ConocoPhillips pauses work on project, cut from five planned drilling pads to three, after opponents filed suit for a preliminary injunction; the Interior Dept. also will propose new limits on protected Arctic region energy development.
Electron Hydro LLC and its chief operating officer pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor violation of operating an unlawful hydraulic project, and face a record state penalty for an environmental crime.
Almost 100 projects were submitted for judging in this year’s ENR Northwest Best Projects competition. From those, an independent panel of judges selected 19 for recognition: 13 Best Projects and seven awards of merit across 15 categories.
The project team worked with the city of Spokane to establish a next level of treatment filtration system by adding a tertiary membrane treatment to remove phosphorus.
The design for the Anacortes water treatment plant resiliency project called for a 42-in.-dia welded steel pipeline to be extended underneath the Skagit River.