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The photo above shows a crack measuring roughly 500 ft in length that is part of the evidence in Tampa Bay Water's lawsuit against HDR.
Failures

Updated: Tampa Reservoir Failure Lawsuit Heats Up

April 12, 2012 rockman Failures Comments Off on Updated: Tampa Reservoir Failure Lawsuit Heats Up

[Update 4/13/12] A verdict in favor of HDR was reached earlier this week.  They have been exhonerated of the charges and will pay no damages to Tampa Bay Water District. Read more on this GeoPrac.net […]

C.W. Bill Young Reservoir in Hillsborough, Florida. Tampa Bay Water sued HDR Engineering over the failure of this reservoir.
Failures

Tampa Bay Water votes to settle reservoir suit, pay engineers $21 million in legal fees

October 31, 2013 rockman Failures Comments Off on Tampa Bay Water votes to settle reservoir suit, pay engineers $21 million in legal fees

A five year legal battle between Tampa Bay Water and HDR Engineering over a cracked and damaged reservoir is finally over. Tampa Bay Water filed suit against HDR over the failure in 2008. After a […]

Crew from Andarko Petroleum Corp. works on fracking a well
Miscellaneous

An inside look at fracking a well

January 13, 2012 rockman Miscellaneous 1

This article gives a nice, and balanced overview of the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process used to fracture rock and extract oil and gas from a formation that you could not produce from otherwise. 90 […]