This is the twenty-seventh in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The Oroville Dam, located in California is the tallest dam in the United States. When: Initial construction began in 1961 & the Oroville Dam officially opened on May 4th, 1968. Why: The Oroville Dam provides irrigation water, flood […]
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Great American Infrastructure: Oroville, California: Oroville Dam
Friday, February 1st, 2013Oregon Passenger Rail Interactive Study
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ODOT has created an online interface that allows users to learn about future plans for passenger rail in Oregon. At any point, users can offer their input on plans and routes through a comment form.
Short-Term Water Management Decisions: User Needs for Improved Climate, Weather, and Hydrologic Information
Friday, January 25th, 2013U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the largest water resources operating agency in the United States. For more than 230 years, USACE has supplied engineering solutions for water resources needs, including navigation, flood and coastal storm damage reduction, protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems, hydropower, water supply, recreation, regulatory, and disaster preparedness and response.
Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert Wendelgass, Clean Water Action
Friday, January 18th, 2013Bob Wendelgass has been President and CEO of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund since November of 2010. Prior to that, he spent five years as National Deputy Director for Clean Water Action, working with its state offices on planning and implementation of campaigns, elections and fundraising. He also served 15 years as Pennsylvania […]
View this complete post...Promoting Active Transportation: An Opportunity for Public Health
Friday, January 18th, 2013AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
If there’s one message this primer should leave you — the public health practitioner — with, it’s this: Everyone travels. Whether it is for work, school or play, how we as individuals and as a society travel has impacts that go far beyond the seemingly simple and routine act of going from one place to another.
Guest on The Infra Blog: Tom Curtis, American Water Works Association
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013Tom Curtis is Deputy Executive Director of Government Affairs for the American Water Works Association (AWWA). Prior to assuming this position, Curtis served for more than twenty years with several public policy associations, including Director of the Natural Resources Committee of the National Governors’ Association, and Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Liaison with the Environmental Council […]
View this complete post...Michigan: Low Lake Levels Raise Concerns
Monday, January 14th, 2013What happens if the water in Lake Michigan keeps disappearing? Great Lake humbled by record low water levels. Without a turnaround, shipping, fishing, and whole towns are at risk.
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Margie Alt, Environment America
Friday, January 11th, 2013Margie Alt is the executive director of Environment America. She oversees all aspects of the organization, including policy and strategy development for major campaigns; building the organization’s membership, visibility and field power; and recruiting and training hundreds of staff and activists. Under Margie’s direction the Environment America federation has grown to include 29 state-based groups, […]
View this complete post...Wendell, NC: Culvert Rehabilitation Project
Thursday, January 10th, 2013www.pomonapipeproducts.com – An existing 200 feet long steel plate culvert running under highway 64 near Wendell, NC was identified by NCDOT as requiring a maintenance plan to extend its service life. After several options were evaluated, an aluminum structural liner plate liner and headwall system was fabricated and supplied by Pomona Pipe Products of Greensboro, […]
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: Tehachapi Pass, CA: Alta Wind Energy Center
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013This is the twenty-sixth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The Alta Wind Energy Center is is a wind farm located in Tehachapi Pass of the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, California. It is the largest wind farm in the United States.When: After some delays, construction began on the […]
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