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Groundwater Cleanup to Begin at Smalley-Piper Superfund Site in Collierville, TN
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that construction of a groundwater treatment system will soon begin at the Smalley-Piper Superfund Site located at 719 Piper Street in Collierville, TN. Land clearing and other site preparation activities are currently underway. The treatment plant building will be constructed during December followed by the installation of the ...
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ARCADIS scientists co-author 3rd edition of Groundwater Treatment Technology
ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting and engineering company, today announced that Evan K. Nyer, along with a team of other ARCADIS engineers and scientists, have co-authored the third edition of Groundwater Treatment Technology, which was published in January 2009 by Wiley. The first edition, by Mr. Nyer, originally came out in 1986. Groundwater Treatment Technology has been ...
By Arcadis
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EPA and MDEQ to Meet with Stakeholders regarding Soil Cleanup and Land Use plans at the Picayune Wood Treating Site
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will meet with Mayor Ed Pinero and other local officials to tour the Picayune Wood Treating Superfund Site in Picayune, MS and to discuss the final phases of the soil cleanup on January 24, 2013. The meeting will also provide the opportunity to update the conceptual Reuse/Redevelopment Plan. The ...
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EPA Reaches $14.6 million Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Torrance Superfund Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a $14.6 million settlement with four companies for the construction of a groundwater treatment system at the Montrose and Del Amo Superfund sites in Torrance, Calif. Construction of the treatment system is the first step in the cleanup of groundwater contaminated by chemicals used to manufacture DDT and synthetic rubber over three decades. ...
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EPA Celebrates Sustainability Improvements at N. Dartmouth, Mass. Superfund Site
EPA joined local officials to celebrate the implementation of a sustainable groundwater cleanup system and the installation of solar panels at the ReSolve Superfund site in North Dartmouth, Mass. The groundwater cleanup is happening through an innovative biological treatment process that is fully powered by solar panels at the site. The site operated as chemical reclamation facility between 1956 ...
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EPA Begins Construction of Groundwater Treatment System for Torrance Superfund Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the start of construction of a groundwater treatment system that will clean up groundwater contamination from past operations at the Montrose and Del Amo Superfund sites in Torrance, Calif. The treatment system is expected to be completed in 18 months at an estimated cost of $15 million and will be used to remove chlorobenzene, benzene and ...
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EPA Continues Work at San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site, Additional $1.44 Million Settlement Reached for Groundwater Cleanup
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement of $1.44 million with TDY Industries, LLC to help pay for groundwater cleanup at the South El Monte portion of the San Gabriel Valley Area 1 Superfund Site in Los Angeles, Calif. Since EPA began cleaning up this site in 2008, more than 12.5 billion gallons of drinking water have been treated and approximately 5,500 pounds of ...
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WRD`s Safe Drinking Water Program is Successfully Restoring Water Source in Maywood
LAKEWOOD, Calif. - Last week the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) Board of Directors unanimously approved additional funding to Maywood's Mutual Water Company No. 2 for manganese removal at its 52nd street well. In June 2009, the Board entered into an agreement with Maywood Mutual No. 2 to finance a wellhead treatment facility for the removal of manganese at its 52nd ...
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Insitu Cleanup of Clay Site in 4 1/2 Months
FT PIERCE, FLORIDA - A discharge at the above site had contaminated the soil and groundwater. The soil characteristic on this site was sandy soil from 0’ to 2’ and dense nonpermiable gray clay from 2’ to 15’. The phase II assessment on May 19, 2004 had determined that approximately 500 cubic yards of soil was contaminated. The area of groundwater contamination was approximately 60’ X 60’ ...
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EPA orders seven Southern California businesses to clean up San Fernando Valley Superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering seven businesses to pay approximately US$500,000 towards clean up at one of the San Fernando Valley Superfund sites, located outside Los Angeles, Calif., or come up with an equally effective system to keep contaminated groundwater from affecting local drinking water wells. The EPA has been active in groundwater cleanup efforts in the San ...
