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Metal and Heavy Metal, What is the Difference?

by Liam Smith | Nov 28, 2021 | Uncategorized

Metals are lustrous minerals that conduct heat and electricity to some degree. Other minerals are classified as non-metals or metalloids. Both...

How do we measure what qualifies as a drought, or how severe that drought might be?

by Liam Smith | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized

How do we measure what qualifies as a drought, or how severe that drought might be? There are several different ways, but most are incomplete. One...

Puerto Rico and Water

by Liam Smith | Nov 17, 2021 | Agriculture, Drinking Water, Environment, Health, Industry, Irrigation, Oceans, Population, Water

Water infrastructure on the island of Puerto Rico desperately needs funding in order to be capable of supplying clean water to all residents. The...

Water and Energy

by Liam Smith | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized

How does energy relate to water use? Water and Energy are often managed separately, despite the important links between the two. Water is used in...

Environmental Protection Agency: a Brief History

by Liam Smith | Nov 10, 2021 | Environment, Health, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Irrigation, O & G Produced Wastewater, Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created by Richard Nixon in 1970, charged with the mission of making public health policy to protect...

What is a Watershed?

by Liam Smith | Nov 8, 2021 | Uncategorized

What is a watershed and why are they important to us? A watershed is defined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as “the land area that...

Don’t drink like the Romans did, you may end up mad as a hatter!

by Liam Smith | Nov 4, 2021 | Drinking Water, Environment, Health, History, Population

Don’t drink like the Romans did, you may end up mad as a hatter! A paper in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the prevalence of lead...

Why are Aquifers so Important?

by Liam Smith | Nov 3, 2021 | Uncategorized

Aquifers are an important part of a resilient water system. These underground reservoirs bring water to deserts and food to a hungry and growing world. But are we using aquifers in a responsible and sustainable manner?