January 29, 2009
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Water & Wastewater Newsletter January 29, 2009 |
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US report says rising sea levels inevitable
Some of the effects of global warming will be irreversible and others may last for at least 1,000 years, according to a new US government-sponsored report. The study, led by researchers at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and paid for by the Department of Energy, paints a depressing picture of the future caused by increased CO2 emissions. If CO2 is allowed to peak at 450-600 parts per million, said the report, the result will be less dry-season rainfall that will be reminiscent of the 1930s Dust Bowl era in the US. There will be decreases in drinking water supplies, increased ... |
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Britain’s largest water company prosecuted for 5km river pollution
A water company whose careless operational practices decimated the aquatic life in an iconic urban river has been fined GBP 125,000 and ordered to pay GBP 21,335 in clean up and investigation costs. Thames Water Utilities Limited, Britain’s largest water company, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to allowing a large quantity of industrial strength chlorine to spill into the River Wandle from its Beddington Sewage Treatment Works near Mitcham, South London in September 2007. It took three days for Environment Agency officers, helped by members of the Wandle Trust and local angling clubs, to ... |
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