Belgium Firm Awarded Major Contract for Panama Canal - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has awarded a $177.5- million dredging contract to a Belgium firm to widen and deepen the Pacific entrance to the canal as part of the $5.25-billion expansion of the waterw
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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New Orleans Braces As Mississippi Swells - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closely monitoring rising flows on the Mississippi River to determine if the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., must be opened in the coming days to divert floodwaters
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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D.C. Plant Must Develop Schedule To Limit Nitrogen - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must work with the Washington, D.C., Water and Sewer Authority to develop and commit to a time-table to reduce nitrogen discharge from WASA’s 370-million-gall
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Mix of Gases Can Improve Carbon-Dioxide Sequestration - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A Japanese utility company is claiming a breakthrough in carbon-dioxide sequestration technology that may make it more economically viable. But experts caution the technique may have limited application.
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Las Vegas Water Agency Awards Lake Mead Tunnel Contract - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The drought gripping the southwest has forced fast growing communities like Las Vegas to undertake new water-related construction projects. On March 20, the Southern Nevada Water Authority awarded a $
Publication Date: 31 March , 2008
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Cash and Commitment Rescue Everglades Replumbing - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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DOE Weighs Plan To Privatize Yucca - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Energy Dept. may be considering a plan to partly or wholly transfer its troubled nuclear waste repository program to private-sector management.
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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New Water Intake at Lake Mead Will Keep Las Vegas Wet - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Port of Oakland Approves Clean Air Initiative- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously March 18 to adopt a set of principles, goals and early actions designed to achieve an 85% reduction of health risks associated with seaport diesel
Publication Date: 20 March , 2008
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Atlanta's Downtown Corridor Hammered by a Twister - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over Colorado Gas Pipeline - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A coalition of conservation groups sued the federal government Wednesday to keep a proposed natural gas pipeline out of three roadless areas on national forest land near the town of Silt, 185 mi west of De
Publication Date: 18 March , 2008
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EPA Announces Tougher Standard for Ozone - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson announced March 12 that he had signed a more stringent eight-hour standard for ozone, the first revision of the standard in more than a decade,
Publication Date: 13 March , 2008
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Engineers Fail in their Duty To Keep Public Informed - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Engineers are failing the public by not effectively communicating risk, the cost of protection and alternatives for mitigating natural disasters, says Robert Gilbert.
Publication Date: 13 March , 2008
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Canadian Governments Tout Public-Private Effort - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Pennsylvania Towns Challenge Nutrient Program - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Treat Some Levees As Dams, Say Panelists - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
If levees are as potentially hazardous as dams, they should be held to the same standard, says Lawrence Von Thun, who is retired from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. "A dam by any other name is still something that holds back water and poses a h
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Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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W.R. Grace to Pay Huge Montana Site Cleanup Bill - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Columbia, Md.-based W.R. Grace has agreed to pay $250 million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to help pay the cleanup costs of asbestos contamination in Libby, Mont., the U.S. Jus
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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CH2M Hill Is Set to Win London CSO Megaproject- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A team led by CH2M Hill Cos., Denver, is set to be awarded the program management contract for an estimated $4.5-billion sewage interceptor and storage tunnel through London. The project is intended to con
Publication Date: 11 March , 2008
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Hudson River PCB Cleanup Projects Under Construction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Corps Delivers 100-year Protection Plan - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
For the first time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a conceptual design for a system to provide a 100-year level of storm surge protection in New Orleans. On February 14, the Corps presented a map det
Publication Date: 19 February , 2008
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Akron Looks at Selling Sewers To Fund Scholarships - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Akron, Ohio, is looking to cash in on growing interest among investors in public infrastructure. City officials are exploring the possible sale or lease of Akron’s sewer and wastewater treatment syst
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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Projects Move From Virtual Toward Reality - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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Booming Australia Facing Chronic Shortage of Water Treatment Workers - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
SYDNEY, Australia - For several years, China's voracious demand for raw materials has fired up Australia's economy, which is rich in natural resource. The financial largess and sheer number of new project
Publication Date: 06 February , 2008
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Corps of Engineers Readies Clay Stockpile in New Orleans - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking 100 million cu yd of special levee clay to bring New Orleans- area hurricane protection up to 100-year levels. By late summer, the Corps plans to begin awarding
Publication Date: 06 February , 2008
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Desal Thunder Down Under: Australia Copes with Climate Change - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
For the past five years, Australia has been gripped by a drought of historic proportions, and scientists warn the problem is likely to continue over the next several decades. The situation has pushed the
Publication Date: 06 February , 2008
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Old Bones Discovery Poses Threat to Project Schedules - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Two of Australia's large desalination projects are running into a similar obstacle to progress – bones.
