water resource conservation News
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Utah man sentenced to 20 years in prison for environmental, other crimes
Larkin Baggett, 54, formerly of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced to 20 years in the U.S. District Court in Key West, Fla. jail today for illegally dumping pollutants in violation of federal clean water and hazardous waste regulations and for illegally possessing firearms and aggravated assault on law enforcement officers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice ...
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McWane Inc. agrees to resolve environmental violations at manufacturing facilities in 14 states (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the states of Alabama and Iowa announced that McWane Inc., a national cast iron pipe manufacturer headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve more than 400 violations of federal and state environmental laws. The settlement, filed in federal court today, covers 28 of McWane’s ...
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Nalco Announces Breakthrough in Industrial Membrane Performance Management, 3D TRASAR® Technology for Membranes with New Green Chemistry
Nalco (NYSE: NLC), providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, today introduced a new solution for improving performance, reducing the total cost of ownership and shrinking the environmental footprint of industrial reverse osmosis (RO) systems. The launch of 3D TRASAR® Technology for Membranes was announced at the International Desalination Association World Congress in Perth, ...
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New Report: Major Food Companies Must Adapt to Escalating Global Water Risks
Major U.S. food companies need to adopt far stronger practices to use limited global water resources more efficiently, according to a report released today by Ceres, a nonprofit sustainability advocacy group. The report, Feeding Ourselves Thirsty: How the Food Sector is Managing Global Water Risks, ranks the nation’s 37 largest food companies on how effectively they are managing precious ...
By Ceres
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