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Green Risks: Restoring the Coastal Plain Aquifer
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Thursday, July 23, 2015. Restoring the Coastal Plain Aquifer. Groundwater in the Coastal Plain region in eastern Virginia is being used up. This has been confirmed by measurements of groundwater levels, modeling of the aquifer system by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). And measurements of changes in gravity by the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). Reducing water use in the region to a sustainable level for the Coastal Plain Aquifer seems an impossible task and would be economically deva...
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Green Risks: A Million Gallons of Sewage Spill in Olney & 5 Million Gallons of Water Spill in Silver Spring
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Monday, August 3, 2015. A Million Gallons of Sewage Spill in Olney and 5 Million Gallons of Water Spill in Silver Spring. WSSC provides sewer service and drinking water to about 2 million people in a 1,000-square-mile area in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties. Their service area has approximately 5,400 miles of sewer mains that need to be maintained in addition, due to continued expansion and buildout of the region WSSC adds approximately 50 miles of new mains each year. View my complete profile.
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Green Risks: Our Sewers and Waste Water in the DC Region
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. Our Sewers and Waste Water in the DC Region. MRSA causes difficult-to-treat and potentially fatal antibiotic resistant bacterial infections that in the late 1990s began to appear outside the hospital setting in the greater community. The incidence of these so called “community-acquired” MRSA infections has been increasing in the United States. Scientist from the University of Maryland. Secondary treatments usually includes biological and/or chemical treatment. One of the most...
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Green Risks: August 2015
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Monday, August 31, 2015. Consumer Reports Study Finds Grass-Fed Beef Safer. About 48 million Americans get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from food borne diseases, according to 2007 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Links to this post. Thursday, August 27, 2015. Regulating and Controlling Groundwater. On September 16, 2014, Governor Brown of California signed into law a three-bill legislative package, composed of AB 1739. Went into effect at the beginning ...
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Green Risks: Recharging Groundwater
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Monday, August 20, 2012. From John Hopkins University website. Clearly, artificial recharge of groundwater is not a new idea and during the second half of the 20th century. What we consume much be replaced. The amount of groundwater removed from an aquifer needs to be sustainable, matching the recharge rate whether that recharge rate is natural or artificially enhanced. For 30 years Los Angeles County has recycled the water from wastewater treatments plants. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Department...
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Green Risks: Our DC Region's Water Problems
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Monday, July 27, 2015. Our DC Region's Water Problems. Three water utilities, the Washington Aqueduct. Regionally we recycle sewage to drinking water. WSSC reportedly has on average 600 water main breaks in January each year (the worst month) and about 50 in June. About a quarter of WSSC’s 5,600 miles of water mains in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are over 50 years old. The WSSC is currently replacing 55 miles of water pipe each year. Fairfax Water. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Millions...
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Green Risks: Blue Plaines From the Past to the Future
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Thursday, July 26, 2012. Blue Plaines From the Past to the Future. Today, sitting on the southernmost tip of Washington DC, across the river from Alexandria is the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. In addition, Blue Plains is under a consent order from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to meet new effluent limits for total nitrogen released and better control of the system during storms. The Clean Rivers project. Labels: advanced waste water treatment. View my complete profile.
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Green Risks: Drug Resistant Bacteria Spreads to Our Waters
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Monday, May 27, 2013. Drug Resistant Bacteria Spreads to Our Waters. Peopled infected with MRSA shed the bacteria from the nose, feces, and skin; therefore, MRSA can end up in municipal wastewater streams after being washed down the drain or flushed down the toilet and spread in ways beyond direct contact. Several scientists led by researchers at the University Of Maryland School Of Public Health,. MRSA) Detected at Four U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plants. Was written by Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein, ...
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Green Risks: The Final Clean Power Plan
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. The Final Clean Power Plan. On August 3, 2015, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the Clean Power Plan. The regulations that the EPA is has finalized after proposing in a slightly weaker form last year under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants by 32%. As far as I can tell the main changes to the final rule. Were to create a nationally consistent standard. 2 The pro...
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Green Risks: Case Dismissed
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Thursday, July 16, 2015. Judge C.N. Jenkins Jr. said the word "applied," while ambiguous in the law, surely referred to the work of farmers, not cow and dismissed the case. Yet, CBF sued us- maybe you want to reconsider where your donations go. Labels: Best Management Practices. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Magnetic Water Softening Research. 10 Tips for Water Well Owners. Solutions to Coliform Contamination. Virginia Energy Rebate Programs. Our DC Regions Water Problems.
