sewer construction News
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Sewer Construction Without Permit Costly for Developer
TRENTON, New Jersey, October 23, 2007 (ENS) - A three-judge Appellate panel has upheld the state’s assessment of a $600,000 penalty against a developer who installed a major sewer line without first obtaining the required state permit, New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram announced Friday. The judges affirmed a $604,110 civil penalty assessed against Town and Country Developers of New ...
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Black & Veatch selected to lead China’s Fuzhou environmental improvements project
Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today it has signed a contract with the Fuzhou Municipality to provide consulting services for the Fuzhou Environmental Improvement Project in Mainland China. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank. “The effort will help provide an improved and sustainable urban environment for the city ...
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PlugCo will attend The WWETT Show 2017
PlugCo will attend The WWETT Show 2017. At this exhibit, PlugCo will be exhibiting its products. PlugCo is the biggest manufacturer of inflatable pipe plugs, packers, pipe balloons, pipe stoppers, pneumatic plugs, rubber plugs, drain and sewer pipeline testing equipment in Turkey. PlugCo produce plugs up to 144”(DN3600) size and up to 6 Bar back pressure. All of PlugCo products suitable to ...
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U.S. Clean Water Act Settlement in Lima, Ohio, to Reduce Sewage Overflows
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the State of Ohio today announced a Clean Water Act settlement with the City of Lima, Ohio, to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into the Ottawa River during wet weather. The proposed consent decree, lodged yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, requires Lima to ...
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EPA reaches agreement with hotel developers to Settle Violations of Clean Water Act; Developers of the Condado Duo hotel complex to expand artificial reef in Condado Lagoon
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a legal settlement with the developers of the Vanderbilt and La Concha Hotels of San Juan for discharging pollutants into the San Juan stormwater sewer system, which is connected to the Condado Lagoon. The settlement requires the payment of a $472,240 civil penalty and the expansion of an existing artificial habitat for fish in the Condado ...
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Community provided sewer line connections due to EPA settlement with ponce landfill owner
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a legal settlement with the owner and operator of the Ponce Municipal Landfill that will reduce water pollution from the landfill into a local stream. The management of stormwater at the landfill will also be improved. In addition to complying with the requirements of the agreement, Allied Waste of Ponce, Inc. will spend at least $200,000 to ...
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Bentley’s innovative water-leakage modeling software addresses billion-dollar-a-year problem
Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced the latest version of its Darwin Calibrator module featuring water-leakage modeling capabilities. The new version of the module, which is included in WaterGEMS V8 XM and available for WaterCAD V8 XM, provides a cost-effective way to estimate the location and extent of hidden leakage in underground pipes. The Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction ...
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Under Settlement Bangor, Maine Takes Additional Action to Address Wastewater and Stormwater Discharges
Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged today in federal court to address noncompliance with the Clean Water Act, the City of Bangor, Maine, will take action to prevent sewer overflows and contaminated stormwater from entering the Penobscot River and Kenduskeag Stream. The City complied fully with the terms of an earlier consent decree with EPA but had not fully achieved the goals set forth ...
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Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority to Upgrade Sewage Infrastructure
Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has agreed to make major upgrades, improve inspections and cleaning of existing facilities within the Puerto Nuevo system and continue improvements to its systems island-wide. The Puerto Nuevo sewer system serves the municipalities of San Juan, ...
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US$582,000 Grant to Buhler, Kan., for drinking water project
EPA has awarded US$582,000 to Buhler, Kan., to upgrade the drinking water system. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks said, "EPA is committed to helping Kansas communities get safe, clean water. These water infrastructure funds will partially fund the construction project, which is estimated to cost US$1.2 million.” The purpose of the project is to construct new equipment to remove ...
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Argentina receives US$200m for potable water and sanitation program
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$200 million loan to expand potable water and sanitation services in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area and suburbs. This project is part of a wider expansion program which seeks to add 1.5 million users to the water service and 1.4 million to the sewer system between now and 2011. This is the first loan within a US$720 million ...
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City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha Community Water Corporation recognized for wastewater and drinking water excellence
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will recognize the City of Sioux Falls wastewater utility and the Minnehaha Community Water Corporation for significant and innovative investments in clean water and safe drinking water in separate ceremonies in Sioux Falls on August 25. The City of Sioux Falls is being recognized for achievements in improving water quality with EPA's Performance and ...
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$123,000 Grant to Wichita, Kan., for Storm Sewer Project
EPA has awarded $123,000 to the City of Wichita, Kan., for improvements to its storm sewer system. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2012. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks said, “It’s always a pleasure to help provide adequate storm sewer systems for Kansas cities. These water infrastructure funds will partially fund a construction project which is ...
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VIY3-070 GPR: New model of VI3 Ground Penetrating Radar
A new model of GPR was added to our product line: VIY3-070 GPR. This model has the lowest central frequency in our GPR product range - 70 MHz. Product specification: Antenna frequency: 70 MHz Receiver-to-Transmitter offfset: 1500 mm Analogue-to-Digital Converter range: 18 bit Dynamic range: not less than 135 dB Data acquisition rate: up to 30 traces per second Survey window: 240, 360, ...
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EPA Reaches Agreement with Municipality of Culebra Puerto Rico to Address Water Pollution in Atlantic Ocean
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced a legal settlement with the Municipality of Culebra for discharging pollutants from the Parcelas Culebra Lot Development into the Culebra Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System. This sewer system discharges into to the Ensenada Honda, the Lobina Lagoon, and the Atlantic Ocean. The settlement requires the ...
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Following NPDES regulations just got “ultra” easy
To be fined or not to be fined? That is the question. With the NPDES Regulations (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) and European Commission for the Environment regulations on the rise, Ultra Tech and Granite Environmental have teamed up to keep you in compliance and money in your pockets. What’s the big deal? Stormwater that discharges from municipal separate storm sewer ...
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Sept. 10 event to highlight construction progress at Stevens Creek Basin, Lincoln, Neb.
News media representatives and the public are invited to attend a Sept. 10 event in Lincoln, Neb., to highlight sewer improvements at Stevens Creek Basin. Approximately 85 percent of a sanitary sewer pipeline project has been completed near 84th Street and Havelock Avenue. The US$5 million sewer improvement project was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the ...
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Arecibo, Puerto Rico, to upgrade sewer system to resolve clean water act violations
A settlement between the United States and the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, will resolve violations of the Clean Water Act and specifically violations of its Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. This is the first judicial action addressing violations of this type of permit. Arecibo’s ...
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Strategic Partnership Announcement
Coeur d'Alene, ID - Blue Water Technologies, Inc. today announced the signing of a strategic agreement with The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE-SGR). The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation, and facilities management services for government and private sector clients. Blue Water ...
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Protecting Workers and the Public from Acrylamide and Other Chemical Exposure Risks
Acrylamide is described by the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) as a colorless, odorless, crystalline solid that can react violently when melted. It is used to make polyacrylamides, which are mainly used in treating wastewater discharge from water treatment plants and industrial processes. In addition, the agency reports that acrylamide and polyacrylamides are used in ...
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