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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
University of Minnesota researchers create a tool for quantifying adverse impacts of nitrogen, identifying where reduced use will have the most benefit ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Californians conserved about a third less water in August than a year earlier, state regulators announced Wednesday, evidence that the decision to ease up on ...
Drought Conservation
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Already dealing with parched conditions, the U.S. Southwest faces the threat of megadroughts this century as temperatures rise, says a new study that found the ...
Drought Climate Change Water Supply
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
This technology would enable communities to produce their own water filters using biomass nanofibers, making clean water more accessible and affordable The ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A University of Cincinnati scientist has engineered an environmentally friendly technology to zap outbreak-causing viruses and bacteria from public drinking ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Many wastewater treatment facilities rely on membrane bioreactors (MBRs) that use bacterial communities to consume and break down contaminants that make the ...
Bioreactor Membrane Bioreactor Systems Bioremediation
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The use of biochar in agriculture improves soil fertility, especially in tropical regions, and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions. A project funded by the ...
Crop Farming
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Imagine you’re a farmer whose crops are nearing their harvest time. You’ve just sprayed them with standard pesticides to keep the bugs away until the fruit is ...
Pesticides Fertilizers and Pesticides Pesticides
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Sometimes technology innovations come along that cause a paradigm shift in how products are designed. A classic example is the television, where the shift from ...
UV Disinfection Water Quality
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The drinking water of some six million people across the country may have elevated levels of unregulated toxic chemicals widely used in the past in many ...
Contaminant Removal Water Quality Water Quality Management
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
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Regulator proposes to improve services by introducing more competition but forecast savings will be just £8 a year per bill. Households would be able to ...
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Scientists are predicting a devastating megadrought to hit the southwestern US states, which will be far worse than the 20th century Dust Bowl and last for ...
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Scottish Water is to invest £9 million in solar energy projects in the next three years. The deal was drawn up by the utility’s subsidiary Scottish Water ...
Business Technology Environment Energy Infrastructure Conservation
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North America and Europe Expected to Account for over 90 Percent of Investment in Water Management Solutions Through 2025, According to Navigant Research A ...
Technology Water Conservation Green Building Technologies
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by Heather Jepsen, Vice President of Operations at EcoloBlue, Inc
Conserve water with an AWG from EcoloBlue. Visit www.ecoloblueblog.com
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Report by Global Commission on the Economy and Climate says world needs ‘urgent’ shift away from carbon-heavy infrastructure over the next 15 years A gigantic ...
Government Renewable Energy Water Conservation Mitigation Green Building Technologies
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Asia's cities are ballooning, and the accompanying upsurge in the consumption of water and production of waste in urban areas is placing new pressures on the ...
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Cities over the past century have become the driving force of the global economy. Accounting for over half the world’s population and generating around 80% of ...
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Even if the Paris Agreement is implemented, food and water supplies remain at risk If all pledges made in last December's Paris climate agreement (COP21) to ...
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