WaterWorld News & Features

Transcript of the Feb. 6, 2012, edition of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will invest in 73 watershed protection projects intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs, among other environmental efforts...

EPA has issued a proposed Municipal Stormwater discharge permit for Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the largest military installation on the West Coast...

The government of Cape Verde is planning to add up to eight further desalination plants to boost drinking water capacity and meet booming demand from increased tourism, WWi has learned...

Ecologix Environmental Systems, an Atlanta-based wastewater treatment company specializing in oil and gas, has designed a mobile integrated treatment system (ITS) for hydraulic fracturing that will treat up to 900 gallons per minute of frac flowback water.

KANSAS CITY, MO, Jan. 31, 2012 -- As part of a 2010 Federal Consent Decree, the Kansas City (MO) Water Services Department continues to make system improvements as its third wastewater disinfection project comes online...

In 1852, the burgeoning use of steam power led Edward Ashcroft to produce his first revolutionary "Bourdon tube" pressure gauge...

Transcript of the Jan. 30, 2012, edition of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast.

Pentair will continue to push its business in ultrafiltration following the acquisition of Norit’s Clean Process Technology (CPT) division and confirmed it would not be manufacturing its own reverse osmosis membranes in the future...

Innovative financing and pricing flexibility are key to preparing aging freshwater systems in the United States to handle growing demand and environmental challenges, according to a Charting New Waters report released by The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, American Rivers and Ceres.

The City of Lebanon, Ohio has selected Mueller Systems to upgrade its combined water and electric infrastructure with an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network...

On the heels of its 125th Anniversary year, American Water has released the results of a year-long, nationwide campaign to educate and raise awareness about the value of water. The nation’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility launched a variety of efforts in 2011 that used its milestone anniversary as a platform to promote water conservation and efficiency, and the importance of protecting this precious resource from source to tap.

The Westchester County Supreme Court has ruled that New York State is failing to take legally required steps to clean up one of the biggest sources of pollution in its waterways - stormwater runoff. The decision comes after a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Waterkeeper organizations in the region and other partners, challenging the statewide “general permit” for stormwater discharges from municipal sewers. The court ordered the agency to fix several major flaws in the permit, to ensure all Clean Water Act requirements are met.

Around 20% of patent families related to desalination technologies refer to integration with a renewable energy source, a new report has claimed...

Better education will be needed to reform current tariff structures and address water scarcity in the GCC. Furthermore governments should restructure their water tariff structures so that pricing follows usage, with heavy water users paying the most, a new report has recommended...

China’s sovereign wealth fund, set up to invest the country’s multi-billion foreign exchange reserves, has bought a 8.68% stake into one of the UK’s largest utilities, Thames Water...

The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Manora Water Desalination plant has been inaugurated to provide between 200,000 to 250,000 gallons of water per day to residents of Manora, the Pakistan Navy and harbouring ships...

A 750,000 euro contract for the provision of consultancy services for the Mekong Delta Plan in Vietnam has been awarded to a consortium headed by consultancy and engineering firm DHV...

Transcript of the Jan. 20, 2012, edition of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast.

USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is providing $13.4 million in research grants to support 26 water-related projects across the United States...