Water


EPA Subpoenas Halliburton; Company Releases Fracking Data on Microsite

The microsite shares information related to the identity and common uses of the additives and constituents generally involved in the hydraulic fracturing process.

EPA Offers Holiday Water Efficiency Tips

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, preparing for and cleaning up after a holiday meals and parties can use much more water than ordinary, everyday use.

GWI Names Water Investment Idol Winner

Puralytics' photochemical water purification process took top honors with 28 percent of the audience vote during Global Water Intelligence's first U.S. conference.

Agency Analyzes Drinking Water SRF Set-asides

The document highlights activities that states are pursuing to build system capacity using Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grant set-asides.

ASLA winning green roof

ASLA Green Roof Earns Top North American Design Honor

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities will present the American Society of Landscape Architects the 2010 Award of Excellence in December.

West Basin Dedicates Desalination Facility

The demonstration facility will help the district evaluate environmental and energy recoveries.

How to Earn LEED Success

Ron Sivitz' designed beach house recently won Platinum status from the U.S. Green Building Council. The builder shares tips on how to make your project LEED-worthy.

Gevo's Isobutanol Secures EPA Registration for Use as Fuel Additive

Company says its blendstock has a lower Reid Vapor Pressure and will help urban areas comply with state-level ozone attainment plans.



Duke Study Finds Underground CO2 Could Contaminate Drinking Water

Researchers Robert Jackson and Mark Little took core samples from four drinking water aquifers and discovered that some sites may be more conducive to carbon dioxide storage than others.

French Award Chemical Weapon Destruction Contract to IES

The contract includes munitions dating back 95 years and include those that contain mustard agent, phosgene, and other chemical agents.

Deepwater Horizon Burns Emitted Low Levels of Dioxin, EPA Reports

The government's peer-reviewed reports say the levels of dioxins created during controlled burns were below levels of concern.

New Florida Officials Seek Delay on Nutrient Criteria Rule

EPA's nutrient criteria rule is set to be finalized Sunday; recently elected Florida leaders want more time to analyze the rule's effect on residents.

Vice President Biden Launches Home Energy Scoring Program

The Home Energy Score will offer homeowners straightforward, reliable information about their homes' energy efficiency.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Help Rebuild Homes in New Orleans on Veterans Day

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu traveled to New Orleans on Veterans Day, a national day of service, to volunteer at a home construction site with the St. Bernard Project, a group dedicated to creating ongoing housing opportunities for community residents in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Researchers Examining Methods of Harvesting Solar Energy from Pavement

The heat radiating off roadways has long been a factor in explaining why city temperatures are often considerably warmer than nearby suburban or rural areas. Now a team of engineering researchers from the University of Rhode Island is examining methods of harvesting that solar energy to melt ice, power streetlights, illuminate signs, heat buildings and potentially use it for many other purposes.

Oil spill cleanup

Commentary: BP Didn't Raise the Bar

Jocelyn K. Scheffler, who worked in the command center during the the Exxon oil spill cleanup, says many qualified emergency response and hazmat experts were excluded from the Gulf spill cleanup effort.

EPA Releases Risk and Consequence Tools for Water

The Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool and the Water Health and Economic Analysis Tool have been developed to help drinking water and other facilities assess their responses to threats and natural disasters.

Black capped chickadee with deformed beak

Deformed Beaks May Signal Greater Problem

U.S. Geological Survey scientists have not been able to isolate the cause of the highest rate of beak abnormalities ever recorded, particularly in birds in the Northwest and Alaska.

Agency Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Reporting for Petroleum, Natural Gas

Facilities that emit more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year will have to monitor these releases and report to EPA.