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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Melbourne company Freestyle Technology has revealed it has signed a $5.8 million contract to roll out an Internet of Things (IoT) water management solution ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
300,000 still without water after chemical spill: 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) The Freedom Industries site in Charleston, West Virginia on Jan. ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Investors of Duke Energy want to revive the legal case at Delaware Supreme Court to hold Duke Energy accountable for the environmental damages. (Credit: Duke ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Coal ash is a hazardous by-product of burning coal to produce power. Physician for Social Responsibility (PSR) publishes the following statement with ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Many U.S. waterways carry a variety of pollutants, but not much is known about the composition or health effects of these chemical combinations. A new ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Previously, scientists have suggested that agricultural irrigation affects mean climate in several regions of the world. New evidence shows that this cooling ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Potentially explosive methane gas leaking from energy wells may travel extensively through groundwater and pose a safety risk, according to a new study by ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Without knowing it, most Americans rely every day on a class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs. These man-made materials ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have developed strains of rice that are resistant to drought in real-world ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Of the many pesticides that American farmers have embraced in their war on bugs, neonicotinoids are among the most popular. One of them, called imidacloprid, ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Road salt is making North America’s freshwater lakes saltier, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The United Nations has called on countries to “radically” increase investments in WASHinfrastructure not only to protect their populations from deadly ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A University of British Columbia-developed system that uses bacteria to turn non-potable water into drinking water will be tested next week in West Vancouver ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A University of Surrey academic is leading research that has found an effective way to monitor and remove contaminant pharmaceuticals from water using a type ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Decades of over-pumping groundwater have irreversibly altered clay layers in parts of California’s Central Valley, causing the ground to sink and permanently ...
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Blue and Green Cities The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources Authors: Brears, Robert This book offers new research on ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Award-winning clean technology company Axine Water Technologies, has signed a wastewater services agreement with a leading supplier of computer storage ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced that it has reached agreement to acquire controlling interests in three distributors in the U.S. professional ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
EuroChem Group AG, from Switzerland, has selected Veolia Water Technologies’ HPD® crystallisation technology for its VolgaKaliy Mine Expansion project in ...
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