well management Articles
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3 Ways to Optimize Your EHS Data
See What You've Been Missing As consultants, we’re always looking to find the most efficient ways to understand our project site data and maximize our understanding of the conditions and processes in the subsurface. Understanding data begins with quality data management, but it's important to have a streamlined process for providing data in proprietary formats for mapping and visualization ...
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Linking environmental management systems with cost reduction in enterprises: an analysis of managerial responses
The goal of this research is to find if and what types of costs have been reduced as a result of implementing environmental management systems and of what significance it was to the firms involved. The research suggests that one-third of the enterprises polled have managed to reduce costs. In most cases the reductions pertained to the costs of waste management as well as energy and water ...
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Monthly groundwater level prediction using ANN and neuro-fuzzy models: a case study on Kerman plain, Iran
The prediction of groundwater levels in a well has immense importance in the management of groundwater resources, especially in arid regions. This paper investigates the abilities of neuro-fuzzy (NF) and artificial neural network (ANN) techniques to predict the groundwater levels. Two different NF and ANN models comprise various combinations of monthly variablities, that is, air temperature, ...
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Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Demand-Side Management
This paper discusses greenhouse gas reductions gained through demand-side management programs. Demand-side management programs are designed to educate consumers to reduce energy consumption by improving energy efficiency and modifying energy use levels. These programs conducted by utilities result in decreased amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. However, utilities are often restricted from using ...
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`Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Demand-Side Management,` presented at the 2004 AWMA annual conference
Abstract This paper discusses greenhouse gas reductions gained through demand-side management programs. Demand-side management programs are designed to educate consumers to reduce energy consumption by improving energy efficiency and modifying energy use levels. These programs conducted by utilities result in decreased amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. However, utilities are often ...
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The Effects of Intermittent Supply on Water Distribution Networks
The world’s population is increasing at a tremendous rate, the world’s renewable water resources are reducing rapidly, the gap between supply and demand is widening with urbanisation and climate change making it even wider. This paper reviews how the Water Board of Lemesos, Cyprus, a water utility with a proven history of managing extremely well its distribution network, was forced ...
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The Challenges of Sustainable Access to Safe Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: Case of Zawtar El-Charkieh, Southern Lebanon
Adequate and safe water is important for human health and well-being, economic production, and sustainable development. Failure to ensure the safety of drinking water may expose the community to the risk of outbreaks of waterborne and infectious diseases. Although drinking water is a basic human right, many people do not have access to safe and adequate drinking water or proper sanitation ...
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Key success factors of small businesses
The purpose of this paper is to examine the success factors of small businesses. The study employed a multiple case–study research strategy involving in–depth interviews with owners of small businesses, a trade organisation and a government agency. The findings suggest that majority of small business owners place more emphasis on getting the job done and focusing on the customers. They pay little ...
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Welcome to our New HQ
Following a significant period of expansion, Aquobex have moved into new headquarters based at the Harwell Campus, a leading science, innovation, technology and business campus, located just south of Oxford. The 7000sqft facility will include our core management team as well as manufacturing and research. The Harwell office will work in tandem with our test facility based at BRE Watford. The ...
By Aquobex
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Urban eddy covariance measurements reveal significant missing NOx emissions in Central Europe
Abstract Nitrogen oxide (NOX) pollution is emerging as a primary environmental concern across Europe. While some large European metropolitan areas are already in breach of EU safety limits for NO2, this phenomenon does not seem to be only restricted to large industrialized areas anymore. Many smaller scale populated agglomerations including their surrounding rural areas are seeing frequent NO2 ...
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New Legal Framework Approval
WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS REGULATED UNDER RD 9/2005? • A more precise definition of CONTAMINATED SOIL based on the risks for the human health and the environment. • It is approved the list of POTENTIALLY POLLUTING ACTIVITIES (APC), susceptible of causing contamination to the soil. In this sense, the Royal Decree lists more than 100 activities which belong to all industrial ...
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Review of ecological‐based risk management approaches used at five Army Superfund sites
Factors used in environmental remedial decision making concerning ecological risk are not well understood or necessarily consistent. Recent Records of Decision (RODs) for Army CERCLA sites were reviewed to select case studies where remedial management occurred in response to ecological risks. Thirty‐four Army RODs were evaluated representing decisions promulgated between 1996 and 2004. Five were ...
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Sustainable Treatment and Reuse of Municipal Wastewater
The uncontrolled disposal to the environment of municipal, industrial and agricultural liquid, solid and gaseous wastes constitutes one of the most serious threats to the sustainability of the human race by contaminating water sources, land and air, and by its potential contribution to global warming. With increasing population and economic growth, treatment and safe disposal of wastewater ...
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Element Case Study: E.S. Babcock & Sons, Inc.
E.S. Babcock & Sons, Inc. installed Element in Feb. 2002, and the LIMS system has been an integral part of their operation ever since. The transition itself did not take long, requiring about two days of onsite training with Promium staff members and around one month to transfer existing information and lab systems over to Element. Today, over 40 of Babcock’s employees are licensed Element ...
By Promium LLC
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Confirming Remediation Effectiveness GeoTrax Survey - Case Study
Our GeoTrax Survey technology was used to verify the effectiveness of 10 years and ~$1.4M worth of investigation, pump/treat, surfactant flushing, and oxidizing compound injection. The GeoTrax SurveyTM detected “blobs” of LNAPL (gasoline) remaining between remediation wells as shown above. An EPA managed boring program confirmed the survey results; samples were collected from each ...
By Aestus, LLC
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Baseline groundwater quality in unconventional oil and gas fields
In recent years, expansion of unconventional oil and gas production has prompted significant interest in potential impacts on drinking water resources. In many cases, water quality investigations rely on access to landowner water wells to develop baseline data prior to drilling; respond to spills, complaints, or incidents; or evaluate potential impacts due to drilling, completion, hydraulic ...
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A British and Italian case study on management philosophy
Six Sigma is a management philosophy that is strategic and disciplined, customer and process centric, data-driven, and represents a cross-functional approach to performance improvement aimed at the reduction of defects/errors from every product, process, and transaction. In this paper, a general introduction of the methodology is presented, including some basic characteristics, as the tools used ...
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What is Fleet Management Software and its Purpose?
A new business mindset has emerged as a result of the industrial revolution. Everything has changed, including operating procedures and work ethics. Companies today consider novel strategies to increase productivity. The fleet industry changed over time as well. However, until fleet management system came along, it was unable to find a permanent solution to its problems. These management ...
By Flotilla IoT
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Here’s the Guide to Build an Effective Maintenance Plan
Maintenances managed well can positively impact every area of the company, preventing the production downtime and increasing the assets’ life. It’s time that enterprises take a leap from reactive maintenance to proactive maintenance with the right tools and technologies available like cloud-based maintenance management software. Are you among the companies that are still relying on ...
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Affective job insecurity and risk taking at work
The purpose of the study was to investigate the affective side of job insecurity, and how it might influence risk taking at work. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) affective aspects of job insecurity, together with hazardous work arrangements, and overtime pressure influence risk taking behaviour. (2) Job satisfaction and work motivation mediate the association between affective job insecurity and ...
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