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BP increases amount of leaked Gulf oil it captures
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 10th, 2010
Reuters: BP Plc said on Thursday its containment cap system at the Gulf of Mexico oil leak collected 15,800 barrels (660,000 gallons/2,500,000 liters) of oil on Wednesday, showing a small increase in the capture rate. The cap system collected 15,010 barrels in the previous 24-hour period, BP said. The cumulative total since the system was installed last week reached 73,324 barrels (3,080,000 gallons/11,660,000 liters), according to BP figures. "Operations were stable," BP said on ...
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Managing limited water supplies
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 10th, 2010
SciDev.Net: Balancing water supply and demand in the coming decades will be a "painful" process, but one that cannot be ignored. "The proportion of people living in countries chronically short of water ... is set to rise to 45 per cent (four billion) by 2050." In many areas, the problem will only get worse. The challenge in meeting people's demand for water is partly down to the resource's finite nature. Underground reserves of water -- known as groundwater -- have proven ...
British beach water’s mark of quality
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on June 10th, 2010
Independent (UK): More than 97 per cent of Britain's beaches met EU mandatory standards for water quality last year, a report published yesterday reveals. The figure for England and Wales was 98.6 per cent, the annual bathing water report by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency showed. Both figures were an improvement on 2008; and the UK as a whole, as well as England and Wales separately, has climbed up the league table of European countries for the cleanliness of its ...