The Clean Water Act Turns 40!Oct 18 2012 The Clean Water Act is 40 years old this week, and we are all so much better for it because it. As we near the end of 2012, we can look back and say we’ve made remarkable progress on cleaning up the nation’s waters. Forty years ago, people were afraid to swim or fish in our… “Determining how our built water systems and our governance systems can be made more reliable. . . “Aug 25 2012 Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) “One of the most urgent challenges facing the world today[1] is ensuring an adequate supply and quality of water in light of both burgeoning human needs and climate variability and change. Despite water’s importance to life on Earth, there are major gaps in our basic understanding of water availability, quality and dynamics, and… House Guts EPA Spending on Infrastructure to Curtail RegulationsJun 22 2012 A House subcommittee has approved a spending bill for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for fiscal year 2013 that seeks to drastically cut back on new federal environmental rules through the simple expedient of imposing major budget cuts on the agency. In years past House Republicans used prohibitory language in appropriations acts to bar the… 3 Ways You Can Help Fight UnemploymentNov 06 2009 The news this morning wasn’t good: unemployment in October climbed to a twenty-five year high of 10.2 percent and is expected to grow. More troubling for those of us in the infrastructure field, last month the economy also lost about 62,000 construction jobs. While the Obama administration estimates on recovery.gov that as of October 30,… Rep. Blumenauer and ASCE Announce Clean Water BillJul 15 2009 As we reported yesterday, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 3202) and ASCE was on hand to endorse the legislation and provide commentary on the condition of the nation’s water infrastructure. H.R. 3202 would set up a fund to provide $10 billion annually for the nation’s drinking and wastewater… Throwing Money Down the Drain (It’s a Good Thing)Jul 14 2009 Everyone seems to be pinching pennies or clipping coupons these days. Why not add throwing money down the drain to the list? No, not wasting money, I mean investing in our water infrastructure. Other than when they back up or break, most of us don’t give much thought to the pipes in our community… |
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