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Northrop Grumman recently provided a grant to Rose State College to be used for the digging of an educational water well. Midwest City, Oklahoma (PRWEB) December 22, 2011 A grant to Rose State College by Aerospace and defense giant, Northrop Grumman, provided for the digging of a water well on the campus to be used for educational purposes. Rose State environmental science professor, Dan Ratcliff, said the well will help environmental science students understand important scientific...

Intensive agriculture practices developed during the past century have helped improve food security for many people but have also added to nitrate pollution in surface and groundwaters. New research has looked at water quality measurement over the last 140 years to track this problem in the Thames River basin. The NERC-funded study, led by the University of Bristol's Department of Civil Engineering, has looked at nitrate transport from agricultural land to water in the Thames basin. The...

Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, a National Law Firm, Urges the EPA to Continue Investigating Groundwater Contamination in Areas where Gas Exploration and Hydraulic Fracturing are Occurring in Light of its Recent Findings in Pavillion, Wyoming. New York, New York (PRWEB) December 14, 2011 Parker Waichman Alonso LLP urges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue investigating groundwater contamination in areas where natural gas exploration and hydraulic fracturing are occurring....

As Congress Considers "Deregulating" Toxic Coal Ash, Citizens Plea for Federal Enforcement of Standards to Protect Their Drinking Water; EIP Report Details How Arsenic & Other Dangerous Pollutants Contaminated Groundwater and Soil at Newly Identified Sites in FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, NV, SC, TN and TX. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A total of 20 additional coal ash dump sites causing groundwater and soil contamination in 10 states - Florida, Georgia,...

The Central Basin Board approves an extended review period for draft environmental impact report at request of stakeholders COMMERCE, Calif., Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors voted Wednesday to extend the deadline for public comment on the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) of the Central Basin Groundwater Storage Plan until March 1, 2012. This extension, which gives stakeholders and...

The record-breaking drought in Texas that has fueled wildfires, decimated crops and forced cattle sales has also reduced groundwater levels in much of the state to the lowest levels in more than 60 years, according to new national maps produced by NASA using data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) mission. The map are distributed by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The latest groundwater map,...

LAKEWOOD, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the National Ground Water Association (NGWA) presented its 2011 Outstanding Ground Water Project Awards with their Ground Water Protection Award going to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) for its exceptional Regional Groundwater Monitoring Program. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110121/DC34153LOGO</font>) For over 50 years, WRD has been...

Suitable habitat for native fishes in many Great Plains streams has been significantly reduced by the pumping of groundwater from the High Plains aquifer – and scientists analyzing the water loss say ecological futures for these fishes are “bleak.” Results of their study have been published in the journal Ecohydrology. Unlike alluvial aquifers, which can be replenished seasonally with rain and snow, these regional aquifers were filled by melting glaciers during the last Ice Age,...

Information from District's comprehensive network of monitoring wells to be incorporated into statewide groundwater monitoring program LAKEWOOD, Calif., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) was notified today by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) that it has received official designation as the Groundwater Level Monitoring Entity for Central and West Coast sub-basins under the California Statewide Groundwater...

Innovative District Programs and Fiscal Discipline Expand Safe, Reliable and Inexpensive Groundwater Supply for South LA County LAKEWOOD, Calif., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) held its 3rd Annual State of the District address. WRD Board President Sergio Calderon and WRD General Manager Robb Whitaker presented to public officials, ratepayers and members of the public on the accomplishments the District has...