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Environmental restoration: conservation groups to remove dams on Penobscot River

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A number of conservation groups like a Native American tribe, government agencies and a major producer of hydroelectricity have signed an agreement, which aims at removing two dams from the Penobscot River. The parties to the agreement aim to revamp the waterway and restore populations of fish and other forms of wildlife that is in decline for some time.

Management dynamics, Management, Company business management, Environmental protection, Environmentalists, Environmental activists, Environmental issue

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River renaissance

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Some dams in the United States are as old as 160 years and this is causing safety and environmental concerns. Engineers are participating in a series of dam removal projects, which could reshape the nation's physical and cultural landscape.

Heavy construction, not elsewhere classified, All Other Heavy Construction, Dams Construction, Civil Engineers, Education, Dam construction

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Design begins of Detroit's combined sewer overflow solution

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Jacobs Engineering Group, after gaining a contract from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, has started to work on the design of the 7.5 mi (12 km) long Upper Rouge Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel.

Engineering for Plastic, Rubber Prodcts, Engineering services, Engineering firms, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., JEC, Detroit, Michigan. Water and Sewerage Department

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