Construction employment declined in 25 states between April 2010 and May 2010, and in 45 states between May 2009 and 2010, according to a new analysis of federal data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting four public information meetings on the proposed study of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and its potential impacts on drinking water.
ITT Corp. has announced its agreement to purchase privately held Godwin Pumps. Godwin is a leading supplier of automatic self-priming portable pumps used in the growing markets for drainage
In early June 2010, Preferred Pump purchased selected assets and inventories of Pulstar Mfg. Albin Janecek, the founder and owner of Pulstar, and all Pulstar employees now are Preferred
Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that is likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research
A technique originally applied to monitor the flow of contaminants into shallow ground water supplies has been repurposed to monitor carbon dioxide pumped deep underground for storage. Electric Resistance
The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation (NGWREF) has awarded two grants totaling $8,350 to help build fresh drinking water wells in Haiti. The Red Cross estimates three
by Mark Shwartz An estimated 60 million people in Bangladesh are exposed to unsafe levels of naturally occurring arsenic in their drinking water, dramatically raising their risk for cancer
Construction employment declined in May as 35,000 workers lost jobs, offsetting most of the increases the industry experienced in March and April, according to a new analysis of federal