David Thomas Iseley, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, was officially named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers at ASCE?s Annual Convention in New York City last week. The Society?s highest accolade, to date only 649 of ASCE?s worldwide members have been elected to receive this honor since 1852.

For the fourth consecutive year, Brown and Caldwell (BC) has been recognized as an industry leader by the National Safety Council for achieving the best safety performance within its industry.

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) has chosen Hatch Mott MacDonald, in a joint venture with MWH Global, for a major contract to design the Westerly Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Storage Tunnel and Dewatering Pump Station in Cleveland, Ohio.

Last week, DC Water unveiled its $470 million waste-to-energy project that is producing a net 10 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the wastewater treatment process, providing clean, renewable energy to power about one-third of the Blue Plains plant?s energy needs.

Singer Valve has launched MetroH2O, a first in online education for control valves that allows users to access information about valve operations through an animated program.

When the final decision was made to build a new potable water pipeline in this part of Utah, just southeast of Salt Lake City, the engineering firm of Jones & DeMille Engineering, Inc. (St. George, Utah) knew that it was faced with some unusual circumstances.

Last week, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) released a new comprehensive report detailing challenges, opportunities and pathways to improving the nation?s stormwater systems, along with the official opening of the new WEF Stormwater Institute.

Hanson Building Products (HBP), a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of concrete and clay building products in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, announced that its North American concrete pipe and precast business has finalized the purchase of Cretex Concrete Products.

This week, Oct. 6-8, the Value of Water Coalition is partnering with more than 70 organizations seeking to raise awareness and build political support for our most essential resource: water.