Crisis in Flint, Mich., has led to increased vigilance.
California, US EPA reduce groundwater threats from underground storage tanks
Since 2013, actions taken at 381 tanks located on 157 properties have prevented groundwater contamination.
Canada Energy Partners submits appeal, request for stay to restore water disposal rights
The company has filed an appeal to the British Columbia Oil & Gas Appeal Tribunal.
New USGS assessment provides fresh insights into nation’s brackish groundwater inventory
The nation’s brackish groundwater could help stretch limited freshwater supplies.
Europe’s largest wastewater project gets boost by KSB pumps
KSB Aktiengesellschaft, Germany has supplied 21 pumps to Emschergenossenschaft for use in the Emscher sewer…
Berners-Lee slams US/UK government anti-encryption moves
Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says the moves by the Trump administration and Home Secretary Amber Rudd to give governments the key to encrypted messages is a bad idea. “Now I know that if you’re trying to catch terrorists it’s really tempting to demand to be able to break all that encryption but if you …
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Mouser’s FORTE
Mouser’s intelligent BOM tool – FORTE – validates part numbers, product availability, and price, and recommends alternative products to reduce design and product lifecycle risks. FORTE evaluates the millions of daily interactions of purchasing professionals and engineers, and uses a unique relevancy engine that analyzes partial part numbers and descriptions to suggest the best options …
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260 jobs at risk as EMS giant Jabil ends manufacturing at Livingston
Electronics manufacturing services giant Jabil has announced plans to end manufacturing at its Livingston site with the loss of 260 jobs.
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Toshiba’s 8TB HDD
Toshiba has volume availability of an 8TB version in its MG Series of Enterprise Capacity HDDs for business critical servers and shared storage systems. With a 33% increase in capacity from the previous Toshiba 6TB SATA generation, this drive is the first Toshiba 8TB SATA 6.0Gbit/s capacity-optimized storage for the enterprise. The MG05ACA800 improves sustained …
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Mentor targets autonomous vehicles with real-time data capture
Mentor, the EDA design tool firm recently acquired by Siemens, has introduced a design platform for automated driving systems. With autonomous vehicles dependent on data from various sensor systems, the platform will capture data in real time from radar, LIDAR, vision and other sensors. The DRS360 platform has sensing accuracy and overall system efficiency required …
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