by Rachel Meinke | Aug 20, 2013 | Air Quality, Bicycle & Pedestrian, Transportation
The Uptown 23rd Merchants Association will host a presentation on walkability in the NW 23rd corridor commercial district by Walkable OKC’s Sid Burgess on Wednesday, August 21st, at 6PM in Oklahoma City University’s Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center’s Great...
by Rachel Meinke | Aug 15, 2013 | Water
Building a subdivision can be tough in an area that has limited groundwater supplies. Just ask any contractor in Phoenix. They have to assure a 100 year water supply to the homeowner. Going beyond the basic coliform test, the Arizona Department of Water Resources...
by Rachel Meinke | Aug 15, 2013 | Water
In the past eight weeks two separate reports from the federal government have come out detailing the ongoing depletion of the nation’s major aquifers. Publishing in Science Magazine, principle author James S. Famiglietti details the results of the GRACE mission (the...
by Rachel Meinke | Aug 12, 2013 | 9-1-1 & Public Safety
In 2006 9-1-1 leaders in Central Oklahoma upgraded the region’s 9-1-1 systems so that calls from cell phone could be located using GPS technology. The upgrade and maintenance of this enhanced system is paid for by a voter approved 50-cent service fee paid monthly by...
by Rachel Meinke | Aug 6, 2013 | Bicycle & Pedestrian, Transit, Transportation
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