Sea Level Rise Planning Part 2
In the last blog we discussed 10 planning steps for sea level rises. When planning 50-100 years other factors can come into play as well. As a result, to allow flexibility in the analysis due to the...
View Article1/4 the semester is Gone!
The first month of the fall semester has slammed me, which accounts for a little less blog activity on my part. But as fall rolls in many local governments are dealing with final budgets, new projects...
View ArticleResponsibility, Failure and the Lack of Funds
Public water and sewer systems have the responsibility to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public they serve, just as engineers do. This is includes not just complying with regulatory...
View ArticleMisconcepted?
There is a recent iPos MORI study that evaluated the perception and reality of issues in 14 western, industrialized countries to determine how well the perception of the populace matched reality. The...
View ArticleMusings to Start February
It’s February already! Where has the year gone? My apologies for a January without posts. Things have been busy here and well, blogging got put on the back burner for me with the new semester...
View ArticleA Computer Rant
I got hacked again this past week. I had the week nicely structured to stay in my office and get lots of work done. Things I had been trying to complete for the past couple week. This is the second...
View ArticleIndirect potable reuse in our future?
A past project I was involved with involved a look at the feasibility of using wastewater to recharge the Biscayne aquifer In the vicinity of a utility’s potable water supply wells. The utility was...
View ArticleAn Urban vs Rural community Question
As technology advances I have an observation, and a question that needs to be asked and answered. And this could be a pretty interesting question. Back in the day, say 100 or 150 years ago, there...
View ArticleIt’s Been a Month!!
My apologies for being offline for a month. It has been very busy. I got back from Utah, and it was tests, reports, etc. Then Thanksgiving – we went to Disney for my stepdaughter. Then the Florida...
View ArticleAsset Management and Condition Index
Here is an example of getting to a condition assessment with limited data using power point slides. Note that where there are categorical variables (type of pipe for example), these need to be...
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