Soil & Groundwater Newsletter
May 09, 2013
This Week´s Featured News Stories
Nearly half of U.S. Fracking sites overlap with water-stressed regions
A new report from CERES draws a connection between water risk and hydraulic fracturing in the United States. The report adds an important dimension to the conversation about how energy use and water stress will play out in the years ahead. The report, Hydraulic Fracturing & Water Stress: Growing Competitive Pressures for Water, brings together Aqueduct’s high-resolution water stress maps with FracFocus.org data on the location and water use of U.S. shale oil and gas wells. The complete map (see below) shows where potentially water-intense hydraulic fracturing is happening in water-stressed ...
EPA Announces Selected Recipients to Receive $62.5 Million to Clean Up Contaminated Sites, Protect Health and the Environment, and Revitalize Communities Nationwide
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 240 recipients recommended to receive $62.5 million in grants to protect people’s health and the environment in local communities. These new investments, funded by EPA’s Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) grants, provide communities with funding necessary to assess, cleanup and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment. “Brownfields sites are community assets and a key component of the ...
Biological Tech Solutions --When going green saves money, water, the soil, and plant life
In the current economy, finding solutions to cut water consumption while reducing the expense of fertilizer has caught the interest of the agricultural industry, lawn care professionals, homeowners and gardeners across the country. Even though the rising cost of water garners little attention in the news, water prices have doubled and tripled in many parts of the nation. In the end, that steady drip, drip, drip we are all experiencing in our pocketbooks isn’t likely to go away given the uphill battle municipalities must wage against ageing water systems. Over the past decade the harmful effects of fertilizer has been a hot topic, especially since. Read more

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