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Utility projects often require delicate handling and precise power solutions to meet environmental challenges—that's where we come into play! Find out how we guaranteed an uninterrupted power supply during bird nest repositioning efforts, ensuring that the operation proceeded smoothly and safely, protecting both wildlife and the project's success. The prompt intervention of our experts was vital to ensuring stability during this sensitive task. This allowed the company to complete a year’s worth of capital projects and maintenance work in 48 hours. Get into the details of this case study here: https://bit.ly/3z4KnSJ #AggrekoDifference #EnvironmentalProtection #PowerSolutions #Utilities #OperationalExcellence

DU's wetland mitigation watersheds (active and a few of the pending ones) can be found at the link below. The new esri-enabled mapper on this page is bookmark worthy. https://lnkd.in/eQJPbYNU

"Regional and district councils are responsible under the NPS-FM and NES-F to avoid any further wetland loss; protect natural wetland values; promote restoration; and map wetlands to identify and monitor the values of natural wetlands and natural inland wetlands these terms are defined below." https://lnkd.in/gHBBeJKi

"The Alabama Trustee Implementation Group has released a draft restoration plan proposing projects to address injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Draft Restoration Plan IV and Environmental Assessment: Wetlands, Coastal and Nearshore Habitats; Nutrient Reduction; Birds; Oysters; and Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities (PDF, 343 pages) includes seven preferred alternatives for a total of $22.7 million. We will accept comments on the Draft Restoration Plan IV through July 24, 2024. And, we’ll hold a public webinar to present the plan and receive comments on July 10, 2024. The draft restoration plan, which is consistent with the Trustees’ programmatic restoration plan, evaluates 11 alternatives, seven of which we have identified as preferred. If those projects are approved, we will use Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment funds to implement the projects. The preferred alternatives are: ..." #DeepwaterHorizon #NRDA #TIG #Trustees #Alabama #restoration #plan #NaturalResources #comments https://lnkd.in/gZAmTjXG

The state often claims its proposed Delta Tunnel is not about diverting more water from the Sacramento River — the Newsom administration wants us to believe its all about protection from earthquakes and sea level rise. But they give away their true motives in their recent “cost benefit” analysis for the project. The benefits come from selling more (and more expensive) water — those benefits accrue to water utilities and investors in San Joaquin Valley agribusiness. (Those who eventually pay for that expensive water would probably consider it a “cost”. ) Not mentioned in the report are costs to the general public (& disadvantaged communities in particular) of operating this massive new water diversion. These costs include: closed fisheries, toxic water quality, and extinguished native fish and wildlife populations. Those costs are externalized. This isn’t a “cost benefit” analysis of societal impacts — it’s an advertisement for investors in a $20+ billion pipe to divert water. And so continues the oldest story in California water.

“I remember when there used to be life in this beck.” We have a responsibility to ensure natural habitats are passed on to future habitats in better condition than we found them in. Between BNG and nature-based nutrient schemes, we finally have a mechanism to do this. Creating market-based approaches to environmental protection and improvement is one of the more promising opportunities for us to ensure we don't leave the next generation with an even bigger mess.

Florida has embarked on a large-scale restoration project of the Everglades wetlands, building a reservoir to secure the future of the state's water supply. Part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, the reservoir will help the state navigate water access challenges such as its groundwater aquifers being threatened by saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels, and land-use changes reducing the effectiveness of natural water filtration systems. https://lnkd.in/eE8dGsF9

Stormwater Awareness Week is a crucial time to recognize the significant impact stormwater quality has on our environment. How we handle, protect, treat, and discharge stormwater goes far beyond the rain at your site—it’s about preserving our natural resources and protecting the environment. Whether you're a municipality, construction site, industrial facility, or simply someone passionate about conservation, join us this Stormwater Awareness Week as we explore the importance of clean stormwater and its far-reaching effects on our planet—one job site, city, and raindrop at a time. Join the Stormwater Professionals Group in celebrating Stormwater Awareness Week! Together, let's make a difference by championing clean stormwater practices and protecting our environment. Be part of the movement—connect with us and take action to ensure a sustainable future, one drop at a time. https://lnkd.in/dvvXgPDa #stormwater #civilengineering #stormwaterprofessionalsgroup #texas #detentionpond #propertymanagement

“After years of “stream restoration” projects conceived with great fanfare, the creek has become ground zero for the debate over reconstructing streams with rocks and new plantings to slow their flow and to filter out sediment and nutrients prior to emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. ‘These restorations are disturbing natural areas’ without having measurable success preventing pollution-laden water from gushing downstream, said Wolf. Similar projects are being used by Baltimore and other jurisdictions to comply with state stormwater runoff regulations, but some environmental advocates are questioning their effectiveness and decrying their destruction of stream-side forests.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/gfWvZqsW #stormwater #trashcapture #bmphood #civilengineering #bestmanagementproducts

Yesterday capped off a few days of site visits that saw me cover over 1000 miles on the road – a Tour de North in the Tees and Eden catchments, capped off with a visit to the upper reaches of the Hampshire Avon. The purpose of this road trip: recceing sites for potential deployments of our novel ditch management and river restoration mitigation approaches. The common feature of all of these sites was a degraded river environment that would benefit from some form of restoration. Without fail, each landowner told me “the river never really flows out onto the floodplain”, even over last winter. These sites have been straightened, overdeepened and are now lacking much by way of habitat diversity. One farmer in the Tees catchment, who has lived on and farmed her land for 40 years, said “I remember when there used to be life in this beck.” Combined, these sites have the potential to deliver: 8000 kg N in the Tees catchment 110 kg P in the Eden catchment 45 kg P in Hampshire Avon catchment This is important not just because of the contribution to mitigation demand the projects could make in each catchment, but also because #nutrientneutrality provides a means to finance environmental restoration. Using these approaches, we can also bring forward this much mitigation for less than the cost of a single large wetland. I completed the draft guidance on drainage ditch management for NN a week ago. This was followed by a call with Natural England colleagues where we got to what should be a workable conceptual position on beaver dam analogues and river restoration. These approaches have the potential to not only alleviate mitigation supply shortages across all catchments, but also to improve degraded river environments, helping to bring life back to our neglected becks.