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Emergency response to environmental incidents on the Texas-Mexico border
(2004-12)
Emergency response to any large scale environmental incidents on the Texas - Mexico will not be easy. Any large scale incident that crosses jurisdictional boundaries, including the international boundary, may require joint ...
Uranium extraction from seawater : an assessment of cost, uncertainty and policy implications
(2011-08)
Technology to recover uranium from seawater may act as a potential backstop on the production cost of uranium in a growing international nuclear industry. Convincing proof of the existence of an effective expected upper ...
Microbial oxidation of arsenic : the potential for exploitation in drinking water treatment
(2007-12)
Arsenic (As) contamination of drinking water is a problem prevalent throughout the world, and it has become more pertinent in the US following a recent reduction in the maximum contaminant limit (MCL) to 10 μg/L. Because ...
An evaluation of lime residuals management alternatives for water utilities
(2018-12-07)
In the United States, some utilities provide lime softening to remove hardness from the drinking water. Lime softening generates residuals as part of the water treatment process, which are inert and non-hazardous. This ...
Feasibility of Water Efficiency and Reuse Technologies as Demand-Side Strategies for Urban Water Management
(2016-08)
Potable residential water efficiency and reuse technologies have seen increasing adoption in recent years and have been estimated to reduce demands by up to 50%. This report present the results of an engineering economic ...
Energy-water nexus in Texas
(2010-05)
Energy and water are closely related to each other, yet management of the two resources has historically been independent. Water resources planning and management often ignores increases in energy consumption in response ...
How to identify effective and feasible integrated strategies for seismic risk mitigation
(2004-12-18)
Floods, fires, and earthquakes continue to impose significant economic and social costs on society. Many technically effective strategies for reducing seismic risk have not been implemented, and so have been of little ...
Rail electrification’s potential for emissions abatement in the freight industry : a case study of a transcontinental rail corridor
(2019-12)
This research examines freight rail electrification by creating an energy model to simulate trains along specific corridors. The parameters for the energy model were developed after an extensive literature review. Using ...