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Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect the San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
In a new study, researchers at Columbia University found that street trees protected by guards that stopped passersby from trampling the surrounding soil ...
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To prepare Singapore for future weather changes and the impacts of climate change on its water services, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) has initiated a ...
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By 2030, 5 billion people will be living in urban areas with hundreds of millions living in one of the world’s 41 mega-cities, up from 28 today. At the same ...
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The South African city of Cape Town will slash residents' water allowance to 50 litres a day from next month amid fears that it could become the world's ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Planting 20 percent more trees in our megacities would double the benefits of urban forests, like pollution reduction, carbon sequestration and energy ...
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Aclara and SUEZ North America announced an exclusive strategic partnership to deliver advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart infrastructure ...
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Wastewater is typically considered something to quickly dispose of, but in San Antonio, Texas wastewater is turned into valuable resources: an ‘environmental ...
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The City of Miami Beach is pleased to announce that the eco- friendly company Woosh is giving bottled water the boot and providing an environmentally-friendly ...
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Tax hike aside, upgrade to Montreal's water system sorely needed, expert says. Extra money will go toward 'urgently needs major investments,' Plante ...
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An interactive mapping tool provides a scary glimpse of how cities such as New York, Boston and Miami might end up if sea levels continue to rise. ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Agriculture is vital to the Iowa's economy, but polluted runoff from farms poses an acute threat to residents’ tap water—and a daunting challenge to ...
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The water-conservation maxim “if it’s brown, flush it down; if it’s yellow, let it mellow” is becoming something of a rallying cry for city officials in ...
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In urban streams, persistent pharmaceutical pollution can cause aquatic microbial communities to become resistant to drugs. So reports a new study published ...
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Cities around the world, faced with the impacts of rapid urbanization and increasing water scarcity, are taking actions to reduce urban-water-food nexus ...
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For a city in the Arabian desert, Dubai is surprisingly well-watered. Grassy lawns and man-made duck ponds dot neighborhoods called The Springs and The Lakes. ...
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Until a couple centuries ago, waterborne illnesses were much more common — before people knew to or were able to separate sewage from drinking water. ***By ...
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Popular Takapuna Beach yesterday became the latest of many Auckland coastal swimming spots affected by pollution. Science reporter Jamie Morton looks at five ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Replacing concrete pavements with wetlands, green rooftops and rain gardens means stormwater is absorbed back into the land, making water work for the city ...
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In 2017, San Diego stopped worrying so much about whether it would have enough water and started worrying about what was in the water. ***By Ry Rivard*** ...
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