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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Given currently available records, the present anthropogenic carbon release rate is unprecedented during the past 66 million years. As the presidential ...
Environment Climate Change
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Water quality is a problem in many small, rural Texas communities but often the hyperlocal supplies do not have the funds or expertise to remove dangerous ...
Government Public Health Arsenic Human Rights Water Quality Management
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Flushable wipes and related products have been a blight for wastewater collection systems and utilities in recent years. This problem is widespread ...
Academic Wastewater Treatment Septic Tank Utility Management Sewer Networks Waste Water Serviceability
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Scientists are increasingly confident about the link between earthquakes and oil and gas production, yet regulators are slow to react Until 2008 not a ...
Environment Fracking
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Atmospheric patterns resembling those that appeared during the latter half of California's ongoing multi-year drought are becoming more common. The nearly ...
Drought Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Researchers charge global warming with projected significant increases in the frequency of both extreme precipitation and landfalling atmospheric rivers ...
Climate Induced Hazard Climate Change
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Global efforts to protect the planet will fail unless we take concepts like equality and wellbeing into account, according to a new paper published today in ...
Social Dimensions Environment
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Solar energy is on the rise. Many technical advances have made solar cells quite efficient and affordable in recent years. A big disadvantage remains in the ...
Solar Energy Solar Power Solar/PV
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
SF-funded Nanosystems Engineering Research Center to enable deployment of mobile, efficient water treatment and desalination systems The primary mission of ...
Public Health Treatment Purification Technology Research Environment Energy Desalination Human Rights
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Water recycling facilities tour at Melbourne Sports Precinct was organized by IVWater in collaboration with Federation University, Melbourne Cricket Club and ...
Academic Water Recycling Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Sourcewater, Inc. honored with New Technology of the Year Award – Software in the 2016 Northeast Oil & Gas Awards Sourcewater, the online water exchange for ...
Business Energy Energy
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Williamtown water contamination highlights dangers of PFOS and PFOA THE morning Rhianna Gorfine found out the food and water on her NSW farm had potentially ...
Government Water Decontamination Water Supply Urban Water Supply
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
When it comes to saving water on landscaping, keeping your sprinkler on a timer can be the convenient and effective way to keep the lawn watered, but what if ...
Technology Agriculture Technology IT
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Scott Smith is not only an activist and the lead scientist with Water Defense, but an international expert in water purification, contamination, and crisis ...
Technology Purification Technology Filtration
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Cropland recycles less water into the atmosphere than native vegetation in Brazil’s wooded savannas, which could lead to less rain in the region as ...
Academic Agriculture Climate Change
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Filter-feeding fish accomplish a feat that human technologies cannot: species including goldfish, menhaden and basking sharks filter tiny algal cells or ...
Filtration
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Removal of nitrogen from wastewater is crucial to maintain water quality. A novel wastewater treatment technology based on “anammox” bacteria, capable of ...
Academic Treatment Treatment Plants Wastewater Treatment Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Efficiency Improvement
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A case study of a small Wyoming town reveals that practices common in the fracking industry may have widespread impacts on drinking water resources Only one ...
Academic Research Pollution Fracking
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
On UN’s World Water Day, clean tech company Watly were preparing to open an Indiegogo campaign to fund their award-winning solar technology. The Watly 3.0 ...
Social Solar Energy Clean Tech Solar Power
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
It is currently estimated that the cost to replace lead-lined pipes in the U.S. is $40 billion, according to a Global Water Intelligence report from last ...
Government Water Infrastructure Urban Water Infrastructure Governance & Planning