Utility Infrastructure
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Act Designed to Prevent Another Water Crisis Like Flint
As reported by the Clean Water Council (CWC), in mid-February, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker, together with Congressman Bill Pascrell, outlined federal legislation designed to prevent another water crisis, such as the ongoing issues in Flint, MI. The Sustainable Water Infrastructure..
DC Water, WEF Launch Green Infrastructure Certification Program
DC Water and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of a National Green Infrastructure Certification Program aimed at promoting skilled individuals who will install, inspect and maintain green infrastructure (GI) systems. In addition, the program..
Trenchless Elbow Spot Repair System From Infrastructure Repair Systems
Infrastructure Repair Systems Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of patented trenchless infrastructure repair and rehabilitation products, has introduced the Trenchless 90° Elbow Spot Repair system to seal joints, cracks or missing sections within the 90-degree curve of virtually any 4- to 6- inch pi..
Minor Pipeline Provision In House Energy Bill
Federal agencies will have less of a chance to slow down applications for pipeline construction if the Senate passes the energy bill which cleared the House in December. The North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 (H.R. 8) passed the House by a vote of 249-174, which means it h..
Underground Construction 19th Annual Municipal Survey
Show Me The Money: Post Great-Recession, City Budgets Are Increasing But Not Nearly Enough according to our 19th Annual Municipal Survey. In 2015, more than half of the municipalities across the United States got a rare taste of what has become an exotic, opiate-like substance – and they liked it...
Momentum For NASSCO Initiatives Continues
by Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor It seems like every year is an eventful time for National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO), the national organization dedicated to improving standards relating to the assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation of underground wastewater infrastructure. ..
Fitch’s Ratings Projection For Municipal Water, Sewer Utility Sectors
According to Fitch’s Ratings 2016 outlook report, U.S. municipal water, sewer utility sectors are facing increased pressure to the bottom line due to rising costs and lower sales. Despite the trials, Fitch’s Ratings and Sector Outlooks for municipal water and sewer utilities are stable. The sector i..
Hawaii Geophysical Solves Underground Problems
Even paradise needs air conditioning. To prove the point, Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC, is in the early stages of a 25-year contract that will use innovative, energy-saving technology to provide air conditioning to a large section of downtown Honolulu, HI. To address the challenges, Honolu..
Alaskan Villages Still Without Plumbing Infrastructure
Despite more than $2 billion in federal and state funding over the past 50 years to provide for essentials such as running water, residents in at least 30 secluded Alaskan villages live without basic plumbing infrastructure. With the State of Alaska facing tightening budgets, traditional piped wate..
2015: Could Have Been Worse, Could Have Been Better
by Robert Carpenter, Editor-in-Chief As we wrap up 2015, one can’t help but reflect on a year that was, that could have been and that wasn’t. It was a year of international and national terror, though amazingly those horrific acts have seemed to have little lasting impacts upon the markets and thu..
Developing A Bursting Plan
Advice From Another Successful Pipe Bursting Program Leads To Water Main Replacement Project The city of Monroe, NC, is located approximately 25 miles southeast of the state’s largest city, Charlotte. Currently, the city of 34,000 people has approximately 1.6 million feet of water mains ranging in..
Cable Undergrounding Program
Dominion Virginia Power is engaged in an ambitious cable undergrounding program that each year will replace as much as 350 miles of aerial power cable with new underground distribution lines. Ultimately the plan calls for nearly 4,000 miles of electric distributed cable to go underground. To limit..
When a Town Had Enough of its Brown Water
What would you do if your drinking water was discolored and your water system was more than 100 years old? That is the question residents in the Town of Scituate, MA, were faced with when they voted in favor of a $22 million water pipe replacement project in November 2013. Today, work continues on t..
Advanced Drainage Systems
Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS), a leading global manufacturer of water management products and solutions for non-residential, residential, infrastructure and agricultural applications has opened a new distribution center in Abbotsford, BC. The Abbotsford location, the company’s first in British Col..
WaterWorks News
3M, TaKaDu Join to Offer Advanced Infrastructure Management To Water Utilities 3M and TaKaDu recently signed an agreement designed to help water utilities learn how to improve efficiency and ultimately save water. 3M currently has a small strategic equity investment in TaKaDu. By combining their s..
Thompson Pipe Group Capabilities 2015
A Pipeline to the Future The 2015 California drought is projected to cost the state more than $2.5 billion and over 20,000 jobs. One of its most serious long-term consequences is the reduction in California’s groundwater reserves. This is like dipping into savings to make up for a shortfall in the ..
Utility Infrastructure Challenges In The Urban Forest
7 Steps to Utility Easement Maintenance Program Management The city of Virginia Beach, VA, Public Utilities infrastructure and its urban forest provide sustainable services to our citizens. The utilities infrastructure provides purified water and sanitary sewer services to a majority of our citizen..
The Risk Of Narrow Vision
The sewer and water infrastructure industry has again been pushed to the rear of significance and importance by states desperate to maintain their road and bridge funding. Consequently, in the short-lived attention spans of politicians, sewer and water has shifted back to “out-of-sight, out-of-mind”..
- OSHA cites Florida contractors for trench safety violations at sewer and excavation sites
- Cadiz to reuse steel from terminated Keystone XL pipeline for California groundwater project
- Lynchburg, Va., breaks ground on largest-ever Blackwater CSO tunnel project
- Biden-Harris administration invests $849 million in aging water infrastructure, drought resilience
- The EPA announces $6.2 billion in funding for Iowa and Kansas water infrastructure