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Fluid thinking: Equipping cities to avoid inundation

Envirotec Magazine

Durham, October 2023 Urban locations worldwide are struggling to manage stormwater drainage, in the face of extreme weather. And this seems to be a key factor in the increasing difficulties being faced worldwide, when it comes to managing the hydraulic capacity of sewer and stormwater networks.

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Volvo Cars and Northvolt break ground on Gothenburg battery gigafactory

Charged

Preparatory work is also underway to connect the site to district heating, water, stormwater and wastewater systems. The new training center is expected to open in autumn 2024. Purified wastewater will be used to cool the plant. The know-how and innovation that exists here in Gothenburg is fantastic.

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Comment: Agriculture and pharma key to solving micropollutants problem

Envirotec Magazine

As the phrase ‘forever chemicals’ enters the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time in 2024, and these fluorinated substances expand the list of micropollutants, it might be time for a change in the way these persistent environmental pollutants are tackled. Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration.

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2024 Leadership Award Winners: Green California Schools & Higher Education Summit

Green Technology

K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL Luther Burbank High School Luther Burbank High Schools Creativity, Action, and Service Club (CAS) is being recognized for its innovative partnership with CSU Sacramentos Environmental Science Department, Keep California Beautiful (KCB), and the City of Sacramentos Stormwater Department.

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2024 Leadership Award Winners: Green California Schools & Higher Education Summit

Green Technology

K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL Luther Burbank High School Luther Burbank High Schools Creativity, Action, and Service Club (CAS) is being recognized for its innovative partnership with CSU Sacramentos Environmental Science Department, Keep California Beautiful (KCB), and the City of Sacramentos Stormwater Department.

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What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

The City Fix

And as blistering heat waves punish communities across several continents, 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record. The world recently experienced a 13-month streak of record-breaking global temperatures. Global average temperatures are now perilously close to exceeding 1.5.

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San Diego Airport Achieves Highest Rating by Airport Carbon Accreditation Program

CleanTech San Diego

Through its stormwater capture and reuse system at Terminal 2 Parking Plaza, SAN has captured, treated, and reused more than four million gallons since the system was commissioned in 2018. Airlines are expected to transition approximately 80 percent of their GSE to electric and renewable diesel by 2024. .

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