March 23, 2020
Heavy metals in drinking water represent a serious threat to human health in many parts of the world — particularly developing countries — with the possibility of some heavy metals accumulating in the body over time and leading to cancers and organ damage. In addition to the health threats of contaminated water linked to poor sanitation, metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic can be present
...March 17, 2020
A three-year Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage project will look to conserve the delicate balance of water flow through the Doongmabulla Springs Complex (DSC) in the Carmichael Basin in Queensland. Led by Professor Adrian Werner — hydrogeologist and founding member of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training at Flinders University — experts in aquifer and
...January 20, 2020
THE OCEANS are warming – and fast. So finds new research by a coalition of US and Chinese scientists. Published in the Advances in Atmospheric Sciences journal, the findings reveal that world’s oceans have hit record temperatures for each of the last five years. As well as being the hottest year on record for our oceans, 2019 also marked the largest year-on-year temperature increase since the 1950s
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August 1, 2019
A Reverse Osmosis (RO) water treatment system will remove up too 99.9% of all contaminants from water. Providing safe, potable drinking water for you and your family. Equally as important, you will never have to buy bottled water again. Healthy living and saving the planet at the same time. The price of a fully installed Reverse Osmosis is roughly the same price the average family
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July 10, 2018
When science, technology, and social need converge, results can be breathtaking in scope and impact. Let’s focus on one issue—that of municipal wastewater treatment. Such wastewater is commonly treated by biologically breaking down organic waste matter. This process generates “clean” water safe for discharge to the environment.
...July 12, 2016
“I came to the ocean to heal, but found an ocean that needed healing.” That was the realization that inspired artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi to dedicate her life to saving the sea. Her medium? Trash. When Pozzi suddenly lost her husband, she took time to look for something meaningful and constant. Her search led her back to the Oregon shores of her childhood. There, she expected to find the
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