WWD Weekly eNews - Mar 4th, 2024
 
 
Radhika Fox joins Xylem; EPA appoints new Office of Water leader
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March 4, 2024

Last week, Former EPA Office of Water Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox announced she would be joining Xylem as a senior advisor. U.S. EPA told us that her second-in-command, Bruno Pigott, took up the reins after her departure. Read about both moves in the news items below.

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Bruno Piggot, the Office of Water’s principal deputy assistant administrator, will fill Radhika Fox’s shoes as acting assistant administrator until the U.S. Senate appoints the next official assistant administrator.
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EPA has expanded the Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative to 150 additional communities, helping identify affordable means to upgrade wastewater infrastructure.
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