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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
This is the first time, that we know of, that antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been found in a highly developed country. New paper Antimicrobial Agents and ...
Academic Bacteria E. coli Heath & Safety Water Supply Water Supply Health & Safety E. coli
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
China has invested over USD 120 billion for its ongoing construction of 91 major water projects in the country, an official report said. China has 91 major ...
Government Resource Management Conservation Water Management
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Once the libraries are established, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) could fly over large areas of bloom at low altitude with an HSI camera and ...
Academic Research Algae Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
In 2015, PepsiCo reduced its operational water use per unit of production by 26 percent versus a 2006 baseline This exceeded the company's previously stated ...
Business Business Strategy Conservation Sustainability Consumption
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Coca-Cola says that for every drop of water it uses globally, it returns another drop back to the environment. The Atlanta-based beverage giant, long ...
Business Water Reuse & Recycling Reuse Sustainability Conservation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
GM crops have helped reduce the irrigation needs and conserve water by growing more drought-tolerant plants. In honor of this year’s World Water Week 2016, ...
Academic Agriculture Irrigation Genetically Modified Food Genetically Modified Food Water Crops
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
When certain kinds of cyanobacteria multiply rapidly and release toxins, the result is a harmful algal bloom (HAB). Explosive growth of cyanobacteria, also ...
Technology Algae Water Supply Algae Treatment
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
African and European researchers are employing high-tech water management research methods to help low-tech South African smallholders improve food security. ...
Technology Agriculture Drought
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
About 2,100 companies and individuals in California have federal permission to fly drones for farming A drone whirred to life in a cloud of dust, then shot ...
Technology Irrigation Irrigation and Drainage Drought Crop Farming
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
An economic model developed by UCR researchers demonstrates how blending wastewater from various treatment processes could produce irrigation water with ...
Irrigation Wastewater Use Water Reuse & Recycling Industrial Water Reuse Reuse
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The biggest threat to Indo-Gangetic basin is contamination, and the two main concerns are salinity and arsenic. The Indo-Gangetic basin accounts for about a ...
Academic Arsenic Environment Water Supply
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
UBC engineers have created a tool that will help municipalities measure water quality, as a way to ensure clean and safe drinking water is coming out of the ...
Technology Purification Decontamination Water Quality
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Researchers have established a correlation between iron and lead, but they lack clear understanding how iron influences the release of toxic lead from pipes ...
Academic Purification Scale & Corrosion Water Quality Infrastructure Corrosion Prevention
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Three U.S. based non-profit organizations filed a lawsuit against General Mills on Thursday for misleading the public by labeling their Nature Valley brand ...
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by Heather Jepsen, Vice President of Operations at EcoloBlue, Inc
U.S. communities suffer from about a quarter of a million water main breaks every year, mostly due to aging pipes. The horror of people drinking poisoned ...
Government Water Agriculture Public Health Treatment Purification Policy Technology Research Environment Energy Human Rights Water Supply Governance & Planning Agriculture & Forestry
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Analyzing the thermal capillary dynamics in a water drop could lead to a new generations of medical sensors that are able to identify abnormal cells. The ...
Technology Technology Research Optical Measurement Systems Cancer Screening
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Green bonds are among the tools available to cities as they look to raise the trillions needed to fund their sustainable growth. Climate change has become ...
Government Integrated Urban Water Management Urban Water Water Supply Infrastructure Integrated Infrastructure
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A forestry project in Egypt is using sewage effluent to nurture tree plantations in the desert, preventing desertification. The method has been so effective ...
Academic Restoration Desertification Sewage Forest Ecosystems Forest Restoration Waste Management
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
International Wastewater Systems announced a joint venture with RENEW Energy Partners for the financing and installation of IWS's world-leading thermal heat ...
Business Joint Venture Heath & Safety Energy Mergers & Acquisitions Business Development Mergers & Acquisition
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Green Bay is retrofitting several manhole covers with high-tech monitors that will collect real-time data about water levels in its storm and sanitary sewers. ...
Government Technology Stormwater Management Data Management Flood Management Storm Water Management Stormwater Runoff Metered data