New approach to plastic a must for the health of our oceans
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In India's 'arsenic belt', water project brings relief
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Madhusudankati, West Bengal, India - For decades, Manatosh Biswas - a farmer who lives in the middle of eastern India's so-called "arsenic belt" - had no ...
Arsenic Groundwater Pollution
Have we reached the tipping point for investing in renewable energy?
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Renewable energy is becoming increasingly viable, a trend that could potentially be a game-changer for investors pulling away from fossil fuels. ...
Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Renewable Energy
The Secret to Water Pricing During a Drought
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Water Charging & Pricing Drought
Pure Technologies Makes Waves With Advanced Pipeline Robot For Water & Wastewater
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The PureRobotics pipe inspection system is a modular transporter designed to carry sensors and tools through pipelines. The advanced robotic crawler is safer ...
Inspection technology Condition Assessment Infrastructure Management
Faircap Project: Open source 3D printed water filter aims to solve global crisis for just $1
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Startups Drinking Water Treatment Water Filtration
Advanced Technologies are being used for Mapping in Certain Areas of India
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
This is the first time that aquifer mapping has been taken on such a large scale in the Country. Advanced technologies like heli-borne geophysical surveys are ...
Groundwater Aquifer Geophysical Investigations Groundwater Resource Public Water System and Groundwater Issues
Window to reduce carbon emissions is small—all our efforts must focus on & complete decarbonization
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
At the rate humans are emitting carbon into the atmosphere, Earth may suffer irreparable damage that could last tens of thousands of years, according to a new ...
Climate Change
Arsenic Contaminates India's Drinking Water [Video]
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Sustainable development is a tricky thing. At least 140 million people in Asia are drinking arsenic-contaminated water, and the ever-expanding use of ...
Agriculture Arsenic Groundwater Pollution
El Nino causes one of the worst droughts in 50 years in southern Africa
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The El Nino weather phenomenon, one of the worst in 50 years, has caused intense drought in southern Africa that will have a "devastating" impact on the ...
Agriculture Drought Climate Change
A new generation of sensors promise better picture of world ocean health
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
To gather this information, researchers are developing sensors to measure seawater carbon content, acidity, the concentration of nutrients such as nitrates ...
Climate Change Oceanographic Survey
4 billion people face severe water scarcity at least one month a year
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
An estimated 4 billion people face severe water scarcity at least one month a year, researchers have found, and nearly half of them live in China and India. ...
Water Scarcity Drought
Canada's First Geothermal Plant Is Being Built in the Oil Industry's Backyard
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
What will be, once completed, the first geothermal power plant in Canada, is now under construction in Saskatchewan, according to recent reports. The planned ...
Geothermal Renewable Energy
Spanish Foundation to Provide Tech for Gove Water Supply Infrastructure
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The counsellor-delegate of the Spanish Elecnor Foundation, Rafael MartÃn de Bustamante Vegas, said last Monday, in Luanda, that the project involving his ...
Technology Waste Water Technology Water Supply Water & Wastewater Treatment
Nanoparticle Tracking Award
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Missouri S&T student earns awards for tracking nanoparticles in water Ariel Donovan, a graduate student in chemistry at Missouri University of Science and ...
Academic Nanotechnology Nano Materials Nano Technology
1080 Poison Dropped Directly into Auckland's Water Supply
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Auckland Council stated in its pacifying document that it used "highly accurate GPS application technology to apply bait" The truth is that GPS ...
Academic Environment Water Supply Water Management
Landmark Sustainability Standard Now Covers Dispensers and UV Systems
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Water Quality Association (WQA) and the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) announced that a new 2015 version of WQA/ASPE/ANSI S-803: ...
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Desilting ponds in India benefit farmers, environment
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Students from the University of Michigan are developing a low-cost way to increase crop yield and reduce the use of fertilizers for Indian farmers In a ...
Academic Groundwater Agriculture Fluoride
Decade of rising seas slowed by land soaking up extra water, study finds
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
New measurements from a NASA satellite have allowed researchers to identify and quantify, for the first time, how climate-driven increases of liquid water ...
Academic Climate Change Sea Level Rise Risk Perception Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assesment Climate Change
Carnegie Kicks-off Mauritius Project
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has started its Mauritius wave and microgrid design project. The project, which will be delivered on ...
Academic Renewable Energy Wave & Tidal Energy Wave Energy Wave & Tidal Energy