Federal Prosecutors Launch Criminal Investigation of NC Environmental Regulators. Water samples taken in the Dan River Feb. 4 by the environmental group Waterkeeper Alliances found that arsenic levels immediately downstream of the spill were nearly 30 times higher, chromium levels are more than 27 times higher and lead levels are more than 13 times higher than the levels found in a “background” water sample taken upstream of the spill.
Waterkeeper Alliance Federal prosecutors on Feb. 19 disclosed that 19 employees of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources have been asked to produce documents in what U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker called a “criminal investigation of a suspected felony.” These documents should include but are not limited to “cash, check wire transfer and stock transfer” allegedly received from Duke Energy. The N.C. The subpoenas reportedly are not limited to documents related to the Feb. 2 spill. “The Primary and Secondary Ponds have been classified as significant hazard potential structures.
The Secrets Behind San Antonio’s Water Conservation Success. Photo courtesy of SAWS SAWS President and CEO Robert Puente says San Antonio could be a model for water conservation the rest of the state. San Antonio is something of a poster-child for smarter water use in Texas. The city has reduced its per-capita water usage by 42 percent over the last few decades, despite one of the fastest-growing populations in the country. At the 2012 Texas Water Summit at the University of Texas at Austin’s Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science Monday, Robert Puente, the President and CEO of the San Antonio Water System offered some insight to San Antonio’s success and how the city weathered the drought. Water conservation was the foundation for the city’s efforts, Puente says.
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How A Texas Town Became Water Smart. An area in San Antonio's Brackenridge Park where treated wastewater is pumped into the San Antonio River, one of many measures the city has taken to combat drought. Mose Buchele / StateImpact Texas Faced with a booming population and a disappearing water supply, the city of San Antonio responded by dramatically cutting consumption, pioneering new storage techniques and investing in water recycling and desalination projects. It now boasts that it is " Water's Most Resourceful City . " There are so many programs and projects that Chuck Ahrens of Water Resources and Conservation with the San Antonio Water System can hardly keep track.
"I made myself a list and I thought, 'Wow, I don't even know all of our programs.' "We have an ordinance that doesn't allow you to water after 10 in the morning and before 8," Ahrens says. That's to curb evaporation. "Where they know they have a leak, we go ahead and take care of that for them," he says. But exporting that expertise can be dicey. StateImpact Texas. Aug 2012 Don’t Waste the Drought. Shoots in the dark: Farming without sunlight - Science - News. Light's contribution to food is particularly important.
Crop plants use it to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars and oxygen, for eating and breathing respectively. It's our most precious chemical reaction but, as global population diverges from the planet's ability to feed it, one group of Dutch scientists thinks we need a new approach. This approach isn't to meddle with genes, or to plug extra fertiliser into nitrate-soaked soils. The Dutch group, called PlantLab, have scrapped sunlight altogether. "The plants look black," says Gertjan Meeuws, one of the five-strong team. The hanger looks like something a character in Blade Runner might have dreamt about. "Growing in an open field or greenhouse is not enabling plants to maximise their potential," Meeuws says. PlantLabs's controlled conditions are underpinned by some interesting physics.
"Plants have a very intelligent way of cooling themselves," Meeuws explains. Human convenience factors are important, but not fundamental. Federal Prosecutors Launch Criminal Investigation of NC Environmental Regulators.