Michigan allows increase of groundwater consumption for Nestle
The first Monday of April 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved a permit for Nestle Waters North America, which produces Pure Life, Ice Mountain, Ozarka, and Perrier, to increase the amount of water they are allowed to withdraw from the state’s groundwater table. This increase allows for a whopping 400 gallons per ...
Hurricane Irma Update
5 months after the initial onslaught of Hurricane Irma and the disastrous effects left in her wake, the consequences to Florida’s citrus crops continues to rear its ugly head. Reports of citrus devastation have been rolling in sad wave after wave. Prior to Irma, Florida crop was already on the decline thanks to disease corrupting ...
The Three D’s of Water Control
In the cofferdam business, we refer to the 3-D’s often: Dewatering, Diversion, and Damming. There is a multitude of applications where our sturdy and portable cofferdam proves to be the most useful tool against water to ensure safety and reliability for project completion. Below is listed what each D means and examples of situations where ...
Hurricane Maria Updates
The headline of a NY Times article reads, “In the Virgin Islands, Hurricane Maria drowned what Irma didn’t destroy” and the story continues on to note that between the debt, the lack of funding, the unemployment rate being at twice the national average, what was once considered one of the Caribbean’s most ideal landscapes is ...
Updates on Hurricane Jose and Katia
Hurricane Jose became a very noteworthy hurricane in September 2017, as noted on wikipedia.com and other news – providing websites, as it is “the first and so far only time in Atlantic history that two active hurricanes simultaneously had recorded wind speeds of at least 150 miles per hour”. Jose reached a peak on September ...
Massive Construction Revamp planned for I-75
For almost 20 years, plans have been in the works for modernizing I-75 in Michigan, a well-travelled freeway built in the 60’s, encompassing approximately 18 miles of the freeway. Beginning at M-102 to south of M-59, the road experiences traffic volumes of 103 to 174 thousand daily. It is projected to allow for decreased congestion ...
Update on Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma has yet to dissipate and is now in Florida, but has been weakened to a tropical depression with sustained winds of 35 mph, thankfully, after it bounced between categories 2-5 for days. The highest wind reached was a minute long sustained 185 mph. The fatalities as of September 12 are marked at 49, ...
Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey hasn’t been brought to mention as much as expected, in light of Category 5 Hurricane Irma, which is currently tearing its way through the Caribbean Islands at the moment and expected to produce tropical storm winds in Florida as soon as Friday, September 8th. Hurricane Harvey was a category 4 ...
Hurricane Irma bound for Gulf and East Coast
On the coat-tails of Hurricane Harvey rides Hurricane Irma, already the strongest hurricane ever recorded outside the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, nearing historical precedent and a theoretical limit for how strong it can get. Irma is a category 5 hurricane with maximum winds reaching approximately 185 mph, surpassing the 157 mph requirement categorizing ...
Hurricane Harvey Devastates Texas
By now, we’ve all heard of the disaster of Hurricane Harvey and its affects on numerous southern states, specifically that of Texas. Record accumulation of rainfall is affecting south-east Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi while tropical storm force winds affecting primarily Texas and Louisiana has produced massive flooding throughout Texas. Search and rescue by boat and ...