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- Privatization, efficiency, gender, development, and inequality—transnational conflicts over access to water and sanitation
- Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace by Vandana Shiva. Boston, MA: South End Press, 2005. Gender, Water, and Development edited by Anne Coles and Tina Wallace. New York: Berg, 2005. Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power by Sanjeev Khagram. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004....
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Brian Machovina: Profitable Charity
- Brian Machovina is President of Nui, a children's water company that markets in health food stores across the Unites States. His company's charity model has proven to be a profitable venture with the use of positive marketing and the practice of broadening target demographics. Machovina talks in depth...
- Videos 2008-03-08
- The continuing violations doctrine and the Clean Water Act: untenable solutions and a need for reform
- The Clean Water Act serves as the primary tool for wetland protection. While the purpose of the Act is to restore the integrity of the nation's waters, illegal wetland fill activities that occurred in the past potentially lie beyond the reach of the statute's authority. Additionally, penalties for discrete illegal...
- Research articles 2002-06-22
- Wetland flora of the Grand Calumet River in Northwest Indiana: potential impacts of sediment removal and recommendations for restoration
- ABSTRACT Northwestern Indiana supports unusually diverse floras. However, rapid industrialization and urbanization since the late 19th Century have changed much of the natural character of the wetlands along Grand Calumet River. Of more than 1400 species that occurred historically in the northwestern Indiana, 19 species were identified as extirpated...
- Research articles 1999-01-01
- Skimmers
- The article describes skimmer, which is a device for recovering spilled oil from the water's surface. Skimmers may be self-propelled, used from shore, or operated from vessels. The efficiency of skimmers is highly dependent upon conditions at sea. In moderately rough or choppy water, skimmers tend to recover more water...
- White papers 2004-10-05
- District Heating & Domestic Water Systems
- The Westwood Community Building was built with an ideal solar orientation. The roof holds large-scale active solar collectors. The solar collectors heat water which is then collected in a large holding tank housed in the mechanical room of the Community Building. From this central area, the hot water is the...
- White papers
- Hydronic Radiators
- Hydronic radiators are an excellent choice for renovation of existing structures and on upper levels of some newly constructed buildings. In situations where radiant heat is desired but it is not feasible to pour a concrete slab for in-floor heat, radiators are the solution. Our radiators work as part of...
- White papers
- A New Day for Boilers
- The article describes about heating systems. Perhaps you have owned, or remember seeing, the old fashioned hot water hydronic or steam boilers that used to heat houses. They were big, heavy, not very efficient, and definitely something to confine to the basement! Things have changed. The good news is that...
- White papers
- Water Heating: Energy-Efficient Strategies for Supplying Hot Water in the Home
- The paper describes about the water heaters. Domestic water heating accounts for between 15 and 25 percent of the energy consumed in homes. Water-heating energy costs can be managed by selecting the appropriate fuel and water heater type, using efficient system design, and reducing hot water consumption. The lowest-priced water...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks and Other Companies Watch Their Water
- Environmentalists have been talking about carbon footprints for years, but now there's a new concern: water. Climate change is leading to water scarcity in some areas, and the food industry is particularly affected. PepsiCo, General Mills and Starbucks all had representatives at last week's Water Footprint Summit...
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- Gossip: The Key to Career Success?
- I've always told my reports to discount gossip they hear around the water cooler. But according to Daisy Wademan Dowling, I've been dispensing very poor career advice. "You're more likely to get the dirt on layoffs from standing around the water cooler than from scanning your email...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Workplace Health: Dehydration
- The fact that about two-thirds of the weight of our bodies come from water might lead us to conclude that this most fundamental of fluids plays an important part in the physiological and biochemical processes that maintain health and wellbeing. As it happens, even quite mild dehydration...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- New Delhi warned on threat of water shortages
- The north-western region of India is running out of water, as people are sucking more stored water from under the earth than can be replenished, a scientific study has found.The decline in levels of groundwater threatens agricultural productivity, as the water is used for irrigation of crops, and could...
- External links 2009-08-12
- Solar Water Heating
- Mr Prior lives in a detached three-bedroom bungalow in Blairgowrie, near Perth featured in the picture above and installed a solar water heating system with the help of a grant from the Scottish Community & Householder Renewables Initiative SCHRI. SCHRI is funded by the Scottish Executive and offers homeowners in...
- Case studies
- Solar Water Heating in Salmon Aquaculture at the Rosewall Creek Fish Hatchery
- At the Rosewall Creek fish hatchery a solar heating system was integrated with a conventional propane heating system in a salmon hatchery. Groundwater is heated with solar energy and stored in two tanks. The warm water is blended with cool water or it is heated by an auxillary propane boiler...
- Case studies
- Solar Water Heating for Rainbow Trout Aquaculture at the Alma Research Station
- Fish farming in Canada has always had a disadvantage to fish farming further south, as warmer weather allows for an optimal water temperature for fish growth, and allows for a wider variety of fish which boosts profit. With the use of cost effective solar water heating, Canadian Fish Hatcheries may...
- Case studies
- Troubleshooting Your Solar Water Heating System
- When hot water is used in a home, it is often difficult to know whether it was heated by the sun or by an auxiliary water heater. Some solar water heating systems may have indicators which show when there is a problem, but many do not. This paper is designed...
- White papers 2000-06-15
- Desalination and Biological Wastewater Treatment Process
- This paper relates to an experimental investigation about the treatment processes of large quantities of used water from agricultural uses. It is collected after its natural mixing with domestic and industrial used waters, treated according to administrative laws, and drained by gravity into an open channel and spilt into a...
- White papers 2004-02-16
- Water Heating: Energy-Efficient Strategies for Supplying Hot Water in the Home
- Domestic water heating accounts for between 15 and 25 percent of the energy consumed in homes. Water-heating energy costs can be managed by selecting the appropriate fuel and water heater type, using efficient system design, and reducing hot water consumption. The paper further reveals about the types of water heating...
- White papers 2001-08-01
- A Place for Positive Displacement: PD Flowmeters Quietly Excel in Low-Flowrate, High-Viscosity, and Liquid and Gas Metering Applications
- Positive displacement PD flowmeters are the workhorses of today's flowmeter world. They perform many important flow measurements most people take for granted. For example, they are widely used for metering both water and gas in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Chances are good the flowmeter that measures how much water...
- White papers 2002-11-08
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