Water Management

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) has introduced legislation to help protect drinking water from harmful algae blooms known as cyanotoxins. The legislation is in response to Toledo, Ohio?s August water emergency caused by the increased presence of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie.

In testimony last week before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, AWWA President John Donahue stressed the solution to keeping drinking water safe from cyanotoxins begins with reducing nutrient pollution.

A new deadline of Dec. 3, 2014 has been announced for submitting new feasibility studies, construction projects and modifications to authorized Army Corps of Engineers projects under the Water Resources Reform and Development Act.

InfoSense Inc. has been selected as a 2014 winner of the Use of Tech in Energy & Environment at the North Carolina (NC) Tech Awards. Winners were recognized at the annual awards gala on Thursday, Nov. 6 at the Raleigh Convention Center, presented in conjunction with title sponsor Grant Thornton.

The Water Department for the City of Haines City, Fla., serves 20,000 customers, and oversees and maintains 89 miles of water mains ranging from 2 to 30 in., 7 miles of reclaimed water, 40 miles of force mains and 51 miles of gravity sewer mains with 850 manholes.

Jacobs Associates and Boise-based engineering and construction firm McMillen LLC have announced that the two firms intend to merge. The combined firm will be known as McMillen Jacobs Associates.

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced the availability of the Draft Scope of Work for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Water for the Future: Upstate Water Supply Resiliency Project.

Last week, Innovyze announced that the City of Coconut Creek, Fla., has chosen the company?s InfoWater to support its enterprise-wide geospatial water distribution network modeling and management needs.

Last week, Aclara Technologies finalized an agreement with the City of Munroe Falls in Northeast Ohio, to deploy its STAR network meter-reading solution to local residents. In addition, other Ohio cities using Aclara?s STAR network include Berea, Bexley, Middletown, Newark, Springboro, Sylvania and Wooster.

The board of directors of McKim & Creed, Inc., has announced that John T. Lucey, Jr., P.E., has been named the company?s next president and CEO, effective Nov. 1, 2014. Lucey was previously executive vice president of engineering and business development at Heckmann Water Resources (now Nuverra Environmental Solutions).