The imperative to make energy and resource consumption more sustainable is prompting a critical reconsideration of all human endeavours. Within urban water management, the drive to enhance sustainability is grounded in the recognition that water services consume a substantial amount of energy and that wa...
These are the same reports shared by DWS that 144 of the 278 municipalities, representing 52%, depend on grants to fund over 90% of their physical infrastructure and other expenses; 58% collect below 70% of the projected proceeds, and 42% have no reliable source revenue. These revelations ...
The evaporative loss from global lakes (natural and artificial) is a critical component of the terrestrial water and energy balance. However, the evaporation volume of these water bodies—from the spatial distribution to the long-term trend—is as of yet unknown. Here, using satellite observations...
17 that provides $6 billion for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure, nearly $7 billion for environmental cleanups, and billions more to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.rnObama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) after the Senate and House of ...
“Correlative Rights Doctrine”—where the right to use comes from owning the land above and Texas' “Rule of Capture” which grants unlimited extraction rights if the land is owned. This brings up the question of shared natural resources, a perspective that starts getting ground in policy ...
Michigan’sEGLEhas announced a significant investment of $267 million through the MI Clean Water grants to revamp the state’s water infrastructure. This funding aims to bolster dozens of local governments and water systems, enhancing public health and environmental protection. Key projects include new...
The Bureau of Energy of Taiwan is working to increase conservation and energy efficiency, and to develop renewable energy so that it accounts for 12 percent of Taiwan’s total installed capacity by 2020.The ocean temperatures and the subsea terrain make the waters surrounding both Taiwan and ...
or extending service to neighborhoods or slums. Capital spending is usually financed by grants (transfers) in poorer countries and debt (repaid viataxesand/or tariffs) in richer ones.8Inadequate capital spending means that networks lack capacity or scale, which means residents must cope with less ...
The utilization of solar energy for electricity and water generation is widely considered as a sustainable solution for water scarcity and electricity shortages. Here we present a rationally designed hybrid system based on the passive interfacial cooling
water is also the substrate. The oxidation of water produces most of the O2in the atmosphere and shapes the biosphere by facilitating the large-scale production of biomass and energy-rich carbohydrates2. PS II is embedded in the thylakoid membrane of cyanobacteria, algae, and plants that oxidizes...