water locating Articles
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The need for Virtual Water Credits and Trading System
Understanding, sensitizing and accounting Virtual Water Trade (the embedded water flow) between locations, nations and geographies is necessary to contain future water wars. Virtual water need not be limited to agricultural output, but can also be applied to all other products and services. Across nations, all organizations, farmers and consumers should be accounted for the Virtual Water ...
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Methodology to elaborate the bathing water profile on urban beaches, according to the requirements of the European Directive 2006/7/EC: the case of Santander beaches (Spain)
The approval of the current Bathing Water Directive (Directive 2006/7/EC) set the necessity to define the bathing water profile. The goals established in the definition of the profile are: (i) to know the processes that determine the concentration of bacteriological indicators in the aquatic environment, (ii) to obtain relationships between the cause of pollution and its effects, and (iii) to ...
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Operational manifestations of institutional dysfunction in post-apartheid South Africa
At the centre of the water law reform process initiated by the first democratic government of the Republic of South Africa (RSA) lay the challenge of transforming away from apartheid water injustices. Reform culminated in the promulgation of new legislation, regarded internationally as ambitious and forward-thinking legislation reflective of the broad aims of integrated water resource ...
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Top Tip Series: How Seagoing Barges may comply with ballast water treatment regulations
Seagoing barges can’t comply with ballast water treatment regulations…or can they? In short, the answer is yes, they can, however there are challenges. As many sea going barges are non-self propelled, there is an absence of machinery space on board. Given this, a standard retrofit installation of a ballast water treatment system is not an ...
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European bathing water quality in 2013
Every year, millions of Europeans take advantage of the continent's wonderful selection of beaches, rivers, and lakes for a relaxing holiday or a day out. It is vitally important that they know the quality of the water they are swimming in, and that they do not jeopardize their health. The European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission hope that this year's bathing water report ...
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Water compliance challenges: how do Canadian small water systems respond?
Fundamental to community health and well-being is the capacity to access a sustainable supply of safe drinking water. Small community drinking water systems are the most vulnerable to contamination, and struggle to secure the funds necessary to improve water treatment and delivery systems, and meet increasingly stringent drinking water quality regulations. Little is known of the contextual and ...
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Concrete Water Tank Relining and Repair Case Study
These images show the concrete tank before any preparation work and then after preparation and concrete water tank relining and repair. The concrete tank was fully relined with Acothane DW. This underground, concrete, water storage tank is located at a university and sized at approximately 12m x 3m x 3m. The fibre glass lining that had been previously applied to the floor and part of the side ...
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Geary County rural water district 4 gets the red out!
Geary County RWD 4 is a public water system located approximately three miles northwest of Junction City, on the east side of Milford Reservoir. The system is supplied with water from two wells located in the Rolling Meadows Golf Course at the south end of the district. The district currently has about 320 meters and produces approximately 70,000 gallons per day during colder months and about ...
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The PWN Water Supply Company North Holland
The PWN Water Supply Company located in the North Holland Province of the Netherlands, uses Trojan UV technology to provide an additional barrier to micropollutants. In addition, the UV system disinfects, inactivating chlorine-resistant pathogenic microorganisms. The drinking water treatment plant, located in Andijk, serves approximately a half a million people and treats up to 4,000 cubic ...
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Case study - City of Montreal upgrade of Atwater and Des Baillets water treatment plants
Sidestream Venturi Injection—Basin Nozzle Manifold Contacting System. Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Problem: In 2001, a water quality audit revealed that two of the largest drinking water plants in the City of Montreal were out of compliance with Quebec’s latest water quality rules. In response to the audit, the city upgraded the 1,400 MLD Atwater and the 1,280 MLD Charles J. Des ...
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Water resources: quantity and flows — SOER 2010 thematic assessment
Europe's freshwaters are affected by water scarcity, droughts and floods; by major modifications by dams, weirs and sluices, which reduce connectivity; by straightening and canalisation; and disconnection of floodplains. Different uses of water related to sectoral policies, including irrigation, bioenergy and hydropower, and inland water navigation, are affecting the quantitative status of water ...
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Pipe location for tracking down theft of water in Peru - Case Sttudy
Water makes you important Water is nowadays such a precious commodity that some countries which in fact already have too little drinking water for their own demands are selling rights to water sources to international companies or are even exporting water they desperately need themselves. The better the water supply functions in a country, the lower the risk of a drinking water shortage will ...
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Project profile - quail ridge prescott, AZ arsenic treatment system
Background The Quail Ridge Community owns and operates the Quail Ridge Community water system located near Prescott, AZ. The water system is served by two wells that provide drinking water for the community’s residents at a maximum of 160 gallons per minute (gpm) with an approximate arsenic concentration of 13 parts per billion (ppb). After a successful pilot, the site was able to be ...
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Step-by-Step guidance on corporate water disclosure
Investors need to understand a wide variety of business and market risks facing the companies in which they invest. In the 21st century, that includes water risks. An increasing number of companies are experiencing detrimental water-related business impacts, including operational or supply chain disruptions and property damage from flooding, to name a few. These impacts can be costly–in ...
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Toilet-to-Tap; A Growing Necessity
Reusing final effluent wastewater for applications such as irrigation of crops and even potable drinking water is now becoming a necessity for many water stressed locations around the world. atg UV Technology have invested in validating 9 multi lamp, ultra-high output low pressure amalgam UV Systems for water reuse. Using the NWRI Water Reuse validation protocols, the world’s first ...
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Check List of Mobile Auto Detailing Equipment
Mobile auto detailing calls for special tools and machinery. While fixed location auto detailing businesses are not limited by space, fuel and water restrictions, or client location conditions, the same does not hold true for mobile auto detailing businesses. They are required to travel to the client site, usually a parking lot at their home or business. In this way, they clean the maximum ...
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Solving Basement Water Problems
Working as a MA realtor for almost twenty five years, I can say without a question that one of the greatest fears of any home owner is having a water problem in their basement! When buying a home, the uneasiness of having a water issue will be magnified ten fold if the intention of the owner is to finish the basement as additional living space. Having a little bit of water in a 200 year old ...
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Elastomeric Check Valves streamline water flow in both directions at popular SKI area - Case Study
Proco rubber check valves work automatically for pipelines to provide water for snow-making as well as divert excess storm water during spring to fall The Spirit Mountain Recreation Area in Duluth, Minnesota, provides 175 acres for skiing and snowboarding, with 22 runs, a terrain park and freestyle features. The recreation area was created in 1974 and is an authority of the city, governed by a ...
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Water From Air: How Genesis Systems Plans to Solve Global Water Scarcity
Global water scarcity threatens millions, but one startup hopes to change that by extracting high volumes of water directly from air. We’re joined by Shannon Stuckenberg, the CEO & Co-founder of Genesis Systems, and we’re discussing her organization’s crusade against global water scarcity and how a new mindset towards water is driving innovative new ...
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What is Groundwater Banking?
This system allows users to store water in underground aquifers for later use As the world’s water becomes more and more scarce due to climate change, groundwater banking is gaining interest, but what exactly is it? It’s a system used in water management to maintain year-to-year water supply stability and volume by depositing water in aquifers during wet years and withdrawing it ...
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