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The City of Grand Rapids, in partnership with Grand Rapids Community College, has hosted a three-day Water Careers Camp for four consecutive summers, engaging middle school students (sixth to ninth…
Did you know most municipal tree programs are 95 percent reactive and citizen complaint-driven? This reactive atmosphere tends to produce inadequate resource availability, a low standard of care, and decreased…
The Utah State University has completed its third comprehensive water main break asset management study with over 800 water utilities. This session will present the new findings for North America…
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! It’s Water Woman! Before embracing her Water Woman alter ego, Jenny Tomes, APR, was just a regular community outreach assistant manager for a…
Is your jurisdiction growing faster than your workforce? Is your team feeling like there is too much to do in too little time? Are your priorities clear and easy to…
Across the globe our communities are experiencing more severe weather events like storms, heatwaves, and extreme rainfall causing flash flooding, coastal erosion, and drying soils. Our community infrastructure is becoming…
You’ve been recognized as an up-and-coming team member and aspire to be a public works director, city engineer, or some other community ninja who truly makes a difference in the…
So, you’ve been a public works director (or other departmental leader)— what’s next in your career? Do you aspire to a role in city or county management? Top dog? Deputy?…
The rapid proliferation of connected vehicles and the increasing availability of their generated data present a transformative opportunity for infrastructure management, particularly in pavement condition evaluation. While traditional methods, such…
West Des Moines, Iowa (population 70,000) has long struggled with right-of-way management and many utility companies competing for precious underground real estate. In 2019, the City of West Des Moines…