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.
Environmental Impacts Cost 41 Cents for Every $1 of Revenue, Report Finds
If companies had to pay for the full environmental costs of their activities, they would have lost 41 cents out of every dollar ...
Accor Lifecycle Analysis: Only 13% of Water Use Occurs On-Site
Accor's main water impacts come food production, in one surprising finding from the hotel company's lifecycle analysis of its environmental footprint.
The Earth Guest Research ...
Wastewater Snowmaking Gets Legal OK
Ski resort Arizona Snowbowl has avoided legal censure for its reuse of human wastewater to make snow.
The resort, located 14 miles outside Flagstaff, Ariz., is ...
Novo Nordisk Sustainability Report: CO2 Down 2%, Waste Up 61%
Novo Nordisk cut its CO2 emissions from energy consumption by two percent in 2011, from 95,000 to 93,000, while increasing sales and production, ...
Bell Carter Gets Rebate, Under 1-Year ROI for Wastewater Aeration System
Bell Carter Foods, an olive processor in Corning, Calif., has received a $114,475 utility rebate for efforts to reduce the energy consumption of its ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star, LEED, FSC Chain of Custody, ESG Sovereign Ratings
Mitsubishi's 75-inch LaserVue television was named Energy Star Most Efficient for 2012, placing it among the top energy-efficient televisions 55-inches or larger sold in ...
Nike, DyeCoo In Waterless Dyeing Team-Up
Nike Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available ...
Colgate Sustainability Report: Goals Met for GHGs, Water Use, Energy, COD
Colgate-Palmolive beat goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and water use by five and 25 percent from 2002 to 2010, achieving reductions of 7.8 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Risk, Solyndra, MATS, Clean Air Act, China Diesel Emissions
Insurance commissioners in California, New York and the state of Washington said that insurance companies must disclose disaster response and risk management plans for increasingly ...
Ford to Cut Landfill Waste 70%, Water 30% in Europe
Ford's European operations plan to cut landfill waste 70 percent and water use 30 percent under a five-year sustainability strategy.
The waste reduction goal will cut ...
Coke Improves Water Efficiency for 8th Straight Year
In 2010, Coca-Cola improved its water use efficiency for the eighth consecutive year, with a ratio of 2.26 liters of water per liter of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Car Standards, Dam Removal, Gulf Lease Sale, Biorefinery Help
The California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions standards for cars and light trucks, for model years 2017 to 2025. The standard cuts ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: IgCC Guide, Builders Challenge, SITES, ZHome, Responsible Jewellery Council
The International Code Council and Delmar have released a support publication for the construction industry referencing the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The ...
Honda NA Hits Another CO2 Goal, a Year Late
Last year Honda met its 2010 goal of a 20 percent cut to CO2 from power equipment production, with a 27.2 percent drop from ...
The Business of Water
The world is dealing with a severe water crisis. Population growth and economic development continue to push water resources beyond natural limits, and ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Marine Protection, Clean Water Act, NYC Recycling, Keystone XL
The Obama administration announced an ocean-protection strategy that outlines steps for federal agencies to meet the goals of a 2010 executive order. Elements of ...
GM Sets Energy, Carbon, Water Goals in First Report as New Firm
The General Motors Company has committed to reduce its facilities' energy intensity and carbon intensity by 20 percent, and water intensity by 15 percent, ...
Wastewater Facilities for H-E-B, STW, DS Smith
Grocery chain H-E-B is expanding its wastewater treatment plant in Bulverde, Texas.
With a recent store expansion, H-E-B needed a larger wastewater plant and is now ...
Rain Garden at Marymount University
With the help of the Dominion Foundation, faculty and students have planted a rain garden at MU's main campus to help ...
UK Infrastructure: Investment Opportunities or Risk?
Investors in UK infrastructure will be able to tap into new opportunities to create the sustainable, resilient water supply needed to support economic ...
