perchlorate removal News
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U.S. Government Announces $1.1 Billion for Henderson Perchlorate Clean Up
A settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice secured $1.1 billion in funds to cleanup a former chemical manufacturing site in Henderson, Nev. The Henderson site is the largest perchlorate groundwater plume in the country. The plume has contaminated Lake Mead, which feeds into the Colorado River, a major source of drinking water in ...
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AdEdge Water Technologies Awarded biotttaTM Nitrate Removal Project for the West Valley Water District, California
AdEdge Water Technologies today announced it has been awarded and is implementing a biotttaTM (biologically tailored two-stage treatment approach) nitrate, perchlorate, and trichloroethylene removal project for the West Valley Water District, California. The West Valley Water District serves several communities in Riverside County, California. Historic levels of perchlorate and trichloroethylene ...
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EPA joins Pasadena for NASA JPL Superfund site water treatment plant groundbreaking
The US Environmental Protection Agency joined the City of Pasadena, Calif. and NASA to celebrate the groundbreaking for a facility that will remove perchlorate and other chemicals from the groundwater near the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Superfund site. “The EPA is pleased to support the Monk Hill water treatment plant, which will bring clean water to the people of Pasadena and prevent ...
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Groups Petition FDA to Ban Toxic Chemicals Used in Pizza Boxes and Other Food Packaging
The Natural Resources Defense Council and several groups today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban several toxic chemicals allowed in food packaging, citing their potential to harm fetal development, male reproductive systems, pre-and-post natal brain development and to cause cancer. The groups petitioned the FDA to remove perchlorate, which is added to sealing gaskets for ...
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EPA to develop regulation for perchlorate and toxic chemicals in drinking water (HQ, AZ, AR, CA, NV)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced the agency’s decision to move forward with the development of a regulation for perchlorate to protect Americans from any potential health impacts, while also continuing to take steps to ensure the quality of the water they drink. The decision to undertake a first-ever national standard for perchlorate ...
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EPA to develop regulation for perchlorate and toxic chemicals in drinking water (DC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced the agency’s decision to move forward with the development of a regulation for perchlorate to protect Americans from any potential health impacts, while also continuing to take steps to ensure the quality of the water they drink. The decision to undertake a first-ever national standard for perchlorate ...
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Envirogen and Bigler Associates Join Forces via Acquisition
Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced today that it has joined forces with New Jersey-based environmental services firm Bigler Associates, Inc. - substantially expanding Envirogen's presence in its Eastern Region and adding Bigler Associates' 20+ years of environmental design, construction and operating experience to Envirogen's national network. Bigler Associates clients include ...
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AdEdge Adds Advanced Biological Treatment Technology to Core Product Offerings
AdEdge Water Technologies announced the addition of biottta advanced biological treatment to their core product offerings. Each biottta system is a pre-engineered, turnkey treatment solution designed to remove nitrate, perchlorate, hexavalent chromium, VOCs, and other contaminants from municipal drinking water supplies. biottta is a low-energy treatment process that uses naturally-occurring ...
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Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc agrees to US$5 million groundwater and soil cleanup
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc. entered into a consent decree for future groundwater and soil cleanup at the Apache Powder Superfund Site, near St. David, Ariz. Apache Nitrogen Products will continue to remove nitrate and perchlorate from groundwater and perform long-term groundwater monitoring. The work will cost up to ...
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EPA will remove 1100 tons of perchlorate-contaminated soil in Barstow, CA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week will begin excavating areas of perchlorate-contaminated soil on and around a residential property on Poplar Street in Barstow, CA. The residence had been occupied by the former owner of Mojave Pyrotechnics, Inc., a defunct pyrotechnics manufacturing company that operated in the 1980’s. EPA will remove approximately 1100 tons of ...
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Ion Exchange Resin
There are a number of different ion exchange resins available for different applications. The Master Water Conditioning Satin Series use C-800 cation exchange softening resin. The remaining resins listed below are used in special applications for reduction of nitrates, uranium, tannin, total alkalinity, and arsenic. Depending on the application and contaminants targeted for removal, the ...
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U.S. Senate Panel Rakes EPA Chief Over the Coals
By J.R. Pegg WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson rejected allegations Tuesday that his agency has relaxed environmental safeguards and favored corporate interests over those of the public. Johnson told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the Bush administration is 'accelerating the pace of environmental protection,' but ...
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