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Major breakthrough with water desalination system
Concern over access to clean water is no longer just an issue for the developing world, as California faces its worst drought in recorded history. According to state`s Department of Water Resources, supplies in major reservoirs and many groundwater basins are well below average. Court-ordered restrictions on water deliveries have reduced supplies from the two largest water systems, and an outdated statewide water system can`t keep up with population growth.
With these critical issues looming large, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are working hard ... |
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Water industry is first to try out the new UK climate change projections
The first Projections in Practice conference explained how the UK Climate Projections illustrate the extent of the changes the UK could face if nothing is done to cut greenhouse gas emissions – warmer and wetter winters, hotter and drier summers, increased risk of coastal erosion and more severe weather. The Projections underline the fact that some climate change is inevitable, even if we cut emissions, and that we will have to adapt the way we live and work.
All of these changes could have an impact on the water industry and its ability to deliver high quality water and sewerage services – ... |
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- Get with the flow: Conserve water
The average household spends as much as $500 per year on water and sewer bills and uses about 100 gallons of water each day, according to the Environmental ...
- Two reports take bottled water to task
An Environmental Working Group investigation, Is your bottled water worth it?, said that of 188 popular bottled water brands only 2 brands disclose the ...
- Ozone, nitrogen change the way rising carbon dioxide affects earth`s water
Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere ...
- EPA awards Puerto Rico nearly US$72m in recovery act funds for water infrastructure projects
In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, and protect human health and the environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, ...
- Leak detection of oil in cooling water
Gas compressor plants for one of the USA’s largest suppliers of industrial, medical and specialty gases, use oil / water heat exchangers to cool compressor ...
- Sludge depth meter reduces sludge handling
The thicker the sludge the less treating you have to do later. A key instrument for thickening the sludge in dissolved air floatation tanks, SBR’s, inclined ...
- BASF resin product used in filtration device
A BASF polyethersulfone resin product has been utilised in a new water filtration product from disease control equipment company Vestergaard Frandsen. ...
- Non-electric sewage treatment plants launched in the UK
BIOROCK sewage treatment plants are now available in the UK with full EN 12566-3 2005 certification. They require no power for the treatment process. ...
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