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AWWA: Mid-Term Election Produces Changes in Water Community

adminNovember 17, 20140

With the change in power in the U.S. Senate following the Nov. 4 mid-term election, some old and possibly new faces will be running things in committees of key concern to the water community.

Water Management

InfoSense Wins ?Use of Tech in Energy & Environment? Award

adminNovember 17, 20140

InfoSense Inc. has been selected as a 2014 winner of the Use of Tech in Energy & Environment at the North Carolina (NC) Tech Awards. Winners were recognized at the annual awards gala on Thursday, Nov. 6 at the Raleigh Convention Center, presented in conjunction with title sponsor Grant Thornton.

Water Management

HYMAX Coupling Used to Repair Water Pipe in Dundee, Fla.

adminNovember 17, 20140

The Water Department for the City of Haines City, Fla., serves 20,000 customers, and oversees and maintains 89 miles of water mains ranging from 2 to 30 in., 7 miles of reclaimed water, 40 miles of force mains and 51 miles of gravity sewer mains with 850 manholes.

Water Management

Jacobs Associates, McMillen LLC Announce Plans to Merge

adminNovember 5, 20140

Jacobs Associates and Boise-based engineering and construction firm McMillen LLC have announced that the two firms intend to merge. The combined firm will be known as McMillen Jacobs Associates.

Water Management

Update: New York?s $1.5 Billion Drinking Water Program

adminNovember 3, 20140

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced the availability of the Draft Scope of Work for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Water for the Future: Upstate Water Supply Resiliency Project.

Water Finance

Construction Employment Showing Gains

adminNovember 3, 20140

Construction firms added jobs in 39 states between September 2013 and September 2014 while construction employment increased in 34 states and the District of Columbia between August and September, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Water Management

Florida Municipality Selects Innovyze Modeling Technology

adminNovember 3, 20140

Last week, Innovyze announced that the City of Coconut Creek, Fla., has chosen the company?s InfoWater to support its enterprise-wide geospatial water distribution network modeling and management needs.

Water Management

City of Munroe Falls Deploys Aclara Water Meter Technology

adminNovember 3, 20140

Last week, Aclara Technologies finalized an agreement with the City of Munroe Falls in Northeast Ohio, to deploy its STAR network meter-reading solution to local residents. In addition, other Ohio cities using Aclara?s STAR network include Berea, Bexley, Middletown, Newark, Springboro, Sylvania and Wooster.

Water Management

McKim & Creed Announces New CEO

adminNovember 3, 20140

The board of directors of McKim & Creed, Inc., has announced that John T. Lucey, Jr., P.E., has been named the company?s next president and CEO, effective Nov. 1, 2014. Lucey was previously executive vice president of engineering and business development at Heckmann Water Resources (now Nuverra Environmental Solutions).

Water Management

NASSCO, ESRI Collaborate on PACP Data Initiative for GIS

adminNovember 3, 20140

The National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) and the Environmental Research Systems Institute, Inc. (ESRI) have collaborated on the incorporation of Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) data and code structure for storage of condition and asset information in geographical databases.