DC Water's Blue Plains Tunnel Named Best Project Overall by Engineering News-Record (ENR) Mid-Atlantic
DENVER, Nov. 14, 2016 - The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority's (DC Water) Blue Plains Tunnel has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 Best Project Overall award for the Mid-Atlantic Region by Engineering News-Record (ENR). The project was selected best overall from among the winners of nearly 20 different award categories and won additional distinction as the Best Water/Environment Project of 2016. ENR's annual competition recognizes project teams for their ability to overcom...
Milbank Advises Lenders in Historic $920 Million Water Pipeline Project for San Antonio, Texas
LOS ANGELES – Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised international lenders led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. in connection with financing for the $920 million Vista Ridge Project, a water pipeline and well field that is expected to provide 20% more water to the city of San Antonio for at least the next 30 years. The water supply project, being built by Garney Construction, will consist of the production, treatment, delivery and sale to San Antonio Water System of up to 50,000 acre...
Inland Brine Disposal Wetlands Innovation Project wins Water & Wastes Digest's 2016 Top Project
DENVER, - Water industry publication, Water & Wastes Digest (W&WD), has selected the CH2M-designed Inland Brine Disposal Wetlands Innovation Project in Goodyear, Arizona, as its 2016 Top Project. Selected by W&WD editorial staff, the award recognizes the most innovative and remarkable water or wastewater projects in the U.S. that were in the design or construction phase over the past 18 months. CH2M is currently partnering with the City of Goodyear, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation...
Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority's Hardeeville Water Reclamation Facility Expansion Project Receives ISI Envision Bronze Award
The Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority's Hardeeville Water Reclamation Facility expansion project has received the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision rating system's Bronze award, which recognizes sustainable infrastructure across the full range of environmental, social, and economic impacts. BJWSA's reclamation facility expansion is the first Envision-verified project in South Carolina. The HWRF project provides wastewater service to the areas surrounding the Town...
Water Well Trust Completes 24 Water Well Projects in Arkansas
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2016 - The Water Well Trust, the only national nonprofit helping Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has completed 24 water well projects in 10 Arkansas counties funded by a grant from the USDA's Household Water Well Systems Grant program. In 2014, the USDA awarded a $140,000 matching grant to the Water Well Trust to increase potable water availability to rural households in five northwest Arkansas counties -- Franklin, Benton, Madison, Marion, and Crawford...
Senet and Trimble Enable Water Monitoring Solutions throughout North America
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.- Senet, the first and only North American provider of public, low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) for long range-based (LoRa®-based) Internet of Things (IoT) applications, today announced that Trimble is leveraging its wireless technology to enable water utilities to remotely measure and monitor water, wastewater and groundwater systems including water pressures, flows, levels and rainfall volumes. Senet brings its highly scalable and reliable LoRa LPWAN network to connect...
AECOM awarded US$41.5-million contract for New York City’s Wastewater Resiliency Program
NEW YORK — AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded a five year term US$41.5-million program and construction management contract as part of the New York City (NYC) Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP’s) Wastewater Resiliency Program (WRP). The WRP is built on NYCDEP’s Wastewater Resiliency Plan, which was released in October 2013 following Superstorm Sandy to prepare for the impacts of future storms. The plan provides a...
StormTrap Unveils Redesigned Website
Romeoville, IL. – StormTrap, a leading provider of stormwater management systems, recently announced the launch of their newly designed website, http://www.stormtrap.com. The new website provides a comprehensive overview of StormTrap’s capabilities across a range of applications and markets while vastly improving user experience. “Our new website will be a major vehicle for customers to communicate with us and to learn about our growing product portfolio at StormTrap,” said Stefanie Geiss, D...
Michael Baker International Enlisted to Design Innovative Emergency Response Tool for the Department of Homeland Security
Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced in conjunction with the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation, a contract with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate to develop national guidelines and a cutting-edge solution that provides first responders with real-time information prior to and during emergencies. Michael Baker and NAPSG Fo...
Oldcastle Precast Teams Up with GEI Consultants and FDE for 'French Dam' Prototype
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass. - French Development Enterprises, LLC (FDE) of North Billerica, MA, Oldcastle Precast of Littleton, CO and GEI Consultants of Woburn, MA, announce the successful construction and assembly of the first prototype “French Dam”- modular precast impoundment for construction and retrofit of hydroelectric dams, water control systems and power houses. FDE’s patented technology for Rapid Dam Construction was funded for $1.7 Million in January 2016 by the United States Department...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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