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Geotimes
April 2003
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The Complex Dakota Aquifer: Managing Groundwater in Nebraska One size (or strategy) does not fit all where Dakota groundwater management is concerned.   |
Geotimes
May 2006
Avner Vengosh |
Rooting Out Radioactive Groundwater Given the continuous degradation of the quality of groundwater in many aquifers worldwide, and the increasing demand for using alternative water resources, the radioactivity factor may be more important than is realized. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Western Aquifers Under Stress Although the rate of water consumption in the United States has not increased over the past five years, according to a recently released U.S. Geological Survey report, water problems are prevalent across the country. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Natural Boron Contamination in Mediterranean Groundwater Within the past few decades, the water quality in many of the coastal aquifers along the Mediterranean Sea has rapidly degraded. |
Geotimes
January 2004
C. Wylie Poag |
Coring the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater An extraterrestrial impact 36 million years ago left a lasting impression in the Chesapeake Bay and continues to affect the region's environment today. |
Geotimes
November 2007
Jenna Beck |
Nevada Wells Test Positive for Polonium USGS scientists report that 25 wells in Nevada contained the carcinogenic, radioactive isotope polonium-210. Of these wells, 13 exceeded the U.S. EPA's Maximum Contaminant Level for gross alpha radioactivity in a public water supply. |
Geotimes
March 2004
Sara Pratt |
A Fresh Angle on Oil Drilling Now, horizontal drilling seems more relevant than ever. With the ongoing debate about opening up more of Alaska's North Slope to oil exploration, the discussion often turns to new technologies that may have the potential to make oil extraction more efficient, more cost effective and more environmentally sound. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Sri Lankan Water Post-Tsunami According to a new study, tens of thousands of wells in Sri Lanka's coastal areas are still contaminated with seawater and are unusable, despite last winter's heavy monsoon rains -- and it may be several more monsoon seasons before the coastal aquifer can supply potable water again. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Las Vegas Tries to Prevent a Water Shortage The debate over a plan to pump water out of the Nevada desert could be the next battle in the war over the West's most vital natural resource. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Lisa Robert |
Hijacking the Rio Grande: Aquifer Mining in an Arid River Basin A major dilemma for the modern Southwest: a choice between a future driven by rampant growth or by an obligation to hydrologic reality. |
American Journal of Nursing
November 2005
Stephanie Chalupka |
Tainted Water on Tap A description of selected water contaminants and their known health effects as well as which populations are more vulnerable. An outline of assessment and nurses' roles in patient education and as community advocates for safer drinking water. |
Geotimes
June 2005
Eloise Kendy |
Water Woes: Predictable But Not Inevitable Maintaining current streamflow patterns in the wake of land-use change requires preemptive engineering. Regardless of which approach is chosen, basic hydrologic principles are guidance enough to begin the process of informed decision-making and water-management planning. |
Salon.com
February 1, 2001
Jacques Leslie |
High noon at the Ogallala aquifer How a water-grabbing scheme concocted by T. Boone Pickens is turning conservative Texans into a bunch of regulation-loving liberals... |
Chemistry World
October 11, 2011
David Bradley |
Hope for Arsenic Free Water From Deep Underground Researchers have found that arsenic adsorption by sediments could help prevent the salts intruding into groundwater more than 150 meters deep. |
Geotimes
March 2003 |
Geomedia Relatively few people know that groundwater pumping affects streams, lakes, wetlands and springs. Robert Glennon's book, Water Follies, sets to turn this situation around... Magnetic anomaly map of North America by the North American Magnetic Anomaly Group |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Adam Hadhazy |
How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis As California withers through a third year of drought, state lawmakers have been recalled to Sacramento for a special legislative session to try and squelch a decades-in-the-making water crisis. |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2008
Fred Campbell |
Source of Gaza's contaminated water confirmed Chemists have pinpointed the source of nitrates that are contaminating water in the Gaza strip and could be poisoning many newborn babies in the region. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2004
Daniel Johnson |
The Cleanup Conundrum Examine the pros and cons of remediating environmentally contaminated properties before selling. |
Geotimes
April 2005
Emery T. Cleaves |
Investing in Cooperative Water Research The Cooperative Water Program provides the foundation for adequate water monitoring and research. Water resource issues need greater visibility at the federal, state and local levels. |
Chemistry World
April 23, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Global fluoride and arsenic contamination of water mapped Swiss researchers have mapped the levels of arsenic and fluoride in groundwater throughout the world. |
Chemistry World
June 5, 2013
Harriet Brewerton |
Misdiagnosed manganism near Mount Etna? Scientists in Italy have found that the surfaces of lava stones from Mount Etna, in Sicily, may be leaching manganese into the environment. Almost 1.5 million people are supplied with water from Etna's wells and these findings could help identify any associated health risks. |
