Category: Water Resources

Scholarships Open Doors to Engineering Careers

How can I find engineering-specific scholarships? ACEC offers several. The deadline to apply is in March. A new year brings new opportunities, as the saying goes. And in civil engineering and related disciplines, employment opportunities abound for 2017 and beyond. Buildings and roads are being erected, the housing market has returned to a promising level, and… Read More »

Cranberries Depend on Water Resources

Dams serve a range of organizations in a variety of locations. They store water, control floods, provide irrigation, supply hydropower, reduce sedimentation – the list of uses for this scalable water resource structure goes on and on. It’s hard to miss a big dam on a big river. But you can find small dams doing… Read More »

How Do You Reduce Runoff Pollution?

A vegetated greenway in the Village of Windsor, Wisconsin, is a good example of a way to remove phosphorus from stormwater runoff. The vegetation filters out pollutants before they reach wetlands and waterways. When it comes to a community having its stormwater runoff problems evaluated, spending a little money up front can potentially save that… Read More »