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Water Solutions on a Global Scale
Milwaukee, Wisconsin has earned a global reputation as the freshwater technology capital of the U.S. With 238 water technology businesses in the region, Milwaukee is the ideal location for The Water Council, an organization dedicated to solving critical global water challenges and providing expertise in water stewardship.
Naval officers representing 30 countries recently visited the Global Water Center to learn what private companies, nongovernmental organizations and universities are doing to address worldwide water crises.
The Naval Officers heard from a business that uses sensors to measure water levels to help communities understand flood risks; a septage treatment system project that reduced human exposure to pathogens in fecal sludge and visited the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences to learn about research happening there.
Aquarius Systems, a member of The Water Council was honored to be invited to explain how our machines such as the Aquatic Vegetation Cutters, Trash Skimmers and Amphibious Excavators help clear the surfaces of lakes and river, allowing them to continue using the water for drinking, irrigation, and hydropower.
As naval leaders, they can use what they learned to address water problems in their own countries. Water is the most basic of necessities and sharing local expertise is in the best interest of everyone.
Snowstorms Triple Trash in Anacostia River
Snowstorms Triple Trash in Anacostia River
Updated: Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 6:16 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 6:16 PM EST
By KAREN GRAY HOUSTON/myfoxdc
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Blame back-to-back snowstorms for all that garbage that’s starting to wash up in the Anacostia River. You may not have known it, but D.C.’s Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) is at work five days a week trying to clean up some 400 tons of debris.
WASA officials say in the last month, they’ve seen three times as much as usual. They’re hoping the city’s bag tax will help with some of the clean up eventually.
WASA isn’t receiving any of the funds from the fee yet. The Department of the Environment has set up a special Anacostia clean up fund, which it will administer.
For now, a spokesman says their first priority is to get reusable bags to low income residents and seniors. The Office of Tax and Revenue says we’ll know how much businesses collected in January, the first month of the bag tax, by the end of March.
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