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New Urgencies Drive Fixes to Old Problems

The Flint, Mich., crisis raises clean water to national attention

November 2, 2016

It took Flint, Mich.’s water issues, which rose to a crisis level last year with news of the city’s extensive lead-tainted supply, to catapult sector needs higher on legislative agendas and into the public consciousness.

Lead Poisoning

Crisis in Flint Underscores a National Drinking Water Quality Problem

Awareness grows of trouble in other drinking-water systems across the U.S.

Pam Hunter McFarland

Mike Anderson

October 12, 2016

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For Anthony Jones, 46, a Gulf War veteran and apprentice craftworker based in Flint, the work that he does—pulling out lead service lines to homes—is personal.

Federal Funding

Stopgap Spending Measure Signed, Keeping Agencies Open

Package also cuts DOD, VA construction funding for full year 2017

Tom Ichniowski

September 29, 2016

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Legislation provides $500 million in grants for flood relief and recovery in Louisiana and other states.

Water Infrastructure

House Passes $9B Water-Resources Measure

Next step is negotiation with Senate, which passed a much broader WRDA bill

Tom Ichniowski

September 28, 2016

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House bill includes amendment providing $170 million to fix Flint, Mich., drinking water system.

Legislation

House WRDA Bill Hits a Bump En Route to Floor

GOP leaders delete harbor trust fund provision, sparking Democrats' ire

Tom Ichniowski

September 24, 2016

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Deleted language would remove cap on spending from Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

The Top 200 Environmental Firms: Revenue Resurges

Meeting needs and mandates generates more work, despite market challenges

Debra K. Rubin Bruce Buckley

August 11, 2016

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The unfolding U.S. government change, and economic and political turmoil elsewhere, did not curb spending on environmental work; will GDPs soon depend on water assets?

Flint Water Crisis: Not Fixed, Moving Forward

Mike Anderson

August 10, 2016

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In a mostly conciliatory address in which she repeatedly thanked those who have reached out to her beleaguered city during the “shocking and unprecedented” water crisis, the mayor of Flint, Mich., did take aim at Washington in her first State of the City speech.