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The city of Montreal, Quebec had planned to dump 7.5 billion liters of wastewater into the nearby St. Lawrence River on the 25th of October 2015, but the government, just one week away from the election, intervened and ordered them not to. The sewage dump was part of a plan to move a snow …
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Washington DC should be the first city in the U.S. to start using thermal hydrolysis to convert biosolids from wastewater into renewable methane. The facility at Blue Plains then uses the methane to feed into three giant turbines which produce electricity at a net of 10 megawatts. Clean Technica …
A deadly sinkhole that claimed the life of a Florida man two years ago reopened last summer. Local authorities believe that this may be due to heavy rains. Sinkholes are often the result of groundwater levels becoming too low following excessive pumping. Florida has also seen wells dry up due to …
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Kentucky American Water is part of a nationwide initiative to raise public awareness of the crucial existence and maintainability of water infrastructure. This initiative is called "Imagine a Day Without Water" and hopes to put things into perspective for consumers who perhaps don't think about …
Ross: And coming right back to that slide with the truck and the road you know, you don’t know what you’re trying to answer and where you’re trying to get to, you’ll end up collecting the wrong information in the first place. Now the other thing, I think just advice on the inventory very …
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In the earlier post "Infrastructure Asset Inventory – Lessons from New Zealand Experience", Ross shared the two mistakes they have done in their asset inventory process. He recalled collecting far too much small detail. Discussing further, Grant expressed that having too many details will cause …
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Ross: And we’re just going to jump forward to “Inventory”. We really want to talk about that because if you’re starting again, and if you’re starting, then one of the things that you’re going to need to do very very early on the piece, and then continue doing well with good quality is an …
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Carrie Tuttle is the director of engineering for the Development Authority of the North Country, New York. She has a joke about municipal water system maintenance: "No one cares until you turn on your faucet and there is no water." She realizes that because most water infrastructure is …
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Ross: And that’s a journey we still are on in New Zealand. We recently had a change in our legislation that we now have to produce 30–year infrastructure strategies. One of the things that you’ll find as you start. Well, I remember when I started my engineering career, we had annual budgets …
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Ross and Grant continue to talk about the importance of communication in infrastructure asset management, particularly, dealing with political leaders. Ross: Coming back to the subject communication, I think the thing with the political decision-makers, and I have had conversations with …
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Discussing life cycle asset management and providing ideas on how to deal with asset maintenance and renewals, Grant and Ross proceeded to talk about the importance of communication. Grant: It requires a bit of communication across the organization that you are working with. So that you …
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Des Moines, Iowa, and many other municipalities across the US are joined in realizing that they need to fix their drinking water infrastructure and fix it soon. The problem is money. There isn't enough to fund all the necessary repairs to aging systems. As a result, many Americans can expect …
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