At the RJN Group, Inc. (RJN) Annual Strategic Business Meeting, held in the spring, John Peters was named as an RJN Principal. With the addition of Peters, RJN has a total of 10 Principals.

Linda Ward has recently joined J.M. Waller Associates Inc. (JMWA) in the role of business development manager based in the company?s Atlanta office.

Susan Gilbert has been named West Region director for HDR?s Water business group. She will be based in Denver.

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. announces the acquisition of Fru-Con, a leading water and wastewater infrastructure contractor based in Virginia.

During its annual membership meeting in early May, the Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. (PPI) announced winners who were awarded for significant achievements and exceptional service involving the use of polyethylene (PE) pipe.

Like many other cities in North America, Winnipeg, Manitoba, found itself in need of updating its wastewater infrastructure to keep pace with growth and age, as well as meet regulatory requirements. In all, the city was looking at a $751 million price tag on a capital improvement program for sewage treatment construction costs.

With population growth and climate changes threatening the U.S. water supply, desalination is a viable solution to augment groundwater and surface water supplies for drinking water.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over the past 50 years, the U.S. population has doubled in size and its thirst for water has tripled. Water usage in the next 25 years is expected to climb another 50 percent.

Several years ago, an article was featured that reviewed the U.S. Green Building Council?s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program as a tool to encourage environmentally compatible elements in buildings, including improved energy and water efficiencies.

The National Clay Pipe Institute (NCPI) was recently called upon to aid the Costa Mesa Sanitary District (CMSD) of Southern California in an investigation into possible causes of an unknown material building up in some of its gravity sewer lines.