Water Management

North American design firm Stantec plans to significantly strengthen its presence in the province of Quebec by acquiring the Canadian engineering operations of Montreal-based Dessau.

Optimizing use of available water supplies is among the top objectives of a six-year project by The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread to address U.S. water resource and infrastructure challenges.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to begin preliminary research on the EPA?s efforts to correct noncompliance at small drinking water systems.

According to officials at the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), the drought the state has suffered in 2014 will go into the record books as one of California?s driest ever.

As we enter the final months of a turbulent election year, when already low-expectations sink even lower, it is important to remember the progress made during the second session of the 113th Congress.

Since the introduction of plastic pipe in the 1950s and the discovery of how efficient and effective installation by trenchless methods can be, the popularity of both has continued to grow.

Culverts and storm sewers have been a part of our infrastructure even before the advent of the federal highway system in the 1940s and 1950s, when the demand and the necessity for drainage pipes sprang from the growth in the number of automobiles traveling the roadways.

Tucson Water has been the City of Tucson?s municipal water utility for more than 100 years. As a public water provider, Tucson Water serves approximately 710,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers within a 350-sq-mile service area.

In July, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), along with U.S. Reps. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced ?W21: Water in the 21st Century,? legislation that would help communities nationwide better prepare for the future by providing new incentives and investments to help residents, businesses and local water agencies to conserve, recycle and manage limited water supplies.

In late July, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year 2015 Chairman?s recommendation and explanatory statement for the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.