176 staff at Irish Water earning in excess of €100k
The numbers of staff earning over €100,000 at Irish Water last year increased by 43 from 133 to 176. That is according to the utility’s 2021 annual report which shows that operating profits at Irish Water last year soared by 46% to €382.34 million. The utility’s 2021 annual report shows that Irish Water recorded the […]
Reversed spin of a ratchet motor on a vibrating water bed
Gear rotation The shape of the ratchet gear used in this study (Fig. 1a) is the same as that used in studies of bacterial ratchet motors and vibrating granular bed13,22. When a ratchet gear with an appropriate diameter is placed on water with vertical vibration (Fig. 1b), it exhibits a one-way spin under a certain vibration frequency. […]
Podcast: Australia’s drinking water divide
According to a new study, Australia needs a national drinking water quality database – we speak to Paul Wyrwoll and Evie Rose, two authors of the study, about why on this episode of Policy Forum Pod. How many Australians lack access to safe and good-quality drinking water? What does it mean for people’s lives to […]
Funding announced for drought and clean drinking water
On a tour of increasingly parched California on Thursday, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited a water recycling project in Irvine to tout her department’s allocation of more than $310 million to combat a western “megadrought” fueled largely by climate change. Joined by Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim […]
MUD says drinking water in Omaha is safe despite amoeba concerns
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) says the drinking water they treat is safe and they’re aware of concerns surrounding news of a child’s death possibly connected to an amoeba contracted from swimming in the Elkhorn River. In a press release, MUD says they’re in contact with state and Douglas County health officials and are […]
Food, pure drinking water crisis hit vicitms hard
Flood vicitms in the district have been going through immese sufferings due to crisis of food and pure drinking water. “We have neihter any food nor have received any relief at the shelter,”said Terab Bibi, a resident of Chararpar of Sylhet city who has taken shelter at Ramkrishna Primary School in Chalibandar area amid the […]
Locals Taste Test Purified Recycled Water, Potential Drought Solution
CALABASAS, CA — Las Virgenes residents taste-tested the purest water around on Saturday — in the form of gelato made from ultra-filtered recycled water. The event showed off a massive and ambitious water treatment project, which ultimately aims to generate 20 percent of the region’s water amid an unflinching Southern California drought. Beloved local sweets […]
Dry eye disease: Too much water intake more harmful than beneficial | Latest news for Doctors, Nurses and Pharmacists
Drinking a lot of water does not seem to lower the risk of dry eye disease (DED) but may rather contribute to a modest risk increase, as reported in a recent cross-sectional study. A team of investigators from Oslo University Hospital in Norway and University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands looked at 51,551 participants […]
Can water quality trading effectively reduce
Water quality trading has been proposed as a way to address water pollution, where one source of pollution is allowed to emit a pollutant at levels greater than required by buying “credits” from another source that is able to control pollution levels below the required threshold. An article published in Contemporary Economic Policy provides a comprehensive review […]
Post falsely claims NYC tap water contaminated with polio
CLAIM: Polio has been found in New York City tap water. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The virus that causes polio has been detected in New York sewage samples, not tap water. Sewage (also known as wastewater) and tap water flow through separate systems, which eliminates the possibility of tap water being contaminated by sewage, city and […]