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Envisioning Chicago’s Waterway System for the 21st Century

Scott James — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:32:39 +0000

There is finally a concerted effort in the Great Lakes region to deal with the problem of Asian carp and other invasive threats to the ecosystem. After a series of unsuccessful lawsuits by Michigan and others to get the state of Illinois to close the Chicago River lock system and the subsequent confirmation of large [...]

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New York City Installs Real Time Water Monitoring

Scott James — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:44:35 +0000

Before anyone can do anything about how much water we use (and waste) every day, we need to know how much we are actually using. And when you look around at how many of your daily activities include water, you get a sense of just how difficult a task that is. In spite of the [...]

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Maplecroft Publishes Water Security Risk Index

Scott James — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:31:57 +0000

British-based risk consultancy Maplecroft consultancy has issued a report on the stability of countries’ water supplies around the world. Maplecroft helps, “businesses and investors to navigate the political, economic, social and environmental risks affecting growth opportunities in both developed and emerging economies.” Maplecroft’s “water security risk index” assessed 165 nations from around the world, looking [...]

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20 Pound Asian Carp Found Past Great Lakes Defenses

Scott James — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:37:52 +0000

So it happened. The first Asian carp was found past the electric barrier designed specifically to keep them out of Lake Michigan. And the thing weighed 20 pounds. After several suits against Illinois to close the shipping waterways that separate the Mississippi River and Great Lakes water basins and losing every time, including in the [...]

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Canada Takes Water Awareness Lead

Scott James — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:46:30 +0000

Say what you will about Canada being up on the latest trends in fashion or music, but our neighbor to the North may be on the verge of setting the course in national water management policy. Recently ministers from across the country met to talk about how best to protect and preserve Canada’s water from [...]

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Sulabh Toilets Flush With Possibility

Scott James — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:54:19 +0000

In 1970, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak designed the sulabh sauchalaya (latrines-pour-flush toilet with twin leach pit) and founded what is now the Sulabh Movement. The movement is based on a simple idea that proper sanitation and wastewater management is good for public health and climate change. He announced to the World Environment and Water Resources Congress [...]

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The Other Coastal Problem: Rising Seas

Scott James — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:36:18 +0000

Rising sea levels will have an effect on coastal cities, and while the BP Gulf oil leak is getting the press these days, sea level rise from climate change will have an even more long-term and potentially dramatic effect. With the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicting a 7 – 23 inch rise by [...]

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AWWA Hosts The World’s Water Event

Scott James — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:01:08 +0000

Improving how U.S. water utilities access and provide water to their communities will play an important role in the how we deal with our country’s water future. And what better way to gain insight into best practices and see who’s tapping into the current than some healthy competition? During the week of June 20, The [...]

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