Over the past few decades, water and wastewater utilities have become increasingly reliant on computer networks. That has improved efficiency and helped control costs, but it has also exposed utilities to cyberattacks.
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The resolution asks the state and Lebanon to “eliminate any plans or permits that involve the discharge of wastewater and effluent into the waterways within the town’s corporate limits.”
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Debates about economic development’s impact on water use have intensified over the past few years in Indiana as the state has become a hub for proposed data centers and new manufacturing.
The statewide framework is expected to help facilitate a regionalized approach to water oversight and management.
Late last month, a water utility in the western part of Arkansas, one of the states that sued, was hit with a cyberattack, part of a spate of intrusions into municipal water systems that U.S. spy agencies believe is the work of Iranian regime hackers.
Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources has taken in at least $109 million in wetlands payments from landowners, but many of the projects supposed to offset disruption have stalled since the program’s launch in 2018.
If elected in November, the Carmel Republican said that he would push legislation to create a cabinet-level, “Water Czar,” responsible for overseeing large-scale water withdrawals.
The elevated water tank is part of an overall $15 million system investment designed to support the rapidly expanding area surrounding Hamilton Town Center.
If fulfilled, the proposed agreements signal an end for some potential legal roadblocks to the development of the Citizens-Lebanon Water Supply Program.
Attendees will be asked for input on developing a regional water planning framework, enhancing Indiana’s water monitoring networks and creating an online water data and management platform.
Construction is set to begin early next year on a $560 million project to send millions of gallons of water each day to Lebanon to meet the demands of the state’s 9,000-acre LEAP Research and Innovation District.
Environmentalists slammed the proposal as a giveaway to industry by President Donald Trump.
The all-stock deal announced Monday is expected to create a public water utility worth about $40 billion. Both companies have significant Indiana operations.
The state funding package will help pay for a slew of water infrastructure improvements, including a new water plant, new water wells and the replacement of all lead pipes.
Indiana Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources Suzanne Jaworowski told attendees at the annual Indiana Water Summit on Thursday that a pending statewide water plan must be “transparent, data-driven and developed collaboratively.”
Four data center proposals in the Indianapolis area are facing a dynamic that’s emerging here and elsewhere: The operators working to build data centers here vs. the neighbors trying to stop them.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the changes will “protect Americans from PFOA and PFOS in their drinking water” while providing “common-sense flexibility in the form of additional time for compliance.”
Gov. Mike Braun’s new executive orders require the state to develop a statewide water inventory and management plan, and establish a body that will spearhead efforts to reclaim rare earth elements from legacy coal byproducts.
The measure would require a utility or large private-sector project leader to obtain an approval permit before carrying out a project where significant amounts of water are moved from one water basin in the state to another.
One of the bills—which made the Senate Republican agenda—would require permits for projects that move significant amounts of water from one area of the state to another.
The findings are consistent with a statewide water study released in August that concluded Indiana has a “plentiful” but unevenly distributed water supply.
Zionsville residents would see their monthly sewer rate increase for the first time in 14 years if a proposed ordinance is passed.