Publication Date: 06 February , 2008
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Q & A: NSW Water Utilities Minister Nathan Rees on Desalination - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
In February 2007, the government of New South Wales decided to go ahead with the construction of a $1.1-billion desalination project. The decision was a response to a prolonged drought. In an interview wit
Publication Date: 06 February , 2008
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Okeechobee Protection Plan Goes to Florida Legislature - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Three state agencies are scheduled by Feb. 1 to submit a plan to the Florida Legislature for cleaning water flowing into Lake Okeechobee. The plan is intended to support those already in place to restore s
Publication Date: 30 January , 2008
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Former Washington Group Protests Big DOE Contract- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Washington division of URS Corp., formerly Washington Group International, Boise, has filed a bid protest to the U.S. Government Accountability Office challenging the firm's loss of a $4-billion-plus m
Publication Date: 24 January , 2008
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Pollution Without Borders: Courts Open Cleanup Cost Doors - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Yakima, Wash. – Companies causing pollution across international borders may be liable for cleanup costs under foreign country's laws, court rulings in the U.S. and Canada handed down earlier this ye
Publication Date: 18 January , 2008
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DOE Picks Fluor At Savannah River - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Dept. of Energy has awarded the $4-billion-plus management contract of its Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, S.C., to a Fluor Corp.-led team instead of the 19-year incumbent, Washington Group In
Publication Date: 16 January , 2008
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Official Commitments Buoy Everglades Restoration Hope - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 16 January , 2008
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Outside Experts Warn About Grim California Levee Risk - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
State officials in California have launched a new phase of a campaign to reshape state floodplain management and improve flood protection. They have released an independent assessment of flood risk in the
Publication Date: 16 January , 2008
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Failure Illustrates Growing Problem - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 09 January , 2008
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Levee Officials in New Orleans Select Consultants for Master Drainage Plan - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
On Jan. 9, local levee authorities met with representatives of DMJM Harris/AECOM’s New Orleans office to discuss the ideas. The team has been selected for a comprehensive drainage study, although contract signing and final terms and deadli
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Publication Date: 09 January , 2008
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Fish Collector Aims To Advance State of the Art for High Dams - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A fish-collection system nearing completion in Washington state's northern Cascade range is being hailed as the first of a new generation of facilities for fish passage around dams. Testing will begin this
Publication Date: 03 January , 2008
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Public-Private Agreement Releases Phoenix from Groundwater - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A new private-public water-treatment plant could soon wean Phoenix area residents off of groundwater supplies by eventually treating 80 million of water per day from the Central Arizona Project. The projec
Publication Date: 03 January , 2008
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Tampa Bay's Desal Woes Teach An International Lesson - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The construction of the Tampa Bay Desalination plant has been a decade-long odyssey for the Tampa Bay Water but it has also been a learning experience for the entire seawater desalination industry.
Publication Date: 28 December , 2007
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EPA Denies Waiver For California Rule - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Dec. 19 denied California a waiver that would have allowed it to enact more stringent tailpipe emissions standards for cars, sport-utility vehicles and light tru
Publication Date: 27 December , 2007
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Everglades Work Slowed By January Property Tax Vote - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Florida citizens will vote Jan. 29 on a property-tax referendum that could cause the South Florida Water Management District to take a $25 million-to-$30 million annual revenue hit. This would dampen the d
Publication Date: 27 December , 2007
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Tampa Bay Desalination Plant Certified After Passing Tests - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After almost three-and-a-half years of delays, litigation and controversy, the nation’s largest desalination plant has passed a final round of testing and become part of the Tampa Bay Water system.
Publication Date: 27 December , 2007
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CH2M Hill Founder Burke Hayes Dies at 95 - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Burke Hayes, one of the four founders of the engineering company that became the international construction giant CH2M Hill died of natural causes last week at his home in Corvallis, Ore. He was 95.
