Route 66 Community Turns to Polyethylene for Water Main Fix

A small Oklahoma town nestled on Route 66 recently replaced one of two key pipelines that bring potable water into the city. Sayre, home to approximately 4,000 residents, is served by two pipelines that bring water into the city. Those two lines come into the city by crossing the North Fork of the Red River under the protection of a bridge that carries traffic in and out of the community. One of those lines suspended …


Leading Community Putting in Smart Water Infrastructure

At the heart of Silicon Valley is Palo Alto, California — a community that is home to entrepreneurial companies and forward-thinking minds. Take a short drive and chances are you’ll happen upon Stanford University, Google, Apple, Hewlett-Packard and other iconic institutions of invention, progress and ingenuity. While Palo Alto has plenty of commercial appeal for residents, its best asset might be a city utility engineering department insistent on putting the best infrastructure systems in the …


Geothermal Installation is Educational Process for Contractors, College

At St. Clair County Community College (SC4) in Port Huron, Mich., contractors and college students alike are learning about green buildings and technologies. The lessons are being taught in unlikely places — in a parking lot and through the passing around of viral videos. Students at the college will participate in lessons on green environments stemming from a geothermal installation underneath a large parking lot on campus. The parking lot is also outfitted with bioswales …


Kansas’ oldest city getting new water mains

The first city in Kansas, Leavenworth, has undertaken a project to improve the community’s water distribution system. Starting in 2004, the Leavenworth Water Department embarked on a program to install High-Density Polyethylene Pipe (HDPE) in the downtown area. The new pipe ranges in size from 2-inch to 8-inch. The pipeline is replacing some of the old PVC and even older ductile iron pipe sections that have been in the ground for more than 100 years. …