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Nalco and Argonne Reach Licensing Deal for Resin Wafer Technology
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Studies Show Washing with Softened Water Can Significantly Cut Detergent Use, Energy Consumption
LISLE, Ill. , March 1, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Consumers can cut back on dish and laundry detergent use by 50 percent or more and lower washing machine temperatures from hot to cold just by using softened water, two new independent studies revealed today show.
Worries arise over targeted soil, water offices
By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Of all of the cuts in Gov. Pat Quinn’s $35.4 billion budget, the $600,000 pegged to be stripped from Soil and Water Conservation offices across the state could be the least sexy. But it could also be one of the most controversial and most resisted.
City: clear drains, we have sand bags
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The City of Indianapolis is asking residents to check and clear debris away from storm drains in hopes of minimizing flooding. Forecast 8 Meteorologists say up to 5 inches of rain could fall through Friday.
Global Activism: Recent high school graduate starts an organization to help bring clean water to a Kenyan village
(Jillian Powers) To collect water in Mulot, where Aliya de Grazia volunteered, villagers place jugs in damp holes and wait for them to fill. (Jillian Powers) A villager from Mulot collects water from the nearby Amala River.
Cholera outbreak creeps closer to Haiti’s capital (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince. Health officials said at least 208 people had died and 2,674 others were infected in an outbreak mostly centered in the Artibonite region north of the capital.