Blog Archive(s)
Summer Intern Spotlight
Posted by Jeff Euclide on Monday, July 1, 2019
Summer is here and so is a new batch of interns. Through our internship programs we are training and evaluating the next generation of professionals. After they complete their college education, some...
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Categories: Entech, Engineering, & Beyond
Tagged: 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
Maintaining Chlorine Residuals has Changed the Water Tank Rules
Posted by Christine Gunsaullus on Wednesday, January 16, 2019
When I started in the water industry almost 25 years ago, we had certain steadfast rules when it came to water tanks: 1. The more storage, the better.
Owners would try to get the most volume,...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Regulations
DRBC Annual Effluent Reporting Due by 1/31/19
Posted by Bryon Killian on Wednesday, January 2, 2019
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 | Regulations
Don’t Let the New PADEP Water System Fees Bust Your Budget
Posted by Curt Tran on Monday, November 5, 2018
On August 18, 2018 new Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) fees went into effect for public water suppliers in PA. This comes as no surprise, as we’d heard these...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
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
Changes to Chapter 109 – Safe Drinking Water Regulations
Posted by Natalie O'Connor on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
We’ve been hearing about the proposed changes to the Chapter 109 disinfection regulations for many years, but without concrete regulations, there was little anyone could do to prepare. So we...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Regulations
Act 50 PA One Call Updates: Not Just for Excavators Anymore
Posted by Christine Gunsaullus on Tuesday, June 12, 2018
We’re all familiar with the Pennsylvania One Call System. My first two co-op jobs at Aqua PA and Sun Pipeline introduced me to the “Call Before You Dig” rules, and over the years,...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus | Industrial & Manufacturing | Municipal Infrastructure | Oil & Gas Infrastructure | Entech, Engineering, & Beyond
Tagged: Regulations
PA-AWWA Presentation Schedule
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The Pennsylvania American Water Works Association’s (PA-AWWA) Annual Conference is being held May 8-10, 2018 in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. It marks the 70th anniversary of the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water
De-Icing Without Damaging Historic Masonry
Posted by Joshua Kiehl on Thursday, March 15, 2018
As winter arrives, bringing with it ice and snow, historic building owners are faced with the additional challenge of keeping walkways and steps around their facilities safe for pedestrians and clear...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Architectural | Historic Preservation