Design & Engineering Company Wins Awards for Storm Water Project Innovation
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Arcadis took engineering council’s Grand and Honor awards for wastewater treatment facility, storm water pump station, operations & management
Arcadis, the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, has received the Grand and Honor awards, from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), and the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) for innovative design projects.
Publication Date: May 23, 2012Design & Engineering Company Wins Awards for Storm Water Project Innovation
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Arcadis took engineering council’s Grand and Honor awards for wastewater treatment facility, storm water pump station, operations & management
Arcadis, the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, has received the Grand and Honor awards, from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), and the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) for innovative design projects.
Publication Date: May 23, 2012American Rainwater Catchment Systems Now Offering 4 Levels of Education
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American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
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Comprehensive professional rainwater catchment training is now available, including three levels of professional recognitions
The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) now offers four levels of rainwater catchment education with three levels of professional recognitions. ARCSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1994 to promote rainwater catchment systems in the United States.
Publication Date: May 23, 2012Two LEED Certified Projects Approved for North Carolina and Illinois
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Market Watch
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The projects are in Raleigh, N.C., and the Roscoe Square neighborhood of Chicago, Ill.
Regency Centers, a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, announced that buildings at two of its shopping centers in North Carolina and Illinois have received LEED Silver established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The certified projects are Market at Colonnade, a 57,637-sq-ft ground-up infill center anchored by Whole Foods Market in Raleigh, N.C., and the 51,298-sq-ft Mariano's Fresh Market at Roscoe Square, the company's first LEED-certified redevelopment, a 140,461-sq-ft neighborhood center in Chicago, Ill.
Publication Date: May 22, 2012In Bipartisan Vote, California State Senate Unites to Protect Water Ratepayers
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PR Newswire
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California Senate members recently voted to approve of a bill to clarify existing language of California Water Code
California Senate members from both sides of the aisle voted May 17 by a margin of 31-4 to approve Senate Bill 1386, a measure that would clarify existing language in the California Water Code.
Publication Date: May 22, 2012EPA Launches Competition for College Students to Develop Innovative Storm Water Solutions
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The Campus RainWorks Challenge encourages college students to develop innovative green approaches to managing storm water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new design competition called the Campus RainWorks Challenge to encourage student teams on college and university campuses across the country to develop innovative approaches to storm water management.
Publication Date: May 21, 2012Infrastructure 2012 Report Highlights Effects of Recession, Innovative Solutions
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The global report shows that as in previous years, the U.S. continues to lag behind its global competitors in infrastructure funding
Constrained public budgets and a growing recognition at the local level of the importance of infrastructure—combined with lack of action at the federal level—are causing states, regions and cities across the U.S. to seek innovative infrastructure approaches and solutions.
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Infrastructure 2012 Report Highlights Effects of Recession, Innovative Solutions
EPA Administrator Pushes for Clean Water Funding in 2013 Budget
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Lisa P. Jackson’s testimony to the U.S. Senate addressed the Clean Water Act, fracking, water infrastructure, lake restoration
Jackson, joined by the EPA's CFO Barbara Bennett, testified May 16 before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Dept. of the Interior, Environment and related agencies.
Some of Jackson’s key points are outlined below:
Publication Date: May 18, 2012Report: 116 Disposal Sites at 49 Coal-Fired Power Plants Polluted with Arsenic, Other Toxins
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EIP
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EPA FOIA request uncovers violations of Safe Drinking Water Act and public health risks at 28 previously unidentified collection ponds in Colo., Iowa, N.C., S.C., Texas, W. Va.
At least 49 power plants have acknowledged groundwater contamination at levels that exceed federal or state standards, according to data submitted to the USEPA Office of Water and obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). At least 28 of those have come to light only recently, including five in West Virginia, three in Iowa, North Carolina and Texas, and two each in Colorado and South Carolina (see analysis and highlighted attachment).
Publication Date: May 18, 2012Environmental Groups Call on EPA to Ban Diesel Use in Fracking
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Earthjustice
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Those opposed say it poses serious risks to drinking water sources
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 hydraulic fracturing—"fracking"—fluids, instead of issuing guidance for regulating the practice.
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Land Acquisition Support Services for Colorado Springs Utilities’ Southern Delivery Program
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PRWeb
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Project will result in the ability to transport water for current and future population demands of El Paso County, Colo.