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Solar panels power groundwater cleanup at Davis, California superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Jared Blumenfeld, U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson and Linda Adams, Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency today hosted a press conference and media tour to provide details about recent exciting energy conservation and cleanup accomplishments at the Frontier Fertilizer Superfund site in Davis, California. An innovative electrical ...
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Construction of chromium treatment system begins at San Fernando Valley Superfund site
The US Environmental Protection Agency and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board have announced that Honeywell International, Inc. has recently begun construction of a wellhead treatment system for chromium in the North Hollywood region of the San Fernando Valley - Area 1 Superfund Site. In early 2007, a production well that is part of the groundwater cleanup system for solvent ...
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EPA Orders Continued Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater at Former Manufacturing Facility in Richmond, Va.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an administrative settlement with Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. and LSI Corp. regarding a former circuit board manufacturing facility located in Henrico County, at 4500 S. Laburnum Ave., Richmond, Va., requiring the companies to address groundwater contaminated with volatile organic compounds. Under an administrative order on consent, LSI Corp. ...
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Low-pH tolerant Dehalococcoides (Dhc) Culture Developed by Bioremediation Consulting Inc
BCI offers low-pH tolerant Dehalococcoides (Dhc) Culture (March 2, 2011). Bioremediation Consulting, Inc (BCI) of Watertown, MA announced today that it has completed development of a culture of low-pH tolerant Dehalococcoides (Dhc) bacteria to treat groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents such as perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) converting them to the harmless end ...
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Contaminated Site Remediated in 4 months (Clay)
CROOKS FARM – FT PIERCE, FLORIDA FDEP FACILITY ID#56-9807808 A discharge at the above site had contaminated the soil and groundwater. The soil characteristic on this site was sandy soil from 0’ to 2’ and dense nonpermiable gray clay from 2’ to 15’. Groundwater fluctuated between 3’ to 6’. The phase II assessment on May 19, 2004 had determined that approximately 500 cubic yards of ...
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EPA Transfers Operations of Whittier Narrows Treatment Plant to State of California
Today, responsibility for operation and maintenance of the groundwater treatment system at the Whittier Narrows Operable Unit (OU) was transferred from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). The Whittier Narrows OU encompasses approximately four square miles in the southern portion of the San Gabriel Valley Area 1 Superfund ...
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European Patent Office Awards Remediation Patent 1 315 675 for Groundwater Remediation Technology
Technology now internationally patented, already protected under United States Patent 6,398,960 Raleigh, NC – EOS Remediation, a company specializing in a variety of bioremediation products, today announced the exclusive license of the European patent, 1 315 675. This new status verifies EOS Remediation’s expansion in developing progressive technology using emulsified oils for groundwater ...
By Redox Tech
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Water monitoring and treatment technologies gain traction as potable water resources Diminish, finds Frost & Sullivan
Groundwater is contained in rocks that are known as aquifers. Aided by gravity, the water fills the aquifer from the bottom upwards. The lower part of the aquifer has spaces that are completely filled by water. These are termed as the 'saturated zone' of the aquifer. In the top part of the aquifer, the rock spaces contain air as well as water. This part of the aquifer is called 'unsaturated'. ...
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Envirogen and Shikun & Binui Water Enter Venture to Develop Environmental Solutions in Israel
Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced today that it has formed a venture with Israel-based Shikun & Binui Water to market and deploy its environmental technology on a lifecycle performance basis in Israel. Shikun & Binui has received exclusive rights to market portions of Envirogen's technology portfolio, including its bioreactors and biofilters, in Israel. The two companies ...
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EPA Reaches Settlement for $6.6 Million Groundwater Cleanup at San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has entered into three settlements totaling $6,605,080 to help pay for groundwater cleanup at the South El Monte portion of the San Gabriel Valley Area 1 Superfund Site in Los Angeles, Calif. Since EPA began cleaning up this site in 2008, approximately 4,600 pounds of contaminants have been removed from the groundwater. EPA has recovered a total of $25 ...
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