http://www.youris.comyouris.com Biological treatment plus ozone can reduce the amount of sludge coming from wastewater treatment plants by a factor of ten.Thu, 03 May 2012 11:29:27 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Bioalchemy_Turning_Sludge_Into_Clear_Water.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Bioalchemy_Turning_Sludge_Into_Clear_Water.kl Research teams are trying different approaches within the nanotechnological field to improve water membrane technologies. One of these is to improve water purification by using nature’s own water-transporting channels, aquaporins. However, constructing suitable membranes for industrial processes is a challengeFri, 13 May 2011 09:23:56 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Nanotechnological_Innovations_Can_Improve_Water_Purification.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Nanotechnological_Innovations_Can_Improve_Water_Purification.kl Scientists of the Technical University of Denmark have developed a new filter to obtain ultra pure water which consists only of H2O molecules. All minerals, carbon compounds or gas molecules are filtered out by this special membrane by CORINNA LÜCKE (Sep. '10)Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:19:30 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Nano_Filtered_Water.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Nano_Filtered_Water.kl Droughts and water scarcity are increasingly being observed in many regions of Europe and, according to the EEA, in the coming decades the continent is likely to suffer more frequent meteorological droughtsTue, 10 Jan 2012 14:23:36 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Prof_Henny_AJ_Van_Lanen_Drought_Response_Capacity_And_Prevention_To_Reduce_Future_EuropeS_Water_Balance_Vulnerability.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Prof_Henny_AJ_Van_Lanen_Drought_Response_Capacity_And_Prevention_To_Reduce_Future_EuropeS_Water_Balance_Vulnerability.kl Today carbon dioxide is increasing in the atmosphere faster than land and oceans can absorb it. As a consequence the average acidity of the oceans has increasedFri, 16 Dec 2011 18:51:12 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/JeanPierre_Gattuso__To_Face_The_Negative_Effects_Of_Ocean_Acidification_A_LargeScale_Solution_Is_Inevitable.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/JeanPierre_Gattuso__To_Face_The_Negative_Effects_Of_Ocean_Acidification_A_LargeScale_Solution_Is_Inevitable.kl What does good water governance actually imply in regard to water servicing and how are European countries dealing with it?Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:54:17 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Mnica_Garca_Quesada_The_Current_Global_Water_Crisis_Is_Widely_Considered_A_Crisis_Of_Governance.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Mnica_Garca_Quesada_The_Current_Global_Water_Crisis_Is_Widely_Considered_A_Crisis_Of_Governance.kl According to the current climate models, modifications in the amount and duration of snow cover, the magnitude and timing of the summer ice-melt peak, the headwater extension of streams as they follow glacier recession, decreasing groundwater recharge and elevated water temperature are expected to modify noticeably mountainous ecosystems Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:28:03 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Martin_Beniston_We_Need_To_Improve_The_Management_Of_Water_Resources_In_Order_To_Avoid_Potential_Conflicts_In_The_Future.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Martin_Beniston_We_Need_To_Improve_The_Management_Of_Water_Resources_In_Order_To_Avoid_Potential_Conflicts_In_The_Future.kl If pathogens enter into our water supply network many people may fall ill quickly. To protect us against this biological threat, researchers have developed a detection system partly based on nanotechnology that can warn authorities in timeFri, 06 May 2011 09:21:14 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/A_New_Detection_System_Reveals_Terrorist_Attacks_On_Water_Supply_Networks.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/A_New_Detection_System_Reveals_Terrorist_Attacks_On_Water_Supply_Networks.kl Engineers have developed a new a mobile detection system to fight the growing threat of contaminated drinking water. Within the European research project DINAMICS they have built a microchip system which is able to identify specific dangerous bacteria, viruses or unicellular organismsTue, 03 May 2011 15:50:23 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Mobile_Detection_System_For_Contaminated_Water.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Mobile_Detection_System_For_Contaminated_Water.kl Prof Peter Agre is a molecular biologist, director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. During his studies, he discovered that there is a special protein that is responsible for rapid permeation of water in cellsWed, 15 Sep 2010 16:34:48 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Peter_Agre_2003_Nobel_Prize_Of_Chemistry_Winner_The_Generation_Of_Pure_Water_Is_Theoretical_Possible_With_The_Aquaporins_Because_This_Is_A_Water_Selective_Filter_And_Only_Water_Can_Go_Through_This_Filter.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Peter_Agre_2003_Nobel_Prize_Of_Chemistry_Winner_The_Generation_Of_Pure_Water_Is_Theoretical_Possible_With_The_Aquaporins_Because_This_Is_A_Water_Selective_Filter_And_Only_Water_Can_Go_Through_This_Filter.klClean drinking water is a basic requirement for a healthy life and the drinking water demand of an adult person is two litres a day. But worldwide over one Billion people do not have access to clean water. (Dec. '07)Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:22:35 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Safe_Drinking_Water.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Safe_Drinking_Water.kl