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2002
|
| Bangladesh dying
from high arsenic levels |
| Severn Trent joins with AdEdge for arsenic solutions to
small communities |
| Atlanta water
system falling apart? |
| Stockton, CA
to host marathon public hearings on water partnering |
| Australian
women to perform nude raindance |
| Florida
Water Svcs objects to forced sale |
| Fayettville
considers water/wastwater surcharge |
| Stockton, CA
advances to private operations |
| Tisbury, RI
tries to dump Earth Tech engineering |
| New Jersey to
try new techniques to squeeze more water for drinking |
| Singapore to
recycle and desalinate water |
| Zenon sells
its largest ZeeWeed to Singapore |
| Vivendi
pulls-out of water industry |
| China welcomes
private partnerships |
| Is Pres. Bush
using EPA to punish Democratic strongholds? |
| Delaware
considers underground storage and wastewater re-use |
| New Orleans
abruptly cancels privatization effort |
| PIRG report says most wastewater treatment plants in
violation |
| California water
agencies rate state legislators |
| OMI plant in Norwalk investigated by Feds |
| PSC buys another small PA wastewater treatment company |
| Jackson, MS awards expanded contract to Severn Trent
Services |
| California advances
desalination |
| California water
storage system rejected |
| Mass.
Air Force water treatment plant burns |
| Georgia voters
rank water with jobs and schools |
| Stockton --
today's battleground on privatization |
| What went wrong
with the Atlanta water project |
| Severn Trent awarded operations of Alamogordo, NM |
| Severn Trent gets Baltimore audit contract |
| US Filter's
equipment division sold for $620 Million |
| Stockton, CA
to unveil bids for private water operations |
| Wilmington, DE explores desalination from Zenon |
| Atlanta to review
United Water contract |
| Len Graziano appointed CEO of Severn Trent USA |
| Stockton, CA
moves to privatization referendum |
| Severn Trent awarded UV and Chlorine contract by Flagstaff,
AZ |
| RWE of Germany to end buying blitz with one "last"
acquisition |
| Stockton, CA
citizens resist secrecy of contract ops proposals |
| Tisbury, MA
selectman add to Earth Tech consulting contract |
| SUEZ buys US
Water for subsidiary United Water |
| Tisbury, MA
wastewater treatment plant to cost $1 million more |
| Albany, NY gets
$115,000 to help plan water security |
| Bridgeport, CT
to re-bid private operations of wastewater plant |
| New York State
allows Rockland County design-build-operate wastewater systems |
| Vivendi to
sell controlling interest in environmental division |
| Stockton, CA
does not agree to privatization referendum |
| Victor Mercado, VP
of Thames USA, to head Detroit, MI water system |
| Severn Trent teams with Apyron Technologies offer
anti-arsenic solution |
| Webster, MA hit by
e.coli contamination |
| Mike Stump, former PSG Pres. guilty of bribery |
| Severn Trent Services get renewal of Louisiana contract |
| Philadelphia Suburban rolls-up more water systems |
| EPA to invest
heavily in water security |
| NYC does not
have to filter Catskill-Delaware watershed if it invests |
| SUEZ creates new environmental division |
| Oconee County, GA
to build new wastewater treatment plant |
| Florida man
arrested threatening to poison MA water |
| Zenon ranked best
corporate citizen of Canada |
| Vivendi may sell
environmental services |
| Fitchburg, MA
rejects sewer improvement program |
| New Bedford, MA
to consoidate, regionalize and reduce staff |
| NYC officals
object to criticism of terrorist protection |
| Vivendi sells all of its stake in Philadelphia Suburban |
| NYC water
system vulnerable to terrorist attack |
| Orlando aquifer
contamination |
