Bob Crossen

2 days ago | waterworld.com | Alex Cossin |Bob Crossen

Drinking water has earned a “C-” on the 2025 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, which is the same score it received in 2021. ASCE released the report card grading America’s infrastructure on March 25, 2025, where the country received an overall grade of “C,” its highest ever score. The ASCE Report Card highlighted the need for funding and building more resilient infrastructure.

1 week ago | wwdmag.com | Bob Crossen

Yorkville-Bristol Sanitary District was the first full scale implementation of Veolia's ZeeLung membrane aerated bioreator (MABR) technology in the world in 2017. Faced with continuous residential and industrial growth, estimates to expand the plant across a creek running through the property was cost-prohibitive. Then came a promise of new wastewater intensification technology for a fraction of the cost. • The largest groundwater recharge plant in the world

1 week ago | stormwater.com | Bob Crossen

In a May 2, 2025, letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, President Donald Trump’s FY2026 budget proposal amounts to $4.2 billion in total funding reduction in 2026 compared to 2025 for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan programs would see the greatest reduction with an overall budget of $305 million. That amounts to $2.46 billion less than the 2025 budget.

1 week ago | wwdmag.com | Bob Crossen

Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds are facing a $2.46 billion reduction from 2025 figures in the White House’s 2026 fiscal year budget proposal. In a May 2, 2025 letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, President Donald Trump’s FY2026 budget proposal amounts to $4.2 billion in total funding reduction in 2026 compared to 2025 for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

1 week ago | waterworld.com | Bob Crossen

What the White House budget proposal changes from 2025The proposal allocates $124 million for drinking water programs, which is a $9 million increase over the 2025 budget. Additionally, $31 million is allocated for Indian Reservation Drinking Water programs, which amounts to a $27 million increase from 2025. These programs do not appear to be related to the state revolving funds.