Sewer to Spigot: Recycled Water Wall Street Journal A growing number of cities and counties grappling with water shortages are turning to a solution that may be tough for some homeowners to stomach: purifying wastewater so that residents can drink it. | In an effort to replenish its groundwater supply, Los Angeles is slated to announce Thursday a pla...
In Spain, the Pain of No Rain Time Magazine | On May 15, a tanker ship from Marseilles will pull into a specially equipped dock in Barcelona's busy port, connect to a new pipeline, and discharge a liquid cargo essential to the running of the city. The ship will not, however, be carrying oil or petroleum. It is the first of many shipments of d...
Water bills rise to pay for $9bn grid The Australian | WATER bills for home owners in southeast Queensland will rise more than 70 per cent over the next five years to help pay for the $9billion water grid the Bligh Government is buil...
Abu Dhabi plans to ramp up power output capacity Khaleej Times | ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi aims to raise power generation capacity by 35 percent within five years, but may face challenges in attracting foreign firms as competition for projects across the Gulf Arab region heats up. | Demand will rise almost 80 percen...
Global Water sets sights on $50 million public offering Business Journal > Desalination company Energy Recovery Inc. plans IPO [East Bay] PNC's muni bond business thriving in wake of credit crisis [Pittsburgh] Small banks bouncing back [Philadelphia] | A Phoenix water company wants to go public and plans an initial public...
Medieval church re-emerges as Spain ships in water The Star | BARCELONA (Reuters) - Perhaps the most striking image of Spain's drought, so severe it has forced Barcelona to ship in water, has been that of the underwater church which emerged from a drying dam. A dry tree branch lies on the cracked earth of the...
Abu Dhabi's new power plant to cost $2 bn The Times Of India | ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi said on Wednesday it planned to build a new power and water desalination plant at a cost of about $2 billion to meet surging demand in the Gulf Arab emirate. | The Shuweihat 3 plant will have power capacity of abo...
Water shipped into Barcelona Seattle Times | BARCELONA, Spain - Spain's worst drought in decades forced the city of Barcelona to begin shipping in drinking water Tuesday in an unprecedented effort to avoid water restrictions before the start of vacation season. | A ship carrying 5 million gal...
Amid death and destruction, China tallies damage to rapidly expanding economy Star Tribune | SHANGHAI, China - Cracked dams and buckled roads, collapsed buildings and toppled factories — China has begun to tally its losses from an earthquake this week that killed thousands and left thousands more missing, with estimates ranging to over $20 billion. | It remains unknown what kind of damage the quake has done to China's rapidly expan...
Investigators look for clues to litterers, who can make water undrinkable and kill wildlife. Austin American Statesman | Pizza delivery boxes are not the standard smoking gun in a criminal investigation. But when you're one of three investigators for all of Travis County digging up environmental crimes of illegal trash dumping, you take what you can get. | Fishing out pizza boxes along with letters and receipts from the bottom of a trash pile and dusting for finger...
