Diversion Tunnel Plugged, Brazilian Dam Goes Online- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Despite a series of disheartening setbacks last year, the 880-MW Campos Novos hydroelectric project was finally inaugurated May 8.
Publication Date: 09 May , 2007
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Experts Scheme on Armoring New Orleans' Achilles' Heel - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Achieving 100-year storm levels of flood protection in New Orleans will take more than money. It will take smart, out-of-the-box thinking and a plan almost certainly more ambitious than what can be impleme
Publication Date: 09 May , 2007
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Shallow Soil Mixing Used For Old Gas-Plant Cleanup - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A variety of environmental mitigation techniques are being used at an abandoned manufactured-gas plant site in Nyack, N.Y. The four-acre parcel poses groundwater, soil and gas-vapor threats to the village
Publication Date: 09 May , 2007
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Scientists Bemoan Current Policies- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Existing policies to deal with climate change are inadequate, says a new study by the World Energy Council, a London-based organization consisting of energy producers and energy-focused professionals from
Publication Date: 09 May , 2007
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Tampa Bay Is Ready To Test If Fixed Plant Is Worth Its Salt - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Three years after starting remediation of its troubled seawater desalination plant in Apollo Beach, Fla., Tampa Bay Water announced that the facility had finally become operational in April, and is now progressing toward the start of acceptance
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2007
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U.N. Climate Change Report Calls for $20 Trillion Investment - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Climate scientists from around the world on May 4 included renewable energy and nuclear power among technologies best able to reduce human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, now widely linked to potentially
Publication Date: 05 May , 2007
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Washington State Establishes Puget Sound Cleanup Agency - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Washington state legislature approved a bill April 20 creating a new state agency, the Puget Sound Partnership, which will oversee an estimated $8-billion cleanup, restoration, and prevention effort
Publication Date: 02 May , 2007
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Levee Board Holds Corps To Peer-Review Standards- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By the end of May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes to start load-testing a 150-ft-length of levee I-wall along New Orleans’ London Avenue outfall canal. It wants to see if it can raise the wal
Publication Date: 02 May , 2007
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Mayor Proposes Greener Gotham - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) unveiled a 127-initiative plan on April 22 that emphasizes sustainable growth through projects related to land, air, water, energy and transportation. One of its m
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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New Orleans Flood Defenses "Blame Report" Due Out Soon- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The storm in Southeast Louisiana over the quality of its engineered flood defenses when Hurricane Katrina swept ashore on Aug. 29, 2005, is about to turn from a technical analysis of the structures and the
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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Amid Construction Boom, Panama Faces Budget, Labor Issues - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
It’s construction boom time in Panama. While the $5.25-billion Panama Canal expansion is attracting international contractors, local contractors have already been busy due to a spike in the housing m
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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Desalination Gets Second Look To Counter Drought- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Extended, severe drought in the Southwest is breathing new life into a costly water-supply technology. The developer of a Southern California desalination plant aims to start construction next year on what
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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Panama Canal Construction Shapes the Future for Shipping- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Every day an armada lurks outside the entrances to the Panama Canal. Several dozen ships, mostly gigantic cargo vessels, wait in these waters for their turn to pass through the fabled, but increasingly squ
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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Panama's Public Works Ministry Building Roads Amidst a Boom - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Panama City, Panama – Benjamin Colamarco took over as head of Panama’s Ministry of Public Works one year ago at the request of President Martín Torrijos who is now in his second term of
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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Ports, Rail Expansions Key To Growing Transshipments- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Each day thousands of cargo containers cross almost 50 miles of the Isthmus of Panama. But they aren’t going through the famed Panama Canal.
Publication Date: 25 April , 2007
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Levee Board Gives Corps Conditional Permission for Levee Load Test - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By the end of May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes to start load testing a 150-ft-length of fragile levee I-wall along New Orleans’ London Avenue outfall canal. It wants to find out if it can
Publication Date: 20 April , 2007
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Shallow Flooding Increased To Dampen Owens Lake Bed - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power (LADWP) has begun a $125-million project to control harmful airborne particles from Owens Valley Lake, the nation’s most polluted dry lakebed.
Publication Date: 18 April , 2007
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Corps Wants Coffer Dam Test, Nola Flood Board Wants Action - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to erect a 150-ft-long coffer dam in the London Avenue canal in New Orleans to perform load tests on the already-stressed I-walls and supporting earthen levees. But it won’t be able to proceed if the
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Publication Date: 12 April , 2007
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Planning Process Starts by Listening - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
By the end of August, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will present a plan for hardening the Mississippi Gulf Coast against storm surges like Hurricane Katrina’s, which overwhelmed the shore on Aug.
