Public Works: Water Supply & Storage

Five award-winning water landmarks

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:15:24 EST

Results of Tnemec Co. Inc. 's fifth annual Tank of the Year awards.

A lesson in reservoir risk management

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:26:41 EST

Award-winning use of perforated plastic pipe relieves upward pressure on underwater liner.

A new landmark in town

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:46:23 EST

Composite water tower stabilizes rates and pressure for 36-square-mile township.

Tanks for the memories

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:40:44 EST

A Kansas water tower rises above the crowd, thanks to aesthetic design, a tough coating, and the story behind it.

3 fallacies of ‘the grid’

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:48:57 EST

Why what might work for electricity won't work for water.

Floating dredging equipment minimizes traffic congestion

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:02:51 EST

Fast-tracked sediment removal paves the way for Stage 2 disinfection byproduct improvements.

Intake issues

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:43:40 EST

A drought-stricken water supplier ensures the flow will continue.

Shock Treatment

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:43:49 EST

New plasma discharge technology cleans, disinfects, and renovates wells.

The Long and Winding Road

Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:17:32 EST

Permitting a water source in an environmentally sensitive area.

Water Shortages Threaten Electrical Grid

Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:21:47 EST

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography says there's a 50% chance that within the next decade the 2,080-megawatt Hoover Dam could receive too little water to produce power.

Water Supply

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:29:38 EST

How bad was the drought that plagued much of the U.S. last year? According to Georgia's Gov. Sonny Perdue, it couldn't have been much worse.

A tasty new weapon in the battle against bottled

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:50:10 EST

Reservoir Daisies

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 06:34:58 EST

Rather than buy land for a new reservoir, the city opted to revamp the existing one. Unfortunately, the public works staff didn't have the time or expertise to perform the work themselves.

Life in the Fast Lane

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 06:34:20 EST

With the population of Fort Smith, Ark., expected to double to 300,000 over the next 40 years, utilities director Steve Parke had to find a way to provide the growing community with drinking water without affecting current supplies.

Watersense Pushes to Drop the Drips

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 06:54:11 EST

According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 36 states anticipate a water shortage by 2013. That's an alarming number, and it's only six years away.

Floating toward the future

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:55:10 EST

An award-winning design imagines how Chicago would look if water were as precious as oil.

Water, water everywhere...

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:56:10 EST

In Nevada, where water is scarce and growth is at an all-time high, municipal and regional water departments are fighting over who gets access to new water sources and how much they can drain.

Every drop counts

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 06:54:41 EST

A new audit methodology determines loss by volume and cost, not loss-rate percentages, making “unaccounted-for” water the nation's largest untapped source of water.

Gender-bending fish found in potomac

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 05:22:32 EST

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey pulled a bunch of male sea bass from the river and found they were producing eggs, something boy fish don't usually do.

Swamped in the Everglades

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 05:24:29 EST

Now that the Everglades's natural water flow has been altered to civilize Florida, civilization is attempting to alter the wetlands again, this time to save the Everglades.