| RWE seeks new chief |
| United Water wins
Puerto Rico water operations contract |
| Vitamin
enriched bottled water is newest wrinkle in $2 Billion/year market |
| Coming drought
questions cooling water for power plants |
| Earth Tech wins
pharmceautical wastewater treatment plant |
| Covanta Energy
files Ch. 11 bankruptcy |
| Woolseley of UK to
buy Clayton of Florida for $110 M |
| Rockland, NY
examines gray water recycling |
| US Filter
proposes DBO with 20 yr contract for Buffalo, NY |
| Alabama construction
company president convicted of Egyptian bid rigging |
| Enron's
Azurix walks from Argentine contract |
| Bridgeport
Mayor Ganim bribery trial date set |
| E'Town to process
wastewater of new Patriots stadium |
| Tampa Bay ranks six
sites for desalination plant |
| United Water offers Delaware City seasonal water swap |
| Indianapolis
may buy private water company to keep rates low |
| New York City
faces dire drought |
| New York City
wastewater treatment plant to generate electricity from fuel cells |
| Wash. DC, awards
United Water largest US meter contract |
| 2001 |
| Indianapolis
to outsource enitre water works |
| Metropolitan Water
Dist. CA seeks proposals for ocean desal |
| ECO
Resources wins five year, $1 million R/O operating contract |
| Zenon stock
soars on analysts valuation |
| Zenon sells $8
million ZeeWeed to German wastewater plant |
| Michael Chesser
chosen Chairman/CEO of United Water |
| NSF/EPA verifies
new technologies from Severn Trent for water disinfection |
| Philadelphia Suburban "rolls up" Consumers Ohio
Water and Paupack Water |
| WPC bursts on scene |
| EPA unveils rule on industrial cooling water regulations |
| Pennsylvania DEP
proposes improved stormwater management |
| Innova Water
Company to market sports bottle anthrax filter |
| American Water
completes acquisition of Azurix |
| RWE to acquire
American Water |
| RWE buys Thames Water |
| Suez / United
Water parent reports strong quarter |
| Steps to safeguard water supply -- Bay Area |
| Dept. of Interior rolls back Clinton-era environmental regs |
| Legislators worried
about water supply safety |
| EPA says anthrax
risk to water systems small |
| Tampa Bay desalination plant OKed by courts |
| Florida
Water earnings flat for quarter |
| Government
contractor develops contaminant "sniffer" |
| Bay College,
Mich., revives water program; seeks instructor |
| EPA establishes water protection task force |
| Taunton
Engineering expands sales force through Hydronics and US Sales |
| Syracuse
conference of mayors judged a success |
| Azurix-America
wins 10 contract for London, Ontario |
| EPA grossly
underestimated effect of arsenic in water |
| Suez now trades
on the New York Stock Exchange |
| American Water Works
to be bought by German utility RWE AG |
| Taunton
Engineering wins major project in NYC |
| Kansas City
mayor vows to freeze water rates and meet standards |
| John Joyner Joins IMG as Managing Director of development |
| Hudson, MA may stop new sewer hookups |
| EPA slammed on poor enforcement |
| Florida
Water bids for Citrus County public utility |
| America's aquifer is
shinking; land is sinking, sewage can't flow, water can't be drunk |
| EPA catches environmental violators -- big fines, long jail
terms |
| American Water
Works to acquire Azurix North America |
| House votes to
restore Clinton-era arsenic standards |
| United Water wants out of the real estate business |
| Bush
administration seeks 18 month delay of river and lake cleanup |
| Zenon in
filtration pact with ONDEO Degremont |
| United Water granted 10 year extension to Hoboken
contract |
| US FDA will
NOT regulate Cryptosporitium in bottled water |
| Florida
Water Co operators beat all competitors |
| NRDC sues EPA for
