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The City of Cape Town is warning its residents that their water consumption is too high and that they need to reduce their water use to winter levels. This ...
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The Natural Balance planter tips back when it's time to re-water. The holidays are fast approaching—a time for festive celebrations, long-distance travel, and ...
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Israeli startup TSD (Tethys Solar Desalination) plans to revolutionize the process with a low-cost, off-grid, scalable, and environmentally friendly module ...
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Govt of India wants to take up linking of rivers in a big way. But it is silent regarding improving water use efficiency from 40 % to 90 %. GoI can do that ...
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During the next half century, urban sprawl across Florida could double the water consumption of cities and suburbs, according to a new study released ...
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In 2016, South Africa has been hard hit by drought, but rooftop farmers and gardeners started an urban initiative to provide food security. Here is what they ...
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The effects of climate change have arrived sooner than expected, with the Sea of Galilee set to hit warning 'lower red line' by September. The water shortage ...
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Development agencies must use the momentum from COP22 to prioritise water infrastructure projects and help mitigate the effects of climate change and ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
The Middle East has experienced many environmental concerns lately. Water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, especially for the millions there who ...
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Experts warns of Complacency: desalination has eased the water shortage, but continued drought, over-pumping and the needs of a growing population are ...
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CALIFORNIA IS GROWING. Our population growth remains steady, as more people want to live and work here each year. And our economy continues to expand at a ...
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In the not-too-distant future, our fields could be tilled, sown, tended and harvested entirely by fleets of co-operating autonomous machines by land and air. ...
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The Arctic, which may be of a surprise, is home to an abundant and diverse range of freshwater ecosystems including lakes, ponds, rivers and streams in ...
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The Water Footprint Profiles of seven Sub-Saharan African countries: Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique and Rwanda have been released by Water ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A study suggests that pharmaceuticals are polluting our rivers more than pesticides. In a research paper on pharmaceutical pollution in the rivers Aire and ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Land-use practices on tropical oceanic islands can have large impacts on reef ecosystems, even in the absence of rivers and streams. Land-based pollutants, ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Paper strips laced with sugar could be the sweetest solution discovered so far to kill E. coli in contaminated water. York University engineering Professor ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing the foil based LEDs for portable ultraviolet (UV) lights that soldiers and others can use to purify ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Alberta’s rivers are a main source of water for irrigated agriculture in Canada’s Prairie provinces. But climate change and increased human interference mean ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Faith Critzer, a food safety specialist with University of Tennessee Extension, will lead a new multistate research and outreach project to help fruit and ...
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