Tucked behind a residential neighborhood just off a major highway, a Portsmouth riverfront residence swarms with volunteers. For three weeks, people from all walks of life – retired engineers, students, even a few Crossfit groups – have been unloading bags of loose shell, hauling wheelbarrows of sand and building the foundation of a new 718-foot “living shoreline.” The volunteers, along with .
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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Elizabeth River Project joined volunteers in the mud along the shoreline to help search for live oysters to relocate them while the shoreline is being built up.
Global water-treatment specialist SurfCleaner has expanded its global distributor network after signing two new deals with partners in Italy and Norway. The Swedish firm has appointed technical trader Christian Berner in Norway and Italian outfit WTE, specializing in aeration systems for wastewater treatment plants. Its technology can be used in many areas including oil-spill clean-up .