The News Review:
- Court Ks dumping gold mine waste in lake
- City areas reel under water shortage
- Beaver Water District hosted quiz about area water supply
- NJ proposing less rigid phosphorus standards for rivers streams
- IBM Delves Into Lithium-Air Batteries Water-Cooled Supercomputers
Court Ks dumping gold mine waste in lake
The Associated Press
” The Kensington gold mine 45 miles north of Juneau will produce as many as 370 jobs when it begins operation. But environmentalists feared the ruling could lead to a broader easing of requirements on how companies dispose of their mining waste. “If a mining company can turn Lower Slate Lake in Alaska into a lifeless waste dump other polluters with solids in their water can potentially do the same to any water body in America” said Trip Van Noppen president of Earthjustice which had participated in the litigation. By a 6-3 vote the Supreme Court said a federal appeals court wrongly blocked on environmental grounds the Army Corps of Engineers’ waste disposal permit for the mine project. The Alaska mine which had been closed since 1928 now plans to resume operation and will dump about 4. 5 million tons of mine tailings — waste left after metals are extracted from the ore — into the lake located three miles away in the Tongass National Forest. The court in its majority opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the Army Corps was correct in agreeing with the mining company that the waste should be considered “fill material” and not subject to the more stringent EPA requirements.
City areas reel under water shortage
Times of India
The water cut has only aggravated the problem for the residentsparticularly housewives and working women. Says Shubhangi Pawan ofKarve Road: “For the last two days we have been getting water only for half anhour in the morning. There is no fixed time for water supply. Being a workingwoman completing household chores in such circumstances is very tough. This isnot 20 per cent cut this is 90 per cent cut. ” The problem issimilar for Surekha Rangnathan of Malwadi. “We get water only for half an hourin the morning and that too at a very low pressure.
Beaver Water District hosted quiz about area water supply
Benton County Daily Record
“We want people to value Beaver Lake and join with us in protecting this great resource” Wilson said. The Beaver Water District which draws water from north of the Hickory Creek area of Beaver Lake and treats the water at a treatment plant east of Lowell supplies drinking water to more than 250000 people and industries in Benton and Washington counties. FEEDBACK:Something to say about this topic? Submit a Letter to the Editor onlineCopyright © 2001-2009 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Inc. All rights reserved.
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NJ proposing less rigid phosphorus standards for rivers streams
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
At this point this is a proposal and what we are required to do by law is to after a public comment period review and respond to these comments. So I don’t feel we are in any position now to comment on this until we have properly reviewed the feedback and responded in writing to it” she said. Environmentalists say the proposal is a setback in terms of water protection. “It’s very troubling and it goes beyond algae blooms in rivers and suffocating fish. New Jersey is stepping backward in water protection and this puts an added strain on the entire ecological system which is dealing with other forms of pollution as well and it may be having environmental consequences we have yet to realize” said Maya van Rossum leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network an environmental group. The Delaware Riverkeeper along with the New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club and others argue that the old “narrative” standard leaves the state unable to directly link sewage plants to increased phosphorus levels creating loopholes and making it impossible to hold the plants accountable for pollution. “This will derail the entire phosphorus initiative.
IBM Delves Into Lithium-Air Batteries Water-Cooled Supercomputers
Greentech Media
Also in the works is a supercomputer cooled with water at the chip level – something IBM says could apply to broader data center cooling. JohnJune 23 2009 IBM Delves Into Lithium-Air Batteries Water-Cooled SupercomputersThe computing giant is researching lithium-air batteries a technology with much promise but many challenges for commercial applications. Also in the works is a supercomputer cooled with water at the chip level – something IBM says could apply to broader data center cooling.