Water Resources

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.

Water table depth tied to droughts

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:11:59 -0500

Will there be another "dust bowl" in the Great Plains similar to the one that swept the region in the 1930s?

Water plan: no immediate relief but necessary just the same

seher — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:27:02 -0500

The plan to consolidate how we control and manage the nation's water resources, and treat the issues and associated problems as a national necessity, is long overdue and has been discussed over many years.

Observing Hidden Underground Water Processes

harminka — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:20:36 -0500

To meet the needs of a growing population and to provide it with a higher quality of life, increasing pressures are being placed on the environment through the development of agriculture, industry, and infrastructures.

21st century water management: Calculating with the unknown

harminka — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:21:16 -0600

Climate change is making a central assumption of water management obsolete: Water-resource risk assessment and planning are currently based on the notion that factors such as precipitation and streamflow fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability.

Space-borne sensors help Africa tackle water shortage problems

harminka — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:16:34 -0500

Zambian water authorities are integrating information based on satellite imagery to alleviate water shortages. With inadequate information causing many water-related problems, an ESA project has generated a variety of environmental maps to provide local policy makers with the necessary tools for effective water resource management.

EPA, Army Corps Issued Wetland Protection Guidance

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:08:30 -0500

Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued new guidance for the protection of wetlands and bodies of water protected under the Clean Water Act.

World Bank Warns Of Water-Resources Crisis

Dinka — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:35:03 -0500

Is biodiversity the future of farming?

harminka — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:48:30 -0600

Dallas Water Utilities Selects Itron's Water Fixed Network 2.5

Nymphadora — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:13:15 -0600