Publication Date: 21 December , 2007
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Tampa Bay Water's Troubled Desal Plant Passes Tests, at Last - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After almost three-and-a-half years of delays, litigation and controversy, the nation’s largest desalination plant passed a final round of testing and became part of the Tampa Bay Water system this w
Publication Date: 20 December , 2007
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GLOBAL SOURCEBOOK 2007: Environmental Market Strong As Developing Nations Update Facilities - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Canada To Tighten Effluent Standards - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Canada is developing new nationwide standards to upgrade the quantity and quality of wastewater effluent from more than 3,500 municipal wastewater treatment plants across all provinces. The new requirement
Publication Date: 12 December , 2007
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Democrats' Energy Bill Includes $21 Billion in Breaks - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Chairmen of congressional tax-writing committees have released details of a $21-billion package of tax breaks that Democrats plan to include in a broad-based energy bill headed for a House floor vote soon.
Publication Date: 05 December , 2007
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Louisiana Risk-Model Review Shows Need for Clarity - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The risk and reliability portion of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce report on Louisiana’s hurricane protection system continues to be rigorously reviewed by a committee of the Nation
Publication Date: 05 December , 2007
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Utility Settles Suits and Claims in Taum Sauk Collapse - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Nearly two years after 4,000 acre-ft of water poured through a breach in the earthen impoundment of the upper reservoir of a pumped-storage project in Missouri, the utility that owns the reservoir has sett
Publication Date: 05 December , 2007
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Developer's Challenge to Construction:Innovate for Destiny - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
In Syracuse, N.Y., a developer with big ideas and pockets deep enough to pay for them is challenging his contractors to leap for a green, sustainable future. He has crews powering 70 pieces of equipment wi
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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EPA Releases Hypoxia Plan - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 19 released an updated plan to address a growing “dead zone” that occurs in the Gulf of Mexico each year as a result of excess nutrients flowing into
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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Levee School Begins In Louisiana - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
About 70 people made the cut for Louisiana’s first session of “levee school,” a three-day, comprehensive crash course in levees.
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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Methane Gas To Power New Hampshire Campus - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Work now is under way on a novel plan to power the University of New Hampshire’s Durham campus with methane from a nearby landfill. The groundbreaking $45-million project will pipe the gas to a 7.9-M
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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Utilities Fear Low Marks on Compliance - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 28 November , 2007
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La. Hosts Professional Levee Development Program - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
It's back to school, levee school that is, for about 70 members of Louisiana levee boards, as well as representatives of state and federal floodplain, planning and emergency management associations.
Publication Date: 27 November , 2007
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Aging Pipes and Drought Fuel Growth in Water/Wastewater Market - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Drought, population growth and aging water infrastructure are driving states and municipalities to either begin or build upon ambitious capital campaigns to improve their wastewater and drinking water supp
Publication Date: 21 November , 2007
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Gulf Coast Facilities Expand Using Maine Trades' Skills - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Rising construction costs and shrinking profit margins have killed several U.S. oil refineries’ expansion plans since last year. But the two companies planning the biggest expansions say the economic
Publication Date: 21 November , 2007
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Florida: WRDA Aids Everglades Projects, Miami Dredging - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
In Florida, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 authorizes three projects related to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a federal-state initiative, and one to dredge the Port of
Publication Date: 15 November , 2007
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Wisconsin: Milwaukee Official Sees Huge Water Infrastructure Needs - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Kevin Shafer, executive director of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, says the new Water Resources Development Act, the first Corps of Engineers water projects measure to become law since late
Publication Date: 15 November , 2007
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California: WRDA Provides $444 Million For Sacramento Dam Spillway - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Enactment of the 2007 Water Resources Development Act includes means $444 million in additional authorized federal funds for the Army Corps of Engineers’ new spillway project at Folsom Dam outside Sa
Publication Date: 15 November , 2007
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Maryland: Poplar Island Restoration Gets $192 Million in WRDA - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Several projects in Maryland could receive kick starts if their authorizations in the new Water Resources Development Act turn into appropriations. Nearly $300 million in project-specific funding is earmar
Publication Date: 15 November , 2007
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