The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Quality Financing Act
of 2007 (HR 720) by a strong 303-108 vote. The bill would authorize the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund to the
tune of $14 billion for the next four years.
In early March, the RRS James Cook set sail on its maiden voyage to explore the depths beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Using a state-of-the-art rock drill, a team of scientists aboard the ship will extract core samples from the seabed more than 16,000 feet below the surface of the ocean.
AMTROL Inc. reported that it has reached an important milestone in its effort to complete a financial restructuring under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In March, the company and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors filed a joint plan of reorganization and related disclosure statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Long-distance athletes from the Hopi villages atop Black Mesa in Northern Arizona will run from the "center of the universe" to Sedona, Ariz., this month. They will be "Carrying the Gift of Water" across land, time and cultures.
A student team of Engineers Without Borders recently returned from Kenya where they began implementing a plan to bring clean drinking water to more than 3,000 subsistence farmers. Working with villagers of Namawanga, their projects focused on water quality, assessing sites for future wells, grading topsoil and fencing out livestock.
In less than 10 years, Sandvik Mining and Construction has developed a number of mining and construction brands, however, the company will now do business only under the brand, Sandvik.
Ten universities have received grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for research to develop better methods for detecting harmful organisms in drinking water, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa.
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