Articles by: admin

The Water Asset Management Conference, which has its roots dating to 2001, is heading back to Arlington, Va., Dec. 2-3, 2015. Formerly known as the UIM/SWIM Conference, the event is a partnership between UIM and the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management (SWIM) Center at Virginia Tech.

The number of unemployed workers with construction experience dropped to the lowest total for August since 2001, as hiring slowed despite robust demand for construction, according to an analysis by AGC.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has launched the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI), giving surveyors and civil engineers one more reason to ?dig? their profession.

IDModeling, Inc., a global provider of smart water network software and services, has announced that Jinduan Chen, Ph.D., has joined the growing Sedaru team.

WSP Global Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire MMM Group Limited (MMM), one of the largest privately-owned engineering consulting companies in Canada.

Last Thursday, a federal judge in North Dakota blocked a new Obama administration rule that would give the federal government jurisdiction over some smaller waterways just hours before it was set to go into effect.

Last week, the Value of Water Coalition announced the Imagine A Day Without Water campaign with the launch of its site, www.ImagineADayWithoutWater.org. This national education campaign will raise awareness of and build public support for investment in water.

3M and TaKaDu recently signed an agreement designed to help water utilities improve efficiency by offering a solution to detect problems, convert data into insights and decide where to rehabilitate their infrastructure.

David Mutombo, MBA, PMP, P.Eng., has joined Hatch Mott MacDonald?s Water and Wastewater Practices for Canada. He is based in HMM?s office in Burlington, Ontario.

Earlier this month, the American Water Works Association expressed strong support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s decision to commit an additional $5 million to reduce nutrient pollution in the western Lake Erie Basin.