Hull Daily Mail |
Humber Hounds take their owners on walkies to show support for endangered birds
Hull Daily Mail The Humber Estuary is home to over 130,000 birds with 23 species, mainly wading birds and wildfowl, present in internationally important numbers. Important species include Curlews, Golden Plover, Redshank and Pink-footed Geese to name but a few. |
PHL to host second Asean congress on sustainable mangrove management
Business Mirror The Philippines will host for the second time a meeting of Asean nations in a bid to strengthen collaboration toward sustainable mangrove management in Southeast Asia. Organized by the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) of the ... |
ReliefWeb |
The Drones Soon to be Planting 100000 Mangroves Each Day in Myanmar
ReliefWeb Hovering low over the ground and shooting mangrove seeds into the water, drones may become a common sight in Myanmar by the end of the year. It's part of a reforestation project that aims to restore a natural ecosystem that is beneficial to wildlife ... |
Fishing World |
Australian bass and estuary perch season opens
Fishing World THE three-month fishing closure for Australian bass and estuary perch in NSW will draw to a close on Friday, allowing anglers to get back to targeting some of Australia's great native sportsfish from September 1. The fishing season for bass also opens ... |
Kingsbridge Estuary Rotary launches new grant scheme | News ...
Dartmouth-Today Kingsbridge Estuary Rotary has launched a new grant scheme, following the success of the £250 monthly grant which ends at the end of the month. and more » |
KCBY.com 11 |
Country's largest estuary faces increasing acidification risk
KCBY.com 11 Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States and one of the largest in the world, is facing new risks from a layer of highly acidified water some 10 to 15 meters below the surface, a new study has found. This “pH minimum zone” is 10 times ... |
Times of India |
Mangrove info centre to open on Saturday
Times of India The lush green forest has already turned out to be a most sought-after destination for students who want to study about mangroves. There is also a board which tells the story of how Pichavaram, a tiny village in Tamil Nadu saved itself from tsunami in ... |
Manila Bulletin |
ASEAN tackles mangrove management
Manila Bulletin The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (DENR-ERDB) will hold the 2nd ASEAN Congress on Mangrove Research and Development with the theme “Sustainable Management of Mangroves in ... |
BTNEP to host 4th annual “estuary artworks” art contest
Donaldsonville Chief The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) will be hosting its 4th Annual Estuary Artworks contest in collaboration with National Estuaries Week. This year's theme is once again Our Estuary...My Future: Protecting the Colors of the Estuary! Volunteers wanted for international coastal cleanupWeekly Citizen all 2 news articles » |
Country's largest estuary facing increasing acidification risk
Gears Of Biz CORVALLIS, Ore. – Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States and one of the largest in the world, is facing new risks from a layer of highly acidified water some 10 to 15 meters below the surface, a new study has found. This “pH minimum ... and more » |
The News-Press |
Going to water school about Caloosahatchee projects
The News-Press When complete, the restoration project will capture store storm water runoff from the C-43 Basin (surrounding area) and reduce excess freshwater flow to the Caloosahatchee Estuary. It will also capture and store regulatory releases from Lake Okeechobee ... |
ITV News |
Historic sea forts in the Thames Estuary could disappear | Meridian ...
ITV News They provided a vital line of defence in the Second World War but iconic forts in the Thames Estuary have fallen into disrepair. There are fears the Redsand Forts ... and more » |
The Indian Express |
Protect mangroves to prevent flood, say environmentalists
The Indian Express Environmentalists have reiterated the importance of mangroves in preventing flooding, a day after rain lashed the city. Environmentalist Debi Goenka said: “Mangroves have an extensive root system and act like sponges in absorbing excess water. But we ... and more » |
Quartz |
Satellite photos reveal how Mumbai killed its rivers and mangrove forests to risk epic floods
Quartz It's almost a ritual: At least on one day every year, the heavens above Mumbai open up, and the metropolis of some 20 million below is inundated. The resultant outrage, inconvenience, and suffering are something of a tradition, with successive ... Mumbai's flooding problems are often man-made; this can be changedTimes of India (blog) all 6 news articles » |
Legacy Building Solutions is an ISO 9001-certified designer and manufacturer of fabric structures on rigid steel frames for industrial applications.
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Legacy offers a variety of free-span buildings that feature no interior columns in width configurations of up to 300ft.
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Call to participate in conservation activities
The Nation Addressing a session organised as part of “Restoration and Rehabilitation of Mangroves Ecosystem along the Coasts of Pakistan,” they highlighted urgency to protect the fragile mangroves ecosystem. “There is urgency to conserve the country's natural ... |
Ventura County Star |
Beleaguered campground to reopen for the holiday weekend
Ventura County Star The city of Ventura has a permit to discharge treated wastewater into the estuary and has done so for decades. As the water rises, it spills into the campground, turning parking lots into ponds and campsites into bird and fish habitat. Most years ... |
Kingsbridge Salcombe and South |
Kingsbridge Estuary Rotary launches new grant scheme | News ...
Kingsbridge Salcombe and South Kingsbridge Estuary Rotary has launched a new grant scheme, following the success of the £250 monthly grant which ends at the end of the month. and more » |
KVAL |
Country's largest estuary faces increasing acidification risk
KVAL Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States and one of the largest in the world, is facing new risks from a layer of highly acidified water some 10 to 15 meters below the surface, a new study has found. This “pH minimum zone” is 10 times ... Researchers Find 'Acid Zone' in Chesapeake BaySci-News.com Acid zone in Chesapeake Bay identified | EurekAlert! Science NewsEurekAlert (press release) all 3 news articles » |
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Bakersfield city of California has selected Evoqua Water Technologies to help it continue to provide clean drinking water to its residents.
