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The smallest and simplest of water/wastewater facilities, such as a lift station, can have roughly 150 pounds of copper installed. Metal theft is a felony, but with copper prices at close to $4 per pound, a thief can expect to make over $500 by stealing copper from even small facilities. While the thief gains just a few hundred dollars, the...

Water plant operators are now monitoring plant alarms and system processes using iPads and other smart devices connected over wireless LTE. Human Machine Interfaces and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software systems have been the only way to interact with plant control systems for several decades; but now...

Shipping in the Houston-Galveston area is expected to increase tremendously with the expansion of the Panama Canal, and the region is getting ready to meet the coming tidal wave of new business opportunities. The Panama Canal is a 48-mile long channel that is a critical artery for goods coming in from Asia to the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. east...

We had so much to celebrate in 2012. We’ve had many successes, and here are a few of the highlights:  Shrader Engineering launched a brand new website! Discover the services we provide and the markets we serve. In May, it was awarded first place at the SMPS Houston 2012 Design Awards Gala! The Firm congratulated Mike Lai, PE for...