water science News
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Scientists Assess 100 years of Los Angeles Groundwater Replenishment
A new study offers the most sophisticated analyses to date on how Los Angeles-area groundwater supplies are replenished. The analyses provide water managers with a clearer understanding of the sources and amount of available groundwater in the region – information that is important for planning and management of the vital resource. A new study offers the most sophisticated analyses to date ...
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Study Assesses Threats to Groundwater Availability and Sustainability in Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Scientists Look at Issue from Long Island to North Carolina Threats to groundwater availability and sustainability in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain are dependent to a large degree by the type of aquifers used for water supply, according to a new regional assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey. The water challenges faced in the highly populated area, which ranges from Long Island, New ...
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Two key factors control phosphorus movement from soil to groundwater
New insights into how phosphorus leaches into groundwater could help reduce its potential impact on water and the environment, a UF/IFAS scientist says. Phosphorus poses an environmental threat when it travels from soils to open water bodies, including lakes, streams and rivers. When too much phosphorus is applied to soils, the ground cannot hold all of the chemical, said Gurpal Toor, an ...
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EPA awards research fellowships to 18 New England students
Eighteen undergraduate and graduate students in environmental studies at New England colleges and universities received a total of up to $783,600 in research fellowships from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The students at colleges in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire were among 127 students nationwide to receive at total of up to $5.3 million from EPA to ...
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GEI Consultants Opens Offices in Southeastern US
BOSTON, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GEI Consultants, Inc., one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, announced today that it has opened offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina to better serve existing and new clients, markets, and opportunities in the region. GEI has hired twelve local professionals ...
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GEI Hires Eight Senior Professionals
GEI Consultants, Inc., one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, announced today that it has hired eight senior professionals in several of its offices throughout the country. Joining the firm are Christopher Bradley, P.E.; Mike Carosotto, P.E., PMP, CFM; Ying-Kit Choi, Ph.D., P.E.; Scott Keating; Doug Laiho, P.E.; ...
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Pall Corporation Wins 2010 National Ground Water Association Remediation Award
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) has received an Outstanding Ground Water Project Award from the National Ground Water Association for outstanding science, engineering, and innovation in the area of remediating groundwater. Pall, a leader in filtration, separation and purification, designed, built and operates one of the world’s largest oxidation treatment systems for the ...
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Strategy to assess the US`s groundwater availability
Scientists proposed a strategy to study the Nation's ground-water supply as part of the Federal government's effort to help address the Nation's increasing competition for water. Declines in ground-water levels have led to concerns about the future availability of ground water, which provides half the country's drinking water and is essential to the vitality of agriculture and industry, as well ...
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New web site helps Wisconsin plan for safe drinking water
Wisconsin relies heavily on its groundwater—97 percent of communities in the state and nearly 1 million additional residents with private wells use groundwater for their daily needs. A new web site provides easy access to information about Wisconsin's groundwater to assist local governments in protecting this vital resource and to help owners of private wells tap into safe drinking water ...
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