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 surveying support services.
Publication Date: May 17, 2012California American Water Funds 2012 Environmental Grant Program
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California American Water
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Two community improvement projects awarded a total of $10,000
California American Water recently announced the recipients of its 2012 Environmental Grant Program awards. Two projects located within its California service areas will be supported by grants totaling $10,000.
Publication Date: May 16, 2012American Rivers Names America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2012
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PR Web
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The Potomac—"the nation's river"—tops the list due to pollution and potential Clean Water Act rollbacks
With Congress considering drastic cuts to national clean water protections, and rivers nationwide facing threats from natural gas drilling, pollution and new dams, American Rivers (AR) recently released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.
AR named the Potomac River—known as "the nation’s river" because it flows through the capital—the most endangered in the country. While the Potomac is cleaner than it used to be, the river is still threatened by urban and agricultural pollution, and it could get worse if Congress rolls back critical clean water safeguards.
Publication Date: May 16, 2012Agricultural Bacteria: Blowing in the Wind
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Science Daily
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New study shows wind carries away beneficial microbes that help build soil, detoxify contaminants and recycle nutrients
The Dust Bowl demonstrated what a disastrous impact wind can have on dry, unprotected topsoil. Now a new study has uncovered a less obvious, but still troubling effect of wind: not only can it carry away soil particles, but also the beneficial microbes that help build soil, detoxify contaminants and recycle nutrients.
Publication Date: May 15, 2012California Supreme Court Rules in Favor of WRD and Ratepayers
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PR Newswire
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State high court rejects legal challenges by cities of Downey, Signal Hill and Cerritos, the Central Basin Municipal Water District and Tesoro Oil Company
The California State Supreme Court delivered an important legal victory to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) and to district ratepayers when it rejected appeals by the Central Basin Municipal Water District (CBMWD), Tesoro Oil Company and the cities of Downey, Signal Hill and Cerritos, challenging the courts’ jurisdiction to rule on an important Groundwater Storage Plan for the Central and West Coast groundwater basins.
Publication Date: May 15, 2012Recycler Sanitary Service Company Installed Storm Water Treatment System
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The waste hauler and recycler sanitary service company installed a two-stage StormwateRx storm water treatment system
StormwateRx LLC, a provider of industrial treatment and filtration systems, recently announced that Sanitary Service Company Inc. (SSC) has installed a two-stage StormwateRx treatment system at the company’s 4-acre facility in Bellingham, Wash. SSC, which serves more than 45,000 residential and commercial customers, installed a Clara storm water separation system and an Aquip enhanced storm water filtration system to protect local waterways from any potential oil, grease, suspended solids or heavy metals that may flow from the site in storm water runoff.
Publication Date: May 14, 2012Minnesota Watershed Studies Adapting its Storm Water System for Climate Change
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PRWeb
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Results will be relevant to many communities nationwide, facilitating action
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is supporting Syntectic Intl. LLC of Portland, Ore.; Antioch University New England (AUNE) of Keene, N.H.; the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District of Deephaven, Minn.; and partners, to help prepare the Minnehaha Creek watershed for extreme weather events associated with climate change.
Publication Date: May 14, 2012U.S. Seeks Innovative Ways to Fund Infrastructure
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Report: Local governments are getting creative to find money for much-needed infrastructure overhaul
Constrained public budgets and a growing recognition at the local level of the importance of infrastructure—combined with lack of action at the federal level—are causing states, regions and cities across the U.S. to seek innovative infrastructure approaches and solutions.
Publication Date: May 11, 2012Documentaries Show Herbicide Atrazine Helps Save Water, Conserve Soil
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PR Newswire
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Recently launched website shows three documentaries demonstrating the effects of atrazine
Syngenta recently announced the launch of a new website, "Saving the Oasis," featuring three short documentaries that tell the story of how atrazine helps modern farmers protect water and soil resources while aiding the environment and economy. The site also contains information about other Syngenta efforts that help farmers preserve water.
Publication Date: May 11, 2012USDA Water Quality Initiative Good Start, But Not Enough, Says NACWA
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NACWA
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NACWA applauds the USDA's Water Quality Initiative but calls on Congress to do more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) applauds U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack’s May 8 announcement of the National Water Quality initiative to control and trap nutrient runoff and manure runoff that pollute U.S. waterways.
Publication Date: May 11, 2012