How Charlotte’s Geographic Approach Improved Public Services
Charlotte, North Carolina’s public water and wastewater department created an intelligent utility system with GIS technology.
Posts Tagged: water
Belkin Unveils Echo Sensor Technology for Intelligent Use of Water, Energy and Natural Gas Resources
HydroPoint Data Systems Partners With Belkin Echo Water for Smart Water Management; Department of Defense Selects Belkin Echo Electricity for Military Installation Demonstration Belkin, a trusted leader of technology solutions for office, classroom, IT infrastructure, and mobile environments, today introduced Echo, an advanced sensor technology system for buildings that analyzes the use of water, electricityRead… Read more »
Using Technology to Respond to Climate Change
Feeling a little warmer than usual? It’s not your imagination. This summer has already been a scorcher, with most of the country seeing temperatures of over 100 degrees and breaking several records. The NOAA also recently reported that the first 6 months of 2012 were the warmest months on record ever in the history ofRead… Read more »
Communication Breakdown: Government Still Undervalues the Need for Legitimate Public Buy in
This past week my co-founder Manu and I headed to Sacramento for the annual California WateReuse conference, a policy/trade event that focuses on promoting the development of recycled water and desalination. Those in attendance included some of the industry’s best engineers, a wide array of public agencies and utilities, and of course, the public outreachRead… Read more »
Water Works – PLCs control all USA remote pump sites.
So it would be wise for all Water Works personnel to seek additional real-world PLC safety and reliability training, not just scholastic learning. (A PLC is a Programmable Logic Controller) See the video to learn more about the risk to our infrastructure and proper training. If any of you have questions about PLCs, I canRead… Read more »
HR=Humans Represent: Friday is BAD
…yep, BAD – Blog Action Day! If you haven’t been paying attention the last few years, Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking a global discussion and driving collective action. ThisRead… Read more »
Mid-Atlantic Healthy Waters is On the Internet
It was a long time coming, but we are finally there. Our Region just launched the latest EPA Greenversation and I am so proud of my management for taking the plunge! Indeed, it was a hard road and lots of new ground to cover but we are finally there….or are we? Now we need toRead… Read more »
Heavenly Answers for Earthly Problems
I’m SO excited to share details about NASA’s newest, coolest, never-been-done-before sustainability initiative, LAUNCH:Water. Accelerating Innovation for a Sustainable Future. We’ve been working on this project for some time — an innovative collaborative process to “launch” ideas, or disruptive green technologies, that address some of this planet’s growing pains. All props to NASA’s Robbie Schingler,Read… Read more »
“March” Yourself into Action this Month
Wow! March sure is a busy month for enviornmental awareness both nationwide and worldwide. I just posted 7 events here on GovLoop, and wanted to encourage everyone to get involved in some way. Read up, Get Up, Speak Up … just don’t give up!! It’s the only planet we got! March 2010 events: Stop GlobalRead… Read more »
The Chesapeake Bay goes on a Pollution Diet
A huge effort is underway to help improve the water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its local tributaries. This is likely to be an awesome task, bringing together all aspects of water protection and respect for the environment. A new website has more details and links to all of the partners involved so far.Read… Read more »