Soil & Groundwater Magazines & Journals
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International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP)
The international Journal of Environment and Pollution is a refereed journal providing an international forum for the field of environment and pollution. One of three key journals (along with The International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management and and The International Journal of Global Environmental Issues) which together offer complete coverage of key environmental issues, it ...
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Digging Deep for Community Acceptance
It is crucial to consider the public in public works. Wastewater system improvements — especially tunnels — require an understanding and acceptance from those most affected, and project success often hinges on effectively soliciting and addressing construction concerns around areas where people live and work. ...
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Who Pays for PFAS Contamination?
Many parts of the U.S. have recently seen increased testing and regulation of groundwater contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or similar chemicals. For example, several northeastern states, including New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, have recently enacted regulations limiting PFOA or PFAS ...
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Sharp (Trouble) shooting
Automatic control valves often are viewed as simple pieces of equipment. They open, close, or modulate to control water pressure, flow, level, or pumps. Automatic control valves are found all over the world for use in irrigation, fire protection, aviation, building trades, and waterworks distribution systems to name a few. They are installed in unseen or inconspicuous locations underground, on ...
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An Indirect Route with Direct Results
Forging a path to reuse for Southern California pushes through a ...
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Deep tunnels: Never maintenance-free
Although tunnels have been used for decades, more utilities are exploring how deep tunnel systems can be integrated with existing wastewater infrastructure given recent technological advances in inspection and monitoring. The authors share lessons learned by several major utilities regarding maintenance in their deep tunnel programs. ...
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Key water utility trends for 2020
Smart water metering and water resiliency, as well as low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies are top trends that will shape the water utility industry in 2020. ...
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On the path to resource recovery
The Utility of the Future Recognition Program helps utilities move beyond traditional wastewater treatment services towards water resource recovery to produce water, energy, nutrients, and fertilizers – as well as reduce costs and increase revenues. ...
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Practitioner’s perspective on One Water approach
Singapore and the state of California, United States (US), adopted One Water solutions (such as water reuse) as part of a strategy to diversify water resources. Melanie Tan of Kennedy Jenks provides an overview of Singapore’s One Water approach and highlights similar drivers as well as differences of local constraints that shape their unique approaches. ...
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Disaster resiliency plans using WaterGEMS modeling
The Philippines, an island located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, experiences frequent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and typhoons that cause catastrophic losses. The Philippines are threatened by an average of 20 typhoons every year, with 10 making landfall and five reaching superstorm proportions. In 2009, the deadliest season in decades, Typhoon Ketsana left more than 670 dead and $237 ...
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US EPA facilitates Draft National Water Reuse Action Plan
Historically, the EPA’s involvement in water recycling has been somewhat limited, focusing primarily on the production of its Water Reuse Guidelines, last published in 2012, as well as a Potable Reuse Compendium published in 2017. That limited approach is now changing, however, as the EPA takes significant steps to map out and institutionalize its water-reuse-related ...
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Zero Brine promises new recovery opportunities for mining
Coal mining operations generate enormous volumes of highly saline wastewater with magnesium and other minerals, which is often discharged untreated into nearby water bodies, resulting in the contamination of valuable water supply. A pilot plant project conducted by the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) at the Bolesław Śmiały coal mine Laziska Górne, Poland, ...
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Harnessing the power of stannous
Safe drinking water and wastewater services are vital to public health. However, as the pace of investment in water systems continues to fall behind, many water treatment systems struggle to consistently deliver reliable, high-quality water that meets regulatory ...
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Reflections on almost 30 years in the water sector
Since joining WEF in 1991, when it was known as the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF), I have observed firsthand significant changes in mindset and approach in the water sector – including new insights on resource recovery, the role of water in community wellbeing, and the need to engage as well as inform. ...
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Low-level pumping station keeps water flowing
American Rivers – a nonprofit group whose mission is to protect wild rivers and restore damaged rivers – issued a dire report about the lower Colorado River in 2017. The conservation group claimed the lower Colorado River as one of the most-endangered rivers in the United States ...
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Coastal water challenges and strategies
Seawater intrusion is a naturally occurring process that takes place when groundwater replenishment is interrupted, depleting the natural barrier that keeps saltwater from moving inland. It is inevitable to some degree in coastal aquifers, but external factors have begun to increasingly affect groundwater resource ...
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No power, no problem
Melbourne, the state capital city of Victoria, has a growing population of 4.9 million people and is Australia’s second largest city. With a large urban footprint, the city is faced with the challenges of demand for infrastructure services while dealing with the depletion of the water supplies due to consistently high summer temperatures and drought conditions. These pressures forced ...
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Complex dewatering project at mixed-use development
TerraFirma Earth Technologies completed the installation of temporary dewatering and ground-water treatment systems for Revé – a highly anticipated mixed-use development community in Boulder, Colorado. Located across from the new Google complex, the project was started in 2015 with projected occupancy in January and February ...
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Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Engineers, municipal health officials, and regulators need innovative wastewater treatment, collection, and dispersal solutions in order to sustain the environment and smart community growth while protecting public ...
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Smart solutions key to solving India’s water crisis
Just one hundred years ago, there were so many rivers, lakes, ponds and wells in India that it was unimaginable to think that the country could ever face a water crisis. And yet, across the ancient country, many residents are facing just that. India’s water scarcity is a reality that needs many solutions for resolve. India can increase water supply in many ways. Eighty percent of ...
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