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In late December of 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection agency released the proposed settlement agreements for Massachusetts and New Hampshire Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)...

In late December of 2019 , the U.S. Environmental Protection agency released proposed settlement agreements for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permits to public comment. The...

At the end of September, three GZA offices pitched in for the Connecticut River Conservancy’s (CRC) Source to Sea Clean-Up - a yearly trash cleanup of the Connecticut River system. The river flows...

Old dams are being taken down around the country for environmental and safety reasons. In Massachusetts, the story of the Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir Dam removal project shows the complexities...

In 2010, GZA was asked to evaluate a former manufactured gas plant facility that had since been redeveloped on a busy part of one of New England’s historic shorelines. What began as a preliminary site...

The growing awareness of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water throughout the U.S is driving the demand for technically defendable, risk-based drinking water standards. In May...

If this notoriously wet New Hampshire spring turns into a notoriously dry New Hampshire summer, officials if the town of Durham/University of New Hampshire Water System won’t be worrying about having...

Don Goldberg and Bill Zoino founded GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (Norwood, MA) in 1964 as a soils and foundations specialty consultant. Since then, the company has grown from a small consulting...

Under a newly raised design flood elevation (DFE) for resilience design, many existing buildings need significant structural improvements to meet the structural capacity requirements and comply with...

Becoming resilient to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather in Connecticut has a price. To date, in Connecticut most of the dollars invested in resilient infrastructure have come from...

On July 8, 2015, the New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) discovered a turbid discharge at the toe of Cannonsville Dam, a 2,800 ft. long, 175 ft. max. height, earthen dam constructed...