A student team of Engineers Without Borders recently returned from Kenya where they began implementing a plan to bring clean drinking water to more than 3,000 subsistence farmers. Working with villagers of Namawanga, their projects focused on water quality, assessing sites for future wells, grading topsoil and fencing out livestock.
In less than 10 years, Sandvik Mining and Construction has developed a number of mining and construction brands, however, the company will now do business only under the brand, Sandvik.
Ten universities have received grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for research to develop better methods for detecting harmful organisms in drinking water, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa.
Following and implementing water system and plumbing codes should become easier for many installers, building inspectors and others under a new agreement announced in February by NSF International and the International Code Council.
Probes designed to find life on Mars do not drill deep enough to find the living cells that scientists believe may exist well below the surface, according to recent research. Yet the study also shows that the best place to look for living cells is within the ice of the newly discovered frozen sea on Mars.
For the first time, scientists have used a satellite to track the origin and movements of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere, providing a new perspective on the dominant role Earth's water cycle plays in weather and climate.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded PATH, an international, non-profit organization, $17 million to test new approaches to ensure that low-income people in developing countries have safe drinking water in their homes.
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