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How Modern Technology and AI Can Improve Environmental Permitting for Everyone

January 13, 2026By: Guest Author

Environmental permitting balances economic development with environmental management. It enables us to build safe roads, modern bridges, and infrastructure, while also protecting our natural resources. However, the pathway for obtaining a permit is fraught with complexities, including: Backlogs Complex regulations Staffing constraints Inconsistent processes. These issues hinder the development of our nation’s infrastructure, water systems,......

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ASCE Submits Comments on Proposed Waters of the United States Rule

January 08, 2026By: ASCE Staff

This week, ASCE submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) pertaining to the Trump Administration’s proposed rule defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act provides protections from discharges and other environmental hazards into American waterways and waterbodies......

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Tags: clean water act, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Federal Rulemaking, flood protection, water infrastructure, Water Resources, Waters of the United States, Wetlands, WOTUS

FY 2026 Spending Bills: Lawmakers Advance Funding for Commerce, Energy, and Interior Agencies

January 08, 2026By: ASCE Staff

Avoiding Another Shutdown: What’s at Stake Last fall, the federal government experienced a 43-day shutdown, the longest in history, because congressional lawmakers could not agree on terms for a full year spending deal. On January 5th, hoping to avoid another painful government shutdown, leaders of the Appropriations Committees in both chambers released the conferenced version......

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2025 Drinking Water & Wastewater Webinar: Key Insights from ASCE

December 18, 2025By: ASCE Staff

Exploring Infrastructure Grades, Challenges, and Solutions for U.S. Drinking Water & Wastewater Systems Overview of the Webinar On December 11, ASCE hosted an insightful webinar titled “Making the Grade: Drinking Water & Wastewater” to examine critical issues and solutions shaping U.S. water infrastructure. This discussion provided an overview of the 2025 Report Card for America’s......

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Tags: Drinking Water, infrastructure investment, report card, wastewater, wastewater treatment, water infrastructure

West Virginia 2025 Infrastructure Report Card: ASCE Grades & Key Needs

December 17, 2025By: ASCE Staff

On Wednesday, December 17, the West Virginia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its 2025 Report Card for West Virginia’s Infrastructure at the state capitol building in Charleston, giving the state an overall grade of a ‘D+’, an improvement of the ‘D’ it received in their 2020 report card. Reliable, resilient......

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Tags: funding gap, infrastructure, population decline, resilience

Florida’s Infrastructure Report Card: A ‘C+’ and Climbing

December 10, 2025By: ASCE Staff

The 2025 Report Card for Florida’s Infrastructure is out, and the Sunshine State earned a ‘C+’. Florida joins Georgia, Nevada, Utah, and Wisconsin as the fifth state to earn a ‘C+’, which is higher than the national infrastructure grade of ‘C’. This progress reflects years of hard work, strategic investment, and a commitment to resilience.......

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Tags: Florida, infrastructure, infrastructure investment, infrastructure report card

Closing the Data Gap: How Digital Solutions Are Building Smarter Infrastructure

December 03, 2025By: ASCE Staff

Infrastructure Data Matters On December 1, ASCE partnered with Autodesk and Mott MacDonald to discuss the important role digital data plays in today’s infrastructure landscape. Panelists explored how digital solutions—like AI, cloud collaboration, and connected data environments—are streamlining project information, improving decision-making, and enabling more resilient, future-ready infrastructure. The Challenge: Aging Systems and a $3.7......

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California’s Infrastructure Report Card 2025: Challenges and Opportunities

December 03, 2025By: ASCE Staff

On December 3, 2025, ASCE Region 9, which encompasses the state of California released the 2025 Report Card for California’s Infrastructure, giving the state an overall grade of C-, consistent with the grade it received in 2019. California is home to nearly 40 million residents, a global economy, and some of the nation’s most complex......

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Election Day 2025 delivers major wins for U.S. infrastructure funding

November 13, 2025By: ASCE Staff

Last Tuesday, voters across the United States cast their ballots in resounding support of transportation and infrastructure funding. This is part of a trend in 2025 where voters have approved 82 percent of more than 280 state and local infrastructure funding measures. These initiatives are expected to generate more than $24 billion in new and......

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Airport infrastructure focus of ASCE Making the Grade webinar

November 13, 2025By: ASCE Staff

On November 6, ASCE joined with airport leaders and experts to showcase the state of aviation infrastructure. As a part of the Making the Grade webinar series, presenters shared key perspectives on various criteria essential to airport facility performance including capacity, funding, and innovation. Aviation was one of 18 categories graded in the 2025 Report......

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