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Award of Merit Water/Environment: Tucson Blvd. Diversion Structure

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When a rotten egg odor began plaguing the El Rio Vista Natural Resource Park, local officials realized that it was coming from a Pima County wastewater sewer structure, which had undergone numerous modifications over the last 50 years.

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Merit Water/Environment - Lift Station 87 Wet Weather Flow Transfer

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is bolstering the city’s sewer and wastewater capabilities. million Lift Station 87 Wet Weather Flow Transfer facility in St. Petersburg, Fla.,

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Best Sustainability, Award of Merit Safety, Award of Merit Water/Environment: South Adams County Water

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The 12 alluvial wells that supply the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District’s 66,000 customers produce severely hard water, requiring local homeowners to frequently replace plumbing and water heaters and purchase costly in-home softeners that release corrosive brine waste into the sewer.

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Best Project - Water/Environment: Silicon Valley Clean Water Gravity Pipeline Project

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Silicon Valley Clean Water undertook this project as part of a $580-million Regional Environmental Sewer Conveyance Upgrade Program to rehabilitate and convert its 50-year-old raw wastewater conveyance system that was at the end of its useful life from a force main system to a gravity conveyance system.

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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

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Anyone in the commercial construction industry knows there are a variety of certifications and designations that individuals, companies and projects can achieve to show they follow a high level of green commercial construction practices. are standard green procedures for ground-up construction projects.

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Award of Merit Water/Environment Central Industrial District (CID) Green Infrastructure and Improvements Project

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To help develop and assess new techniques for capturing stormwater runoff before it enters the combined sanitary sewer system, the Kansas City Water Services Dept. piloted a green infrastructure demonstration project that aims to reduce overflows by more than 20%.

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Water/Environment Award Of Merit: South Cobb Emergency Services Contract

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A 2018 failure at South Cobb’s Wastewater Reclamation Facility influent lift station caused a backup of its combined sewer overflow system that spilled sewage into the Chattahoochee River.

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