New California Dam Built with Black & Veatch’s Management Help Reaches Key Milestone
Seventeen years after being deemed seismically vulnerable and having its capacity restricted, a San Francisco-area dam and reservoir near an active fault line soon will be at full volume, thanks to a new dam that ensures a reliable water supply to millions of residents. Marking the biggest milestone on the massive, 7-year-old construction project featuring construction management by Black & Veatch, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission recently celebrated compl...
Fort Collins-Loveland Water District Leading the Way for Colorado Water Providers
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Sept. 26, 2018) – Fort Collins-Loveland Water District (FCLWD), through the Soldier Canyon Water Treatment Authority, recently installed a cutting-edge hydro turbine at its water treatment plant. As one of the only water providers in Northern Colorado to use a hydro turbine at its treatment plant, the Authority’s new equipment allows the plant to generate all of its power needed for operations while reducing operating costs and selling back additional power. The installation...
Brown and Caldwell to Manage Portland’s Historic Switch to Filtered Water Supply
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, today announced it was awarded a contract to provide program management services for Portland Water Bureau’s (PWB) $500 million Bull Run Filtration Project. The project marks a critical transition for PWB and its customers, who have relied on unfiltered water from the federally protected 102 square mile Bull Run Watershed as its primary source of water for over a century. Triggered by traces...
Jacobs Shares Insights with Investors on Rising Demand for Water Management Solutions
DALLAS - At a time of unprecedented urbanization and climate-induced threats, the World Economic Forum ranks water among the top ten risks facing the planet, from severe droughts to catastrophic flooding. During an investor webcast hosted this week by Bank of America, executives of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) shared insights and examples about the company's leadership addressing water ecosystem and infrastructure challenges. The presentation and replay of the webcast are posted on J...
Native Plant Nursery Relocated as Oro Loma Prepares for New Project to Improve Water Quality in San Francisco Bay
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., Sept. 20, 2018 - Oro Loma is set to embark on an exciting new wastewater treatment project this fall. As a result, the native plant nursery established at the District in 2014 in partnership with Save The Bay has a new home. The nursery, originally created as a place to grow seedlings for the Horizontal Levee project, is now adjacent to the levee itself on the Oro Loma site. Here, the nursery will continue to benefit from Oro Loma's available land and non-potable water supp...
House, Senate Reconcile Bills on Water Infrastructure Legislation
The House of Representative’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee successfully reconciled their respective bills on water resources infrastructure spending to craft the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. The full House approved the legislation Thursday afternoon, Sept. 13, by a vote of 377-20 and sending it on to the Senate for consideration. In a joint announcement made on Sept. 10, the House and Senate committees fo...
House Sends Water Resources Infrastructure Bill to Senate with Unanimous Vote
Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan, comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation, which includes the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (WRDA). The bill will improve America’s harbors, ports, waterways, flood protection, and other vital water infrastructure. The America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021), approved today by voice vote, is the product of negotiations and agreement between House and Senate committees...
Water Standard and Monarch Separators Unlock the Key to Cost Effective Treatment for Produced and Flowback Water
Water Standard and Monarch Separators’ H2O Spectrum® platform demonstration unit. HOUSTON- Water Standard and its produced water subsidiary, Monarch Separators, are strengthening their focus on the unconventional oil and gas space with a recent upgrade to their H2O Spectrum® platform technology. Now, this innovative water treatment platform provides operators a wide spectrum of affordable produced and flowback water treatment options from disposal, to recycle and reuse, or treatment for safe...
House & Senate Committee Leaders Announce Water Resources Infrastructure Agreement
Washington, D.C. - House and Senate Committee leaders today announced a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation, which could be considered on the House floor later this week. Agreement on the legislation, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, was announced by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Senate E...
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Settles EPA Multi-Site Construction-Related Stormwater Case, Protecting Water Quality in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA (September 5, 2018) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) have agreed to settle a multi-site construction-related stormwater case. The parties are resolving 209 alleged violations at PennDOT-owned construction sites arising from PennDOT’s construction contractors failing to fully implement best management practices (BMPs) as required by the Clean Water Act and Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law. In a consent agreemen...
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