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A team of marine ecologists conducted a meta-analysis of 54 existing studies on shoreline hardening. The results highlight stark ecological effects of ...
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A study led by Princeton University researchers shows that weather patterns tied to climate change may increase the severity of algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay ...
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The research finds that damp soil in the western United States indicates a higher probability of rain the next day In 1881, a land speculator named Charles ...
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University of Adelaide researchers are rethinking plant breeding strategies to improve the development of new high-yielding, stress-tolerant cereal ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The California Nitrogen Assessment, a new report from Agricultural Sustainability Institute at the University of California, presents a big picture of the ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Inside David Freedman’s lab at Clemson University there are rock samples pulled from deep below the Earth’s surface and could help shed light on one of the ...
Academic Public Health Toxins
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Levels of industrial chemicals exceed federally recommended safety levels for six million people in the U.S. Drinking water samples near industrial sites, ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A study by Macquarie University has detected both copper and lead contamination at the domestic consumer’s kitchen tap in 100 per cent and 51 per cent of the ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
News are full of information about algae blooms and its detrimental effect on ecosystems around the world. Across the United States, bodies of water teem with ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Chloramine has been widely adopted, but some cities’ residents have opposed its use. City officials in Hannibal, Mo., decided last week to put the question of ...
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The city of Missoula, Montana won a state Supreme Court case to exercise eminent domain powers to seize water from private utility companies, ending a lengthy ...
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The study compared detection of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in public drinking water with PFAA serum concentrations for 1566 California women A series of ...
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Fresh water that can be drunk right at the tap of each household is no longer a far future for residents in Hanoi as the capital is working the plan out with ...
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Brazil and the United Kingdom have signed a memorandum for bilateral cooperation which will including financing of technology innovation projects from both ...
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Rising global temperatures are clearly linked to increasing waterborne food poisoning, particularly from eating raw oysters, along with other nasty ...
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Ford has halved the amount of water and energy it uses in making its new EcoBlue diesel at its largest global diesel engine plant. The Dagenham Engine Plant ...
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The Water Network team had the pleasure to interview Riggs Eckelberry, CEO and president of the OriginClear company, a pure technology company. OriginOil ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
In many parts of the world water is not fit for people to drink. Technologies to render dirty water drinkable are limited by size and cost. Now a lower cost ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Municipalities and local authorities are showing an increasing reliance on investor-owned utilities and private players for the ownership, management, and ...
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A company in Steinbach has begun selling bagged water the same way milk was once sold in bags, and still is in some places. Tres Pure ("very pure") puts water ...
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