Articles Tagged with ''water/environment''

Adaptability was essential to rehabilitate this century-old, high-hazard dam, with challenges ranging from severe winter weather that delayed concrete placement and excavation to rock elevations that required use of a secant pile wall instead of the originally designed sheet pile wall.

The $20.6-million project houses advanced water treatment equipment and support facilities and also has space for future treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals.

During the winter of 2024-25, the project team placed more than 1.2 million cu yd of dredged sand along three beach sections as part of a larger effort to protect vulnerable coastline from erosion and storm surge risks.

Situated within half a block of Manhattan’s East River, the Metropolitan Hospital requires nearly half a mile of flood protection systems as tall as 12 ft to safeguard against future 500-year storms and an estimated 3-ft increase in sea level rise and freeboard.

Originally constructed in the early 1900s using materials recovered from dredging operations in nearby waterways, the seawall supports Farragut Field—a multipurpose outdoor space—as well as waterfront Brown Park.

Thanks to proactive planning, strategic design adjustments and close collaboration, the team on the city of Kokomo’s Peak Excess Flow Treatment Facility (PEFTF) completed the project two months ahead of schedule and $558,037 under budget.

Perched on the U.S.-Canada border between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, the Soo Locks Complex is one of North America’s most critical transportation links.

What can an ancient water basin discovered near Rome reveal about construction, engineering and water management techniques that may be useful today?

As part of a proof of concept toward the city of Los Angeles’ ambitious goal of recycling 100% of their wastewater, this full scale 1.5-million-gallon-per-day facility is now one of the largest water reclamation plants in the country.

When the largest seawater desalination facility in the U.S. officially opened in 2015, it initially relied on cooling water drawn through the Encina Power Station.