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Industry NewsAmerica’s aging wastewater and water infrastructure is at a critical stage. In addition to age-related deterioration, the stresses of population growth and suburban sprawl have taxed urban water and sewer systems tremendously, leading to hazardous overflows and failure. Deteriorating pipes can have a profound impact on our lives, businesses and communities. The following articles provide insights and information on related issues and how they are being addressed. Austin's Downtown Wastewater Tunnel Helps Texas Capital Accommodate Population Growth, TBM Tunnel Business Magazine, 1/27/13. SAK/Quest Completes Austin's Downtown Wastewater Tunnel, Underground Construction, January 2013. Austin Completes Wastewater Tunnel, TunnelsOnline, 11/7/12. Shoptalk: Texas Tunneling, St. Louis Business Journal, 11/16/12. SAK/Quest Team Digs a Diffiuclt $40 Million Wastewater Tunnel for Austin, BidOcean.com, 11/19/12. Austin Wastewater Tunnel Complete, Trenchless International, 11/20/12. Building a State-of-the-Art Wastewater Tunnel 80 Feet Underground, For ConstructionPros.com, December 2012. A Peek Inside Austin's New Wastewater Tunnel, KXAN.com, October 2012 SAK Construction of O'Fallon honored with Missouri Chamber 2012 Fast-Track Award, stltoday.com, 10/22/12 SAK's Brent Duncan to Speak at UCT Conference 2013 on Completing the Challenging St. Louis MSD Lemay Tunnel. UCT Online. October 2012 SAK Completes MSD Lemay Tunnel St. Louis Construction News and Real Estate, June 2012 Crumbling Pipes and Underground Waste: A Glimpse at Our Ailing Sewer System PBS, 1/3/13 Busted Pipes, Sputtering Pumps and Compromised Conveyance 1/9/13 Broken Water Mains Raise Questions About Aging Infrastructure KARE-11, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., 1/8/13 Cities and Towns Still Struggle To Control Sewage 40 Years After The Clean Water Act Earthfix OPB, 10/2/12 Water Companies Will Earn Faster ROI on Infrastructure Upgrades New Jersey Public Radio, 10/24/12 Water Projects Pipeline, ESRI CE News, October 2012 Democratic and Republican Platforms Show that Clean Water is a Bipartisan Issue NACWA, 9/11/12 The Clean Water Act at 40: The Mayors Water Council U.S. Conference of Mayors, Spring 2012 Infrastructure: Buried No Longer, American Water Works Association, February 2012 SAK Completes Discharge Tunnel on Retendered Lemay Sewer Project Tunnel Talk, 6/12/12 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Asks Voters to Pass Bond Issue (SAK Project Photo) St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/31/12 Kalishman and Shaw Named Finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Award in the Central Midwest, bizjournals.com, 4/12/12 Top 150 Accelerate into the Lead. St. Louis Business Journal, 3/23/12 SAK Construction Named to TOP 150 Privately Held Companies. St. Louis Business Journal, 3/23/12 Battling the Aging Pipeline Infrastructure, CE News Magazine, June 2012 Water Scarcity, Pure Technologies Aging Water Infrastructure, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Miles of Weathered Water Lines Pose Perpetual Problems Sun Journal, 7/12/12 National Water Resources Association $1 Trillion Needed To Replace Water Lines WTOP.com, 2/27/12 SAK Featured on KSDK-TV, 2/24/2012 SAK Banks Big Business on Sewer Improvements, St.Louis Business Journal, 2/24/12 Contractors to Rehab Olsen Park Water Main by Squeezing in New Pipe. Amarillo Globe-News, 2/1/12 Fixing Busted Oak Park Water Main Under Expressway (SAK Aqua-Pipe). OakPark.com, 1/31/12 SAK Construction Receives Business Spotlight Award for January 2012 Hometown Online, 1/31/12 $1 Trillion Needed To Fix U.S. Water Pipes, The Inquisitr, 3/1/12 EPA: U.S. Needs $300 Billion in Sewer, Water Work, Water Environment Federation, 2/8/12 KUB's Massive Wastewater Project Features Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain, Knoxnews.com, 2/8/12 Billions Needed To Upgrade America's Leaky Water Infrastructure, The Washington Post, 1/2/12 U.S. Sewer, Pipeline Rehabilitation Market Declines, But Growth Projected, Water World, 1/6/12 New Report Finds Aging Water Infrastructure Burdens U.S. Economy Stormwater, 1/4/12 SAK Ribbon-Cutting Marks Firm's Growth. Tunnel Business, Making Progress On Improving Our Aging Water