Tag: streams
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Water and wetlands
Wynchnor Washland — part of Staffordshire WT’s Farming Floodplains For the Future project (credit Nick Mott) Wetlands are vital part of our natural world – the lives of animals, plants and people depend on their health. Wetlands provide food, water, transport networks, help reduce the impacts of extreme weather events and are places of beauty…
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Pruitt takes over authority for EPA water protections policy
photo: © Getty Images Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt has signed a directive giving himself more authority to determine environmental regulations for projects near regional waterways, according to a memo released Wednesday. The internal document obtained by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) gives the EPA chief final decision-making authority…
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5 Million Gallons of Freshwater Used to Frack Just One Well
Smith Creek near Ponca, Arkansas. Buffalo Outdoor Center / Flickr A lot has been said about the toxic slurry of fracking fluids and its impact on water quality, but what about the millions of gallons of water that’s sucked up by the drilling process and its impact on water quantity? A new study highlights how…
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Controversial insecticides pervasive in Great Lakes tributaries
A variety of neonicotinoids—harmful to aquatic organisms—are reported in major Great Lakes streams U.S. scientists found neonicotinoid insecticides in about three-quarters of samples from 10 major Great Lakes tributaries. The study is the first to examine the insecticides—gaining notoriety in recent years as a prime suspect in bee die-offs— in the world’s largest freshwater system…
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Water treatment for cement plant wastewater
Highlighting the importance of water treatment for cement plant wastewater. A cement plant wastewater treatment system has to be highly effective in order to remove the minute particulate that remains after cement production. This task becomes even more important when a closed system – the industry standard – is in place and the waste water…
