Brown and Caldwell Begins Work on the Allen-McColloch Pipeline Rehabilitation for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 06, 2019 — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, was selected by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) to provide engineering design services for rehabilitation of the prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) portion of the Allen-McColloch Pipeline. Metropolitan is a regional wholesaler that provides water to 26 member public agencies that, along with their retail providers, serve 19 million peopl...
New Technical Lab supports implementation of ultrasonic water metering across Greater China
Utility companies in China to gain dramatically higher visibility of loads in the distribution pipeline via real-time data acquisition. Dynamic control of water distribution network offers: ~30% savings in distribution efficiency ~20% savings on cost of installation and maintenance of secondary water supply, due to ultra-low-pressure loss and improved leakage detection offered by ams’ TDC-GP30 solution 30-60% reduction of leakage during distribution Premstaetten, Austria - ams (S...
Great Lakes Water Authority Surpasses State Goal Of Reducing Phosphorus Levels By 40 Percent By 2025
DETROIT— The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), Michigan’s largest drinking water and wastewater treatment service provider, has reached a milestone achievement: surpassing federal and state regulators’ goal of reaching a 40 percent reduction in phosphorus levels by 2025, six years ahead of its deadline. GLWA has not only met the federal and state requirements, but it has been able to reduce its phosphorus levels by approximately 60 percent in treated and discharged waters from its Water Res...
The International Code Council supports access to safe and abundant water on World Water Day
Washington, D.C., March 22, 2019 - The International Code Council joins organizations worldwide in recognizing World Water Day by promoting initiatives that improve access to clean and plentiful water for all. This year’s theme is “Leaving no one behind,” a goal that the Code Council advances through its commitment to developing modern codes and standards that make water systems more efficient and sustainable and help ensure that clean, safe water is available in all homes and buildings. Acce...
House Passes Gibbs’ Bipartisan Bill to Help Communities Comply with Clean Water Standards
Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation to provide greater flexibility and ease burdens on local communities working to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) wastewater and storm water standards under the Clean Water Act was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday evening by a vote of 351 to 10. H.R. 7279, the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, was introduced by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH). Cities and other municipalities charged with delivering water...
Australian Water Cleaning System Prepares for Asian Expansion
After rigorous testing and the successful completion of field trials in India this year, Hydro-dis is awaiting sign-off on its system from the Mashelkar Committee, which will give it approval to roll out its technology across India’s 27 states. The water treatment systems can be built to various sizes and can disinfect up to 3 million litres of water a day. They are designed for use in remote villages to make water safe to drink and can also be used to treat wastewater for non-potable purpose...
Water Well Trust Receives USDA Grant for Arkansas Water Well Projects
WASHINGTON - The Water Well Trust, a national nonprofit helping Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Household Water Well Systems program for a project to increase potable water availability to rural households in Arkansas. The USDA grant and matching funds from the Water Systems Council will be used to fund Water Well Trust projects in 12 Arkansas counties, including Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Jefferson, Mad...
GreenBlu Begins $1.6 Million U.S. Department of Energy Award to Commercialize Adsorption Desalination Technology
GreenBlu's stand-alone module deployed with solar collectors can produce 16000 gal/day using a 5000 sq. ft. footprint. A one million gallon per day plant, enough for a town of 20,000, would require 63 containers and shade the parking lot of a standard big-box retail store. HAMILTON, N.J. - GreenBlu, Inc., a water technology company commercializing a new thermal distillation technology, Vapor Adsorption Distillation with Energy Recycling (VADER), announced it is beginning its $1,600,000 a...
Brown and Caldwell to Manage Portland’s Historic Switch to Filtered Water Supply
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, today announced it was awarded a contract to provide program management services for Portland Water Bureau’s (PWB) $500 million Bull Run Filtration Project. The project marks a critical transition for PWB and its customers, who have relied on unfiltered water from the federally protected 102 square mile Bull Run Watershed as its primary source of water for over a century. Triggered by traces...
Baltic Sea Water to the Rescue of Drought-hit Islands in Stockholm Archipelago
Stockholm – Is Baltic sea water the new gold? Can the sea water become the lifeline for the drought-threatened hundreds of thousands of people who live along the Baltic coast or each summer visit the hundreds of archipelago islands? The answer to the above questions is a likely yes, thanks to world-leading Swedish technology being used in a unique project on the island of Sandhamn designed to help save the island’s threatened water reserves and tourism-driven economy. The project has seen Blu...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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