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Asheville’s Dirty Water Warns of Climate Risk to Aging US Infrastructure

Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated swaths of the southeastern US by bringing too much water. Now, communities are struggling with the opposite problem: too little of it. The North Fork Water Treatment Plant supplies most of the drinking water to …

Maine Grappling With Requests of Companies to Give Up Ownership of Dams

State environmental officials in Maine on July 30 denied petitions from corporate owners of three Bucksport-area dams to forfeit ownership. It was the second time within a week that the state Department of Environmental Protection identified deficiencies in the applications …

Massachusetts to Remove 8 Aging Dams for Water Quality, Flood Mitigation, Safety

Eight aging dams in central and western Massachusetts will be removed as part of a $25 million initiative announced Friday by state environmental officials. The structures to be dismantled include the abandoned high-hazard Bel Air Dam in Pittsfield. Removing the …