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Water Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities

A new model for water management is emerging worldwide in response to water shortages, polluted waterways, climate change, and loss of biodiversity. Cities and towns are questioning the ecological and financial sustainability of big-pipe water, stormwater, and sewer systems and are searching for “lighter footprint” more sustainable solutions. Pilot projects are ...

Apr. 6, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

The Green Infrastructure approach refers to the natural or semi-natural systems that provide services for water resources management with equivalent or similar benefits to conventional (built) "grey" water infrastructure. This guide addresses one of the main barriers to widespread adoption of Green Infrastructure (GI) solutions: a general lack of awareness of the solutions and associated cost ...

Jan. 29, 2015

By IWA Publishing

London Region Develops “Intelligent” Infrastructure for the HELP Clean Water Project

For progressive municipalities, forward thinking about infrastructure can pay huge dividends down the road. In London region, the HELP Clean Water Funding Initiative (Huron-Elgin-London Project Clean Water) was started to create sustainable water supply for a major population hub in Ontario. The project has been 11 years in the making, with ...

Jan. 29, 2015

By Pure Technologies

Create 400,000 jobs in 2010 – invest in water infrastructure

Investment in Water Infrastructure The Water Infrastructure Network (WIN) a coalition of the nation’s leading construction, engineering, conservation, labor, municipal and manufacturing organizations, firmly believes that a federal investment of $20 B in our nation’s critical water infrastructure is the single most effective means for creating quality jobs with federal ...

Dec. 4, 2009

By NACWA - National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Infrastructure Maintenance - An Economic Opportunity

Public safety and the cost of doing business are deeply impacted when infrastructure is neglected. Here’s a look at the high cost of low maintenance and what can be done about it. A Bridge Too Far There are over 607,000 bridges in the United States. According to the 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure,1 published by the American Society of ...

Jan. 15, 2015

By ASTM International

Alternative Approaches to Sustainable Infrastructure

ABSTRACTThe ability of a small community water infrastructure system to provide safe drinking water and protect the environment is heavily influenced by the utility’s financial sustainability. Particularly in this era of declining grant dollars, coupled with higher costs for construction, operation and maintenance, the economic viability of the small system is threatened. New alternative ...

Oct. 22, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

A Path To Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions

Today, for the most part, our communities’ infrastructure systems are developed and managed separately, by separate utilities and agencies. Sustainable infrastructure, on the other hand, blurs boundaries between our energy, transportation, water and waste systems to implement complementary strategies that benefit more than one system. Among our most important, and difficult, challenges will ...

Mar. 1, 2015

By BioCycle Magazine

Infrastructure, innovation and development

The absence of adequate infrastructure services is one of the main problems that hinder efforts to develop Africa. Technology and innovation are the engines of economic growth. With the globalisation of trade and investment, technological capabilities are a source of competitive advantage. While infrastructure development and technological development are two of the most important areas of ...

Jan. 2, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Development of performance assessment method for drinking water infrastructure

In Japan, many drinking water systems were developed during the 1960s and 1970s, and a considerable proportion of them is now showing various signs of aging or seismic vulnerability. The major issue for many drinking water utilities is how to update those facilities in the best way to improve their deteriorating/insufficient performance. The existing performance assessment methods for water ...

Mar. 25, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Water infrastructure in Libya and the water situation in agriculture in the Jefara region of Libya

Information about the current state of water institutional frameworks, water infrastructure and water management policies in Libya enable the identification and evaluation of a range of options for improving water use efficiency in agriculture and the potential role of water pricing in achieving sustainability of water sources. This paper begins with an overview of the agricultural sector. In ...

May 28, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Rethinking Big Water - Is It Time For A New Approach To Municipal Water Infrastructure?

Las Vegas has long served as a stereotype of human excess: gambling, drinking, sex, all-you-can-eat buffets. But the latest chapter is playing out away from the Strip, in the part of the valley where two decades of booming development have swelled the population to 2 million residents who rely on a dwindling water supply. Ninety percent of the southwestern U.S. city’s drinking water comes ...

Oct. 21, 2013

By Ceres

Necessary driving forces for infrastructure sustainability

The forces and complex interactions that hinder and promote the application of sustainable infrastructures are discussed along with changes that are needed in our economic-mindset for evaluating project costs. Some existing sustainable projects result from favourable economics. However, many fall in the trash basket as a result of so-called unfavourable economics. One of the key driving forces ...

Mar. 3, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Mozambique`s infrastructure : a continental perspective

This study is a product of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world's knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. The AICD provides a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. It also offers a solid empirical foundation for ...

Jan. 9, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Dynamic virtual infrastructure benchmarking: DynaVIBe

In environmental engineering, identification of problems and their solutions as well as the identification of the relevant processes involved is often done by means of case study analyses. By researching the operation of urban drainage and water distribution systems, this methodology is suited to evaluate new technologies, strategies or measures with regard to their impact on the overall ...

Sep. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Forum: Maintenance and rehabilitation of water resources and environment related infrastructures

How to maintain and rehabilitate a public facility has been a major responsibility of the agency in charge. Policies and procedures are normally documented in most of the agency's handbooks and manuals. It is not the intent of this forum to discuss those details for specific project or agency. Instead, some general thoughts and observations are shared here with the readers.Keywords: maintenance, ...

Jul. 21, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

A utility-tailored methodology for integrated asset management of urban water infrastructure

This paper presents the integrated methodology for infrastructure asset management (IAM) developed in AWARE-P, an R&D project aimed at producing adequate and effective support tools for assisting urban water utilities in decision making and rehabilitation planning (www.aware-p.org). The proposed methodology addresses all three planning and decisional levels (strategic, tactical and ...

Nov. 20, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Improvements needed for US-Mexico border water infrastructure program

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided US$626 million in assistance agreements (grants) to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBank) for projects starting between Fiscal Years (FYs) 1997 and 2007. The grants were for water infrastructure improvements (both drinking water and wastewater) along the U.S.-Mexico border. ...

Mar. 31, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Business Case Evaluation: An Essential Tool for Prioritizing Investments for Sustainable Public Infrastructure Projects

Background This article was written in advance of a special Business Case Evaluation Workshop to be held as part of the GLOBE 2014 Conference, taking place in Vancouver, Canada. GLOBE ...

Mar. 19, 2014

By GLOBE SERIES

Infrastructure asset management – the TRUST approach and professional tools

Strategic asset management (AM) of urban water infrastructures faces the challenge of dealing with expensive and long-lasting assets of a very diverse nature and wide-ranging useful lives and costs. Typically, utility managers inherit an infrastructure with assets in assorted conditions and stages in their lifecycle. They are expected to manage their value in order to ensure adequate service, ...

Mar. 11, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Green infrastructure approaches for CSO Controlin urban areas

ABSTRACT A nationwide investigation of green infrastructure was conducted for several major metropolitan areas, including Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Seattle and Washington D.C. This report highlights some of the cities’ urban green infrastructure projects and the projects’ relationship with combined sewer overflow (CSO) control plans and ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

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