President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan is grabbing some of the spotlight in Washington after Republicans’ bruising defeat on healthcare. The rebuilding package was expected to sit on the sidelines until the fall, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill think that timeline could be accelerated with more room on the legislative agenda and an administration eager […]

Even though it is invisible to most Americans, every community across this country relies on a complex system of reservoirs, aqueducts, dams, levees, treatment plants, pumping stations, and millions of miles of pipes forming our water infrastructure. For decades, most Americans haven’t given much thought to our water systems, not worrying where water comes from […]

Investing in U.S. infrastructure may be one of the few bipartisan efforts that financial institutions, manufacturers, policy makers and workers can all get behind. The new Coalition to Modernize America’s Infrastructure is a diverse group that advocates four principles for a truly transformative infrastructure package. In the days following the presidential election, infrastructure seemed a […]

LEWISTON, NY – The Niagara Power Project keeps churning out hydroelectric power with its newly installed turbines, just as it has for the past 56 years. The state’s hydropower supports some 400,000 jobs, New York Power Authority President and CEO Gil C. Quiniones said at the plant Thursday. Many of the jobs are in new, […]

Federal energy regulators will allow Pacific Power to continue operating the Wallowa Falls hydro project for the next 40 years, while also requiring additional protections for bull trout in the Wallowa River. The facility, located south of Joseph near Wallowa Lake, consists of a dam on the river’s east fork that diverts water to a […]

Regular inspections show Canyon Lake Dam, CA meets all safety standards. Recent rains have not compromised the structure’s integrity. The dam at Canyon Lake is inspected daily by Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District and continues to meet all state safety standards. Recent rain-related issues at Lake Oroville in Northern California has raised awareness of dam […]

PITTSBURGH, PA (AP) — Imagine 160 miles of continuous open water on the Allegheny River from the Kinzua Dam in Warren County to the Natrona dam in Harrison. It’s not just a dream; it’s the subject of two studies: The nonprofit American Rivers, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is studying and advocating for the removal of […]

OLDTOWN, Idaho — Could Oroville happen here? Officials at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say no. The spillway at the Albeni Falls Dam is often opened to full spill, said USACE spokesperson Patricia Cook Graesser Feb. 24. That makes the North Idaho dam quite different from its counterpart in Northern California, where concerns about […]

A key House committee next week will begin the slow process of turning President Trump’s aspiration of a $1 trillion infrastructure initiative into reality. Trump renewed his campaign call for a massive push to update the nation’s roads, bridges, public transportation systems, pipelines and ports during his address to Congress last month, but so far […]

Thursday, March 9, 2017 I’m Proud to Be… Since yesterday was International Women’s day, I’m inspired to reflect on why I’m proud to be a woman studying engineering at Purdue. …Motivated by Alumnae Purdue alumnae go on to do amazing things! From Patricia Galloway, BSCE ’78, who became the first female president of the American […]