failure to regulate arsenic |
| Bergen County
Executive may veto utility authority's ending privatization talks |
| Bergen County NJ
drops privatization -- cuts 2/3's work force |
| Azurix awarded $2.6
million in new contracts |
| Feds
investigate Bridgeport con-ops contract |
| Florida
water forced to over-charge customers to subsidize needy |
| Zenon sells
$7million ZeeWeed contract to Samsung |
| New London, CT
seeks consultant for new con-ops contract |
| Seattle to raise
water rates, once again |
| Zenon wins $10
Million membrane contract in Italy |
| Mark Strand appointed head of Government Affairs for
American Water |
| Florida
Water employee named paralegal of the year |
| Wet wipe
wars...Procter & Gamble to battle Kimberly Clark for moist wipe market |
| Zenon get $17
million in new orders for Zee Weed |
| Seattle awards CH2M-Hill / OMI with DBO project |
| Bush may restore arsenic restrictions |
| American Water Works buys Citizens Utilities'
Arizona Water |
| Bush's 2001
EPA budget |
| Seattle tries new
plan to share savings with wastewater plant |
| New Jersey union
defends against OMI contract operations in Bergen County |
| Bush rejects Kyoto
Accord but would consider alternative emission reduction |
| Senator Barbara
Boxer introduces bill to set chromium 6 standard |
| Orange County, CA in first phase of sewage recycling
|
| Dutch utility
Nuon buys Utility Inc. of Northbrook, IL |
| EPA head, Whitman,
ignored by Bush on carbon dioxide promise |
| Whitman denies
Bush betrayed his promise to her |
| Georgia
establishes first water planning district |
| Severn Trent takes Oklahoma contract from US Filter |
| Seattle wins
achievement award, in part, thorugh DBO approach |
| Seattle to
surcharge new sewer hook-ups |
| Fayetteville, AK
to fix sewers with one cent sales tax |
| Bergen County, NJ
Con Ops negotiatin with OMI stuck by labor travail |
| New Orleans
plans contract operations |
| Vivendi
profits are up on 35.2% profit gain in water services |
| Zenon awarded
$5 million shipboard sewage system |
| Watchdog group
reviews New Orleans procurement |
| King Co.
Washington Copies Corporate Practices |
| Detroit
Votes Rate Hike of Ozone Treatment |
| Atlanta Sewer
Works Win One-Day $ Strike -- New Costs Coming? |
| City of
Indianapolis to Buy Private Water Company |
| American Water Buys Coatsville, PA Water System
|
| Detroit
Approves Rates Hikes Up to 11.6% |
| Zenon Teams with
Evac for Shipboard Sewage |
| Christie
Whitman, Gale Norton Confirmed for EPA and Interior |
| AMSA Tells Nation Federal $ Needed for Water/Wastewater
System Replacement |
| USFilter Gets
Labor Support for Contract Renewals |
| Seattle Expects
Higher Water Rates |
| Seattle Sewer
Plant to Test Fuel Cells |
| Christie Whitman
Unanimously Endorsed by Committee |
| Gale Norton
Endorsed as Sec. of Bureau of Land Mgmt |
| Michigan
Water Rates to Climb |
| Pittsburgh Interviews 7 Water Companies |
| Environmentalists Fear Bush |
| Rio Rancho, CA to Self-finance $21M Arsenic Reduction |
| Herbicide-free
Gardening to Save the Salmon |
| Fort Smith,
Arkansas Rehabs Water / Sewer System with Sales Taxes |
| New Toilet
Tissue Coming, Soft on Bottoms, Tough on Pipes? |
| EPA to Tighten Sewer Regs, Cost to Cities: $100 Billion |
| Sen. Boxer Pushes
for Tougher Chromium 6 Restrictions |
| Pasco County, FL
"Municipalizes" Private Water Companies |
| Stockton, CA
Requests Proposals for DBO |
| Upper Dublin,
PA Seeks to Sell Sewer System |
| Atlanta to Raise
$4.5 Billion for Sewer Pipe Replacement |
| Seattle Celebrates
Water Conservation |
| Los Angeles Spills Sewage 2000 Times in 5 Years
|
| Pittsburgh Rushes to
Hire New Management Company |
| Water Industry
Council joins Nat. Council of Public Pvt. Partnership |
