America is fortunate to have thousands of municipal water systems to provide reliable, plentiful clean drinking water and sanitary waste disposal. But across the country, much of our infrastructure for managing wastewater and providing drinking water is inadequate, obsolete or seriously deteriorated. Despite the need for investment, the federal government’s per capita spending on water infrastructure dropped from $76 per person in 1977 to $11 per person in 2014. Continued failure to address this major infrastructure problem is increasingly detrimental to our economy and businesses nationwide.
Currently, the US is projected to lose $732-billion loss in business sales by 2029 and over $4.5 trillion by 2039; with 636,000 jobs lost each year by 2039, just from service disruptions and increasing services rates.
These estimates don’t even include the threats failing water infrastructure poses to the US economy through pollution and flooding. If we make the necessary investments in water infrastructure, however, the return will be significant job creation, a better competitive position for U.S. businesses, and resilient economic growth.
Join ASBC, Environment America, Susan Harris of Cerulean, LLC and Senator Jack Reed (D – Rhode Island) for a special webinar on how failing water infrastructure endangers our businesses and the economy and how we can fix this problem before the cost is insurmountable. Government listens to business, so learn the facts!
Drought as New Reality - What this means for our Homes and LandscapingChris Maxwell-Gaines
Presentation from Renewable Energy Roundup 2012. This presentation examined our present thinking of how water is processed on our urban properties. It provides ways to adapt our thinking and systems in order to take advantage of all water sources available to us.
Urban water management in developing countries have similar barriers, especially in dealing with high population and pollution. In regards to Indonesian cities, there should be some improvements in local government regulation and monitoring on water services providers.
America is fortunate to have thousands of municipal water systems to provide reliable, plentiful clean drinking water and sanitary waste disposal. But across the country, much of our infrastructure for managing wastewater and providing drinking water is inadequate, obsolete or seriously deteriorated. Despite the need for investment, the federal government’s per capita spending on water infrastructure dropped from $76 per person in 1977 to $11 per person in 2014. Continued failure to address this major infrastructure problem is increasingly detrimental to our economy and businesses nationwide.
Currently, the US is projected to lose $732-billion loss in business sales by 2029 and over $4.5 trillion by 2039; with 636,000 jobs lost each year by 2039, just from service disruptions and increasing services rates.
These estimates don’t even include the threats failing water infrastructure poses to the US economy through pollution and flooding. If we make the necessary investments in water infrastructure, however, the return will be significant job creation, a better competitive position for U.S. businesses, and resilient economic growth.
Join ASBC, Environment America, Susan Harris of Cerulean, LLC and Senator Jack Reed (D – Rhode Island) for a special webinar on how failing water infrastructure endangers our businesses and the economy and how we can fix this problem before the cost is insurmountable. Government listens to business, so learn the facts!
Drought as New Reality - What this means for our Homes and LandscapingChris Maxwell-Gaines
Presentation from Renewable Energy Roundup 2012. This presentation examined our present thinking of how water is processed on our urban properties. It provides ways to adapt our thinking and systems in order to take advantage of all water sources available to us.
Urban water management in developing countries have similar barriers, especially in dealing with high population and pollution. In regards to Indonesian cities, there should be some improvements in local government regulation and monitoring on water services providers.
WorldFish scientist Yumiko Kura presents on findings from the Yali Falls Hydropower Dam in Vietnam, making a strong case for local communities to gain access and use rights to the reservoir for multiple uses. This research was part of the Challenge Program for Water and Food and now falls under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems.
Find out more about our work in the Mekong: http://wle.cgiar.org/focal-regions/southeastasia/
Water / Wastewater - how we solve Sydney's water problem | Biocity StudioBiocity Studio
If Sydney’s water supply is consumed our agricultural industry, transport and energy will be badly effected. This presentation looks at how we solve Sydney’s water problem? Do we build a desalination plant or try to scale water on a large scale?
Honeysuckers - Sanitation solution from the informal sectorzenrain man
The vacum truck called the Honeysucker is increasingly being used in India to empty septic tanks and pit toilets in areas not serviced by sewage lines. About 90 % of urban India. Farmers are already composting and reusing this waste. Formal septage management systems need to be put in place for safety and best use of this solution.
Water / Wastewater - What happens when Sydney’s drinking water demand exceeds...Biocity Studio
Severe drought and water contamination could trigger the onset of a water supply shortage in Sydney. What happens when Sydney’s drinking water demand exceeds supply? The immediate effects of a water shortage in Sydney will led to agricultural devastation, loss of industry and Environmental effects. Desalination and recycling of wastewater remain variable options for the future of Sydney’s water.
Agadir, Morocco Vishwanath IRCSA Rainwater Clubzenrain man
The presentation puts forward some examples of rooftop rainwater harvesting in rural and urban Karnataka State, India.
Rainwater harvesting is now part of policy at the National and State level. Cities are also making it mandatory to supplement water requirements
WorldFish scientist Yumiko Kura presents on findings from the Yali Falls Hydropower Dam in Vietnam, making a strong case for local communities to gain access and use rights to the reservoir for multiple uses. This research was part of the Challenge Program for Water and Food and now falls under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems.
