NewsRack: flenvcenter/Water_National/Water-Quality/Water-Treatment

China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup' - Yahoo: Top Stories

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath. ...

China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup' - Twincities.com: Nation

By GILLIAN WONG Associated Press — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BEIJING—China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath.

Ammonia leak at Aurora water treatment facility injures one - Denver Post: Local

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Ammonia leak at Aurora water treatment facility injures one

China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup' - Boston Globe: Latest

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'

The Accidental Humanitarian - Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

New faculty member Amos Winter, SM ’05, PhD ’11, tackles the “crazy hard” engineering challenges of the developing world.

Walk into Amos Winter’s lab on any given day and you might find the assistant professor of mechanical engineering working on a water purification system, a high-efficiency diesel tractor engine, prosthetic feet, or a prosthetic knee that enables users to walk with a natural gait, all of which he’s designing to help people in the developing world. But Winter didn’t set out to be a do-gooder. It happened by accident, a twist of fate—happier but no less unexpected than a fall from a tree, a motorcycle crash, or a tropical fever, any of which might leave someone in need of the invention for which he’s become best known.

Controversy winds down on groundwater cleanup plan in SW Salt Lake Valley - Salt Lake Tribune

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 17, 2013 08:50PM MDT The public dialog about a new drinking-water treatment plant is winding down after a decade of controversy. State water-quality officials hosted a question-and-answer session Monday, followed by a public hearing, on their plans to give final approval for the Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant in West Jordan. It will treat groundwater that has been contaminated by historic mining in nearby Bingham Canyon. The plant will provide drinking water for Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District custom... ...

Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip - LA Times: Top News

By Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip

Susan Koefod: My cranky dad got results - Twincities.com: Opinion

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

His license plate said it all. CURMUGN.

UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar - Twincities.com: Nation

The Associated Press — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

GENEVA—A U.N.-led convoy of trucks in Myanmar has for the first time in nearly a year been allowed to deliver food and household supplies to areas beyond government control in the country's northernmost region.

First UN convoy in nearly a year finally reaches northernmost Myanmar - Star Tribune: World

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar - Seattle Times: Top stories

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A U.N.-led convoy of trucks in Myanmar has for the first time in nearly a year been allowed to deliver food and household supplies to areas beyond government control in the country's northernmost region.

UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar - Boston Globe: Latest

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar

State gives $18 million in grants to 32 rural communities for housing and infrastructure - MinnPost

Joe Kimball — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Nearly $18 million in grants have been awarded to 32 greater Minnesota cities to help pay for housing rehabilitation and infrastructure. The money comes from the Department of Employment and Economic Development, through its federally funded Small Cities Development Program. Said DEED Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben: "These grants make it possible for Minnesota's smaller communities to provide safe, affordable housing opportunities for their residents. Not only will the projects generate local jobs and stimulate economic development, they will create suitable living environments for workers — something that is vital to the success of our communities." The grants go to: Northwest Hallock — $745,016 Owner-occupied housing and commercial building rehabilitation Roseau — $517,500 Rental housing rehabilitation Viking — $600,000 Wastewater treatment facility Warroad — $887,652 Owner-occupied, rental and commercial building rehabilitation North Central Brainerd — ...

Why Do Water and Sanitation Systems for the Poor Still Fail? Policy Analysis in Economically Advanced Developing Countries - pubs.acs.org

Markus Starkl, Norbert Brunner and Thor-Axel Stenström — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: 10.1021/es3048416

Israel ranks low in international giving - L.A. Times - World News

By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Israel ranks low in international giving

U.N. Appeals for $5 Billion in Aid for Syria - NY Times: Middle East

By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

U.N. Appeals for $5 Billion in Aid for Syria

Porous Substoichiometric TiO2 Anodes as Reactive Electrochemical Membranes for Water Treatment - Environmental Science & Technology: Latest Articles (ACS Publications)

Amr M. Zaky and Brian P. Chaplin — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: 10.1021/es401287e

Surface Cell Density Effects on Escherichia coli Gene Expression during Cell Attachment - pubs.acs.org

Meagan Mauter, Aaron Fait, Menachem Elimelech and Moshe Herzberg — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: 10.1021/es3047069

U.S. water infrastructure needs $384-billion upgrade, EPA says - LA Times: Environment

By Julie Cart — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The federal government must spend at least $384 billion to improve the nation’s drinking water infrastructure in order to ensure the safe delivery of water to Americans for the next 20 years.

Intracellular Organic Matter from Cyanobacteria as a Precursor for Carbonaceous and Nitrogenous Disinfection Byproducts - pubs.acs.org

Eric C. Wert and Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: 10.1021/es400834k

Ask Umbra: Can I Pee in My Compost Pile? - Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

I've always enjoyed relieving myself out-of-doors as a way to reduce my water usage, but I recently read that certain chemicals that we cannot metabolize (caffeine, for example) can be pollutants but get removed in the water treatment process.

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Mali government accuses Tuareg rebels of ethnic violence - World

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The Malian government on Monday accused Tuareg separatist rebels of violence against non-Tuaregs in the northeastern town of Kidal and said the army would retake it before a presidential election in July. Tension over Kidal risk turning public opinion against France, which was feted for liberating Mali's north from nine months of Islamist occupation in February but has come under criticism for allowing the MNLA Tuareg rebels to retain their grip on the desert town. ...

Singapore's water companies aim to quench China's $850 billion thirst - Yahoo: Business

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

By Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Water companies in Singapore are attracting big-name investors as they profit from exporting their expertise to China, which plans to spend $850 billion over the next decade to improve its scarce and polluted water supplies. Singapore is a hub for water technology because of its own concerns about water security. With few domestic freshwater resources of its own, the city-state has been trying to reduce its reliance on imports from neighboring Malaysia, where politicians have in the past threatened to turn off the taps. ... ...

Schafer: Big deals will be the exception for Ecolab - Star Tribune: Business

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Gas Purification by Nonthermal Plasma: A Case Study of Ethylene - Environmental Science & Technology: Latest Articles (ACS Publications)

R. Aerts, X. Tu, W. Van Gaens, J. C. Whitehead and A. Bogaerts — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: 10.1021/es400405c