Sustainability
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The planet-saving power of ponds
In the push to save the planet, you might be surprised to learn that the impact of well-funded, centralized, industrial efforts may be outshined by the effects of the humble pond. Municipalities from Corvallis, Oregon all the way to Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England are praising their local ponds for everything from increasing biodiversity to saving them water. Some…
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Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) spills in the UK: how software can help solve this hardware problem
Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) discharge raw, untreated sewage directly into rivers and seas during heavy rainfall events. This untreated sewage has environmental impacts and poses a risk to public health, depleting oxygen in the water, causing fish kills, and (if it gets bad enough) spreading disease. It’s become a hot-button issue in the UK. Download…
Commentary
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Water: recycled, reclaimed, toilet-to-tap? What are the differences?
People often use the terms “recycled water” and “reclaimed water” interchangeably. The most inclusive definition of both together would be any water that has been captured after use and then treated and reused, rather than sent directly into natural drainages. This definition covers everything from reused irrigation water to highly treated, re-purified water that is…
Commentary
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Are you ready to ditch your lawn and save 50,000 gallons of water?
How much water does the average American home use to water their lawn? Way too much according to the statistics.
Sustainability
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Words of water sisdom: Robin Wall Kimmerer
From time to time, we like to collect our favorite quotes, sayings, and statistics about water and share them with readers. Today we’re celebrating Robin Wall Kimmerer, Professor of Environmental Science and Forestry at State University of New York College and citizen of the Potawatomi Nation. Her book of personal observations about nature and our…
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Scottish Canals: Turning Glasgow into a sponge city
When Scottish Canals, Glasgow City Council, and Scottish Water came together to create the Glasgow Integrated Water Management System under the wider umbrella partnership of the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership, they had a radical idea – to turn North Glasgow into a “sponge city”, utilizing long-neglected canals in an ecologically friendly way to absorb,…
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Luna Leopold: words of water wisdom
From time to time, we like to collect our favorite quotes, sayings, and statistics about water and share them with readers. Today we’re celebrating one of the pioneers of hydrology: Luna Leopold. What strikes us about this quote, which Leopold wrote over half a century ago, is not just that it feels true but also…
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Words of Water Wisdom: Rainbows
From time to time, we like to collect our favorite quotes, sayings, and statistics about water and share them with readers. Today we’re celebrating a phenomenon that can’t happen unless water is present – the rainbow. We wondered: What, exactly, are the conditions that need to be present for a rainbow to form? Besides water,…
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The 3 biggest challenges utilities face with their storm, sewer, and flood models
Discover the 3 biggest challenges water utilities face with storm, sewer, and flood modeling and how to solve them.
Storm, sewer, flood