Revitalizing Oelwein
Once known as the "Hub City," Oelwein, Iowa, had a significant concentration of downtown retail businesses that cultivated a regional customer base from an area well beyond the city limits. >>Read the full story.

HR Green Awarded GSA Federal Supply Schedule for Environmental Services
Howard R. Green Company was recently awarded a General Services Administration – Federal Supply Schedule Environmental Services Contract. >>Read the full story.

Recent Presentations, Articles and Events


Corridor Deserves a Sound Water Supply Management Strategy
The water supply of Linn and Johnson Counties in Eastern Iowa is derived almost exclusively from groundwater. This white paper examines the implications of water management strategies on sustainability of this water supply in the future.
>>View the white paper by Greg Brennan, P.HG., P.G., Howard R. Green Company

<Proper Well Operation (From the Beginning)
This presentation focuses on the considerations that need to be made in optimizing well efficiency including an overview of aspects of well efficiency and how issues such as aquifer type, well type, well location and other design considerations impact well efficiency.
>>View the presentation by Greg Brennan, P.HG., P.G., Howard R. Green Company

A Northwest Twin Cities Well Field Example
Howard R. Green Company reviewed the multi-aquifier sources and wellhead protection issues for three suburbs of Minneapolis/St. Paul and provide highlights from this recent project which includes the first ASR (Aquifer Storage and Recovery) well in Minnesota. >>View the presentation by Greg Brennan, P.HG., Howard R. Green Company

The Coralville Experience with Brownfield Redevelopment
Redeveloping brownfield areas, properties with real or perceived contamination, can provide a real challenge for cities. Attendees at the Iowa League of Cities workshop heard from presenters Jim Halverson, HR Green Project Manager and Dan Holderness, P.E., City Engineer about the steps taken by the City of Coralville to redevelop the brownfields area where the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center is now located and the long term plans for developing this portion of the community. >>Read our project profile on the Iowa River Landing.

A Once in a Lifetime Project:
A look back on the planning, financing, design, construction and operation of approximately $90 million work of public infrastructure by the City of West Des Moines for the new Jordan Creek Town Center and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Consumer Credit Group Business Campus in West Des Moines.

From The APWA Reporter
Striking a Balance for Public Agency Service Request Management