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Researchers from the University of Dundee are combining Twitter, citizen science and cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to develop an ...
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Scientists and engineers have teamed up across the Atlantic to "redraw" the flood map of the US. Their work reveals 40 million Americans are at risk of having ...
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What is sunny day flooding and how it happens? By Kristen French A flood on a sunny day. Photo: debs-eye via Flickr CCIn recent years, near-biblical floods ...
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Flooding rivers can wreak havoc on homes and roads but are necessary for healthy ecosystems, research at Oregon State University suggests. The study shows ...
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EU Floods Directive incorporated in the Law on Water of Republika Srpska. During 2017, the Law on Water of Republika Srpska is aligned with the EU Floods ...
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Planting trees can reduce flood risk, but a high intensity forest land use, such as grazing, can counteract the positive effect of the trees, a recently ...
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by APFM WMO-GWP, The Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
Crowdsourcing is broadly defined as the process of obtaining information, ideas and services from a large group of people, and has become closely linked to ...
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Watch this explainer video to understand what we mean when we say "Integrated Flood Management"
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An innovative £1.2m project led by The University of Manchester aims to demonstrate that landscape restoration could be a low-cost way to reduce the risk of ...
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ILC Dover has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company patents for its unique Flex-Gate®, Flex-Wall®, and Flex-Cover® dry ...
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Dutch Government awards Wisbech 2020 £50,000 for innovative flood risk project to boost hopes of extra 12,000 homes. A Dutch initiative that won a Defra ...
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Katadyn, a global manufacturer of industry-leading water treatment systems, partners with relief organizations to supply water filtration technologies for ...
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UTSA researcher to study waterways contaminated by Hurricane Harvey damage. Vikram Kapoor, an assistant professor in The University of Texas at San Antonio ...
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In order to save the species living in the river basin – and protect people from the threat of devastating floods – rivers need more space, diversity, and ...
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The MSR SE200 Community Chlorine Maker is enabling communities in Puerto Rico and Mexico to create chlorine for safe water treatment on the spot. Source: ...
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New research suggests that excessive groundwater usage and damming have changed the natural risk of nuisance floods, for better or worse, in eastern U.S. ...
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New research from the University of Waterloo, funded by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and conducted by the Intact Centre on Climate ...
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by APFM WMO-GWP, The Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
HydroSOS is aimed at improving flood and drought preparedness Following weeks of floods that have devastated different parts of the world, leading ...
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Do you have questions about how septic systems work? Do you know how to properly maintain your septic system? Here is what EPA suggests. What do I do with my ...
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In a joint operation two Dutch water technology firms, Dutch Water Partners and Hatenboer Water, airlifted three reversed osmosis plants to the island of ...
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