Tag: water
New Report Warns of Water Pollution Crisis In New Zealand
The latest environmental report on New Zealand’s lakes and rivers reiterates bleak news about the state of freshwater ecosystems, and warns that climate change will…
Sea Turtles Able To Nest In Peace As COVID-19 Empties Broward Beaches
Burkholder, a research scientist at Nova Southeastern University, directs the Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC) at the Carpenter House in Hollywood. The hiatus for beachgoers…
Zimbabwe: Unsafe Water Raises COVID-19 Risks
Zimbabwe government measures to combat COVID-19 should include urgently providing continuous and affordable access to sufficient safe water to people across the country. Long before…
Researchers discover new method to generate nanobubbles in water
Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have discovered a new energy-efficient method to generate and release substantial volumes of metastable, nano-scale gas bubbles in water,…
Virtual reality training wins water industry innovation award
Drainage and utility specialist Lanes Group plc has won a coveted water industry innovation award for its development of the world’s first virtual reality team…
Millions in US at risk of ‘water shutoffs’ amid layoffs triggered by pandemic
Millions of Americans risk losing running water if they fall behind with bill payments in coming months, as mass layoffs triggered by the coronavirus pandemic…
Sudan: Acute drinking water shortage in South Kordofan, Blue Nile
Attributed variously to corruption and neglect of water pumps and infrastructure under the former regime, parts of Sudan are suffering severe drinking water shortages. In…
Kenya’s push to harvest rainwater has a new payoff: battling coronavirus
Demand for clean water is on the rise in Kenya as the World Health Organization and the government urge people to regularly wash their hands…
Google Data Centers’ Secret Cost: Billions of Gallons of Water
In August 2019, the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association built a 16-foot pyramid of jugs in its main entrance in Phoenix. The goal was to…
Fears for water quality after NSW allows coalmining extension under Sydney’s Woronora reservoir
The New South Wales government has approved the extension of coalmining under one of Greater Sydney’s reservoirs in a move that environment groups say could…
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