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3 million gallons of sewage enter Missouri river after city waits to repair sewer line

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Kansas City Water Services workers decided to wait over the weekend before fixing a broken sewer line that eventually spilled 3 million gallons of raw sewage, officials said Tuesday.


IBM launches water-management services operation (AP)

IBM launches water-management services operation

Technology / Business

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. wants to get really deep into water.





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Wind, current combined to raise E Coast sea level

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Folks living along the East Coast were in higher water early this summer thanks to a change in the wind and current flow.


Water should be a human right

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (11) | comments 13

In this months PLoS Medicine Editorial, the editors argue that -- despite recent international objections -- access to clean water should be recognised as a human right.


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Swimming robot makes waves

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Researchers at the University of Bath have used nature for inspiration in designing a new type of swimming robot which could bring a breakthrough in submersible technology.


Florida man in hospital after dangerous amoeba infection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A 22-year-old Orlando-area man is hospitalized after being infected with the same deadly amoeba that killed three boys in 2007, according to the Orange County, Fla., Health Department.


The filter is designed to be used in rural households

India's Tata launches low-cost water filter for rural poor

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.


China could be $1 trillion green tech market

Technology / Business

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable "green technologies," a group of businesses and experts said in a report Thursday that urges governments to ease ...


Longfin smelt not endangered in California, regulators say

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay-Delta do not warrant protection under the federal endangered species law, regulators said Wednesday.


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US government takes leap into the Internet 'cloud'

Technology / Internet

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The US government took a leap into a cloud computing future on Tuesday, opening up an online storefront where agencies can purchase the Internet-based services.


Scientists warn restoration-based environmental markets may not improve ecosystem health

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While policymakers across of the globe are relying on environmental restoration projects to fuel emerging market-based environmental programs, an article in the July 31 edition of Science by two noted ecologists warns that t ...


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Producing hydrogen from urine

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (52) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract ...



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