DC Water did not respond to requests for information about the scope, timing or cost of recovery and repair, or contractors involved in the effort—but reports say it could total up to $10 million.
New officials at the Federal Highway Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Dept. of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy were confirmed Sept. 18 by the Senate en bloc along a party-line vote.
The Bakken East Pipeline is proposed to have 30-in.-dia- and 24-in.-dia-high-pressure steel pipeline that will extend along a 375-mile track between the west and east sides of North Dakota.
The budget bill signed by President Donald Trump on July 4 and a more recent executive order slash renewable energy credits in favor of coal, gas and nuclear support, triggering expected sector upheaval and backlash over jobs, costs and climate progress.
The package of works are part of the wider Horizon Lateral Program developed to meet the water consumption demands of the fast-growing Southern Nevada region.
Construction has kicked off on a $1.45-billion, 60-mile pipeline that will enable Chicago to provide water to 250,000 people currently relying on a dwindling supply of well water.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expediting review of a plan to build the Great Lakes Tunnel, a 4-mile-long tunnel that would enclose twin oil and gas pipelines along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.