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Tue Jun 30

• GMF - InfraGuide Best Practice Reports: InfraGuide operated from 2001 to 2007 as a partnership between the Federation of Canadian Municipalities , the National Research Council and Infrastructure Canada. Case Studies, Best Practices

Sun May 10

• EPA Pumps Budget $$ into Water Infrastructure , Great Lakes

Wed May 6

• Water | EPA

Mon May 4

• Turning Trash Into Power -- Biological Engineers Generate Natural Gas with Bacteria: A new kind of waste digester uses two different strains of bacteria in different tanks. This would normally take place in the same environment, but microbiologist s have now separated it into two stages that increases natural-gas production. The technology increases efficiency and can turn three tons of food scraps into enough energy to power 25 homes for a day

Thu Apr 30

• Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment - EPA 20080116: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. needs to invest $202.5 billion in its wastewater infrastructure due to aging facilities, rising water quality standards and population growth, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. That is 8.6 percent more than the capital investment the federal agency said was needed in 2000, according to its report to Congress, with $134.4 billion needed for waste treatment systems, $54.8 billion for sewer overflows and $9 billion for stormwater management.

Thu Nov 20

• Obama : Water issues seen as likely priorities

Tue Sep 2

• Group urges cities to adopt green infrastructure to curb sewage spills: Though green roofs are the most popular and well-known solution, downspout disconnection - removing a roof drainage system from the sewer connection and directing rainwater towards gardens or lawns - can also reduce the amount of storm water collected in sewers. Even increasing the amount of trees in a city can help absorb the first half-inch of rainfall during a storm, the report reads.

Fri Aug 29

• openalex: Urban Agriculture 2: Agri-Sewage: where are urban farmers getting their water? The answer, according to a report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), is Sewage. The World Health Organization tells us that 10% of the world's population relies of food grown in fields watered and fertilized with untreated human waste. The IWMI report argues that not only will that be an inevitable reality for the conceivable future, but that it might not be all bad -- if we deal with it constructively .

Mon Aug 18

• Lewes sewer deal stalls amid development worries | delmarvanow.co m | The Daily Times: "...the availability of highly efficient wastewater treatment could lead to the construction of high-density housing or other development at odds with the character of Lewes proper."
• CapeGazette.co m - Covering Delaware's Cape Region - Lewes postpones decision on Donovan-Smith agreement: Mayor and council concerned about encouraging possible future redevelopment.

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