WaterStep Installs Safe Water Systems in Puerto Rico
Louisville-based WaterStep is currently on the ground to help, arriving October 10th in the town of Vega Alta to provide water purification systems in 22 hard-hit and remote municipalities. WaterStep is working with the National Puerto Rican Leadership Council Education Fund (NPRLCEF) to conduct training sessions over the next few days to teach response workers how to install and operate the equipment. The ultimate goal is to install water purification systems in all 78 municipalities, bringing...
Wyland World Water Pledge to Inspire 7.5 Billion people For Sustainable Use of Global Water Resources
The signing of a new joint partnership between the Wyland Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program to protect the global marine environment through the Wyland World Water Pledge, a 10-year outreach program to inspire and engage every person on earth about the sustainable use of the planet’s ocean, lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands. The Wyland World Water Pledge will tie directly to the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for the lasting protection of the planet a...
Bluewater Launches Clean Drinking Water Movement to Boost a Sustainable Future for Human and Ocean Health
Bluewater, a world leader in innovative, market-leading technologies delivering contaminant-free drinking water, today announced a strategic push to fast-track wider public access to purified drinking water and disrupt the global average’s industry reliance on single-use plastic bottles. Bengt Rittri, the Swedish environmental entrepreneur who founded the Stockholm-based company, said Bluewater is committing to reimagining point-of-use water delivery for homeowners and businesses alike. “We wa...
Aquadam Equipment Provides Relief for Flooded Roadways Affected by Hurricane Harvey
WACO – After Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25 and devastated cities along the Texas coastline, the Texas Department of Transportation quickly moved to mitigate extreme flooding as the storm moved north toward Houston and Beaumont. With waters rising, TxDOT crews from several area districts received and deployed an innovative technology called AquaDam, which allowed for the delivery of aid to victims who otherwise would have been cut off due to flooding. AquaDam, created by Aqua Dam...
America’s Oldest Transport Network Needs Some Attention
ONE of the murals depicting the history of Paducah on a wall built to keep out the river shows a captain in his pilot-house, looking over a 15-barge tow with 24,000 tonnes of cargo. At the turn of the last century this small city in Kentucky, at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee, became a hub of the inland-waterways system and the home of barge and tugboat companies, dry docks and repair shops. Its Centre for Maritime Education still trains river mariners all over the country. Another...
"Tariffs Need to Double” in the USA to Tackle Ageing Infrastructure & Water Scarcity
A new White Paper, published by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and the Global Water Leaders Group (GWLG) calls for further water and wastewater tariff increases across the USA, amid rate hikes driven by concerns for ageing infrastructure and water scarcity. The White Paper, entitled The Global Value of Water and published last month in partnership with Arup, includes results of The Global Water Tariff Survey 2017, with tariff data from 452 cities across the world, and commentaries from GWLG...
Pipeline Renewal Technologies Releases White Paper on Sewer Repair Strategies
RANDOLPH, NJ—October 10, 2017—Pipeline Renewal Technologies has released a new, free white paper discussing factors to consider when choosing between spot (point) and end-to-end (manhole-to-manhole) repair techniques, including the type and extent of damage, access constraints, adjacent environmental features, line criticality and more. This paper also explores the benefits spot repair can provide to municipalities and utilities in certain situations, as well as common misconceptions that ultima...
Bentley Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire ACTION Modulers’ Water Modeling Software Business
SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — 9 October 2017 — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ACTION Modulers’ water modeling software business based near Lisbon, Portugal. The team of environmental modeling scientists and researchers, led by general director, Frank Braunschweig, develops ACTION’s modeling software products including MO...
The Walsh Group Achieves No.1 Water Rankings
CHICAGO - The Walsh Group has been recognized by Engineering News-Record as a top contractor in environmental construction. The magazine lists The Walsh Group as the top-ranking contractor for 2017 in three major categories: No. 1 Water Treatment and Desalination Plant Contractor No. 1 Wastewater Treatment Plant Contractor No. 1 Sewerage and Solid Waste Contractor “We’re proud to play a role in the treatment and distribution of life's most vital resource,” said Roy Epps, senior vic...
Canadian Contaminated Site Counts On New Storm Water System
IRVING, Texas - The redevelopment of the former Canadian National Railways repair complex was named Project of the Year by the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI). The project used large diameter corrugated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe in a new storm water drainage system that met local codes and would be able to stand up to the contaminated soil. "During 2017, Montreal is celebrating its 375th anniversary," commented Tony Radoszewski, CAE, president of PPI. "A large part of the...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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