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DECARBONIZING AI-FUELED DATA CENTERS OFFER PATHWAYS FOR LIQUID COOLING

Novel liquid cooling solutions are poised for growth and innovation as data centers experience a boom driven by exploding demand for AI and hyperscale computing, according to Cleantech Group

SDWA CRIMEBOX Ontario Drinking Water Operator and Municipality Fined a Total of $10,000 for Safe Drinking Water Act Violations
Court News Ontario Environment, Conservation and Parks

BOTTLED WATER GIANT BLUETRITON — FORMERLY NESTLÉ — CLOSING ONTARIO OPERATIONS
After years of controversy and local opposition, a water bottling plant and two wells around Guelph, Ont., are closing
By Fatima Syed - The Narwhal
With permission

CWA CRIMEBOX
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction: Fiscal Year 2010; Case ID# CR_2006 (California)
Interpol hunt to track down environmental criminals makes successful use of EPA Fugitives website

UNLIMITED, DECARBONIZED, SUSTAINABLE MAGNESIUM FROM SEAWATER
Top Innovator Tidal Metals ‘mines’ critical strategic metal in first-of-a-kind clean and green process

Why we need a continental approach to source water protection
Interview with Dr. Peter Leavitt, FRSC, Professor University of Regina, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change and Society The technology is available to preserve and maintain water quality in our lakes and rivers. When will social and political will align to protect continental water resources?

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR RIGHTS OF NATURE

CELDF (Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund) is helping build a movement upward from grassroots to state, federal, and international levels

PRESSURE ON CANADA TO EXPORT WATER WILL BE IMMENSE- by Michael Harris, The Tyee
Sharp global policy experts are already crafting the legal case for doing so.
Republished with permission

"THE US IS FACING SIGNIFICANT STRAINS ON ITS WATER SUPPLY", JPMorgan Chase & Co Report - October 2024
Already overstretched, US water resources, are being further stressed by the boom in AI artificial intelligence.

PIONEERING GREEN STEEL SOLUTIONS ON EARTH AND BEYOND
From Moonshot to Earth, Israeli start-up Helios aims to extract iron from low grade iron ore and residuals using only thermal energy while emitting only oxygen

CWA CRIMEBOX
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction: Fiscal Year 2010; Case ID# CR_1919 (California)
Ship Pilot sent to prison, ships owner fined 10 million for collision with San Francisco Bay Bridge tower, more than 2000 migratory birds wiped out including endangered pelicans and murrelets

PROMISE MADE; PROMISE KEPT
Canada launches long-awaited national independent agency to manage freshwater - by Julia-Simone Rutgers, The Narwhal
Related WT article

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Low water levels in the North
NWT WATER MONITORING BULLETIN - October 7, 2024
Water levels and flow rates remain very low across most of the NWT. There have been no significant changes across gauged rivers and lakes, and at most locations water levels and flow rates have started to decrease as fall freeze up approaches.

How fast can you set up an effective emergency flood wall?
Part One: INERO hard-shell barrier, built to handle moving water with debris
In the aftermath of back to back hurricanes, we rip into the top flood barriers on the market to see how they stack up

BLAZING THE INNOVATION TRAIL, PART 3: Oshkosh Airport Products' role in building out the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting industry
An enviro-refit for the global ARFF fleet

CANADA TO PIONEER HYDROGEN FOR AVIATION
Airbus and ZeroAvia partner on Hydrogen Hubs at leading Canadian Airports

WATER IS ‘CANARY IN THE COALMINE’ OF CLIMATE CHANGE: UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization.

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction: Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1799 (California)
Accidental toxic spill impacts a waterway, unreported by the spiller. The key personnel found guilty, sent to lock up

IMPERIAL BEACH COAST IS FINALLY OPEN, BUT MORE SEWAGE IS ON THE WAY - by MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón
Tijuana is about to make a scheduled repair to its biggest sewer main – leaving millions of gallons of city sewage with nowhere to go but the Tijuana River.
Reposted with permission

BLAZING THE INNOVATION TRAIL, PART 2: From Norway to Green Bay, fighting fire without forever chemicals
American technical specifications for airport fire rescue has prompted a new generation of fluorine-free foam products, along with the training and techniques to get the job done

TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES INTO SUSTAINABLE ASSETS
B.C.’s Tersa Earth Innovations valorizes mine residues with microbial fuel cells to extract valuable metals and clean water from mining waste.

