water industry professional Articles
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Decentralised systems – definition and drivers in the current context
This paper explores the current context for decentralised approaches in the provision of urban water services. It examines the recent history of decentralised systems' implementation in Australia and identifies its drivers. The drivers included addressing capacity constraints of centralised systems, mitigating the environmental impact of urban development, and increasing the resilience ...
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Latest Ransomware Threatens Municipal Water Treatment
Ransomware seems like it’s everywhere in the news lately. Ransomware is software that installs itself on a computer, often when the user opens a seemingly harmless email attachment. Once installed, the ransomware blocks access to critical files and data until the user meets the demands of the person remotely controlling the ransomware. This usually involves a cash payment. A widely reported ...
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SNAP – Misconnected plumbing and water pollution
In the UK, approximately 300,000 homes have misconnected plumbing, sending grey and foul water directly into streams and rivers instead of sewage treatment works, polluting the waterways and damaging aquatic ecosystems. “The water industry estimates that misconnections cause a daily sewage discharge to streams and rivers equivalent to all the foul waste produced by a town the size of ...
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Reverse Osmosis and Water Purification
From water reuse to desalination, reverse osmosis plays a key role in supplying fresh water where it’s needed Consumers may already know reverse osmosis (RO) from popular under-sink home water treatment systems, but RO is used in many applications and at many scales. Reverse osmosis can purify unusable water to the point where it’s virtually free of health risks and esthetic ...
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Recognizing U.S. Water Week
Policy developments and proposed EPA regulations are among the topics on tap Professionals from the water industry will gather in Washington, D.C., during Water Week on April 25-26, 2023. They’ll learn more about policy achievements of the past two years as well as the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new regulations regarding ...
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Green Energy and Decentralized Water Treatment for the Caribbean
Distributed treatment, which limits the need for fossil fuels and extensive infrastructure, could be a perfect fit for the islands’ needs Among water treatment industry professionals, consensus is growing that small- to medium-scale decentralized desalination and wastewater treatment plants are the way forward in a water-stressed future. But, governments continue to announce new water ...
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Green Energy and Decentralized Water Treatment for the Caribbean
The hilly terrain of many Caribbean islands makes decentralized water and wastewater treatment a natural fit. Distributed treatment, which limits the need for fossil fuels and extensive infrastructure, could be a perfect fit for the islands’ needs Among water treatment industry professionals, consensus is growing that small- to medium-scale decentralized desalination and wastewater ...
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Our drinking water systems are a disaster. What can we do?
In the wake of the Flint, communities turn to innovative technology and financing to prevent the next crisis. People in developed countries turn on the tap and safe drinking water flows, a dramatic health benefit they tend to take for granted. That complacency was dramatically disrupted last year when children in Flint, Michigan, started testing positive for lead poisoning and the source was ...
By Ensia
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How Installing Arsenic Drinking Water Treatment Can Save Your Life
Arsenic is an element so associated with its toxicity and harmful effects on the human body that the word itself is often used for any kind of general poison. While the exact ways that exposure to the metalloid attacks various organs and systems is still not fully understood, studies throughout the scientific community are continually determining that ingesting arsenic through drinking water can ...
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