At AWWA’s ACE09 conference in San Diego on a stopover on my way to Singapore to work out of the B&V office before the conference begins. Met with Monica Baruth, Director of Publications for AWWA (on left), who is looking forward to the Singapore conference. Also met with Ken Maynard with the international program of …
Black & Veatch Presentation Schedule
The presentation schedule for Black & Veatch professionals at SIWW has been announced. Click the link below to see the line up for 23 – 25 June, as well as links to abstracts and professional bios. Black Veatch SIWW Presentation Schedule Posted by: Brandee Stephens
Before the Great Presentation Comes the Careful Planning
I just ran into Dr. Les Lampe, one of B&V Water’s Global Practice and Technology Leaders who will be presenting at SIWW. In addition to being a brilliant water guy, “Les” is also a well-liked and highly-respected person around B&V! He was working with Ron, one of our graphic designers, on putting an exciting visual face on …
Being a Carnivore – The Water Cost
Posted by: Gerry O’Toole I read an interesting and attention grabbing fact recently – every 1kg of beef we carve for the Sunday roast, requires 13,000 kg of water to grow the necessary crops to raise the cow before it reach maturity and the slaughterhouse. This is a pretty stunning statistic. It seems that we will not be able to sustain …
Singapore Man Utd Fans are Depressed
Posted by: Gerry O’Toole Singaporeans appear to be among the world’s most avid Man Utd supporters. (For those of you who have no clue what I am talking about, more information is here.) Personally, Man utd and I go way back to when I was a wee lad in Belfast and the great Belfast Man, George Best …
Facebook and Coffee
Posted by: Jim Howlett. I had to take PUB’s New Media team for coffee so we could get access to their SIWW Facebook page… Jim Howlett and the PUB New Media Team third spacing it






