EPA Proposes to Change its Role in Dredged and Fill Material Discharges
In a June 26 memorandum, Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, initiated a regulatory update proceeding that would change EPA's role in permitting discharges of dredged or fill materials under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act. Currently, section 404(c) allows EPA to veto at any time a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or an approved state regarding the discharge of dredged or fill material at specified disposal sites. Yet Pruitt said in the...
Video: Kaneohe-Kailua Sewer Tunnel and TIPS Project Overview
Connecting the Kaneohe Wastewater Pre-Treatment Facility to the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant via a three-mile long gravity sewer tunnel, the $375 million Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewater Conveyance and Treatment Facilities Project increases Windward Oahu's wastewater conveyance and storage capacity while reducing overflows.
New Case Study from Bedrock Shows How Upgrading a PLC to Open Secure Automation (OSA) Improves Flow Filter Performance
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock® Open Secure Automation (OSA®) system, has announced the availability of a case study describing how the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas has implemented Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA) technology for water filtration modernization. Bedrock OSA has provided Hot Springs an open, secure control platform, which Brown Engineers, of Little Rock, Arkansas, integrated across the City’s existing Ignition SCADA software, leading to dramatic p...
Advanced Drainage Systems Launches New StormTech Installation App for Contractors
HILLIARD, Ohio - June 28, 2018 - Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) (NYSE: WMS), a leading global manufacturer of water management products and solutions, announced today the availability of its SiteASSIST™ mobile application. The new app provides detailed instructions and animated videos for the installation of StormTech® chambers, which are widely used in underground storm water retention and detention systems. Another beneficial feature is the app's ability to provide the contractor wit...
The Kentucky County Where the Water Smells Like Diesel
(CNN)For the past 20 years, Hope Workman has hustled up a dirt path on the side of a mountain in Lovely, Kentucky, just to get drinking water. She doesn't trust what comes out of her tap. If she's by herself, she'll take her ATV. If one of her daughters is coming along, they take their four-wheel-drive truck. It takes her about seven minutes to grind up the hill before she reaches her destination: a small plastic well tapped into the side of the mountain with a 3½-foot PVC pipe. ...
Hawaii’s Groundbreaking $375 Million Wastewater Project Officially Unveiled
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The completion of Hawaii’s largest ever wastewater system upgrade was formally announced last week by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Following a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Consent Decree to improve Windward Oahu’s sewage collection and treatment system by June 2018, Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, worked with the City and County of Honolulu and its team of construction partners to deliver the Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewa...
Soo Locks Improvements Finally Gaining Momentum?
Long-sought improvements and upgrades to Michigan's Soo Locks complex in Sault Ste. Marie, considered a vital linchpin to the nation’s economy and national security, appears to finally be getting some long overdue attention on multiple fronts, according to Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) National Legislative Counsel John Kran. “The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018 by a 408 to 2 vote,” Kran said. “At the same time – Michigan’s Congressional deleg...
House Clears Water Resources Development Act
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018 (H.R. 8), bipartisan legislation that provides for improvements to the Nation’s ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and other water resources infrastructure that is essential to economic growth and American competitiveness. The bill passed by a vote of 408 to 2. The legislation authorizes proposed U.S. Army Corps of E...
Channel Mixers For Municipalities, Komax on a Large Scale
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - The treatment of raw water entering a Water Treatment Plant through a rectangular channel can seem like a daunting task with an added problem of low allowable pressure drop, injection of chemicals, and the desired homogenous blend of output downstream. How can this all be accomplished? Inline static mixer giant, Komax Systems, Inc. has the answer! "Our customers are municipal water treatment plants who either want to treat the raw water coming into the water treat...
Dewberry Collecting Lidar Data for the Southwest Florida Water Management District in Pasco County
Fairfax, VA—May 23, 2018: The Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) has selected Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, to collect and process lidar topographic mapping data at a minimum of eight points per square meter for Pasco County, Florida. The firm is providing geospatial technology services that will deliver products to assess, monitor, analyze, and manage water quality, water distribution, and flood control, and support future needs for the county. Addi...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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