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How Infrastructure Investments Support the U.S. Economy: Employment, Productivity and Growth

UMASS Amherst Political Economy Research Institute released this 2009 study of infrastructure investment and the US economy by James Heintz, Robert Pollin, and Heidi Garrett-Peltier. Key finding: “infrastructure investment spending will create about 18,000 total jobs for every $1 billion in new investment spending, including direct, indirect, and induce jobs.”

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New Study: Pacific Institute: Water for Energy

Pacific Institute released a study on, “Water for Energy: Future Water Needs for Electricity in the Intermountain West.” The study evaluates water requirements for electricity generation, discusses the conflicts between water and energy in the Intermountain West, identifies the direction of future research, and provides several key recommendations.

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Corps. Value Engineering now Posted for San Francisco District Navigation Program

The study has been published to the SPN Navigation Program website at: http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/project_programs/documents_notices.html

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announces Publication of New Study

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center announces the publication of a new document:

Bioaccumulation Models: State of the Application at Large Superfund Sites by Karl Gustavson, Trina von Stackelberg, Igor Linkov, and Todd Bridges

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USGS Study: Sudden Clearing of Estuarine Waters…

David H. Schoellhamer with the U.S. Geological Survey published earlier this year a study on “Sudden Clearing of Estuarine Waters upon Crossing the Threshold from Transport to Supply Regulation of Sediment Transport as an Erodible Sediment Pool is Depleted: San Francisco Bay, 1999.” Click here to download a PDF of the report.

U.S. Army Corps DELTA NEWS August 2011

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the August edition of Delta News, a look at Corps activities affecting the Delta including first full public draft of “Delta Plan” released by the Delta Stewardship Council . . . Download and read the PDF of the Delta_News_Issue 65.

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San Francisco Estuary Institute – Fact Sheet: Triclosan

What is it? Why is it a concern? Is it harming San Francisco Bay? Find out more . . .

Feds just released the National Economic Trends report

Just released is the National Economic Trends report by the St Louis Federal Reserve. Considered it a chartbook for the US economy.Overall picture is of an economy that is slowly working its way out of a very deep hole. Year to date it seems that inventory restocking and exports have been the main drivers of [.....]

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Numeric Nutrient Endpoint (NNE) Development for San Francisco Bay Estuary: Literature Review and Data Gaps Analysis

On May 3rd, a the State and Regional Water Boards released the following report, entitled Numeric Nutrient Endpoint (NNE) Development for San Francisco Bay Estuary: Literature Review and Data Gaps Analysis, can be downloaded from the SF Bay NNE project page on the Water Board’s website at:

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/water_issues/programs/planningtmdls/amendments/estuarynne.shtml

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SFEI: Green Sturgeon and Longfin Smelt and Dredging Operations in the SF Estuary

In December 2009, SFEI released a report to the U.S. Corps. Click here to access the report.

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