News tagged with groundwater environment
Transport behavior of E. coli varies depending on manure source
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Escherichia coli is a commonly used indicator organism for detecting the presence of fecal contamination in drinking water supplies. The importance of E. coli as an indicator organism has led to several studies looking at th ...
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Groundwater fingered as a source of methylmercury in coastal waters
Jun 09, 2009 |
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For the first time, scientists have detected a highly toxic form of mercury in groundwater flows at two coastal sites in California.
Cleansing toxic waste -- with vinegar
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Engineers and environmental scientists at the University of Leeds are developing methods of helping contaminated water to clean itself by adding simple organic chemicals such as vinegar.
New technique put to use to test clean up of contaminated groundwater
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Cleaning up the dangerous contaminants — dry-cleaning fluids, solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons — found in underground water presents one of the most urgent challenges facing environmental science. A report issued today ...
Environmental manganese good in trace amounts but can correlate to cancer rates
Jul 10, 2009 |
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In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researcher has uncovered the unique finding that groundwater and airborne manganese in North Carolina correlates with ...
Jordan's fossil water source has high radiation levels
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Ancient groundwater being tapped by Jordan, one of the 10 most water-deprived nations in the world, has been found to contain twenty times the radiation considered safe for drinking water in a new study by an international ...
Critical problems for fresh water supplies in Pacific
Aug 22, 2007 |
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Despite high average annual rainfalls and balmy temperatures, an expert from The Australian National University warns that small island nations in the Pacific face freshwater supply and sanitation problems among the most ...
Team tracks antibiotic resistance from swine farms to groundwater
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Aug 21, 2007 |
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The routine use of antibiotics in swine production can have unintended consequences, with antibiotic resistance genes sometimes leaking from waste lagoons into groundwater.
California's troubled waters: Satellite-based findings reveal major groundwater loss in Central Valley
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New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevada - have lost nearly enough water ...
Hydrogen protects nuclear fuel in final storage
Apr 23, 2009 |
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By midsummer it will be announced where Sweden's spent nuclear fuel will be permanently stored. Ahead of the decision a debate is underway regarding how safe the method for final storage is, primarily in terms of the three ...
Genome Institute Reaches Milestone with a Mighty Microbe
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May 08, 2007 |
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Shewanella baltica OS185 is a tiny, ocean-dwelling microbe that could be an answer to cleaning up certain kinds of radioactive contamination, but for a few days this month the microbe is in the spotlight at Los Alamos for ...
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