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Miami-Dade County Receives $99.7 Million Water Infrastructure Loan

April 8, 2019

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a $99.7 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Miami-Dade County, Fla., to finance advanced wastewater infrastructure upgrades. ... Read More...

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EPA Provides WIFIA Loan to Modernize Baltimore’s Wastewater Infrastructure

March 4, 2019

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a $202 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the City of Baltimore, Md., to help the city make system-wide upgrades to its aging wastewater infrastructure at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant. ... Read More...

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Australian researchers recycle biosolids to make sustainable bricks

January 22, 2019

A team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, has demonstrated that fired-clay bricks incorporating biosolids could be a sustainable solution for both the wastewater treatment and brickmaking industries.... Read More...

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Researchers study benefits in co-treating acid mine drainage and shale gas wastewater

December 11, 2018

Pennsylvania’s energy history is rich with the quantities of fossil fuels that it has produced, but is also rife with the environmental legacies of coal mining and, more recently, hydrofracturing.... Read More...

Energy/MiningEnvironment + SustainabilityWater + Stormwater

Brown and Caldwell to design Palo Alto wastewater treatment upgrades

December 11, 2018

The City of Palo Alto, Calif., selected Brown and Caldwell to provide design services for secondary treatment upgrades at the city’s Regional Water Quality Control Plant.... Read More...

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EPA provides $699 million for San Francisco wastewater infrastructure upgrades

August 6, 2018

In late July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a $699 million loan to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to help finance its innovative Southeast Treatment Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project. ... Read More...

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New water treatment plant tests Stanford technology for cleaning wastewater while creating energy

May 17, 2018

Stanford, Calif. — Stanford environmental engineers Craig Criddle and Bill Mitch are putting anaerobic microorganisms to work in the largest demonstration of a ... Read More...

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MWH Constructors selected as CM/GC for Logan, Utah WWTP

April 13, 2018

The City of Logan, Utah selected MWH Constructors to serve as the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) for the new $107 million Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTP) project. ... Read More...

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Archer Western and Brown and Caldwell to expand Fulton County’s Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility

February 15, 2018

Archer Western Construction, LLC and joint venture partner Brown and Caldwell were awarded the Progressive Design-Build project at Fulton County’s Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Roswell, Ga. The Progressive Design-Build project will upgrade and expand the facility from 24 to 38 million gallons per day.... Read More...

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Transportation

Air Travel Consumer Report: February 2019 Numbers

Proposed Updates to FTA’s Joint Development Guidance | Seeking Comments

Grant to study how driver behavior is impacted by autonomous vehicle technology

UAV

raSmith Promotes Sturm to Director, Zodrow to Assistant Director of Survey

Topcon introduces heads-up display for hands-free construction layout

Leica Geosystems introduces entry-level construction layout tool

Continuing Education

PYRAWALL® – THE MOST DURABLE VEGETATED WALL SOLUTION

2019-2020 ACI Foundation Fellowship and Scholarship Recipients Announced

Terracon Foundation Awards $7,500 Grant to the University of Arkansas to Support Graduate Students in Civil Engineering

All Channels

A lonely coast

Q&A: Evolution of training and technology

Innovative Columns Support New Orleans Airport

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