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LA Mayor`s new US$1.5bn water plan makes every drop count
Water conservation and an unprecedented water recycling program are key to the 20 year, US$1.5 billion water supply strategy introduced by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. While dry seasons and the effects of climate change threaten Los Angeles` future water supply, population growth is expected to increase water demand in the city 15 percent by 2030. The San Fernando Groundwater Basin is the city`s primary local water source, providing 11 percent of the total water supply. But groundwater levels in the basin are declining and its long-term sustainability is threatened. `LA`s future depends ... |
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Investment of AUS$200m to rescue the Great Barrier Reef
Threats to the Great Barrier Reef, including the effects of climate change and declining water quality will be tackled by the Rudd Labor Government’s AUS$200 million reef rescue plan announced in this week`s Budget. Environment Minister Peter Garrett and Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Tony Burke said the funding will support land management grants to farmers and community groups and fund vital research.
The rescue plan will help protect one of the world’s great natural wonders, while benefiting local conservation and Indigenous groups, agricultural production and tourism, ... |
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- Meeting the water and sanitation targets of the Millennium Development Goals
Business called on governments to take urgent steps to increase commitment at all levels towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for ...
- Three leading companies pay US$500k for Scottsdale water pollution
Motorola, Inc., Siemens Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline will collectively pay a US$500k civil penalty for system failures that led to the release of trichloroethylene, ...
- European Parliament imposes criminal sanctions for polluters
In January Total SA was fined EUR 375k (the maximum) for the ecological damage caused by the sinking of the Erika oil-tanker off the French coast in December ...
- Monitoring diffuse pollution in EU river catchment areas
In recent decades, discharges of pollutants from waste water treatment plants and industry have been successfully identified and in many cases reduced, ...
- Scientists in Spain develop new methods for monitoring drug abuse by analyzing wastewater
Scientists at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in Barcelona have developed a new method for monitoring the consumption of drugs of abuse ...
- AUS$3.9m to measure river and groundwater health
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, has announced funding of AUS$3.9 million for projects to improve the monitoring of river and ...
- Improving knowledge about water in Australia’s north
A suite of research bulletins summarises outcomes from the Northern Australia Irrigation Futures (NAIF) project – a partnership established to develop ...
- Veolia Water wins two major water and wastewater contracts worth EUR 224.1m
Veolia Water (Paris:VIE), via OTV, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been awarded two major design-build contracts by the ...
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