Water -- Environmental Protection

EPA Orders Radius Recycling to Reduce Pollutant Discharges into San Francisco Bay

Following Clean Water Act violations, Radius Recycling must install new treatment systems and improve site maintenance to reduce metal pollution from its Oakland facility.
Nationwide Listening Tour Concludes as Agencies Prepare New Clean Water Rule

The EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered cross-sector input to guide a revised “waters of the United States” rule under the Clean Water Act, following the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision.
EPA Awards $26M to Cut Lead in School, Child Care Drinking Water

Funding aims to help states and territories test and fix lead-contaminated water at schools and child care facilities nationwide.
EPA Honors Oregon Water Co-op for Clean Water Innovation

Infrastructure upgrades bring clean water and reliability to rural Oregon community.
EPA Targets Rural Water Systems with $30.7M for Training and Technical Support

Federal funding will strengthen small and rural water systems through technical assistance, compliance training, and support for private well owners, while also advancing tools like Water ICAT to guide infrastructure investments.
EPA Extends PFAS Rule Deadline, Keeps Current Water Standards in Place

Current PFAS water limits remain in effect as the compliance deadline shifts to 2031 to support utilities with implementation.

Lean Water Operations

How to control the cost and pricing of water while improving efficiency.
Thinking Differently About Water

What is the value of water? It turns out that the answer to that question is not straightforward. While the element water - two hydrogen atoms attached to one oxygen atom - is simple, water as a resource is highly complex and filled with contradictions. Water is abundant yet scarce; priceless yet “free,” life-sustaining yet if contaminated, life-threatening.
Investing in Wastewater Treatment Upgrades: Boosting the Triple Bottom Line

Johnson Controls explains how projects that improve wastewater treatment infrastructure can increase operating efficiency, help the local environment, provide economic benefits, improve the reliability of compliance, and enhance the community’s quality of life. Cities and water authorities can attain these benefits without investing their own capital up front and yet earn immediate long-term guaranteed cost savings.