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NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Reportlinker Adds China Sewage Treatment Industry Report, 2009 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0151245/Reportlinker-Adds-China-Sewage-Treatment-Industry-Report-2009.html China has focused on sewage treatment, for which the investment increases yearly, from RMB8.74 billion in 2003 to RMB25.74 billion in 2008. Bolstered by State policies, the construction of local sewage...

A utility official in Albuquerque says parks in the area are among 26 grassy locations to be watered with treated sewage. John Stomp, water resources manager for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, said a plan to use treated sewage at the 26 locations is part of a $26 million project by the state, the Albuquerque Journal said Monday. Stomp said the project will help the utility limit its groundwater pumping, relieving the strain on Albuquerque's underground aquifer....

Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade "“ and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame.More than 109 cubic kilometers (26 cubic miles) of groundwater disappeared from the region's aquifers between 2002 and 2008 "“ double the capacity of India's largest surface-water reservoir, the Upper Wainganga, and triple that of Lake Mead, the largest...

FRESNO, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Dave White announced today that 15 organizations in California will receive funding from a new program under the 2008 Farm Bill that will help improve water quality and quantity. The funding is being made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP). "AWEP...

As the West warms, a drier Colorado River system could see as much as a one-in-two chance of fully depleting all of its reservoir storage by mid-century assuming current management practices continue on course, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.The study, in press in the American Geophysical Union journal, Water Resources Research, looked at the effects of a range of reductions in Colorado River stream flow on future reservoir levels and the implications of different...

UCLA Engineering's new M3 helps cut costs, time in producing clean waterConcern over access to clean water is no longer just an issue for the developing world, as California faces its worst drought in recorded history. According to state's Department of Water Resources, supplies in major reservoirs and many groundwater basins are well below average. Court-ordered restrictions on water deliveries have reduced supplies from the two largest water systems, and an outdated statewide water system...

SSJID delivers water more efficiently with BPLG's new water management system PITTSBURGH, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- BPL Global(R), Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, has deployed its Power SG(R) integrated water and energy management solution at South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID) in Manteca, CA. BPLG's solution has resulted in improved water delivery efficiency and water accounting as well as...

There may be thousands of things large and small that can be done to better control pollution on even the smallest waterways, and a new tool developed at Purdue University may help sort out how to choose the best ones.Indrajeet Chaubey, an associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, combined a best management practices tool with a complex genetic algorithm that can search out the best solutions for non-point source pollution control in a watershed. By analyzing data from...

Growing climate change and lack of water could spur further conflict and security concerns in the Middle East, a Danish environmental report warns. Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories have suffered from more than 60 years of bloody conflict, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, IISD, report states, noting: Climate change -- by redrawing maps of water availability, food security, disease prevalence, population distribution and...

ATLANTA, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., announced today the formal closing of its merger acquisition with MEC Water Resources, Inc., of Columbia, Mo. The merged company will retain the Geosyntec brand with MEC Water Resources continuing to serve its clients as an operating unit of Geosyntec. According to Eric Strecker, P.E., Geosyntec principal and chair of the firm's water and natural resources practice group, the merger of MEC Water Resources with Geosyntec "creates...