The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (September 25) issued the First Stage Public Engagement Document for the Review and Development of Marine Water Quality Objectives (WQOs). The engagement exercise will last for around three months until December 31.

For more information, please visit: www.epd.gov.hk

The Environment and Conservation Fund Committee today (September 23) selected two non-profit making organisations to manage and operate short-term waste processing centres in the EcoPark Phase II, Tuen Mun, for about three years.

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The Environmental Protection Department today released the latest grading of water quality of 33 beaches.

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Faster action on climate change may be possible if nations combine substantial cuts of carbon dioxide emissions alongside accelerated moves across a suite of other greenhouse gases and pollutants.

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Investing in restoration and maintenance of the Earth's multi-trillion dollar ecosystems - from forests and mangroves to wetlands and river basins - can have a key role in countering climate change and climate-proofing vulnerable economies.

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Environment Minister Edwin Poots today said that the long term resilience and sustainability of our seas is dependent on a partnership approach to protecting our marine environment.

For more information, please visit: www.northernireland.gov.uk

TBMC held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for construction of its production facilities in Beijin Tianzhu Airport Economic Development Zone in Beijing with Toray President & CEO Sadayuki Sakakibara and China BlueStar Chairman: Ren Jianxin in attendance.

For more information, please visit: www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi

Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment and Forests has urged the SAARC countries to develop a combined mechanism to mitigate the problems of green house gas emission leading to climate change. Addressing SAARC Clean Development Mechanism Conference here today, the Minister said, environment has trans-border implications and hence the issue has to be dealt with in the same manner.

For more information, please visit: www.pib.nic.in

Today Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) announced the Assembly’s seven appointments to the 14-member Joint Water Conference Committee charged with crafting legislation to improve California’s water supply.

For more information, please visit: democrats.assembly.ca.gov

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) today announced the City of Schenectady the winner of the 2009 New York State Drinking Water Taste Test. The City of Rochester was runner up.

For more information, please visit: www.health.state.ny.us

The UK Government’s Department for International Development today announced increased funding for a new scheme to help tackle the impacts of climate change on people in South Asia by improving the management of regional water resources.

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For the fifth year in a row Modular Security Systems, Inc. and Dropbox, Inc. attended the Coal Gen International Trade Show in Charlotte, North Carolina. In support of custom container modifications, the Modular Access Control (MAC) Portal, and Dropboxes running water product line, which includes the Sanitation Station, Ryan Mitchell and Robert Slagel once again, hit the road.

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The big problem with septic tanks is that their soakaways block with suspended solids which are carried out of the tank and into the soakaway itself. These solids eventually ruin the soil porosity and the soakaway fails.

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On Wednesday, September 9, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will present the first webcast in the Fall Operator Series, Plant to Tap: The Importance of Disinfection. Presented in collaboration with Denver Water, this webcast will focus on current issues related to water treatment plants and distribution systems.

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