rainwater conservation News
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BARR awarded for water conservation efforts
BARR Plastics Inc. was honored to claim their second water conservation award for the year on November 26, presented by the City of Abbotsford. The certificate, received at City Hall by Dean Barrett, co-owner of BARR Plastics Inc., stated to be “in support of BARR’s water conservation efforts that assist in making the City of Abbotsford a sustainable and environmentally conscience ...
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African water atlas launched in French
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has published a French version of its 'Africa Water Atlas', a compendium of maps, satellite images and 'before and after' images that reveals the vulnerability of the continent's water resources. It was launched last month during World Water Week (21–28 August), in Sweden, where UNEP said that it would make a major contribution to the state of knowledge ...
By SciDev.Net
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Union County and Honeywell Explore New Approaches to Green Instruction for Middle School Teachers
Union County and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) this week are hosting the third annual Green Boot Camp, an interactive workshop focused on best practice instruction methods for teaching energy, sustainability and environmental concepts. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/51194-honeywell-union-county-nj-green-boot-camp-teachers As part ...
By Honeywell
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Rainwater Harvesting Company Recognized
BARR Plastics, Based In Abbotsford, BC, won a Union of BC Municipalities Award in Leadership and Innovation for its part in helping develop the rainwater harvesting system recently installed at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. The award followed on an earlier Environmental Leadership Award from the City of Abbotsford for the same project. The centre is the first in the world to use ...
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Severe Drought Triggers Aggressive Response from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
In response to the severe California drought, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced aggressive goals for reduced water use within the city. Among the plan’s topline goals is slashing L.A.’s per capita potable water use by 20% by 2017. Los Angeles’ nearly 4 million residents and thousands of businesses currently use an estimated 130 gallons per capita per day (GPCD), ...
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GSA Transforms 1974 Building Into Top Performing Green Building
Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the completion of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building renovation project in downtown Portland, Oregon. The 39-year-old facility is now a high-performing green building designed to be one of the most energy efficient office buildings in the country. U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer and representatives from the project ...
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Green for Green: New Jersey American Water Environmental Grants Announced
New Jersey American Water will award more than $38,000 to four green projects/organizations to the recipients of the company’s 2013 Environmental Grant Program. The grant winners have projects underway that address water source or water shed protection. A panel of judges from New Jersey American Water chose the following recipients based on criteria such as project goals, project impact, ...
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India`s per capita water availability will reduce sharply to 1,340 Cu. M by 2025 and further down to 950 Cu. M by 2050
India is at an exciting stage as far as the market for water and wastewater treatment is concerned. What presents a conundrum for the Government is that the remarkable economic growth has presented difficulties in sharing water resources among three key sectors: agricultural, domestic, and industrial. It is apparent that balancing available water resources to meet the requirements of all three ...
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WaterAid and Microsoft launch water, sanitation and hygiene programs in India and Nigeria
WaterAid and Microsoft Corporation announced the launch of two new programs to deliver sustainable, climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene services to communities in India and Nigeria. In India, a groundwater recharge program will serve more than 60,000 people and address water scarcity in the urban Hyderabad and rural Karnataka areas. These communities source 80% of their drinking ...
By WaterAid
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7 ways to become environmentally friendly!
Wendell Berry quotes “The Earth is what we all have in common”. We not only inherit it from our ancestors we also have to pass it on to our next generation. We therefore have a responsibility to fulfill towards the condition of the Earth. We need to make constant efforts towards making the environment, we live in, a pure, healthy, safe and green abode for all! Healing the environment means ...
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