Tag: wastewater
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Exploring the use of wastewater in agriculture
Once seen as a problem to be disposed of, municipal liquid waste is now being eyed as an option for addressing water scarcity In California, wastewater is sanitized and blended with groundwater, supporting large-scale crop production. Properly managed, wastewater can be used safely to support crop production — directly through irrigation or indirectly by recharging…
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Systemic Failure: Why 1 Million Californians Lack Safe Drinking Water
Small, cash-strapped water districts don’t have the financial, political or technological resources to treat some of the United States’ most contaminated drinking water. Woodville is an unincorporated community in eastern Tulare County in California’s San Joaquin Valley. There are hundreds of small, unincorporated communities like Woodville across the Valley that lack the tax base to…
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Native American tribes fight for clean water, more money — Apsaalooke Nation
John Doyle watches Apsaalooke children play in the Little Bighorn River at Crow Agency, Mont. Despite the summer heat, children have recently been warned not to swim in the river because of virulent strains of E. coli. (Lauren Kaljur/News21) CROW AGENCY, Mont. – When John Doyle first noticed signs of trouble in the Little Bighorn…
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How to strip 99 per cent of BPA from water in 30 minutes
“We’ve solved a billion-dollar research problem,” says Collins. “This treatment can be done by anyone, anywhere, on any quantity of water.” What’s in your water? If it’s pollutant BPA, there might soon be a quick fix for that. Bisphenol A, or BPA, is found in everything from DVDs to credit card receipts to dental fillings,…
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Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico
The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is expected to be the worst “dead zone” on record in the Gulf of Mexico. Toxins from manure and fertiliser pouring into waterways are exacerbating huge, harmful algal blooms that create oxygen-deprived stretches of the gulf,…
