Siemens selected to pilot MBR technology for treating refinery wastewater 18 March 2010 PERF (Petroleum Environmental Research Forum) selected Siemens to test the viability of using a Petro MBR (membrane bioreactor) pilot unit to treat refinery wastewater The Petro MBR system, which Siemens will test, combines an activated sludge biological treatment process […]
SAN FRANCISCO GREEN ROOF BOOT CAMP http://greenroofs.org/index.php/eduprogram/upcomingcourses The Women’s Building 3543 18th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Course Date 101 Thursday, May 13th, 2010 201 Friday, May 14th, 2010 301 Saturday, May 15th, 2010 401 Sunday, May 16th, 2010
The California Water Quality Monitoring Council has released the third “My Water Quality” internet portal to connect decision makers and the public with water quality information. The theme of this new portal is “Are Our Wetland Ecosystems Healthy?” View the new portal at www.waterboards.ca.gov/mywaterquality/ under “Are Our Aquatic Ecosystems Healthy?” The new […]
Not in my backyard. Check out your state from the list below Search data on more than 200,000 facilities around the nation permitted to discharge pollutants. From an article by the New York Times Toxic Waters A series about the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators’ response Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas […]
Storm water data is now available in our public reports. While the storm water data is now housed in a separate database, known as the Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System 2 (SMARTS2), the reports contain data from both this system and CIWQS. We have also released a new public […]
From SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association) New plans to add other water sources will allow us to put our water from Hetch Hetchy to its highest and best uses. [Image: Flickr user basegreen] In the High Sierra it begins with a trickle of snowmelt. The snow and rain falling […]
Clean water, a lot more challenging that it appears! Sipping on sun-water at SOS Children’s Village in Haiti GEreporter | 5 March 2010 As we recently reported, 10 of GE’s solar-powered water purification units were shipped to earthquake-stricken Haiti to help with the country’s desperate needs for clean water. Now, seven of […]
Let’s take a good look at what is and isn’t working? For the Cal EPA offices, waterless urinals did not. And here’s why. SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Environmental Protection Agency has ended a six-year experiment with waterless urinals in its 25-story headquarters building, touted by the Schwarzenegger administration as the […]
One thing’s certain. In order for water reuse to become a common practice, innovation in design is a must. How about a Bubble-shaped Skyscraper that doubles as a water filter? Bubble Shaped Skyscraper is a Fresh Water Factory
There is more and more happening every day in the world of water efficiency, capture and reuse. Here our director, Elizabeth Dougherty, will be posting some of watery wonders that cross her path. Check in frequently for news, jobs, statistics, awards, innovations and art – all things water – that are happening […]
