Ramboll Takes Part in the Design of a UNICEF Water Safety Program for Bangladesh
Although Bangladesh has made progress towards achieving its goal of access to improved water supply, significant challenges remain in terms of quality and sustainability of the water supply. About 65% of the population lack access to drinking water that is arsenic safe and free from microbial contamination. Naturally occurring arsenic is widely abundant in Bangladesh groundwater systems and today more than 40 million people are drinking water with arsenic concentrations exceeding WHOs guideli...
Fluor’s 2016 Global Community Project Fund Honors Clean Water Kiosk in India with Best-in-Class Community Improvement Project
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has selected “Building a Clean Water Kiosk for Safe Drinking Water in India,” benefiting Uthaan in Gurgaon, India, as its 2016 Best-in-Class community improvement project. The project was chosen from among 10 employee-led community improvement projects that received funding from Fluor’s $100,000 Global Community Project Fund earlier in 2016. The project will receive $10,000 to supplement the original $10,000 grant. Uthaan, a Gurgaon-based non-gove...
San Antonio's Newest Water Source Opens
SAN ANTONIO - Today, dignitaries joined San Antonio Water System in celebrating the introduction of a truly new drinking water source to our city — desalination. This drought-resistant source is a huge leap forward in water independence for San Antonio. While most people associate desalination with sea water, SAWS project pumps salty – or brackish – water from deep in the Wilcox Aquifer under south Bexar County as the source for this purified drinking water. Desalination pushes the salty water...
Microvi and Sunny Slope Water Company Unveil World's Most Advanced Nitrate Removal Technology
PASADENA, Calif. and HAYWARD, Calif., Jan. 25, 2017 - Global greentech pioneer Microvi and Sunny Slope Water Company (Sunny Slope) today announced the launch of the world's most advanced nitrate removal technology, named DenitroviTM, to provide more than 200 million gallons of potable water annually for Sunny Slope's 30,000 households. Dentrovi is a natural nitrate-removal process with no negative impact on the environment. Moreover, the system brings significant benefits to Sunny Slope, includi...
Largest Stormwater Detention System, To Date, Installed in Southern CA
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (January 2017) – Oldcastle Precast, worked with owner LS-OC Portola LLCL, general contractor Landsea Holding Corporation, and engineer Hunsaker & Associates to design and manufacture several of the largest and deepest StormCapture® stormwater detention systems installed to date. StormCapture is an underground precast concrete stormwater management system. StormCapture’s pre-engineered components allow for site-specific configurations, while providing large storage capacity...
Great Water Tech Offers Solution to National Lead Contamination Crisis
St. Paul, MN (1/24/17) – America’s failing water infrastructure has reached a tipping point with over 5,000 water systems across the country currently in violation of federal EPA lead contamination regulations. Great Water Tech, a Twin Cities-based water technology start-up, has commercialized a solution to widespread lead contamination with their German-engineered Folmar™ Pipe Protection product. Folmar™ Pipe Protection is a proprietary silicate-based formulation that creates a very thin gla...
Great Lakes Announces Receipt of $88 Million Award for Coastal Restoration on the Gulf Coast
OAK BROOK, Ill.-- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and remediation services, announced today the receipt of an $88 million award for Phase I of the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration. MsCIP was initiated in 2005 in the aftermath of the damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, and addresses hu...
New Entity Will Enhance Safety and Efficiency at Hanford Site Construction Project
Bechtel National Inc. and AECOM today announced the formation of the Waste Treatment Completion Company LLC (WTCC) – a company that will complete construction and lead the startup and commissioning of more than 20 facilities to safely treat low-activity nuclear waste at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. The plant is located at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. “This new company is the next step toward starting up and commissioning facilities that will sa...
How to Build Resilient Coastlines
As the oceans rise and wave energy increases as a result of climate change, communities around the world are wondering how best to shore up their coastlines, reduce flooding and protect valuable habitat for wildlife and recreation. Here’s the answer in an oyster shell: natural infrastructure solutions. Everyone's talking about natural infrastructure Natural infrastructure solutions are all the rage now, because we’ve discovered that they bring lots of benefits for coastal erosion, wave ene...
Hanes Geo Components Announces Acquisition of Terrafix
Hanes Geo Components, of Winston Salem, NC, announces they have reached an agreement to acquire Terrafix of Toronto, Canada. John Dowdell, President of Hanes Geo Components, commented that “Terrafix is a clear leader within the Canadian market in the distribution of geosynthetic products. Their expertise in manufacturing of geosynthetic clay liners and their experience in liner installations offer important market expansion opportunities to the Hanes family of companies. We are delighted to welc...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
