After more than 15 years of expanding public water throughout the region, Western Virginia Water Authority Executive Director Gary Robertson retired earlier this year. The water authority was created in 2004 when Roanoke County and the City of Roanoke agreed to collaborate on water and sewer services. Robertson, then utilities director for Roanoke County, shared …
In today’s world, workplaces, schools, shopping malls and anywhere that people gather can come under threat or experience a medical emergency. Most emergency alert systems are designed to provide for fire evacuations using sirens. But all too often, when a siren sounds in a public place, most people don’t know what it means, what they …
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Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Liberia will today, November 1, 2019 break ground for the construction of a US$18 million raw water pipeline between Mount Coffee Hydro-power Plant and the White Plains Water Treatment Plant, following stakeholders’ review organized by authorities at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an EPA release says. MCA-Liberia is a Liberian-government agency …
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A Barrack Point resident was shocked to hear the hissing sound of gas from his damaged meter – and wonders why the meter reader didn’t report the problem. Like most people, Chris Campbell didn’t think he had to inspect his own gas meter. He admitted he had walked by it before, heard a slight hiss …
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HAVERHILL — A work crew from the city’s wastewater department struck an underground natural gas line Thursday morning, resulting in an evacuation of a portion of Hilldale Avenue, just north of Lafayette Square. Prior to the accident, the work crew had taken the normal precaution of calling in Dig Safe, said Deputy Haverhill DPW director Robert …
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(Reuters) – Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge Inc on Thursday won backing from a Michigan state court to permit a 66-year-old crude oil pipeline to continue to run under a state waterway, pushing back authorities’ efforts to have the pipeline decommissioned. The Enbridge Line 5 pipeline runs under the Straits of Mackinac, where Lakes Huron and …
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BISMARCK, N.D. — TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline has leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons of oil in northeastern North Dakota, marking the second spill in two years along the line that carries Canadian tar sands oil through seven states, regulators said Thursday. Crews on Tuesday shut down the pipeline that carries tar sands oil from Canada …
Oct. 30–NEWPORT – The Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers determined the cause of the gas service outage on Aquidneck Island in January was the result of a low-pressure condition on the “G-System” branch of the Algonquin pipeline, according to the agency’s report released Wednesday. And the DPUC is likely to place the …
JAY — Police are investigating damage to an excavator parked near the multipurpose Whistle Stop Trail this week. The machine owned by Jordan Excavation of Kingfield was parked near the Old Jay Hill Road section of trail, which goes from Jay to West Farmington. It was vandalized between 5 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday …
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Corporation Commission has been awarded a $99,635 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to assist with underground pipeline damage prevention efforts. Excavation damage is the most common cause of damage to underground pipelines. In Kansas last year, there were 1,184 reports of gas lines …
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