December 30, 2009
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Water & Wastewater Newsletter December 30, 2009 |
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Water industry China focus 2010
Climate change and water crisis, two interwoven issues, have again become hot topics among environmentalists, or even the general public around the world. Meanwhile, the thawing glaciers are threatening the water security of China. In particular, the glaciers melting at accelerated pace in the western region of the country as well as land degrading in the north are putting 800-million Chinese rural population at risk. Per-capita water available in China is merely one fourth of world’s average. Half the land in China has already degraded severely, and the diminishing glacier will likely affect ... |
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Scottish Water fined for polluting Aberdeenshire burn
Scottish Water was fined GBP5,000 after they failed to comply with their licence to discharge sewage effluent into the Durris burn, and failed to comply with an improvement notice. The water company pled guilty at Stonehaven Sheriff Court. The matter was investigated by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and reported to the Procurator Fiscal. The discharge licence placed a limit on the concentration of polluting organic matter permitted. Between 7 January 2008 and 22 April 2009 nine samples exceeded the legal limit, and Scottish Water was notified of these failures. In ... |
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