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Bechtel, Ex-AECOM Unit Settle U.S. Cleanup Site Labor Overbilling Suit

September 23, 2020

DOE contractors will pay $58M to resolve U.S., whistleblower excessive cost claims on giant Hanford waste project but did not admit wrongdoing.

Water Infrastructure

Salt Lake City Lands $349M Federal WIFIA Loan for Water Reclamation Plant

Brian Fryer

September 17, 2020

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A facility under construction will treat the same amount of wastewater but has upgrades for better seismic and flooding resilience.

ENR Global Best Projects 2020--Project of the Year

Big Upgrade Changed More Than Infrastructure in Panama's Second Largest City

Corinne Grinapol

Debra K. Rubin

September 17, 2020

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ENR Global Best Projects 2020: Colón, Panama urban renewal is Project of the Year and Best Renovation/Restoration

Environment

States Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Cleanup Plan Enforcement

Pam McFarland

September 11, 2020

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Md., Del., Va., D.C. contend EPA hasn't been tough enough on Pa., N.Y. pollution reduction efforts.

Federal Court Rejects Immediate Halt to Record $1B Arkansas Highway Project Start

Mary B. Powers

September 8, 2020

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Ruling allows Kiewit-Massman JV to proceed on I-30 planned expansion in Little Rock, state's largest-ever transportation job, while court weighs residents' impact lawsuit.

Wildfires Burn Throughout Pacific Northwest, Destroy Much of Washington Town

Tim Newcomb

September 8, 2020

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Extremely dry and gusty conditions on Labor Day sparked 80 new fires in Oregon and Washington.

San Antonio Water System’s (SAWS) Vista Ridge

ENR 2020 Top 400 Sourcebook: Sourcing Other Water

Pam Hunter McFarland

September 2, 2020

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Public-private partnership alleviates overused aquifer

Court Halts Opponents' Block to Nearly Done $2B Texas Natural Gas Line

Mary B. Powers

August 30, 2020

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Sierra Club failed to make case that Permian Highway line poses a definitive threat of environmental harm, said Austin judge in rejecting restraining order.

How Hurricane Katrina Changed Thinking on Risk and Resilience

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

August 28, 2020

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Fifteen years after the storm hit, its lessons are still being applied.

Indoor Air Quality

Houston Convention Center Outfits Broadcast Studio With Virus-Killing Air Filters

Nadine M. Post

August 25, 2020

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Houston First Corp., which owns and operates the George R. Brown Convention Center, has installed three mobile units of a new coronavirus-killing air purifier in the center’s new 5,250-sq-ft broadcast facility.