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IPIECA launches `Water risk assessment in the oil and gas sector`

IPIECA has developed a new fact sheet providing a high-level overview of how companies in the oil and gas sector can define, assess and respond to water risks. The fact sheet presents an approach to assessing and responding to water risks that builds on current industrial practices and is applicable at portfolio and site levels. The approach consists of: Portfolio water risk screening Site ...

Aug. 26, 2020

By IPIECA

Support to the Palestinian water authority

WGF has been supporting the Palestinian Water Authority in developing a water governance programme for the occupied Palestinian territory with the support of the UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. The programme includes a water integrity component which will be carried out in cooperation between WGF, UNDP PAPP and UNDP Water Governance Programme for Arab States. During the ...

Jun. 14, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Boles Publishes Article on Watershed Modeling with Tile Drains

LimnoTech’s Chelsie Boles has authored an article titled “Tile Drainage Simulation in SWAT2012: Parameterization and Evaluation in an Indiana Watershed” in the journal Transactions of the ASABE (published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers). The article reviews and tests the newest method available for simulating subsurface tile drains in the Soil ...

Nov. 24, 2015

By LimnoTech Inc.

LimnoTech Participates in UofM SWAT Workshop

LimnoTech is featured in a recent University of Michigan Water Center newsletter for our participation in a SWAT workshop. SWAT, the Soil Water Assessment Tool, is a powerful model that allows users to determine the impacts of land management practices on water, sediment, and nutrient yields in agricultural watersheds. Throughout the Great Lakes region, scientists and resource managers are using ...

Jun. 11, 2014

By LimnoTech Inc.

EPA Requests Six Month Extension of Deadline for Decision on Chlorpyrifos Tolerance Revocation

On June 29, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a status report in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case concerning a petition by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to revoke the tolerances and cancel the registrations for chlorpyrifos. The Court of Appeals issued an order on December 10, 2015, requiring EPA ...

Jul. 5, 2016

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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Consortium, Led by SBWT Partner Resource Innovation Institute, Releases Cannabis Water Use & Sustainability Report

Resource Innovation Institute (RII) (https://resourceinnovation.org), in partnership with New Frontier Data (https://newfrontierdata.com) and the Berkeley Cannabis Research Center, recently released Cannabis H2O: Water Use and Sustainability in Cultivation. The report, developed with expert input from Silver Bullet Water Treatment staff, provides an in-depth look at water usage in the ...

Mar. 2, 2021

By Silver Bullet Water Treatment Company, LLC

EPA Releases Online Mapping Tool to Help Protect Drinking Water Sources

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released DWMAPS – the Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters. This robust, online mapping tool provides the public, water system operators, state programs, and federal agencies with critical information to help them safeguard the sources of America’s drinking water. DWMAPS allows users to learn about their watershed ...

Feb. 19, 2016

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

WRc launches online domestic water calculator

WRc are launching an online water calculator which follows the methodology provided in CLG’s ‘The Water Efficiency Calculator for new dwellings’ for assessing water efficiency in new dwellings in support of The Code for Sustainable Homes and the new Part G of the Building Regulations. From October 2009 all new dwellings will be required to prove the water using products installed in the home meet ...

Jul. 13, 2009

By WRc plc

FT investing in a sustainable future

The Financial Times' Investing in a Sustainable Future conference brings together powerful investors with top CSR executives to discuss topics of critical importance to both. In partnership with the Social Investment Forum, this one-day conference examines the most crucial sustainable business ideas and initiatives including integrated reporting, sustainable investment as a risk mitigation ...

Nov. 19, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Optical water quality assessment

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have proven that measuring fluorescence could improve source water monitoring during a study of the McKenzie River in Oregon. The study was designed to assess the amount, type and source of dissolved organic carbon that exists in all sources of drinking water. Dissolved organic carbon can react with chlorine during water treatment and form ...

Dec. 14, 2010

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

FEMP Releases New Water Management Course and Series

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents its latest e-Training core course, Water Management Basics. This eTraining core course provides a concise introduction to comprehensive water management in key topic areas, including basic water management terminology, the history of federal water mandates, Executive Order (E.O.) 13693 provisions, best ...

Oct. 12, 2015

By US Department of Energy

New ISO 14046 Water Footprinting Standard Released

ISO have recently released a new Water Footprint Standard (ISO 14046) to communicate the importance of evaluating water management and supply. With water being a highly scarce global resource due to drought, water shortages, climate change, contamination and pollution; ISO 14046 promotes efficient measurement to create better management of water. ISO 14046 is a new international standard that ...

Aug. 6, 2014

By Inprova Energy

Georgetown honored for protecting drinking water

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic office has awarded the Town of Georgetown, Delaware the source water protection award for its efforts to protect their drinking water sources. 'Drinking water is a finite and precious resource, so we applaud communities like the Town of Georgetown that are taking steps to protect it,' said Don Welsh, EPA Regional Administrator. We look ...

Aug. 14, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Groundwater Monitoring Conference, Anaheim, CA February 25-26, 2009

The conference, Groundwater Monitoring: Design, Analysis, Communication, and Integration with Decision Making, will be held February 25-26, 2009 in Anaheim, California. Groundwater is a major component of the Nation’s water supply, and groundwater monitoring is an essential tool for characterizing and managing this vital resource. The goal of this conference, organized by the Groundwater ...

Oct. 20, 2008

By Groundwater Resources Association of California

Safe drinking water needs assessed, says EPA

A recent drinking water needs survey will help EPA determine the distribution formula for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) grants for the fiscal years 2010 through 2013 budgets. The assessment documents anticipated costs for repairs and replacement of transmission and distribution pipes, storage and treatment equipment, and projects that are necessary to deliver safe supplies of ...

Mar. 27, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Corporate water accounting - methods and tools for measuring water use and impacts

Corporate Water Accounting is a joint effort of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the CEO Water Mandate, which aims to assess existing and emerging water accounting methods and tools being used in the private sector. The goals of the effort focus on elucidating commonalities and differences among emerging methods and practice, identifying gaps and challenges and suggesting ...

Oct. 5, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Decision on Nebraska`s impaired waters list

EPA has released its decision on Nebraska's 2006/2008 list of impaired waters. EPA is approving Nebraska's decision to list 177 waters and is postponing final action on 37 lakes and reservoirs. EPA and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) have agreed to revise Nebraska's lake and reservoir criteria plan. The revised criteria will be used in the next listing cycle to assess ...

Feb. 4, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

DOE Collects Civil Penalties for Failure to Certify

The Office of Enforcement recently resolved enforcement actions against thirty-nine companies for failure to submit the required certification reports that their covered products or equipment comply with federal energy and water conservation standards. DOE assessed civil penalties averaging about $8,000 per manufacturer for a wide variety of products, including lighting products, home appliances, ...

Jun. 12, 2013

By US Department of Energy

Industry Specific Water Tools to Launch During World Water Week in Stockholm

The Global Water Tool, developed in 2007 by CH2M HILL for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, now has new, customized versions created for oil and gas companies and power utilities. The tools were launched during World Water Week in Stockholm on Tues., Aug. 23. IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues, in collaboration with WBCSD ...

Aug. 24, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

ReSAC and Biodiversity and Ecosystems projects

ReSAC participation in two projects, which are financed by Program BG03 “Biodiversity and Ecosystems” and co-financed by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA FM 2009-2014) GRASSLAND: Assessment and mapping of GRASSLANDecosystems condition and their services in Bulgaria, Contr. Д-33-90/03.09.2015 The project will contribute to the overall objectives of ...

Jul. 14, 2016

By E-A-R Specialty Composites- Aearo Technologies

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