clean water

Obama Orders Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Donna Diegel — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:56:21 -0500

The CWA was enacted in 1972 to clean up and protect our nation’s waters, including isolated wetlands and headwater streams, which are critical to our environment and economy. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) reintroduced legislation to restore CWA called the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009 (CWRA).

New Water Desalination System A Breakthrough

harminka — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:25:39 -0500

Concern over access to clean water is no longer just an issue for the developing world, as California faces its worst drought in recorded history. According to state's Department of Water Resources, supplies in major reservoirs and many groundwater basins are well below average. Court-ordered restrictions on water deliveries have reduced supplies from the two largest water systems, and an outdated statewide water system can't keep up with population growth.

Buckyballs could keep water systems flowing

harminka — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:39:05 -0600

Microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep the nation's water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up.

Water shortages pose challenges and opportunities for industry

harminka — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:50:25 -0500

Just as a credit crunch is reshaping the global economic landscape, an often-unheralded shortage of clean water is confronting business and industry with a range of profound new challenges and opportunities, according to an article scheduled for the October 6 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly news magazine.

New chlorine-tolerant, desalination membrane hopes to boost access to clean water

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:58:19 -0500

A chemical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin is part of a team that has developed a chlorine-tolerant membrane that should simplify the water desalination process, increasing access to fresh water and possibly reducing greenhouse gases.

Fuzzy logic water quality

harminka — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:44:50 -0500

A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for survival.

Countering an Approaching Water Crisis

harminka — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:13:09 -0500

As growing demand for clean water stretches even the resources of the world's largest industrialized nations, scientists and engineers are turning to new technology and novel ideas to find solutions.

Bacteria and nanofilters — future of clean water technology

harminka — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:28:27 -0600

Bacteria often get bad press, with those found in water often linked to illness and disease. But researchers at The University of Nottingham are using these tiny organisms alongside the very latest membrane filtration techniques to improve and refine water cleaning technology.

Bacteria and nanofilters — the future of clean water technology

seher — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:40 -0600

Bacteria often get bad press, with those found in water often linked to illness and disease. But researchers at The University of Nottingham are using these tiny organisms alongside the very latest membrane filtration techniques to improve and refine water cleaning technology.

Boil Water Advisory Issued for City of Damar

harminka — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:28:32 -0600

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the city of Damar, which is located in western Rooks County.

Assessing microbial risks in water we drink

harminka — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:51:01 -0600

It is a familiar scenario experienced around the world: an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness suddenly emerges in a community, and no one knows where it came from or how to stop it.

H2o Age Inc. Advanced Portable Water Filtration Bottles Supplied for Delta's Inaugural Flight #50 from Atlanta To Lagos, Nigeria

joycecom — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:18:38 -0600

La Jolla, California based company H2o Age Inc. supplies first Delta flight to Lagos, Nigeria with firm's state of the art portable water filtration bottles.