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CSULA researchers study the effects of planting carbon underground

Working among the pines and lakes of Mammoth Mountain, Cal State L.A. faculty and students are studying the potential impact of technologies that can slow carbon dioxide accumulation in the atmosphere by storing it underground. The team of researchers, fueled by funding and staff support from the University’s Center for Energy and Sustainability (CEaS), are utilizing ...

Jun. 30, 2011

By Cal State L.A.

Weather Underground Launches New Australian Radar Features

Weather Underground, the world's first online weather service, announced today the availability of the company's Australian radar features. Web users can now access a range of interactive maps on ...

Oct. 6, 2011

Underground lab tackles Japan nuclear waste issue

Reindeer farms and grazing Holstein cows dot a vast stretch of rolling green pasture here on Japan's northern tip. Underground it's a different story. Workers and scientists have carved a sprawling laboratory deep below this sleep dairy town that, despite government reassurances, some of Horonobe's 2,500 residents fear could turn their neighborhood into a nuclear waste storage site. "I'm ...

Jul. 14, 2014

By Associated Press

Howard County, Maryland, Settles Underground Storage Tank Violations at Two Facilities

Howard County, Maryland, has agreed to pay a $9,727 penalty to settle alleged violations of underground storage tank (UST) regulations at two facilities in Columbia, Md., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. EPA cited the county for not complying with safeguards designed to prevent, detect, and control leaks of petroleum and other hazardous substances from USTs. The alleged ...

Jan. 15, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Dakota Technologies Offers Detection of Underground Coal Tars, Creosotes and Bunker Fuels

Dakota Technologies introduces a sub-surface screening service, which uses the TarGOST® (Tar-specific Green Optical Screening Tool) to efficiently delineate multi-component dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs). This tool is extremely effective for mapping in-situ coal tar and ...

May 30, 2013

By Dakota Technologies, Inc.

UNESCO publishes first world map of underground transboundary aquifers

UNESCO is publishing the first-ever world map of shared aquifers to coincide with the submission to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 27 October of a draft Convention on Transboundary Aquifers. Almost 96% of the planet’s freshwater resources are to be found in underground aquifers, most of which straddle national boundaries. Despite its strategic importance, no global inventory of ...

Oct. 30, 2008

By UNESCO

The New Dual Frequency Utility Detector (GPR)

Geomorph Instruments announces the availability of the new Dual Frequency by GSSI for the markets of Greece, Cyprus and the Balkans. The DF is a premium GPR unit for utility locating. It incorporates our innovative digital dual-frequency antenna (300 and 800 MHz) and an easy-to-use touchscreen interface to view shallow and deep targets simultaneously in a single scan. With an operation life of up ...

Feb. 22, 2013

By Geomorph Instruments

Boart Longyear Launches MDR700, the Next Generation Underground Coring Rig with Advanced Mobility

Boart Longyear announced the launch of the new MDR700, the next generation underground coring rig with advanced mobility. The MDR700 is a powerful rig that utilizes proven Boart LongyearTM underground exploration technology like the LM™ 700 feed frame and offers wide drilling angles, quick setup, easy operation and maintenance, advanced mobility and engineered safety controls. ...

Oct. 20, 2015

By Boart Longyear Inc.

Growing Texas City Counts on Innovyze Software to Help Manage Rehabilitation of Underground Distribution Infrastructure

Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced that the City of Denton Wastewater Department in Texas has chosen industry-leading Innovyze InfoMaster Sewer software to help manage the replacement and ...

Apr. 22, 2014

By Innovyze

Boart Longyear Launches MDR700, the Next Generation Underground Coring Rig with Advanced Mobility

Boart Longyear announced the launch of the new MDR700, the next generation underground coring rig with advanced mobility. The MDR700 is a powerful rig that utilizes proven Boart Longyear underground exploration technology like the LM™ 700 feed frame and offers wide drilling angles, quick setup, easy operation and maintenance, advanced mobility and engineered safety controls. ...