MANAGING GROUNDWATER ON THE US-MEXICO BORDER IS CHALLENGING—BUT VITAL by Maya Chari
The amount of water in the more than two dozen viable aquifers shared by the two countries is unknown, and few regulations guide their use
Reposted with permission

HAVASU LAKE ONGOING WATER WOES
The small community has been under repeated boil water advisories for over two years
Based on a story by Joe Nelson, San Bernardino Sun

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction: Fiscal Year 2003; Case ID# CR_1637 (California)
Dairy wastewater escapes a retention pond to Santa Ana River

BLAZING THE INNOVATION TRAIL: BILLY BISHOP TORONTO CITY AIRPORT SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYS PFAS-FREE FIRE-FIGHTING FOAM
A regulatory exemption issued just in time, Deputy Fire Chief Mark Smith and the PortsToronto team jumped on the opportunity to swap out "forever chemicals" for a friendlier alternative - here's how they got it done
Based on a story by Joe Nelson, San Bernardino Sun

NTSB INVESTIGATION UPDATE: MPOG GULF OIL SPILL
A leak from the Main Pass Oil Gathering Pipeline on November 15, 2023 spewed a million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico 80 km south of New Orleans - here is what we know today

BIOTECHNOLOGY POWERING PLASTIC & TEXTILE CIRCULARITY
CARBIOS is the world’s only company to combine enzymology and plastics reducing the need for virgin petro-sourced plastic

MASS DESTRUCTION OF NATURE REACHES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Pacific Island States of Vanuatu, Fiji, & Samoa propose Crime of Ecocide

STORMWATER UNIVERSITY
Nashville, Tennessee start-up explores new approaches to industry challenges with benefits for a wide range of professionals

MEXICO'S DROUGHT IS SO SEVERE YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECTS FROM SPACE Mexico is experiencing one of its most severe and widespread droughts in over a decade. Water levels are so low in some regions that you can see the effects from space.

EXTENDED NIGHTMARISH DROUGHT STRAINS BRITISH COLUMBIA WATER SYSTEMS
Less than a tenth of British Columbia has enough water to supply municipal drinking water systems, farms and ranches, hydro dams, and sustain freshwater ecosystems — despite recent rainfall in parts of the province. National Observer

WINNIPEG AREA MAYOR'S NEW PROPOSAL TO MINE SILICA SAND RAISES QUESTIONS
Rejected proposal by the Manitoba Government to mine silica sand from a southeastern Manitoba aquifer being revised by Sio Silica’s new VP

CLEANUP HOPES FOR NEIGHBORS OF MEXICO'S 'TOILET BOWL' WASTEWATER DAM
The stink is the least of the problems. In Tepetitlán, the conversation invariably revolves around cancer.

PROTECTING AND MONITORING WATER IN THE US
How the Environmental Protection Agency is set to safeguard drinking water sources

CRIMEBOX - CALIFORNIA CLEAN WATER ACT
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction: Fiscal Year 2007; Case ID# CR_1284(California)
Winding up your metal plating business? Don't do this!

CRIMEBOX - CALFORNIA WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction: Fiscal Year 2006; Case ID# CR_1302(California)
San Diego Circuit Board manufacturer convicted of conspiracy to illegally discharge pollutants

CALIFORNIA CLEAN WATER ACT- CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction: Fiscal Year 2006; Case ID# CR_1302(California)
San Diego Circuit Board manufacturer convicted of conspiracy to illegally discharge pollutants

AQUALUNAR CHALLENGE SEMI-FINALIST CSMC
Toronto start-up Canadian Space Mining Corporation is unlocking the promise of Space for life on Earth with LunaPure

DO NOT USE: Urgent Water Advisory issued for Walnut Bayou Water customers in Madison Parish, Louisiana
August 16,2024

WEEKEND WATER REPORT
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Tracking the toxins from bluegreen algal blooms in the US

SAVING THE SEAS WITH ROBOTIC FISH
Bio-inspired design by California start-up Aquaai protects water, infrastructure, and biodiversity with underwater Nemo look-alike drones

THE AQUALUNAR CHALLENGE SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Funded by the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund and managed by Challenge Works in collaboration with the CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY, Stage 2 moves forward

SALVAGE LOGGING HARMFUL TO NATURE, COMMUNITY & CLIMATE
Scientists call for a drastic change to BC’s logging of forests burned by fire and affected by insects

DETECTING TOXIC HABS IN THE USA AND CANADA
Inconsistent regulatory standards between the two countries

WTCAL
1,600,000 gallons of toxic material released into Alder Creek and American River near Nimbus Dam in Rancho Cordova-Sacramento
California Office of Emergency Services

GOING UNDERGROUND FOR CLEAN ENERGY
Cleantech Group points to breakthrough technologies in high-speed drilling, improvements in robotics and sensing technologies to transform geothermal heat & energy production

CIRCULAR ECONOMY DESIGN INSPIRATION FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC
East African Organization FlipFlopi continues to gain global recognition, promote education, and mitigate plastic pollution

WHERE WATER STRESS WILL BE HIGHEST BY 2050
31 per cent of the world's population expected to live in high to extreme water stress countries or territories. See Map

CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATOR TOOL DRAWS GASPS, EVEN TEARS FROM P.E.I. RESIDENTS
'My house will be underwater'
CBC NEWS

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