Tag: drinking water
EPA Announces Water Workforce Initiative to Help Recruit and Prepare the Next Generation of...
WASHINGTON (September 24, 2019) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Water Workforce Initiative to help cities and communities across the country...
McCarthy Undertaking Three Phases of Houston’s Northeast Water Purification Plant
In order to meet the needs of a growing population and to shift from reliance on groundwater to surface water as the source for...
EPA Researchers Help Communities Protect Drinking Water Systems from Lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) researchers Michael Schock and Darren Lytle are leading research to better understand the science of water chemistry, treatment, and infrastructure to help water system managers and local communities prevent lead from getting into drinking water.
DEP Reactivates Shandaken Tunnel to Supplement Natural Flow in Esopus Creek
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) temporarily halted some of its work at the Shandaken Tunnel Intake Chamber because of dry weather, which required the city to reactivate the 18-mile-long tunnel that supplements the natural flow of water in the Esopus Creek.
Water quality protection has a positive trickle-down effect
2016 photo of the old culvert that had two circular pipes with a total diameter of 36 inches. Pictured are Rifat Salim (left) and...
Hawai‘i Infrastructure Receives D+ Grade from Civil Engineers
The inaugural Report Card for Hawai‘i’s Infrastructure was released by the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Hawai‘i Section, giving 11 categories of infrastructure an overall grade of a “D+.”
ARTBA: Boosting N.J. Water Infrastructure Capital Investments Would Provide 3:1 Economic Return
An additional $1 billion annual investment dedicated to improving New Jersey’s drinking water, wastewater and stormwater systems would generate $3 billion in economic benefits, according to an analysis conducted by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
DEP to work with USGS to study suspected leak from Catskill Aqueduct
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it will work with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on a multi-year study to examine suspected leaks from a portion of the Catskill Aqueduct that runs several hundred feet below the Rondout Creek
Alliance Water selects LAN as pipeline engineering consultant for major water project
The Alliance Regional Water Authority (Alliance Water) selected Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) as a pipeline engineering consultant for a major water project that will serve several communities in the I-35 corridor.
