DuPont-Initiated Research Uncovers Key to Maximizing Production of Clean Water; Findings Featured on Cover of “Science”
Image: Enrique Gomez/Penn State and Greg Foss/UT Austin WILMINGTON, Del. —Through funding and leadership of DuPont Water Solutions, researchers recently found that the density of water filtration membranes, even at the atomic scale, can greatly affect how much clean water can be produced with reverse osmosis membranes. The study demonstrated that precise control of density can increase membrane efficiency by 30 to 40 percent resulting in more water filtered with less energy — potentially...
Free eSPAN140 Steel Bridge Design Tool Updated With New Features
Bridge professionals can save additional time and costs on short span projects WASHINGTON D.C. – The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) has updated its web-based steel bridge preliminary design tool, eSPAN140, with new features. eSPAN140 is a free-to-use tool that provides bridge professionals with an all-in-one resource to design rolled beam, plate girder, press-brake tub girder, and buried soil structures up to 140 feet in length. Minimal user inputs result in optimized, individualiz...
City of New Holstein secures $1.16 million in grant funding for Tecumseh site redevelopment
New Holstein, WI- TSX, NYSE: STN: The City of New Holstein, through the support of design and engineering firm Stantec, has secured $1.16 million in state and federal grants for the planned Tecumseh site redevelopment. Awarded funds will facilitate demolition of the former Tecumseh Industrial building to enable the city’s vision for redevelopment of the 40-acre site into a vibrant mixed-use development that promotes economic development and community engagement. The Tecumseh Plant, formerly o...
SEB’s The Green Bond Report: a Closer Look at SLBs
The sustainable debt market is off to a good start this year with total issuance of USD 84.3bn in January, led by green and social bonds. There has also been a significant increase in issuance of sustainability-linked bonds, with issuance of USD 3.9bn in January, equivalent to almost 40 percent of the total issued in all of 2020. In the latest issue of SEB’s report The Green Bond, titled New Sustainable Assets, we take a closer look at sustainability-linked bonds and the role they can play in th...
Bureau of Reclamation Partners with NASA Tournament Lab and HeroX to Crowdsource Innovative Solution to Limit Water Loss in Canals
Problem Solvers Needed for Effective, Durable, and Low-Maintenance Solution to Sustain Canals that Serve 30M Customers and 100M Aces of Farmland WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the nation's largest wholesale water supplier, in partnership with NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) and HeroX, the leading crowdsourcing platform for solutions to global problems, today announced the crowdsourcing competition "Water America's Crops Challenge." The challenge calls on the global commu...
Trimble Introduces the Next Generation of 3D Paving Control for Asphalt Pavers
Trimble Roadworks Advances Asphalt Paving Control with Intuitive Software, Rugged Hardware and Office-to-Field Interconnectivity SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® Roadworks 3D Paving Control Platform for Asphalt Pavers, the next-generation platform for 3D asphalt paving control systems. Trimble Roadworks is a highly accurate, automatic 3D screed control system that can significantly improve paving productivity and rideability by directly referencing the d...
Esri Releases ArcGIS Velocity for Analysis of Real-Time IoT Data
Additional License Levels Open Opportunities for New Industries to Integrate Geospatial Sensor Capability REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the release of ArcGIS Velocity. Previously known as ArcGIS Analytics for IoT, Velocity is a new cloud-native capability for ingestion, processing, visualization, and analysis of real-time and high-volume geospatial data on the fly. It complements existing systems with geographic information system (GI...
CIRCOR announces RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve
Cutting Cost and Preventing Damage with Two Valves in One CIRCOR International, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of differentiated technology products and sub-systems, announces the RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve. This unique valve provides the ideal solution for all industrial processes that incorporate pumps, such as condensate pumps, boiler feedwater pumps, or low-pressure centrifugal pumps. The RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve works as t...
The Energy Co-op Expands Services and Adds Additional Team Members
Philadelphia-based The Energy Co-op, a pioneer in renewable energy and community sustainability, is expanding its capacity to serve southeastern Pennsylvania's residents and businesses. The nonprofit offers renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, and affordable home heating oil. It recently hired three new persons to support its new programs to assist and educate members. Noah Swistak is The Energy Co-op’s new Member Services Lead. Noah has years of experience in membership engagem...
Lorelei Williams to Lead Pacific Northwest Transportation at WSP USA
Brings nearly a quarter century of transportation and relational experience to new role with the firm; held multiple leadership roles with the City of Seattle Department of Transportation. SEATTLE — Lorelei Williams has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as its Transportation business line leader for the Pacific Northwest district. In her new role as a WSP vice president, Williams will be responsible for using the firm’s broad technical experi...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
