water infrastructure improvement Articles
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Improvements needed for US-Mexico border water infrastructure program
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided US$626 million in assistance agreements (grants) to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBank) for projects starting between Fiscal Years (FYs) 1997 and 2007. The grants were for water infrastructure improvements (both drinking water and wastewater) along the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
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EPA Funds Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvements in the U.S.
Agency will make $2.7 billion in funding available to states, tribes, and territories Earlier this year, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would make $2.7 billion available to State Revolving Funds (SRFs) to help U.S. states, territories, and tribes develop infrastructure to protect surface water and secure safe drinking water for communities nationwide. Two ...
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American Jobs Plan Presents Opportunities for Decentralized Water Treatment
The plan changes how we think about the basics by emphasizing infrastructure renewal On March 31, the White House announced its American Jobs Plan (AJP), which it said would “invest in America in a way we have not invested since we built the interstate highways and won the Space Race.” President Joe Biden said, “It’s not a plan that tinkers around the edges.” The ...
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Tracking the downstream impacts of inadequate sanitation in central Appalachia
Poor sanitation in rural infrastructure is often associated with high levels of fecal contamination in adjacent surface waters, which presents a community health risk. Although microbial source tracking techniques have been widely applied to identify primary remediation needs in urban and/or recreational waters, use of human-specific markers has been more limited in rural watersheds. This ...
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Catalyzing Water Infrastructure Renewal
Replacing aging water infrastructure in the U.S. could cost at least $1 trillion in the next quarter century. Decentralized treatment could be a key to making the process affordable Water utilities in the United States are facing infrastructure obsolescence on a grand scale. Replacing the infrastructure, especially old pipework, could cost the nation at least $1 trillion over the next 25 ...
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Water infrastructure act to benefit Alaska
Many Alaska residents have long needed improvements to water and wastewater treatment. Help is now being provided through a combination of legislation — namely, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act — and other government funding. The act, originally known as the Water Resources Development Act, was signed into law December 16, 2016. It covers projects across the ...
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Public-Private Partnerships Align Interests of Public Entities and Water Companies
Providers stand to profit by delivering efficient, high-quality service Alignment of interests occurs when all stakeholders stand to benefit from a particular outcome, so they’re incentivized to pull in the same direction to achieve common goals. A win-win scenario is a big part of why public-private partnerships (PPPs) are dramatically changing the way infrastructure is delivered. From ...
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Climate Trends and Challenges of the Energy-Water Nexus
Most power generation facilities rely on a significant quantity of water, primarily for cooling. The most recent USGS water use survey (2005) reports that thermoelectric power accounts for approximately 41% of total freshwater withdrawals in the United States—more than any other water-use sector. Although most water use for this sector is not highly consumptive (less than 5% of national ...
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Water and Menta Health: The Psychological Benefits of Access to Safe and Clean Water
Water plays a crucial role in human survival and wellbeing. Its significance extends beyond physical health and hydration, with increasing evidence supporting the positive impact of access to safe and clean water on mental health. The mind-body connection is a fundamental principle in understanding mental health. This connection highlights the interplay between our physical state and our ...
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Water Crisis in Jordan
Facing severe drought and needs of refugees, the country is digging deep for freshwater resources Jordan, one of the driest countries on earth, is said to be experiencing its worst drought in 900 years. Its baseline water supply is inadequate and becoming worse with climate change. And, since the eruption of war and political unrest in the region, it has been difficult to name another country on ...
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California’s Water Storage Proposals
The huge state, with its wide range of geography and climate, is thinking creatively to avoid water crises As Californian dry seasons become more brutal, the state finds itself in need of more water storage. Environmental concerns and a changing demand structure are sparking some creative thinking to take advantage of natural topography and to avoid the traditional go-to solution of building ...
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Measuring Water Stress
There are different ways to measure how deeply the demand for water exceeds the supply and what it means Water scarcity and water stress are terms we hear often, but what exactly do they mean? It depends on how they are measured. Falkenmark Water Stress Indicator One widely used method of measuring water scarcity is the Falkenmark Water Stress Indicator, also known as the Falkenmark indicator ...
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Water Systems Improvements
The Infrastructure Investment and Job Act will have far-reaching effects across the nation. This law seeks to improve safety and create jobs by investing in projects like bridges, roads, and high-speed internet access. Improvements to local water systems are a large piece of the bipartisan law funding plan. Every state, Tribal nation, and territory will receive millions of dollars for water ...
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Implementing an On-Site Drinking Water Monitoring System in Indigenous Communities Across Canada
Status of Drinking Water in Indigenous Communities Indigenous communities including First Nations reserves across Canada have a notorious history of poor or inconsistent drinking water quality Many communities (55 as of Mar. 25, 2021) are under long-termdrinking water advisories, meaning potable tap water has not been available for several years The Canadian Government has a program to ...
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The Low-Powered Ultrasonic dBi6 Transducer is the Ideal Solution for Silistra Municipality in Bulgaria
One of our valued partners in Bulgaria, Sigma Ltd were recently contacted about a project in the Silistra Province to provide instrumentation for infrastructure monitoring and a new rollout of an early warning program for floods and droughts. It was specified that the solution must provide operations functionality for locations without power supply from the grid, measured and forecasted water ...
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Managed aquifer recharge: rediscovering nature as a leading edge technology
Use of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) has rapidly increased in Australia, USA, and Europe in recent years as an efficient means of recycling stormwater or treated sewage effluent for non-potable and indirect potable reuse in urban and rural areas. Yet aquifers have been relied on knowingly for water storage and unwittingly for water treatment for millennia. Hence if ‘leading edge’ is defined as ...
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It’s time to restore the flow of our planet’s life-giving waters
If we get smarter about how we use and manage water, we can have healthy rivers and healthy economies side by side. When you look to the year ahead, what do you see? Ensia recently invited eight global thought leaders to share their vision for the environment as it relates to business, culture, ecosystems, energy, food, health, water and the world (see more). In this installment, Sandra Postel, ...
By Ensia
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European water policies and human health — Combining reported environmental information
Society depends on the satisfactory and sustainable management of water. Historically, the primary purpose of water treatment was to protect human health, through reducing disease being transmitted through water. Subsequent measures to address environmental concerns have broadened our expectations of what water and waste water treatment should deliver. This report considers three pieces of EU ...
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Sustainable financing: We know we can… but how?
Ensuring water and sanitation services for all depends on securing appropriate financing, an issue that has long been a major challenge for the water sector. The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) makes this challenge all the more urgent. How much money do we need to expand and improve water services infrastructure? What about financing for operations and maintenance? Can we ...
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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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