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Water & Dams
News and features about water quality, sewage systems and water control, including dams, levees and the social and economic complexity of protecting people from flooding and storm surges in the era of climate change. |
Latest Headlines
| 12/09/09 | Tough Tunneling Defines Belfast Sewer Fix Facing unpredictably tough ground conditions, tunneling crews have worked all out this year to get Belfast’s $195-million, 9.4-kilometer-long stormwater storage tunnel system operational before Christmas. |
| 12/09/09 | Builders Don’t Like Stormwater Rule The anticipated costs to contractors to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule addressing stormwater runoff on construction sites outweigh any benefits to water quality, say industry representatives. |
| 12/09/09 | Treatment Plant Clears Way for Elwha Project A Pacific Northwest dam removal project, said by its owner, the National Park Service, to be the largest of its type in the U.S., is one step closer to beginning after the recent completion of a new water treatment plant in Port Angeles, Wash. |
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12/02/09 New Storm-Surge Sector and Lift-Gate Plans To Be Aired11/25/09 Katrina Judge Blasts Corps
11/19/09 Corps Failed to Protect New Orleans From Katrina Flooding, Court Rules
11/18/09 Chinese Firm Chosen To Build a Major Dam Project
11/11/09 Bond Would Leverage Money For California’s Needs
11/05/09 In New Orleans, JV Contractor Pushes $1-Bil. Flood Works Job Forward
10/21/09 Delayed Russian Dam System Nears Reality
10/21/09 Chicago Flood Redux: Those Infamous Tunnels Wreak Highway Havoc
10/21/09 London Tunnel Spoil Will Create Wetlands
10/16/09 Senate Approval Clears Way For Energy and Water Funding
10/07/09 Corps Scrambles to Fix Gate After Failure on Ohio River
09/30/09 Wastewater: Breathing New Life Into Old Facilities
09/16/09 Water Conference Bridges Atlantic
09/02/09 Contest Draws Eyes and Ideas To Sustainable Coastal Cities
08/26/09 Peaceful Transition: Native People and Hydro-Québec Share Benefits of Big Project
08/26/09 Pushing Dirt at 1:60 Scale Shows the Way
08/19/09 Orbiting Sensors Reveal Critical Water Loss
08/19/09 Contractors on Seattle Job Scramble To Free Two Stuck TBMs
08/18/09 Plans Set in Seattle to Free Two Stuck Tunnel-Boring Machines
08/14/09 Agreement Removes Obstacles Blocking Everglades Restoration
08/05/09 Bid Process Starts for Canal’s Last Dry-Excavation Contract
08/05/09 Ontario’s State-of-the-Art Upgrade Will Cost $550-Million
07/29/09 EPA Unveils Plan To Restore Great Lakes to Health
07/01/09 Record RCC Structure Is Set for Groundbreaking in California
07/01/09 Katrina Disaster, Risk Study Ends Monumental Work
06/30/09 More Boston Tunnel Work on the Way
06/24/09 Supreme Court Back Corps in Dispute with EPA in Alaska
06/17/09 Tampa Bay Water Pushing Fix, Lawsuit for Cracked Reservoir
06/17/09 Hydro-Quebec Launches Four-Dam Project on Romaine River
06/10/09 Digging In To Deliver Clean Water
06/10/09 Utility Tests Nuclear Waters Decades After Financial Fiasco
06/03/09 Most Important Removal Begins on Oregon Dam
06/03/09 Workforce and Fleet Swarms on New Orleans Flood Defenses
05/29/09 Work Gears Up On Vital Storm Surge Barrier
05/21/09 Stimulus Flushes Out California Water Projects
04/08/09 GAO Rejects Parsons' Bid Protest At DOE Savannah River Nuke Site
03/25/09 Corps of Engineers Must Answer Civil Claims Over Katrina Floods
03/13/09 House Clears Bill to Authorize Wastewater Infrastructure Funds
03/13/09 EPA Designates First Recovery Funds For Northwest, Alaska Water Work
03/11/09 California Wants a Sea-Level-Rise Plan, But Money Is an Issue
03/11/09 Defining Protection To Know the Risk
03/11/09 Contractors Brace for a Workstorm as Louisiana Projects Surge
03/11/09 Connecting the Rocks
03/11/09 Climate-Proofing Rotterdam
03/11/09 Building With Nature by Weaving Defenses
03/11/09 Engineers Focus On Big Delta Threats
03/04/09 Panama Canal Authority Seeks Bids for Large Dredging Job
02/25/09 Firms Join To Develop Large Wave-Generation Projects
02/25/09 Folsom Dam Water Main Pipe Collapses, But Spillway Rehab Remains on Track
02/04/09 Resolving the Conflict When New Ideas Hit Tight Deadlines
02/04/09 Firms Join To Develop Large Wave-Generation Projects
01/28/09 Quiet Rig Makes Some Noise For Flood-Remediation Work
01/21/09 A Shotgun Approach To Water Resource Improvements
01/19/09 Louisiana Gets $1.5B, 30-yr Fed. Loan For Hurricane Protection System Work
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