Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
It is now possible to estimate the influence of climate change on some types of extreme events, such as heat waves, drought, and heavy precipitation, says a ...
Climate Induced Hazard Environment Climate Change
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
California is the first state to have a law declaring the human right to water, and now it also has a resolution from the Water Board prioritizing it But ...
Academic Human Rights Water Governance Water Management
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Risk of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in People with Different Exposures to Wastewater and Fecal Sludge in Kampala, Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study ...
Academic Wastewater Use Public Health Sludge Management
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Since the 1930s, the composition of forests in the region has changed markedly. Drought-sensitive, fire-intolerant tree species, such as maple, birch and ...
Drought Forest Ecosystems Forest Conservation Forest Inventory Managment
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Stable environmentally friendly polymer coatings inhibit the surface buildup of bacterial and marine organisms An eco-friendly strategy has been developed by ...
Academic Research Paints & Coatings
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Academic Bioplastics Research
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Phosphorus is a necessary component of fertilizers needed for agriculture. In 2013 about 225 million tons of phosphate was extracted predominantly for ...
Academic Fertilizers Environment Agrochemicals
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A new type of graphene-based filter could be the key to managing the global water crisis, a study has revealed The new graphene filter, which has been ...
Academic Filtration Filtration Graphene
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
In a world first, a Flinders University designed wastewater treatment system has been accepted as an alternative to existing passive lagoon systems for use in ...
Academic Treatment Wastewater Treatment Plant Engineering
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The military is checking whether chemicals from firefighting foam might have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide and potentially tainted ...
Public Health Groundwater Pollution
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Although climate models have suggested that spring temperatures affect streamflow, this study is the first to examine the instrumental historical record to ...
Academic Research Climate Change
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The annual growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii jumped by 3.05 parts per million during 2015, the ...
Academic Climate Change Greenhouse Gases
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Scientists review what’s known about the fluids in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology and conclude that a comprehensive assessment of ...
Academic Groundwater Fracking Groundwater Pollution Fracking Technology
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Academic Groundwater Drought Groundwater Pollution
Article
by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Virginia- Dominion agrees to enhanced treatment of coal ash wastewater, testing of fish After certain conditions were reached, an appeal has been dropped ...
Academic Wastewater Use Wastewater Treatment Environmental Science
Article
by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Concerning Lao People's Democratic Republic: China exploits Lao natural resources. Over US$180 million has been spent so far on building infrastructure ...
Biodiversity Sustainable Investments
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
According to the State Water Resources Control Board, 1,2,3-TCP has been found in about a hundred public water systems across California, mostly in the Central ...
Decontamination Water Quality Water Quality Management Water Quality Monitoring
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
During 2015, the Pacific Institute, in partnership with the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association, UC Berkeley Water Center, and UC ...
Policy Water Supply Governance & Planning
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Earlier this year, warming ocean waters off the coast of southern Chile spurred an algal bloom that devastatedsalmon farms lining Patagonia’s picturesque ...
Business Environment Algae Fish Farming
Article
by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The United Nations and at least one NGO have called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to address water issues in Canada's First Nations, citing human rights and ...
Public Health Human Rights