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Obama provides economic stimulus money for important water projects
California and indeed the entire western region of the United States, face chronic issues with respect to water use management. As reported in a December 2008 article on this site, California faces special problems intensified by cycles of drought; additionally, budget shortfalls are compounding the problems by limiting what the State can accomplish. Some relief may be in sight, though; in April 2009, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, met with California’s Governor to offer help in the form ... |
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Emerging global trends provide new opportunities in soil and water conservation
Progressively, the geopolitics of soil and water conservation are shifting from agriculture, forestry, and other extractive services, to provision of environmental goods and services and global life support systems. The links among human welfare, ecosystem integrity, and land degradation are increasingly being realized, but the major policy decisions on control and mitigation are being made by urban people who are well meaning, but generally not highly knowledgeable on the tradeoffs possible to ... |
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- How should water utilities prepare for climate change?
This article presents new developments by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in Oakland, California, in using current climate change research ...
- Parents need to know that lead enters our homes in many ways
The use of lead in paint has been banned since 1978, but few parents recognize the many other sources of lead that are commonly found in homes. In fact ...
- `Perfect` finishing operation finds perfect solution to combat oily wastewater
The origins of mass finishing can be traced to biblical times and the use of tumbling barrels. Today, vibratory finishing has emerged as one of the most ...
- Pilot-scale studies of hexavalent chromium removal from drinking water
Total chromium-Cr(III) and hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)]- have been regulated by national drinking water regulations since 1975. The federal maximum contaminant ...
- Commercial wastewater treatment solutions
Neatport PTY LTD, A.B.N. 62 063 770 534 is a registered company in Queensland, Australia, trading as Suncoast Waste Water Management (SWWM) which has ...
- Biodegradable flocculants: Power of `natto`
Just by adding and stirring (1 agent, 1 process) `PG alpha 21Ca` to polluted water, it separates supernatant water with better turbidity, BOD, and COD, ...
- An irrigation scheduling protocol for treated industrial effluent in the Chihuahuan desert
As the population of southwestern New Mexico expands, land application of industrial and municipal wastewater is increasingly seen as a cost-effective ...
- Innovative, effective, and environmentally sound solution: MBR wastewater treatment systems
Over the past 10 years, MBR technology has advanced to become a serious contender to conventional wastewater treatment technologies, and is now considered ...
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