| Ohio may triple
water and sewer rates |
| Christie Whitman
named Administrator of US EPA |
| Tampa Bay may
increase rates to lower water usage |
| Alabama Workers
Fight Privatizaton |
| Don Correll Retires
from United Water |
| Alabama County to
Borrow to Increase Sewer Expansion |
| Arkansas Town Votes
to Expand Sewer Capacity and Raise Rates |
| OMI Wins Malcolm Baldrige Award for Excellence |
| 2000 |
| 100 Votes Separate Leaders as 1,500 Votes Discarded |
| United
Water's Virtual Plant Could Save Cities Millions |
| Lame-duck Congress May Award $1.5 Billion for
Sewers |
| Earth Tech Awarded 10 MGD DBO in Scotland |
| US Filter Opens
New Jersey D-B-O |
| Enron Buys Back
Azurix |
| Ionics Signs for
Largest De-Sal Plant |
| Atlanta Suburb
Planning 1 MGD Wastewater Plant |
| ATG Wins $4.3 Million Wastewater Con Op |
| Earth Tech Wins
Wastewater Contract in Washington |
| Southwest Water
acquires two Austin companies |
| Feds probe Atlanta
water system bid-rigging |
| Thames acquisition
of E'town approved |
| Vivendi
Environmental in strong move to cut debt |
| Ionics lowers earnings expectations for 3 Qtr. 00 |
| Germany's RWE to
Buy Thames for $6.5 Billion |
| Thames Gets $6 Billion Takeover Offer |
| Tainted
bottled water strikes NYC |
| Bechtel gets huge
Bay Area water system project |
| Coors beer spill
kills fish |
| Rebecca Mark
resigns as CEO of Azurix |
| US Water Takes
Springfield, MA -- Biggest in Con Ops in New England |
| Key West to Hold
Water Rates |
| OMI Resumes
Negotiation for Bergen County, NJ |
| Lori Doyle Named
Vice President for American Water Services |
| Philadelphia Suburban Buys Summit Water System |
| Pennsylvania
DEP Recalls Coliform Contaminated Bottled Water |
| Birmingham, AL
Votes Against Privatization of Water System |
| Bergen County,
NJ Con-Ops Award Delayed |
| Details of Suez-Lyonnaise Purchase of United
Water |
| Vivendi deal may
be doubt |
| City of
Santa Monica Sues Oil Companies for MTBE in Water |
| Miami Beach Still
Too Contaminated for Swimmers |
| Asurix Takes Two
Deals from U.S. Water in New Jersey |
| Ionics to Build
Huge Caribbean Desalinization Plant |
| Vivendi May
Shed Water Business |
| Messier of
Vivendi turns Utility into Cyber Media Giant |
| Alabama to Spend
$15 Million for Wastewater |
| American
Water Gives Customers More Info Sooner |
| New York City
May Spend $6 Billion for Filtration |
| Philadelphia Suburban Buys Applegrove Water |
| Los Angeles
Fears Sewer Water Reclamation |
| Aquarion's BHC
Buys Village Water System Company |
| Philadelphia Suburban is Fastest Growing Water Company |
| Philadelphia Suburban Buys Fulmor Heights |
| USFilter Awarded
$1.4M/yr DBOF Kentucky Contract |
| Atlanta Must Spend
$2 to $4 Billion to Upgrade Wastewater Facilities |
| Penn. State Senator
William Slocum Convicted, Imprisoned Deposed for Polluting |
| U.S. Filter to
Design, Build and Operate Tampa Bay Facility |
| Iltron
Awarded Automated Meter Reading by Denver |
| Badly Polluted Beaches Threaten United Kingdom |
| U.S. Filter
Designs, Builds and Operates Recycle Plant in Hawaii |
| Phil. Suburban
Buys Another Water Company |
| Atlanta Awards
O&M Contract to OMI |
| Vivendi Sells
Metcalf & Eddy |
| Randers-Killam
Merges with Thermo Electron |
| Phil. Suburban Rolls-up Another Wastewater System |
| Tampa Bay Chooses
US Filter for $135 Million DBO |
| "Erin
Brockavich" Awakens Water Fear |
| Southern
Company to Operate Virgin Island Water and Power |
| VERSAR Awarded Con Ops Army Contract in New Jersey |
| Opposition
to Wastewater Plant Operated by Phil. Suburban |
| United
Water Offers Homeowners Pipe Insurance |
| Huge Investment
Urgently Needed for Water Infrastructure |
| Zenon Awarded Big UK
Contract |
| Lucent Tech and
