Water Management
Water management is the management of water resources under set policies and regulations. Water, once an abundant natural resource, is becoming a more valuable commodity due to droughts and overuse. Here are links to articles that address water management subjects such as the optimization of water usage.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Emissions Rules, Bonneville Power, FDA Plans BPA Decision
California's Air Resources Board proposed new rules to reduce emissions from vehicles, including putting 1.4 million electric, plug-in and hydrogen cars on the state's roads by ...
Frito-Lay Asks Town for $600k to Aid Water Efficiency, Automation
Frito-Lay is asking the town of Vancouver, Wash., for $585,000 in water bill credits over three years, to enable its local plant to make ...
Water Authority Saves With Frequency Drives
This video case study produced by Eaton Corporation explains how adjustable ...
Bruce Karas Discusses Coca-Cola Water Stewardship
At the 2011 Green Initiatives Conference Bruce Karas, VP of environment & sustainability at Coca-Cola Refreshments discusses the company's environmental goals ...
DOE Cuts Scope 1 and 2 GHGs 13% in Two Years
The Department of Energy reduced its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent from its FY 2008 baseline of ...
Put a Price on Industrial Water Use, Report Urges Government
A federal advisory body has recommended that the Canadian government put a price on water used by industry, the Toronto Star reports.
In ...
Water Disclosure Up, But Board Oversight Still Low, CDP Says
Only 57 percent of organizations report board-level oversight of water policies, strategies or plans, compared with 94 percent for climate change, according to ...
Puma Ups Environmental P&L by $69m
Puma has updated its Environmental Profit and Loss account to include 51 million euros ($69 million) resulting from land use, air pollution ...
Water Bottle Filling Stations at Suffolk University
We've been hearing a lot about water bottle filling stations - here's a look at the stations at Suffolk University.
Heinz Cuts Solid Waste 46% Since 2005
Heinz has cut its production of solid waste per unit of production by 45.6 percent since 2005, according to the company’s 2011 Corporate Social ...
ITT Launches Storage Tank Monitor; Experts Discuss Water Challenges
ITT Corporation has a flexible, new PC320 process control meter and industrial control system for use with two- and three-wire sensor with a 4-20 mA, 0-1 ...
Canadian Lodge Upgrades to UF Water Treatment; EPA Fines DuPont
Water resources management and wastewater treatment company Tri-Tech Holding signed a $690,000 contract to provide an ultra-filtration (UF) water treatment system to Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New Source CO2 Standards, Gulf Drilling, Romney Energy Plan
The EPA said Tuesday that it will write carbon dioxide emissions standards for new power plants for the first time, The Los Angeles Times reported. ...
Xerox Cuts Water Use 7% in One Year
Xerox brought its water consumption down seven percent in 2010, compared to 2009 levels, according to its sixth Global Citizenship Report and 2011 Environmental, ...
Coal Plants Face Battle in Drought-Stricken Texas
The Texas drought has eroded public support for new coal-fired power plants there, according to the Boston Globe.
Proposed plants throughout the state ...
Chrysler Invests $35m In Emissions Cuts, Conservation
Chrysler Group invested more than $35 million toward reducing facility emissions and enhancing resource conservation in 2010, according to its first sustainability report.
The group, ...
Water Woes Hit Gap, Kraft, Nestle, MillerCoors
Companies including Gap, Kraft and MillerCoors are all dealing with financial hits from water shortages and floods, according to news reports.
The Gap cut its ...
Bombardier Cuts Energy, GHGs 3 Percent
Bombardier's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions each fell by three percent over FY 2011, according to the company's 2011 CSR Overview.
Energy consumption fell ...
Site Matches Effluent Producers and Users; Software Analyzes Supplier Footprints
Consulting firm CH2M HILL is launching WaterMatch, a free social networking site to help industry and agriculture find source of effluent for water ...
Schneider Inks Efficiency Contract with UNT Health Science Center
Schneider Electric has signed an $8.6 million contract extension to provide energy efficiency improvements to the the University of North Texas Health Science Center (pictured).
Upgrades to ...
