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Sponsored by the Urban Water Resources Research Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE; American Planning Association; American Public Works Association; American Society of Landscape Architects; American Water Resources Association; National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies; and Water Environment Federation. Public Safety Guidance for Urban Stormwater Facilities provides guidance for reducing risks from safety hazards at facilities managing urban stormwater. People like to be around water and may not recognize the possible dangers of retention ponds, open channels, closed culverts, or other features associated with stormwater drainage, water quality control, or low-impact development. Although it is impractical, if not impossible, to achieve zero risk at stormwater management facilities, steps can be taken to promote public safety. This guidance, developed under the auspices of seven professional associations, provides a framework for integrating protection of the public into the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of stormwater facilities. It describes factors that should be considered in selecting measures and recommends practices than can be used generally or in specific cases. Guidance is provided on such topics as safety evaluations, prioritizing hazards, safeguarding children, fencing, and mosquito control. Appendixes include bibliographies of relevant publications accompanied by key extracts, as well as a gallery of photographs and selection of conceptual design drawings. Engineers, landscape architects, land planners, stormwater professionals, and government officials will find this guidance to be a handy, concise overview of potential hazards at stormwater management facilities and of measures that can be taken to protect public safety.

Urban runoff --- Storm sewers --- Public health and safety --- Stormwater management --- Public buildings --- Urban and regional development --- Municipal water --- Water resources --- Infrastructure --- Urban areas --- Management. --- Safety measures.

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These standards offer guidelines that apply to the physical security of facilities with potable water source, treatment, and distribution systems, as well as with wastewater collection and treatment systems and stormwater systems. Taken together, these standards can provide direction for utilities as they design or retrofit their infrastructure to ensure the physical security of water and wastewater/stormwater systems. Recommendations include the use of physical and electronic security measures to protect against various design-basis threats that could otherwise defeat the mission of the utility. Other considerations for utilities applying specific security technologies and methods is included. Additional physical security for water and wastewater/stormwater facilities is beneficial for continuity of business, protection of water quality, provision of sufficient water quantity, ensuring public confidence, and protection of public health and safety. These new standard guidelines, based on draft guidelines prepared by ASCE and the American Water Works Association, with technical input from the Water Environment Federation, will be valuable to anyone involved with the physical security of water, wastewater, or stormwater utilities.

Water treatment plants --- Storm sewers --- Public health and safety --- Structural safety --- Utilities --- Water supply systems --- Wastewater treatment plants --- Wastewater treatment --- Water storage --- Security measures --- Standards.

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Foreword by G. Wayne Clough, Ph.D., P.E., President, Georgia Institute of Technology Once, civil engineers were esteemed by the public as both visionaries and leaders in a noble profession essential to the welfare of humankind. Today, though, civil engineers are often seen as mere advisors and technicians. The 21st-Century Engineer argues that this situation must change and that the means to do so are in the hands of engineers themselves. In this groundbreaking manifesto, Galloway vividly paints the new global landscape where megaprojects, sustainability, infrastructure security, and multicultural work teams pose challenges for which engineers may be unprepared. With businesslike brevity, she lays out nontechnical areas in which engineers must become proficient: globalization, communication, ethics and professionalism, diversity, and leadership. Galloway contends that the existing system for educating engineers must change, and she proposes a new master's degree in professional engineering management. A must-read for all thoughtful engineers involved in educating, hiring, and managing, The 21st-Century Engineer is a clarion call to reform the way today's engineers prepare for tomorrow.

Engineering --- Engineers --- Engineering education --- Engineering profession --- Workplace diversity --- Professional development --- Ethics --- Leadership --- Developing countries --- Public health and safety --- Study and teaching --- Training of

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The 2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of U.S. infrastructure and how best to improve it. The report card evaluates 16 categories of infrastructure.in energy, public facilities, transportation, and water and the environment.by assigning letter grades that are based on physical condition and needed fiscal investments for improvement. Each category is graded on eight criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future need, operations and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation. With a cumulative grade of D+, the 2013 Report Card finds that six infrastructure sectors benefited from an increase in private investment, targeted state and local efforts to make upgrades or repairs, or a one-time boost in federal funding. This is the first year since the report card began in 1988 that the grades have improved. Topics include: dams, drinking water, hazardous waste, levees, solid waste, wastewater, aviation, bridges, inland waterways, ports, rail, roads, transit, public parks and recreation, schools, and energy.

Infrastructure (Economics) --- Civil engineering --- Public works --- Infrastructure --- Public health and safety --- Public transportation --- Hydro power --- Public buildings --- Investments --- Financing --- Water-based recreation --- Evaluation. --- Maintenance and repair.

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Prepared by the 2005 Report Card for America's Infrastructure Advisory Council of ASCE. The 2005 Report Card for America's Infrastructure seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how best to improve it. ASCE assembled a panel of 24 leading civil engineers who analyzed hundreds of studies and reports and surveyed more than 2,000 engineers to determine what was happening in the field. The report card evaluates 15 categories of infrastructure by assigning letter grades that are based on physical condition and needed fiscal investments for improvement. In addition, a state-by-state assessment summarizes the top three infrastructure concerns and key infrastructure facts for each state. With a cumulative grade of D, the 2005 Report Card finds that not much has changed since the previous report card of four years ago. Topics include: aviation, bridges, dams, drinking water, energy, hazardous waste, navigable waterways, public parks and recreation, rail, roads, schools, security, solid waste, transit, and wastewater.

Infrastructure (Economics) --- Civil engineering --- Public works --- Infrastructure --- Public health and safety --- Professional societies --- Field tests --- Railroad bridges --- Water-based recreation --- Solid wastes --- Hazardous wastes --- Evaluation. --- Maintenance and repair.