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  • Hi Catherine, Sounds like an interesting project. I will start by saying I am not an expert in design or construction so I'm sorry if this is a very limited suggestion. However, this does seem similar to what one would do when trying to size a wet weather tank. If you know the targeted flow limit leaving ...

  • Hi all, my firm was hired to study the possibility of developing a former shopping mall into a mixed-use residential, commercial, and office "Town Center"-type facility. The existing public sewer infrastructure has available capacity, but not enough for the anticipated peak diurnal flows (1.6 MGD) to ...

  • EPA has a web page on onsite water reuse systems Onsite Non-Potable Water Reuse Research | US EPA on the web page, there is a link to non-potable environmental and economic water reuse calculator, NEWR. This is a web-based tool for screening-level assessments of source water options for any urban ...

  • Thanks for the thoughtful response and citations, Len. ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, D.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus MS ------------------------------

  • Sarah, those are excellent ideas for regional water sharing. Some years ago there was a proposal to run a pipeline down the I20 median strip from the Mississippi River to west Texas. The suggestion was mostly laughed off and water transfers between basins is highly controversial; however, innovative ...

  • Water, water. Like electricity, local supply and use makes a lot of sense (of course, water has the advantage of being renewable/recycled, too!) Recycling improves the efficiency of our use (although some would say the extra cost and energy is not economical ;( Which brings up to the bigger question ...

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