Would you drink a glass of water, take a big swig for your future? The majority of Americans draw their drinking water from publicly-owned water facilities. On the other hand, about 11 percent of the USA population are served by privately-owned water sources and 15 percent have their own water wells. The United States, as […]
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
Infrastructure Asset Management Myths Busted
What is asset management and what is it not? The concept of infrastructure asset management has existed long enough that some of us now fall into the trap of confusing it with something else. As the late US President John F. Kennedy puts it, the great enemy of the truth is very often not the […]
The Aging US Infrastructure and What Clinton and Trump Plan to Do with Them
If there is one thing that the US voters can thank for, it’s the fact that both presidential candidates this coming November election have expressed support to fixing the United States of America’s aging infrastructure. The US investing on infrastructure is equivalent to the US investing in itself – for the country’s self-growth and […]
West Virginia Needs Stormwater Infrastructure Funding Now
More than two months after a flash flood killed at least 24 people and devastated more or less 1,200 homes, West Virginia is now seeing the harrowing effects of cutting back budgets on infrastructure and the slow efforts on rehabilitation and replacement of decaying public utilities. Flooding has become common in the mountainous counties of […]
Watching Stranger Things and Identifying the Demorgons of USA Infrastructure
Stranger Things, the newest mystery horror flick in Netflix, captured the hearts of viewers all over the world. Its success was attributed mainly to the 80s nostalgia featured by the 8-episode series. Besides the old school vibe, there are also other reasons why Stranger Things was propelled to the popularity that is enjoying right now […]