The Trump administration claimed on Thursday (March 15) that Russian hackers are attacking U.S. water utilities.
More than five months after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico, local company Thompson Pump and its workers are still on the island helping citizens recover from the aftermath of the worst storm in the country’s history.
According to a report released recently by the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), most states have a long way to go to shore up their legal frameworks and improve requirements that contribute to water conservation and efficiency, and long-term resiliency.
Frost & Sullivan’s Energy and Environment team and the SWAN North American Alliance are pleased to announce that they will host a live, complimentary webcast titled, “Cyber Security Threats and Opportunities in a Digitally Transformed Water Utility Industry,” on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Eastern Time.
NOAA issued its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook recently, highlighting a moderate risk of flooding in the Ohio River Valley basin and lower Mississippi River where streamflows and soil moisture are well above normal after major flooding from recent heavy rainfall.
Climate change is impacting the supply of accessible clean water and requires the rapid adoption and deployment of energy efficient and low carbon energy responses.
Released recently at GLOBE Forum 2018, WaterTAP’s newest report “Water: The next frontier on the path to a low carbon economy” asserts that clean water technology is vital to meeting GHG emissions targets.
Researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based “report cards” to monitor and forecast changes in sea level at 32 localities along the U.S.
Two Purdue University studies show that urbanization changes storm patterns and rainfall amounts, highlighting the need for urban planning and infrastructure design that considers how the landscape will affect the weather.
Study suggests El Niño predictions could be improved by considering off-equatorial climate patterns.
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