Nutrient Pollution (Environmental Management) News

YSI Delivers Breakthrough Technology to Help Scientists Battle Nutrient Pollution

Since 2010, the U.S. alone has spent over $1.1B to combat the effects of nutrient pollution in its waterways — including eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, and hypoxia.[1] The lack of simple-to-use, affordable technology for nutrient monitoring has left scientists with limited options to solve a growing water challenge. To support the battle against nutrient pollution around the world, ...

Nov. 18, 2020

By YSI - a Xylem brand

Biopipe Global and HydrosAgritech, Inc. Announce Joint Venture to Market Biopipe’s Onsite 100% Sludge Free Biological Sewage Wastewater Treatment System in North America

BIOPIPE GLOBAL CORP, which developed the world’s only highly scalable onsite sludge and chemical free sewage wastewater treatment technology, and HydrosAgritech, Inc. (Hydros), located in California, have signed a definitive agreement to create a joint venture that will market Biopipe in North America, Caribbean and US territories. Patrick McLafferty, CEO of Hydros, said, "Our joint ...

Aug. 10, 2020

By Biopipe Global Corp.

Can mussels reduce water pollution?

Mussels are highly regarded as a culinary delicacy among seafood lovers the world over, but these tiny creatures can serve another, more environmentally-minded purpose, as well. To survive, mussels pump and filter water to breathe and take in phytoplankton, upon which they feed. At the same time, they absorb pollutants from the water, such as phosphates, nitrates and microplastics. While the ...

Nov. 5, 2019

By Environmental Technology Publications Limited

Detention basins could catch more than stormwater

Everywhere you go there are stormwater detention basins built near large construction projects intended to control the flow of rainwater and runoff. Now, those basins might help in controlling nitrogen runoff into rivers and lakes, according to Lauren E. McPhillips, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State. Speaking today (Aug. 12) at the annual meeting of the ...

Aug. 12, 2019

By ScienceDaily

Harmful Algal Blooms Discussed in New Online Video

Today the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses harmful algal blooms (HABs) and how these overgrowths of algae in water can be a health risk, hazard to aquatic ecosystems and cause financial harm to a number of industries dependent on clean water. “The U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Jul. 14, 2019

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

How to Protect Corals Facing Climate Change

The best way to protect corals threatened by climate change is to conserve a wide range of their habitats, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. The finding likely applies to conservation efforts for many other species in the ocean and on land, including trees and birds. "Rather than conserving just the cold places with corals, we found that the best strategies will conserve a wide ...

Jul. 1, 2019

By Coral S.p.A

USV causes hot discussion at China-Israel Summit

On July 2nd, the 4th China – Israel Innovation & Investment Summit was held in Zhuhai, China. Unmanned surface vessels(USV) technology brought hot discussion at the summit. Yunfei Zhang, the founder of Oceanalpha, was invited as one of the top technical experts to give a speech. He stated that surface robots, represented by unmanned surface vessels(USV), will subvert the traditional ...

May 16, 2019

By OceanAlpha Group Ltd.

New Solution for Phosphorus Treatment in Wastewater Lagoon

Across the nation wastewater lagoons are experiencing lowered phosphorus discharge limits. WCS’ pilot test has shown that a next generation Bio-Dome system can reduce total phosphorus (TP) to less than 0.5 mg/L with low capital and O&M expense. Introduction: Recently, wastewater lagoons are experiencing strict phosphorus discharge limits. Apart from nitrogen, phosphorus also causes ...

May 2, 2019

By Wastewater Compliance Systems, Inc. (WCS)

The world of watermaster - newsletter 2018

Water is vital; no living thing can survive without it. Yet only a small fraction, about 0,014%, of all water on earth is easily accessible freshwater that people, animals and plants mainly rely on. The majority of all water is salty seawater and the majority of freshwater is locked in icecaps and glaciers. You might think that something as rare and important as freshwater would have always been ...

Nov. 23, 2018

By Watermaster - Aquamec Ltd.

The world of watermaster - newsletter 2014

Restore and protect the environment, build and maintain the infrastructure - this is the goal and purpose of Watermaster dredgers and for nearly three decades Watermasters have been solving these challenges worldwide. Environmental challenges seem to be escalating all around. An alarming number of water systems globally have been inadequately maintained and left to deteriorate for years. The ...

