Construction of the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center – Santa Clara Valley Water District.
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Silicon Valley, CA: Advanced Water Purification Center Construction Time Lapse
Monday, March 26th, 2012New Contest for Students – Infrastructure in Your Community
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Here at infrastructureusa.org, national figures have participated in exclusive online conversations on The Infra Blog. Infra Views showcases content from leading think tanks and policy organizations. Users have documented their local infrastructure at Show Us Your Infra! and participated in Infra Polls. Now, we are initiating a new feature that is designed to encourage students […]
View this complete post...ASCE Report: ‘Failure to Act’ on Water Systems to Have Dire Consequences
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012America must invest in overhauling and expanding its aging water and wastewater infrastructure, some of it a century old, or face grave economic consequences, according to a study produced for ASCE, Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Water and Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure. This news report on the study, featuring ASCE […]
View this complete post...Wastewater… Reject or Resource?
Friday, January 13th, 2012Another classic from the CH2M HILL vault. Have you ever wondered what happens to the water you send down the drain? Learn more about what, at the time, was the world’s most advanced wastewater treatment system, The Lake Tahoe Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. – ch2mhillpr on YouTube
View this complete post...Jordan River Water Quality Study
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012![picture-15 picture-15](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/picture-15.png)
This water quality study for the Jordan River establishes the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Total Organic Matter (OM) of 3,983 kg/day that will achieve the model endpoint for Dissolved Oxygen (DO). This target concentration is defined in a water quality model (QUAL2Kw) which is being used as a decision support tool for restoring beneficial use to the lower Jordan River. Additional testing was conducted to quantify uncertainty of input parameters and rates used in the calibrated model. Based on these results and additional information reviewed during the TMDL process, a 1.0 mg/L implicit Margin of Safety (MOS) was added to the Jordan River instantaneous DO standard of 4.5 mg/L. Input concentrations of Total OM that resulted in meeting the model endpoint of 5.5 mg/L DO were used to define permissible loads to the lower Jordan River. This model endpoint and the resulting permissible loads account for levels of uncertainty that exist in the TMDL process at this time and are designed to maintain DO levels in the lower Jordan River above the instantaneous DO standard.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: Grand Coulee Dam
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011![Great American Infrastructure: Grand Coulee Dam screen-shot-2011-12-12-at-35010-pm](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/screen-shot-2011-12-12-at-35010-pm.png)
This is the eleventh in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
What: The Grand Coulee Dam, located in Washington State and the largest hydro-power producer in the United States, is one of the top ten largest producers of electricity in the world.
View this complete post...Collins-McCaskill Bipartisan Jobs Bill Summary
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Summary of Plan to Rebuild Nation’s Infrastructure Transportation Funds Funding to Support Transportation Infrastructure. The Collins-McCaskill Bipartisan Jobs Bill would authorize a one-time $10 billion appropriation to capitalize an existing DOT program that help states provide loans, loan guarantees, and other for ms of non-grant assistance which leverage private dollars. States would be required to […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Scott Huler, Author, “On the Grid”
Monday, December 12th, 2011![huler_photo2 huler_photo2](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/huler_photo2.jpg)
Scott Huler was born in 1959 in Cleveland and raised in that city’s eastern suburbs. He graduated from Washington University in 1981; he was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa because of the breadth of his studies, and that breadth has been a signature of his writing work. He has written on everything from […]
View this complete post...Rooftops to Rivers II
Thursday, November 17th, 2011![screen-shot-2011-11-16-at-112901-am screen-shot-2011-11-16-at-112901-am](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2011-11-16-at-112901-am.png)
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
An estimated 10 trillion gallons a year of untreated stormwater runs off roofs, roads, parking lots, and other paved surfaces, often through the sewage systems, into rivers and waterways that serve as drinking water supplies and flow to our beaches, increasing health risks, degrading ecosystems, and damaging tourist economies. But cities of all sizes are saving money by employing green infrastructure as part of their solutions to stormwater pollution and sewage overflow problems
Infrastructure in the Afternoon
Monday, October 31st, 2011![Infrastructure in the Afternoon Infrastructure in the Afternoon](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/screen-shot-2011-10-31-at-31641-pm.jpg)
November Public Forums at the Boston Public Library Boston Room, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116 November 1, 15, 29, 2011, 4:00 – 5:30 PM The Massachusetts Infrastructure Investment Coalition (MIIC) is identifying the long-term needs for infrastructure investments to support economic development and improve the quality of life for the citizens of Massachusetts. The […]
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