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The article "High-tide flood risk is accelerating, putting coastal economies at risk" from DownToEarth says that the frequency of high-tide flooding around the US coasts has doubled since 2000. The frequency of these events will increase to 15 times more in the next 30 years, according to the …
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The impact of the pandemic is beyond human health. Economies worldwide suffered from a reduction in income, a rise in unemployment, and disruptions in transport, service, and manufacturing industries. The IPWEA article "How two local authorities in America plan to use infrastructure stimulus …
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The US power grid is not prepared for the effects of climate change, which was made evident when the power cables melted during the heatwave in Oregon in July 2021. The incident halted the light rails and causing 6000 people to lose their electricity (Heilweil, 2021). In February, below-freezing …
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The Philippine economy has been among the best performers in Asia in recent years, but its outdated and insufficient infrastructure constrains the economy. The Philippines being an archipelago, also poses costly geographical barriers to trade. To address the issue, the country has increased …
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An article from Engineering News discusses the importance of asset registers as the foundations of infrastructure asset management in South Africa’s municipalities. In other countries, they call it asset inventories. The article chronicles the discussions during a seminar on the foundations …
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Postponing infrastructure investments can endanger public health, a lesson that the Walkerton community in Ontario, Canada, learned the hard way when their municipal drinking water supply had E. coli and Campylobacter jejuni bacteria contamination in 2000. The water contamination sickened 2300 …
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Chennai's water crisis in the summer of 2019 has been at the forefront of international news. What hasn't been so widely reported is that authorities estimated that almost every major city in India will run out of water by 2050 if they don't implement effective management strategies. The …
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Newark, New Jersey, was hitting the headlines for the high lead levels that are currently infiltrating its municipal water system. The situation has been compared to that of Flint, Michigan, and is pretty serious. A year ago, the city handed out water filters to all residents for installation. …
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For the second time in two years, the small city of Iqaluit in arctic Northern Canada has declared a state of emergency over its dwindling water supply. Historically, the city has depended upon Lake Geraldine nearby to fill its reservoir, with the Apex River as a backup source. …
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Accessibility means uninterrupted mobility, especially with persons with some form of disabilities – people in the wheelchair, using canes, walkers, rolling walkers with seas, forearm crutches, and those with reduced mobility reach their full potential. Like many of us, these people also have …
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On August 10 the US just passed the US $1 Trillion infrastructure bill and will be deliberated in Congress (Infrastructure bill, 2021). House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and fellow House Democrats, who hold the majority of Congress are taking steps to get this infrastructure plan approved while …
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Most of the time, when people don't have enough water in California, they tend to look skyward and blame the shifting climate. However, even though the climate is a major contributing factor to the constant state of drought in the Western US, it is by no means the only contributing factor and …
