Video: Dam Threatens Last Tribes of Ethiopia
Donate: http://www.miyamotorelief.org/cause/s... In Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, several indigenous tribes have lived for millenniums. For eons, the annual flooding of the Omo River has provided the water they need to survive the harsh climate. A new, $1.6 billion, 1870-megawatt dam built upstream cut off the water supply in 2016 to the tribes, now numbering about 200,000 people. While the dam is a great engineering feat, these indigenous tribes’ lives, culture and traditions are in danger of being...
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...
Design-Build Procurement Begins for Third Phase of Narragansett Bay Combined Sewer Overflow Program
Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC), Stantec, and Pare Corporation have kicked off the procurement process for the third and final phase of NBC’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Program, a project 20 years in the making. NBC, which operates wastewater collection and treatment facilities for 10 member communities in Rhode Island, has led the three-phase program designed to reduce overflow volumes by 98 percent and treat stormwater before it flows into the Narragansett Bay. The project team recentl...
OriginClear Releases White Paper Demonstrating that Treating Water On-Site Combats Global Warming and Improves the Environment
Hotel case study reveals significant removal of carbon and harmful nutrients with on-site water treatment system Los Angeles, CA – OriginClear Inc. (OTC: OCLN), a leader in decentralized water treatment, has published an industry white paper which finds that, by treating water on-site using a Modular Water System (MWS), businesses can greatly reduce water costs, improve the environment and even combat global warming. Highlights of the white paper include the current state of the U.S centra...
Stantec Selected for Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
New York, NY- NYSE, TSX: STN- Stantec, a leading global design and engineering firm, has been selected by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) as part of the team delivering upgrades to the Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in New York City. The firm will provide design services during construction through project closeout. The Wards Island WWTP has a design capacity of 275 million gallons per day, servicing over 1 million users. With a drainage area...
Contech® Engineered Solutions Releases a New Reline Design Tool
West Chester, OHIO (July 9, 2019) – Contech® Engineered Solutions’ new Design Your Own Reline (DYOReline™) tool helps engineers and contractors determine the viability of relining a culvert or drainage system based on site specifics. The recently launched mobile-friendly online tool analyzes a site and recommends a solution in just a few simple steps. The recommendations include design specifications, standard details and reline considerations to help prepare for estimates and project meetings,...
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...
Propex Geosolutions Receives Carbon Footprint Verification for PYRAMAT 75 HPTRM
Chattanooga, Tenn. (July 1, 2019) – Propex GeoSolutions recently became the first High Performance Turf Reinforcement Mat (HPTRM) manufacturer to verify the carbon footprint of its erosion control solutions. The cradle-to-grave carbon footprint of PYRAMAT® 75 HPTRM is 2.7 kgCO2e per 1m2 of material, which is equivalent to driving about seven miles. “This verification is another piece of the sustainability puzzle,” said Mike Gorey, CEO of Propex Operating Company, LLC. “We’ve known for 20 yea...
sensemetrics and DHI Partner to Offer Integrated IIoT Solutions for Mine Water Operations
SAN DIEGO - sensemetrics Inc., the Industrial IoT (IIoT) company transforming sensor data into real-time business intelligence to enable productivity and safety solutions, has entered into a partnership agreement with DHI A/S under sensemetrics’ Alliance Member Program. Under the agreement, DHI will integrate with the sensemetrics platform to automate data collection into its MIKE Mine software. MIKE Mine is DHI’s state-of-the-art operational software for water management at mine sites. Toge...
Leaving Sand Bags in the Past - Muscle Wall
Muscle Wall is a portable barrier primarily used to contain or divert water. However, our customers have found Muscle Wall to be a useful tool with many other applications as well. Some of which include: Flood Control Stormwater Management Primary & Secondary Containment Coastal Erosion & Many more... DOES IT REALLY WORK? It sure does! Muscle Wall is able to withstand the immense force of rushing or standing water due to its patented toe design. The pressure of the water...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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