Drive down any Idaho highway and you’re sure to be amazed. With a landscape that ranges from sub-alpine to desert, lakes and waterfalls to canyons and fertal farms, Idaho is a study in geographic diversity. It is evident to the observer that the people of Idaho have a lot to be proud of, and that they are taking care of their piece of America. They even design their landfills to be aesthetically pleasing and are …
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Tonopah, Arizona — One of the largest water wholesalers in the country got their first taste of what a growing number of water companies in the U.S. already know — the financial bottom-line for water projects using high-density polyethylene (HDPE) is the same color as the pipe — black. That’s what officials at the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) discovered when they let their bid-winning contractor value engineer a 15,000-foot pipeline for the Tonopah …
Read MoreDennis Smith rocks back on his work boots to take in the view of the Columbia River. The wide breadth, only a few miles from the Pacific Ocean, is dotted with timber-covered islands and glows from the bright but cloud-covered day. Eight or 10 lengths of polyethylene pipe stretch to the end of a 500-foot docking pier, and a lone fusion operator who doesn’t look old enough to shave, looks up from his work. “Nice …
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Barnsdall, Oklahoma — 97-year-old Arthur Moore peers down into an open ditch to inspect a new 2-inch polyethylene water line for his 136-tap rural water district in Northeastern Oklahoma. He shuffles his boots as he goes and the white hair and unhurried movements seem out of place on a construction site. Nevertheless, Moore is up to the job and it is fitting that he is the inspector of the pipeline because in many aspects, it …
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