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White Rock Fire Results in Boil Water

May 16, 2016 Mike Thomas

Fighting the flames had put such a demand on the small local #water system that the city’s reservoirs dropped to “dangerously…

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Posted in: Housing, Sustainability, UrbanWorkbench News, Water Filed under: Fire, fraser health, MetroVancouver, Revelstoke, urbanworkbench, Water, water resource issues

Watermain Replacement

October 20, 2014 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Among other things, one of my projects in the past month was pulling an old 40m water main out of a culvert under…

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Posted in: BC, Civil Engineering, Construction, Design, Sustainability, Water Filed under: engineering, problem solving, Revelstoke, solutions, Utilities, Water

Ice Pigging

November 25, 2013 Mike Thomas

[divider] This post is not about farm animal rights, or some cruel porcine-based Japanese reality TV game-show. Check out the…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Environmental, Featured, Health, Sanitary Sewer, Sustainability, Water Filed under: clean water, engineering, Health, ice pigging, infrastructure, pigging, Technology, Water

Friday News Clippings 8 June 2012

June 8, 2012 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Things have been really busy around here, and writing has caught the brunt of it, truly falling off the side…

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Posted in: Blogging, UrbanWorkbench News Filed under: planning, pollution, Stormwater, Transportation, Water, water treatment, zero waste

First Impressions – The Ripple Effect

June 23, 2011 Mike Thomas

Sometimes I read for pleasure, but often my reading takes me on a journey ranging from pain, frustration, through to…

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Posted in: Blogging, Book Review, History, Water Filed under: Energy, History, oil, politics, pollution, The Ripple Effect, Water, water pollution

Simple Water

February 8, 2011 Mike Thomas

This weekend, I had a discussion with a colleague in the water and wastewater industry about technologies and ideas for…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Technology, Water Filed under: filtration, membrane filtration, slow sand filter, Technology, Water, water treatment

Lifecycle Project Costs

January 12, 2011 Mike Thomas

I see a lot of new engineering technologies that have been developed in an attempt to better solve old problems.…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Construction, Design Filed under: Civil Engineering, cost estimating, costs, engineering, estimating, infrastructure, lifecycle costs, net present value, present value, sewer, Water

Irish Water Scouts – Thermal Imaging and Posties

January 6, 2011 Mike Thomas

In a situation that has exposed systemic issues in the organization of Northern Ireland Water, at last a ray of…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Water Filed under: engineering, freeze, infrastructure, infrastructure deficit, Northern Ireland Water, pipe burst, pipes, Water, water security, Water Supply

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