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Water innovation recognised at Edinburgh awards ceremony

Envirotec Magazine

Technologies included water reuse, water recovery through zero liquid discharge and digital stormwater management. Aarhus Vand Dutch water utility Aarhus Vand won with its plans to convert an existing wastewater treatment plant into a water resource recovery facility, recovering biofuels, bio-charcoal, and soil conditioner from wastewater.

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One of the biggest climate threats is the most familiar: Rain

Grist

As NOAA stated in a 2018 report , “Annual flood records are expected to be broken again next year and for years and decades to come.”. More than 70 percent of the planet’s surface is water, and as the world warms, more water evaporates from oceans, lakes, and soils.

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Flood City Fights Climate Change with Infrastructure and Social Media

Unsustainable

In April of 2018 an expert panel was assembled to discuss possible approaches to the myriad of challenges that will be presented by a changing coastline and tidal activity. inches of runoff water, according to the project specs from the Florida Stormwater Associations 2018 Winter Conference.

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From golf to gardens: Houston’s new botanical garden opens

AGreenLiving

Houston’s Clark Condon designed the garden’s planting and soil, with installation by Landscape Art. First, the garden team analyzed how long-term golfing had impacted the soil. In 2018, the horticulture staff quit applying chemicals to the golf course and cut the Bermuda turf very short.

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

Grist

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

One of its directors attended Harvard Business School, and Yale University took a stake in Antero in 2015, with investments peaking at $230 million the following year, according to a 2018 article in the Yale Daily News. By the end of 2018, the university’s investment had dropped to $357,000, Yale Daily News reported.

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

Grist

Grist staff Since the last National Climate Assessment in 2018, scientific advancements — increased confidence in the links between climate change and weather disasters , for example, and the connections between climate and environmental justice — have improved our understanding of the crisis and bolstered awareness. Some go even further.