Noticias sobre United States of America
For Advance Drought Warning, Look to the Plants
UConn researchers find signals in vegetation can help forecast devastating 'flash' droughts.
The United States and Canada release Great Lakes 2022 reports
Fifty years ago, the United States and Canada first signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a commitment to work together to restore and protect our shared and increasingly precious resource.
Breach of Lower Snake River dams will aid recovery of native fish, new study says
A team of scientists, including one from Oregon State University, concluded in a recent paper that breaching four dams in the Lower Snake River Basin in Washington provides the best and only reasonable opportunity to promote recovery of key fish species, including salmon and steelhead.
Inflation dampens water utilities’ infrastructure projects
After the initial enthusiasm the federal infrastructure investment caused in the water industry, utilities across the U.S.
Almar Water Solutions expands in Chile and acquires 50% of services company Aguas San Pedro, S.A.
Aguas San Pedro S.A provides drinking water and sanitation services in the municipal market under concession regime. The goal of this operation is to create a regional platform for urban services, laying the foundations to expand its activities in Chile and Latin America.
Lakes are in hot water as climate change creates a cauldron of issues
As intense heatwaves grip the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Portugal, at times exceeding temperatures 40C, as well as parts of North America and Asia, lakes around the world are feeling the heat from climate change, which is creating a cascade of ecological and environmental issues.
The Water Research Foundation announces awards for achievements in the water sector
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) announced that it has awarded the 2022 Dr.
Study shows ‘unprecedented’ changes to world’s rivers
Dartmouth researchers show how dams and land use are altering flows of sediment.
“Water bottlers looking to upgrade could see savings of up to 35% of current cost”
Primo Water, expert in reverse osmosis processes for drinking water, is closing several facilities throughout the United States and has awarded the company Rabin, a multi-generational business specializing in industrial asset sales, the sale of its equipment and assets.
Rockefeller Foundation commits $1M to expand BlueConduit’s AI-based solution
BlueConduit’s innovative approach to replace 5 million service lines affecting 10 million homes helps utilities avoid digging the wrong place, saving up to 70%.
Balancing protein in your diet could improve water quality
Eating too much protein adds to nitrogen pollution in U.S. waters.
Report shows lack of basic water, sanitation services costs U.S. economy more than $8.5B per year
More than 1.57 million Americans live without a toilet or tap at home, costing the U.S.
Stantec to lead study on pumped storage hydro for WaterPower Canada
Study will assess the value and strategic advantages of pumped storage hydro in the country.
Sustainable irrigation can feed billions, make agriculture resilient to climate change
As climate change shifts precipitation patterns, irrigation can be a powerful tool for increasing the world’s food supply—feeding more than a billion additional people without converting natural spaces into farmland, according to a new study by Carnegie’s Lorenzo Rosa published in Environmental Research Letters.
Can a moss help clean up waterways?
In a word, yes!
White House plan to tackle water scarcity as national security priority is unveiled
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind White House Action Plan on Global Water Security, an innovative approach to advancing water security at home and abroad.
Soli organic producing crops, using less water during megadrought in American West
As the American West experiences the worst 22-year dry period, or “megadrought” in the last 1,200 years, according to a study led by UCLA researchers, water users in states that depend on the Colorado River and its reservoirs – from municipalities to industry – are facing new limits, rules, and restrictions.
UN and partners detail the abundance and promise of diverse “unconventional” water resources
UN and partner water experts say it’s time to increase the tapping of Earth’s diverse and abundant unconventional water resources – the millions of cubic kilometres of water in deep land-based and seabed aquifers, in fog and icebergs, in the ballast holds of thousands of ships, and elsewhere.
John Bowleg: “Degradation of water resources and loss of biodiversity must be urgently halted”
Climate change, urban sprawl, population growth and water quality degradation mean that the planet is facing new challenges that require lasting and resilient solutions.
The number U.S. high hazard dams in poor condition has increased
An assessment done by Associated Press has found over 2,200 high hazard dams in the United States which are in poor or unsatisfactory condition.