Algal bloom spells woes for Maynilad customers

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:01:14 +0000

Algal bloom spells woes for Maynilad customers

Maynilad Water Services Inc. is drawing more water treated at its Putatan filtration plants in Muntinlupa City despite the algal bloom in Laguna de Bay, its source of raw water for customers in the cities of Muntinlupa, Las Piñas and Parañaque, and parts of Cavite province. These areas, however, will continue to experience eight hours […]

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Q&A With Geothermal Experts

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:01:04 +0000

Geothermal energy has been around forever, used as a heating source across the world. Today it has surfaced as another renewable resource, with advancements in drilling technology bringing down costs and opening new areas to development. In conjunction with the feature article on geothermal in the May 2019 issue of POWER, we sought opinions from […]

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Water level at Angat Dam breaches critical mark

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:54:34 +0000

The water level in Angat Dam on Sunday dropped to 179.93 meters above sea level (masl), breaching its 180-meter minimum requirement, officials said on Sunday.

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Federal Court Vacates Parts of Obama EPA’s ELG Rule 

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:06:55 +0000

In a legal victory for environmental groups, a federal court has vacated key portions of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) November 2015–promulgated effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants, deeming them “unlawful.”  The decision adds a dramatic new element of uncertainty for the rule’s timeline, which the Trump administration has said it expects […]

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Duterte slams MWSS: ‘Why didn’t you prepare for El Niño?’

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:17:15 +0000

Duterte slams MWSS: ‘Why didn’t you prepare for El Niño?’

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has slammed Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) anew for being unprepared for the El Niño season.

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