U.S. Water and Wastewater Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 26, 2026
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across drinking water and reuse & desalination from the utilities, authorities and state agencies that run American water. Leading today: “Do Not Drink” order issued in Anson & Madison Water District - WABI.
drinking-water
Anson & Madison Water District is under a do-not-drink order, which signals a drinking water operations and compliance problem for the system’s customers. The excerpt does not say what contaminant, cause, or corrective action prompted the order.
Associations & standards
The story is about drinking water and wastewater systems in West Virginia’s southern coalfields that depend on state and federal funding for projects. It signals a financing problem for systems that need replacement or upgrade work, and says the federal support now carrying part of that load is ending; it does not say which utilities are affected or what specific projects are at risk.
Funding & revolving funds
reuse
The piece says the Port of Corpus Christi obtained a discharge permit for the Harbor Island desalination project. That affects the project’s ability to move ahead on permitting and compliance matters for a water supply facility, but the excerpt does not say whether construction has started, what the discharge will contain, or what other approvals remain.
Reuse & desalination