Wessex Water Join in High-tech Water Software |
| Schmidt Named CEO
of Aquarion BHC (Kelda Group) |
| Southwest Water (ECO) Wins Bakersfield, CA Con Ops |
| McInerney New Chairman of Aquarion BHC (Kelda
Group) |
| Feds to Research MTBE Removal |
| American Water
Services Launches New ConOps Services |
| AquaSource May
Build Desalinization in Massachusetts |
| Salt Lake City
Residents Plead for Clean Water Spending |
| United Water
Shareholders OK Lyonnaise Buyout |
| Asurix to Invest
in, or Operate Pritchard Alabama |
| Oregon Crowds Protest Water Rates |
| Twenty-Two Mayors Receive Awards of Water Excellence |
| Southwest Water
to Offer Contract Operations through Inland Pacific |
| Albuquerque, NM
Tries to Buy Private Water Systems |
| ARCADIS Geraghty
& Miller Help Florida Acquire Water and Wastewater |
| Kelda Group
(Yorkshire Water) Purchases Aquarion |
| Canton, Ohio to increase water rates by 50% |
1999
|
| Portage, Ohio to monitor water usage by remote computer |
| Water
Utiliites to Use Internet to Bill in New Century |
| Suez
Lyonnaise des Eaux to Merge with Nalco |
| Atlanta fined $2.8
M for Sewer Lines |
| Water Plants may not be Y2K Ready |
| Job Losses in UK Water Industry Spread to Wales |
| Yorkshire UK
to Cut 500 Jobs |
| Anglian UK to
Cut 400 Jobs -- Severn Trent to Cut 1,100 Jobs |
| Alabama to Build
$15 Million Filtration Plant |
| Akron to Spend $
¼ Billion to End Water Pollution |
| Thames Water, LLC to Buy E'Town of NJ |
| Ohio City Ends
Con Op Talks with Help From Malcolm Pirnie |
| Azurix in
Dogfight with Syngro over Bio Gro |
| Click this
for draft EPA Privatization Guidelines |
| American Water
Works Buys San Jose Water |
| Bergen County Picks
OMI Over United Water and PSG for Wastewater |
| Little Rock
39% Muni Water Rate Hike Inflames Ratepayers |
| New Jersey Residents Demand Sale of City Water Company |
| Zenon Environmental Wins Big New Zealand Project |
| Florida Sewage
Spill Threatens St. Lucie |
| American Water
Works to Buy Citizens Utilities' Water Unit |
| AmericanAnglian
Dissolved -- American Water Buys Joint Venture |
| Asurix Buys J&J
Barker to Gain Foothold in Florida |
| Gulfport Votes to
Privatize |
| Aquarion Merger
with Yorkshire (Kelda Group) Approved |
| American
Anglian Wins Strongsville, OH Project |
| Citizen's
Utilities to Sell Dozen's of Con Ops Projects in 22 States |
| Recovery Engineering (PUR water filters) Bought by Proctor
& Gamble |
| Suez
Lyonnaise Buys All of United Water Resources |
| Contract
Operators Burned in Birmingham; City Picks Own Staff |
| David
Chardavoyn Named President of Thames US |
| Malcolm Pirnie Chooses Garret Westerhoff Chair/CEO |
| Atlanta Fined
$700,000 in Addition to $2.5 Million ... Big Changes Expected |
| EPA Mandated Gasoline Additive Polluting Ground Water |
| Discontent EPA Employees Cast Doubt on Agency Value |
| AmericanAnglian Signs Moore County, NC |
| United
Water Takes Pro-Active Approach to Prevent Crises |
| American Water
Works to Buy Projects from United Water in 4 States |
| Zenon to Buy
Back Shares to Raise Stock Value |
| US Water's
Clients Are Now Y2K Compliance |
| City of Camden
Finally Gets Good Water |
| American
Water Works Acquires Natinal Enterprises |
| Suez
Lyonnaise to Acquire Nalco Chemical Co. |
| Chicago to Try
Ozonization to Replace Chorine |
| Dames &
Moore Bought by URS Corp. |
| Atlanta Under
Pressure to Increase Wastewater Capacity |
| Atlanta Municipal
Error Spills Sewage into Chattahoochee |
| Well Water May Cause
Ulcers |
| IRS Now Allows
Portability of Employee Benefits for Privatization |
| Azurix and Its
IPO Stock Value Holds Strong |
| Trojan Splits Stock -- Does Well With UV Purifying |
| Kansas City Considers Privatizing Water --
