Water


Fuel Cell 2000 Notes High Profile Companies Deploying Technology

FedEx, Coca-Cola Refreshments, Adobe Systems, BMW, and Albertsons have been buying and installing fuel cells at their facilities across the nation.

SMU, Florida Teams Win WEF Student Design Competition

The teams tackled wastewater plant expansion challenges and green infrastructure design in the Water Environment Federation's annual contest.

World Governments Agree on Zero Extinction Target

An Alliance for Zero Extention map poinpoints sites where endangered wildlife are located and could be used to identify places that need habitat protection.

BASF Releases Comparison of Turf, Natural Grass

The environmental and economic impact of turf fields fares well against natural grass fields, says a BASF study that was verified by NSF International.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.