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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Welsh Water has announced that it will invest £21 million to improve the supply of drinking water in west Wales. As many parts of the water network in the ...
Government Water Access Water Supply Water Supply Infrastructure
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Veolia is to provide Actiflo Turbo technology for primary clarification at Northumbrian Water’s Horsley water treatment works (WTW) in the UK. Horsley WTW’s ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Assembly of First Nations is calling on the government to invest immediately in First Nations’ access to clean drinking water. In a statement Tuesday, AFN ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Cargill, General Mills, Walmart and several other giant food, agricultural and environmental groups will collaborate in order to improve soil health and water ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Centrica, owner of the British Gas, has acquired FlowGem Limited, an early stage UK-based business developing technology for remote detection of water leaks, ...
Business Leakage Detection Energy Leakage Leakage Reduction Business Development Mergers & Acquisitions Mergers & Acquisition
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Iran and France have signed a co-operation pact on water management. The deal was signed by Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian and French Environment ...
Government Resource Management Water & Wastewater Treatment Development Cooperation International Cooperation
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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