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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A new nationwide study has unearthed the huge hidden potential of tapping into salty aquifers as a way to relieve the growing pressure on freshwater supplies ...
Groundwater Aquifer Saline Water Aquifer Recharge Groundwater Recharge Groundwater Pollution Groundwater Mapping Groundwater Salinisation Aquifer Treatment
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Fracking has not contaminated groundwater in northwestern West Virginia, but accidental spills of fracking wastewater may pose a threat to surface water in the ...
Fracking Water Supply Surface-Groundwater Interaction Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Human activity risks contaminating pristine water stockpiled deep underground since the age of the mammoths said a study that warns of a looming threat to a ...
Academic Groundwater Aquifer Aquifer Recharge Groundwater Recharge Aquifer Recharge Groundwater Mapping Groundwater Resource
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
San Jose Water Company (SJWC) has selected Echologics’ leak detection technology to continuously monitor its pipeline network to help the utility measure and ...
Business Technology Leakage Detection Integrated Water Management Water Supply Leakage Consumption Leakage Reduction Pipes and Pipelines
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Badger Meter Inc. will acquire D-Flow Technology AB of Luleå, Sweden for $23 million in cash, the Brown Deer-based company announced. Badger Meter Inc.’s ...
Business Technology Integrated Water Management Metering Consumption Flow Meters Mergers & Acquisition
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Modern Water PLC has secured an order for its seawater desalination technology Forward Osmosis to China's Hangzhou Water Treatment Technology Development ...
Business Technology Desalination Membrane Technology Membrane Filtration Sea Water Desalinisation Forward Osmosis Sustainable Desalination
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by Vishakha Rajput, Previous COO The Water Network at AquaSPE AG
The model outlines how the problems of bad water and sanitation can be solved at a lower overall cost than current arrangements A new approach to accelerating ...
Business Water Policy Water Access Human Rights Access Empowerment & Right To Water Water Management Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
As the sensitive areas of global climate change, Yellow River basin, situated in arid and semiarid regions, also plays an important role in food production. ...
Basin Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation Management Irrigation Scheduling
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
When returning from a swim in the ocean, sometimes it seems as though your towel has moved. Of course, it’s just that the water line has shifted. The natural ...
Groundwater Aquifer Aquifer Recharge Groundwater Mapping
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
An international team of scientists, including one from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has found that up to 20 percent loss in the annual ...
Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A promising water technology invention combats climate change and helps waterway conservation. Surendra Pradhan (on the left), Riku Vahala and Anna Mikola ...
Sewage Treatment Nutrients Recovery Sewage Hydrology Nutrient Cycling Nutrient Recovery & Reuse
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully created a membrane that removes viruses from ...
Technology Public Health Decontamination Decontamination Water Access Membranes Contaminant Removal Filtration Membrane Technology Membrane Filtration Drinking Water
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Many farms in drought-prone regions of the U.S. rely on drip irrigation as a water-saving method to grow crops. These systems pump water through long thin ...
Drip Irrigation Irrigation Conservation Irrigation Management Irrigation Scheduling Irrigation Design Conservation
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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 ...
Business Sensor Systems Leakage Detection Integrated Water Management Water Supply Leakage Water Management Consumption Water Software Internet of Things (IoT)
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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. ...
Social Water Public Health Mine Water Management Produced Water From Oil & Gas Industry Mine Drainage Energy Water Regulation Industrial Water & Wastewater
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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 ...
Social Water Public Health Solid Waste Management Mine Water Management Mine Drainage Chemicals Waste, wastewater, air, chemical engineering Energy Power Plants Industrial
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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 ...
Social Water Environmental Health Energy Agriculture & Forestry Social Responsibility Clean Coal Power Plants Clean Coal Physician Public Health
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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 ...
Academic Water Pollution Pollution Pollution Contaminant Control Waterway
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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 ...
Academic Basin Irrigation Irrigation Climate Change Irrigation Management Irrigation Scheduling
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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 ...
Academic Contaminant Removal Groundwater Groundwater Pollution Aquifer Treatment Natural Gas