Policy Briefing: Bills would protect utilities from Superfund PFAS liability
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Field finalized for first ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships
The 2023 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships will feature the 36th annual Concrete Canoe Competition finals, along with the Society-wide finals of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute Surveying Competition and the Sustainable Solutions Competition: Envisioning a New Downtown.
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Official in India suspended after draining reservoir to find phone he dropped during selfie
The water was enough to irrigate at least 1,500 acres of land during India’s scorching summer.
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'Dramatic change': Free supplement on flood loads available for ASCE's most widely used standard
ASCE/SEI 7-22 has been updated with flood load provisions protecting against 500-year flood events. How will it "help residents and businesses feel secure despite weather-driven challenges?"
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There's a deal to conserve the Colorado River; now comes the hard part
After two decades of an ongoing megadrought in the West, there are a variety of water conservation efforts to choose from. But one idea in California sticks out.
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Lower emissions during pandemic caused climate warming effect, study finds
While reducing air pollution emissions leads to better air quality, it also enables stronger climate warming effects, scientists in Sweden say.
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400 chunks of concrete may explain what caused the deadly Florida condominium collapse
Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology will begin testing concrete cores and reinforcing steel in a search for answers from the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse.
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Bills in Congress would protect utilities from liability for 'forever chemicals'
The Senate plans would shield “passive receivers” of PFAS contamination, including drinking water, wastewater treatment, solid waste, recycling, and compost facilities, from Superfund liability.

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