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Biospherian will share water stories from ‘Spaceship Earth’

Envirotec Magazine

Mark Nelson’s address will reflect on his experiences in the early 1990s Biosphere 2 project in the Arizona desert, in which he was responsible for managing a constructed wetland marsh recycling system. Air, water and nutrient recycling systems were interconnected, and innovative wastewater treatment and reuse systems created.

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Living Building Challenge-targeted Watershed improves Seattles water quality

AGreenLiving

Seattle-based design firm Weber Thompson has completed construction on Watershed, a mixed-use development that aggressively reduces its energy and water usage compared to conventional construction of the same size. In addition to offering mixed-use appeal, the building also takes on an educational role.

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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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Supervising Environmental Services Specialist

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

billion infrastructure construction program currently in its first 10-year phase. While all this planning and construction is on-going, the facility is in continuous operation, serving 1.4 Monitors and oversees consultant contracts and grants; reviews work products to ensure quality and compliance with organizational requirements.

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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.

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This prefab tower was built using net-zero design principles

AGreenLiving

The urban design will use 100 percent clean electricity, and 10 percent of the area will be protected as permanent farmland. The elevated-building concept also allows for sunlight to better access the site and produce more greenery. The prefabricated process serves to both reduce costs and make construction more efficient.

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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. Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells.