Drinking Water Videos
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EPA Scientist Nicholas Dugan Works To Safeguard Our Drinking Water
6/5/2018
Nick Dugan is an environmental engineer working in EPA's Cincinnati laboratory. He is currently focused on bench-scale trials evaluating the impact of common drinking water treatment oxidants on intact, toxin-producing cyanobacterial cells over a range of water quality conditions.
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People Drink Sewage Water For The First Time
3/3/2016
Rather drink sewage water than LA tap water any day.
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Replenishing Through Reuse
11/19/2019
The Orange County Water District (OCWD) has long been an innovative leader in indirect potable reuse. An integral component of its Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) – a 100 million gallon per day advanced water purification facility – is reverse osmosis membrane technology.
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How "Forever Chemicals" Polluted America’s Water
8/10/2020
North Carolina’s Cape Fear River is a massive water system. It stretches across the lower half of the state, collecting runoff from 29 counties and providing water to millions of people. But in the city of Wilmington, where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean, the water has residents worried.
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Lead Poisioning Disaster: How To Fix It
8/17/2016
Lead poisoning water service lines are turning up around the globe at an alarming rate leaving millions angry. ePIPE's innovative technology creates a new pipe barrier inside the service lines eliminating water contact with the lead service lines.
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Matt Damon's Mission To End World Poverty
12/2/2014
In 2007 he was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, but these days, Matt Damon is getting noticed for something far less sexy. During a trip to Africa in 2006, Damon made it his mission to help people in developing countries have access to safe water and sanitation. He talks to Katie Couric in "World 3.0".
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Freshwater Salinization Syndrome: An Introduction
1/17/2018
Across North America, streams and rivers are becoming saltier, thanks to road deicers, fertilizers and other salty compounds that humans indirectly release into waterways. At the same time, freshwater supplies are becoming more alkaline.
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Water In The Balance
5/16/2017
How researchers at UC Merced are developing a better understanding of the three sources of water upon which California depends in order to adapt to the effects of environmental changes and make better use of this most precious of our natural resources.
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Water Reuse Drives The Resource Revolution
8/26/2019
Water scarcity challenges are growing. Manufacturing the products used in our daily lives consumes a large amount of water. Reusing treated wastewater provides the most sustainable source of clean water.
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Resource Revolution: The Energy/Water Nexus In Unconventional Oil & Gas - Highlights
4/29/2015
GE partnered with the Wharton School's Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) for an industry leaders' discussion about the energy/water nexus in unconventional oil & gas production.