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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Corbett administration announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has approved nearly $33.5 million through the H2O PA program to fund the construction and repair of flood control projects that will impact more than 270 businesses and 5,200 residents in three counties. "Although Pennsylvania was very fortunate, Superstorm Sandy brought powerful reminders of the damage and destruction that flooding can...
University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST Scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) published a study today in Nature Climate Change showing that besides marine inundation (flooding), low-lying coastal areas may also be vulnerable to "groundwater inundation," a factor largely unrecognized in earlier predictions on the effects of sea level rise (SLR). Previous research has predicted that by the end of the century, sea level may rise 1 meter. Kolja Rotzoll, Postdoctoral Researcher at the...
BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced today that it has secured contracts for flash flood early warning and small river hydrologic monitoring projects in two provinces in China. The projects total approximately $1.42 million (approximately RMB 8.95 million). (Logo:...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As a child, we all learned about how the rings of a tree could tell us how old the tree was. Did you know that now we can know how much rainfall occurred year-to-year through this same tried and true method? Well, with a twist. A research study led by a team from the University of Leeds has used tree rings from eight cedar trees in Bolivia to determine and document a 100-year history of rainfall across the Amazon River Basin, the...
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JBA Consulting Engineers (JBA), a global leader in engineering services, today announced the significant expansion of its international capabilities with multiple executive-level internal promotions focused on firm operations and key areas of expertise. Namely, Brad Geinzer, Derek Sands and Allyn Vaughn have been promoted to Americas Chief Operations Officer, Asia-Pacific Chief Operations Officer and Global Chief Technical Officer /...
LAKEWOOD, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a bipartisan vote today, the California State Assembly approved Senate Bill 1386, a measure that clarifies language in the California Water Code and eliminates duplications among public water agencies over storing and managing groundwater in southeast Los Angeles County. The bill, as introduced by Senator Alan Lowenthal, should reduce costs that would otherwise result from water agencies providing the same services over...
RITZVILLE, Wash., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association's (CSRIA) plan for irrigators to privately fund and/or use private financing to bring surface water to the Odessa Aquifer Subarea north of I-90 is being widely endorsed by many newspapers and decision-makers as a viable, cost-effective and realistic option to immediately begin replacing the use of groundwater from the declining Odessa Subarea Aquifer in eastern Washington. The CSRIA proposed...
ALBANY, New York, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports Database Small Hydropower (SHP) - Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Competitive Landscape, Opportunity and Key Country Analysis to 2020 [http://www.researchmoz.us/small-hydropower-shp-installed-capacity-levelized-cost-of-energy-lcoe-competitive-landscape-opportunity-and-key-country-analysis-to-2020-report.html ] Small Hydropower (SHP) - Installed Capacity,...
Researchers could have a new method to rebuild wetlands of the Louisiana delta, thanks to a chance finding while monitoring severe flooding of the Mississippi River. A team of civil engineers and geologists from the University of Illinois, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, published their findings in the journal Nature Geoscience. In the spring and summer of 2011, high floodwaters on the Mississippi prompted the corps to open the Bonnet Carre spillway. The spillway...
According to National Climatic Data Center, 55 percent of the United States is now in moderate to severe drought. Current drought conditions surpass the record set in December 1956. No relief is in sight and the extreme drought is expected to continue. This drought will affect millions of Americans with increased food price and water quality issues. EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generators can help alleviate drought stress. Pacheco, California (PRWEB) July 23, 2012 EcoloBlue is pleased to...
