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125 Local Students & WRD kick-off national groundwater effort SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Water Replenishment District (WRD) and more than 125 students from Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary School launched "Protect Your Groundwater Day" in an effort to increase groundwater awareness and protection in the region. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110913/DC68081) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110121/DC34153LOGO) One...

The World's Largest Pressurized MIEX® System is fully operational at Ocean Shores Water Treatment Plant in Washington. Funded by $6 million provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the city’s Shallow Aquifer Water Treatment Plant is now online. Ocean Shores, WA (PRWEB) August 31, 2011 This summer, the City of Ocean Shores, Washington has had more to celebrate than its annual summer kite festivals. The city finally has the new water treatment plant...

COVINGTON, La., Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With more Americans "stressed out" due to financial strain, Evamor Natural Artesian Water is granting Texans stress relief wishes from wedding gowns to baby cribs on www.EncounterGoodness.com. Through the Encounter Goodness campaign - a pay it forward movement created by Evamor to help relieve stresses of life - visitors to www.EncounterGoodness.com share what is causing their stress, for the chance to let Evamor provide relief. "At Evamor, we...

The extended Coulomb failure stress (ECFS) criteria and anisotropic porosity and permeability tensor at micro/meso/macro scale under ultra"‘high temperature and pressure (UTP) conditions were developed employing the flow driven pore"‘network crack (FDPNC) model under multiple temporal"“spatial scales and the hybrid hypersingular integral equation"‘lattice Boltzmann method (HHIE"‘LBM). The correlation of the Zipingpu reservoir and Longmenshan slip was then analyzed and the...

In a typical year, California gets about 30 percent of its water from groundwater wells. Yet when it comes to managing this precious resource, the state of California relies on a mixed bag of more than 2,000 local water agencies with varying degrees of authority.Critics say that this decentralized system leaves the state vulnerable to overdraft, which occurs when water is pumped out faster than replacement water is absorbed. But according to a new report published by Stanford University's...

Computer algorithms might be useful in identifying sources of groundwater pollution, according to researchers in Australia and India. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management they explain how notoriously difficult it is to trace such pollution.Groundwater is a major and economical source of drinking water for both urban and rural areas. Although groundwater represents a small percentage of the total water distribution across the globe, it is the largest...

COVINGTON, La., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With everyday expenses and stress on the rise, like gas prices and job pressures, Texans could use a helping hand. Today, Evamor Artesian National Water kicks off an Encounter Goodness movement to help relieve the day-to-day stresses of life. Whether is it the high grocery bill from this week's shopping trip or not being able to find a babysitter for a night out on the town, Evamor wants to pitch in to alleviate the pressure. To obtain relief...

Findings could aid in the development of better technologies for hydraulic fracturing and other fluid extraction techniques from the earthWhen geologists survey an area of land for the potential that gas or petroleum deposits could exist there, they must take into account the composition of rocks that lie below the surface. Take, for instance, sandstone"”a sedimentary rock composed mostly of weakly cemented quartz grains. Previous research had suggested that compaction bands"”highly...

Is There Arsenic In Your Drinking Water? Henderson, NV USA (PRWEB) May 19, 2011 Many Municipalities in the United States and worldwide are facing a growing problem of Arsenic in the ground water supplies. This Arsenic along with other heavy metals such as Mercury are constantly seeping into the wells and surrounding groundwater from pollution in rain and runoff. The Environmental Protection Agency is ever increasing the allowable amount of Arsenic that is permissible in the drinking...

Assembly Member Ricardo Lara & Assembly Member Roger Hernandez LAKEWOOD, Calif., May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Water Replenishment District hosted two of the state's rising stars in the Assembly, Assembly Member Ricardo Lara (D-South Gate) and Assembly Member Roger Hernandez (D-Baldwin Park). Both legislators had the opportunity to view key District projects throughout WRD's 420-square mile service area. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110121/DC34153LOGO) Both...