Evoqua will offer 42 granular activated carbon (GAC) vessel systems to the city at a value of $7.8m.
The vessels will be linked to the city’s existing drinking water wells in order to remove TCP, enabling the city to continue to offer clean drinking water to its residents.
TCP is a regulated synthetic organic contaminant in California state and it has been identified as a cancer-causing compound.
Soil fumigants, containing TCP as an impurity, were used in the agricultural area surrounding Bakersfield, which is the country’s 52nd most populous city. Exposure to TCP in water can occur through drinking, cooking, and inhaling water vapour.
This upgrade to 30 of the city’s 64 wells will enable TCP removal to a level that complies with the recently adopted California Maximum Contaminant Level of 5 parts-per-trillion.
Fluence Corporation Limited, a provider of water and wastewater treatment solutions, has launched its SmartAerator Tornado that offers up to 50% annual energy savings for wastewater treatment facilities.
The SmartAerator Tornado automatically not only regulates aeration levels but also remotely monitors the wastewater processing performance of the Tornado aerator.
This technology is a system of controls, sensors and variable frequency drives reduces the amount of energy needed to aerate wastewater.
Designed for the Tornado aerator, this technology is sold as a retrofit kit or with new aerators.
It is meant for projects that require large horsepower aerators and those with multiple aerators where energy savings would be significant.
Fluence USA general manager Nii Mensah said: “The anticipated payback period for a typical SmartAerator installation is about two years for projects with several, high-horsepower Tornados working on site.”
SmartAerator is equipped with a dashboard for tracking and reporting aerator performance, monitoring the aeration process and transmitting wastewater analytics to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and mobile devices.
It offers samples wastewater oxygen levels and other process parameters whilst regulating aeration intensity depending on the wastewater’s characteristics. This removes over-aerating and conserves power, saving energy costs.
Otago Daily Times |
Tourism helping planet
Otago Daily Times Her bridal beauty business, like the others at the pop-up, represents the economic link between protecting the mangroves — as nurseries of the island's fish stocks, tsunami buffers and CO2 sinks — and sustaining communities dependent on them. ''We ... |
Phys.Org |
Country's largest estuary facing increasing acidification risk
Phys.Org Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States and one of the largest in the world, is facing new risks from a layer of highly acidified water some 10 to 15 meters below the surface, a new study has found. This "pH minimum zone" is 10 times ... Acid zone in Chesapeake Bay identifiedScience Daily all 3 news articles » |
Coffs Coast Advocate |
Coffs Coast litter levels reach new low
Coffs Coast Advocate COFFS Coast estuaries are choking with litter entering from rivers near residential areas according to a research group. The Solitary Island Underwater Research Group (SURG) estimated 15 tonnes of litter accumulates along Coffs Creek, east of the ... and more » |
South Wales Argus |
Traditional net fishing event attracts crowds to Severn Estuary
South Wales Argus The event was held on Saturday at Black Rock, which is on the Severn estuary south east of the village of Portskewett. Philip Stevens, Mayor of Caldicot Town Council was in attendance, and the crowds enjoyed demonstrations of the traditional fishing ... and more » |
I’ve always been a big fan of science communication and the ability to tell compelling stories through alternate forms of media- especially video. Gloop, by videographer Gaby Bastyra, is one of my favorite examples of the ability to get a poignant message across in a visually stunning way.
Gloop from gaby bastyra on Vimeo.
Miami Herald |
The secret history of a hurricane hidden in Miami's mangrove forest
Miami Herald For the last quarter century, Michael Ross, a landscape ecologist at Florida International University, has been visiting the same stand of mangroves on southern Biscayne Bay, year after year, taking students to record the recovery of a forest wiped out ... |
Gulf Business News |
Kayak through natural mangroves at Al Zorah, Ajman - Trade Arabia
Trade Arabia Al Zorah, the 5.4 million-sq-m luxury and lifestyle destination on the natural peninsula of Ajman, is ramping up the tourism appeal of the destination with the ... Mega Al Zorah project in Ajman to soon offer kayaking toursGulf Business News all 2 news articles » |
Vallarta Daily |
A natural oasis in Puerto Vallarta is threatened by hotels and shopping centers
Vallarta Daily The estuary, a marshy area full of mangroves, has undergone invasion and predation for decades. The Government of Jalisco warned in 2013 that El Salado would lose more than 150 hectares within 50 years, due to the cultivated areas, the construction of ... |
Limerick Leader |
From the Limerick Leader archives: Mariner Pat Lawless given hero's welcome
Limerick Leader A MASSIVE hero's welcome awaited Limerick yachtsman, Pat Lawless, as he sailed up the Shannon Estuary thirty years ago, having single-handedly crossed the Atlantic in the 26-foot yacht, the Iniscealtra. Sponsored by the Limerick Leader, Pat was the ... |
Naples Daily News |
Land of light and shadow
Naples Daily News A mile from the traffic on U.S. 41, among twisted tunnels of mangroves and hidden coves, even the peaks of North Naples high-rises fade away. Shallow bays behind Delnor-Wiggins State Park are accessible only by kayak. Near the end of one the bays, just ... |
Sandusky Register |
Volunteers battle a new invasive species
Sandusky Register BERLIN TWP. — It's good to go green, but Old Woman Creek is going a little too green. Frogbit, an invasive aquatic plant, is rapidly spreading throughout the estuary, according to Breann Hohman, watershed coordinator for the Erie Conservation District. |
