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The City of Hamilton, Ontario, provides waste collection services with public employees. The City takes the responsibility for driver safety very seriously and has implemented new initiatives for driver training…
Read MoreAgencies may face issues of declining budgets and diminishing resources, and the challenge of providing quality service in a timely fashion is ever-present. This session presents issues involving plowing, chemical…
Read MoreSponsored by APWA’s Fleet Services Committee Discover ways to reduce the costs of retrofitting existing fleet garages for maintenance and repair of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas vehicles.…
Read MoreSponsored by APWA's Solid Waste Management Committee Current solid waste management systems are not equipped to accommodate predicted trends of increasing population and consumption. Explore how a cap and trade…
Read MoreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing a series of resources to provide quick access to basic emergency response information for water and wastewater utilities, including: 1) local, state, and…
Read MoreIn the course of our routine daily operations, public works employees are in a unique position to be a set of eyes and ears regarding public safety. We have thousands…
Read MoreIn this session, you will learn how to get public service departments (i.e. Police and Fire) to be on your side and work together with public works for your community.…
Read MoreExamine the process, critical issues, methods, and innovative practices for recovering and recycling precious metals from electronic waste in computers, cell phones, monitors and screens. Compare effective methods used in…
Read MoreIn Helsinki, Finland they have about 100 snow covered days per year, with snow depths varying from 0 cm to 60 cm. For bicycles, as little as 2 cm of…
Read MoreThere are many evolving technologies that transform winter maintenance operations. This session will highlight two initiatives: The first will discuss thermal mapping, which provides a method to show locations of…
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