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Puerto Rico, a territory of the wealthiest nation on the planet, has been struggling with a fragile electric grid for years. Regular blackouts are familiar to many of its residents, and even expected weather forecasts inform them of an incoming hurricane. Each time a hurricane pummelled through …
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New Zealand's infrastructure underpins the quality of life of all Kiwis. But the times are changing, and infrastructure needs to respond. Climate change, population growth, the increasing demand for housing, growing congestion on roads, and aging pipelines are challenges facing the country and …
Various weather extremes are affecting different regions and cities across the world. Severe flooding devastated cities in Germany, China, New York, India, Canada, and South Africa, while historic droughts ravaged the Horn of Africa, Iraq, and the western U.S. Humans have responded to extreme …
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Aging infrastructure and climate change are two woes facing California's water management teams. To tackle these problems and encourage investors to get behind improving California's water system and future-proofing it, a couple of Standford researchers based in civil and environmental …
Proactive maintenance and management of infrastructure assets can benefit from centralized asset management (CAM) platforms. When you think of infrastructure like roads, it does not just refer to a single component like a stretch of pavement. It is usually made up of a collection of parts like …
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New Zealand sees a boom in the housing market, making it one of the country's biggest industries at $41.2 billion with an overall economic impact of S115.6b when considering the supplier and employee activities, the Stuff reports. According to the article, the property sector has grown by $19.6 …
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The old sewers of Nairobi broke down and have been unable to be adequately repaired or maintained. With wastewater runoff making its way into the Nairobi River and the environment, officials are concerned that the already scarce supply of drinking water for the city is diminishing much too …
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Cape Town, South Africa is facing a very dire situation due to a three-year-long mega-drought. By May, the city was expecting to have to turn off its water supply and hand out a meager 25 liters per day to its citizens, who will have to make their way through long and potentially dangerous crowds …
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The US Department of Agriculture has recognized several pressing needs in rural US communities and has plans to invest $267 million to improve water and wastewater systems in 103 projects. Many of these communities have very limited water infrastructure and the risk of contamination. Water …
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It is no secret that the US State of California has spent the last hundred years creating a vast system and network of pipes, pump stations, and aqueducts that reach far and wide into distant regions in order to filter water from remote rivers into hard to reach dry zones in the Southern part of the …
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Wastewater and Stormwater infrastructure in the 2017 ASCE report Card received a D+. This is up from the 2013 report card grade of D. This is in part due to the fact there has been some innovation with the treatment plants to ensure protection against flooding and cross-contamination and new more …
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) releases a report on the state of the USA’s general infrastructure both on a Federal and State level every few years, with the previous report being issued in 2013. The ASCE conducts this detailed report in sixteen major target areas of …
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