Biological Surveys News
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Tap water survey finds communication is key in consumer perception of safety
Consumers who remember receiving a recent communication from their water utilities are more than three times as likely to report their water’s safety has improved, according to a survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). The May 2023 poll, called “Public Perceptions of Tap Water,” included responses from 2,022 adults served by ...
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Anglian Water Fined £1.2 Million for Pollution Incidents
Utility company Anglian Water has been hit with fines totalling more than £1.2 million for pollution incidents across the east of England that involved blockages and broken infrastructure. Over a period of five months between May and September 2019, four incidents took place across Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, the result of system and maintenance failures including ...
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COSAN Chile Surveys Water Well Drilling Locations with GMR Non-Invasive NMR Tools
In early 2022, Vista Clara delivered a GMR system to COSAN Chile. COSAN offers non-invasive surface NMR geophysical surveys to deep, water well drilling customers. By offering this service they have increased their customers certainty of finding groundwater and reduced the risk associated with drilling a dry well. Since taking delivery, COSAN had surveyed more than 40 locations, drilled 15 ...
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Sales of Dart Portable Go-anywhere NMR Logging Tools are Accelerating
As we move into 2021 and many organizations shift back toward more normal operations, Vista Clara has been seeing a significant wave of new activity across the board. In particular, the usage of our Dart highly portable magnetic resonance logging tools have accelerated. Dart brings the power of NMR into a small-diameter, battery-powered, system that can be easily deployed and operated by a ...
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Municipalities and industrials could reap more rewards with remote monitoring, while safeguarding the resiliency of their installations
In a recent market survey, Veolia Water Technologies’ subsidiary in the UK looked at how those managing on-site water and wastewater were coping since the COVID-19 pandemic, and how water treatment had been affected during the first lockdown period. Of the little over 100 people surveyed, 63% said they were not using any remote monitoring services within their operations. Given ...
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Integrating social and ecological science for effective coral reef conservation
While many conservation plans focus on only environmental indicators for success, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)'s coral reef program is trying a relatively new approach: focusing on both social and ecological processes and outcomes to ensure a long-term future for coral reef systems, according to a newly published study. In the new study, scientists from WCS and James Cook ...
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Servelec Technologies completes two leakage projects for UKWIR
Managing leakage is a critical issue for water companies in the UK & Ireland. In particular, water companies in England & Wales are being set targets to reduce leakage by at least 15% over the 2020-25 period by Ofwat and the Environment Agency. These targets represent substantially lower leakage than has ever been achieved historically and will require concerted investment and focus ...
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The OceanAlpha USV workshop certified 8 trainees from 6 companies
The 6th OceanAlpha USV workshop was successfully held in Zhuhai, China from October 29th to 31st. Guests from 6 companies join the 3-day event to learn and share the latest technology of USV and its widening application in the inland hydrographic survey, oceanographic survey, water quality monitoring, wind farm construction and oil&gas exploitation. On the first morning, the guests were ...
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Unmanned technology unveiling the mystery of Antarctica — USV fills data gap for polar expedition
Not long ago, China’s fifth Antarctic scientific research station – the Ross Sea Station officially laid its foundation stone on the Inexpressible Island(74°54’S 163°39’E). The full construction will take another 4 years to complete while preparation and research had already begun a few years ago. In last November, four unmanned surface vessels(USVs) from ...
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OceanAlpha’s 5G Unmanned Ship Unveiled at Mobile World Congress
On February 25th, the Mobile World Congress 2019 opened in Barcelona, Spain, and the fifth generation of mobile communication technology (5G) became the hottest topic. Jointly developed by Ericsson, China Mobile, and OceanAlpha, a 5G unmanned boat is unveiled at a live Broadband IoT demo, becoming another focus besides the 5G mobile phone. The demo showcases with an environmental smart vessel ...
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Consumers’ preference for bottled water is growing and they want it available wherever drinks are sold
Alexandria, VA – More than 7 in 10 Americans (72 percent) say bottled water (still and/or sparkling) is among their most preferred non-alcoholic beverages – an increase of 9 percent over last year, according to a new national survey. Bottled water is the most preferred beverage, followed by coffee at 61 percent and soft drinks (regular and/or diet) at 59 percent. Nearly all Americans ...
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Xingyuan Environment signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Shipping Shanghai Waterway Bureau
On June 25, the signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation agreement between Xingyuan Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. and China Communications Shanghai Waterway Bureau Co., Ltd. was held at the headquarters of CCCC Shanghai Waterway Bureau. Zhong Sheng Shanghai General Manager, Party Secretary Deputy Secretary Huo Shengyong, Deputy General Manager Cheng Yulai, Xingyuan Environmental ...
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Singapore implements its first tariff increase in 17 years to secure its future water needs
12 October 2017 - The Public Utilities Board of Singapore (PUB) implemented this year its first tariff hike in 17 years to secure Singapore’s future water needs, and manage the risk of extreme weather and water scarcity driven by climate change, the results of the Global Water Tariff Survey 2017 have showed. The 2017 results were released in a new White Paper entitled The Global Value of ...
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“Tariffs need to double” in the USA to tackle ageing infrastructure & water scarcity
12 October 2017 - A new White Paper, published by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and the Global Water Leaders Group (GWLG) calls for further water and wastewater tariff increases across the USA, amid rate hikes driven by concerns for ageing infrastructure and water scarcity. The White Paper, entitled The Global Value of Water and published last month in partnership with Arup, includes results ...
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Water tariffs in major cities growing at twice the global inflation rate in 2017
12 October 2017 - The results of Global Water Intelligence’s 2017 Global Water Tariff Survey, published last month, have revealed that water and wastewater tariffs rose by 3.91% on average across 385 cities between July 2016 and July 2017, more than two times the global inflation rate. The results were released in a new White Paper entitled The Global Value of Water, published by GWI and ...
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Mexico City is the least affordable capital city for drinking water, ‘Affordability Index’ reveals
12 October 2017 - The results of the 2017 Global Water Tariff Survey’s ‘Affordability Index, published last month by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and the Global Water Leaders Group (GWLG), have revealed that Mexico City residents spend around 3.71% of their household income on water bills, well above the 3% affordability threshold advised by the UNDP. The results are based on data ...
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Linde Wins U.S. Dept. Of Energy Grants for Carbon Capture Projects
Linde North America Inc., in partnership with the University of Illinois, has won two U.S. Department of Energy grants to research and improve technologies to capture carbon emissions from power plants.The grants provide a total of $3.65 million in federal funding for the two projects, both of which began in April, and which are the first step in deploying the technology at a large pilot ...
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Are Puerto Rico’s Schools and Universities Safe from High Radon Levels?
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, most areas of Puerto Rico have geologic radon potential ranging from low to moderate. However, several areas have the geologic potential to generate locally high indoor radon levels if building conditions are favorable for the entry and accumulation of radon. Buildings with the potential for high radon levels can include not just homes and businesses, ...
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Significant Water-Reuse Revenue Growth Expected by Mid-2018
In survey, industry insiders rank importance of perceived market drivers, including water scarcity and cost The publication Water. desalination + reuse recently surveyed a diverse pool of 347 industry professionals from around the world on the factors driving market development in water reuse. The report for the survey, “Water Reuse: Drivers, Innovations and Public Perceptions,” ...
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AWWA`s annual utility compensation survey now available
The American Water Works Association has announced the release of its annual compensation survey, which is available as three products for utilities serving different population ranges - over 100,000, 10,000 to 100,000 and under 10,000. The 2017 AWWA Compensation Survey provides current data and analyses on salaries, salary ranges and compensation practices in the water and wastewater utility ...
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