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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online We don't yet understand the how the connections between water sustainability and hydrologic processes will be affected by climate change, but to better this understanding, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has teamed up with the United States Departments of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The collaboration has awarded grants totaling almost $27 million through the Water Sustainability and Climate...

HARRINGTON PARK, N.J., Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United Water, one of the largest water services providers in the nation, made a Commitment to Action today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York that offers cities across the U.S. a new long-term solution to the challenge of meeting current and future water needs. Continued growth in demand for water along with competing needs for other municipal services - from roads and fire departments to police...

DENVER, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Rivers Water Company (OTC QB: TURV), (http://www.2riverswater.com) announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Town of Monument, Colorado, to jointly explore development of a Permanent Water Supply Plan. Two Rivers President Gary Barber said, "We are very pleased to embark on a collaborative relationship with the Town to identify viable renewable water supply strategies. We are committed to an integrated...

HOUSTON, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In a little over a month, water industry professionals will meet in Houston, TX for the Water Resource Stress 2012 conference. Presentations will cover topics such as construction experience, project management, best practices, legal and other industry perspectives as water faces a dynamic and demanding future. Specifically, the conference will focus on perspectives from industry participants in the context of high resource demand and...

BEIJING, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-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 was awarded a water conservation irrigation contract for a forage cultivation project undertaken by the Water Resources Management Administration of Buerjin County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The contract amount totals $1.3...

HOUSTON, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Aging infrastructure, population growth, legislative and legal developments have all contributed to an ongoing need to consider dynamic water management strategies and solutions while concurrently facing economic challenges. Financing shortfalls could partly hold back some US$400 billion of investment needed over the next 10 years to replace and add to the country's aging water-related infrastructure, Water Details LLC, a water industry...

CHICAGO, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Growing Blue today announced that IBM, Xylem Inc. and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), represented by its Center for Sustainable Communities, have joined as new members of the Growing Blue network. The organizations will become part of Growing Blue's executive committee and will support its mission of raising awareness about water resource challenges and the need for thoughtful solutions. Growing Blue is a...

A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a million years old. A new study suggests that this ancient groundwater, a vital source of freshwater supplies for the region east of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, was recharged over periods of time much greater than human timescales. "Understanding the average age of groundwater allows scientists to estimate at what rate water is re-entering the aquifer to replace the water we are currently extracting...

Micro irrigation system market research report categorizes the global market on the basis of types, applications, geography, crop type trends, and forecasting revenue and analyzing trends. (PRWEB) May 28, 2012 According to the new market research report “Micro Irrigation System Market Trends and Global Forecasts (2011 - 2016)” published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), global micro irrigation system market expected to reached over $1,290 million by the end of...

Climate change projections indicate a steady increase in temperature progressing through the 21st century, generally resulting in snowpack reductions, changes to the timing of snowmelt, altered streamflows, and reductions in soil moisture, all of which could affect water management, agriculture, recreation, hazard mitigation, and ecosystems across the nation. Despite some widespread similarities in climate change trends, climate change will affect specific water basins in the U.S....