Groundwater Level Monitoring News
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WaterAid and Microsoft launch water, sanitation and hygiene programs in India and Nigeria
WaterAid and Microsoft Corporation announced the launch of two new programs to deliver sustainable, climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene services to communities in India and Nigeria. In India, a groundwater recharge program will serve more than 60,000 people and address water scarcity in the urban Hyderabad and rural Karnataka areas. These communities source 80% of their drinking ...
By WaterAid
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How An Overspill Contaminated A Rare Chalk Stream
The most inescapable story of the last few years for many water consultants wanting to get the best water supply deal for their customers has been the increasingly controversial policies surrounding storm overflow discharge. These policies, now the subject of a lengthy Environment Agency investigation, have led to many water sources becoming polluted, and one of the most recent and controversial ...
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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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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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Singhal Industries Private Limited Receives Large UK Pond Liner Order
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 2023-Jun-24 — Singhal Industries Private Limited, a prominent pond liner producer, acquired a large UK order. This order shows the company’s dedication to excellent products and services. Learn more about this significant breakthrough and its implications for Singhal Industries Private Limited. Singhal Industries Private Limited. Indian pond liner ...
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France Now Bracing Itself For Drought Conditions
A few weeks ago, we blogged about the potential for drought conditions in France to persist this year after much of the country saw serious heatwaves in 2022, with experts warning that it’s highly likely that a similar situation will present itself over the coming months. And now it seems that France is taking steps to properly prepare for drought, with nine municipalities in the south of ...
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Europe’s Water Situation ‘Now Very Precarious’
Last year, all sorts of temperature records were set in Europe and around the world – and the UK was by no means spared, with an unprecedented heatwave hitting the country in the middle of July, driven by hot air moving north from the near-continent. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) published its 2022 Global Climate Highlights at the start of January, showing that the last 12 ...
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Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
The Navajo-Gallup area is getting sustainable water source, thanks to a project that will carry more than 37,000 acre feet of water to 250,000 people Size: 37,764 acre feet of water from the San Juan Basin Estimated investment: $1 billion Future population to be served by 2040: 250,000 people Delivery pipeline: 280 miles Number of pumping stations: 24 Water treatment plants: 2 Water is ...
By ChlorTainer
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Rising sea levels mean rising groundwater—and that spells trouble for coastal septic systems
Sea level rise and big storms are hammering coastal communities, causing increased flooding and land loss, saltwater intrusion, wetland loss/change, and impacts to local infrastructure. Communities along the coast often have their individual, onsite wastewater treatment systems, also called septic systems. In North Carolina alone, there are about 1 million homes with septic systems that ...
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Water Quality Testing in Puerto Rico from Public and Private Sources for Arsenic, Lead and Other Contaminants
In 2017, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report claiming that “Puerto Rico suffers the worst rate of drinking water violations of any state or territory in the nation.” The report declared that more than 3 million people on the islands were served by water systems with violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Violations of the Arsenic Rule were included in ...
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Geomembrane HDPE Inground Pond Liners for Biogas Digester Project in Thailand
BPM has been committed to the development and production of high-quality geomembrane in ground pond lines since its foundation in 2007. BPM HDPE eomembrane pond liner series products include smooth geomembrane, rough geomembrane, composite geomembrane and other products. As the governments pays more and more attention to environmental protection, more and more large-scale farms have begun to ...
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CL-Out Perchlorate Bioremediation Receives Greener Cleanup Leadership Award
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection awarded Irwin Engineering of Natick, Massachusetts the 2016 Greener Cleanup Leadership Award for the innovative in situ bioremediation of perchorate contamination of soil and ground water at the Concord Road Site in Billerica, Massachusetts. The award honors LSPs and their clients for promoting greener cleanup principles and practices to ...
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Environmental factors that can influence gas migration
Environmental Factors Environmental factors – Rapid changes in atmospheric pressure influence the risk of gas entry into properties. As atmospheric pressure decreases the likelihood of gas entry into the properties on the site increases. This relationship was evident from early monitoring in a vacated Gorgebridge property (see figure 1). The highest concentration of CO2 represented by the ...
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Continued Drought Threatens Belize
The nation of Belize, a former British colony on the Caribbean Sea just down the coast from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, supports a surprisingly cosmopolitan culture that includes Creole, Garifuna, Mayan, Mestizo, Asian, East Indian, and even Mennonite populations, all flourishing in the shade of the palms. And through this bustling, eclectic mix passes a steady stream of fishing tourists ...
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European Parliament Approves Law for Reusing Wastewater
In May of 2020, the new Water Reuse regulation was approved by the European Parliament. It is hoped that these regulations will increase the abilities of European countries to reuse treated wastewater, decreasing reliance on groundwater pumping. Currently, water reuse is only used in a few of the EU member states, and where it is deployed it is far below its potential. PeCOD has proven to be an ...
By MANTECH Inc.
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Natural Flood Management and the role of environmental monitoring
Flooding is a natural process, but it can cause heavy economic loss and endangers lives. Flood risk is expected to increase with climate change and increased urbanisation, so a heavy responsibility lies with those that allocate funding and formulate flood management strategy. In the following article, Nigel Grimsley from OTT Hydromet in the UK explains how the success of such plans (both the ...
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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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5 things I learned from Denmark’s water sector
Aquatech recently continued its global tours with a four-day trip to Denmark, flying in to Billund and out from capital city Copenhagen, with several stops along the way. From water utilities, to technology companies and the export association – the visit was designed to unearth some of the reasons why Danish companies are leading the way. Here’s five things I learned from the ...
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China to improve its groundwater
China aims to improve its overall groundwater quality and restore ecosystem functions at a basic level by 2035, according to an official plan issued on Monday. The plan was unveiled by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and four other ministries, including the Natural Resources, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Housing and Urban-Rural Development ministries. The goal will ...
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