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On August 29, 2022, Mississippi's largest water treatment plant in Jackson failed, creating a catastrophic water crisis in the state's capital. The city's 180,000 residents were left without water, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water. The city linked the failure to …
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Water Authority of Fiji (WAF) Chief Executive Office Dr. Amit Chanan has called attention to a serious problem facing the nation's water infrastructure – water leaks. He says a "staggering" loss of approximately 60 to 70 million liters of water exists in the Suva and Nausori corridor. Suva is …
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Michigan is popularly known as the Great Lakes State because it is surrounded by four Great Lakes of America – Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie. It also makes it a coastal state because 60% of coastlines run along these lakes, meaning it has many bridges and a total of 11,314. However, of …
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has warned about the country’s infrastructure for more than two decades. Their most recent grade from the professional body for transportation infrastructure is a D-, and hazardous waste is a D+. The poor state of the country’s infrastructure, from …
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Cities worldwide are facing increasing demands for funding, whether to improve critical infrastructure or to build more and expand due to growing populations. Canada is one of the countries with the largest immigration population, and high migration trends continue today. According to …
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The Philippines aims to make its public transportation system efficient and environmentally friendly by 2020, which led it to launch the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) through its Department of Transportation (DOT). However, the government's push for modernization has …
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On 11 June 2023, a section of the Interstate 95 overpass collapsed in Northeast Philadelphia after a gasoline tanker crashed and caught fire under the overpass. The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle on an off-ramp and died in the fire. The heat from the fire caused the overpass to …
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In Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, the rapid growth of private vehicles and poor infrastructure have further complicated traffic in the city. A report from the Hanoi Transport Department on traffic congestion in 2022 reveals that the number of traffic jam hot spots in the city has increased from …
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Drought is inherent to California's climate. Throughout recent history, the state has experienced periodic droughts. Its most recent one was in 2020-2022. However, dramatic fluctuations in its climate have been observed in the 21st century. In 2015, California experienced its lowest snowpack …
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Miami, a coastal metropolis in south Florida with the third-largest US skyline and the country's third-most prosperous city, has a waste problem. The city is also famous for attracting residents from other states fleeing rising crime, higher taxes, and cold weather. But its overflowing garbage …
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Natural events, such as storms, floods, and earthquakes, that impact transportation assets such as road networks, bridges, and tunnels have become more frequent and catastrophic, resulting in significant damage, economic losses, social isolation, and adverse cascading effects on other critical …
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The Philippines has started to provide recycled potable water to its residents through Maynilad Water Services Inc. to meet growing demands and augment water supplies. The water and wastewater service provides water to the 17 cities and municipalities comprising the West Zone of the Greater Metro …
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