Publication Date: 11 April , 2007
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Report Cites Continuing Need For Chlorine-Gas Security- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Water utilities have spent more than $2 billion since 1999 on disinfectant alternatives to highly toxic gaseous chlorine, but “safer and more secure” approaches, including upgrades to existing
Publication Date: 11 April , 2007
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Honolulu Honey Water Gets EPA Raspberry - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could force the City and County of Honolulu to build additional capacity for its secondary wastewater treatment by refusing to renew a Clean Water Act waiver that a
Publication Date: 07 April , 2007
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Java Mud Volcano Shackled with Balls and Chains - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Indonesian engineers have started inserting 2,000 chained-together concrete balls into a mud volcano in East Java that has discharged hot, toxic sludge almost without letup since May in hopes of repeating
Publication Date: 24 March , 2007
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Bad Levee Probe Draws Lawyers - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Ongoing repairs at the infamous site of New Orleans’ 17th Street Canal levee breach have an added wrinkle that sets the project apart from other hurricane protection repairs around the city: The site
Publication Date: 19 March , 2007
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Elwha River Dam Removals Move Step Closer With Permit - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
By issuing a state water-quality permit, Washington state has removed a critical hurdle for the National Park Service to demolish two large dams in Olympic National Park. Remaining permits are expected to
Publication Date: 19 March , 2007
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Feds Issue Report on 2006 Fatal Wastewater Plant Accident - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board recommended March 13 that Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. ensure that designs for methanol systems in wastewater treatment plants specify appropriate materials and comply with
Publication Date: 19 March , 2007
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House Passes Hike in SRF Aid - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Despite a threatened presidential veto, the House has approved a bill that would authorize $14 billion over four years in aid to state revolving funds for wastewater treatment plant construction. The bill,
Publication Date: 19 March , 2007
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New Nationwide Permits Raise Jurisdictional Question - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In an attempt to clarify nationwide permits for construction in wetlands, the Army Corps of Engineers may have further muddied the waters. In a set of final rules announced March 9, the Corps reissued all
Publication Date: 19 March , 2007
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Israeli City Issues Desalination Tender - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Israel's fourth-largest city has issued an international tender for construction of the country's first municipal desalination plant. Rishon Le-Zion's $15-million plant may well serve as the model for othe
Publication Date: 15 March , 2007
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Coalbed Methane Producers Have Some New Options - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Two U.S. engineering firms say they may have solved a part of the water problems associated with coalbed-methane gas extraction in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Drake Engineering, Helena, Mont., and
Publication Date: 12 March , 2007
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House Passes $14-Billion Clean Water Bill - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Despite a threatened presidential veto, the House has approved a bill that would authorize $14 billion over four years in aid to state revolving funds that finance sewage treatment plant construction aroun
Publication Date: 09 March , 2007
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Senators Pledge to Produce Water Resources Bill in March - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
By the end of March, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will write a new Water Resources Development Act bill that will address levee, navigation, wetlands and coastal restoration proj-ects, promises its chairwoman, U.S. Sen. B
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Publication Date: 05 March , 2007
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Severe, Extended Droughts Seen for Colorado River Basin - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Climate-change forecasts have raised concerns that rising sea levels could flood coastal zones. Now, a report from the National Research Council says that climate change threatens to deplete the Colorado R
Publication Date: 05 March , 2007
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Clean Water Funding Bill Heads for House Floor Vote - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Legislation to reauthorize a key clean water construction program, long a back-burner issue on Capitol Hill, is making rapid progress in the House, to the applause of construction industry groups. Under it
Publication Date: 05 March , 2007
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EBRD Blacklists Lahmayer Over Lesotho Bribery - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
German design firm Lahmeyer International, Bad Vilbel, in late February became the first firm blacklisted for bribery by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The move follows the World Ban
Publication Date: 28 February , 2007
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Seeds Will Be Planted Deep in Permafrost for Security - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Humankind’s agricultural heritage will be safeguarded in a pair of caverns to be excavated this summer from frozen rock inside a mountain in Europe’s northernmost territory. The Svalbard Intern
Publication Date: 26 February , 2007
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Yosemite Park Restoration Awaits Appeals Court Ruling - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A lawsuit has halted $441 million of National Park Service construction in California’s
Publication Date: 26 February , 2007
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Vulnerable Coastal Zones Are Focus Of Dutch Forum - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Climate change, rising sea levels, erosion and land subsidence are increasingly tough issues facing planning officials around the globe charged with developing and protecting the many metropolitan areas in
Publication Date: 19 February , 2007
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Interview: New Corps Chief Nominee Van Antwerp - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
ENR Editor Tom Sawyer asked Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., nominated Friday to be Corps of Engineers chief, how he sees the future of the Corps.
