Saturday, October 25th, 2008
America's aging water infrastructure needs an overhaul desperately.
Liquid Assets, a new documentary film produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting about U.S. water infrastructure, reveals the poort conditionsof the nation's essential infrastructure systems: drinking water, wastewater and storm water. These complex and aging systems, some in the ground for more than 100 ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
New York plans to fast-track the approval process for a huge influx of natural gas wells that could bring the state more than $1 billion in annual revenue. The trouble is the wells could put the state's water supplies at risk of contamination.
The surge in energy prices earlier this year ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Today, global water prices do not fully reflect all water-related costs as 90% of water services are still managed by public authorities who tend to subsidize water for political reasons. Water scarcity will progressively trigger tariffs to climb toward full production costs, in some countries even up to the cost ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Many hedge funds are up to their ass in alligators with worries over the collapsing financial markets and the looming worry that they might be the next domino to fall. Sextant Capital Management is not one of them.
The Toronto, Canada-based firm’s Strategic Global Water Fund Offshore finished up 9.4% in ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Between 1990 and 2004, an estimated $41 billion was invested in the water sector. By 2004, nearly half of these investments were either canceled or in distress. As a result, total investment in all countries has fallen substantially since the late 1990s. In addition, investment in middle- and low-income countries ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has expanded efforts to combat the spread of microbial contamination in water distribution infrastructure.
Revisions to a major regulatory rule will require systems with positive total coliform E. coli monitoring results to conduct an assessment to identify and correct any sanitary defects. The amendment to drinking ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
China plans to raise the price of water later this year. News of the change sparked a surge in stock prices for water utilities and higher valuations for advanced water technology companies. Here is a snapshot of the latter:
Desalination Technology Overview
Desalination technology costs have fallen by as much as 80% ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
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Map of Arsenic Contamination in U.S. Water Supplies (Shaded Areas = Contamination)
Inorganic arsenic may raise the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Pesticides and metallurgy use large amounts of arsenic and their use often contributes ...
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