Stantec’s Design of Sacramento River Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility Earns Outstanding Water/Wastewater Project Award in California
Sacramento, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Global design firm Stantec’s work on the Sacramento River Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility was recently named the Outstanding Water/Wastewater Treatment Project of the year by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Sacramento Section. The intake/fish screen facility protects young salmon and endangered native fish, while providing irrigation for 15,000 acres of cropland and a more reliable water supply for the cities of Davis and Woodland. The...
'Beneficial-Use Water Alliance' Announces Launch of New "Matchmaker" Endeavor to Create More Beneficial-Use Water
LOS ANGELES - The Beneficial-Use Water Alliance announces its formation as a resource to facilitate creation of beneficial-use water from the energy community's by-product water. Oil and natural gas wells produce water, which can't be used for anything when it originally comes from the well. Typical methods to handle the water is to dispose of it by injecting into the ground or by letting it evaporate in large ponds, with some being re-purposed for fracking. The Beneficial-Use Water Alliance...
Study by Orbit Sheds Light on Americans' Attitudes Toward Water Conservation
SALT LAKE CITY - Orbit Irrigation Products today released new survey data revealing Americans' attitudes towards water consumption. The findings show that while most people desire to contribute to conservation efforts, they are often using more water than they realize. "As a nation we've experienced multiple droughts in various regions as well as crises related to the cleanliness of our water. At Orbit, we're not only concerned with the conservation of water, but the manage...
City of Boise and Brown and Caldwell Recognized for National Engineering Excellence
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., April 18, 2018 — The City of Boise and Brown and Caldwell today announced receivership of a national honor in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 51st Engineering Excellence Awards competition. Known industry-wide as engineering’s “Academy Awards”— the competition concludes with a gala celebrating U.S. engineering firms for projects demonstrating exceptional innovation, complexity, achievement, and value. Thirty-six projects were honored before an audien...
GWI Announces Winners of the 2018 Global Water Awards
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) today announced the winners of the 2018 Global Water Awards, which were presented on Monday 16 April at the Pavillon d’Armenonville in Paris, France, as part of the Global Water Summit 2018. The coveted awards ceremony recognises the industry’s greatest feats over the previous year, rewarding the initiatives and companies in the water, wastewater and desalination sectors that are moving the industry forward through improved operating performance, innovative techno...
Combined Water Sector Gathers in Washington to Demand Infrastructure Funding, Research Support
Washington, DC – The nation's leading water organizations are gathering in the nation's capital next week to call on Congress and the Trump Administration to increase investment in water resources, specifically water infrastructure and research, and to elevate water as a national priority. Hundreds of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater leaders and professionals, representing the largest water organizations in the country, will take to Capitol Hill during Water Week 2018 (schedul...
Water Tariffs Will Need to Rise by 5.9% a Year to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, New GWI Report Finds
Oxford, UK - A new market report published by GWI has found that water tariffs will need to increase by 5.9% each year in order to generate the $449 billion of annual investment required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation by 2030, and maintain existing infrastructure. The report comes at a time when the funding model for water infrastructure is evolving to incorporate more private and commercial finance sources, in the face of ageing infrastructure, population gr...
SipRadius Deploys Prototype Hydrogen Peroxide Well Water Treatment System
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., April 5, 2018 - SipRadius, a developer of media software and GenerGeo brand green hardware announced deployment of the first prototype of its Hydrogen Peroxide injection Well Water Treatment Kit system. Though productization has not yet finished, unique features include a selectable solution strength for the H2O2, a redundant hazmat grade outer container, and management/reporting/supply re-ordering via mobile phone application. Sergio Ammirata, SipRadius Managing Director...
Stark Global Water Report Triggers New Collaboration Among Global Partnerships
In the face of profound global water challenges, on World Water Day five global multi-stakeholder partnerships representing business, governments, intergovernmental organizations, academia, and civil society organizations announced a new collaboration effort designed to accelerate progress toward ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation around the world. The partnership was catalyzed by the discussions at the 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia, including the...
The World Water Council Releases Latest Implementation Roadmaps Report to Reveal Progress on Water Made Since the Last World Water Forum
- The World Water Council has released the latest edition of the Implementation Roadmaps at the 8th World Water Forum - These roadmaps include sixteen themes, hundreds of key focus areas and nearly 100 objectives, detailing the progress and future of water-related issues worldwide - The 8th World Water Forum is currently taking place in Brasilia, Brazil, to unite the global water community, discuss water-related issues and implement solutions World Water...
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