Blog Archive(s)
Changes to Chapter 109 – Safe Drinking Water Regulations
Posted by Natalie O'Connor on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
We’ve been hearing about the proposed changes to the Chapter 109 disinfection regulations for many years, but without concrete regulations, there was little anyone could do to prepare. So we...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Regulations
Act 50 PA One Call Updates: Not Just for Excavators Anymore
Posted by Christine Gunsaullus on Tuesday, June 12, 2018
We’re all familiar with the Pennsylvania One Call System. My first two co-op jobs at Aqua PA and Sun Pipeline introduced me to the “Call Before You Dig” rules, and over the years,...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus | Industrial & Manufacturing | Municipal Infrastructure | Oil & Gas Infrastructure | Entech, Engineering, & Beyond
Tagged: Regulations
PA-AWWA Presentation Schedule
Posted by Bryon Killian on Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The Pennsylvania American Water Works Association’s (PA-AWWA) Annual Conference is being held May 8-10, 2018 in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. It marks the 70th anniversary of the...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water
De-Icing Without Damaging Historic Masonry
Posted by Joshua Kiehl on Thursday, March 15, 2018
As winter arrives, bringing with it ice and snow, historic building owners are faced with the additional challenge of keeping walkways and steps around their facilities safe for pedestrians and clear...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Architectural | Historic Preservation
March Madness at PRWA
Posted by Entech Engineering on Thursday, March 1, 2018
Along with all the basketball madness happening in March, our four speakers at the 2018 Pennsylvania Rural Water Association’s Annual Conference (PRWA) conference have a tournament of their own...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Engineering
Pennsylvania Municipal Bid Base Amounts 2018
Posted by Bryon Killian on Friday, January 19, 2018
Each year the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announces new public project cost thresholds required for public bids. The threshold for 2018 have increased after staying stagnant from...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Wastewater | Municipal Engineering | Stormwater | Budgeting & Funding | Regulations
SRBC Registration of Grandfathered Water Uses
Posted by Mary Peters on Monday, November 27, 2017
More than 1,300 facilities received a notice this month from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), outlining their new program to register unapproved water withdrawals and consumptive water...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus | Industrial & Manufacturing | Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Regulations
OSHA 1910 Updates: Don’t Trip Up!
Posted by Christine Gunsaullus on Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Earlier this year, while writing specifications for a storage tank rehabilitation, I pulled up OSHA Section 29 CFR Part 1910.23 online and stared in disbelief. This standard used to provide design...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus | Industrial & Manufacturing | Municipal Infrastructure | Oil & Gas Infrastructure
Tagged: Regulations
Pump Station Design 101
Posted by Chris Hannum on Thursday, November 9, 2017
We have a long tradition of being “operator-centric” here at Entech. That means that our projects incorporate the needs and desires of our end-users: the men and women operating water and...
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Categories: Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Wastewater | Engineering
Celebrating 10 Years of Supporting Students in Nicaragua
Posted by Dani Motze on Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Entech continues the long tradition of giving back that its founders beganA smiling little girl named Mayqueli proudly holds up a pair of dress shoes and her new school back pack. She is one of 50...
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Categories: Entech, Engineering, & Beyond