Category: Solutions
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Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
Father Rodney Torbic, the priest at the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, lives across the road from Hatfield’s Ferry and sees people suffering. Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times [published in 2009] MASONTOWN, Pa. — For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant,…
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San Francisco’s green-grey infrastructure
San Francisco’s green-grey infrastructure Over the next 20 years, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will spend around $2.7 billion upgrading its sewer system. Read how the city is ensuring it will be a mix of green and grey infrastructure. By Robert C. Brears SFPUC’s Urban Water Assessment is part of the city’s Sewer System…
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Southern Nevada water agency ups incentive to get rid of lawns
A wild rabbit grazes in Eva Thomas’ backyard in Queensridge, Las Vegas, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Gabriella Angotti-Jones Las Vegas Review-Journal @gabriellaangojo The Southern Nevada Water Authority is pumping more green into one of its signature conservation efforts. The authority will now pay residents and business owners $3 for every square foot of thirsty grass…
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Change in Water Storage Maps Added to Living Atlas
A new image service has been added to the Living Atlas of the World. It shows monthly change in water storage, as derived from NASA’s GLDAS dataset. Change in storage is calculated by subtracting the water output (runoff and evaporation) from water input (rainfall). Where the input is higher than the output, this means water…
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With Green Makeover, Philadelphia Tackles Its Stormwater Problem
A rain garden manages stormwater runoff in Philadelphia’s Germantown section. Philadelphia Water Department Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia’s favorite son, described his city’s stormwater problem well: By “covering a ground plot with buildings and pavements, which carry off most of the rain and prevent its soaking into the Earth and renewing and purifying the Springs … the…
