As the population grew in major cities during the Industrial Revolution, providing access to clean water and safely disposing sanitary waste became a public health discussion. But it took more than 50 years before the federal government addressed clean water issues,...
Consumers and industries have come to expect access to virtually unlimited quantities of potable water. Every day, when the tap is turned on to fill a glass, take a shower, or irrigate a lawn, water is there, ever present and on demand. But taking clean water for...
When the news of the hole in the spillway of the Oroville Dam broke last week, newspapers featured infographics and explanations to answer readers’ questions about how dams work and what this accident could signal for the stability and security of critical...
McClure Engineering Company’s (MEC) water resources department recently designed three pump stations to address the burden of aging infrastructure and the changing needs of growing communities in Missouri. One of the recent pump station projects was the...
