well water supply Articles
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Non-revenue water and cost recovery in urban India: the case of Bangalore
This paper examines the issue of non-revenue water (NRW) in urban India, taking the city of Bangalore as a case study. Using empirical evidence from a survey conducted among 601 low-income households in Bangalore, we investigate the major sources of NRW for water utilities and propose policy recommendations based on the analysis. Our key finding is that public stand posts and public wells, ...
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Why Water Management Professionals Can’t Afford to Ignore Innovation
Innovation in the water management industry is born from the collaboration between water managers, operators, engineers and manufacturers who set out to resolve problems or improve service levels that impact all parts of the supply chain. This is usually the result of early adopters either at the field level or in engineering disciplines who no longer are interested in maintaining the status ...
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Obama provides economic stimulus money for important water projects
California and indeed the entire western region of the United States, face chronic issues with respect to water use management. As reported in a December 2008 article on this site, California faces special problems intensified by cycles of drought; additionally, budget shortfalls are compounding the problems by limiting what the State can accomplish. Some relief may be in sight, though; in April ...
By H2bid, Inc.
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Resilient, Sustainable Water Management: A Holistic Approach
Climate change has redefined how we view water, with drought amplifying water scarcity and changing our relationship with the landscape and the built environment. Water is our planet’s lifeblood. We use it for drinking, agriculture, recreation, and even to remove our waste. For generations, our cities have been founded on seas, lakes, rivers, and other areas that take full advantage of ...
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Answers to questions about oil waste in California aquifers
California, the country's third-largest oil-producing state, has improperly given oil companies more than 2,500 permits to inject production fluids and oilfield waste into underground water supplies that are used for drinking water or irrigation, state records show. Nearly half of those disposal wells were approved or first started injections in the last four years under Gov. Jerry Brown, an ...
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Improved Water Management Propels Growth of Ontario Cheese Maker
Like all farmers, the Van Bergeijk family works hard from ‘sun up to sun down’ to run their farm in southwestern Ontario. Everything in the dairy farming operation is interconnected. They grow corn on their 325 hectare farm to feed 400 dairy cows. The cows produce 11,000 litres of milk a year. That milk is used to make the prize-winning Mountainoak Cheese. Besides the hard work, ...
By BLOOM
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Drastic Measures Proposed as Chilean Drought Enters 13th Year
As millions face cuts to water use, how can desalination and water reuse increase water resilience? In a recent news conference, Claudio Orrego, governor of Chile’s Santiago metropolitan region, had a hard fact for the city’s nearly 7 million residents: “A city can’t live without water.” For the first time in Santiago’s 481-year history, there might not be ...
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Sparta aquifer master plan
Client: Union County Water Conservation Board Completion Date: 2004 Services Provided Hydrogeologic modeling Evaluate alternative supplies Aquifer storage and recovery Dam and reservoir Wastewater reuse River supply Conservation 65-MGD river intake Industrial pretreatment facility Ground storage and booster pump 23 miles of 12- to 48-inch pipeline Financial planning ...
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Threats to Miami’s Water Supply
Restoring flow of fresh water into the Everglades would help protect Miami’s aquifer, but projects like a planned reservoir have been met with problems including uncertain funding. The shallow Biscayne Aquifer faces saltwater intrusion as well as other dangers Rising sea levels caused by climate change threaten to submerge $200 billion worth of Miami real estate by century’s end, ...
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Industrial Wastewater Treatment - Paint/Pigment Dye Industry - Case Study
Innovation in Industrial Wastewater Treatment - Sustainable Water Reuse Strategies Applied to the Paint/Pigment Dye Industry Introduction The paint/pigment industry is a large consumer of process and wash water to be used in various water based paint pigment products. The water usage for this industry is estimated at 75-85 million gallons per day, with the majority of this water coming from ...
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Who Says Charity has to Cost Money?
It is a rare and delightful occurrence when altruistic motives and the quest for profit coincide in such a way that following one begets the other. The reuse and recycling of waste water is just such a project, especially in industrial applications replacing municipal potable drinking water supplies. When one considers the fact that more than a billion people in the world are without adequate ...
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