California has been facing drought problems for a while now and has been trying to come up with a contingency plan. However, Jay Famiglietti, a senior water scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, has noticed a far more immediate problem - the state has only one year of water supply …
Infrastructure Asset Management Planning and NJ Order to Reduce Sewage
State officials have ordered several North Jersey towns and sewer authorities to begin developing ways to cut down on the copious amounts of human waste that goes into the Hackensack, Passaic, and Hudson rivers annually. Many of these small towns are years away from constructing new …
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Pittsburgh, PA Hurdles Bumps to Water Demand Management
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is gearing up for its 5th Annual Marcellus & Utica Shale (Natural Gas and Oil production) Water Management Initiative on March 23-25. In preparation for the conference, industry professionals were given a survey to evaluate what the industry really believes about …
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Water Scheme and Future Demand Management May Conquer Drought in Utah and Western States
Drought across the Midwest is continuing to raise concerns over water scarcity and having the supply to meet future demand. In spite of this, some groups believe that finding the right price point for water customers will be the key. At a conference for water utility finance managers held …
Infrastructure Asset Management – Sacramento Upgrades Water Meters over Water Mains
Sacramento, California has made some tough decisions recently about which areas of its water infrastructure it will upgrade first. The areas in question are the water meters of the entire city or the water mains and other projects. The City Council has allowed Sacramento to draw from funds …
Architects Design Water Resiliency Infrastructure for Boston and New York
Following the example of cities such as Hoboken and New Orleans, the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and New York City have both announced exciting new resiliency projects. The project in Boston is called "Living With Water" and is a competition for architects to redesign Boston for the year …
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Controversy Surrounds O’Fallon, IL as They Prepare to Lease their Water Utility
The mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois says that leasing the city's water and wastewater systems to a private company would generate $50 million that could pay for citywide improvements. The issue of water is the hot topic on O'Fallon's April 7 election ballot. Three companies are going head to head …
Asset Inventory and Asset Management Plan Updating – How Often?
Knowing the frequency of updating asset inventory and asset management plan is important, whether or not you’re managing smaller utilities. Ross opined that once the original inventory has been made, things don’t change quickly. Unless you’re replacing some assets, in which case you know …
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Hoboken, NJ Awarded for Flood Risk Management Solutions
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has designated the City of Hoboken, New Jersey as a Role Model City for its flood risk management practices. These include the use of green infrastructure to retain large amounts of stormwater runoff. Hoboken is only the second city in the …
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Richmond, Virginia Addresses its Combined Sewer Overflow Systems
Richmond, Virginia has had a fair amount of problems with its water mains recently which has led the city to debate whether they should or shouldn't boil their water. Their outdated combined sewer overflow system is constantly keeping residents guessing as to how much waste the city is dumping in …
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How Can New Orleans Avoid Making a Serious Water Problem Worse
New Orleans is a city that deals with water issues on a sometimes daily basis. As flood-level water pours in, they have a system of levees and pump stations that can have the city clear of the water in 30 minutes. This all seems good at surface level, but below the surface, problems abound. The …
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Carlisle, PA is Infrastructure Asset Management Planning for the Future of its Sewer System
In the 1950s, towns and cities across America invested in wastewater and water infrastructure, improving and constructing all the necessary systems and installing pipes in place. Then the focus of these towns and cities moved to other things until now. It becomes more obvious every day that …