Restoring natural stream processes to protect the Mobile Bay Estuary
Following decades of urban development, Mobile Bay’s estuarine waters, located in coastal Alabama, were being compromised as a result of feeder streams and watershed dumping 14 times the expected amount of sediment into the Bay. Utilizing a combination of sound engineering and stream restoration design techniques, a creative team of Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) […]
Two GMC projects among the “Best Projects” in the Southeast
ENR Southeast announced the winners of its 17th Annual Best Projects Awards, with two GMC projects among those recognized. The Clemson University Allen N. Reeves Football Complex received an Award of Merit in the sports/entertainment category, while the NASA Space Launch System Test Stands at Marshall Space Flight Center received top honors as the Best […]
Seneca Water Treatment Plant receives award for sustainability
Seneca’s Water Treatment Plant Improvements project in South Carolina is the recent recipient of the Envision Silver award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). The water treatment plant is the third infrastructure project in South Carolina to earn an Envision award from ISI, and is the first to earn a Silver award in the […]
Passing the smell test
Assessing and reducing taste and odor issues in drinking water By Tony Reid, PE The presence of unpleasant tastes and odors in drinking water is a serious and increasingly frequent problem for water utilities in the U.S. The repercussions extend far beyond mere inconvenience. City and county officials responsible for managing water supplies have a sworn […]
Mitigation Banking 101
The impact of commercial and industrial development on wetlands and streams, and whether this development and protection of the environment can coexist, is a major topic of discussion right now. Mitigation banking provides an opportunity to offset some of the negative impacts development may have on the environment; however, the process remains a mystery to […]
Six years later
Turning tragedy into triumph in Hackleburg Prior to April 27, 2011, there were some 30 businesses operating in the small northwest Alabama town of Hackleburg. At the end of that fateful day, only two remained – the result of a catastrophic EF5 tornado that also took 18 lives and obliterated a third of the town’s […]