Unions Oppose It |
| Pennsylvania to Drink Recycled Wastewater |
| Illinois Appropriates Funds for
Private Water Operations |
| Yorkshire Water Buys Aquarion |
| California Bond Issue Proceeds |
| Philips Sale to Asurix -- Done Deal |
| Chattanooga Shenanigans -- Mayor Under
Fire |
| American Water Works Buys Empire District
Electric |
| United Water Growing Fast ... Adding Computer
Services |
| Raftelis Estimates Chattanooga to Save
$107 Million Re-Privatizing |
| Chattanooga Determined to End American
Water Works' Franchise |
| Pur Filter -- Brian's Story |
| Consultants to Water Industry Earn $10+
Billion |
| California Water Services Group Reports 67% Gain |
| Vivendi to De-merge Water Utilities |
| ECO Resources Gets 5 Year, $3 Million
Contract |
| Atlanta Privatization: Round Two Coming Soon |
| Competition for Atlanta Wastewater Facility to
be Fierce |
| NJ's Whitman Threatens Water Quality --
Water Companies Protest |
| State-by-State Review of Funds Allocated
for Water |
| Lyonnaise des Eaux Awarded Major China
Water Contracts |
| Lyonnaise des Eaux Invests $9 Million in
DNA Pathogen Detector |
| Arsenic Common in Private Well
Water |
| Changes at the Top for American Water |
| Milwaukee RFQ for Commercial Services
Available Here, Now |
| Milwaukee Provides Answers to RFQ for
Commercial Services |
| US Water Reports Early Success in Camden, NJ |
| Bottled Water Quality Questioned by NRDC |
| Vivendi to Buy US Filter |
| Enron to Issue $350 Million Initial Public
Offering for Asurix |
| Philip Water Services to Sell Out to Asurix |
| California Water to Buy Dominguez Services |
| Arsenic in Public Water at Dangerous Level According to
Panel |
| Portland Considers Conservation-Priced Water/Wastewater
Rates |
| Toronto Rebels at Consulting Costs |
| Puerto Rico Inceases Aqua Alliance
Contract |
| Birmingham, AL NEW RFP
-- Proposals Due March 19, 1999 |
| Birmingham, AL Project
Description |
| Philadelphia Suburban Cleared to Buy Coatsville Wastewater
System |
| Chattanooga, TN
Receives 6 Qualifications Packages |
| Bergen County Union Now Fights to Privatize Utilties
Authority |
| Bergen County, NJ, Issues RFP for Long-Term Service Contract |
| Union Official Accused of Stealing Members Money in
Milwaukee |
| Lynn, MA Plant Tour Feb. 9, 1999 |
| Lynn, MA RFP Avail., Proposals Due May 3, 1999 |
| Naugatuck, CT Seeks to Replace Private Operator |
| Camden, NJ to Award 20 Year Contract to US Water |
| Joint Meeting, NJ, Requests Oral Presentations |
| Earth Tech Signs Gardner, MA to $33 Million
Design-Build-Operate |
| South West Water Receives $2.3 Million Contract |
| Don Correll Predicts Strong Industry Growth |
| Phil. Suburban to Buy Plumstock Water |
| Springfield, MA to Outsource Wastewater Facility |
| Crypto Outbreak in Texas Municipal Water Facility |
| “Civil Action” Strikes Fear in Hearts of New
Jersey-ites |
| Autism Cluster Found in New Jersey |
| Do N.J. Clusters Really Mean
Anything? |
| Sacramento Wastewater Discharge Soars: Stronger Enforcement |
| Atlanta Signs United Water to U.S. Biggest
Con-Ops Deal |
| Atlanta Privatization in Capsule |
| U.S. to Treat 25 MGD of Tijuana Wastewater |
| Water Engineering Management WIC Article on
EPA Privatization |
| Water Environment & Technology Article
on WIC vs.EPA |
| Water World and Water
Engineering Report on WIC Actions |
| Severn Trent Unites in Houston |
| Earth Tech to Acquire Rust Engineering |
| Georgia Can REQUIRE Privatization of Non-Complying
Plants |
| United Water Services to Build
Ultrafiltration Plant in Texas |
| Evansville, IL Praises American Anglian
Partnership |
| United Water Services Signs Milwaukee |
| OMI to Manage DOE Facility for $14
Million |
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