What civil engineers are reading this week

• Beer spills onto interstate after major crash

  The crash on Interstate 75 in Florida involved five semitrucks. One was carrying Coors Light.

• World's largest geothermal lagoon planned for Canada

  The open-air lagoon will be kept at balmy temperatures year-round through a “huge thermos” heating system underneath.

• Mississippi capital's water problems go deeper than pipes, experts say

  When Jackson residents lost access to clean water late last month, government officials scrambled to fix an infrastructure problem bigger than just money could solve.

• Feds finally using highway money to tear down highways

  The U.S. Department of Transportation gave Michigan $105 million to kick-start the removal of Interstate 375, a sunken freeway in Detroit that decimated two Black neighborhoods when it was built.

• As flood waters recede in Pakistan, ‘second wave’ of disaster strikes

  Aid agencies race to ward off water-related diseases weeks after record-setting monsoon rains turned vast tracts of Pakistan into an inland lake.

• Why all Americans should be paying attention to Puerto Rico’s power grid

  Hurricane Fiona showed how improvement efforts remain hampered by years of neglect and mismanagement.