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250.000 liters of rainwater for Dalal Xel Hospital, Fatick, Senegal
End of April 2014 our staff will in close collaboration with a local contractor, deliver a 250.000 liter RainCAP project for the Hospital of Dalal Xel in Fatick, Senegal. The project is unique for this region in Senegal, which is characterized by extremely deep ground water levels (minus 100 meter) and poor ground water quality: high salinity and high Fluor content. Although the region is ...
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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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Swallowed by sand: China`s billion-dollar battle against desertification
It is estimated that desertification, a process of land degradation that occurs in dryland ecosystems due to overexploitation and land mismanagement, now costs China about US$2-3 billion each year. China’s experience is not unique. In Africa, for example, worsening soil conditions could mean that the continent could only feed a quarter of its inhabitants by 2025. Minqin County is one of the ...
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