Uncertainty and risk are two terms that are often thought to mean the same thing but are not. A project’s... View Article
After many years of delay the EPA and MassDEP published the new MS4 General Permit for Massachusetts on April 13,... View Article
This past November, the Town of Scarborough, ME started up a new project that involves providing power to its Town... View Article
I hear a common pain from my colleagues and clients all the time: “The cost of environmental compliance is not... View Article
Here are some quick wastewater and water reuse facts. According to a United Nations study, North America generates 85 cubic... View Article
A wastewater treatment facility typically operates for 20 to 30 years before major upgrades are required. As a result, many... View Article
Becky Corbin, CHMM, CPEA, understands what makes a good environmental compliance or management system audit. With over 20 years of experience in environmental, health and safety compliance, she has participated in more than 100 audits and has extensive experience leading and conducting multi-media environmental health and safety compliance audits for a variety of clients, including […] The post Successful Environmental Audits: An Interview with Becky Corbin, CHMM, CPEA appeared first on Woodard & Curran.
Alan Fabiano, a technology manager at Woodard & Curran, recently published an article titled, “Digital Data Collection Helps Cut Out the Paper,” in Treatment Plant Operator magazine. The article describes how operators at treatment plants can use mobile technologies—along with simple, flexible, and affordable applications developed for them—to make data management more efficient and accurate, […] The post Exploring the Advantages of Mobile Technology at Treatment Plants appeared first on Woodard & Curran.
The City of Inverness, Florida is home to more than 7,000 residents. In 2006, the relatively small city undertook an ambitious plan to upgrade its secondary treatment facility into a SCADA-monitored, tertiary-treatment facility that that would produce public-access reclaimed water and save 700,000 gallons of water per day. The City wanted to ensure service would […] The post Successful Public/Private Partnership in Inverness, Florida appeared first on Woodard & Curran.
With all the demands on an organization’s time, it makes sense for certain functions to be outsourced. For areas like facility maintenance, outsourcing is an obvious choice, but many don’t consider outsourcing Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs. Research institutions, healthcare companies, and universities, among others, incur substantial costs from maintaining their EHS programs each […] The post Outsourcing Can Save Overextended EHS Departments appeared first on Woodard & Curran.