Emiquon Preserve’s water control system — believed to be the only one of its kind in the world — won an Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC-IL). The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Maurer-Stutz Inc. and Hanson Professional Services Inc. were recognized for the project Feb. 9 during the organization’s annual Engineering Excellence Awards in Lisle.

Unknown to most passersby, there’s a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument under a manhole near the actual monument.

Unless you happen to be standing on a hilltop or swimming in the ocean right now, you are on a watershed. These unsung wonders of topography and hydrology are an important contributor to the rain cycle and yet we humans tend to abuse them.

"How Watersheds Work" 12 January 2017.
HowStuffWorks.com. <http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/watersheds.htm> 17 January 2017

The American Red Cross has an emergency need for blood and platelet donors to give now to address a severe winter blood shortage. Please make an appointment now to give blood or platelets using the Blood Donor App, by visiting redcrossblood.org or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS.

We are very proud of our own George Merkle, PE, who reached a donation total of 52 gallons today, and Dan Good, PE who is nearing 54 gallons!

All of us at Maurer-Stutz join in saying thank you and we wish you a happy holiday and a great new year!