Wastewater, sewage sludge and liquid manure are good forms of fertiliser for crops and plants. Fraunhofer researchers have come up with a new chemical-free, eco-friendly method to convert recovered salts into fertiliser for crops. Of late, farmers have faced a dearth in the supply of the essential mineral phosphorus.
Risk analysts have confirmed that there is a significant potential risk of river and other types of water pollution due to the release of contaminated wastewater by hydraulic fracturing or fracking wells generating natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region.
Nature Climate Change has recently published a research report highlighting how water systems in the humid tropical areas are on the brink of rapid change that will endanger the people of the area because of the risk of contamination of drinking water sources and floods.
GE has celebrated the third anniversary of its Singapore Water Technology Centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS) during the 2012 Singapore International Water Week, which is being conducted from July 1 to 5, 2012.
Swedish clean tech company Sorubin, the leader in ‘new generation’ energy efficient aeration products for water treatment, has attracted the most well-known profile in Scandinavian water industry, Kjell Axelsson, as an investor and new Board Member.
The California-Mexico Border Relations Committee, faculty of UC Davis Extension, employed by the New River Technical Advisory Committee, has revealed a Strategic Plan to restore the New River, which flows from Mexicali in Mexico towards the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley.
Australian cleantech companies have signed-up in record numbers for the second Australian Clean Technologies Competition, with 103 companies registered as entries closed yesterday. Last year 70 companies entered the competition.
Australia has planned to establish the largest network of marine protected areas in the world, including a fully protected no-take marine reserve in the Coral Sea.
StormCon 2012 conference will be attended by world-class water quality and storm experts. Latest technologies dealing with mitigation and prevention of water pollution will be highlighted and explored in this conference. These experts will put forward their own views and strategies with the aim to reduce the pollution of surface water.
The probability of hydraulic fractures, such as those produced in ‘fracking’ for shale gas, contaminating shallow aquifers is minimal, according to a study to be discussed at an open meeting of the Geological Society on Monday (18th June).
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