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Carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in drinking-water wells near coal plants was thought to be from leaking coal ash ponds, given the typical, elevated levels of ...
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This system could produce 3,500 gallons of clean water per day, at half the cost of current desalination methods, using just the motion of the waves to power ...
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A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has invented a new soap molecule made from renewable sources that could dramatically reduce the ...
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Half of all sewage blockages are thought to be caused by non-flushable products as they do not dissolve the same as regular toilet paper. UK water companies ...
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The Water Network had the pleasure of talking to Mayank Midha from GARV toilets. Mayank has been in the manufacturing business for the past seven years after ...
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Almost half of the world's water resources are in the Americas, as multiple factors have created an adverse scenario for the sustainability of hydric ...
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Is America is turning to private companies to solve their investment problem and manage their water supply a good idea? A perfect storm of aging ...
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Physicist Marcia Barbosa explores the unique and unusual properties of water that may hold the key to resolving the widespread problem of water stress. ...
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The definition of a ‘smart city’ from the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills is that it is a process rather than a static outcome through ...
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Chemosynthetic symbionts are bacteria living inside or on the surface of animals, supplying their host with food that would otherwise be unavailable, ...
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A company that has trained dogs to recognize the smell of human fecal bacteria has been sniffing out sources of water pollution nationwide, discovering broken ...
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In Central Asia, a crisis is brewing over water and electricity. The Soviet-era system in which the five countries of the region shared their resources has ...
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"Regatta H2O: Familiar Form, Chameleon Infrastructure" is the winner of a site-specific environmental competition called the Land Art Generator Initiative. ...
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As wastewater plants face tighter regulations and more stringent discharge limits, the landscape for landfill leachate treatment is changing. Landfill ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
In Miami, the sea is expected to rise a foot perhaps as soon as 2040, and reach 5 feet as early as 2080. Within 100 years, it could wash over most of Miami ...
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Water scarcity is a huge global problem, affecting about 3 billion people around the world each year. However, a team of researchers from the University of ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A NASA analysis of a 2015 Texas flood is the first to document the full life cycle and impacts of a flood on both land and ocean. Using data from NASA's Soil ...
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Most Americans take safe water for granted: Turn the tap, and there it is. But recent protests against the Dakota Access pipeline on the Standing Rock ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced that it approved $19.53 million in grants during the third quarter of 2016. For more than ...
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