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Court gives final approval to New Jersey’s $2.5 billion PFAS settlements with DuPont and 3M
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (360+ words) Smart Water Magazine A federal court has signed off on two settlements that will bring New Jersey close to $2.5 billion to address decades of contamination from PFAS, the persistent chemicals known as forever chemicals. The rulings close out years of…...
Ofwat approves £3.4 billion in mid cycle funding for 13 water companies
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (309+ words) Water regulator clears mid cycle funding for companies to upgrade infrastructure, support growth and tackle PFAS, with final decisions expected in December. Of the £4.3 billion requested, £752 million fell outside the agreed scope of the process or lacked sufficient evidence of…...
When a utility sale won’t save the town (The math won’t math)
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (243+ words) By Thomas S. Wyatt A framework for municipal leaders weighing the sale of a distressed water or wastewater system. This summer, the Borough of Shenandoah, a Schuylkill County community of roughly 5,000 in northeastern Pennsylvania, announced it would not sell its distressed…...
Tankers in the rain belt: France’s drought and the state of Europe’s drinking water networks
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (376+ words) Aging pipes and single-source networks in France expose infrastructure gaps across Europe as drought forces tanker deliveries to 80 municipalities. There was enough water in the Danube to cool the reactors. The intake pipes were simply above it Low levels on…...
The tunnel economy – Smart Water Magazine
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (196+ words) The Gulf is burying tens of billions of dollars to recycle the water it already used. The deals are being structured now. The consortia that will dominate the next decade of Gulf water infrastructure are taking shape. Every cubic metre…...
New York state to fund $434 million in water infrastructure upgrades – Smart Water Magazine
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (337+ words) New York state to fund $434 million in water infrastructure upgrades Smart Water Magazine New York Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled $434 million in low-cost financing and grants to help communities across the state upgrade water and sewer systems without sharply raising…...
Acwa and PT GARAM to build $400 million desalination and salt project in Indonesia
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (224+ words) Saudi company and Indonesian state salt firm partner on a facility combining seawater desalination with industrial salt production in East Java. Saudi listed Acwa, formerly known as ACWA Power, has signed a joint development agreement with PT GARAM, Indonesia’s state…...
Africa’s water access gains hide a stalled shift to safely managed services
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (313+ words) The 2026 Africa Sustainable Development Report shows basic coverage still rising, wastewater treatment slipping backwards, and financing failing to keep pace, with Morocco’s national water strategy offered as one of the report’s few concrete bright spots. Basic access to drinking water,…...
“SWIFT started with a Chesapeake Bay conversation, but it grew into more of a one-water solution for the region”
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (825+ words) Smart Water Magazine Few infrastructure programmes in the global water sector capture ambition quite like SWIFT, the Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow: nearly $3 billion in investment, 38 active projects, and a target of 50 million gallons per day of drinking water quality…...
Xylem to acquire Cornell Pump and Roper Pump for $1.46 billion
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (320+ words) Smart Water Magazine U.S. water technology group Xylem is set to acquire pump manufacturers Cornell Pump and Roper Pump in a $1.46 billion deal, buying the businesses from Indicor as it works to deepen its footprint in industrial and municipal pumping markets....