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City of Sacramento and SolarCity Announce Completion of Solar Projects at Two City Water Treatment Plants

May 8, 2013

SolarCity® Corporation (Nasdaq: SCTY), a leading provider of clean energy, and the City of Sacramento today announced the completion of two solar installations to power the city’s E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant on the American River and the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant on the Sacramento River. ...

Business Wire

Southern California to save 40 billion gallons of imported water annually by 2035

Apr. 25, 2013

Southern California water agencies are planning the most aggressive measures in the state to reduce their reliance on water imports, according to a new analysis released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The top five agencies, the City of Santa Monica, the City of Camarillo, Ventura County Water District No. 1, the Long Beach Water ...

House and Senate Capital Budgets Include Important Funding to Help Odessa Aquifer

Apr. 23, 2013

 Last week it was announced that the recently released 2013-15 House and Senate Capital Budgets include approximately $32 million in capital funding (from the Columbia River Water Supply Development Account) to help the Odessa Aquifer. The $32 million included in the capital budgets is a result of efforts by key legislators (such as Rep. Judy ...

PR Newswire

Mississippi River Garners Needed Focus with Formation of Congressional Mississippi River Caucus and Development of a Platform by River Mayors

Mar. 21, 2013

Two major efforts to bolster the health of the Mississippi River were announced today during a Capitol Hill briefing by members of Congress and Mayors whose towns, cities, districts and states are touched by the River, according to the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI), a recently ...

Business Wire

Land use can affect fresh water supplies

Mar. 19, 2013

New research has shown that supplies of fresh water provided by rivers depend not only on rainfall, but also on the land use within the river catchment. In the Spanish Basque Country, grasslands were found to supply the greatest amount of river water, followed by native woodlands, with exotic woodland plantations providing the least. The ...

Jacobs Project Selected by ENR as “Best of the Best” in 2012

Mar. 12, 2013

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that the Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) located in Gwinnett County, Ga. received the 2012 Best Civil Works/Infrastructure Award from Engineering News-Record (ENR). Jacobs worked on the project as part of an integrated team with Gwinnett ...

Business Wire

Arup Hires Witko; Strengthens Water Business in the Americas

Jan. 31, 2013

Arup, a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm with a reputation for delivering innovative and sustainable designs, announced today that it has hired Janine Witko as Arup's Water Business Leader in the Americas region, to be located in the New York Cityoffice. Under Janine's leadership, Arup will refocus its strategic efforts on ...

Arup

Metropolitan General Manager’s Statement on Colorado River Basin Study

Dec. 12, 2012

Jeffrey Kightlinger, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, issued the following statement on the Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study released today: “The Colorado River Basin study provides the most definitive assessment of vulnerabilities and options to address the projected supply and ...

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

PA DEP, Rosebud Mining Unveil Groundbreaking Plan to Improve Little Conemaugh River Water Quality

Dec. 11, 2012

Department of Environmental Protection Deputy Secretary for Active and Abandoned Mine Operations John Stefanko today toured the site where Rosebud Mining Co. is building a facility designed to eliminate a major source of acid mine drainage into the Little Conemaugh River. DEP has signed a groundbreaking Consent Order and Agreement with the ...

The snoot of the ‘Green Dragon’

Dec. 5, 2012

Two vertical mount 8H-VC18 units were installed in the Colombian jungle on the river Caucasia, about 400 kilometers (248 miles) South of the coast. Because of some interesting features, the installation earned the nickname the Green Dragon. The pumps were designed in the vertical position in order to elevate the motors to avoid damage from ...

Cornell Pump Company

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