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To become ‘smart’ in general, cities around the world will need to increase the efficiency of existing and new infrastructure and services to levels never ...
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Shifting climate patterns in North America could hit U.S. crop production hard, possibly even halving the production of corn by the end of the century, a new ...
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Researchers at TU Darmstadt are proposing geopolymers as an alternative to cement. These mineral binders are not only more environmentally friendly, they are ...
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Global sea level could rise by as much as 8 feet by 2100 in a worst-case scenario, according to federal report coauthored by Rutgers’ Robert E. Kopp Moreover, ...
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Some of the most important crops risk substantial damage from rising temperatures. Some of the most important crops risk substantial damage from rising ...
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Water purification processes usually make use of robust membranes for filtering off contaminants while working at high pressures. Can materials employing ...
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In a “bad news, good news” scenario, researchers at North Carolina State University have found that some black sludge growing in a water-treatment site could ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A solar-powered purification system could provide remote parts of India with clean drinking water for the first time. Researchers at Edinburgh are developing ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
As a tool against sea-level rise, the idea seems a little counterintuitive: Add water to the ground. But the laws of physics support it: Pump millions of ...
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Sea-level rise caused by climate change and global warming, poses a major threat to coastal regions due to salt-water intrusion and damage to agricultural ...
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by Esther Rasenberg, Water News Europe
Why wasting water? That is the main question World Water Day is raising on the 22 of March this year. In 2017 the UN-Water programme concentrates on the ...
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Forget about oil or gas – you should be worrying about the less discussed but far more concerning fact that the world is running out of clean, drinkable ...
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In the circular economy, businesses and consumers are taking steps to transition towards a stronger, more circular economy where resources, including water, ...
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Rapid, mass-scale urbanisation poses a massive threat to water security in Asian cities. Water security expert Robert Brears shares how some cities are ...
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The way we consume things in America deeply affects environments half a world away. In a way, it’s the ultimate data design challenge: mapping not only the ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Group (GEMMA) is investigating how to produce new energy resources and high-value products from wastewater of ...
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Flash floods, burst riverbanks, overflowing drains, contaminants leaching into waterways: some of the disruptive, damaging and hazardous consequences of ...
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