aquifer News
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ACT leads the way on stormwater capture
Yarram and Stratford farmers affected by falling groundwater levels in Victoria's Latrobe Aquifer will receive payments as part of a $5 million assistance package. The Latrobe Aquifer Financial Assistance Package includes $3.6 million from the Australian Government's Water for the Future plan and $1.4 million from the Victorian Government. Australian Government Parliamentary Secretary for ...
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Abu Dhabi looks into stormwater aquifer recharge
The Abu Dhabi City Municipality is investigating the possibility of using stormwater runoff to inject water into coastal aquifers, while at the same time countering the risks of flooding in the city. The municipality is in talks with the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) over the issue, with the city’s drainage collection network set for major investment and expansion this year. ...
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AUS$3.6m contribution to assist farmers with falling groundwater levels
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, announced a contribution of AUS$3.6 million towards assisting 55 Gippsland irrigators affected by falling groundwater levels in the Latrobe Aquifer. Senator Wong said the contribution is in line with advice from Victorian and Commonwealth officials that a package of $7.2 million is appropriate to assist irrigators to access their ...
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Managed Aquifer Recharge
When water is withdrawn from aquifers faster than it can be replaced by precipitation, managed aquifer recharge can help preserve groundwater levels. In recent years, groundwater stored in key aquifers has become rapidly depleted. This is due not only to demand, but also to technological advances - notably the introduction of the rotary drill in the 1880s and the submersible electric water ...
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Satellite measurement of permanent loss to California groundwater source
Researchers used satellite data to measure water volume changes due to groundwater variation in the aquifer, to show California’s Central Valley aquifer, the major source of groundwater in the region, suffered permanent loss of capacity during the drought experienced in the area from 2012 to 2015. California’s Central Valley aquifer, the major source of groundwater in the region, ...
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Africa may struggle to extract groundwater, experts say
Vast groundwater resources have been revealed in Africa by the first continent-wide quantitative maps. But the resources may not be easily accessible because of political and technical challenges and costs, say experts. The new groundwater maps, published last month (19 April) in Environmental Research Letters, are based on an extensive review of available maps, publications and data. They show ...
By SciDev.Net
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Global groundwater depletion is accelerating, but is not inevitable
Groundwater is rapidly declining across the globe, often at accelerating rates. Writing in the journal Nature, UC Santa Barbara researchers present the largest assessment of groundwater levels around the world, spanning nearly 1,700 aquifers. In addition to raising the alarm over declining water resources, the work offers instructive examples of where things are going well, and how groundwater ...
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Groundwater Resources Generally Abundant in Coastal Carolinas
Large volumes of high quality groundwater fill aquifers along the Atlantic Coastal Plain (ACP) in North and South Carolina. Groundwater levels in much of the region remain relatively unchanged from predevelopment days, despite declines in some locations from large-scale pumping. These are among the key findings of a major federal study, conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, to assess the ...
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EPA Signs Two Clean Up Decisions in a Continued Effort to Protect Cape Cod Drinking Water
In its ongoing efforts to protect the Cape Cod aquifer from contamination from historical military training activities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued final cleanup strategies for two contaminated areas at Camp Edwards. EPA, in consultation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP), has recently determined the appropriate cleanup ...
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Why You Should Monitor Groundwater?
What is groundwater? Groundwater is water that is stored below the earth’s surface. When rain or other sources of water come into contact with the ground, the majority of it travels below the surface. Though much of this moisture is then absorbed by plants or returned to the atmosphere (through infiltration), some water will travel deeper beneath the surface – where it reaches and ...
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Groundwater availability detailed in California`s Central Valley
A new, three-dimensional water-modeling tool provides a detailed picture of how water flows below ground and how it relates to surface-water in rivers and canals in California’s Central Valley. The Central Valley Hydrologic Model, developed by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, is available for use by water managers and other agencies. The model was designed to help resource agencies ...
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Saltwater Intrusion & Drinking Water Quality
When it comes to drinking water, there are various sources available that can be drawn from in order to ensure public supply, everything from rivers, lakes and streams to reservoirs, springs and groundwater. However, one of the most important potable water sources are high quality coastal aquifer systems, which provide freshwater for millions, if not billions, of people all over the world. And ...
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Groundwater lessons learned at region of waterloo
The Region of Waterloo relies on a network of over 100 supply wells for the bulk of the Region’s municipal water supply. The Region has long conducted monitoring of supply wells and monitoring wells to support sustainable water taking from a variety of local aquifers. Recently, the considerable monitoring data collected by the Region was a key resource in completing early requirements of ...
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SUEZ recycles wastewater in Cap dAgde (France)
The seaside resort town of Cap d’Agde (south of France), which hosts 250,000 tourists a day during the summer season, is facing the increasing scarcity of water. SUEZ is using its expertise as a world leader in wastewater recycling to serve the city of Agde, watering the Cap d’Agde golf course with treated wastewater (REUSE). This innovative solution, one of the top examples of REUSE ...
By Suez
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Municipal groundwater monitoring in the region of waterloo in the context of the new ontario clean water act.
The Region of Waterloo relies on a network of over 100 supply wells for the bulk of the Region’s municipal water supply. The Region has long conducted monitoring of supply wells and monitoring wells to support sustainable water taking from a variety of local aquifers. Recently, the considerable monitoring data collected by the Region was a key resource in completing early requirements of ...
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Rivers in North Carolina, Georgia at Record Lows
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - Despite some rainfall at the end of the month, streamflows during May in North Carolina were at or near record low levels, particularly in the western part of the state, according to scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS. May was a dry month in neighboring Georgia bringing many of the state's rivers and streams to their lowest levels ever recorded for the ...
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Advanced river flow management vital to facing climate challenge
Improved river flow management will be vital to protecting communities from the worst impacts of climate change and to achieving international goals on poverty reduction, according to a new report issued on the eve of World Water Week. Securing Water for Ecosystems and Human Well-being: The Importance of Environmental Flows also finds that river flow management to meet diverse environmental and ...
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Helping to secure Australia`s groundwater future
The Parliamentary Secretary for Water, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, has announced $2.1 million in funding for three new projects to better manage Australia's groundwater whilst launching National Water Week 2009 at Parliament House in Canberra. Dr Kelly said, “The theme for this year's National Water Week is 'Securing Our Water Future' and this is particularly appropriate when it comes to ...
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Mapping groundwater flooding for the EU Floods Directive
In the coming years the EU Floods Directive1 will require Member States to produce flood hazard and risk maps. Taking the UK as a case study, new research highlights the need for advances in data collection, mapping and groundwater flood warning systems to meet EU requirements for maps and management plans. Although often occurring less frequently than fluvial (river) flooding, the effects of ...
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Coke suspends bottling at plant at center of water dispute
Coca-Cola suspended bottling at three plants in India, including one in the parched northwest where farmers have been protesting the company's use of dwindling groundwater reserves. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, which is a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Co. based in Atlanta, said it was reorganizing operations across its 24 franchise bottling plants in India according to market demand and factory ...
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