Blog Tag Archives: Environmental
Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Trading: Succeeding Through the Volatility
Posted by Heath Edelman on Monday, October 21, 2019
If your facility has been relying on the purchase of nutrient credits each year to meet your Chesapeake Bay permit limits, it may be time to re-evaluate that strategy, or if your facility produces...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Wastewater | Environmental | Regulations
Celebrate Berks Water Week 2019
Posted by Lori Burkert on Thursday, August 1, 2019
Every spring, I train volunteers through the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward program on the role of geology and soils in our watersheds, and have seen first-hand how important community...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure | Entech, Engineering, & Beyond
Tagged: Potable Water | Stormwater | Environmental
What’s So Great About M68?
Posted by Christine Gunsaullus on Tuesday, August 14, 2018
manual for water quality in distribution systemsAs water professionals, we work in such a diverse industry. So many variables affect each system, and no two are alike. So overcoming challenges is,...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Environmental | Engineering | Regulations
New Annual Fees for DRBC Docket Holders
Posted by Lori Burkert on Thursday, May 4, 2017
It’s been 8 years since the Delaware River Basic Commission (DRBC) last changed their fee structure, so to keep up with inflation and stabilize and sustain funding, significant changes went...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Stormwater | Environmental | Regulations
DRBC Annual Effluent Reporting Due by 1/31/17
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) requires that all docket and permit holders who discharge effluent within the Delaware River Basin, monitor discharge levels and file annual reports to the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Wastewater | Environmental | Regulations
DRBC Water Audits Due 3/31/17
Posted by Bryon Killian on Friday, January 13, 2017
Potable water suppliers who operate within the Delaware River Basin are required by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to complete an annual water audit. These water audits are due to the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Environmental
Federal Water & Wastewater Funding Loan Rates Hit Historic Lows
Posted by Bryon Killian on Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Early last month, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) lowered water and waste disposal loan interest rates for the 3rd quarter, to historic lows. Rates range...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Environmental | Budgeting & Funding
DRBC Water Audits Due 03.31.16
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Potable water suppliers who operate within the Delaware River Basin are required by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to complete an annual water audit. These water audits are due to the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Environmental
Financing Campus Central Utility Energy Projects: Your Goose That Lays Golden Eggs
Posted by Bryan Haag on Thursday, February 4, 2016
It isn’t any secret to facility managers that campus central utility projects can offer quick paybacks and sizeable annual savings for your campus, through energy reductions. Furthermore, those...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Energy Planning & Management | Environmental | Mechanical | Engineering
Pennsylvania’s New Methane Emission Regulations
Posted by Tanner Sattler on Tuesday, January 26, 2016
On January 19, 2016, Governor Tom Wolf, with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), announced new initiatives for the oil and gas industry to reduce methane emissions and...
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Categories: Oil & Gas Infrastructure
Tagged: Environmental | Pipelines | Compressor & Metering Stations | Natural Gas | Engineering