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Power Producers Welcome Advancement of BC Hydro's Clean Call Project

BC's Independent Power Producers Association today welcomed the advancement of BC Hydro's Clean Call with the selection of 13 projects to negotiate electricity purchase agreements along with 34 other projects that are still under consideration.

17 Nov 2009

Removal of San Clemente Dam to protect steelhead trout

California American Water has decided to join hands with the California State Coastal Conservancy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in a dam removal project, which was stalled in the earlier part of the year.

16 Nov 2009

Free water leak detection kits to customers for saving water

California American Water, the wastewater utility company, has come up with measures to help its customers in the Ventura County reduce the usage of water during winter holidays. The company believes that the water leak detection kit mailed to its customers will help accomplish its goal of making its customers “go green” this winter by detecting water leakages inside and outside their homes and seeing lower utility bills as a result.

16 Nov 2009

Innovative Smart Water and Energy Solutions Win Entrepreneur's Share in $1 Million

Innovative smart water and energy solutions have won New Zealand company Outpost Central a share of $1million in the Entrepreneurs' Challenge.

13 Nov 2009

Water Quality Could be Monitored By Robot Fish

Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments

2 Nov 2009

Sustainable Water Technologies Presented by Alcoa Engineers at China America National Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Natural water technology systems have enabled Alcoa to decrease water usage and to return more clean water to the communities in which the company operates

26 Oct 2009

Water Is Being Created on the Moon Due to Electrically Charged Particles From the Sun

The Moon is a big sponge that absorbs electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. These particles interact with the oxygen present in some dust grains on the lunar surface, producing water

15 Oct 2009

Biosolids Management Reduces Waste and Reduces Energy Requirements

Costs associated with treatment and disposal of biosolids can be half of a communities’ operations budget. As cash-strapped cities are looking for ways to reduce costs, water technology providers such as Siemens are providing answers to reduce the cost of biosolids management, while providing a sometimes unexpected boost to the bottom line

13 Oct 2009

Waste to Energy Wastewater Treatment

Siemens has been awarded the contract to provide process equipment, design and start-up services for a wastewater treatment system at the Pearl Valley Cheese, Inc. production facility in Fresno, Ohio

13 Oct 2009

Flu Drug, Tamiflu, Found Polluting River Water and Sewer Discharge of Japan

In a study published September 24th ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), researchers measured oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active metabolite of the popular anti-influenza drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), in samples of sewage discharge and river water collected near Kyoto City

29 Sep 2009