Find out more about our work in the Mekong: http://wle.cgiar.org/focal-regions/southeastasia/
Water / Wastewater - how we solve Sydney's water problem | Biocity StudioBiocity Studio
If Sydney’s water supply is consumed our agricultural industry, transport and energy will be badly effected. This presentation looks at how we solve Sydney’s water problem? Do we build a desalination plant or try to scale water on a large scale?
Honeysuckers - Sanitation solution from the informal sectorzenrain man
The vacum truck called the Honeysucker is increasingly being used in India to empty septic tanks and pit toilets in areas not serviced by sewage lines. About 90 % of urban India. Farmers are already composting and reusing this waste. Formal septage management systems need to be put in place for safety and best use of this solution.
Water / Wastewater - What happens when Sydney’s drinking water demand exceeds...Biocity Studio
Severe drought and water contamination could trigger the onset of a water supply shortage in Sydney. What happens when Sydney’s drinking water demand exceeds supply? The immediate effects of a water shortage in Sydney will led to agricultural devastation, loss of industry and Environmental effects. Desalination and recycling of wastewater remain variable options for the future of Sydney’s water.
Agadir, Morocco Vishwanath IRCSA Rainwater Clubzenrain man
The presentation puts forward some examples of rooftop rainwater harvesting in rural and urban Karnataka State, India.
Rainwater harvesting is now part of policy at the National and State level. Cities are also making it mandatory to supplement water requirements
Collaboration, Science, and Technology Merge to Improve Water QualityArbor Day Foundation
Collaboration, Science, and Technology Merge to Improve Water Quality
Dave Gamstetter, City of Cincinnati | Donna M. Murphy, US Forest Service Northeastern Area
In 2010 the Cincinnati Park Board (CPB) formed a partnership with the Metropolitan Sewer Department of Greater Cincinnati (MSDGC) to assist with the implementation of green solutions to meet the regulatory requirements of the consent decree using a triple bottom line approach. This presentation discusses how natural design solutions, BMPs, stormwater controls, and forests are being used to enhance green infrastructure and reduce stormwater flow on a watershed scale. The program is Project Groundwork.
The workshop will cover innovative water reuse and wastewater treatment options for commercial, institutional and medium-large residential development applications with an emphasis on environmental protection, cost effectiveness and simplicity of Operations & Maintenance. In addition to regulatory requirements, the key environmental drivers that are the basis for sustainability water management design will be described.
The presenter was Pio Lombardo, PE, President of Lombardo Associates, Inc. (LAI).
Rainwater Capture Initiative - Memorial Neighborhood, Vallparaiso, Indiana219GreenConnect
Rod Ginter, Aquatic Ecologist from JFNew in Walkterton, spoke at Green Drinks last night in Valparaiso. He informed the group about his company's participation in capturing rainwater through an auction system for stormwater BMPs.
A more robust cost benefit analysis model of permeable pavement for stormwater management in the Hudson Valley.
Presented at the 2014 Southeast NY Stormwater Conference
Audience: planners, municipal decision makers, consultants and general public
Presentation by Stu Feinglas, Senior Water Resources Analyst at City of Westminster, at the 2018 Gulf Coast Water Conservation Symposium in Houston, Texas.
Demo creating magical customer service 8 6 2012Ken Freestone
Fifteen minute sampler from "Creating Magical Customer Service, The Disney Way Webinar. Although this is a rough cut it provides a good sampling of the webinar content and format.
This is the basic presentation I give for my workshops. Lots of fun slides and of course you may insert my humor where appropriate.
Thank you for composting!!
Presentation outlining City of Holland Energy PlanKen Freestone
This presentation was given to the Holland City Council on June 9, 2010. The purpose of this was to present the work of the Holland Sustainability Committee and to provide a framework for a Community Energy Plan.
Urban Tree Canopy Inventory done for the City of Grand Rapids, MI, by the Grand Valley State University/Annis Water Resources Institute. http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
1. Gutters to Gardens Capturing Urban Storm Water Diverting water from your downspout into rainwater catchment systems has several advantages ~Reduces the volume of water flowing to the sewer treatment facility ~Lowers the percentage of roof top rainfall as a component of urban runoff ~Backup source of water during times of drought or between rain showers ~Helps to keep our creeks and beaches clean
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19. Urban Forest Assessment - Results AIR POLLUTION REMOVAL * Dollars are “externality” costs borne by society due to rising health care expenditures and reduced tourism revenue. Air Pollutant Pounds Removed per year** Money Saved from Removal* Carbon Monoxide 17,880 $7,631 Ozone 295,023 $906,375 Nitrogen Dioxide 107,281 $329,591 Particulate Matter: Less then 10 microns 196,682 $403,428 Sulfur Dioxide 44,700 $33,546 Total 661,566 $1,680,570 ** Based on Air Pollution conditions for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
20. Urban Forest Assessment - Results STORMWATER RUNOFF April 2008 2-year, 24-hour Rainfall event: 2.37 inches Curve Number of existing conditions: 78 Curve Number if the trees were replace with buildings: 89 Additional Stormwater storage volume needed if the trees were replaced with buildings: 67,075,658 ft 3 Construction cost per ft 3 * $5.50 Total Stormwater Savings: $368,916,122 Annual costs based on payments over 20 years at 6% interest $32,163,789 per year * Construction costs based on the cost to build just an ADS Storm Tech System to handle the additional stormwater
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