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City Council approves construction contract for the expanded Fremont Water Pollution Control Center.
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Measures to improve water efficiency, including limitations on full-flush volume for toilets and use of municipal reclaimed water for irrigation, are being proposed for a green building standard.
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The California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA) today unanimously approved the issuance of up to $840 million in bonds to finance the Carlsbad Desalination Project.
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Local, state and federal elected leaders representing San Diego County have expressed their support for the purchase of water produced by the Carlsbad Desalination Project.
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The company offers free AWWA water audits to help municipalities learn where and how losses are occurring (i.e., leaks, inaccurate meters, processes, human error), and how much they are costing their
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey’s recently released “Streamflow Depletion by Wells,” depletion is most affected by the distance from the well to the stream and the properties and geologic structure of the aquifer.
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More than 1,000 community water systems in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio that detected atrazine in their supplies will split the award, concluding eight years of class-action litigation.
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A new process developed by scientists from the University of Aberdeen uses the byproduct of whiskey to filter water. Kevin Westerling of Water Online has more about the new possible water wonder.
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New framework provides five-step process for valuing the services clean water provides – from recreation and beauty to navigation and hydropower – and incorporating them into policy decisions.
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The National Research Council reports that about 10% of the 126,000 sites that have contaminated groundwater are "complex," meaning restoration is unlikely to be achieved in the next 50 to 100 years due to technological limitations. Most of the funding will come from public sources.