Water


Tarragona Selects Severn Trent Services-Apliclor to Supply Electrochlorination Plant

The company will provide onsite sodium hypochlorite generators.

Fertilizer Group Opposes Senate's Chesapeake Restoration Bill

The Fertilizer Institute and other agricultural groups are urged senators to stop S. 1816 because of its precedent-setting language.

Court Establishes Security Zone around Deepwater Horizon Site

The security zone will remain in please until October 2011, according to the U.S. District Court of New Orleans.

Tested Numerical Routines Accessible via NAG Library

The NAG Library for .NET provides the algorithms developed by the Numerical Algorithm Group, a not-for-profit group based at Oxford.

Living Wall Is More than Display of Art

According to its designers, the green wall makes use of the vertical planting to save energy, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and create a new ecosystem.

ITT Survey Says Americans Ready to Fix Water Infrastructure

Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed say they’re willing to pay more now to ensure long-term access to clean water.

Research Shows No General Trends When Contaminants Bond to Nanoparticles

Texas Tech researcher Moira Ridley said her experiments with strontium and nanoparticles of titanium dioxide revealed subtle differences depending on particle size.

Flint Hills Resources refinery in Corpus Christi

Flint Hill Resources Exchanges 'Flexibility' for Federal CAA Permits

EPA worked with the company to transition four of its facilities from Texas Subchapter G flexible permits to state implementation plan-approved air permits.



New System Monitors Electricity for Residential Use

Most households have no way of monitoring how much electricity is being consumed; however, researchers in Pittsburgh believe a new monitoring system may soon be available for residential use.

AquaBok Provided In-situ Sediment Treatment at Manufactured Gas Plants

The company applied organoclay-based treatment materials and implemented a second full-scale horizontal funnel-and-gate type approach.

Voters to Decide if California Invests in GHG Reduction or Jobs

Proposition 23, if approved, will halt state regulatory action against greenhouse gas emissions.

Toledo's Sewer System Improvements to Cost about $315M

In the latest settlement, the city will expand its system to reduce discharges of untreated combined sewage from about 35 per year to four or less.

Dow Honors Winners of Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge

Among the winning entries were projects applying organic photoelectric materials in solar power generation and a synthetic route to developing PET plastic.

Researchers Develop a Solar-powered Air-conditioning System for Vehicles

The innovative system has been installed on the top of a truck for carrying beverages and proved to work on the road.

Cleantech Start-up Aims to Create Small-scale Wind Turbines for the Masses

The company will focus on the fast-growing micro-generation market, developing wind turbines for individual households, small businesses and communities.

Harnessing Tidal Energy

Kepler Energy Limited has been formed to develop a tidal turbine that has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler, more robust and more scalable than current designs.

Oil Spill Responders Tested DHS Communication Prototype

The Department of Homeland Security released its Virtual USA information-sharing system early to help southeastern states keep abreast of activity in the Gulf of Mexico this spring.

General Motors Selects Envision Solar to Install Solar-powered Electric-vehicle Charging Stations

Envision Solar International Inc., a leading sustainable infrastructure designer and developer, has been selected by General Motors to install its CleanCharge™ solar powered electric-vehicle charging stations integrated into EnvisionTrak™ tracking Solar Trees® at prominent locations.

Largest Solar Project Ever on Public Lands Approved

The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the largest solar energy project ever to be built on U.S. public lands.

Scented Consumer Products Shown to Emit Toxic Chemicals

Widely used fragranced products -– including those that claim to be "green" -– give off many chemicals that are not listed on the label, including some that are classified as toxic.