Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

Testing Your Water for Contaminants

Public water systems in the U.S. must provide customers with an annual water quality report disclosing contaminants and potential health effects, but if you’re still concerned, you can order an inexpensive home test kit that screens for heavy metals, pesticides and other toxins. Credit: Laura Nawrocik, FlickrCC.

By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss, […]

Polluted Water Troubles Bring Erin Brockovich To Town of Hoosick Falls, NY

Erin Brockovich, during her visit to Hoosick Falls, NY. Photo by Dhance, via Flickr

By George Harvey

In 2014, Michael Hickey had recently lost his father and a teacher to cancer, and he wanted to understand why. He did a web search on cancer and the name of a product his […]

Otsego Lake Assn. and SUNY Oneonta BFS Deploy a Water Quality Monitoring Buoy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Kiyoko Yokota, Technical Advisor September 28, 2016 Otsego Lake Association Kiyoko.Yokota@oneonta.edu 607-437-3742

Dateline: Cooperstown, NY — The Otsego Lake Association (OLA), in cooperation with SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station (BFS) researchers, have installed an automated water quality monitoring buoy on Otsego Lake. The majority of the new system was installed by […]

The True Scope of Earth’s Fresh Water Crisis

10 Shocking Facts

The California drought and Flint’s lead problem are just part of the bad news about world water supplies.

The map plots fresh water availability per capita in terms of thousands of cubic meters per person. The per capita volume of water resources available is a good indicator of […]

NESEA Speakers at BuildingEnergy 15: Nadav Malin

Reinventing the Water Grid Part I: Science, Behavior & Dollars

Thursday, March 05, 2015 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Multi-Sector

This session is in two parts.Water is scarcer. Systems for both fresh and waste water are vulnerable. Water standards are increasingly stringent to protect ecosystems and public health. Since water and energy are so […]

NESEA Speakers at BuildingEnergy 15: Abraham Noe-Hays

Reinventing the Water Grid Part I: Science, Behavior & Dollars

Abraham Noe-Hays

Thursday, March 05, 2015 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Multi-Sector

This session is in two parts.Water is scarcer. Systems for both fresh and waste water are vulnerable. Water standards are increasingly stringent to protect ecosystems and public health. Since water and […]