river water analysis News
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Application of multi-parameter Water Quality Sensor
Application of multi-parameter Water Quality Sensor on-line water quality analysis and monitoring of surface water and groundwater quality of river section, river, reservoir and so on. Internet of things, intelligent agriculture, online aquaculture monitoring. Water Quality real-time monitoring, red tide monitoring and early warning, blue-green algae monitoring and early warning, sudden ...
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Analytik Jena Delivers Instruments for Environmental Analysis to Poland
Jena, Germany — Analytik Jena AG has received an extensive new order from Poland. The system provider of analytic measurement technology headquartered in Jena, Germany, is delivering a total of 20 TOC analyzers to the Polish Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOS) as well as their regional investigations offices. The company was therefore able to further strengthen its market ...
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Commission takes Poland to Court over water legislation
The European Commission is referring Poland to the EU Court of Justice for failing to transpose European water legislation correctly. Polish water legislation has shortcomings in a number of areas, including the transposition of some definitions provided by the Directive and gaps in transposition of the Directive's Annexes. The Commission is particularly concerned about the absence of Annex II, ...
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Mystic River water quality receives a “D” - ongoing efforts, analysis highlight problem areas
At the Mystic River Watershed Association’s 16th annual Mystic River Herring Run and Paddle, EPA and the Mystic River Watershed Association announced the sixth public reporting on the condition of the Mystic River since kicking off a collaborative effort addressing water quality issues in the urban river in 2006. This year, the Mystic River Watershed received a grade of “D” for ...
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EPA awards $100,000 to ensure safe drinking water for citizens of Arkansas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $100,000 to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for water quality management planning. The funds will be used to conduct analysis of chemical samples of rivers, streams and lakes in Ark. The Clean Water Act allows EPA to issue states funding for regional water quality management planning projects. Our nation's waters are ...
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EPA Statement on Colorado data from Gold King Mine Release
To assess the impacts of the release at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, water quality samples were collected at numerous intervals beginning on Aug. 5, 2015. Samples were taken prior to the plume’s arrival to establish a baseline for water quality comparisons. Each surface water sample was analyzed for 24 metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. Analysis now ...
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Mystic river water quality score downgraded to D- despite ongoing efforts, analysis shows more work needed
At the Mystic River Watershed Association’s 15th annual Herring Run & Paddle, EPA and the Mystic River Watershed Association announced the fifth public reporting on the condition of the Mystic River since kicking off a collaborative effort addressing water quality issues in the urban river in 2006. This year, the Mystic River Watershed received a grade of "D-" for the calendar year ...
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New Grading System for Mystic River Watershed Gives Public Better Localized Information
In coordination with the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA), EPA is utilizing an enhanced, more locally-specific analysis of water quality in the Mystic River Watershed to illuminate environmental conditions for the public. Instead of one grade for the entire watershed, EPA and MyRWA are issuing grades for each segment of the watershed, totaling 14 separate stretches of river and its ...
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New Study of Global Freshwater Scarcity
A new report published in the online journal PLoS ONE, analyzing water consumption in 405 river basins around the world, found that water scarcity impacts at least 2.7 billion people for at least one month each year. "Freshwater is a scarce resource; its annual availability is limited and demand is growing," said Arjen Hoekstra, professor in water management at the University of Twente and lead ...
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ECRINS map project pinpoints water information in Europe
Europe’s freshwater supplies are under pressure. To improve the understanding and management of water resources, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has created a comprehensive series of map layers showing hydrological features. The tool, providing support to policy makers, spans river catchments from Iceland to the edge of the Persian Gulf. The EEA Catchments and Rivers Network System ...
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California American Water releases addendum to study of Monterey Peninsula water supply alternatives
California American Water has issued an addendum to the technical memorandum concerning water supply alternatives designed to meet the Monterey Peninsula’s water supply. The original memo, which was prepared by RBF Consulting, examined 11 water projects capable of meeting the area’s water deficit. The addendum, which was also prepared by RBF Consulting, ...
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River conservation is ‘blind’ without high-resolution monitoring
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth have been investigating nutrient concentrations in the Upper River Itchen, in Hampshire, UK, on behalf of Salmon & Trout Conservation (S&TC) to better understand where phosphorus is coming from and how it is impacting river ecology. The work has been ongoing for over three years and Lauren Mattingley, Science Officer for S&TC says: ...
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EPA - MDEQ Tri-Cities roundup: Advisory group workshop Aug. 15
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality today reported updates on a number of fronts in their ongoing effort to comprehensively address dioxin and other Dow Chemical contamination along the Tittabawassee River and Saginaw River and Bay. Some of this information was previously announced via EPA's e-mail listserv. Community OutreachA workshop ...
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A closer look at aqueduct`s new global water stress maps
The World Resources Institute and the Coca-Cola Company recently announced a partnership that made industry-leading global water risk maps publicly available for the first time. Coca-Cola has donated maps and data that they developed to help them towards the goal of understanding and managing their exposure to water risks in their facilities around the world. Through Aqueduct’s online water ...
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EPA region 7 to announce expansion of environmental partnerships with Iowa City, Iowa
EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks, Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek, and others will hold a news conference Friday, June 29, to announce a new environmental partnership between EPA and the City of Iowa City, Iowa. EPA is providing a $60,000 urban waters grant to Iowa City for modifications to the Burlington Street Dam, which will result in water quality improvements, improved fish habitat, flood ...
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EPA Announces Public Comment Period for TVA Phase 3 Clean-up Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the public comment period today for the Phase 3 removal action at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fly Ash Release Site. The River System Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis, or EE/CA, is the next step in the ongoing TVA Kingston Ash Recovery Project. A public meeting to discuss the various alternatives will take place August 21 ...
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Aggressive dewatering aids concrete rehab at Abitibi
An enormous volume of water passes through the Abitibi Canyon Generating Station every hour of every day. In order to complete critical concrete repairs on the hydro power station, general contractor The Barclay Construction Group needed to find a way to pump and discharge almost 30 million gallons of water in a 500-metre section of the river upstream from the station in under 30 hours. Aquatech ...
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EPA funding available for study of Raritan river in NJ
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging applications for $100,000 in funding to study contaminated sites and other sources of pollution that are impacting water quality in the lower and middle Raritan River. This funding is part of an EPA Raritan River Initiative, which will support the analysis of existing data to enable environmental agencies, institutions, community groups and ...
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20 years of monitoring provides insight into New Zealand`s river water quality
Two decades of monitoring of river water quality by NIWA has provided important information that is helping to care for New Zealand’s iconic rivers. More than 18 000 river water samples have been collected by New Zealand’s National Rivers Water Quality Network (NRWQN) over the past 20 years to monitor river conditions. The Network, which was set up to detect trends and conditions in water ...
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Bacterial persistence in streams, say SSSA
A research team from the University of Tennessee (UT) has completed a study on an East Tennessee river to determine the connection between watershed hydrology and fecal bacteria statistical time series analysis. Shesh Koirala and colleagues report their findings in the July-August issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality. The article presents a study of the temporal patterns and statistical ...
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