January 2004 Edition
Engineering - now it’s time for the write stuff
Some years ago I was taken on a
tour of one of our leading environmental
consulting companies.
Photographs of bridges,
treatment plants, highways and other
projects adorned the walls, all palpable
examples of the consulting engineer’s
role in upgrading our standards of living.
But I also noted bookshelves
which were groaning under the weight
of reports, studies and proposals. The
noun library at this firm was certainly
not an oxymoron.
It was here that my host asked me
what I thought of his engineering company.
Not entirely seriously I said it
was a great publishing enterprise. He
was taken aback. I jokingly pointed out
that I saw no lathes, milling machines
or other appurtenances common to
engineering manufacturing, but noted
his company had written
enough publications to
make a publishing house
envious.
See Tom's full commentary
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Valuable stormwater assets covered by inspections and maintenance program
Pollution-free surface water is
becoming a valuable commodity
as many North American
communities struggle with
drinking water and wastewater challenges.
Less than 1% of the water on
Earth is readily accessible for
use by human beings. Non-point
source pollution carried by
stormwater may account for 80
percent of the degradation in
North America’s freshwater
lakes and streams.
Solutions to the struggle for
safe supplies of fresh water to
guarantee sustainable reserves
for future generations are
becoming dependent upon technology,
such as oil-sediment separators,
and legislation. Ontario’s
Sustainable Water and Sewage
Systems Act 2002 and the US
Clean Water Act are the kinds of
legislation that call for technology
that works.
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