environmental impact News
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Document published explaining environmental impact of Exeter flood scheme
The Environment Agency has published a document to show the environmental impact of the first phase of Exeter’s multi-million pound flood defence scheme. The scheme is being jointly funded by the Environment Agency, Exeter City Council and Devon County Council, and ultimately will reduce the risk of flooding for over 3,200 homes and businesses across the city. It is planned to construct ...
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EPA objects to dredging permit proposals (KS, MO)
EPA has determined that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Draft Environmental Impact Statement presents insufficient scientific information to support dredging permits allowing sand and gravel removal from the Missouri River. The applicant’s proposal would allow the removal of 11,615,000 tons per year of main channel river bottom material. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks ...
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Views sought on impact of proposed first phase of Exeter flood defence scheme
People are being asked to offer feedback on the environmental impact of the first stage of Exeter’s multi-million pound flood defence scheme. The scheme is being jointly funded by the Environment Agency, Exeter City Council and Devon County Council, and ultimately will reduce the risk of flooding for over 3,200 homes and businesses across the city. It is planned to construct the scheme in ...
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Teacher Mike Todd from Ames, Iowa, to Receive Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators
Mike Todd, a teacher from Ames High School in Ames, Iowa, has been named the recipient of a 2013 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators, EPA Region 7 announced today. The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators recognizes outstanding kindergarten through grade 12 teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as a ...
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BLACK & VEATCH WINS MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING AWARD
A replacement raw water treatment works (RWTW) in which Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, played a role in designing, has won a Civil Engineering Environmental Quality (CEEQUAL) Award.The project at Axbridge RWTW, in the west of England, involved providing a replacement plant for the treatment of raw river water pumped from the River Axe and ...
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Environment Agency prepares to start work on first phase of Exeter flood defence scheme
The Environment Agency has completed the consultation on the environmental impact of the first phase of Exeter’s multi-million pound flood defence scheme. The first phase works will begin in June this year ahead of the main scheme, which is designed to reduce flood risk to properties on both sides of the river throughout Exeter. The first phase will include work to some of the existing ...
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Stone Dry Walling: New Tools To Facilitate Business And Boost Artisanianal Work
At the end of 2017, UNESCO intervened and confirmed how valuable the art of dry stone walling was: at the end of 2017, they added the process of creating dry stone walls to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list to protect and safeguard it. The art’s distant roots are why it needs to be protected: the technique has been passed down from ancient rural communities to today’s ...
By MB Crusher
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EC to close nature protection case in Venice lagoon
The European Commission is closing a case against Italy concerning requirements under EU nature protection laws and the construction of moving dams in the Venice lagoon. The dams are intended to reduce the risk of flooding, and so protect the city, but at the same time they have an impact on the ecological values of the lagoon. As a result of measures now proposed by the Italian authorities to ...
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Dyhroff Ltd celebrates its 10th anniversary
Dyrhoff Ltd is celebrating its tenth year of successful operation at its current base in Folkestone, Kent. Recognised globally as one of the leaders in the rubber dam and pneumatic gate field, Dyrhoff Ltd has in that time designed, supplied and supervised the installation of 94 rubber dams and spillway gates, on 57 sites around the world. The company’s installations can be found in 25 ...
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EPA announces completion of mission assignment in response to Minot, ND floods
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the field mission assignment in response to flooding in Minot, North Dakota has been completed. EPA Emergency Response staff first mobilized to Minot on July 11th, 2011 and began mission activities at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the City of Minot, and the State of North Dakota on July 17th, 2011. ...
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Singhal Industries Private Limited Launches New Sand Bags for Effective Flood Control
Singhal Industries Private Limited has developed revolutionary new sand bags designed to help protect against flooding and its serious consequences. Find out how they work, their effectiveness in controlling the flow of water, and the advantages they offer over traditional sandbags. Introduction to Singhal Industries Private Limited and New Sand Bags Singhal Industries Private Limited is ...
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NRDC: Boxer Should End Support for Anti-Environment Provisions of Water Bill
House and Senate conferees are nearing a deal that could mute the public's voice on major flood control, dam and other water projects, a deal that currently has the support of California’s Sen. Barbara Boxer. Both the House and Senate versions of the Water Resources Development Act, which passed earlier this year, contain provisions that weakened the National Environmental Policy Act, the ...
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EPA brings out water transfer rule
The US EPA has announced a rule to clarify that permits are not required for transfers of water from one body of water to another. Such transfers include routing water through tunnels, channels, or natural streams for public water supplies, irrigation, power generation, flood control, or environmental restoration. Assistant administrator for water Benjamin H Grumbles noted: ‘EPA’s Water Transfer ...
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EPA Teams Up with the NFL and Local Communities to Protect Louisiana’s Wetlands
Every 60 minutes, the Louisiana coastline loses a football-field sized tract of land. As part of the upcoming Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will team up with the National Football League and the New Orleans Super Bowl XLVII Host Committee to bring national attention to this local issue and help revitalize wetlands in Louisiana. As part of New ...
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Farming after the flood: Management strategies and costs
This year extensive flooding of America’s prime agricultural lands has resulted in millions of dollars in lost crops. In addition to direct economic losses, farmers face post-flooding cleanup costs associated with removing sediment and debris and repairing erosion in their fields. At the briefing, “Farming after the Flood: Management Strategies and Costs”, a corn and soybean ...
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EPA reaffirms clean water permits not needed for water transfers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a rule to clarify that permits are not required for transfers of water from one body of water to another. Such transfers include routing water through tunnels, channels, or natural stream courses for public water supplies, irrigation, power generation, flood control, and environmental restoration. 'EPA's Water Transfer Rule gives communities ...
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U.S. Company`s unique decontamination technology used in Japan to remediate Fukushima school campus
CBI Polymers Inc., the U.S.-based innovator of DeconGel® nuclear decontaminant, announced today the collaborative effort to remediate radiation from the campus of the Asahimachi Baptist Church and Little Lamb Kindergarten in Fukushima, Japan, in a project CBI Polymers calls “Restore Playtime.” CBI Polymers donated its DeconGel® nuclear decontaminant and the manpower to apply ...
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Fighting climate change
Due to global climate changes we experience excessive rain, long periods of drought, heat, flash flooding and landslides, which can cause severe problems to nature, populated areas and ultimately also to humans. Pipelife already faces these problems by providing different solutions to limit the effects of such events and is now happy to announce extending its waste- and rainwater management ...
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Japan official vows help in resolving nuke crisis
Japan's industry minister pledged urgent government action Monday to curb leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters that lax maintenance by the plant's operator was largely to blame for the series of leaks from storage tanks at the plant, which was damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. "The urgency of the ...
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Flooded streets, normal or manageable
One of the challenges for urban planners is urban water management. For example, buildings and paved roads prevent natural infiltration and direct the water flow to channels and sewers. Moreover, the weather patterns are also changing. We are increasingly faced with longer periods of drought and short periods of intense rainfall. Water drainage and sewage system Because the rainwater ...
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