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Development agencies must use the momentum from COP22 to prioritise water infrastructure projects and help mitigate the effects of climate change and ...
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The Middle East has experienced many environmental concerns lately. Water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, especially for the millions there who ...
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Experts warns of Complacency: desalination has eased the water shortage, but continued drought, over-pumping and the needs of a growing population are ...
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CALIFORNIA IS GROWING. Our population growth remains steady, as more people want to live and work here each year. And our economy continues to expand at a ...
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In the not-too-distant future, our fields could be tilled, sown, tended and harvested entirely by fleets of co-operating autonomous machines by land and air. ...
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The Arctic, which may be of a surprise, is home to an abundant and diverse range of freshwater ecosystems including lakes, ponds, rivers and streams in ...
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The Water Footprint Profiles of seven Sub-Saharan African countries: Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique and Rwanda have been released by Water ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A study suggests that pharmaceuticals are polluting our rivers more than pesticides. In a research paper on pharmaceutical pollution in the rivers Aire and ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Land-use practices on tropical oceanic islands can have large impacts on reef ecosystems, even in the absence of rivers and streams. Land-based pollutants, ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Paper strips laced with sugar could be the sweetest solution discovered so far to kill E. coli in contaminated water. York University engineering Professor ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing the foil based LEDs for portable ultraviolet (UV) lights that soldiers and others can use to purify ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Alberta’s rivers are a main source of water for irrigated agriculture in Canada’s Prairie provinces. But climate change and increased human interference mean ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Faith Critzer, a food safety specialist with University of Tennessee Extension, will lead a new multistate research and outreach project to help fruit and ...
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Ever wondered what’s in the neighborhood pond? Technology developed by researchers at the University of Houston will allow you to test for waterborne pathogens ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Glen Canyon Dam has greatly altered the Colorado River, inundating more than 150 miles of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon and transforming the ecosystem of ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The state of Michigan is designating its section of Lake Erie as an impaired waterway because of damage to fish and other wildlife caused by harmful algal ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Droughts are a natural feature of the Australian environment. But the Millennium drought (or “Big Dry”), which ran from 1997 to 2010, was a wake-up call even ...
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to determine the rate at which nitrate pollution will make its way from groundwater ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A new study has found heightened concentrations of some common substances in drinking water near sites where hydraulic fracturing has taken place. The ...
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With the global population projected to reach 9 billion in 2050, demand for food is expected to increase by over 50% in 2030 and 70% in 2050. ...
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