water well reporting Articles
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Management of water resources assessment for nuclear power plants in China
To deal with global warming and energy shortages, the nuclear power industry has flourished in China. Operation of a nuclear power plant consumes a large amount of water and discharges radioactive wastewater into nearby water bodies. Therefore, assessment and management of water resources are crucial for such projects. This article proposes the contents, procedures and methods of water ...
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Smart solutions for a market in transition
Municipal and industrial water treatment is poised to enter an era of significant change, with key regulatory updates on the horizon and cost pressures putting an increasingly tight squeeze on aging infrastructure and operating expenses alike. Tackling these challenges and forging a path towards a successful future demands that all stakeholders up their game, addressing inefficiencies and ...
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City Of Redmond – Wellhead Protection Program, EQuIS Implementation
Project Overview The City of Redmond (City) has several water quality related programs (e.g., Groundwater Monitoring, Drinking Water, Surface Water) responsible for contributing to the protection and management of ground and surface water resources. These water quality programs (Programs) have either regulatory responsibility authorized by state or county oversight agencies or, have local ...
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Research project to remove microplastics from the water cycle
INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG is a project partner in the BMBF project to remove microplastics from the water cycle. Water is an indispensable element and the basis of life. The consequence of the increasing use of plastics for over 60 years is an undesired input into the environment. Small plastic particles (microplastics) from households and urban areas can enter the water cycle. ...
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Corporate Reporting on Water - A Review of Eleven Global Industries
Water is a crucial resource for nearly all industry activities. Yet decreasing water availability, declining water quality, and growing water demands from nonindustrial water users are creating new challenges to businesses that have traditionally taken clean and reliable water for granted. Around the world, corporations are now facing diverse water risks, including changing allotments, more ...
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Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
A Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) is a tool which can augment government efforts to achieve integrated environmental management and to promote pollution prevention. PRTRs are part of a new, cooperative, approach to environmental management, involving governments, industry and the public alike. All three groups can use the information generated in a PRTR to improve efficiencies, ...
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The Invisible Water Pollution Crisis
Around the world, water contaminants are damaging human health and local economies The World Bank, in its new report “Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis,” asserts that water contamination is already a problem. But it is one that will only worsen in the future with global warming. The report foregrounds the fact that not all dangerously contaminated bodies of water will ...
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Climate helps to halve world wildlife in 40 years
Human pressure has halved the numbers of many of the Earth’s wild creatures in just four decades, the Worldwide Fund for Nature says. While the main recorded threat to biodiversity comes from habitat loss and degradation, driven by unsustainable human consumption, it found, climate change is a growing concern. It says in its Living Planet Report 2014 that vertebrate wildlife populations ...
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Flood risks and environmental vulnerability — Exploring the synergies between floodplain restoration, water policies and thematic policies
Nowadays floodplain areas are reduced in size or no longer function as active floodplains, thereby impacting on the delivery of environmental services to local and regional communities and economies. These services include regulating services such as protection against floods or water purification; provisioning services, such as nutrient collection and fertile soil formation; and cultural ...
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Five Ways to Become the MacGyver of Sustainability Reporting!
First things first, why should you track and report on sustainability? There are many ways in which organizations who report on corporate sustainability benefit both internally and externally. From an internal standpoint, Sustainability Reporting provides a deeper understanding of a business’s risks, opportunities, strategic direction, operating efficiency, and how they rank in the market ...
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Food sustainability: Key resources
From contentious hunger estimates to trends in agriculture, Zareen Pervez Bharucha outlines a range of resources. Hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity The website of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is a key resource and offers access to several reports on hunger and malnutrition. Their most recent report, 'State of Food Insecurity in the World' (2013), ...
By SciDev.Net
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Your guide to science and technology at Rio+20
How will science and technology fare at the Rio+20 summit? Aisling Irwin looks at scientists' demands and assesses their chances. Is this the last chance for scientists to save the planet? The UN Conference on Sustainable Development — Rio+20 — enters its final phase of negotiations next week at a summit to be attended by more than 130 heads of state. At stake is whether nations ...
By SciDev.Net
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