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LAKEWOOD, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Natural Resources & Water Committee of the California State Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 1386, a bill aimed at clarifying the authority and roles of water agencies in southern Los Angeles County. The bill was introduced earlier this year by South Bay veteran lawmaker, Senator Alan Lowenthal. "WRD is pleased to see this important senate bill move forward as southeast L.A. County, in particular, works to develop vital groun...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Resource-Management
(JACKSON and CASS COUNTIES, Mo., May 9, 2012) —Officials of the Little Blue Valley Sewer District —a regional clean water agency—will break ground for a $53 million improvement project at Atherton Wastewater Treatment Plant at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 9. An aged coal-fired incinerator will be replaced with a larger, efficient gas-fired unit plus treated water will be provided with ultraviolet disinfection. During the next 30 months, it is estimated that the project construction will infuse $19.8 mill...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Treatment, Water-quality Monitoring
ATLANTA, May 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mueller Systems, a leading innovator in water meters, metering systems and water management technology, will supply American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, with water meters and automated meter reading (AMR) systems, as part of a supply agreement between the two companies. The agreement, which could extend until 2016, enables American Water's customers to benefit from Mueller Systems' portfolio of smart water technol...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: AMR and AMI
MUNICH, GERMANY—May 7, 2012—GE (NYSE: GE) will display its advanced technologies, products and services that solve tough-to-treat water challenges at the world-leading IFAT ENTSORGA 2012 conference, May 7-11, 2012. During the trade show, GE will showcase its broad portfolio leveraging equipment, chemistries and services to help commercial and industrial customers address their pressing water resource needs. “GE offers a myriad of diverse solutions to help industries and municipalities meet their water a...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Water-quality Monitoring
PITTSBURGH, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Opening on May 23, 2012 at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the new 24,350-square-foot Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) will emerge as one of the greenest buildings on Earth. Seeking to achieve or exceed the world's highest sustainable standards, including the Living Building Challenge, LEED® Platinum and Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES) certification for landscapes, it will also be the largest operational structure pursuing living...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Irrigation
Winning trophies and Distinction certificates were presented at the Global Water Awards ceremony for 2012 in Rome on 30th April. The event was held as part of the Global Water Summit 2012 (organised by GWI/IDA*) to recognise the most important achievements in the water industry over the past year. The Awards were presented by the Summit's Guest Speaker, Craig Venter, the first to sequence the human genome and now pioneering the development of synthetic organisms to address the challenges the...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Award Winners
(DENVER, CO) – As Drinking Water Week continues, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) joins water professionals across North America in highlighting the importance of investing in water infrastructure. “We all agree that water is an essential element in our daily lives, but for North Americans, water service is a convenience that we too often take for granted,” says AWWA Executive Director David LaFrance. “Those buried pipes deliver the water that is vital to our quality of life and economic vita...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Public Outreach
LAKEWOOD, Calif., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD), which provides groundwater for more than 10% of the state's population, has decided NOT to increase its groundwater pumping rates for the next fiscal year. Avoiding a water rate increase is a sharp contrast to the 5% to 28% increases in other water rates in the Los Angeles region. "WRD is very proud of the transparent open process we followed to approve our budget, and that hard work w...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Financing
San Clemente, California, April 2012 – Together with its licensee, Michels Pipe Services, SEKISUI NordiTube, Inc. solved a recurring water main problem for the City of Pasco with its water main rehabilitation champion NORDIPIPE™. The leaking 12-inch water pipe was located under an active railway intersection in the southeast side of the City of Pasco. The deteriorated existing pipe was successfully rehabilitated increasing the functionality of Pasco`s water supply system. In 2011 the City of Pasco, Wash...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Pipes
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today published a list of 28 chemicals and two viruses that approximately 6,000 public water systems will monitor from 2013 to 2015 as part of the agency’s unregulated contaminant monitoring program, which collects data for contaminants suspected to be present in drinking water, but that do not have health-based standards set under the Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA will spend more than $20 million to support the monitoring, the majority of which...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Pollution
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