Passaic Valley Water Commission will build enclosed water tanks
PATERSON — After more than a decade of not complying with federal environmental standards, local officials expect to start construction next year on the colossal $30 million replacement of the Levine Reservoir in Paterson. Under the plan, two enclosed concrete storage tanks would be built in the reservoir’s footprint, each with a capacity for holding […]
10 Indiana air-quality monitors to get upgrades thanks to federal dollars | Local News
INDIANAPOLIS — Every state wants to add more air-pollution monitors to ensure residents aren’t breathing harmful chemicals like lead or carbon monoxide, according to Angela Tin, a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air-quality specialist of 25 years. But in Indiana, the number of monitoring locations has decreased significantly since 2008, when the EPA started requiring […]
Officials put on notice over broken water pipeline
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the Secretary Local Governments, Director Karachi Water and Sanitation Board (KWSB), and Advocate General Sindh on a petition against contamination of drinking water due to a broken supply line in Qayyumabad. Appearing before a two-member SHC bench, headed by Justice Nadeem Akhtar, the petitioner’s counsel, […]
Some Chathams residents to get new water tanks, filtration systems
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The Government has announced a new grant designed to secure safe drinking water for much of the Chatham Islands to support its resilience to extreme weather events. Chatham Islands. (Source: Wikimedia commons) The announcement, made by Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty, comes as the islands have been experiencing long dry periods, with many unable to […]
Vandenberg’s 30th Civil Engineering Squadron Wins USSF Level Award | Vandenberg Air Force Base
Walking on Vandenberg Space Force Base is like walking along the trails of a national park, with over 100,000 acres of mountains, valleys, dunes, and badlands. With all this land, comes one of the most diverse and well-preserved groups of cultural resources in the Department of Defense, including 1,674 archaeological sites, five named Chumash villages, […]
Council Moves Water Quality Reporting To Safeswim Platform
Friday, 25 November 2022, 10:27 amPress Release: Northland Regional Council The Northland Regional Council is changing the way it delivers water quality results at popular summer beach and freshwater swim spots. Ricky Eyre, the council’s Coastal and Water Quality Field Operations Manager says for many years the council has collected weekly water quality samples at […]
‘Significant cost inflation’ – Johnson Matthey’s profit drops
Johnson Matthey said its operating profit was £222 million (US$268 million), down 30%, due to supply chain constraints in its clean air division, lower average PGM prices and a lag in recovering cost inflation. The company, which makes catalysts for internal combustion engines, released its half year financial results yesterday. Free cash flow at Johnson […]
Citycare Water summoned over ‘unacceptable’ service failures
Officials appear to have lost patience with a council water contractor, and are demanding accountability. The Clutha District Council yesterday took the unusual step of summoning contractor Citycare Water to make a public appearance at its next meeting on December 8, to account for what councillors said were “unacceptable’’ failures in service delivery. The move […]
Water fact-finding trip takes officials to California | Western Colorado
Staff and board members from the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District, along with other water managers from across western Colorado, this month visited the lower basin states — Nevada, Arizona and California — on what they called a fact-finding trip. The tour took participants by bus from Las Vegas though the green alfalfa […]
Bethel looks to tackle high school HVAC issues
BETHEL — The town’s public school district is on a mission to fix the high school’s dysfunctional heating, ventilation and air conditioning system — but doing so could cost much more than experts initially expected. Bethel High School’s HVAC system — which was not updated when the school was renovated in 2007 to 2009 — has […]