysis reveals that hyperscale expansion is moving into water-stressed, socially vulnerable regions — and that almost no one has the data to manage it.
Sylmar Group acquires Butler Water Corrections to strengthen US Northeast presence
Sylmar Group, a US provider of industrial water treatment solutions, has announced the acquisition of Butler Water Corrections, Inc., a New Jersey-based company specializing in water treatment technologies for institutional, commercial, and industrial applications.
ACCIONA is awarded sanitation for 85 municipalities in northeastern Brazil
The Paraíba Water and Sewerage Company has awarded ACCIONA the contract for water and sewerage services in 85 municipalities in the Paraíba region, in northeastern Brazil.
New Orleans hires CDM Smith to oversee $1 billion replacement of city’s lead pipes
The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) has appointed engineering firm CDM Smith to manage its Lead Line Replacement Program, a project estimated at $1 billion that aims to remove between 50,000 and 80,000 lead service lines across the city by the end of 2037.
Scientists and advocates demand emergency action on US nitrate-tainted tap water
More than 80 organisations led by the Union of Concerned Scientists have written to the heads of the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services, urging emergency action against widespread nitrate contamination of drinking water and waterways that the groups blame on industrial agriculture.
H2O Innovation closes US$200 million Blue Loan to expand U.S. WaterHub portfolio
H2O Innovation Inc.
Bipartisan bill would offer tax credit for industrial water reuse
Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)
Zachry Construction begins work on $108m Dallas wastewater overhaul
Zachry Construction has begun a multi-year, roughly $108 million overhaul of chemical containment facilities at the Central Regional Wastewater System treatment plant in Dallas, with the work expected to be completed in the final quarter of 2029.
Innovative approaches to pathogen removal and validation in carbon-based systems
Water reuse is becoming a vital solution for water scarcity.
U.S. and Canada digital water solutions spend to double by 2036 as utilities scale up
U.S.
Eastern New Mexico Water Project receives $77 million in federal funding
The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority (ENMWUA) has received a $77 million federal appropriation from the U.S.
Parched and downgraded: Corpus Christi’s water crisis prompts S&P credit cut
The credit rating of Corpus Christi's utility system has been lowered by S&P Global Ratings, in a move the agency tied directly to the South Texas city's deepening drought and the prospect of a formal water emergency before the end of the year.
Trump advisors recommend shrinking FEMA in new report
A council established to advise the federal government on disaster response has recommended reducing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s budget and shifting more responsibility for disaster management to state governments.
Kansas City launches upgraded Blue River Biosolids Plant
KC Water and city officials celebrated the completion of the upgraded Blue River biosolids treatment plant, marking a major step in sustainable infrastructure and innovation for the city’s largest wastewater facility.
Cybersecurity firm Dragos finds AI models helped attackers map Mexican water utility’s OT
An unknown attacker used commercial artificial intelligence tools from Anthropic and OpenAI to probe a Mexican water utility's enterprise network and pivot towards its industrial control systems, according to new analysis from the industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos.
Ontario commits CAD 44 million to modernise water infrastructure in Niagara Region
The provincial government of Ontario has announced a funding package of nearly CAD 44 million (approximately USD 32 million) to rehabilitate drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure across the Niagara Region, channelled through the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program's Health and Safety Water Stream (MHIP-HSWS).