CH2M Team Selected by the Port of San Francisco to Secure Resilient Waterfront for the Future
SAN FRANCISCO - The Port of San Francisco has selected CH2M, a leading program management firm and provider of global maritime engineering and coastal resiliency services, in partnership with Arcadis, a global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, to lead the design and engineering for the 10-year, $40 million Seawall Resiliency Project. This monumental urban coastline initiative will reduce the seismic and flood vulnerability of San Francisco's 3.5-mile long Embarcadero s...
City of Oceanside Strikes Sustainable Gold
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The City of Oceanside hosted a grand opening on November 8 to celebrate the City’s first LEED-certified project. The new Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility Operation Building, located at 215 Fireside Drive, achieved LEED Gold certification through the LEED green building program. The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green building program is the preeminent program for the design, construction, maintenance and operations of high-performance green buildings. ...
Largest Public Tender Database for Water Utilities Now Available on The Water Network's Business Exchange
ZURICH - AquaSPE AG from Zurich Switzerland and H2bid of San Diego announced today their collaboration to make the largest public tender database for the U.S. and Canada available on The Water Network. Effective immediately, thousands of public tenders from U.S. and Canadian water and wastewater utilities can be filtered for specific product and service categories and location on the Business Exchange of The Water Network. "We are excited to make this valuable information available to our...
Over 255 billion Euros Yearly to be Invested in Water Infrastructure Globally Until 2030 Due to Climate Change
World Water Council, Bonn, Brasilia, Marseille - The World Water Council (WWC) urges Governments, investment banks and funds worldwide to prioritize financing for adapting and mitigating water infrastructure to increase resilience to climate change effects. Dealing with climate change is at the core of the World Water Council’s goal to strive for the availability of safe water for all and to help increase water security at large. The WWC groups over 300 member organizations worldwide who, togeth...
Columbus, Ohio, Engages Arcadis for Waste-to-Energy Improvements at Wastewater Plant
Columbus, Ohio – Nov. 6, 2017 – Arcadis, the leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, announced today its selection by Columbus, Ohio, to design energy efficiency and biogas recycling improvements at the city’s Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant. The improved plant will recycle biogas to generate electricity, representing a significant step for the city in becoming a more sustainable, green community. As prime consultant under an approximate $1 millio...
How Do Septic Systems Work?
Septic systems work 24/7 to process waste. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) November 1 Soils Matter blog explains how septic systems use soil’s underground resources to treat wastewater. “Septic systems function because of soil, our greatest national resource,” says Jake Mowrer of Texas A&M University. “Soils have an amazing capacity to assimilate and transform organic matter, nutrients, and pathogenic bacteria.” Rural septic systems consist of a holding tank and porous pipes tha...
Momentum Grows for the North I-90 Odessa Aquifer Groundwater Replacement Project in Washington State
MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Groups have formed and progress is being made regarding a solution/project to help deep well irrigators/farmers in the declining Odessa Aquifer north of I-90 and east of Moses Lake in Washington State. The solution is to provide surface water from the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District's "East Low Canal" by utilizing new canal turnouts infrastructure, new pump stations located at various locations along the Canal. This project, known as the "North I-90 Odessa Aquifer G...
Innovative Global Water Utilities Network Partners with CH2M
The Leading Utilities of the World (LUOW) network has partnered with multinational engineering company CH2M, to help promote water utility innovation and global partnerships aiming to raise the performance of the water sector worldwide. The engineering firm CH2M has been announced as the ‘Foundation Partner’ of LUOW, an initiative established by the Global Water Leaders Group (GWLG), to create a global network of the world's most successful and innovative water and wastewater utilities. The n...
Reducing Stormwater Runoff and Pollutant Loading with Biochar Addition to Highway Greenways
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report 182: Reducing Stormwater Runoff and Pollutant Loading with Biochar Addition to Highway Greenways documents a new approach that has the potential to dramatically increase nutrient removal efficiency and simultaneously reduce stormwater volume while avoiding new infrastructure. Stormwater discharge from roadways is a source of pollution for waterways that must be treated and c...
Oro Loma Sanitary District Receives Award for Outstanding Environmental Project From Friends of the San Francisco Estuary
SAN LORENZO, Calif. - Oro Loma Sanitary District was recently honored by Friends of the San Francisco Estuary for its work with the innovative experimental horizontal levee project. The award for Outstanding Environmental Project was presented at the 13th biennial State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference held earlier this month. Oro Loma's Horizontal Levee project was also recognized earlier this year by the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) for Outstanding Capit...
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