Jun. 20, 2018

By Watermaster - Aquamec Ltd.

March 22, World Water Day

This year, the UN focus on wastewater and ways to reduce and reuse as over 80% of all the wastewater from our homes, cities, industry and agriculture flows back to nature polluting the environment and losing valuable nutrients and other recoverable materials. AZUD continues having a commitment on reaching an optimum use and an appropriate reuse of a resource as scarce as water is. FACTS: ...

Mar. 22, 2017

By Sistema Azud, S.A.

Accurate Dosing Pumps Enable Welsh Water To Maintain Strict Phosphorus Limits And Reduce Maintenance Costs

To help overcome the repeated blockage of diaphragm pumps when dosing ferric sulphate at wastewater treatment plants, a number of Welsh Water sites now feature Qdos 30 peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG). The investment is expected to achieve a quick return thanks to significant savings in maintenance associated with stripping down and cleaning the diaphragm pumps. ...

Feb. 22, 2017

By Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group

ASLO Award Recipients 2016

Each year, ASLO honors a number of scientists for their exceptional work in advancing the fields of limnology and oceanography. The 2016 awards were presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, and at the ASLO Summer Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Congratulations to our ASLO awardees! http://aslo.org/awards/2016/ Jack Middelburg, Utrecht University The G. Evelyn ...

Aug. 1, 2016

By Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

Green Slime plagues Florida, drives home importance of nutrient removal

While most of the country was seeing red, white, and blue this past Fourth of July, many Florida residents were seeing green. Massive algae blooms filled the St. Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon with thick, green, toxic slime, promoting Florida governor Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency in the countries on the state’s Atlantic Coast, reported USA Today. The algae are ...

Jul. 27, 2016

By KLa Systems, Inc.

Phosphate monitor protects Cumbrian lake during restoration

Novel phosphate monitoring technology from OTT Hydrometry is helping the South Cumbria Rivers Trust (SCRT) to improve water quality during a project to restore a lake in the north of England. Funded by United Utilities, the Elterwater Remediation Project has been created to improve water quality by increasing water flow through the lake and dramatically lowering residency time. Background ...

Jul. 11, 2016

By OTT HydroMet

Xylem celebrates World Water Day across the globe

Company announces new commitments to support innovative solutions to global water crises at White House Water Summit Xylem employees pledge 100,000 volunteer hours to increase awareness of water issues and address community water needs As millions of people around the world observe World Water Day, Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL) announces new efforts to accelerate the development and implementation ...

Mar. 22, 2016

By Xylem, Inc.

Commission proposes fines and refers GREECE back to the Court of Justice of the EU over persistent poor waste water treatment

The Court of Justice of the EU ruled in 2004 that Greece was violating EU law by not adequately collecting and treating waste water discharged into the Gulf of Elefsina (Judgement No C-119/02 of 24 June 2004). Eleven years later, Greece has not managed to adequately address this problem. The lack of adequate treatment systems in the area of Thriasio Pedio poses risks to human health, to inland ...

Nov. 19, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

Artificial wetlands on farmland help to prevent soil loss and recapture agricultural by-products

Small field wetlands are a simple and effective way to reduce soil erosion and nutrient pollution, recent research suggests. The authors adapted Norwegian designs for the UK environment and created a series of small rectangular lakes on the edges of agricultural fields. After three years, the wetlands had prevented tonnes of soil from leaving the land, and helped alleviate some of the nutrient ...

Nov. 1, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

Link found between ‘algal blooms’ and liver disease

Cyanobacteria — often referred to as blue-green algae — are found in water bodies around the world and can produce toxins with potential health risks. This US-wide study found a significant positive association between cyanobacterial bloom coverage and death by non-alcoholic liver disease. The researchers say their study suggests some evidence of a potential health risk and should be ...

Sep. 10, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

Benefits of constructed wetland ecosystem services worth more than double the costs

The economic benefits of the ecosystem services provided by constructed wetlands far outweigh the costs of maintaining them, new research has confirmed. Analysis of a wetland that treats the third largest lake in Florida, US, shows that it provides ecosystem services worth $1.79 (€1.64) million per year, against costs of less than half that figure. Eutrophication, an excess of nutrients ...

Sep. 10, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

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