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How do you monitor a tidal river?

Envirotec Magazine

This is because water quality is heavily affected by the state of the tide, which presents a significant monitoring challenge in the lower reaches of many rivers. With a tidal range of up to 7m, the River Thames presents a number of monitoring challenges.

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Comment: Smart water reuse and flood management technology “could be a vital strategic water asset”

Envirotec Magazine

Water infrastructure planners should aim to exploit emergent digitally-controlled rainwater storage and recycling technologies to contribute substantially to water demand reduction targets, as well as reducing flood and pollution risks, say experts.

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Norwegian utility claims to calculate true cost of sewer ingress

Envirotec Magazine

Inflow of stormwater and infiltration of groundwater into sewers is a constant operational challenge, but a water utility in Norway is gaining better understanding of its network with an innovative digital approach, says Marco Westergren, chief analytics officer at water analytics platform provider InfoTiles.

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Utilities should embrace technology providers in AMP8

Envirotec Magazine

The transition between five-year asset management plan (AMP) periods in the regulatory cycle of the water industry in England and Wales is always a challenging time. It is well known that resources within this industry are tight, while the expectations for AMP8 are only growing. That comes on top of the £5.2

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Best of GBB in 2021: Green Businesses Leading the Sustainable Business Movement

Green Business Bureau

They lead by example and demonstrate how business can be used as a platform for good. All of our members are regular companies with businesses to run, and they all do their part in becoming greener, more socially responsible and thoughtful. Watson Gloves.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. They think that building a levee is going to protect them from rising seawater.