San Diego Water Resilience Project Wins Top Global Civil Engineering Award
A project to increase water system resilience for San Diego County residents has won the prestigious 2017 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Black & Veatch delivered construction project management and design service on two of the four key facilities of the Emergency and Carryover Storage Project (E&CSP), which provides the region with up to six months of emergency water storage. San Diego County Water Au...
CH2M Sheds Light on Singapore’s Innovation in Water Conservation
In reflection of World Water Day, celebrated March 22, CH2M’s Subbu Kanakasabapthy, regional managing director for Asia Pacific shares how Singapore reuses its water in a video interview with CNBC Asia. PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, has long been a leader in water innovation, becoming a hub for mutually beneficial technology collaborations and exchanges as it shores up its own water security. Singapore overcame common challenges associated with water reuse projects, and developed NE...
American Organization to Provide Safe Water to Colombian Landslide Victims
Louisville, KY - On Saturday, April 1, a deadly landslide devastated Mocoa, Colombia, a town of 60,000 near the Ecuadorian border. More than 300 people are known to have died in the disaster, more than 100 are still missing and approximately 2,700 residents are living in shelters after heavy rains caused mud, rocks and water to engulf the town, sweeping away entire neighborhoods. Some areas remain without safe water and electricity, and police officers have been sent in to deter looters. ...
New Economical Environmentally Safe Corrosion Inhibitor For Multiple Applications- Powerful Concentrate Provides Maximum Effect In Low Dosages
VpCI®-649 BD is a unique, concentrated liquid formulation that protects ferrous and non-ferrous metals from corrosive solutions. In addition, this product is designed to provide long-term protection in fresh water, steam and glycol closed loop systems. VpCI®-649 BD also includes preservatives against biogrowth. It is effective as a replacement for nitrite/chromate-based formulations. The product combines contact and volatile corrosion inhibitors along with anti-scalants in a non-toxic formulatio...
Protect Plus Creates Municipal Water Division To Meet Lead Crisis Head On
HICKORY, N.C.- Protect Plus, a nationwide supplier of water and air filtration products, today announced the creation of a new Municipal Water Division to better service the needs of water municipalities facing the growing lead crisis. In the wake of the Flint, Michigan drinking water crisis, increased attention has focused on aging infrastructures in cities across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates as many as 2,000 towns are facing similar problems. As a result, water...
Stanford Ranks States in the Colorado River Basin on Water Rights Transfers
A new report from Stanford’s Water in the West program assesses progress among states in the Colorado River Basin with respect to environmental water rights transfers, a legal tool that enables water rights holders to voluntarily transfer their water to rivers, streams and wetlands to benefit the environment and potentially generate revenue. The Colorado River provides water for more than 35 million people, supports numerous fish and wildlife species, including several threatened and endanger...
Flint’s Lead Pipes Will Be Replaced Under Settlement in Federal Safe Drinking Water Case
DETROIT – Residents of Flint, Michigan will finally get their lead pipes replaced as the result of a settlement agreement approved by a federal judge today. The settlement will require the State of Michigan and City of Flint to replace Flint’s lead pipes within three years, and will be enforceable by the court. The lawsuit was filed in response to the Flint water crisis, the result of failed government decisions that caused lead to leach out from aging pipes into thousands of homes in Flint....
Bluewater Showcases Water Purifier Innovations at WQA Orlando, Putting People in Control of Their Own Tap Water Quality
Orlando, March 29, 2017 – Bluewater today showcases a full range of hi-tech, contemporary water purifiers for homeowners and catering businesses at the Water Quality Association (WQA) annual convention and exposition in Orlando, Florida. The WQA gathering connects the drinking water treatment industry's technologies, know-how, education, training, networking and business opportunities with industry professionals. “Bluewater provides solutions that address America’s pressing tap water problems...
Qualcomm, AT&T and CH2M Collaborate to Improve Water Management in Georgia's Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources
SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions, Inc., AT&T, CH2M and Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources (Gwinnett County) in Georgia are collaborating to reduce the amount of drinking water lost on its way to customers. This will be one of the first projects using power-efficient modems from Qualcomm Technologies to monitor non-revenue water usage – or water that has been treated and "lost" through the conveyance sy...
SOLitude Lake Management Expands Presence in Texas
TYLER, Texas - SOLitude Lake Management®, an industry leader in lake and pond management, fisheries management and related environmental services for the United States, has expanded its national presence with the recent acquisition of Aquatic Management Services in Tyler, TX. Aquatic Management Services (AMS) was established in 1986 by Fisheries Biologist, Stan Smith. This is SOLitude's second acquisition from the state of Texas; SOLitude acquired Total Lake Management in Bryan, Texas nearly...
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