ARTBA - Mon July 27, 2020
ARTBA: Investment in New Jersey's Water Infrastructure Would Yield Major Benefits for Garden State
Investing in New Jersey's drinking water, wastewater and storm-water infrastructure provides an immediate economic boost while creating long-lasting benefits for businesses and residents, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist Alison Black said in testimony before the New Jersey Assembly Special Committee on Infrastructure and Natural Resources....
Hudson Reporter - Thu June 18, 2020
Installation Resumes on $33M Water Main Replacement Project in Hoboken
On June 15, the city of Hoboken, N.J., restarted installation of the first phase of its water main replacement project, which will replace a total of 15 blocks, or 7,035 linear ft. of Hoboken's oldest water mains....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 23, 2020
End Finally Comes in View for $100M Portsmouth Project
Thirty-eight months into a nearly $100 million Portsmouth, N.H., wastewater project and the end is finally in sight. Construction on the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), the largest public works project in the city's history, got under way in 2016 after the city was ordered to upgrade the existing wastewater facility due to inadequate treatment....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 01, 2020
Innovation, Green Infrastructure Resolves Flooding
In 2017, Astra-Rohadfox UPC JV LP, a joint venture between Astra Group and Rohadfox Construction Control Services Corporation, was selected to deliver the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management's (DWM) Upper Proctor Creek Capacity Relief Facility and the Trust for Public Land's (TPL) Rodney Cook Sr....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 01, 2020
$2B DigIndy Project Improves Water Quality in Indianapolis
Constructed 250-ft. beneath the city, a 28-mi. long stretch of 18-ft. diameter deep rock tunnels will dramatically reduce the threat to public health and the environment in Indianapolis, Ind. The DigIndy project is part of a $2 billion effort to reduce combined sewer overflows into area waterways....
CEG - Tue February 11, 2020
Hillabrand & Sons Awarded Oregon Waterline Contract
Oregon City Council recently approved the bid of Hillabrand & Sons Construction LLC, Northwood, for the Starr Avenue Extension and Norden Road Waterline Improvements Project. The project, which will improve the water distribution system, consists of replacing approximately 5,300 ft....
Wed November 06, 2019
Garney Awarded First Contract in Surface Water Supply Program
The West Harris Regional Water Authority (WHRWA) in conjuction with its partner the North Fort Bend Water Authority (NFBWA), has awarded the first Surface Water Supply Program contract to Garney Companies Inc....
Associated Press - Tue October 22, 2019
Utah Audit Raises Queries About Proposed Pipeline
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Washington County is expected to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to build and operate a proposed water pipeline, according to a Utah legislative audit. The audit found it will require a large fee, rate and tax increases for a southern Utah county to pay for a proposed pipeline that would pull water from Lake Powell and cost at least $1.4 billion over the next 50 years, The Salt Lake Tribune reported....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 27, 2019
Pipeline Brings More Water to Boulder Area
At a cost of $45 million, construction crews in northern Colorado are working on a pipeline project that will provide a secure, year-round water supply in Boulder and Larimer counties. Upon completion, the Southern Water Supply Project II (SWSP) pipeline will bring additional Colorado-Big Thompson Project and Windy Gap Project water to the city of Boulder, town of Berthoud, Left Hand Water District and the Longs Peak Water District....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 14, 2019
Southern Nevada Water Authority's $650M Water Project Nears Completion
For nearly 20 years drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin have caused Lake Mead to drop nearly 130 ft. In Southern Nevada, conservation efforts have reduced per capita use by 36 percent even as the population increased by more than 650,000 during the same period....
