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I will be presenting about groundwater management under climate change and innovative use of integrated water resources models in decision making. If you are at the conference, let’s connect. #gw #sustainable #waterresourcesmanagment #climatechange #innivation #ewri2024 #asce

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Understanding the grey belt. One of the more eye-catching announcements from Rachel Reeves in her recent maiden speech as Chancellor was the use of 'grey belt' sites for development. Although brownfield sites remain a priority, the government has also made it clear that some previously developed/brownfield sites proposed for development will reside within green belt, specifically, parcels of land referred to as the ‘grey belt’. This refers to less desirable land within the policy designation such as disused car parks, vacant and other underutilised sites. The full article below looks at exactly what this means for the NPPF, the definition of 'grey-belt' and opportunities that this brings. "While development is inevitable under this newly appointed government, it is important to distinguish in this period of change that not all accounted for green belt is truly green. Using land which currently doesn’t serve public purpose will enable developments to not only deliver housing, but a range of blue and green integrated infrastructure, publicly accessible high-quality spaces, unlocking opportunities for sustainable and well-planned communities." SLR has undertaken a research piece and developed an interactive GIS web tool using open-source data to identify what the grey belt could look like in the future to identify potential sites for development in Surrey. Well worth a look 👇 https://lnkd.in/gyEAZJcG Dr Chris Lyons, Rhian Thomas, Jonathan Salter #greybelt #development #builtenvironment #NPPF #Planning #landuse

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The Federal government has promised to address the uncertainty facing major Canadian projects like ports, airports, pipelines, roads, transmission lines, natural resource developments and manufacturing and has proposed some draft amendments to the Impact Assessment Act. Brad Gilmour, Co-Chair, of Environmental Disputes and Enforcement at Osler and Charles DeLand, associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute argue in their recent op-ed that the fixes proposed by the government will not help to speed up projects and will lead to further litigation and investment uncertainty. Read the full article in The National Post: https://lnkd.in/eKASnnYn #impactassessment

In the final feature of a four-part series on the #deepwater US #GulfofMexico, we consider Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) #decommissioning cost estimates for floating structures. Read more by Mark Kaiser, professor with the Center for Energy Studies at Louisiana State University at https://lnkd.in/gEh2CKKD. #OffshoreMagazine #EndeavorBusinessMedia

Houston/Texas, we have a problem! As Apollo 13 astronaut John "Jack" Swigert once famously said. The State of Texas faces challenges in its critical infrastructure sectors, and we need to have a professional round table asap! Shockingly, #Texas has 4 critical infrastructure sectors graded at D, with wastewater being one of them. This issue has resulted in billions in EPA fines and years of #environmental #health damage from #SSOs of failing sewer assets. With a score of a D how in the world can that system support a 25-30% increase in stress load with all the overnight growth projections? With over 7,000 independent systems in Texas, publicly funded by hard-earned tax dollars, the lack of consumer protection and #asset #management practices is alarming. As a father and rate payer, this situation is as concerning to me as it is to you. A quick 7-page #ASCE brief sheds light on the broken system of tracking, monitoring, and self-correcting these costly issues in Texas. With 24 years of experience in underground water/sewer #infrastructure and #certification in public asset management, I believe there are solutions to safeguard our children's future in Texas. As responsible stewards, we owe it to our state and our children to do better. "Needs" over "wants" of our most basic infrastructure. Texas Infra Group, LLC offers simple solutions for complex infrastructure challenges, utilizing logic, basic math, 2024 tech/resources, and good old-fashioned common sense. Let's work together to ensure a better tomorrow for Texas. If the word #sustainability is to have a real meaning, we can't keep talking! #actions #Texas #Infrastructure #WaterManagement #Environment #ASCE #EPA #TexasWaterDevelopment #CommonSense US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) TCEQ Compliance Service Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN) Texas Water Development Board Harris County Engineering Department ASCE - Texas Section ASCE Publishing UCTA Chad Smeltzer The Infrastructure Hot Seat Podcast NASSCO, Inc. Bayou City Waterkeeper Water Environment Association of Texas

If you haven't registered yet, you should! This Seminar will feature many great speakers and environmental professionals that can speak on a variety of air topics! See you next week!

CHSRA Releases Final EIR/EIS Needed to Connect San Francisco to Downtown L.A. The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) on May 24 released the final environmental documentation for the more than 30-mile segment between Palmdale and Burbank in Southern California. This is the last key environmental document needed to connect San Francisco to downtown Los Angeles. The document is on track to be presented to CHSRA’s Board of Directors for consideration during a two-day board meeting June 26 and 27. With board approval, the project will have environmental clearance for 463 miles of the Phase 1 system between downtown San Francisco and downtown Los Angeles and could begin preparing this segment for construction as funding becomes available. All that remains to environmentally clear the full 494-mile Phase 1 system of the project is the Los Angeles to Anaheim segment, which CHSRA says it expects to finalize next year. #chsra #ushighspeedrail #railwayprojects #sustainabletransportation https://lnkd.in/gc3rDZSk

On 26 September 2023, the Welsh government published an overview of marine sector governance. This provides a summary of the governance arrangements, consents and licences required in Wales for various marine activities and projects. Our article offers a summary of the guidance, highlighting the importance of obtaining the relevant consents and licences that are outlined in the overview. #MarineLaw #MarineGovernanceWales #MarinePlanning https://lnkd.in/gc23Ttmb