A final U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule exempts storm water discharges of sediment from construction activities at oil and gas sites from the requirement to obtain a permit.
Although geothermal energy still is in the early stages of technology adoption by mainstream users, today, in Canada, there are fire halls, sports complexes, ice arenas, swimming pools, civic centers, schools and entire residential communities heated and cooled by geothermal energy.
The comment period for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Water Transfers Proposed Rule has been extended 14 days to August 7, 2006.
With temperatures of 110 degrees Fahrenheit and higher becoming the norm in Iraq, the need for water becomes more apparent daily. For Iraqi soldiers at Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi, that need is being met by three U.S. Marines and one reverse osmosis water purification system.
The international research program has expanded its base of international support by welcoming the Republic of Korea as its newest member; its membership now includes 21 countries.
Arid cities have an effect on rainfall patterns around them, and it appears that human activities such as land use and irrigation in these environments affect the entire water cycle as well.
For the first time, glaciologists have compared sets of ancient climate records trapped in ice cores from the Andes and the Himalayas to paint a picture of how climate has changed - and is changing - in the tropics. Their conclusions mark a climate shift to a much warmer world within the last 50 years.
Franklin Electric Co. has announced that, effective January 1, 2007, its new general sales policy will be to sell all of its products only on a direct basis to wholesale water systems distributors.
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