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Compare and contrast: Wastewater Facility Designed for Fast-Growing Region

Engineering News Record

Charlotte Water is constructing a $650-million advanced wastewater treatment facility to treat water from across a fast-growing region of nearly 3 million people by partnering with neighboring towns and delivering a project that can be readily expanded. The Stowe Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility, an umbrella name covering multiple related projects, will be able to treat 15 million gallons per day when it opens in 2027 – but it is positioned and designed to grow to 25 mgd when the time comes.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Compare and contrast: ‘The worst I’ve ever seen it’: Kentucky and Tennessee are reeling from floods after unrelenting rain.

Fast Company


Days of unrelenting heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people worsened flooding as some rivers rose to near-record levels and inundated towns across an already saturated U.S. South and parts of the Midwest.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Climate and Severe Weather.

Did Calgary’s sewage spill harm fish and affect Bow River health? Probably not, but time will tell

Calgary Herald


While the incident was far from ideal, a recent sewage spill into the Bow River shouldn’t have any long-lasting health impacts on aquatic wildlife or the river itself, according to some scientists. The City of Calgary confirmed last Friday that potentially hundreds of millions of litres of untreated sewage seeped into the Bow River between March 19 and 28, temporarily resulting in high E. coli levels in the river.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Ending unnecessary holdbacks to make more water available

Water Canada

Alberta’s government has released three new policy directions so that water is only held back when absolutely needed. These new rules will make water transfers easier, free up more water in southern and central Alberta, and support economic growth for agriculture, industry and municipalities.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Governance.

Compare and contrast: Africa’s last glaciers: an expedition to map ice loss in the Rwenzori mountains – in pictures

The Guardian

The project in Uganda has captured the disastrous effects of the climate crisis on a vital source of water that is central to the lives and sacred beliefs of the local Bakonzo community.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Glaciers.
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