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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Two enzymes take common plastic back to its starting materials. Plastic is everywhere. Once it gets into the environment as trash, it stays there for years, ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
From a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology: microscopic poop pellets that come from plankton can be chock full of ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat) has announced that it has acquired "a significant equity stake" in UK-based water treatment company, Envirogen ...
Business water treatment Water & Wastewater Treatment Investments International Cooperation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Global Agricultural WWT Market has been estimated at USD 13.85 billion in 2014 and is projected to grow a further 8.64% during the forecast period. The ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Cholera bacteria and others are spreading through the oceans as waters warm up and are increasing infection risks, according to a new study. ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The social costs stemming from dangerous levels of lead in the drinking water ofFlint, Michigan, such as the effect on children's health, amount to $395 ...
Social Drinking Water Security Water Pollution Crisis Drinking Water
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Climate finance totaling US$81 billion is mobilized for projects funded by the world's six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2015. This ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A team of marine ecologists conducted a meta-analysis of 54 existing studies on shoreline hardening. The results highlight stark ecological effects of ...
Academic Ecosystem Management Environment Ecosystem Management Infrastructure Infrastructure
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A study led by Princeton University researchers shows that weather patterns tied to climate change may increase the severity of algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay ...
Academic Fertilizers Algae Fertilizers and Pesticides Fertilizer
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The research finds that damp soil in the western United States indicates a higher probability of rain the next day In 1881, a land speculator named Charles ...
Academic Agriculture Soil
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
University of Adelaide researchers are rethinking plant breeding strategies to improve the development of new high-yielding, stress-tolerant cereal ...
Academic Crop Farming Grains & Cereals Agriculture Crops
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The California Nitrogen Assessment, a new report from Agricultural Sustainability Institute at the University of California, presents a big picture of the ...
Academic Fertilizers Water Supply Fertilizer
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Inside David Freedman’s lab at Clemson University there are rock samples pulled from deep below the Earth’s surface and could help shed light on one of the ...
Academic Public Health Toxins
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Levels of industrial chemicals exceed federally recommended safety levels for six million people in the U.S. Drinking water samples near industrial sites, ...
Academic Public Health Toxins Human Rights
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A study by Macquarie University has detected both copper and lead contamination at the domestic consumer’s kitchen tap in 100 per cent and 51 per cent of the ...
Academic Public Health Toxins Human Rights
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
News are full of information about algae blooms and its detrimental effect on ecosystems around the world. Across the United States, bodies of water teem with ...
Academic Fertilizers Irrigation and Drainage Toxins Water Supply
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Chloramine has been widely adopted, but some cities’ residents have opposed its use. City officials in Hannibal, Mo., decided last week to put the question of ...
Government Public Health Purification Chlorination Wastewater Treatment Water Treatment Solutions water treatment
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The city of Missoula, Montana won a state Supreme Court case to exercise eminent domain powers to seize water from private utility companies, ending a lengthy ...
Government Water Supply Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Water Governance Distribution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The study compared detection of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in public drinking water with PFAA serum concentrations for 1566 California women A series of ...
Academic Environmental Health Water Pollution Public Health
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Fresh water that can be drunk right at the tap of each household is no longer a far future for residents in Hanoi as the capital is working the plan out with ...
Technology Access Water Supply Drinking Water Infrastructure Water