Skokie Engages New Technology To Evaluate Water Main Infrastructure
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Each day, the Village of Skokie residential and commercial water customers receive an average of 7.7 million gallons of drinking water that is distributed through some 180 miles of water mains throughout the community. Unexpected water main breaks are costly for the Village. In addition, they are disruptive and inconvenient for both residents and businesses, sometimes resulting in business interruption and other costly circumstances. The Village of Skokie has maintain...
WaterStart and KETOS Partner to Address Las Vegas Water Challenges
LAS VEGAS – Through WaterStart and in partnership with the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) and Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD), water intelligence innovator KETOS, Inc. has launched pilot testing of an advanced water monitoring solution, KETOS Shield Fabric, to proactively test and monitor for potential contaminants and help ensure the quality and safety of drinking water supplies. “We are thrilled to partner with KETOS to address critical water challenges facing water utiliti...
VPG Transducers Launches New Silo Weighing System
MALVERN, Pa. — September 12, 2019— The VPG Transducers brand of Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG), global designers and manufacturers of standard and custom force, pressure, torque, load, tension and weight sensors, today announced the introduction of its S Series Silo Weighing System. The S Series offers a cost effective solution to accurately measure the weight of a silo while providing the option for temperature measurement. Users can utilize these measurements (weight and temperature)...
Rezatec Launches Deployment to Monitor Water Pollution Around Lake Maumelle for Central Arkansas Water
Harwell, Oxfordshire – Central Arkansas Water, a metropolitan water utility system located in Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA has partnered with Rezatec, a world leading data analytics company, to conduct a deployment to identify and monitor sources of contaminants entering one of its primary drinking water sources, Lake Maumelle. Lake Maumelle is a 13.9 square mile man-made reservoir that provides approximately 65 percent of all drinking water to the Arkansas state capital city of Little...
Flexible, Adaptable, Strong, Easy to Work With, ACH Foam Technologies’ Molded Polystyrene Foam Is Unlike Anything Else
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Sept. 10, 2019 - It isn’t like any other material - extremely strong yet incredibly lightweight; large but easily moved; durable yet capable of being finely articulated down to the smallest crevice. Molded polystyrene foam from ACH Foam Technologies is being used by sculptors at PLAYTIME to create immersive, animated playscapes and climbable characters. “We use artistry to create truly believable fairytale environments,” says Spencer Smith, a talented sculptor who spends h...
Studying Soil Behavior Under Pressure Could Save Millions of Dollars
TROY, N.Y. – Millions of dollars are spent fortifying dams to withstand earthquakes — but it may not be necessary. New research being conducted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is examining whether or not that spending actually contributes to public safety. “The Army Corps of Engineers has spent hundreds of millions of dollars retrofitting some dams which may not need to be retrofitted,” said Tarek Abdoun, a chaired professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rensselaer who is lea...
Jacobs Selected for Wetland/Electro-Coagulation Treatment Facility at Superfund Site in Washington State
DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) was selected by the Kaiser Mead Custodial Work Trust to design, build, operate and optimize a Wetland/Electro-Coagulation Treatment Facility that will be used to clean up groundwater cyanide, fluoride and nitrate pollution at the Kaiser Aluminum (Mead Works) Superfund site in Mead, Washington. During World War II, the site housed an aluminum smelting plant which supported the production of bombers and other airplanes with high-quality aluminum. Remnants from these...
Filanc, Brown and Caldwell Joint Venture Selected for Escondido, California, Agriculture Water Supply Project
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019 — A joint venture of Filanc and Brown and Caldwell today announced its selection as design-builder for the City of Escondido’s Membrane Filtration Reverse Osmosis Facility for Agriculture (MFRO Facility) Project. The MFRO Facility is considered a sustainable and cost-effective measure in alleviating the burden on Escondido’s stressed wastewater infrastructure while providing local agriculture growers with a new, high-quality irrigation supply. Recycled w...
Microbes for Hire: Snapshots of Bionetix® Natural Wastewater Solutions Around the Globe
Bionetix® International helps solve wastewater imbalances and odor problems around the world by supplying specially targeted microorganisms and nutrients to degrade waste with greater efficiency. Bionetix® International’s full line of natural wastewater treatments ranges from solutions for starting new operations, to meeting wastewater discharge limits, to making biogas plants more productive. Wastewater Startup Solutions Starting a new wastewater operation requires “seeding” it with a hea...
New ASCE Report Offers Guidance for Stormwater Control Measures
Reston, Va. – While the stormwater management field has experienced exponential innovation over the last decade, there are no universally agreed upon maintenance protocols. This new publication, Inspection and Maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures, describes the functions and operations of stormwater control measures, offers trouble-shooting suggestions, and provides valuable information on the implementation of inspection and maintenance procedures. Topics covered in this book include t...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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