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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Chances are that you don’t think about industrial agriculture and its effect on the environment and local farming when you’re going through the drive-through ...
Agriculture & Forestry
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Using living organisms such as bacteria or fungi, as an alternative to chemical fertilisers, can improve the soil biodiversity of green roofs, according to ...
Green Buildings Green Building
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Warming in the 21st century reduced Colorado River flows by at least 0.5 million acre-feet, about the amount of water used by 2 million people for one year, ...
Water Supply
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Could the common housefly, which has evolved to recycle nutrients from waste products, help address the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
Agriculture & Forestry
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Communities near Oroville Dam just got an unenviable front-row seat to what happens when climactic forces and man-made infrastructure clash. It was also a ...
Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A new machine called the Watly offers solutions to three of society’s most important challenges – ensuring access to clean water, sustainable energy ...
Technology Water Access Technology Water-Energy Nexus Access Water & Energy Conservation Energy Efficiency Internet Water-Energy-Food Security
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Cerium dioxide nanoparticles block communication between bacteria and prevent the formation of biofilms 21.12.2016 Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University ...
Membranes RO & MSF Fouling
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Arsenic is the leading freshwater contaminant on the planet, affecting millions of people worldwide and causing an untold number of deaths every year. Removing ...
Arsenic Groundwater Arsenic Mitigation Bioremediation Groundwater Pollution Remediation
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A crop spray which can boost farmer's wheat yields by one fifth, without the need for genetic modification, has been developed by scientists at Oxford ...
Agriculture & Forestry
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Dr Raghav Pant, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher for the ITRC, won the prestigious Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize 2016 in Systems Modelling. His research ...
Infrastructure Infrastructure Management Risk Management Infrastructure Infrastructure
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by Esther Rasenberg, Water News Europe
Specially equipped drones are more and more used to inspect sewers. With the images and data the drone collects, leakages can be detected easily and ...
Technology Technology Monitors IT Water Supply Infrastructure Sewer Networks Waste Management 3D Modelling Robotics Pipelines Pipes and Pipelines
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Singapore's ministers Masagos Zulkifli, Chan Chun Sing and Heng Swee Keat answered key questions MPs had on the water price hike. Here is a summary of their ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
SUMMARY Ten West Link would provide a reliable 500 kV transmission connection between substations in Tonopah, Arizona and Riverside County, California, west ...
Construction Energy Power Distribution Power Transmission Transportation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Cascades Sonoco water-based barrier coating allows for the creation of recyclable, repulpable, compostable take-out containers. Cascades Sonoco, a joint ...
Business Food & Beverage Food Security Business Development Material Handling Paper Machinery
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Water Network team had the pleasure to interview Philipp Saumweber, Chairman & CEO of Sundrop Farms. Mr. Saumweber received a BA degree in Economics from ...
Technology Agriculture Irrigation Water Footprint Technology Energy Efficiency Vegetable crops Vegetables Renewable Resources Agriculture Sustainability Environmental Impact Farms Solar Power Agriculture
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
French waste and water company Suez is in the running to buy the water business U.S. industrial conglomerate General Electric has put up for sale, French ...
Business Water Treatment Solutions Business Strategy water treatment Water & Wastewater Mergers & Acquisitions Mergers & Acquisition
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by Joseph Cotruvo, President at Joseph Cotruvo & Associates, Water , Environment and Public Health
The new administrator plans to follow his statutory mandate—clean air and water—and to respect states’ rights. This is interesting reading because it ...
Government Water Law Water Management Law & Regulations Government relations, politics and policy
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Robusta coffee comes from the Coffea canephora plant, which is being increasingly planted in the Nicaragua under government authorization With climate change ...
Government Agriculture Agronomics Irrigation Drought Coffee Growing
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
An emergency meeting is being held by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation over the invasion of armyworms currently threatening crops in several African ...
Government Food Security Agriculture & Forestry Crop Farming Fertilizers and Pesticides Farms
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Even as average incomes rise in developing countries, access to sanitation and clean energy have yet to reach the poorest people, a new study shows. But there ...
Government Public Health Water Access Sanitation Human Rights Sanitation & Hygiene Water Supply Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)