A solar-powered pump installed at California’s Santa Susana Field Laboratory in 2024 has removed more than 65,000 gallons of contaminated groundwater in two years, nearly 70% of everything pumped there since 2017

The new setup can pump groundwater seven days a week, without relying on electricity from the grid or a generator. That has allowed the cleanup operation to run more consistently while increasing the volume of water that can be removed from the affected area. A small shift in how groundwater is collected is making a…

Read More

Engineers dredged 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the Mississippi River and used it to build seven islands; six years later, the $25 million McGregor Lake project has restored 270 acres of aquatic habitat and protected 22 acres of wetlands

For years, sand dredged from the Mississippi River was removed to keep one of America’s most important waterways navigable. At one restoration site, engineers found another use for that material, building islands. The US Army Corps of Engineers has completed a $25 million habitat restoration project at McGregor Lake in Wisconsin, where about 500,000 cubic…

Read More

Iit Bombay Student Suicide: IIT-Bombay suicide case: Sahil Wakode’s father detained on way to campus to begin hunger strike | Mumbai News

Mumbai Police detained Ravindra Wakode (R) in Bhandup, Professor Suryanarayan Doolla (L) MUMBAI: Mumbai Police on Thursday detained Ravindra Wakode in Bhandup while he was travelling to IIT-Bombay’s Powai campus to begin a hunger strike following the death of his son, second-year student Sahil Wakode.Wakode said he wanted to undertake the hunger strike for his…

Read More

HC rejects farmers’ plea to shift Purandar airport site, clears way for land acquisition | Pune News

Bombay high court held that selecting a site for a major public infrastructure project is essentially a policy decision involving technical and operational considerations best left to experts. It added that courts cannot interfere in such strategic matters and stated that aggrieved farmers could instead approach competent authorities to challenge land acquisition and compensation amounts…

Read More