While these new forces are diverse, they share an underlying need for modern, efficient, and reliable infrastructure. This statement alone could bring a page-worth of discussion, but instead of focusing on all infrastructure, I would like to highlight water infrastructure and its need for …
Infrastructure Investment in Washington D.C.
The effects of the White House's new infrastructure investment plans are already being seen in D.C. as Vice President Biden visited a river tunnel project on Friday the 16th. This project is worth 2.6 billion dollars and is expected to take two decades to complete - a 13-mile network of tunnels …
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Asset Management Webinar – Geospatial Transportation Mapping Association, USA
This asset management seminar has ended and we would like to encourage our readers to read related blog posts below. Thank you. The Geospatial Transportation Mapping Association, USA is running an infrastructure asset management related webinar on January 29 on the subject of Finding Roadside …
10 Emerging Infrastructure Trends for 2015 (KPMG)
KPMG Global Infrastructure published an annual 'Foresight' trends report on the world infrastructure markets. At 11 pages of large type and images, it is a quick but interesting read. The 10 trends that KPMG identify for 2015 are: Governments take action to unclog the infrastructure project …
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How ACUA is Preparing their Wastewater Treatment Plant for the Next Storm
In 2012, the ACUA’s (Atlantic County Utilities Authority) Wastewater Treatment Plant came within six inches of flooding because of Hurricane Sandy. Had the storm surged further, the infrastructure might have been compromised. That experience led ACUA to prepare and fortify the resilience of …
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EPA Launches Finance Center to Improve Community Water Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched the Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center to help communities across the country improve their wastewater, drinking water and stormwater systems, particularly through innovative financing and by building resilience to climate …
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US Water Infrastructure Spending Push
The White House estimates that $600 billion will be needed to address US water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the next two decades. According to an article in The Hill, Vice President Biden is set to announce a trio of new Federal initiatives designed to spur new infrastructure …
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Infrastructure Management Reflections on Water Crises as Top Global Risk
Water Crisis is the Top Global Risk says the Word Economic Forum in its updated 2015 Global Risk Assessment. The assessment has also changed the grouping of Water Crisis from an environmental risk to social risk, providing much wider implications to the risk. Brett Walton of Circle of …
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Important Water Infrastructure Conference in Houston, Texas
The Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition (UCT) is the premier event in the United States focusing on the total underground infrastructure—trenchless, open cut, new construction, and rehabilitation. UCT will be held at the George R. Brown Convention …
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Infrastructure Management Planning and NJ Water Privatization Issues
The State of New Jersey has a new bill on the cards that follows a growing trend in the USA: municipal water privatization. This bill is titled the "Water Infrastructure Protection Act" and passed the state's Assembly on December 15th. It aims to protect aging water systems that are supposedly …
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West Virginia Water Utilities May Get Deregulated
Sara Jerome of Water Online wrote a thought-provoking article on how the political climate in West Virginia is shifting and may result in the deregulation of many public water utilities. From the point of view of the employees of the utilities, this is a positive outlook. "Tim Rock, …
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Utility Infrastructure Management – Water Main Breaks in Washington DC
On Water Online's guest column, Eva Rippeteau posted a forward-thinking analysis of the ongoing problem with bursting water mains in the USA's Capital City. She observes that recent flooding due to aging infrastructure in the older parts of the country is perhaps just the tip of a …
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