The Greater Cincinnati Water Works has a growing concern for aging water infrastructure in their large system which stretches from Northern Kentucky to Mason. In some of the latest water main …
Michigan’s 30-Year Water Management Strategy Includes Infrastructure Management Planning
In Lansing, Michigan, a much-awaited planning document designed to direct Michigan's water usage and management policies for the next 30 years has been released in draft form. It is a 160-page …
Implication of Detroit’s Bioswale on its Infrastructure Asset Management Planning
Detroit, Michigan has had a history of sewage overflow problems. Last August it was hit by a mega-rainstorm that caused extreme flooding and released approximately ten billion gallons of raw sewage …
Funding Water Infrastructure Repair through Asset Management Planning
Using land sales to fund water infrastructure repair is not a new idea. Officials from Paris to New York City have used this strategy - mostly in the 19th century when cities were growing most …
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EPA Study Declares Fracking in U.S. Not Harmful to Drinking Water
A new EPA draft assessment finally gives an evaluation that will make oil and gas companies leap with enthusiastic applause: hydraulic fracturing or "fracking", when done properly, has no negative …
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Chicago is Taking the Waste out of Wastewater for Eco-friendly Use
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago built the largest phosphorus recovery facility in the world at Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, which opened in 2016. Phosphorus and …
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