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June 5 trial of manufacturer 3M also halts as firm and municipal attorneys seek time to craft what one media report termed a possible $10B settlement to include toxic impact compensation for other US water systems, towns and cities.

Justices ruled unanimously that two Idaho landowners, in their second appeal before the court, should not be fined for building near wetlands that did not appear to have a direct surface connection to a larger body of water—but four cautioned in a separate opinion that the majority went too far in reducing federally protected areas.

The city plans to upgrade a water reclamation facility and build an advanced purification facility to protect its water supply against drought.

Hundreds of ash disposal sites at inactive US power plants could be subject to new federal safety regulation under a rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Proposal is Biden administration’s take on reducing carbon emissions from power generation sources and would replace the Trump administration less-stringent Affordable Clean Energy Rule enacted in 2019.

Updates on projects and companies in the California & Northwest region.

Construction groups say final rule could raise costs of power and materials. 

Biden administration outlines next component of its strategy to control further spread of the ubiquitous contaminants, widely used in consumer and industrial goods, and a problem for more water and wastewater utilities

Plants could use older technologies if they commit to early retirements, under the federal plan.

The project to meet requirements of a consent decree will cost $100 million to $150 million, officials estimate.