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Members of the Australian Drilling Industry Association say they are excited about holding International Drill 2001 in Melbourne, Australia, from Oct. 12-14.

Flowserve Corp., Irving, Texas, recently provided a key component in the restoration of the Everglades National Park in Florida.

To recognize the 2001 "World Day for Water," ITT Industries announced the electronic release of the ITT Industries Guidebook to Global Water Issues.

A California project that renders highly treated sewage drinkable is hoping to lessen Orange County's dependence on costly imported supplies.

Martin County Coal Corp. (MCCC), Inez, Ky., has entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (Order) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act which resulted from the sudden release of approximately 250 million gallons of coal slurry into rivers and streams in Kentucky and West Virginia.

Mexico has agreed to deliver to the United States 600,000 acre-feet of water in partial fulfillment of its obligation under the 1944 Water Treaty.

Recent city and regional elections have delayed the plans to privatize Columbia's water and wastewater utility operations.

The European Commission wants to make polluting water supplies and other environmental offenses crimes at the European Union (EU) level for the first time.

Weatherford Completion Systems, Drilling Products and Services Group, headquarted in Houston, welcomes Frank Wilson as senior mud/slurry engineer of national operations.

Some residents in Chesapeake, Va., have hired experts to build a case against the city stemming from trihalomethane (THM) contamination of the municipal water supply during the 1990s.