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An Introduction To Environmental Value Engineering (Eve) And The Eve Assessment Of Horizontal Directional Drilling (Hdd) Versus Open-Cut Construction, Lameck Mairura Onsarigo, Alan Atalah, Wilfred Harold Roudebush

Alan Atalah

The wastewater collection and water distribution systems in the United States are deteriorating at an alarming rate. The ever-growing need for rehabilitation and replacement of these systems led to the birth of a research program by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Innovation and Research for Water Infrastructure for the 21st Century, which focused on addressing the water infrastructure needs. There is a need to responsively manage energy and environmental resources, which calls for the use of evaluation tools to compare competing alternatives with a view of adopting the most environmental friendly alternative. This paper gives an overview of the …