Flow Meters and Environmental Sensors for Precision Fluid Measurement
We recently had the opportunity to talk to Dennis Nelson, CEO & President of the Project WET Foundation, who shared how their organization is helping conserve the world’s water resources through water education. Can you tell us the story of Project WET and what you hope to accomplish? I was working with the North Dakota …
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The war among states over water has been raging since the establishment of boundaries. It is nothing new, although citizens in arid lands often wonder why water bills keep rising, not realizing they live in an area where water is not abundant. Areas of Southern California, Las Vegas and the growing metropolis of Phoenix are …
It is no longer a secret for those exposed to the media that the world is in the midst of a global water crisis. Millions of people die every year from water shortages and water contamination, and millions more are subjected to an endless cycle of poverty driven by a need for water. Author Charles …
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As the global water shortage crisis grows, it has become more apparent than ever that the children of today will inherit water woes, as well as provide the source for answers about how to address the problems in the future. Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) began in 1984 and is a nonprofit organization with …
UN-Water, through its “Water for Life” Decade program, is a division of the United Nations charged with developing solutions that will help ease the burden the global water crisis places on women of the world. The “Water for Life” Decade mandate proposes to bring relief to people, particularly women, who suffer the most harm from …
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We are bombarded with the news that we as Americans are using too much water. We leave our faucets on, our toilets are not calibrated to use less water per flush, we take showers instead of water-saving baths, and we use inefficient appliances like dishwashers and washing machines that fritter away a valuable resource. The …
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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that American really is the land of plenty, especially when it comes to cool, clean water. It comes right out of faucets and spigots with a flick of the wrist. Perhaps it is not surprising that this is not the case in many parts of the world. What probably is …
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