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By the end of the summer, the Rancho California Water District’s Elm Street Pump Station will be operating the agency’s first vertical-cell sodium hypochlorite generator for reclaimed water. The principal application will be irrigation for a sports park and golf courses.
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"We strongly recommend a disciplined approach to ensure complete operator safety," says Stertil-Koni USA Inc. President Jean DellAmore. The vehicle lift manufacturer's research finds that requiring these nine steps enhances technician safety.
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He (or she) responded to my note about whether public works departments are using consultants more or less because of the Great Recession with this:
No; we hired our consulting engineer to tell us the best, and hopefully least costly, way to solve a sewer sag problem.
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Two Municipal Energy Managers employees are charged with a felony for taking payments but not maintaining streetlights in Allentown, Bethlehem, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and now Richland.
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There's one more hoop to jump through: The U.S. House of Representatives. Some representatives think the Senate's $12.2 billion Water Resources Development Act reauthorization gives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers too much leeway on project selection.
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Congratulations to the familiar faces among the winners. Is your department on the list?
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President Obama has signed a memo with the intention of speeding up the federal permitting process for construction of infrastructure projects.
Wastewater treatment plant upgrades include delivery bays that automatically separate flows.
Landfill saves at least 30% on debris removal by renting equipment and hiring temporary operators.
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U.S. demand for virgin and reactivated activated carbon is expected to increase 11% annually to 1.3 billion pounds worth $1.35 billion in 2017.
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Interesting and fun statistics on the Municipal Solid Waste industry.
The latest National Transportation Operations Coalition assessment shows that cities, counties, and states are slowly but surely improving traffic signal management and operation despite the usual continued challenges.
Manassas City Schools and Manassas Public Works combines efforts to support environmental program at public schools.
Automates remote diagnostics to work order process cuts fuel consumption 25%.
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There is a tiny but very important difference between original and updated reasonable accommodations requirements.
We hope to see you on LinkedIn soon so you can connect with us and others in the public works community.
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San Francisco, Seattle, and New York lead in parking innovation; LA, DC, Portland,Ore., Miami, Houston, Boston, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Tampa also are named as cities that are re-thinking parking with technology and new approaches.
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New global report from the Urban Land Institute and Ernst & Young highlights the critical role of local and state governments in meeting US infrastructure requirements.
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Settlement allows court ruling to stand: collection companies may dispose of waste where it makes the most economic sense (including their own landfills), not at government-mandated locations.
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Why are people always so surprised at how nice public works people are?!