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  • Kids learn how ‘counties work’

     
  • Skidsteer/track loaders

     
  • Rugged handheld computer

     
  • Government-sector contractor

     
  • Stormwater debris capture

     
  • Custom fabric structures

     
  • Remove hard-to-reach debris

     
  • Backhoe loaders

     
  • Row assessment assistance

     
  • Crosswalks and traffic-calming solutions

     
  • Storage and protection

     
  • Rubber speed tables

     
  • Recycled plastic tree grates

     
  • Sandbag management tool

     
  • Brush chipper

     
  • Class 5 trucks

     
  • New life for old tires

     
  • Maintenance equipment lift

     
  • Temporary or permanent storage

     
  • Lightweight manhole cover

     
  • Pothole patcher management

     
  • Safety vests

     
  • Radar speed signs

     
  • Geogrid redesigned

     
  • Soak up the sun (and bright ideas)

     
  • Large-diameter pipe products

     
  • ‘Just-in-time’ water delivery for irrigation

    A computerized distribution system lets farmers control from their computer, smartphone, or iPad how much water they use and when.

     
  • When the Olympics come to town …

    How the Canadian city of Vancouver prepared for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

     
  • Game changers

    American Public Works Association's top leaders of 2012 forecast the most important trend that will shape their profession during the next few years.

     
  • Standardizing short-span steel bridge design

    A Web-based tool provides national design standards for cost-effective, sustainable structures.

     
  • Flatbed tie-down systems and regulations

     
  • EPA offers potential flexibility on sewer repair costs

    The new U.S. EPA guidance designed to rationalize city and county public works expenditures on Clean Water Act compliance is meant for localities such as Peoria, Ill. The city is in the midst of negotiations with the EPA on a consent decree covering combi

     
  • Coastal water quality remains stable

    As the U.S. EPA updates 25-year-old recreational water safety standards, the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) recent water quality analysis reveals that 2011 beach closings and advisories fell 3% from 2010, even though 2% more sites were monitor

     
  • Are public-private partnerships the answer for stormwater?

    Waste Management Inc. (WM) and AbTech Industries Inc. launched a model for assessing, designing, building, operating, maintaining, and — potentially — financing stormwater infrastructure.

     
  • The misanthrope's guide to social media

     
  • Congressional transportation bill passes

    The long-disputed federal transportation bill has finally been passed by both houses of Congress, after compromise from both sides of the aisle. Republicans dropped provisions that would have sped up approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and one that would have loosened restrictions on...

     
 
 
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