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WaterWorks News: Water shortages, EPA proposes drinking water rule, RAMSCO buys Jones Water Supply
October 2010 Vol. 65 No. 10

U.S. counties face water shortages due to climate change
EPA proposes updating drinking water rule to better protect public health
Waterworks firm RAMSCO buys Binghamton rival
Using gravity to help solve the global water crisis

Approvals For TransCanada Tar Sand Pipeline Gets Sticky; Plus PMHSA Low-Stress Tug-Of-War And FERC Posting Edict
October 2010 Vol. 65 No. 10

Despite criticism of his company's proposed, nearly 2000-mile pipeline, Robert Jones, vice president, Keystone Pipelines, TransCanada Corporation, says he is very confident that the U.S. State Department will approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

EPA develops software to secure nation's water supply
October 2010 Vol. 65 No. 10

Scientists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have collaborated in developing innovative water quality software that enhances a water system's ability to detect when there has been intentional or unintentional contamination. The Canary software can help detect a wide variety of chemical and biological contaminants, including pesticides, metals and pathogens. Once contamination is detected, a water utility can issue a "Do Not Drink" order to prevent customers from ingesting the water.

Fracing Disclosure Main Concern In Senate Energy Bill; Incentives For NG Vehicles Included
September 2010 Vol. 65 No. 9

The energy bill the Senate is to finally take up in September is primarily a "BP-response" bill. It contains none of the greenhouse gas emission reductions that Democrats had hoped to bring to a vote in a "Climate Change" bill, which is dead for this year. The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 focuses mostly on oil spill liability and response issues.

EPA Issues Clean Watershed Needs Report To Congress
August 2010 Vol. 65 No. 8

The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) 2008 Report to Congress summarizes the results of EPA's 15th national survey of capital costs to address water quality or water quality related public health problems. The U.S. EPA’s Off ice of Wastewater Management conducts the survey every four years, as required by the lean Water Act.

New EPA Regulations Will Require Machine Reconfiguring, Add Cost
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
June 2010 Vol. 65 No. 6

In less than six months, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Interim Tier 4 emission standards will go into effect for many types of off-road diesel powered equipment used in underground construction, and equipment owners and operators are devoting increasing attention to the changes they will bring.

New Holland Tier 4 Solutions
May 2010 Vol. 65 No. 5

New Holland announced its solution to meet the Tier 4 interim emissions standards, which will be effective in 2011.

New Jobs Bill Has Infrastructure Funding Provision; pipeline safety issues crop up; GHG reporting
May 2010 Vol. 65 No. 5

It looks like Congress will give cities and counties some new flexibility in funding drinking water and sewer projects. The Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010 (H.R. 4849) that passed in the House, 246 - 178 on March 24, has a provision which allows states to issue private activity bonds for water projects without counting the value of those bonds toward state caps.

New Congressional Inquiries On Hydraulic Fracturing
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

Congressional concern about "fracing" took another step forward when the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to eight companies asking for details on the chemicals they use during horizontal drilling of shale gas deposits. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the committee, implied in a memorandum to committee members that the "Big Three" of fracing may have violated a voluntary memorandum of agreement they signed with the EPA in 2005.

Underground Market Faces Tier 4 Equipment Adjustments In 2011
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
April 2010 Vol. 65 No. 4

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interim Tier 4 emission standards for off-road equipment powered by diesel engines of 175 to less than 750 horsepower will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2011. From that date through Tier 4’s final implementation in 2014, the equipment marketplace will begin to change for equipment manufacturers and dealers and their customers.

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