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Sliplining in Urban Areas

Sliplining in Urban Areas

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management April 25, 2022 at 8:52 am

By Todd Grafenauer With cities needing to replace a vast amount of aging water and sewer infrastructure, many find value in one of the oldest and simplest trenchless technologies of sliplining. The method installs a new pipe inside the existing failing pipeline. The new pipeRead More

Could Pittsburgh’s lead replacement program serve as model for the country?

Could Pittsburgh’s lead replacement program serve as model for the country?

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management April 25, 2022 at 8:42 am

Local, state and federal leaders gathered in Pittsburgh this month to highlight the progress of Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s (PWSA) lead line replacement program and applaud plans for removing lead lines from every daycare in Pittsburgh. Since PWSA established its Community Lead Response programRead More

Realistically Planning to Spend Federal Infrastructure Money

Realistically Planning to Spend Federal Infrastructure Money

Financial Report, Guest Columns April 18, 2022 at 8:00 am

By Joe Crea The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or Infrastructure Bill) promises to inject $1.5 trillion across the country to “rebuild America’s roads, bridges and rails, expand access to clean drinking water, ensure every American has access toRead More

Suad Cisic

New addition to Brown and Caldwell’s Los Angeles practice

Water Management April 15, 2022 at 9:52 am

Environmental engineering and construction firm Brown and Caldwell recently announced Suad Cisic has joined the company as managing director of client services. The firm says the hire supports its strategy to expand its share of the Los Angeles water and wastewater market. A seasoned executiveRead More

California school district files lawsuit over contaminated drinking water

California school district files lawsuit over contaminated drinking water

Legal Corner April 14, 2022 at 2:30 pm

SL Environmental Law Group recently announced that its client, Ballico-Cressey School District in Ballico, California, has filed a lawsuit against Dow Chemical and Shell Oil, sellers of pesticides that contained the chemical 1,2,3 trichloropropane, known as “TCP.” The lawsuit claims that these products have contaminatedRead More

Unprecedented Federal and State Infrastructure Investment Bodes Well for Nation’s Water, Sewer Assets

Unprecedented Federal and State Infrastructure Investment Bodes Well for Nation’s Water, Sewer Assets

Public Utility Finance, Water Finance April 14, 2022 at 2:00 pm

By Wayne Hofmann This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which has generated a legacy of improved water quality in our rivers and lakes and healthier drinking water sources while creating significant fiscal challenges for many communities in removing hazardous materialsRead More

Stantec helps California wastewater authority expand treatment capacity

Stantec helps California wastewater authority expand treatment capacity

Water Management April 13, 2022 at 2:48 pm

Engineering, architecture and design firm Stantec is assisting the South County Regional Wastewater Authority (SCRWA) to expand its existing wastewater treatment plant near Gilroy, California, with the design of a new membrane bioreactor facility. The new facility will add additional capacity of 2.5 million gallonsRead More

Treatment facility meets EPA regulations with new sludge handling process

Treatment facility meets EPA regulations with new sludge handling process

Water Management April 13, 2022 at 9:19 am

An American manufacturer of sludge handling products, Process Wastewater Technologies LLC (PWTech), has announced a successful project along the Connecticut River, where Montague Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) has been meeting EPA permit regulations for total suspended solids (TSS) within a month after installation ofRead More

OCWD is first public lab in California to achieve PFAS detection certification

OCWD is first public lab in California to achieve PFAS detection certification

Water Management April 11, 2022 at 9:03 am

Orange County Water District’s (OCWD; the District) Philip L. Anthony Water Quality Laboratory is the first public agency laboratory in California to achieve state certification to analyze for per- and polyfluoralkly substances (PFAS) in drinking water by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 533. Certification wasRead More

WEF seeks applications for Utility of the Future Today program

WEF seeks applications for Utility of the Future Today program

Water Management April 11, 2022 at 7:55 am

The application period is open for the Utility of the Future Today recognition program, which seeks to honor water resource recovery facilities for community engagement, watershed stewardship, and recovery of resources such as water, energy, and nutrients. This year the application has been revised toRead More