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Thirst by Giles Foden review – adventures on the Skeleton Coast

The Observer 28 Nov 2024
“If the aquifer existed, the question of who would own it was crucial, an issue driven by economics and power … thoughts of this type kept trying to march on in her head before being swept away again by the personal.
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Why Has Earth's Rotation Tilted By Nearly 80 Centimeters?

IFL Science 27 Nov 2024
As the water soaks into the ground, it slowly percolates down into natural aquifers – underground reservoirs. This type of water is an important feature of the water cycle as it provides water even during times of less frequent rain.
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Groundwater cleanup boost: Tailoring 3D media for DNAPL contaminant removal

Phys Dot Org 18 Sep 2024
... aquifer remediation (SEAR). They used a synthetic aquifer model and numerical simulations to compare contaminant transport and remediation efficiency in two types of microstructures.
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Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater resources, UN findings reveal

Manila Standard 02 Sep 2024
First of 2 parts In half the world’s countries one or more types of ...
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Developing world must take the initiative on water crisis

Arab News 01 Sep 2024
On top of that, all types of water bodies are being rapidly polluted, often to the point where water becomes unfit for human or animal consumption, leading to severe impacts on the health of living beings, including vegetation.
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Guest opinion: Another call for an Iowa groundwater plan

Oelwein Daily Register 09 Jul 2024
Our groundwater reserves are located in either confined or unconfined aquifers ... This is especially concerning because approximately 40% of Iowans get their drinking water from this type of aquifer.
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Few water reforms emerged from the Legislature, but governor says talks will continue

Azcentral 25 Jun 2024
... aquifers, according to the governor's staff ... "We have reasonable confidence that this type of ag-to-urban program in the Phoenix AMA would result in a substantial benefit to the aquifer," said Mast.
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Packed agenda for June legislative session

Guam Pacific Daily News 23 Jun 2024
Duenas’ Bill 175-37 would authorize the use of a type 4 nitrate reducing system for waste disposal, including over the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer, the main source of the island’s drinking water.
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Proposed affordable housing project heads to Marshfield's special town meeting

The Patriot Ledger 22 Jun 2024
The development would have eight septic tanks, one for each building, treating about 9,700 gallons of wastewater per day using a new type of denitrification system ... wells and aquifer recharge areas.
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Testing shows undetectable PFAS in Lafayette, W. Lafayette drinking water

Journal & Courier 20 Jun 2024
“It just means that the aquifer that we’re pulling from so far isn’t contaminated" by the exact types of chemicals the tests are designed to find, Moore said.
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Captured excess water boosts Monterey Peninsula water supply

Monterey Herald 15 Jun 2024
and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District worked in tandem to capture 495 million gallons and inject that water into the Seaside Underground Basin as a type of water savings account for future dry years.
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How a water scientist hopes to save California habitats that could be pumped dry

The Los Angeles Times 26 May 2024
In areas where unchecked pumping from wells severely depletes aquifers, once-thriving wetlands and forests can dry up and die ... drought, a telltale sign of die-off caused by declining aquifer levels.
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Seismic waves used to track LA's groundwater recharge after record wet winter

Phys Dot Org 04 May 2024
It takes many more wet years for the deep aquifer to fully recover," Mao said ... "You don't know what the level is between two wells, or in other aquifer layers shallower or deeper relative to your well.".
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California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water

The Los Angeles Times 18 Apr 2024
The California Legislature in 2001 called for the state to develop a drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium ... Chromium-6 is found naturally in groundwater in parts of California, dissolving from certain types of rock into aquifers ... 1 ... .
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St. Paul schools tap geothermal to cut emissions, building costs

MinnPost 26 Mar 2024
This year, it’s installing a different type of system at two other schools that tap aquifers rather than the ground as a heating and cooling source. The aquifer-based systems that will be used at Bruce ...

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