A sustainable oasis in the desert
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The Sustainable City in the desert of Dubai reduces water-energy nexus pressures
Energy
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U of S Gets a Major Funding Boost for Water Science Research
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
University of Saskatchewan awarded $77.8 million in research funding. A total of $900 million has been awarded to 13 Canadian post-secondary institutions ...
Academic Research Investments Investment
Hyflux Dips Toes into Wellness - Beauty Market
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Hyflux invests S$8m in European firm Kaqun Europe to sell Elo Water, which has 3 times more oxygen than tap water. In City Square Mall, a new store offering ...
Business Medical & Health Skin Care Mergers & Acquisitions Oxygen Therapy
Senate Moves on Water Bill with Flint Aid
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the first procedural step towards advancing a $9.4 billion waterways bill that contains emergency funding for ...
Government Water Access Drinking Water Infrastructure Pollution Waterway
ino3W Partnership to Boost Water Innovation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The ino3W partnership aims to enable new water technologies to be tried, tested and brought onto the market in up to ten different countries. Ultimately, the ...
Business Technology Water Management Funding Partnerships Innovation Water
New Genus of Bacteria Found Inside Hydraulic Fracturing Wells
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The new genus of bacteria is one of the 31 microbial members found living inside two separate fracturing wells - the "Frackibacter". Even though the wells ...
Academic Bacteria Research Fracking Research
With Heavy Heart We Will Release Cauvery Water to Tamil Nadu
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by Heather Jepsen, Vice President of Operations at EcoloBlue, Inc
Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to abide by the Supreme court directive to release 15,000 cuses of water per day to Tamil Nadu for 10 days. After a ...
Government River Engineering Water Management River Engineering
G-20 Study Urges Finance Firms to Better Assess Environment Risk
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Financial institutions should improve the way they assess risks to their operations from environmental threats. "Inadequate understanding of growing ...
Academic Environment Environmental Consulting Environment Investments
Laser Mapping Helps Water Planning
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Combination of aerial photography and high-resolution laser mapping can help tracking what is growing in the area and figuring out how much water those plants ...
Technology Water Landscaping Water Resource Mapping Water Monitoring Water Monitoring Landscape Horticulture Public Value Mapping Water
Chinese Scientists Successfully Convert Sand Into Soil
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Chinese scientists claime to have converted sand into fertile soil by using a new method which they hope will be useful to fight desertification. A team of ...
Academic Agriculture Soil Desertification Combating Desertification Soil Management
Digital Realty Saves Water with Innovative Cooling Technology
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Reducing water use in the data centers has led to a new type of free-cooling system: one that uses pumped-refrigerant economization and consumes no water. ...
Technology Water Cooling Systems Energy Cooling
The Future of Energy and Water Technology
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The biennial public art contest held by the Land Art Generator Initiative asked the designers to make artistic solutions for clean water, sustainable energy ...
Technology Agriculture Eco-art Energy Solar Energy Desalination Thermal Desalination Solar Desalination water treatment Art Art as idea Food & Beverage Renewable Energy Desalination Agriculture Solar Cells
Ice Wall to Solve Groundwater Problems at Fukushima
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Japan is building an ice wall to stop the groundwater that gets radioactive after flowing into Fukushima's reactor buildings from flowing into the Pacific. ...
Government Pollution Groundwater Pollution Nuclear Energy Nuclear Waste Disposal Nuclear Plant Operation
Mobile Water Treatment Solutions for Defence Industries
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Hidrofilt offers containerised or mobile plants for surface water, ground water, brackish water and seawater treatment. Hidrofilt Ltd is a Hungarian OEM ...
Technology Agriculture Drinking Water Treatment Filtration Reverse Osmosis Wastewater Treatment Drinking Water water treatment Water & Wastewater Treatment Army Filtration Separation
Scientists Test the Hudson River
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Scientists test the water at Lake Tear of the Clouds, the source of the mighty Hudson River, high in the Adirondacks of New York. Their testing in August 2016 ...
Academic River Studies Environment River Restoration
Decoding Clover DNA Leads to Better Livestock Productivity
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Western Australian and Japanese scientists have together cracked the genome sequence of the subterranean (sub) clover. The project led by The University of ...
Academic Livestock Production Animal Husbandry Livestock nutrition Animal Health
How Does Your Lifestyle Affect the Chesapeake?
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A newly released “Bay Footprint” calculator helps citizens to see how diet and other choices affect the bay’s health, and how changed behaviors can improve ...
Social Fertilizers Fertilizer Fertilizer
Less Bouncy Water Droplets Reduce Runoff Pollution
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
By using a clever combination of two inexpensive additives to the spray, the researchers found they can drastically cut down on the amount of liquid that ...
Academic Irrigation Management Pesticides Pesticides Stormwater Runoff Agriculture
Reclaiming Industrial Waste Water in Minutes
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Ali Kamel H. Al Jibouri from Ryerson University has developed an advanced oxidation process (AOP) for the treatment of non-biodegradable pollutants in ...
Technology Pollutants Treatment Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technology Wastewater Treatment
Down-the-drain Disposal Not a Major Source of Pharmaceutical Pollution?
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
There is growing concern about how many drugs are flowing through wastewater treatment facilities and into rivers and lakes. With nearly sixty percent of ...
Academic Sewage Treatment Environment Pharma Other