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World’s Largest Combined Sewer Reservoir Captures APWA Top Environment Project Award
The Thornton Composite Reservoir, part of a massive Chicago-area combined sewer tunnel collection system that helps protect against flooding and pollution resulting from storm-related sewer overflows, has been named an American Public Works Association (APWA) Public Works Project of the Year. Thornton’s reservoir capacity is up to 7.9 billion gallons of water, making it the largest combined ...
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Epa announces US$350,000 in recovery act funds for water projects in CNMI to boost economy, create jobs and protect public health
In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, improve aging water and wastewater infrastructure and protect human health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded US$350,000 to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. This new infusion of money provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will help the state and local ...
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EPA Kicks Off Third-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge to Develop Innovative Approaches to Stormwater Management
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching its third-annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a prize contest that engages college students in developing innovative green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater pollution and build resilience to climate change. Through Campus RainWorks, teams of undergraduate and graduate students, working with a faculty advisor, develop a proposed green ...
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EPA Awards $860,000 to Communities to Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resilience to Climate Change
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $860,000 to help 14 communities across the nation expand their use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to the impacts of climate change. The funding is in support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which directs federal agencies to identify climate-resilient investments such as agency ...
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EPA Awards $75,000 to Providence, R.I. to Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resilience to Climate Change
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced funding of approximately $75,000 to help Providence, R.I. expand its use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to the impacts of climate change. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the new funding in an event with Senator Jack Reed this afternoon the Riverwalk in Providence, RI. The assistance ...
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EPA Awards $400,000 to Communities to Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resilience to Climate Change
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $400,000 to help six communities expand their use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to the impacts of climate change. The funding is in support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which directs federal agencies to identify climate-resilient investments such as agency grants and ...
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EPA Awards Spartanburg, S.C., Green Infrastructure Assistance to Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resiliency to Climate Change
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $400,000 to help six communities across the country, including Spartanburg, S.C., expand their use of green infrastructure. The funding is in support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which directs federal agencies to identify climate-resilient investments such as agency grants and technical assistance for communities ...
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Great Lakes Acquires Terra Contracting, LLC
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition and remediation services, today announced it has acquired the assets of Terra Contracting, LLC (“Terra”), one of the nation’s premier providers of a wide variety of essential services for ...
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EPA Honors Winners of 2013 Campus RainWorks Challenge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the four winners of its second annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a design challenge created to engage college and university students in reinventing our water infrastructure and developing innovative green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater pollution and build resilience to climate change. Stormwater is one of the most ...
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Climate Study: Extreme Rain Storms in Midwest Have Doubled in Last 50 Years, Often Leading to Worsened Flooding
The kind of deluges that in recent years washed out Cedar Rapids, IA, forced the Army Corps of Engineers to intentionally blow up levees to save Cairo, IL, and sent the Missouri River over its banks for hundreds of miles are part of a growing trend, according to a new report released today by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCO) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Big ...
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