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Macrotek Awarded Half a Million Dollar Contract for Complex Scrubber Systems
Macrotek was awarded phase two of a metal extraction project which includes detailed engineering and fabrication of two complex scrubber systems for a gold extraction plant in Thetford, Quebec. In one system, the flue gas from a roaster is at high temperature and contains multiple contaminants including particulate, arsenic, and SO2. The high SO2 content allows for sulfuric acid recovery which ...
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Study: Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Polluting Groundwater
Environmental groups are pushing for tighter regulation and enforcement of EPA rules A new study shows that of the 265 coal-burning power plants it studied in the United States, 241 have dangerous levels of toxic metals in the groundwater around them, based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. The figure, which comes to 91% of the plants, was derived only from plants that must ...
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The Pentair Foundation funds Arsenic-free water efforts in Bangladesh
An estimated 77 million people in Bangladesh, or roughly half of the country's population, have been exposed to toxic arsenic levels in their drinking water since the 1970s. That's when the installation of hand-pumped wells throughout Bangladesh began tapping groundwater laden with naturally occurring arsenic. In response to this crisis, the Ecological Management Foundation (EMF) launched The ...
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