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What are geotextiles made of?

Geotextile refers to the woven geotextile fabrics/non-woven geotextile fabrics punched by needles, which can be used for separation, filtration, reinforcement, protection, drainage, etc. It is a popular geotechnical material in civic and engineering projects, for example: it is an essential material to protect geomembrane in landfilling projects; also, it is inevitable for road, bridge and tunnel ...

Saltwater Intrusion in Deep Southern California Aquifers - Case Study

Motivation The US Geological Survey and water managers in California required improved understanding of saltwater intrusion in deep, coastal Southern California aquifers. In San Diego, the ...

An EU Horizon 2020 project - Ultrasound tackles "invisible" nano-plastics

The current COVID pandemic challenges our societies with extensive amounts of plastic mask debris released into our environment. As a response to this growing issue, and to respond to the nanoparticle pollution in the water ecosystems, several ...

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Water Quality Monitoring Buoy

The OTT measuring buoy is specially designed for operation in combination with the HYDROLAB HL7 or HL4 multiparameter sondes. It is equipped with data acquisition and remote data transmission units as well as a mains-independent solar power supply. Compared to conventional buoys, the multiparameter probe is mounted laterally in a pipe on the OTT measuring buoy. This eliminates the need to open ...

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Local Government Technical Advisers Group (LGTAG) President`s conference

The Local Government Technical Advisers Group (LGTAG) is a professional association supporting technical services officers in Regional, County, Unitary (including London and Metropolitan Boroughs) and District Councils, Technical Officers either working for the public sector directly or for people in the private sector providing such services to Local Authorities. Its purposes are to: ensure that ...

Oct. 12rd - 15th | Chassieu