California’s $1.5-billion E&CSP—which took more than 15 years to complete— adds 196,000 acre-ft of water storage for San Diego and helps to prevent damage during seismic events.
As Congress hurries to its preelection recess, the list of major bills the House and Senate must pass before leaving may only include one item: legislation to keep federal agencies operating past September.
The 2016 Summer Olympics boating and swimming events have put an international spotlight on a long-running problem in Rio de Janeiro—untreated sewage and trash are clogging up bays and waterways.
An approximately four-mile-long, 18-ft-diameter and 200-ft-deep
tunnel to mitigate storm water and combined sewer overflow into the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound is slated to begin construction this month.
A Florida water cooperative has voted to seek state funding for three projects, totaling nearly $620 million in estimated cost, to address water-supply needs beyond 2035.
The first $900-million phase of a mammoth project to pump water from the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea on the Israel-Jordan border—along with boosted water and power supply facilities for the region—has attracted design-construction proposals from teams that include 17 global firms.