Oct. 20, 2015

By Boart Longyear Inc.

New IHS study offers potential options for reuse of Sunoco Marcus hook industrial complex located near Philadelphia

Says IHS: Growth of US shale plays enable viable reuse options and potential economic ’second life’ that otherwise wouldn’t exist for aging refineries According to a new study from IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, the phenomenal growth of shale oil and gas plays in the U.S. makes possible several reuse options that otherwise ...

Jun. 27, 2012

By IHS

Bentley and United Utilities Project wins international water association award

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that the Bentley and United Utilities PLC collaborative project “Optimization Method and Modeling Tool for Leakage Detection in Water Distribution” has won the Honor Award for Applied Research in the International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award 2008 competition for the European region. The IWA Project Innovation Awards recognize ...

Aug. 7, 2008

By Bentley Systems Incorporated

Vermeer Introduces New D23x30 S3 Drill for Utility Installations

The Vermeer D23x30 S3 Navigator® horizontal directional drill (HDD) packs speed and power into a shorter, narrower design to help increase productivity when working in urban areas or compact jobsites. With 24,000 pounds (106.8 kN) of thrust and pullback and 3,000 foot-pounds (4,068 Nm) of ...

Jun. 1, 2015

By Vermeer

Vermeer D60x90 S3 provides solution for contractors completing large utility, small pipeline work

With the launch of the D60x90 S3 Navigator® horizontal directional drill (HDD), Vermeer has extended its S3 drill portfolio to meet the needs of contractors whose projects cross over between the large underground utility and small pipeline installation ...

Nov. 1, 2015

By Vermeer

Breakthrough industrial carbon capture, utilization and storage project begins full-scale operations

The Energy Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith today attended a dedication ceremony at the Air Products and Chemicals hydrogen production facilities in Port Arthur, Texas. Supported by a $284 million Energy Department investment, the company has successfully begun capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and is now using that carbon for ...

May 10, 2013

By US Department of Energy

News Alert: Bentley releases V8i (SELECTseries 2) versions of software for design and operation of utility infrastructure

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the immediate availability of the V8i (SELECTseries 2) versions of Bentley Electric, Bentley Gas, Bentley Water, Bentley Expert Designer Electric, Bentley Expert Designer Gas, and Bentley Expert Designer Water. These powerful ...

Dec. 13, 2010

By Bentley Systems Incorporated

Bentley releases V8i (SELECTseries 2) versions of software for design and operation of utility infrastructure

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the immediate availability of the V8i (SELECTseries 2) versions of Bentley Electric, Bentley Gas, Bentley Water, Bentley Expert Designer Electric, Bentley Expert Designer Gas, and Bentley Expert Designer Water. These powerful ...

Dec. 13, 2010

By Bentley Systems Incorporated

Gazprom to boost small-scale LNG production in Russia

At a Gazprom Science & Technology Council’s Workshop on Efficient Distribution and Utilization of Gas and Other Energy Resources last week it was resolved to develop a regulatory framework for small-scale production, storage and utilization of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The decision acknowledges the growing interest in small scale LNG plants to facilitate gas distribution, ...

Dec. 10, 2010

811 call before you Dig Spoof!

Most people who read our blog know that Ground Penetrating Radar is an essential tool used for utility locating. Everyone knows digging, before you have the excavation area surveyed to locate underground utility lines, can be a risky proposition. Although utility locating is a very serious issue, this month I thought I would ...

Apr. 9, 2012

By Global GPR Service Inc.

SDG&E Reminds Customers to "Call 811 Before They Dig"

SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/11/10 -- Today marks National 811 day and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (SDG&E) is reminding customers to "call 811 before they dig" prior to starting any digging projects to avoid damaging hidden gas lines and injury. "Even relatively minor projects such as installing a mailbox, putting up a new wall or fence, building a deck or ...

Aug. 11, 2010

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