Blog Archives: Municipal Infrastructure
PRWA March Madness 2020
Posted by Entech Engineering on Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The 2020 PRWA Annual Conference has been Cancelled The Pennsylvania Rural Water Association’s (PRWA) Annual Conference (PRWA) has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns and precautionary...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Energy Planning & Management | Engineering
It's a Two-Fer | PRWA Classes
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Here at Entech, we love educating, believing that a key to better decisions is being more informed. One of our most-seasoned presenters, Ed Pietroski, PE, Senior Project Manager, doing double-duty,...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Wastewater | Engineering
To Audit or Not to Audit Treatment Plants?
Posted by Ed Pietroski on Thursday, January 23, 2020
THAT is a good question.An article, "New Hampshire Operators Drive Energy Costs Down With Audits and Incentives" in Treatment Plant Operator (TPO) magazine featuring Sharon Nall, PE, of the New...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Energy Planning & Management | Environmental | Budgeting & Funding | Engineering
DRBC AEMR Reports Due 1.31.20
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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
Pennsylvania Municipal Bid Base Amounts 2020
Posted by Bryon Killian on Friday, December 20, 2019
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The thresholds for 2020 have increased again this year.In 2020, the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Budgeting & Funding
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
AWWA Free Online Water Training
Posted by Natalie O'Connor on Thursday, September 26, 2019
Technical, financial, and managerial training is available to help small public water systems maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act – best of all it’s FREE! The American...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Budgeting & Funding | 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
How Much is Your Leaky Water Infrastructure Really Costing You?
Posted by Rob Horvat on Monday, July 15, 2019
Reduce non-revenue water in your distribution system by 50%!Eliminate an entire shift at your plant!Cut $2,000 a month from your energy bills!Reduce WTP output by 500,000 gpd!If any of your proposed...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Budgeting & Funding | Engineering
PRWA March Madness 2019
Posted by Entech Engineering on Friday, March 8, 2019
We had so much fun last year with our Tournament of Talks at the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association’s Annual Conference (PRWA, we're doing it again!Along with all the basketball madness...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Budgeting & Funding | Engineering | Regulations