Public Works & Infrastructure
Public Works & infrastructure are essential components of local and state government responsibilities. They involve the construction, maintenance, and management of vital public facilities and services such as roads, bridges, water supply, and waste management. Effective infrastructure planning ensures communities have the necessary resources for economic growth and quality of life. This directory provides articles on public works and infrastructure and related topics like Transportation, which explores the development of efficient systems for moving people and goods.
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The move follows pushback from the union that represents city sanitation workers over not doing enough to protect workers from COVID-19
Though often short on details, which presumably will come later, Brown outlined a variety of proposals to make Buffalo a technology-savvy, inclusive community.
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Iowa has been identified nationally as a state with a high percentage of pay-as-you-throw waste programs
The Kansas Department of Transportation has been approved for a $1 million federal grant to update its construction management software
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City officials are testing a new technology at the Lakewood Wastewater Treatment Plant to reduce sanitary and combined sewer overflows during heavy rain
The findings were part of an initiative introduced last year which aims to identify patterns in claims made against the city
Despite record heat, drought-conscious Californians managed to slash urban water use by 27% in June
The Tarrant Regional Water District was awarded $440 million in low-interest loans by the Texas Water Development Board for a 150-mile pipeline
King County Executive Dow Constantine examines a complex issue many public officials around the United States are facing: infrastructure
In Flint, Michigan, lead, copper, and bacteria are contaminating the drinking supply and making residents ill
“What are the countries with the highest renewable energy generation (by percent of energy use)? What factors lead to being able to rely so much on renewables?”
LED lighting helps cities improve the quality of their illumination by reducing the amount of energy and money spent on maintaining street lighting systems
The Santa Barbara City Council voted unanimously to pull the $55 million trigger to revamp and reactivate its long mothballed desalination plant
More than half of the city’s energy needs are being supplied by solar
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