Drinking Water Videos
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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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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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Robots Might Help Prevent Toxic Mine Spills
2/6/2018
Scientists are developing robots that might someday be able to creep through the pitch-black mines to help prevent spills. A 2015 spill from Colorado’s Gold King Mine unleashed 3 million gallons of water that fouled rivers in three states with toxins.
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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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Kate Orff: Reviving New York's Rivers -- With Oysters!
12/7/2018
Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean — thus driving even more innovation in "oyster-tecture." Orff shares her vision for an urban landscape that links nature and humanity for mutual benefit.
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Engineers Design New Lead Detector For Water
12/22/2016
New sensor offers continuous monitoring, immediate detection of lead.
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EPWU's Advanced Water Purification Project
8/27/2015
During the summer months, El Paso experiences a spike in water demand increasing the dependency on river water. But what happens if there is little or no river water?
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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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Expanded Version-Jason 3-Continuing Decades Of Ocean Surface Measurements
6/22/2015
Did you know satellites can measure Earth’s oceans from space? The Jason-3 satellite, set to launch in July 2015, will collect critical sea surface height data, adding to a satellite data record going back to 1992.
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Ensuring Freshwater Sustainability: Mapping Groundwater From The Air
6/5/2017
Stanford Earth’s Rosemary Knight recently spearheaded a project to map underground freshwater resources and forecast the intrusion of saltwater into aquifers beneath the California coastal town of Marina.