Jacobs Selected for Wetland/Electro-Coagulation Treatment Facility at Superfund Site in Washington State
DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) was selected by the Kaiser Mead Custodial Work Trust to design, build, operate and optimize a Wetland/Electro-Coagulation Treatment Facility that will be used to clean up groundwater cyanide, fluoride and nitrate pollution at the Kaiser Aluminum (Mead Works) Superfund site in Mead, Washington. During World War II, the site housed an aluminum smelting plant which supported the production of bombers and other airplanes with high-quality aluminum. Remnants from these...
Filanc, Brown and Caldwell Joint Venture Selected for Escondido, California, Agriculture Water Supply Project
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019 — A joint venture of Filanc and Brown and Caldwell today announced its selection as design-builder for the City of Escondido’s Membrane Filtration Reverse Osmosis Facility for Agriculture (MFRO Facility) Project. The MFRO Facility is considered a sustainable and cost-effective measure in alleviating the burden on Escondido’s stressed wastewater infrastructure while providing local agriculture growers with a new, high-quality irrigation supply. Recycled w...
Microbes for Hire: Snapshots of Bionetix® Natural Wastewater Solutions Around the Globe
Bionetix® International helps solve wastewater imbalances and odor problems around the world by supplying specially targeted microorganisms and nutrients to degrade waste with greater efficiency. Bionetix® International’s full line of natural wastewater treatments ranges from solutions for starting new operations, to meeting wastewater discharge limits, to making biogas plants more productive. Wastewater Startup Solutions Starting a new wastewater operation requires “seeding” it with a hea...
New ASCE Report Offers Guidance for Stormwater Control Measures
Reston, Va. – While the stormwater management field has experienced exponential innovation over the last decade, there are no universally agreed upon maintenance protocols. This new publication, Inspection and Maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures, describes the functions and operations of stormwater control measures, offers trouble-shooting suggestions, and provides valuable information on the implementation of inspection and maintenance procedures. Topics covered in this book include t...
Video: Dam Threatens Last Tribes of Ethiopia
Donate: http://www.miyamotorelief.org/cause/s... In Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, several indigenous tribes have lived for millenniums. For eons, the annual flooding of the Omo River has provided the water they need to survive the harsh climate. A new, $1.6 billion, 1870-megawatt dam built upstream cut off the water supply in 2016 to the tribes, now numbering about 200,000 people. While the dam is a great engineering feat, these indigenous tribes’ lives, culture and traditions are in danger of being...
Brown and Caldwell Begins Work on the Allen-McColloch Pipeline Rehabilitation for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 06, 2019 — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, was selected by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) to provide engineering design services for rehabilitation of the prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) portion of the Allen-McColloch Pipeline. Metropolitan is a regional wholesaler that provides water to 26 member public agencies that, along with their retail providers, serve 19 million peopl...
Design-Build Procurement Begins for Third Phase of Narragansett Bay Combined Sewer Overflow Program
Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC), Stantec, and Pare Corporation have kicked off the procurement process for the third and final phase of NBC’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Program, a project 20 years in the making. NBC, which operates wastewater collection and treatment facilities for 10 member communities in Rhode Island, has led the three-phase program designed to reduce overflow volumes by 98 percent and treat stormwater before it flows into the Narragansett Bay. The project team recentl...
OriginClear Releases White Paper Demonstrating that Treating Water On-Site Combats Global Warming and Improves the Environment
Hotel case study reveals significant removal of carbon and harmful nutrients with on-site water treatment system Los Angeles, CA – OriginClear Inc. (OTC: OCLN), a leader in decentralized water treatment, has published an industry white paper which finds that, by treating water on-site using a Modular Water System (MWS), businesses can greatly reduce water costs, improve the environment and even combat global warming. Highlights of the white paper include the current state of the U.S centra...
Stantec Selected for Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
New York, NY- NYSE, TSX: STN- Stantec, a leading global design and engineering firm, has been selected by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) as part of the team delivering upgrades to the Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in New York City. The firm will provide design services during construction through project closeout. The Wards Island WWTP has a design capacity of 275 million gallons per day, servicing over 1 million users. With a drainage area...
Contech® Engineered Solutions Releases a New Reline Design Tool
West Chester, OHIO (July 9, 2019) – Contech® Engineered Solutions’ new Design Your Own Reline (DYOReline™) tool helps engineers and contractors determine the viability of relining a culvert or drainage system based on site specifics. The recently launched mobile-friendly online tool analyzes a site and recommends a solution in just a few simple steps. The recommendations include design specifications, standard details and reline considerations to help prepare for estimates and project meetings,...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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