MidCoast Water delivers water and sewerage services to 40,000 households in the Manning, Great Lakes, and Gloucester communities of New South Wales in Australia. It also supplies 8 billion liters of water a year to Karuah in the south, Crowdy Head in the north,…
Investors Lined Up to Finance London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel
July 13, 2015—Thames Water has selected a preferred bidder to deliver the Thames Tideway Tunnel, also known as the 'super sewer'. The newly-created,…
Bentley Users to Gain Enhanced Information Mobility from Coming Releases of Sewer and Stormwater Products Integrated with Road and Site Design Solutions
The V8i (SELECTseries 5) update of SewerCAD, SewerGEMS, StormCAD, and CivilStorm is scheduled for simultaneous release in 2015 with Bentley’s upcoming…
Fort Smith, Arkansas Agrees to Upgrade Sewer System to Reduce Discharges of Raw Sewage into Local Waterways
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2015— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith, Ark. will upgrade its sewer collection and treatment system over the next 12 years…
Green Light Given to London’s ‘Super Sewer’ with Aims to Clean Up London’s River
Thames Water has today been given the go-ahead to start building London's 'super sewer' which will tackle the sewage pollution in to the tidal River Thames. The 25km tunnel will run underground from Acton storm tanks in West London, and travel roughly the…
Arlington Heights Approves Tax Hike to Pay for Water Infrastructure
Water and sewer rates for Arlington Heights residents will be going up each year over the next five years -- including a 19 percent jump in 2016 -- to pay for what officials said are critical infrastructure needs. A rate plan approved by the village board…
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department Develops Ground Breaking Easement Clearing App Using Esri ArcGIS Online
Seeking a cost-effective way to maintain water and sewer line easements, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department (CMUD) has come up with an innovative easement clearing app that uses Esri's ArcGIS Online platform. "It saves me an incredible amount of…
Maryland Planning Maps Focus on Septic or Sewer
The Maryland Department of Planning wants the Charles County commissioners to reconsider some of the 9,000 acres of county land they designated for future sewer service as part of their state-mandated septic tier map. A 2012 state law requires counties to…
Charleston Gets an Updated Water-Sewer System Map
Engineers are taking the next step in Charleston's storm water-sewer system mapping project, connecting plotted manholes and inlets on the city's surface with the system of pipes that run beneath. The city's storm-sewer system hasn't been thoroughly mapped…
Sewer Sensors Sniff Out Signs of Bombs and Drugs
A sewer system full of chemical sensors could sniff out their homemade labs as part of a €4.5 million European Union-funded research programme called Emphasis. The idea is that once a sewer sensor finds telltale traces of home-brewed explosives, it sounds…
