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Top left: A young engineer standing in the influent sewage pipe during construction of upgrades to the Fort Wayne, Indiana wastewater treatment facility. Source: Courtesy of Donohue & Associates/Stacy Cooke.

Top right: September 2, 2005—A staging area for rescue operations in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the flooding caused by hurricane Katrina. Source: Courtesy of FEMA/Joscelin Augustino.

Bottom: A portion of the Big Dig project in Boston, under construction. Source: Courtesy of Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

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