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I have had the experience of completing several PIPs as a Manager in a Public Agency. I have seen mixed results. When I, and my firm, have entered into a PIP there was every sincere effort and hope of a successful outcome. It is simply to hard to find and fill slots with qualified people to nonchalant ...

​For a text you might try, "Hydraulic Engineering," by Roberson, Cassidy and Chaudhry. ------------------------------ Michael Buechter P.E., D.WRE, F.EWRI, M.ASCE Program Manager Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Webster Grvs MO ------------------------------

​Barbara, Had a co-worker once that always said, "Better to leak out than in." A good paper specific to the issue, an EPA Study can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/thepotentialforhealthrisksfromintrusionofcontaminants_1.pdf Lots of other references listed ...

​Stephanie, You can find much information about the topic on the NSPE website. The first PE license started in Wyoming in 1907, they were adopted in other states often as the result of disasters as you mention. The last state Montana in 1947. An article on the topic below. https://www.nspe.org/ ...

​Shirley, Thanks for the follow-up. I note you state, "What they like is short pieces..." Note my original comment starts, "...the use of long form print..." Following in that vein I guess I am thinking of something like my current "personal" reading project, Churchill's six volume History of the ...