Imagine H2O Water Data Challenge Finalists Announced
SAN FRANCISCO - Imagine H2O™, the water innovation accelerator, selected twelve startups to advance to its 8th annual Accelerator Program. Over 180 startups from 20 countries registered for the Challenge. The startups will join the organization's growing portfolio of 70 alumni companies, which represent over $1 in every $10 of early-stage investment in the water sector. A lack of actionable data poses significant challenges to businesses, landowners and governments managing water resources gl...
New White Paper from HomeServe USA Helps Utilities and Municipalities Address Issue of Non-Revenue Water
Norwalk, CT – January 4, 2017 – HomeServe USA (HomeServe), a leading provider of home repair service plans, today released “What Lies Beneath the Surface,” a white paper examining the challenges created by non-revenue water (NRW) and the solutions utilities and municipalities can implement to counteract its negative effects on water conservation and infrastructure. The white paper is authored by thirty-year government relations veteran Vince Guenthner, founder of Vince Guenthner Inc. and former...
$46M Water Intake and Fish Screen Facility Begins Operation on the Sacramento River
SACRAMENTO, CA | NYSE, TSX:STN - Thanks to a recently completed Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility on California’s Sacramento River, salmon and endangered native fish are better protected, about 15,000 acres of crops are getting irrigation, and the cities of Davis and Woodland have a more reliable water supply. Located near Sacramento, CA, this project is a collaboration between Reclamation District 2035 (RD 2035) and Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA), with support from state and fede...
Global Water Technologies Prepares for Growth in 2017
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 05, 2017 -- Global Water Technologies (OTC Pink:GWTR) is taking steps to prepare for growth in 2017, including expansion of its consulting team and strategic positioning for deployment of smart water solutions. The company outlined accomplishments over the past year in its annual shareholder letter that is posted on its web site and includes updates on work with non-chemical water treatment, smart water solutions and trenchless technologies. The company also has issued...
Unique Precast Pipe Structure Helps Community Park with Increased Stormwater Run-Off
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Unsettled with the increasing storm water flowing through the Hanover Township Community Park, in Bethlehem, Pa., the Hanover Township Public Works Department teamed with Oldcastle Precast to devise a unique storm water solution, using special reinforced concrete pipes, to reconstruct the exiting storm water structure. With increased storm water run-off through the park and the increasing development occurring near the Allentown Airport, where the community park adjoi...
City of Gallup Selects CH2M for Design-Build Operate Services to Improve City Services
DENVER, - The City of Gallup, New Mexico, council members approved an 8-year contract with CH2M to take over operations and maintenance of the city's 5-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant. In addition to Operations Management Services, CH2M will design and construct an upgrade to the current facility. Upgrades will help the community with odor-control issues and boost efficiency of biosolids disposal. "We are thrilled to have CH2M as our partner," said City of Gallup Mayor Jacki...
Emerging Ecological Risk Trends You Should Keep in Mind in 2017
In late 2016, the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry hosted one of the world’s most comprehensive conferences dedicated to environmental risk management. It’s the leading forum for scientists, industry and institutions engaged in the study of environmental contamination, management, ecological risk and research and development related to natural resources. Technical work featured at SETAC forms the basis for new and evolving solutions to environmental problems. CH2M employees...
City of Gallup Selects CH2M for Design-Build Operate Services to Improve City Services
DENVER - The City of Gallup, New Mexico, council members approved an 8-year contract with CH2M to take over operations and maintenance of the city’s 5-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant. In addition to Operations Management Services, CH2M will design and construct an upgrade to the current facility. Upgrades will help the community with odor-control issues and boost efficiency of biosolids disposal. “We are thrilled to have CH2M as our partner,” said City of...
Great Lakes Selects Lasse Petterson as CEO and Appoints him to its Board of Directors
OAK BROOK, Ill. - The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of 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 selection of Lasse Petterson as CEO and his appointment to the Company’s Board of Directors. Chairman of the Board Michael J. Walsh said, “After a thorough and comprehensive search process, I am confident that the Board id...
President Signs WIIN Act Containing Water Supply Cost Savings Act Provisions Championed by Water Systems Council Into Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2016 - President Obama has signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act into law, which includes provisions of the Water Supply Cost Savings Act championed by the Water Systems Council and other leading water well industry groups over the past three years. Originally introduced in the 113th Congress on September 18, 2014, the Water Supply Cost Savings Act ("Savings Act") was incorporated into the WIIN Act legislation earlier this year. Over the pa...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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