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EBRD, Switzerland Support Water Services in Kant

May 23, 2013

Illinois: 2013 Construction Season Underway for $1.5 Billion In Roadway, Waterway and Transit Infrastructure Projects

May 23, 2013 City of Chicago, The State of Illinois has issued the following news release:Mayor Rahm Emanuel, City officials and labor leaders today announced more than $1.5 billion in roadway, waterway and transit infrastructure projects will be completed du...

Odebrecht wins US$524mn waterworks concession in Brazil - Saneago

May 23, 2013 Midwestern Brazil's Goiás state water utility Saneago has awarded a 1.07bn-real (US$524mn) four-city waterworks concession contract to a consortium led by local construction group Odebrecht, the utility's financial director, Robson Borges S...

Washington: Funding for 10 States' Programs Supported by Four Environmental Protection Agency Categorical Grants

May 23, 2013 The US Government Accountability Office has issued the following news release:State environmental agencies use federal grants from the Environmental Protection Agency, in addition to their own funds, to help implement and enforce the nation's env...

Ramky infra secures Rs 387cr Contracts

May 23, 2013 Ramky Infra, which is a renowned infrastructure building player of the country, in a recent cache has secured contracts worth Rs386.90 crore in the construction and water verticals. In this connection, the company in a joint venture has bagged ...

Abilene City Council takes step toward city wastewater reuse plan

May 22, 2013 One of Abilene's three main water sources, Hubbard Creek Reservoir, is at a historic low, the city's water utilities director told the City Council Monday. Tommy O'Brien, city director of water utilities, told the council the Stephens County lake...

DROUGHT REQUIREMENTS TAKE EFFECT JUNE 3

May 22, 2013

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 21 -- The city of Fort Worth issued the following press release:

Fort Worth is implementing Stage 1 water restrictions effective June 3 because of low water supply levels.

Announcement of USAID's First-ever Global Water and Development Strategy

May 22, 2013 Office of the Senator Dick Durbin, U.S Government has issued the following news release:This is an historic day in the long fight against global poverty and disease and conflict – a fight that my visionary predecessor Senator Paul Simon sta...

Resources and Development Committee Presses Navajo Nation EPA Public Water Systems Program for Accomplishments and Drinking Water Data

May 22, 2013 The Navajo Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release from the 22nd Navajo Nation Council:Of the seven legislative bills the Resources and Development Committee took action on last week on May 14, one b...

MOST SAMPLES SHOW NO CONTAMINATION DETECTED IN ALGONA GROUNDWATER

May 22, 2013 BELLEVUE, Wash., May 21 -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following news release:Preliminary results from completion of an underground water-sampling project in parts of Algona show no contamination detected at most of the w...