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by Vishakha Rajput, Previous COO The Water Network at AquaSPE AG
Utilis analyzes satellite imagery to detect leaks and non -revenue-water. Leak detection that covers thousands of square kilometers at once. The leaks are ...
Technology GIS & Remote Sensing Technology GIS Leakage Detection Leakage GIS Spatial Analysis GIS & Remote Sensing Satellite
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Innovations in building materials, design, water systems and power grids are helping to make cities more livable, say researchers in Princeton’s School of ...
Smart City Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Nearly 25 percent of the world’s malnourished population lives in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 300 million people depend on corn, or maize, as their ...
Climate Change Agriculture & Forestry
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Phosphorus is an essential element which is contained in many cellular compounds, such as DNA and the energy carrier ATP. All life needs phosphorus and ...
Fertilizers Fertilizer Fertilizer
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
While lead pipes were banned decades ago, they still supply millions of American households daily with drinking water amid risks of corrosion and leaching ...
Water Quality Chemistry Water Quality Management Infrastructure Management Water Quality Monitoring Water quality
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Waves, tides, storms and hurricanes can all take a toll on the coastline, eroding the land and rewriting the shoreline. Those changes can put infrastructure ...
Coastal Engineering Coastal Coastal Erosion
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Utility field work can be a real headache even with precise maps at hand. Admitting that they rapidly manage to locate the sought network, workers may end up ...
Infrastructure
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Chapman University has published the results of a state-wide study on the communication campaigns California has been employing to address its ongoing drought. ...
Government Agency Communication Conservation Communications
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Scientists use Earth-imaging technologies to study the intrusion of saltwater into freshwater aquifers along the California coast. Researchers from Stanford ...
Groundwater Water Supply Groundwater Recharge Groundwater Pollution Groundwater Mapping Groundwater Salinisation
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SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya says farm loan waivers upset credit discipline. I fully agree with Ms Arundhati Bhattacharya Chairperson of State Bank of ...
Business Agriculture Irrigation and Drainage Sustainable Agriculture Finance Investments Investment Management
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Xylem was recently awarded a £4 million contract to provide rental dewatering equipment to solve a complex water transfer challenge in record time. The ...
Technology Pump Supplier Technology Monitors Dewatering Pumps Water Transport Canals
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A senior advisor to the energy minister of Iran has reported on a 1.7-billion-dollar agreement between Iran and South Korea for construction of Bakhtiari ...
Government Resource Management Energy Dams River Engineering Hydroelectric Energy International Cooperation
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Variable weather is creating extreme challenges for crop breeding in California. How do you develop crops that will thrive under certain conditions when you ...
Academic Agriculture Irrigation Water Scarcity Water Management Agriculture & Forestry Agriculture Crops
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Wisconsin scientists helped pioneer the study of bacteria and viruses in groundwater. Their research has discovered that microorganisms can occur deeper ...
Academic Groundwater Flood Modeling Water Supply Water Supply & Drainage Urban Drainage System Groundwater Pollution Flood damage Flood prediction Flood Insurance
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
But to urban experts, what would an investment in infrastructure look like? In the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2013 report card on infrastructure, ...
Government Water Access Integrated Urban Water Management Integrated Water Management Access Water Supply Infrastructure Integrated Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure Pipelines Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Pipes and Pipelines
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Researchers at Michigan State University predict this figure will rise by $49 over the next five years. And if it does, water may become unaffordable for ...
Academic Government Agency Water Access Water Supply Human Rights Access Water Supply Drinking Water
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Brunel University London and Mission Resources Ltd are developing an innovative low-temperature pyrolysis treatment to convert household waste into fuel to ...
Technology Liquid Waste Management Water-Energy Nexus Solid Waste Management Building Refurbishment Waste Management
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Chemists have found a way to use sunlight to purify wastewater rapidly and cheaply, and to make self-cleaning materials for buildings. The technology uses ...
Academic Sewage Treatment Wastewater Phycoremediation Industrial Wastewater Treatment Wastewater Treatment Water & Wastewater
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Researchers at Caltech and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have—in just two years—nearly doubled the number of materials known to have ...
Academic Technology Energy Solar Energy Water-Energy Nexus Solar Power Solar Cells
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Biologists from the University of Tübingen have helped develop biosensors which can detect drugs in water more quickly and in smaller amounts The principle ...
Academic Decontamination Sensor Systems Water Treatment Solutions water treatment Pharmaceuticals