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Black & Veatch
Water Reclamation Facility Upgrades Help Keep Chesapeake Bay Clean
Anne Arundel County leadership in Maryland recently celebrated the successful completion of upgrades to the Cox Creek Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), designed to drastically reduce pollutants in local waterways.
Environment
Black & Veatch
Water Supply Diversification Continues Rising to Reach Resiliency, Reliability Goals
Objectives for developing alternative water supplies to increase availability and improve water system resilience continue as top priorities for resource stakeholders. This year more than 50 percent of Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report respondents cited resiliency as an increasingly important driver for ensuring reliable water system delivery.
Environment
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch: Renewables, Distributed Energy Resources Driving Investments in Power Transmission Assets
Reliability and resilience are the critical centerpieces of today’s power industry. Even as utilities balance new, advanced technologies and changing regulatory mandates, organizational leaders remain focused on meeting evolving customer demand while delivering reliable, uninterruptable power flows. Black & Veatch’s new 2017 Strategic Directions: Electric Industry Report demonstrates the range of ways in which power providers — from generation to delivery — are broadening their views and adopting more flexible financial, planning and technology initiatives to meet these demands.
Research & Reports
Delos
Make Your Real Estate Decisions Healthy Decisions
70% of healthcare outcomes are based on the physical and social environments that we live in and work in daily. That includes our buildings, like how an office is designed or how our homes are constructed. But it also includes how we behave – how active we are, whether we smoke, and what we eat each day. It is clear that our physical environment has a significant impact on our health but it can also have an impact on our health-related behaviors.
Energy & Infrastructure
Black & Veatch
Data Analytics: More Than a Mere Numbers Game for Water Providers
Water providers have been collecting and utilizing data to perform important but traditional tasks: Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices speed information across networks, and smart metering infrastructure systems measure consumption and contribute to customer billing. But, as utilities wrestle with addressing aging foundational assets while balancing limited capital and rising calls for lower costs and safer water, there is new urgency to explore how data can drive and optimize asset performance and reduce risk.
Energy & Infrastructure
Black & Veatch
Water Industry Report: Data Drives a More Efficient Supply
Mike Orth, Executive Managing Director for the Americas in Black & Veatch’s water business, discusses how data should drive smarter business decisions for long-term water sustainability.
AI & Technology
Stellantis
FCA US Joins Forces with the Wildlife Habitat Council to Create Positive Conservation Outcomes
Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) announces FCA US LLC as its newest member, joining General Motors, Toyota and 80 other national and international companies who are committed to managing their lands to support sustainable ecosystems and the communities that surround them.
Corporate Responsibility
Ethical Performance
City Developments Limited: The Singapore Sustainability Academy Launches as Training and Networking Hub
Singapore Sustainability Academy (SSA), a major training and networking hub dedicated to achieving a cleaner, greener and more sustainable future, opened in June.
Energy & Infrastructure
Black & Veatch
Technology Creates New Efficiencies, But Are Water Utilities Prepared for the Security Risk?
Yahoo!, the Democratic National Convention and the U.S. Department of Justice were among the high-profile victims hit by major cyber attacks in 2016. Many people believe it’s only a matter of time before a water utility joins the list. Some consider physical security to be the weak link in ensuring a well-protected water supply; while others worry that the Internet of Things has created an incalculable number of entry points for hackers to create mischief.
AI & Technology
ENGIE Storage formerly Green Charge
Green Charge eBook: Solar + Energy Storage A Golden Opportunity in the Golden State
In 2017, the energy storage market is expected to double in size in California thanks to more than $448 million in federal and local incentives to pair storage with solar projects. Together, both solar and energy storage work to lower electric bills: solar by overall consumption and storage by spikes in power demand. Variable power generation is a weakness of solar systems that energy storage improves on. Pairing solar and energy storage brings stability, increased reliability and resiliency to the electrical grid.
Energy & Infrastructure

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