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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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Prefab Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre boasts energy- and water-saving design

AGreenLiving

Built with prefabricated construction and energy-efficient technologies, the building will adhere to Zhuhai’s “sponge city” initiative for responsible stormwater management and is expected to achieve two stars within China’s Green Building Evaluation Standard. Waste heat recovery systems will also help reduce water usage.

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Supervising Environmental Services Specialist

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

We are recruiting to fill one (1) SESS vacancy in the Integrated Waste Management division. Integrated Waste Management Division (IWM). ESD’s Integrated Waste Management (IWM) division leads one of the largest and most aggressive solid waste management systems in the United States through creativity and innovation.

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A massive water recycling proposal could help ease drought

Grist

Basically, you’re taking wastewater that’d normally be treated and pumped out to sea — wasting it, really — and putting it back into the terrestrial water cycle, making it readily available again to people. Currently in California, about 10 percent of wastewater in municipal and industrial usage is recycled.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

This affects not only issues like education, but the states policies and resource allocations related to issues like climate, energy and the environment. Bills to plan for reducing food waste (HB 1114 ) and a cracking-down on greenwashing plastic products (ESHB 1569) also passed. Photo courtesy of Sameer Ranade.

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Natufia’s hydroponic garden embraces farm-to-table eating

AGreenLiving

Related: This self-sustaining planter doesn’t require sunlight for plants to thrive From there, the system is automatically monitored, controlling temperature, hydration, humidity, nutrient distribution, water, pH, air circulation and even music that science suggests supports healthy growth.

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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. Along the Vermilion River in Illinois, it is seeping into unlined pits containing coal ash — a hazardous waste — and carrying heavy metals into drinking-water aquifers. Pavement is degrading faster.