Projects recognized for outstanding design in precast/prestressed concrete construction honored with PCI Design Awards of Excellence.
Sewer line breaks, sending part of Ohio park into river
The 100-year-old stone sewer line discharges about 12 million gallons of rainwater and sewage each year into the Ohio River.
California’s water savings reach near 19 percent in November
Most of the state is still experiencing drought conditions.
Interior Secretary orders review of California WaterFix
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell calls for expedited review of project.
Water Authority, City of San Diego measuring interest in potential renewable energy-supporting pumped storage project
Potential 500-megawatt San Vicente Energy Storage Project could help ease pressure on electric grids increasingly dependent on renewable energy.
US Water Alliance announces additions to Board of Directors
DC Water CEO and General Manager George Hawkins and American Water President and CEO Susan Story join the national organization.
ACWA scholarship deadline approaches
February 1 is the deadline for future water leaders to submit materials to ACWA
Rohm uses Arduino to demo sensors
Rohm has turned to Arduino to demonstrate part of its sensor portfolio. The evaluation kit, called SensorShield-EVK-001 is an Arduino ‘shield’ which has no sensors but allows separate sensing daughter boards to be interfaced with Arduino Uno, for example. Multiple daughter boards (see below) cover acceleration, barometric pressure and magnetic field sensing, for example. “Simply …
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Auto-driving ECU from Renesas and TTTech
Renesas and TTTech Computertechnik have developed a prototype electronic control unit (ECU) for self-driving vehicles. Aimed at mass production vehicles, the platform includes TTIntegration software and tools. It is the first outcome of the collaboration between TTTech and Renesas announced in January 2016, and is an extended version of kit released in October 2016. The …
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Harwin extends 1.27, 2 and 2.54mm pitch connector ranges
Harwin has added connector orientation, pin counts and soldering choices to Archer M50 (1.27mm pitch), M22 (2mm) and M20 (2.54mm ) industry standard connector ranges. All of the new surface mount connectors are available supplied in tape-and-reel packaging for use with automated pick and place assembly. Archer M50 connectors now include single-row pin headers and …
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