May 17, 2012
Critigen, a spatial enterprise solutions and cloud managed services provider, announced May 8 that it signed a contract with Colorado Springs Utilities to provide land... more
May 17, 2012
Following the agency’s release of draft guidance on May 4, national environmental groups called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the use of diesel in... more
May 16, 2012
With Congress considering drastic cuts to national clean water protections, and rivers nationwide facing threats from natural gas drilling, pollution and new dams, American... more
May 16, 2012
California American Water recently announced the recipients of its 2012 Environmental Grant Program awards. Two projects located within its California service areas will be... more
April 25, 2012
Last summer, Texas experienced one of its worst droughts ever and had “water restrictions enforced,” according to signage across the state. Homeowners could water twice a... more
April 25, 2012
In coming years, it appears likely that most water quality managers in the U.S. will spend at least a portion of their time working on nutrient management issues. In 2009,... more
April 25, 2012
Situated 930 miles west of Lisbon, Portugal, is a group of volcanic islands known as the Azores. This majestic archipelago, extending more than 370 miles, was created by... more
April 25, 2012
In 2007, the Washington State Department of Ecology published the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements for municipalities. The purpose... more
April 25, 2012
Funding water and wastewater infrastructure is doubly difficult in the slowly recovering economy, but residents of Houston—in a region known for low taxes and frugal... more
Vaughan’s Rotamix system is a cost-effective and low life cycle cost process mixing system available for digesters, sludge storage and other high-volume applications. Combining both principles of uniform and vortical rotation, the mixing system optimizes solids contact with its unique dual... more
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Vaughan’s Rotamix system is a cost-effective and low life cycle cost process mixing system available for digesters, sludge storage and other high-volume applications. Combining both principles of... -
The ST-6500 weighs only 75 lb, measures 70 by 116 by 43 in., and boasts a bare chamber volume of 144.4 cu ft with a minimum installed capacity of 180 cu ft with 6 in. of stone above and below. The...
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The North American Green ShoreMax transition mat withstands shear stresses up to 8.6 lb per sq ft and velocities exceeding 19 ft per second. The highly flexible, UV-stabilized rubber mat is ideal for...
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StormChamber is an open-bottom, HDPE infiltration chamber that functions in permeable and non-permeable soils for subsurface retention, detention, convergence and reuse of storm water. The...
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This four-wheel-drive steerable transporter supports all RST mainline cameras for inspection in lines 24 in. and larger in diameter, with speeds up to 80 to 85 ft per minute. A remote-controlled...
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The CheckMate Inline Check Valve is ideal for backflow prevention. In outfalls, storm water, CSO and SSO applications, the CheckMate’s custom-engineered design eliminates costly backflow from oceans...
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Inliner Technologies provides cured-in-place pipe renewal solutions for deteriorating pipes and culverts ranging in diameter from 4 to 120 in. The company has installed more than 13 million ft of...
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Aquatech combination jet/vacs, water jetters and catch basin cleaners are tough, efficient, safe and reliable, with low operational costs. Ideal for large or small municipalities, the comprehensive...
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A new, portable logger for area-velocity flow surveys in sewers, open pipes and channels, Stingray is designed for municipal storm water, combined effluent, raw sewage, irrigation water and stream...
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This environmental passive integrated chamber is an onsite water management and reuse system designed to collect, filter, retain and distribute water below ground at its source. Bringing together...
When Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc., known for its outlet shopping locations, embarked on the redevelopment of its center in Bluffton, S.C., the company employed Ward... more
Otay Landfill of San Diego, Calif. is operated by Republic Services, a provider of solid waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services. When faced with a... more
Flooding devastated much of North Dakota in the spring of 2011. Record flood levels on the Souris River (or Mouse River) left 11,000 Minot, N.D., residents homeless.
The... more
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is building a $50-million waste transfer station with 84 parking spots in the southern region of the state. The two-story, 140,500-sq-ft... more
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft Underground Injection Control (... more
In January, the editorial staff of Water & Wastes Digest (WWD), Storm Water Solutions and Water... more
According to a recent Gallup poll, the highest levels of environmental worry in 2012 for Americans are:... more
Contractors and department of transportation agencies often are challenged to achieve maximum results within... more
Total suspended solids (TSS) thus far have served as the keystone pollutant for the majority of storm water... more
From roads and bridges to drinking water and sewer lines, the nation’s infrastructure is aging at a rate... more