Water bonds

Billions of public funds have been spent cleaning up the bay, but two lawsuits say those efforts are endangered because the EPA failed to do its job.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced several modest replacement programs Thursday with an eye toward expansion in the coming years.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration isn't giving much hint as to how the city will pay for a plan to replace lead water service lines.

Water utilities feel they have been left out of federal relief funding, making future financing in a WRDA bill important.

Florida and Georgia have spent tens of millions of dollars in litigation over water rights in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Longmont City Council is expected to formally decide in August whether to seek voters' November election approval of a ballot question that would authorize the city to sell up to $80 million in water revenue bonds.

A water advocacy group asked policymakers to create a muni bond short-note program specifically for water utilities.

The cities enter a primary municipal bond market prepared to absorb $9 billion of deals this week.

The GFOA is advocating for federal funding for special districts, which have not received any specific funding.

Florida’s attorneys cite flaws and errors in a special master’s report to support overturning its conclusions.

Vallejo, California, benefited from last week's record-low municipal market rates when it finally sold its water revenue bond refunding.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio plans to introduce an outline for proposed national infrastructure legislation as early as Tuesday.

Florida says it was harmed, but the special master in the water rights case said Florida lacked clear and convincing evidence that Georgia is responsible.

San Francisco PUC's water revenue bond ratings were boosted to Aa2 ahead of sale.

Sandy Kerl has been acting general manager since Maureen Stapleton retired in March from the top slot.

A special master will hear oral arguments Thursday in the federal lawsuit Florida filed in 2013, as both states incur significant legal costs.

A novel approach is necessary, former Housing and Urban Development secretary Heny Cisneros said at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank's summit in Providence.

Xay Khamsyvoravong, chairman of the Providence Water Supply Board, explains how this trending accounting tool could help offset Rhode Island’s local pension liabilities. Paul Burton hosts.

IFA is restating its current bond trust indenture as it finalizes a drawdown loan of up to $436 million provided under WIFIA.

A community near San Antonio is pushing for bond-financed dam repairs, saying a Guadalupe Blanco River Authority plan to drain the lakes would cut property values in half.