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ASCE releases final Failure to Act Report

Posted Wed, 2013/01/16 - 4:34pm by RCAP

By Doug Scott

As a preface to ASCE’s 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, which will be released on March 19, the American Society of Civil Engineers unveiled during a teleconference on Jan. 15 its fifth and final report in the Failure to Act series, The Impact of Current Infrastructure Investment on America’s Economic Future, which addresses the comprehensive impacts of underinvesting in infrastructure in the U.S.

PBS News Hour explores wastewater treatment

Posted Wed, 2013/01/16 - 4:22pm by RCAP

The Jan. 3 PBS News Hour featured science correspondent Miles O'Brien plunging into a muck of that which rhymes with "it" to investigate our ailing country's sewage system.

Here's a written account of his story of what happened underground.

The webpage included a couple of videos:

 

EPA releases National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change

Posted Fri, 2012/12/21 - 10:01am by RCAP

EPA has released the "National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change," which describes how EPA's water-related programs plan to address the impacts of climate change and provides long-term visions, goals and strategic actions for the management of sustainable water resources for future generations. The strategy, which builds upon EPA's first climate change and water strategy released in 2008, focuses on five key areas: