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Russia sees US$20bn investment in water by 2020
The United Nations warned earlier this year that the world needs to act urgently to avoid a global water crisis, saying that the water sector has been plagued by a chronic lack of political support, poor governance and underinvestment.
`Apart from state budget funding, we need to create conditions for private sector inflows... On the whole this sector can be attractive for private investment,` Putin said.
However, fresh water is spread unevenly across Russia`s territory, with resources in the far east exceeding by 30 times those in the fertile European provinces of the south. Russian crops ... |
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Floods bring more than just mold concerns, beware of bacteria
As parts of the Midwest and East Coast were recently hit with floods, concerns over mold growth and contamination have been on the minds of many flood victims. However, a recent case in Cumberland County, New Jersey recently brought to light that mold is not the only concern after a flood. The Cumberland County Courthouse in Bridgeton, New Jersey was recently flooded after torrential rainfall. Samples taken shortly after the water receded came back positive for E. coli and fecal coliforms. Both of these types of bacteria are commonly associated with human sewage and animal waste and likely came ... |
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- Chinese will buy power plant pumps to move 34 million gallons per minute this year
This year China will buy pumps for its power plants which will move more than 34 million gallons per minute of water, fuel oil, and various slurries. ...
- Leak reveals UK Parliament wastes 12 tonnes of CO2 a year on bottled water
A report commissioned by Commons authorities into the Houses of Parliament`s use of bottled water found that it uses over 21,000 bottles of water each ...
- Wealthy world at risk from water woes elsewhere
While German households use 124 litres of water a day directly, individual Germans use 5288 litres of water a day when the water requirements of producing ...
- Low flows initiative to improve river management
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, has announced $700,000 in research funding to improve knowledge and management of low river ...
- Worldwide water footprints
Dark colors are used to indicate a water usage level that exceeds the worldwide average of 1,240 cubic metres per person per year. According to the Water ...
- Economical monitoring of uranium in drinking and mineral water
Determining trace levels of uranium in drinking and mineral water by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) requires expensive analytical ...
- High sea level along US Atlantic coast due to ocean current and wind changes
Persistent winds and a weakened current in the Mid-Atlantic contributed to higher than normal sea levels along the Eastern Seaboard in June and July, ...
- Study pours cold water on solar disinfection
Doubt has been cast on a much-lauded method of disinfecting water using only sunlight, after a study found that it doesn`t reduce diarrhoea among children ...
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