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Burst water pipe blamed for Grand Central power outage
2016-02-16 04:32:49| Railroads - Topix.net
Authorities are blaming a burst water pipe for a power outage that closed businesses at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says employees and passengers were escorted from the terminal's lower level to the main floor when the outage occurred around 9 a.m. Monday.
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Four billion people affected by severe water scarcity
2016-02-15 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: There are four billion people worldwide who are affected by severe water scarcity for at least one month a year. That is the conclusion of University of Twente Professor of Water Management, Arjen Hoekstra, after many years' extensive research. This alarming figure is much higher than was previously thought. His ground-breaking research was published in Science Advances. Professor Hoekstra's team is the first research group in the world to identify people's water footprint from month to month and...
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Solar cells help purify water in developing countries
2016-02-15 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a water purification plant that provides clean water far beyond the reach of the electrical grid -- thanks to solar cells. With the help of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus, these small and portable solar cell stations have now been placed across rural Bangladesh. "750 million people lack access to clean water across the globe. Providing safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges and one of the most important goals for humanity,"...
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Shallow fracking wells contaminate drinking water, warns US scientist
2016-02-15 17:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: A kitchen tap catching fire in 2010 documentary Gasland highlighted the risks of the US shale boom, and energised a movement of anti-fracking activists. Amid the controversy, does living near a gas or oil well really affect your drinking water? "The answer to that question is usually 'no,` but there are exceptions," said Rob Jackson as the Stanford professor presented his research on groundwater quality on Sunday to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The US pumped out...
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Honeywell Selected By Memphis Light, Gas and Water to Deploy Cutting-Edge Smart Grid Technology
2016-02-15 11:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
$200 Million Project To Deploy 1 Million Smart Meters Over Next Five Years Honeywell's Elster Advanced Metering Solution to Provide Cost Savings, Efficiency for Utility Enables More Accurate Billing, Payment Options, Resources to Manage Energy Consumption RALEIGH, N.C. Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today...
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