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Aquarius in David Wanetick’s book ‘Solution Nation’
‘Solution Nation’introducesisraeli companies that are having a global impact, developing solutions to problems that threaten to end life or materially degrade the quality of life. Aquarius Spectrum was chosen as one of the six Israeli companies that are developing innovative solutions for the water sector challenges. Aquarius Spectrum is a leading provider of advanced ...
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Thermo scientific LIMS: A solution for water and environmental testing laboratories
"A safe and secure supply of drinking water is essential to ensuring public and environmental health in every community US EPA, Investing in a Sustainable Future DWSRF Annual Report The Safe Drinking Water Act empowers the US EPA to specify the legal limits for levels of contaminants in drinking water. The EPA additionally determines the water testing methods and sampling schedules that water ...
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Framework Unveiled to Aid in Controlling Utility Water Losses
The largest association of California drinking water professionals today announced the formation of a program to educate and assist drinking water agencies in understanding and reducing unnecessary losses of precious water. The American Water Works Association’s California-Nevada Section (CA-NV AWWA) stated that the California Water Loss Control Collaborative will be a far-reaching ...
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EPA Releases Revised Bristol Bay Assessment/Agency asks for Additional Peer Review and Public Commen
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a revised version of the Bristol Bay Assessment for peer review follow-up and public comment. The assessment released today includes updates following an initial peer review and public comment period of the draft Bristol Bay Assessment released in May, 2012. EPA is arranging for the original independent, scientific peer reviewers to ...
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CA-NV AWWA launches Water Loss Technical Assistance to California Urban Water Systems
The American Water Works Association’s California-Nevada Section (CA-NV AWWA) is pleased to announce the launch of its Water Loss Technical Assistance Program (Water Loss TAP), a $3.2 million dollar program that will run approximately 2 years to train and assist California’s urban water agencies to produce validated system water audits. The Water Loss TAP is part of CA-NV AWWA’s ...
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Endangered Ecosystem `Red List` to Identify Threats to Environments of Wildlife and Humans
A first-of-its-kind red list of globally threatened ecosystems has the potential to complement the policy successes of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, according to a recent article led by EcoHealth Alliance's Jon Paul Rodriguez NEW YORK - A recent article by a group of 21 scientists led by Jon Paul Rodriguez, a local conservation partner of EcoHealth Alliance, formerly known as Wildlife ...
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Making History Again: Louisville Water Deploys Purerobotics for PCCP Condition Assessment and GIS Mapping
To many history buffs, “the prettiest ornamental water tower and pumping station” in the U.S. belongs to Louisville Water Company (Louisville Water). In 1860, the water company, which today provides water to more than 850,000 people in Louisville, Kentucky and surrounding communities, built its first water tower and pumping station in the form of a Greek temple complex. Today, the ...
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Metropolitana Milanese Reduces Water Loss on Critical Steel Pipeline
The common belief that the age of a pipe determines its condition is rarely correct – in many cases, a newer main can be in worse condition than one twice or three times as old. Instead, operational, environmental and installation factors have more impact on the condition of a buried asset. For utilities embarking on proactive management and assessment of their buried infrastructure, leak ...
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Metropolitana Milanese Reduces Water Loss on Critical Steel Pipeline
Assessing the condition of buried water infrastructure can yield a variety of outcomes that are difficult to predict. Sometimes, they even seem random. The common belief that the age of a pipe determines its condition is rarely correct – in many cases, a newer main can be in worse condition than one twice or three times as old. Instead, operational, environmental and installation factors ...
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The Nature Conservancy and IBM launch program for sustaining watersheds
The Nature Conservancy and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to launch a free website this fall called Rivers for Tomorrow, where watershed managers can map, analyze and share detailed information about the health of local freshwater river basins to inform clean up programs. The online application will provide easy access to data and computer models to help watershed managers assess how land ...
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PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency released a new version of IMAGE - IMAGE 3.0
One of the world’s leading integrated assessments modelling frameworks, IMAGE has been improved to strengthen its relevance in assessing long-term environmental and sustainability problems and identifying possible answers. The new model version comes with fully updated documentation, both in print and as a webpage. to the publication download the report (PDF, 34 MB) to the website ...
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The Nature Conservancy and IBM Launch Program for Sustaining Watersheds
To establish Web site for watershed managers and planners to analyze river basins, and make more informed decisions ARMONK, N.Y. and ARLINGTON, Va. - The Nature Conservancy and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to launch a free Web site this fall called Rivers for Tomorrow, where watershed managers can map, analyze and share detailed information about the health of local freshwater river ...
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Causes of ecological degradation in waterways
Human activities can have a multitude of different effects on rivers and streams, and it is difficult to identify those that have the biggest impact on aquatic populations. A newly developed method for assessing ecological degradation in waterways helps deal with this problem and could provide crucial information for water managers charged with tackling the root causes of degradation. In the EU, ...
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No Leak Too Small: Portuguese Water Management Company Rolls Out Smartball Tool To Detect Leak On Critical Young Transmission Main
Drinking water systems degrade over time, with the useful life of the pipe and component parts often lasting for decades. Of course, age is only part of the equation. The deterioration of any particular pipeline depends on a multitude of factors, including pipe material and class. To complicate matters, factors such as soil environment, chemical properties of the water, climate changes, and ...
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The phosphorus index: changes afoot
Twenty years after its inception, the continued need for water quality improvement has led to a call for further advancement of the Phosphorus Index Phosphorus (P) is both an essential nutrient in agricultural fields and a contributor to poor water quality in surface waters. To encourage improved P management in fields, the P Index was proposed as a risk assessment tool in 1992. After 20 years ...
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