Wrightstown, Green Bay, Wisconsin have some major water infrastructure projects on the horizon - most importantly, a new water pipeline to source water from the nearby lake. Wrightstown has qualified for a construction loan, federally funded, which would finance the 12-mile pipeline, along with …
SOAR Brokering Economic and Infrastructure Rebuild in Eastern KY
Two years ago a Democrat governor of Kentucky and a Republican senior member of the Kentucky Congressional delegation began talking about working together to lead an effort to turn around Eastern Kentucky economically. They named this effort SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) and planned to …
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Collaboration Solves Water Infrastructure Demand in North Carolina
Three cities in North Carolina managed to collaborate to solve some of their issues between them. Albemarle, 40 miles east of Charlotte, has excess capacity in its water system and needed new customers to defray costs. Concord and Kannapolis, close by, needed a new source of supply but were …
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Infrastructure Asset Management Tools Crucial for Wastewater Project Cost
In January, Senator Charles Schumer tried to convince a federal agency to approve an application for funding from the City of Kingston, New York, to repair a wastewater treatment plant damaged by superstorm Sandy. Kingston officials have applied for funding from the Federal Emergency Management …
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Blueprint Columbus to Solve the Root Causes of Sanitary Sewer Overflows
The City of Columbus, Ohio has spent over a billion dollars on it's Wet Weather Management Plan since 2005. Most of that has gone towards wastewater treatment plants and a combined sewer overflow tunnel, which have done much good for Columbus' issues. However, sanitary sewers overflow (SSO) …
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Infrastructure Asset Management Planning Needed If Florida Recycles Its Wastewater
Florida, along with many other states is facing drinking water shortages in the long term. As a result, they are trying to come up with new ways to meet the water needs of the state. A thought on the horizon for Florida is to recycle their wastewater, potentially use the recycled water for …
Infrastructure Management Outlook on The Economist’s Urbanization 1950 to 2050
The Economist Magazine published a very interesting interactive timeline showing city size and growth from 1950-2030. You can play the whole sequence or move the slider to individual years and study trends and comparisons. You can click on individual cities and see the growth trend. …
Why Water Infrastructure Investment Will Be More Valuable than Gold, Oil and Phones
Some members of the American Stock Market think that investing in water will have very lucrative benefits in the near future. Stocks in American water companies are already paying nice little dividends to their investors and can only continue to rise as water becomes scarcer. Jeff Siegel of …
Sacramento’s Sewage Treatment Infrastructure Project Raises Level of Service
A project that has been years in the making, and is considered the biggest project in the history of the area, is soon to officially start in Sacramento, California. The "Echo" project is to begin in May, but some preliminary work has already started. KCRA reports: "With an estimated price …
Tackling One of America’s Biggest Infrastructure Concerns with Super Bowl Analogy
President Obama has called a lot of attention to the state of American infrastructure and its future demands over the last month and many newsagents have commented, argued, and discussed the subject since the State of the Union address. One common thought that perseveres through the articles is …
Infrastructure Management Impact of Privatizing Water Utility Systems
After a January meeting, the council of Columbia, SC is officially open to selling or leasing the city's water and sewage systems to a private, for-profit company. Many companies have expressed their interest in such a venture, though it has had next to no publicity. The systems generate …
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NY Offers “Infrastructure Bank” to Address Aging Infrastructure Issues
Sewage and Wastewater treatment facilities are fast deteriorating in the State of New York due to aging infrastructure and outdated technology. The majority of the State's residents rely on these facilities and if change doesn't happen soon, State waters will likely become tainted. However, …
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