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IBM Collaboration Harnesses Power of Big Data to Help Manage Complex Watersheds
2014-06-16 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Flooding, fresh-water stewardship along Ontario's Grand River to be studied<br /> <br /> MARKHAM, Ontario - A new data integration platform for watershed management built by the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) in collaboration with IBM [NYSE: IBM is helping researchers, urban planners and others develop more sophisticated tools to predict floods, safeguard the drinking water supply and forecast the impact of growth and urbanization on vital ecosystems.<br /> <br /> This ...This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of: Scientific Software | Data Collection Software | Data Collection Systems
Healthy watersheds make for happy beavers
2014-04-21 21:22:14| PortlandOnline
Beavers have a reputation for being a nuisance - with gnawing down trees - but beaver activity is actually an important part of the health of our watersheds.
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Warning: Many watersheds in US failing 'stress test'
2013-09-30 06:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Nearly 1 in 10 of the nation's watersheds--areas of land that contain runoff from rivers and streams--are stressed to the point to where demand for water exceeds the natural supply. "There is a lot of pressure on our water supply, especially In the western part of the country," said Kristen Averyt, associate director for science at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, and lead author of the report released this month. "As the population grows, so too does demand....
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USDA, Coca-Cola team up to repair watersheds in California and other states
2013-09-14 00:54:23| Beverages - Topix.net
The Department of Agriculture and the Coca-Cola Co. said Friday they will collaborate to restore damaged watersheds on national lands, including one in California.
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NRCS on Watersheds, Water Quality and Conservation Investment
2013-07-15 20:11:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_905536"); The annual Conservation Technology Information Center's (CTIC) Conservation in Action Tour held Tuesday and Wednesday July 9-10 in central Illinois' Livingston County was kicked off by the Acting Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Jason Weller. In this Corn & Soybean Digest video by Editor Kurt Lawton, Weller talks about several key conservation efforts. read more
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