Conservation Opportunities Identified in 17 Pacific Northwest National Forests pewtrusts.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pewtrusts.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sandy City Council discusses future of relationship with Portland Water Bureau
Councilors ask for alternatives to be explored for water resources for the city
With a large filtration plant project in the works by Portland Water Bureau, multiple other wholesale customers discontinuing their relationships with the bureau and a potential increase in cost to remaining wholesale customers (like Sandy) the city is considering also pulling its contract with the bureau.
For decades, Sandy prided itself on being fairly self-sufficient. In 2000, the city broke away from the Metro by discontinuing a relationship with TriMet and creating the Sandy Area Metro transportation department. In 2002, the city created its own internet service provider, SandyNet.
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BLACKSBURG, Virginia, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – “Inland freshwater salt pollution is rising nationwide and worldwide, and we investigated the potential conflict between managing freshwater salt pollution and the sustainable practice of increasing water supply through the addition of highly treated wastewater to surface waters and groundwaters,” said Stanley Grant, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering.
“If we don’t figure out how to reverse this trend of salt pollution soon, it may become one of our nation’s top environmental challenges.” Grant and his collaborators have published their findings in the journal “Nature Sustainability.”
Environmental News Network - Freshwater Salt Pollution Threatens Ecosystem Health and Human Water Security enn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.