Yearly Archives: 2013
Engine Technology to meet Emission Standards
POV
October 30, 2013
The engine design of many new cars and light trucks today is close to meeting the latest pollution standards that will require vehicles to emit fewer harmful particles over their lifetimes. In 2012 California approved standards to reduce emissions from passenger cars to 3 milligrams or a millionth of an ounce, per mile over the 2017-2021 […]
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 20-26
POV
October 21, 2013
PA is urging parents, teaches, news media and environmental agencies in spreading the message “Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future,” during the National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 20-26. Young children are at the most risk from lead poisoning. The most common way that children become exposed to lead is by breathing or swallowing dust […]
CMOM Self-Assessment
POV
October 16, 2013
A CMOM Self-Assessment is an existing tool that has been helpful for wastewater utilities to evaluate the performance of the sanitary collection system and reduce the occurrence of sanitary sewer overflows. CMOM stands for Capacity, Management, Operation, and Maintenance. Overflows that occur in separate sanitary sewers are considered bypasses of the collection system and are […]
Stormwater Asset Management
POV
October 15, 2013
Achieving stormwater compliance can be a tedious challenge, particularly for communities with less than 100,000 people. More stringent water quality requirements are forcing regulated communities to evaluate their asset management strategy. Regulatory agencies are pushing municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4’s) to be more proactive to respond to replacement or repair of aging infrastructure now […]
Kori Andrews to Head GLI’s Energy Committee
POV
October 10, 2013
Kori Andrews with Smith Management Group’s Louisville office, will chair Greater Louisville Inc.’s (GLI) Energy Committee. The Energy Committee is a subcommittee of the larger Energy and Environment Committee at GLI. The committee is composed of industry leaders interested in energy conservation and efficiency. The committee works to find ways to improve efficiency in energy use, […]