Water Utility News Archives

The Birmingham Water Works Board Board of Directors voted to install 3,660 feet of pipeline and one fire hydrant in the city of Warrior.

A broken pipeline gushed water and squeezed traffic on the Las Vegas Strip before crews were able to begin making repairs.

Water supplier SJW Corp. late Wednesday reported third quarter net income of $8 million, or 43 cents a share, down slightly from $8.3 million, or 44 cents a share in the same quarter last year.

Officials say heavy rains and a valve that accidentally opened contributed to a sewer overflow in Piscataway Creek.

Barring a small miracle within the next few days, the water utility industry will end October on a surprisingly sour note.

California Water Service Group today announced that it has expanded its unsecured credit facilities to a $300 million, three-year, syndicated revolving line of credit to be used for working capital purposes, including the short-term financing of capital projects.

OFFICE SOUGHT: Alderman-at-large. AGE: 40. ADDRESS: 18 Inca Drive. POLITICAL BACKGROUND: Ward 1 alderman, 2006-present; member of the budget review and joint special school building committees; Pennichuck Special Water Committee; board liaison to the Review and Comment Commission; co-chairman of the Cultural Planning Steering Committee.

Phitrust Active Investors , a minority shareholders group in Electricite de France SA , is calling on investors to vote against Henri Proglio becoming head of the utility because he plans to become chairman of Veolia Environnement SA.

Hudson City Bancorp Inc., a holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 11 percent as it increased its net interest margin, acquired more retail loans through refinancings and increased its deposits.

Farmers and environmentalists. Republicans and Democrats. Northern California and Southern California.

SouthWest Water Co. on Friday doubled its regular quarterly dividend to 5 cents from 2.5 cents.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series of four profiles of candidates running for alderman-at-large in the Nov.

Abbottstown has four candidates running for two open seats on the Borough Council.

The Board of Directors of Artesian Resources Corporation today approved a 5% increase in the Class A Non-Voting and Class B Common shareholders' dividend, raising the annual dividend to $0.7492 per share.

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will hold eight public open houses from next Monday to Nov.

We're not ones to come under the spell of conspiracy theories, whether it's "Who shot JFK?" "Where was Barack Obama really born?" or "Why did Karl Rove target Don Siegelman?" But we've stumbled on one that, given the amount of overwhelming evidence backing it up, must be true: The Birmingham Water Works Board has spiked our formerly pristine water ...

Indianapolis Water is asking for the biggest rate hike ever and the request is raising many questions.

Microscopic vegetation with a hunger for sludge could help the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission take a big bite out of its carbon footprint, Jerry N. Johnson, the utility's new general manager, said in an interview with The Gazette.

Indianapolis Water officials are taking heat after hiring a high-priced public relations firm in the midst of asking for a double-digit rake hike.

Carbon monoxide leaked into a San Antonio Water System sewer line Wednesday morning, causing five people at a nearby Northeast Side business to suffer headaches and nausea, officials said.

Southern Hancock school officials have filed a regulatory complaint against Indianapolis Water for what it says are the utility's attempt to get the school district to pay an excessive cost for a water main extension.

The utility company that serves Sandy Creek has not had enough water stored for firefighting since at least 2003, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

On Tuesday, American States Water Co. said that the government has increased the value of its contracts with the company's water and wastewater services subsidiary by $7.3 million.

Officials for the Missouri Department of Transportation may be mum on exactly how early the second phase of the Interstate 64/Hwy. 40 project will open, but they are certain it will be before the Dec.

As the state grapples with issues of water supply, people who live in water-rich Northern California aren't immune from being asked to cut back at the tap.

Indianapolis Water officials on Wednesday asked for a 35 percent rate hike, just months after a double-digit increase took effect.

Electricite de France, the state-owned French power company that has proposed to buy half of Constellation Energy Group's nuclear power business and build a new reactor at Calvert Cliffs, has a new boss.

Pennsylvania American Water, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water , announced today that it has acquired three water systems from municipal authorities in northcentral and western Pennsylvania.

Jerry Shaw has boosted sales to $35 million at SAK, which repairs underground pipes nationwide.

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District may change its name. The agency's staff has made 17 suggestions ranging from catchy phrases to boring ones to a commission that is considering revising the district's charter.

CFO and Treasurer of Artesian Resources Corp. David B Spacht sells 1,125 shares of ARTNA on 10/01/2009 at an average price of $16.85 a share.

A public hearing has not yet been scheduled regarding Middlesex Water Company's proposed 26 percent rate increase, officials said.

BEFORE inking his name to the French presidential decree that confers the top job at EDF, Nicolas Sarkozy would have wanted to secure a candidate of note and ability for one of the world's biggest electricity companies.

ABC 7 News has learned of a water main break on Queens Chapel Road in Hyattsville, Md.