The Recycling Partnership’s New Coastal and Waterway Community Recycling Grant To Help Prevent Marine Debris Is Now Open
FALLS CHURCH, VA – The Recycling Partnership, with support from a $1 million donation from The Coca-Cola Foundation, has opened up a new coastal and waterways community grant program to help address the challenge of waste in waterways and help improve the collection of recyclables for reuse. The RFP is now available for cities and towns to apply for the coastal community cart-based grant to download at the following link: https://recyclingpartnership.org/coastal-community-recycling-gran...
€12m HYDROUSA Project Aims to Douse Mediterranean Drought
Drought-prone Mediterranean islands could soon be awash with recovered water, thanks to a new multi-million-euro project launched in Athens. Led by researchers at Brunel University London and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the €12m HYDROUSA project aims to close the ‘water loop’ by demonstrating how nature-based technologies can be used to recover fresh water and nutrients from wastewater, groundwater and water vapour. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, the 54-...
Clean Water From Cows? Regenis System Re(Moo)ves Impurities
FERNDALE, Wash. - How 2,500 cows can produce water clean enough for drinking is about to be answered on a dairy in the Northwest corner of Washington State. Last week, the Washington State Conservation Commission (WSCC) awarded a $930,305 grant to install and operate a clean water membrane technology system provided by Regenis, an agricultural waste solutions company, to be located at Coldstream Farms in Deming, WA. This state-of-the-art system will generate 12,000 gallons of clean water d...
Stantec Awarded Comprehensive Water Treatment Replacement Project
Stantec, a global engineering, consulting, and construction firm, is proud to announce that it is serving as Owner Representative for a comprehensive design and construction project to assist the City of Grants Pass, Ore., in delivering high-quality drinking water. Stantec’s role will be to assist the City over the next four to five years in determining the capacity, technology, location and delivery method for a new water treatment plant to serve the community’s 38,000 plus people. The...
SWC Fact Sheet on Extending Long-Term Water Supply Contracts
For over 10 years, Public Water Agencies that contract with the California Department of Water Resources have acknowledged the need to extend the long-term water supply contracts to allow DWR to issue bonds beyond 2035 for the State Water Project. By extending the repayment of debt service beyond 2035, the state can avoid steep water rate increases statewide. Click on the fact sheet...
Study Examines Urban Implications of Temporal Rainfall Resolution
A Chinese study examines how variability in rainfall over time affects hydrological processes and what that means for urban flood control. Among other things, results indicate that peak flooding is affected by temporal resolution of rainfall, while volume typically remains unaffected. Abstract Rainfall exhibits substantial variability, and its temporal resolution considerably affects simulation of hydrological processes. This study aims to investigate the effect of th...
EPA Proposes to Change its Role in Dredged and Fill Material Discharges
In a June 26 memorandum, Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, initiated a regulatory update proceeding that would change EPA's role in permitting discharges of dredged or fill materials under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act. Currently, section 404(c) allows EPA to veto at any time a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or an approved state regarding the discharge of dredged or fill material at specified disposal sites. Yet Pruitt said in the...
Video: Kaneohe-Kailua Sewer Tunnel and TIPS Project Overview
Connecting the Kaneohe Wastewater Pre-Treatment Facility to the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant via a three-mile long gravity sewer tunnel, the $375 million Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewater Conveyance and Treatment Facilities Project increases Windward Oahu's wastewater conveyance and storage capacity while reducing overflows.
New Case Study from Bedrock Shows How Upgrading a PLC to Open Secure Automation (OSA) Improves Flow Filter Performance
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock® Open Secure Automation (OSA®) system, has announced the availability of a case study describing how the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas has implemented Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA) technology for water filtration modernization. Bedrock OSA has provided Hot Springs an open, secure control platform, which Brown Engineers, of Little Rock, Arkansas, integrated across the City’s existing Ignition SCADA software, leading to dramatic p...
Advanced Drainage Systems Launches New StormTech Installation App for Contractors
HILLIARD, Ohio - June 28, 2018 - Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) (NYSE: WMS), a leading global manufacturer of water management products and solutions, announced today the availability of its SiteASSIST™ mobile application. The new app provides detailed instructions and animated videos for the installation of StormTech® chambers, which are widely used in underground storm water retention and detention systems. Another beneficial feature is the app's ability to provide the contractor wit...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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