Infrastructure Valve Magazine, Winter 2012 Aging Water Infrastructure Poses Risks For Americans Cumberland Times-News, 12/15/2011 CIPP in Henderson, Ky.,: CIPP Sets the Pace for Solving CSO Problems and Renovating Aged Pipeline, Trenchless Technology, 11/22/2011 The Big Fix, CBS News, 11/18/2011 Root Cause of Recent Sewer Line Leaks Dates Back to 1950s. WFMZ-TV, Reading, Pa., 9/2/2011 Static Pipe Bursting Used to Replace Force Main in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Trenchless Technology, 9/21/2011 SAK Construction Relocates. Tunnel Business, 8/2011 Concrete Sanitary Sewer Lining Project. City of Champaign, 8/26/2011 SAK Moves To New O'Fallon HQ. STLtoday.com, 8/17/2011 SAK Construction Moves Headquarters. St. Louis Business Journal, 8/17/2011 SAK Construction Relocates Headquarters. St. Louis Construction News and Real Estate, 8/16/2011 SAK Wins $3.5 Million MSD Contract to Fix Sewer Pipes. St. Louis Business Journal, 8/11/2011 EPA and USDA Partner To Improve Drinking Water Systems. ThomasNet Industrial News Room, 8/9/2011 Sewer Overflows, Heavy Rain, Old Pipe, More People Make a Perfect Storm. The Huffington Post, 8/8/2011 110 Water Main Breaks for Topeka in July. Topeka Capital-Journal, 8/3/2011 White Rock Outgrowing Its Infrastructure. Peace Arch News, 7/27/2011 Vermont Faces Aging Water, Sewer Pipes Boston.com, 6/14/2011 A Better Solution for Aging Sewer Pipes. Tree.com, 4/ 2011 Drinking Water Concerns Rooted in Duluth's Aging Pipes. Lake Voice, 4/28/2011 Climate Change: More Intense Rains Could Swamp Chicago's Aging Sewers. Chicago Tribune, 4/21/2011 Major Sewer Repair Project Begins in WeHo. Beverly Press, 4/ 7/2011 City Lines Water Pipe, Amarillo Globe-News, April 12 http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-04-12/city-lines-water-pipe Companies Join Forces to Provide Trenchless Services, Trenchless International, April 6, 2011 http://www.trenchlessinternational.com/news/companies_ SAK Construction Acquires Pipenology Inc. to Expand its Western U. S. Presence, Trenchless Technology, April 6, 2011 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=1729 St. Louis Firm Buys Pipenology of Rocklin, The Sacramento Bee, April 2, 2011 http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/02/3522409/st-louis-firm-buys-Pipenology.html SAK Construction Buys Pipenology, Kansas City Post, April 1, 2011 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/44258584/ SAK Construction Buys Pipenology, St. Louis Business Journal, April 1, 2011 http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2011/03/31/SAK-construction-buys-pipenology.html Rocklin's Pipenology Bought by National Company, Sacramento Business Journal, March 31, 2011 http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2011/03/31/rocklins-pipenology-bought-national.html Rocklin Contractor Acquired by St. Louis-based Firm, Rocklin & Roseville Today, March 31, 2011http://www.rocklintoday.com/news/rosevilletoday.asp?a=9822&print=yes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Awards $9 Million Contract to SAK, Water Environment Federation, February 2011 http://208.88.129.72/publications/page_wet.aspx?id=9331&page=ca§ion=Business Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Facts, National Environment Services Center, NESC Media Room, 2011 http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/media/background.cfm Experts: U.S. Water Infrastructure in Trouble, CNN, January 21, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/20/water.main.infrastructure/index.html?hpt=Sbin Aging Infrastructure, The News-Times, January 18, 2011 http://www.newstimes.com/default/article/Aging-infrastructure-963618.php Army Corps of Engineers Taps SAK Construction for Sewer Rehab Project, Underground Construction, December 2010 Concrete Sewer Pipe Vulnerable to Corrosion, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Management Research, December 2010 http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/news/032010/news032010.html Efforts Under Way at Virginia Tech to Address Deterioration of Nation's Water Pipes, Virginia Tech News, June 7, 2010 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-05/vt-eua052610.php Water Infrastructure Needs Repair, Report Says, American City and County, April 19, 2010 