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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized 48 water infrastructure projects for excellence and innovation during the 2026 Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities Summit on Water Infrastructure, highlighting the role of State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs in advancing water quality and public health.

Hundreds of water sector professionals are meeting with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., this week as part of the annual National Water Policy Fly-In during Water Week, urging Congress to take action on funding, PFAS, and affordability challenges.

Flathead Forge Fund 1 has announced an investment in Solidec, a Houston-based company developing modular, on-site chemical manufacturing systems, as part of the company’s recent pre-seed financing round. Solidec’s platform enables the production of key industrial chemicals—including hydrogen peroxide, formic acid, and acetic acid—using only air, water, and electricity.

The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority has awarded more than $34.3 million in grant funding to 16 communities to support drinking water infrastructure upgrades and address PFAS and other emerging contaminants.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded $2.4 million in financial assistance to the city of Fisk to support upgrades to its drinking water distribution, storage, and supply systems, with completion expected by spring 2026. The project will replace all 175 customer meters and install a cellular automatic meter reading system, while also upgrading existing treatment facilities.

“We really like the detailed amount of data we can get using the BEACON system versus just monthly readings,” Clark said, explaining how the software enables ECCV to analyze water use trends by customer class, pressure zone, and individual accounts. This helps the utility validate that water production aligns with usage and allows them to maintain a low non-revenue water rate, one which is consistently below the state-recommended 6 percent.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its final drinking water assessment for systems impacted by the 2021 fuel spill at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, concluding that water quality has met regulatory standards since 2022. The report evaluates the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Aliamanu Military Reservation (AMR) public water systems, which were affected after a fuel release contaminated a key drinking water well serving approximately 93,000 residents.

GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. has been selected by Barnstable County to lead PFAS investigation and remediation efforts at a former municipal fire training facility in Hyannis, Massachusetts, where decades of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) use contributed to contamination concerns. The approximately six-acre site, located in the Town of Barnstable’s Hyannis village, was used for firefighter training from 1956 to 2019, including roughly 40 years of AFFF use.

For 75 years, the Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) has delivered safe and reliable water service to residents northeast of Los Angeles. Serving 8,500 connections across the rugged Los Angeles foothills, with 11 distinct pressure zones and aging infrastructure, has its challenges. Gabriel Gomez became System Operations Manager in October 2024 and was promoted to Assistant Director of Operations a year later. He recognized the system lacked visibility into its downstream operations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $610 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Grand Prairie Water Commission, supporting a major regional effort to transition nearly 300,000 residents in northeastern Illinois from a declining groundwater aquifer to Lake Michigan.