Publication Date: 12 February , 2007
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When the Seas Rise: Californians Confront Tough Issues - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A “no regrets” approach is needed to address the fact that temperatures and sea levels are rising and engineers and public works agencies need to begin planning how to curb the effects, especia
Publication Date: 06 February , 2007
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Commercial Tsunami Warning Buoy Launched - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A California-based government contractor has begun marketing a commercial tsunami buoy and warning system based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designs. The company hopes to sell the buo
Publication Date: 05 February , 2007
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Hawaii Legislature Acts on Dam Report - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A report last month to the Hawaii legislature on a dam collapse that killed seven people is prompting quick action to repair damage and bolster the state's dam-inspection program. Identical bills are makin
Publication Date: 03 February , 2007
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Bush Names Van Antwerp as New Corps Leader - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
President Bush has nominated Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., to be the chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Feb. 2.
Publication Date: 02 February , 2007
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Corps Counts 146 Levees as Deficient - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As of the end of January, 146 levees around the U.S. have been found to be unacceptably liable to failure in major floods, according to data gathered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Publication Date: 30 January , 2007
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High Court Opts Out Of Dirty-Water Debate - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A recent appellate court ruling that redefines how Washington, D.C., measures pollutants in its sewer overflows could affect billions of dollars’ worth of wastewater projects aimed at reducing sewage
Publication Date: 29 January , 2007
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Burgeoning California Is Stressing the Water Supply - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
People have always moved to where the water is, settling near rivers, oases and springs. But a dry, fast-growing Southern California water supplier is bringing the water to where the people are. San Marcos
Publication Date: 22 January , 2007
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Engineer To Lead Regional Board - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers who also served on an ASCE panel reviewing the Corps of Engineers-sponsored investigation of flood defense performance in New Orleans during Hu
Publication Date: 22 January , 2007
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Corps Awards New Contract For Protecting Louisiana - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Hurricane Protection Office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $150-million maximum-value design/engineering contract for nonmilitary civil works, particularly for ramped-up hurricane re
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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$1.95-Billion Improvement for Puerto Rico Water - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Puerto Rico's Aqueduct and Sewerage Authority plans to invest about $1.95 billion over the next 15 years for wastewater treatment and potable water projects. About $945 million is budgeted for a joint pro
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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St. Louis Is Spending Billions To Shore Up Shaky Systems - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District is wrapping up the $500-million first phase of its $3.7-billion capital improvement and restoration program, clearing the way for Phase Two in which officials expect t
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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Appeals Court Strikes Down EPA Ozone Regulation - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A federal appellate court has rejected a 2004 Environmental Protection Agency ozone rule and directed it to rewrite the regulation. The decision is a setback for EPA and a victory for the California
Publication Date: 08 January , 2007
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Corps Says Louisiana Canal Costs Exceed Benefits to Shipping - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet’s days as a conduit for shipping may be coming to a close. In an interim report sent to Congress Dec. 15, the Army Corps of Engineers says that the costs of dredging
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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Manure-Effluent Bath Cuts Perchlorate Contamination - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Soaking a decommissioned wastewater lagoon with manure and industrial graywater seems an odd way to remediate contaminated soil, but a Kansas gunpowder maker has saved money while reducing its potassium pe
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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Appeals Court Rejects EPA Ozone Rule - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A federal appellate court has struck down a 2004 Environmental Protection Agency ozone rule and directed the agency to rewrite the regulation. The decision is a setback for EPA and a victory for the southern California air pollution control agen
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Publication Date: 22 December , 2006
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Corps Says MR. GO Should GO - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a preliminary finding that the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), which critics have charged funneled Hurricane Katrina's surging waters at New Orleans, be closed to all shipping traffic. Members of Lou
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Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Report Says Tame CSOs To Keep Great Lakes Clean - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A Canadian study on Great Lakes water quality has determined that inadequate municipal wastewater treatment continues to be a major source of pollution. It urges strong measures to reduce combined sewer ov
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Seattle Storms Cause Infrastructure Damage - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Record-breaking winds with gusts topping 70 miles per hour wreaked havoc on bridges and buildings in the Seattle Thursday night, causing substantial damage throughout the area.
Publication Date: 17 December , 2006
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Kitchen Grease Increases Plant's Energy Production -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
A $5.5-million overhaul has given a significant boost to the cogeneration abilities of an aging wastewater treatment plant near San Francisco International Airport. The 3-million-gallon-per-day Millbrae Wa
Publication Date: 11 December , 2006
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Utilities, EPA and Environmental Groups Battle Over Pollutant Control Definitions -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Wastewater treatment utilities and environmentalists are battling each other over recent appellate court decisions with different interpretations of how frequently U.S. law requires reporting of maximum &l
Publication Date: 11 December , 2006
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House Approves Pipeline Safety Bill -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
As Congress heads to adjournment, legislation aimed at tightening safety of pipelines is nearing final passage. Pipeline safety was thrust into the spotlight earlier this year after one
Publication Date: 07 December , 2006
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Environmentalists Want A Stop for Mister Go - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Louisiana and national environmental groups have recommended that the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, which critics say funneled Hurricane Katrina's surging water towards the New Orleans area, be closed.
Publication Date: 05 December , 2006
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