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The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago provides an excellent example of how to combine stimulus financing options with traditional instruments to stretch resources as far as possible.
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Each spring, large quantities of dissolved nutrients (such as nitrogen and phosphorous) are transported from the upper Midwest into what is called the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone — an oxygen-deficient area that grows to approximately 8,000 square miles each year and cannot support marine life.
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Energy-efficiency retrofits pay off even for mature facilities.
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Folks on the coasts like to sneer at the Midwest, but I should know better. I've lived in Illinois all my life. (And, no, I'm not going to reveal how many years that's been!)
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Article Links for the Current Issue of PW Mag
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has infused $680 million into roads since it was enacted. Despite critics who charge that it provides little more than a loose patchwork of quick fixes, it is working: More than 2,000 projects are under way in 47 states.
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Country helps develop nationwide road weather information service.