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Alumarine Shipyard to build new waterways passenger boat

2014-09-29 01:00:00| Ship Technology

Alumarine Shipyard has commenced construction of a new waterways passenger boat for the French Communauté de Commune des 2 Vallées.

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Heavy rains force millions of gallons of raw sewage into area waterways

2014-08-12 14:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Detroit Free Press: Mondays rains overwhelmed sewer systems across metro Detroit, forcing millions of gallons of untreated and partially treated sewage into rivers and lakes. As far as the significance of the volumes, this is incredible, said Laura Verona of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. We estimate that this was a 350-year event. Macomb County alone logged more than 1 billion gallons in overflows from storm-retention basins and sewers countywide, according to data posted on its website....

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State is still on track to reduce levels of nitrogen in waterways

2014-07-17 14:12:33| Waste Management - Topix.net

Nitrogen discharges from municipal sewage treatment plants increased only slightly in 2013 from the previous year, and the state remains on track to meet its nitrogen reduction goals for 2014, the state Council on Environmental Quality said in its recently updated report.

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Tyson Foods dumps more than 18 million pounds of toxic chemicals into America's waterways each year

2014-06-29 20:23:03| Food - Topix.net

Our most precious natural resource, clean water, is threatened by the continued environmental release of toxic chemicals from heavy industry, which includes the factory food industry.

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