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As a state surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes, Superior, Huron, Michigan, and Erie, the water supply is the least of Michigan's problems. However, its water system is at a critical point due to decades of maintenance and managerial failures compounded by decreasing population, lack of …
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As America prepares to spend the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure from the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act (IIJA) in the next five years, what are the challenges to infrastructure investments regarding meeting the present and future needs? Deloitte Insights published the Deloitte Center …
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Current legislation says that every new building constructed must have a green roof to absorb stormwater in Toronto, Canada. The City of Toronto website says that in 2009, Toronto was the first city in North America to adopt a bylaw to require and govern the construction of green roofs. "The …
Many of the USA's water infrastructures are aging and are approaching the end of their 50-76 life spans. Aging pipelines cause frequent water breaks. According to the EPA, there are 240,000 water main breaks annually in the US, costing billions of dollars in water treatment, energy wasted, and …
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In 2018, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) started developing an enterprise asset management (EAM) to help them manage its diverse and complex group of critical assets that included 25 facilities run by five businesses. The Port Authority has managed, operated, and maintained …
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Alaska has one of the harshest climates in the world, and more than once, it is called the ground zero for climate change (How is the climate, 2020). The warming in Alaska is twice as fast as the rest of the country. Its average annual temperature has increased by 3 degrees Fahrenheit and 6 …
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Looking back at the initial days of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a nationwide panic-buying of toilet paper in the United States. The toilet paper shortage has left people to substitute other paper forms for their lavatory needs. These other kinds of paper, such as paper towels, …
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Indigenous people worldwide are being ignored and bypassed when it comes to water development projects. This practice is problematic on many levels. The first peoples in any land rely on natural water sources such as lakes and rivers for agriculture and drinking supplies. They also have many …
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The USA's long-term prosperity and competitiveness hinges on using its global influence and private capital to address the poor or inadequate infrastructure in developing countries, the Fortune article says. According to the article, "mobilizing private-sector capital to finance sustainable …
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Across the United States, there are at least 46,154 structurally deficient bridges and 231,000 that need repair and preservation work, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The society gave the nation's bridges a C grade in its 2021 report. Fixing these bridges will take …
What happens when intelligent city systems fail to protect their citizens from the very thing it is designed to do. "Zhengzhou's much-hyped smart city systems, which were supposed to help planners with urban management and safety, have come under heavy scrutiny after recent floods wreaked …
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America is facing another problem, a pressing one that they usually overlook – its gaping digital divide. President Biden is setting aside $65 million, spread over eight years, to fix the problem. However, Harvard Business Review's article, "How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S.," says …
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