Long-Term Visionary Project to Change the Water Treatment Process
February 16, 2017
The Carlsbad Desalination Project has been a long-term visionary project to change the water treatment process in drought-plagued Southern California. Using reverse osmosis technology, the plant will use existing infrastructure from the neighboring Encina Power Station to push Pacific Ocean saltwater through membranes that filter out the salt and convert it into potable water. It......
Build a Customer Base for Recycled Water
February 16, 2017
Los Angeles is no stranger to water shortages and has been using recycled water since the 1960s for irrigation, industrial processes, cooling, and habitat restoration. However, it was only recently that L.A. and surrounding municipalities have banded together with a “one water” policy to become a coordinated, water-wise region. The Los Angeles Department of Water......
February 16, 2017
San Francisco is one of a handful of cities in the U.S. using embedded sensors in parking lots to communicate with smartphones, directing drivers to the nearest spot. The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority manages 20 public parking garages across San Francisco. With their SFpark program, the agency uses demand-responsive pricing to improve parking and......
February 16, 2017
California generates more than 40 million scrap tires every year. While nearly 75 percent of used tires are recycled, the rest still end up in landfills or illegal dumps. Ground tire rubber can be blended with asphalt to beneficially modify the properties of the asphalt in highway construction. Through the department’s Green Roads program, CalRecycle......
February 16, 2017
San Diego Gas & Electric was the first electric utility to get approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to test drones. The utility is testing one pound devices to see how well they monitor transmission lines in four sparsely populated areas of the county. There is the potential for these drones to help locate the......
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
February 16, 2017
Stop-and-go traffic is a reality for most commuters in urban areas, and over 40 percent of America’s major roads are congested. What if we could get more use out of the existing highway capacity we have with driverless vehicles? There is a lot of talk about the convenience for drivers with this new technology, but......
February 16, 2017
After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake shut down the air traffic control tower at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO), the need for resilient infrastructure was clear to airport administrators, including in the design of SFO’s newly completed air traffic control tower. The new tower is designed to withstand a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, and features......
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