Water


AWWA, WEF Come Closer Together to Holistically Address Water

As a first step, the organizations will combine forces at the April Water Matters! Fly In.

More Cars and Light Trucks Can Use E15 Fuel, EPA Says

Agency continues review of public comments for an E15 pump label to help ensure consumers use the correct fuel.

California Apprenticeship Council to Require Green Technology Training

Some changes to the new training criteria that trades in California have made include plumbers adding geothermal and hydroponic solar water systems to their core training skills and electricians incorporating energy-efficient systems.

Wisconsin parks are using electric vehicles.

Wisconsin State Parks Make the E-Vehicle Switch

A fleet of 15 electric vehicles is helping the Department of Natural Resources save money as it maintains state park facilities.

Study Findings Boost Support for Using Oysters to Clean Chesapeake Bay

Biologists at Virginia Commonwealth University found that an additional 2.5 centimeters of growth allowed a farm oyster to remove 2.2 times the nutrients of a regular oyster.

Emissions Standards for Boilers, Certain Incinerators Still Under Review

EPA says comments shed new light on key areas and that the agency plans to propose significantly different standards from what was proposed last year.

Ben and Jerry's Scoops Up Green Ice Cream

Unilever and Paques have begun construction of a bio-digester at the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Hellendoorn, the Netherlands. Waste products released during the production of ice cream will be converted into energy, comprising 40 percent of the ice cream factory's green energy requirements.

ASTM Sponsors Workshop on E60 Standards for Cement and Concrete

ASTM's sustainability committee has adopted standards that may impact cement and concrete-based building materials.



Reactor Quickens Cleanup of Mining Runoff by Applying Low Voltage to Microbes

University of Utah researchers have developed an electrobiochemical reactor that applies a low electrical voltage to microbes to help them quickly and efficiently remove pollutants from mining, industrial, and agricultural wastewater.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Is Delisting Maguire Daisy

Over the last 25 years, federal agencies have worked to bring the plant's population from seven to 163,000.

Interior Creating Offshore Energy Safety Advisory Committee

Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich also announced the new structure of what was MMS: Two independent agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Dwayne Richard and Tom Diehl

New Orleans Drainage Station Wins Oldest Pump Contest

Gardner Denver Nash found other long-lived pumps in a Florida water district and at pump and paper mills.

Texas State Government Skips EPA GHG Permit Hearing, But Environmentalists Don't

Testimony at a Jan. 14 public hearing in Dallas on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s dispute with Texas over greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting was almost unanimously positive, in stark contrast with the combative stance the state has taken. No representatives from the state attended the meeting.

Alaska Coal Mine Agrees to Fine for Discharges into Local Waterways

Usibelli Coal Mine Inc., owner of an open-pit coal mine near Healy in Alaska’s central interior, has signed a consent agreement and final order that resolves water permit violations and numerous unpermitted discharges.

Andes Water Crisis Posing Challenge for U.S. Security, Peru

U.S. officials worry Peru could quickly become a case study in how climate change could destabilize a strategically important region, and emerge as a national security threat to Americans thousands of miles away.

China's Explosive Urbanization Spurring Better Environmental Citizens

The downsides of China's explosive urbanization – like pollution and greenhouse gas emissions – now are joined by an upside: better environmental citizens.

Recycling managers should lend a hand to streamline office printing systems.

Case Study: Greening the Print Infrastructure for a Large, Regional Bank

BMI+ImageNet helped the bank adopt a reduce, reuse, and recycle attitude in its print environment.

Texas Recycling Facility Cited for Bloodborne Pathogens Hazards

OSHA's San Antonio Area Office initiated a safety and health inspection on July 28, 2010, at the company's facility following a complaint that employees were being stuck by hypodermic needles while sorting trash that was to be recycled.

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Data From Eggs May Show Link Between Mercury Cycling and Ice Cover

Examination of murre eggs from the northernmost nesting areas where sea ice exists all year long revealed lower amounts of mercury isotopes than in eggs collected from sites in southern Alaska where there is no ice cover.

Montrealers are Feeding Fish Prozac

Approximately one in four Montrealers take some kind of anti-depressant, and according to new research, the drugs are passing into the waterways and affecting fish.