water pollution target News
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Rio Official: Water Pollution Targets Won`t Be Met
Brazil will not make good on its commitment to clean up Rio de Janeiro's sewage-filled Guanabara Bay by the 2016 Olympic Games, state environmental officials acknowledged in a letter obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. In the May 7 letter addressed to Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo, Rio's state environment secretary, Carlos Francisco Portinho, asks for more funding for depollution efforts ...
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EPA scores 100 percent on sustainability and energy goals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its fiscal year 2010 scorecard on sustainability and energy performance. EPA is meeting or exceeding all the federal goals to decrease energy use per square foot; reduce potable water use per square foot; lessen fleet petroleum use; establish inventories of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions; incorporate sustainable building ...
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Washington State Targets Metals in Industrial Stormwater Permit
The Washington Department of Ecology is accepting public comments through January 10, 2008 on a revised permit that will reduce the concentration of toxic metals allowed in stormwater runoff from industrial sites. Introduced on Wednesday, the Industrial Stormwater General Permit permit targets copper, zinc, other metals and silt. Copper and zinc are harmful even at relatively low ...
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GSA Transforms 1974 Building Into Top Performing Green Building
Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the completion of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building renovation project in downtown Portland, Oregon. The 39-year-old facility is now a high-performing green building designed to be one of the most energy efficient office buildings in the country. U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer and representatives from the project ...
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England sets out plan to reduce water pollution
New plans to help safeguard England’s precious protected sites by driving down nutrient pollution and allowing for the construction of sustainable new homes for families across the country were announced by the Government on Wednesday. Nutrient pollution is an urgent problem for freshwater habitats and estuaries which provide a home to wetland birds, fish and insects. Increased ...
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FPI Is Looking Forward to Seeing You at the 13th VIETWATER
As the world’s leading advanced monitoring equipment provider and an experienced cooperator with Vietnam’s companies and government, FPI is invited to the 13th VIETWATER exhibition. Getting Approval from Vietnam’s Market VIETWATER is regarded as a seminal commercial platform for demonstrating advanced technology and products related to public water management. This year, it will ...
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European Community involvement in water pollution control
Greater efforts in reducing water pollution are needed to ensure that targets for water quality are met. A new study shows that community-based approaches can be useful in gaining support for water management schemes and driving positive change. Farmers may also benefit from improved communication within their local networks. Current European water management policies emphasise the importance of ...
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Scotland’s water and groundwater quality improving, says SEPA
Water quality in Scotland is good and continues to improve. That's according to the recently published Scotland’s Water Environment Review 2000-2006 featuring water quality classification data that illustrates historical trends stretching back over the past six years. The review, which has been published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), is a valuable source of environmental ...
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