http://www.americancityandcounty.com/water/infrastructure/water-infrastructure-repair-20100419/ Liquid Assets--The Story of Our Water Infrastructure, Penn State Public Broadcasting, October 1, 2008 http://www.liquidassets.psu.edu/ Old Mill Gets Rehabilitated, Trenchless International, November 26, 2010 SAK Wins $9 Million Contract from Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis Business Journal November 12, 2010 http://bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2010/11/12/sak-wins-9m-contract-from-army-corps.html St. Louis Sewer Rehabilitation Project Awarded to SAK Construction, Water & Wastes Digest, November 10, 2010 Sewer Rehab Project For St. Louis MSD Awarded To SAK Construction, Trenchless Technology, November 5, 2010 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=1545 Public Warned To Stay Out Of Waterways After Sewer Break, October 13, 2010 http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/13/1870427/public-warned-to-stay-out-of-waterways.html SAK Construction Awarded $3 Million CIPP Project, Trenchless Technology October 1, 2010 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=1516 The Corrosion of America, www.stltoday.com, September 27, 2010 SAK Wins $3 Million in Stimulus Work From Chattanooga, St. Louis Business Journal September 22, 2010 http://bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/09/20/daily25.html SAK Construction Gets $3 Million City Wastewater Contract, The Chattanoogan, September 21, 2010 http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_184549.asp States Pressed to Fix Local Water Systems, Stateline, September 8, 2010 http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=511293 Lake County Tackles Aging Sewers, The News-Herald, August 15, 2010 http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/08/15/news/nh2882660.txt Private Sector Can Play Role In Rebuilding Infrastructure, Water Utility Infrastructure Management, July 1, 2010 http://www.uimonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=413 Miami-Dade Risks More Sewer Breaks As Water Pipes Need Repairs, The Miami Herald, June 28, 2010 http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/27/1704060/future-holds-spills-or-bills.html Aged, Damaged Sewer Lines Threaten Clean Water, Chattanooga Times Free Press, June 2010 http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jun/09/aged-damaged-sewer-lines-threaten-clean-water/ Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2010, National Utility Contractors Association, May 27, 2010 http://www.nuca.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=2389 SAK Acquires Exclusive License to Install Aqua-Pipe, Trenchless Technology, May 7, 2010 http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=1246 SAK Construction to Start Rehabbing Water Systems, St. Louis Business Journal, May 3, 2010 http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/05/03/daily8.html SAK Construction Enters Water-pipe Rehab Business, no-dig construction.com, May 13, 2010 http://www.nodig-construction.com/index.cfm?cmd=news&newsID=7477 Jack Lynch Joins SAK Construction as Safety Director, Underground Construction, April 2010 http://www.undergroundconstructionmagazine.com/april-2010-business-news?page=2 Once Envied, America's Aging Infrastrucure Is In Alarming Shape, Clean Water Funding Network, March 31, 2010 SAK Awarded Tunneling Project, Hires New VP, Underground Construction Magazine, March 8, 2010. EPA Invests To Renew Or Retire Aging Water Infrastructure, Trenchless International, February 12, 2010 Charlie Kuhnmuench of SAK Construction Discusses Aqua-Pipe Water Rehabilitation Opportunities, Trenchless Technologies TV, January 2010. As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways, New York Times, November 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html SAK Execs Dig Out From Insituform’s Long Shadow, St. Louis Business Journal, October 2009. http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/10/05/story9.html?t Industry Veterans Create New Contracting Venture, Trenchless Technology, September 2008. Loving Every Minute of His Trenchless Career, Trenchless Technology, March 1996. http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=153&archive=yes&Issue=1996-03-01
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