The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation recently awarded a total of $2,000 in Farvolden Award scholarships to four students for paper or poster presentations made at the 2010
Schlumberger, a leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide, has acquired GeothermEx Inc., a California-based global provider
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) TIGER II initiative has selected 20 project proposals across Africa to receive support from Earth-observation technology to learn more about the water cycle and to
Kurt Dahlin, CEO of Water Wells for Africa (WWFA), a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to drilling and maintaining safe water sources in the rural communities of Malawi, Central Africa, has
The eruptions of "supervolcanoes" on Earth's surface have been blamed for causing mass extinctions, belching large amounts of gases and particles into the atmosphere, and re-paving the ocean floor. The
Metal-laden dust and contaminated water – and their health effects – will be the focus of multiple projects for the University of Arizona's (UA) Superfund Research Program during the next
Rita Colwell, distinguished professor from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been named the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. Colwell’s pioneering research
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced four new scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students interested in working in the water industry. The scholarships are available to students pursuing
The Charles Machine Works Inc. (CMW), manufacturer of Ditch Witch underground construction equipment, has acquired 100-percent ownership of HammerHead Trenchless Equipment, manufactured by Earth Tool Co. (ETC) of Oconomowoc, Wis.
When environmental engineer David Drew read about an amazing new method of removing salt from seawater, he embarked on a search for research institutions to collaborate with on this kind
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