“Love can build a bridge” says Winona Judd in her popular country song, but when it comes to replacing the century-old Sears Hill Bridge in Staunton, VA it’s going to take cold, hard cash. The Staunton Downtown Development Association, in collaboration with the Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge and The Community Foundation are launching […]
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Posted by Infra on Monday, May 23rd, 2011Video: Walkable Portland
Posted by Infra on Friday, May 20th, 2011A review of the walkability index scores of Portland neighborhoods by City Planner Radcliffe Dacanay.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Improved Wastewater Treatment to Meet Increasing Water Demands
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011To reach the ever growing demands for water in the Orange County Water District, Siemens was able to come up with a cost efficient and environmentally sound solution – Memcor®. This is a submerged membrane microfiltration system, supplying 87MGD (329 MLD) of water to a reverse osmosis unit, followed by advanced oxidation. It makes groundwater […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Opening the Morganza Floodway
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the first bay at the Morganza Floodway on May 14th. Photos by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs, USACEpublicaffairs on flickr. “Intended to operate during emergency flooding, the purpose of the Morganza Floodway is to divert excess floodwater from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya […]
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...OR Hwy 82 Minam Guardrail Repair
Posted by Infra on Monday, May 16th, 2011Three minute Oregon Dept. of Transportation video of Elgin and Enterprise maintenance crews repairing slide damaged guardrail at Minam Grade along OR Hwy. 82 in Eastern Oregon.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...My Water’s On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)
Posted by Infra on Friday, May 13th, 2011“My Water’s On Fire Tonight” is a product of Studio 20 NYU (http://bit.ly/hzGRYP) in collaboration with ProPublica.org (http://bit.ly/5tJN). The song is based on ProPublica’s investigation on hydraulic fractured gas drilling (read the full investigation here: http://bit.ly/15sib6).
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...A Citizen’s History of the Grand Rapids Streetcar
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, May 11th, 20116th-generation Grand Rapids, MI citizen Fred Quillin displays his passion for Grand Rapids history, and outlines how learning from the past can provide innovations for the future.
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Dams on the Deerfield
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011This is a video made for the Spring 2011 Water Geographies class at UMass Amherst. It’s an examination of the history and current status of the 10 dams on the Deerfield River in Massachusetts and Vermont.
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Track Renewal Train Video: A look at a how a Track Renewal Train (TRT) works, courtesy of Union Pacific
Posted by Infra on Friday, May 6th, 2011TRT 909 on action. Track renewal train and the track renewal group. For more information go to http://www.connectthemidwest.com the official Midwest High Speed Rail authority.
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Photo Collection: After the Tornado in Alabama
Posted by Infra on Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Cullman, Alabama. Photos by Tabitha Kaylee Hawk, southerntabitha on Flickr
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