The Vermont Clean Water Act requirements are new and the costs are significant. Most municipalities enter the implementation process short-staffed and under-resourced. They are understandably nervous.

Municipalities oppose water pollution fees intended to address Lake Champlain’s water quality, request money to help pay for infrastructure upgrades. Vermont’s Election Day is Nov. 5.

As many as 22 million people get drinking water from systems with lead pipes, and twice as many rely on systems that violate safe water standards. A large part of the Senate infrastructure bill ...

The idea for the Hudson River drinking water group surfaced last March when Gary Bassett, the mayor of the Village of Rhinebeck, saw an uptick in calls from residents about the future of their ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - The visit from environmental inspectors had the nerve-rattling effect of an IRS audit. Three U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staffers and a pair of engineers from ...

Department of Water and Sanitation cannot directly intervene when municipalities fail to supply drinking water up to standard – yet. By Steve Kretzmann, GroundUp · 19 Jan 2024 04:05 ...