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Cellular SCADA
One
of the major costs associated with SCADA is implementing data
communications (more...)
A
Truly "Green" Building?
In
previous newsletters we discussed “sustainability” and the development of
projects that maximize use of natural, renewable resources.
A good example is the utilization of vegetated roof covers.
Gannett
Fleming is designing a new police station for Anne Arundel County, MD that
includes a large flat roof with a vegetative cover.
The cover is made up of a drainage layer, growth media and root zone and
foliage.
The foliage consists of succulents, grasses, and herbs that do not
require cutting, irrigation, or fertilizing.
The
vegetated roof is part of an overall
“Green Architecture” approach that is environmentally sensitive,
retains existing wooded areas and preserves existing wetlands.
For
more information, contact Project Manager
David Lupold.
USEPA
Announces $3.8 Million Petroleum Clean-up Initiative
On July 1, 2002, the
USEPA announced 40 pilots totaling $3.8 million in grants to 26
states and three tribes to clean up properties contaminated from
leaking underground storage tanks (USTs).
These pilot
projects, called "USTfields," involve abandoned or
underused industrial and commercial properties with perceived or
actual contamination from petroleum that has leaked from USTs. All
of these pilots are intended to provide useful information and
strategies to promote a unified approach to site assessment,
environmental cleanup and redevelopment.
Click
here for summaries of the 40 pilot locations located on the
USEPA web site.
Brownfields National Conference
The
Engineer’s Society of Western Pennsylvania is presenting the
Brownfields 2002 conference at the Charlotte Convention Center,
Charlotte, NC, Nov. 13-15, 2002.
The conference will include 75 sessions, mobile workshops and
40 roundtable discussions.
For more information, logon to the conference
web site.
Waterworks
Specialty Conference
The
American WaterWorks Association (AWWA) Distribution and Plant
Operations Conference and Exhibition will take place September 7-10,
2002, in Nashville, TN. The event focuses on small system
issues, water loss control and new field technologies. AWWA's
continuing safety and security theme will focus on water
and distribution systems.
For in-depth conference information,
visit www.awwa.org/conferences/dpoc/.
Combined
Sewer Overflow (CSO) Training
The
Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection is sponsoring a CSO training session on July 25,
2002 at Penn State University in State College. The event will cover
current CSO issues and regulations.
Gannett Fleming is conducting the training.
CSO communities are being invited to the conference by the PA State
Association of Township Supervisors.
Click
here to access the training presentation.
I/I
Symposium
There
will be an Infiltration and Inflow (I/I) Control Symposium in Carlisle, PA, on
August 20-21 at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center.
This symposium will feature success stories and new approaches and
practices to reduce I/I.
The
event is
sponsored by PADEP, the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control
Committee, the 3 Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program and the Pennsylvania
Utility Contractors Association.
You can register for this symposium by going to the PADEP
web site.
Click
here for an explanation on I/I control problems.
Representative
Governmental
Brownfields Sites:
Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) US
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
USEPA
National
USEPA
Region 2
USEPA
Region 3
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