A Tidal Shift in Water Network Management
September 25, 2012 in Water , Featured , Feature , Wastewater
A Tidal Shift in Water Network Management

Water consumption worldwide is on the steepest of hockey stick curves—since 1950, annual consumption has tripled, and in 2006 passed 4,300 km3… that’s about 30% of the available supply of renewable water. Water consumption is expanding considerably faster than population growth—more than double the rate—and much of that growth is due to irrigation. Numbers like that mean that most regions, and especially densely populated areas, are thinking and planning seriously when it comes to water suppl...

Transgranular Perspiration is Not Sandy Sweat: New Discoveries in Ceramic Tiles at smartgeometry 2012
May 7, 2012 in Smart Cities , Design/Engineering , Featured , Feature
Transgranular Perspiration is Not Sandy Sweat: New Discoveries in Ceramic Tiles at smartgeometry 2012

Since the early 2000s, the smartgeometry conferences have been held in venues as august and varied as San Francisco, London, Barcelona, and Copenhagen. At first glance, Troy, New York—this year's location—seems a little out of place in that lineup, but in fact smartgeometry 2012 was another spectacular event and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) proved to be the best possible host for this annual gathering of VSPs (Very Smart People) who are finding new ways to apply computational design to...

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Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County

Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County

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