water resource monitoring News
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Ecoli Sense: Water Technology and Innovation in Milwaukee
The BREW (Business-Research-Entrepreneurship-in Wisconsin) Accelerator was created in 2013 to help support water technology startups with market potential. What makes this accelerator program different from others is its focus on water startups working to solve a specific challenge. When Elizabeth Thelen, the Director of Entrepreneurship & Talent, notified us that we got accepted into BREW ...
By Ecoli Sense
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Is your company ready for the fourth industrial revolution?
Digitisation technologies for industrial processes, defined by the “Industry 4.0” paradigm, are becoming a powerful agent for the principles of the circular economy. We will discuss this topic at Ecomondo Note the following convention in your diary: "Industry 4.0. to optimise the management and use of waste" Organized by the Ecomondo Scientific Committee and the ...
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Location, Location, Location: Choosing the Right telemetry method for your Remote water monitoring applications
Because of the remote locations and naturally harsh environments of many water resources, monitoring and communicating the resulting data is not always simple or straightforward. Telemetry is an automated process for performing measurements and collecting data back to receiving equipment for analysis. Remote or inaccessible locations require the use of different radio communication technologies ...
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Water Council names fifth round of Brew companies
The Water Council announced the fifth round of companies to be backed by its Brew Accelerator on Thursday and Milwaukee-based A.O. Smith Corp. announced the winner of its corporate accelerator. Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch meets with graduates of the fourth round of Brew companies. The Water Council also announced a fifth round on Thursday. A.O. Smith chose Toronto-based Nanolytix as the 2017 ...
By Ecoli Sense
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Help protect water resources - World Water Monitoring Day starts Sept. 18
Today, EPA and several other organizations are joining together to kick off the 5th Annual World Water Monitoring Day. World Water Monitoring Day is a month-long international effort aimed to increase public awareness and involvement in water monitoring and protecting water resources around the world. 'World Water Monitoring Day reconnects people with their watersheds and reminds us all to think ...
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China Conserves its Water Resources Using ERDAS IMAGINE
Norcross, GA — The Ministry of Water Resources of the People’s Republic of China recently announced a project that uses ERDAS IMAGINE to facilitate conserving and protecting China’s water resources. ERDAS IMAGINE is being used to identify the areas where the water is being adversely affected by soil erosion. Beijing Digital LandView Company Limited, the authorized ERDAS ...
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USGS partners with UA to build hydrologic instrumentation facility
The U.S. Geological Survey is partnering with the University of Alabama to construct a new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, a science and engineering facility that will support the agency’s Water Enterprise observing networks and research. Built on the northern end of campus, the HIF will support training, repairs, and calibration for hydrological equipment that monitors ...
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Geosyntec Enhances OptiRTC Monitoring, Control Software with Groundswell Visualization Services
Geosyntec Consultants has executed a strategic teaming agreement with Groundswell Technologies Inc., a global leader in automated earth monitoring software solutions, allowing Geosyntec to enhance its real-time monitoring and control software platform OptiRTC with 2D visualization capabilities. Groundswell's geospatial software platform offers users environmental modeling and decision-support ...
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Integrating water with climate change adaptation plans
This policy brief, published by the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, argues that water resource management should not be overlooked in plans for climate change adaptation in Africa. Africa is vulnerable to climate change impacts which are, in large part, connected by water. Rainfall is uneven and unpredictable across different parts of the continent and varies dramatically by ...
By SciDev.Net
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Improving water quality in Europe`s rivers
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) urges policy implementation managers to respond to poor ecological, chemical and quantitative status of the water system caused by negative pressures from different drivers. This issue discusses recent experiences with regard to different stages of river basin management strategy, to help us understand how we can safeguard water, an indispensible ...
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Water Expo China 2016
Water Expo China will once again take place at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing from 15 – 17 November 2016. The show has received positive responses from exhibitors and more than two-thirds of available exhibition space has already been reserved. The fair is expected to welcome 350 companies from 28 countries and regions. The total exhibition area occupied by the ...
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Water Expo China 2016
Water Expo China will once again take place at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing from 15 – 17 November 2016. The show has received positive responses from exhibitors and more than two-thirds of available exhibition space has already been reserved. The fair is expected to welcome 350 companies from 28 countries and regions. The total exhibition area occupied by the ...
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Open-access database will help water-scarce countries get more crop per drop
A new open-access data portal to be developed by FAO will use satellite imagery to help water-scarce countries in the Near East and North Africa better manage this precious resource. Currently all countries in North Africa and the Near East suffer from severe water scarcity, with significant consequences for irrigated agriculture, the region's largest water user. This situation is expected to ...
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Onset Announces New Members of Senior Management Team
Onset (http://www.onsetcomp.com), a leading supplier of data loggers, today announced that the company has hired two new members of its senior management team. James Towey has been hired as the company’s new director of engineering, and Michael Washkevich as the new director of operations. With a strong background in product development, engineering R&D, design, manufacturing, and ...
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Mobile masts could help measure rain and chill vaccines
Mobile-phone masts in Africa could be used for other development initiatives, such as filling gaps in rainfall data and providing electricity to refrigerate vaccines, experts say. For example, masts could be used to measure rainfall in areas without rain gauges, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) this month (4 February). A general lack ...
By SciDev.Net
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EPA expands real-time monitoring of Kansas City area streams and launches KCWaterBug mobile application
EPA and local partners will gather on Wednesday, June 27 in Riverside, Mo., to announce an expansion of water-quality monitoring of Kansas City area streams and introduce a related application for smartphones and mobile devices. The free application is available now for iPhone, iTouch, and iPad through Apple’s iTunes store. A version for Android phones will be available in the future. EPA ...
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The circular economy of water
Come to Ecomondo and discover the latest technologies and most innovative solutions for the integrated water cycle: from capture to returning it to the environment. Ecomondo will feature conventions, seminars and in-depth studies on regulations. Here are a few previews: Re-use of water in agriculture and sustainable irrigation How to use waste water, new solutions for the re-use of water ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 2–15 December 2010
Uganda called to increase science funding The World Bank said the Ugandan government's spending on science and technology (S&T) was "inadequate" and called for more funding to help achieve the country's national development goals. "It is good to have the policy in place, but it should be supported with adequate resources," the bank's country manager Kundhavi Kadiresan said at a meeting on ...
By SciDev.Net
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Onset Publishes Guide on Finding Hidden Energy Waste in Industrial and Commercial Buildings
The first step to reducing building energy costs is identifying energy waste. Statistics on utility bills or name plates on equipment, while useful, are not enough to identify the practices and equipment that are contributing to high energy use. Portable data loggers can be used to obtain critical energy use information in a wide range of commercial building ...
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Onset Announces New Version of Data Logging Software
Onset, the world’s leading supplier of data loggers, today announced HOBOware 3.3, a new version of the company’s industry-leading graphing and analysis software that dramatically speeds up deployment time in energy and environmental monitoring projects. HOBOware 3.3 includes a number of time-saving features that make it faster than ever to ...
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