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Low Impact Development Regulations Must be Flexible

Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Communities , Consumer , Featured , Land Use , Planning , Water Management Sept. 30, 2010 - Builders and developers support the goals of low-impact development and believe that federal, state and local land development policies should be flexible and responsive to consumer preferences, Read more

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN STONE MILL'S RESTORATION

Heritage Building Restored to LEED Specifications

Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Water Management New York, NY - Sept. 08, 2010 - The 170-year-old Stone Mill, restored over the last two years with leadership funding from The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust and The Amy P. Goldman Foundation, was built in 1840 Read more

Dentists Must Swallow New Federal Mercury Discharge Rule

Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Communities , Waste Management , Water Management Sept. 27, 2010 - The U.S. EPA is preparing to regulate dental offices to prevent discharge of mercury from old fillings into the environment. Read more

Long Island Open Space, Parks Provide Economic Payback

Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Land Use , Leisure , Water Management Sept. 28, 2010 - Today the Trust for Public Land (TPL) released their report, "The Economic Benefits and Fiscal Impacts of Parks and Open Space in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York. TPL, a national conservation organization found Read more

IBM to Provide Citizens Smarter Water Services

Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Water Management Oct. 4, 2010 - IBM and the City of Dubuque, Iowa today announced the launch of the Smarter Sustainable Dubuque Water Pilot Study. Dubuque is in the process of installing smart water meters throughout the city. Read more

Sustainable Water Management Awards

Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Communities , Water Management Quebec City, QC., Canada - September 27, 2010 – Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi, research professor at the INRS - Eau Terre Environnement Research Center, has won the International Water Association's 2010 Global Honour Award for Applied Research Read more

EPA Encourages Americans to Save Water During Fix a Leak Week

Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Consumer , Water Management March 11, 2011 - Across the U.S., household leaks waste more than 1 trillion gallons of water per year – enough to supply the water needs of Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles combined. Read more

City Upgrades Water Treatment Plant to Ease the Burden on Its Water Table

Posted on February, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Featured , Water Management VISALIA, Calif.- February, 03, 2011 - A growing demand for water is taking a heavy toll on the water table under the central California city of Visalia. To ease this burden, the city is upgrading its wastewater treatment plant, which will increase the amount of water that can be recycled and help reduce the need for pumping groundwater. Read more