Conservation

EPA honors Soltex water-eliminating process at the 20th Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

Soltex received the honor “for inventing a new process that eliminates the use of water and reduces the use of hazardous chemicals in petroleum products,” stated the release.

Wessex Water and TaKaDu sign a 1-year contract to enhance water conservation efforts and manage the water network more efficiently

Wessex Water has signed a one year contract with TaKaDu to pilot its leading Event Management solution across the southern part of its 11,500 kilometre water network. 
The trial aims to enhance Wessex Water’s efforts to conserve water, improve its customer service and manage its network more efficiently.

Urban Californians reduced their water consumption by 28.9 percent in May from the same month two years ago

Californians seem to be getting the hang of this water conservation thing.

As California’s drought drags on and water supplies get tighter, Valley businesses are finding ways to get more uses from the water they have, or just use less

Fresno’s water parks are keeping the pools filled, but letting the grass go brown. Nurseries are using irrigation mats or electronic monitors to keep plants watered with less waste. And other businesses are finding ways to reuse the water they have.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has announced that it has started with water restrictions in some municipalities in the province

The department said the mandatory water interruption is due to dam levels reaching critically low levels. The iLembe District and eThekwini Metro are the regions most impacted by the water rationing.

CalCom Solar has partnered with Wexus Technologies to deploy technologies that will save energy and water in the farming industry

The California Energy Commission recently awarded Wexus a $4 million grant to commercialize a cloud-based, mobile platform for the agricultural industry. The platform is designed to make the industrial and agricultural sectors more energy and water efficient.

Levi Strauss believes in integrating sustainability into every aspect of its business – from the cultivation of cotton to educating customers to use less water when they have to wash their jeans

Levi Strauss, the first company to commercially manufacture the ubiquitous pair of jeans, may be the ultimate in “slow fashion” as it believes in making products that last for years and bucking the use-and-throw “fast fashion” phenomenon that rules the clothing industry. And its strategy appears to be paying off.  

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced new funding to aid in the conservation and protection of critical wetlands, according to a press release

NRCS state offices are accepting project applications from states, local units of governments, non-governmental organizations and American Indian tribes interested in leveraging resources to voluntarily protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands on private and tribal agricultural land nationwide.