According to Dr. Lynn Broaddus, President of Broadview Collaborative, Inc, and next year’s President of the Water Environment Federation, decentralized or distributed water and wastewater systems contribute to utility resilience in addressing climate change and a better solution for congested cities. There is a wide application for a decentralized system from rainwater and stormwater capture to … [Read more...]
Benefits of Tapping Wastewater’s Potential
Looking at wastewater as a resource might come as a new concept in developing countries with a centralized wastewater infrastructure and treatments. The AP Infrastructure article, "Tapping the power of wastewater," focuses on the advantages of tapping wastewater's potential to generate renewable energy to be used back in current sewage treatment systems. The article says that existing … [Read more...]
Canada’s Infrastructure Asset Management Experience Can Help Southeast Asian Countries
The ADB publication "Infrastructure Asset Management: Can the Canadian Municipal Experience Help Inform Better Practices in Southeast Asia?" shares Canada’s struggle to maintain its infrastructure and ensure that they continue to serve its community has pushed the country to adopt and implement infrastructure asset management. As a young country, Canada shares the same experiences as Southeast … [Read more...]
Asset Management and Resilience-Building in Australia Amid Calamities
Infrastructure asset managers ensure that assets and infrastructure, which represents a deal of investment both in time and money, continue to meet a required level of service in the most cost-effective way for present and future customers. Achieving this involves several elements and many steps (NAMS, 2018). Extreme Events in Australia Australia has experienced record disasters in … [Read more...]
Addressing America’s Critical Infrastructure by Improving Bureaucratic Processes
Red tape, or the boom of bureaucracy in the U.S., is slowing down its infrastructure projects. According to The Hill's article, "A boom in bureaucracy won't build America back any better," Washington's "red-tape and duplicative oversight" only serves to constrain the country's ability to repair its crumbling infrastructure and adds to the costs and unnecessary delays. America fixing its … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Management Innovations – Creating Wastewater Treatment Plant Resorts
There is no shortage of innovation in sewage and wastewater treatment plants in the western regions of the United States. In Washington State, Oregon, and California, some wastewater treatment facilities have taken a bold move and converted their concrete tanks and pipes into world-class nature resorts complete with education centers, hiking trails, pristine gardens, and wedding venue allure. … [Read more...]
Proactive Pipe Monitoring in the D.C. Area
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) is one of the largest water utilities in the U.S. and one of the oldest, having just celebrated its centennial last year. The utility currently serves almost 2 million residents living within 1,000 square miles and has installed 5,768 miles of freshwater pipeline and 5578 miles of sewer pipelines. Aging infrastructure is ever the priority in … [Read more...]
Urban Planning is Key to Solving Dili’s Recurring Floods
Despite the recurring flooding in Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital city, the city’s response to mitigate the risk and prepare for the extreme event has been an ongoing work-in-progress. The Interpreter reports that the heavy rains between 29 March to 4 April have caused flooding and landslides, claimed more than 40 lives, displaced thousands, and destroyed critical infrastructures like bridges and … [Read more...]
Household Water Treatment – Future of Wastewater Sytems?
Modern infrastructure is based on a system that the Romans came up with close to two thousand years ago. While arguably this system has worked well over the course of history when employed, pumping fresh water into cities from water sources and pumping wastewater out, rural solutions may be the best example for moving forward in the future. Rural water solutions rely on rainwater … [Read more...]
Sustainable Solutions for Maintaining the Beautiful Manila Bay
Manila Bay is beautiful to look at from the skies as flights take off and land, but it has been a polluted sewage dump for years. The Philippine Government has been planning to clean up Manila Bay since 2008, and in 2019, the gigantic task commenced. Both the military and the public have removed the majority of the visible trash from the shoreline, and there are talks about how to prevent the … [Read more...]
Flexible Design as a Water Infrastructure Management Strategy
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been developing new ways to approach water infrastructure design in light of climate change uncertainty. To explain their concept, they use the city of Mombasa, Kenya, as an example. Mombasa is contemplating erecting a new dam to increase water supply capacity for its projected population growth. The city has two options: … [Read more...]
Egypt Set for Municipal Infrastructure Upgrade
Egypt has one of the most rapidly increasing populations globally, which creates the need for improved sustainable infrastructure across the board. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has recognized this need. It intends to commit to and launch a new program to develop Egypt's municipal infrastructure holistically - starting with renewable energy. Daily News Egypt … [Read more...]
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