drinking water business News
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New scheme for assessing water licence compliance in Scotland
Industry and other water users in Scotland who abstract, impound or discharge to the water environment are being given the opportunity to comment on a new scheme to assess compliance with environmental licence conditions. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is looking to streamline its method for assessing compliance and is urging operators of fish farms, hydropower schemes, ...
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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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Global experts to attend Water Expo China and China (International) water business summit
The theme of the two-day China (International) Water Business Summit, now in its fourth edition, is “Waste Water Treatment and Reuse in China Urban Areas – Challenge and Opportunity.” The summit which runs from 19 – 20 November 2009 is organised by Department of Water Resources Management, Ministry of Water Resources, PRC, Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, China Environment Service Industry ...
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Chicagoland water and wastewater preparedness and business resiliency summit: A community forum on interdependencies
EPA has published the Chicagoland Water and Wastewater Preparedness and Business Resiliency Summit: A Community Forum on Interdependencies (EPA 817-R-08-012). The Summit explored interdependencies between the water sector and other critical infrastructures and started the dialog to develop a framework for collaboration on issues affecting water sector vulnerability and business resiliency. The ...
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EPA Completes Construction of Water line in Chester and Washington Townships, N.J.
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today marked the completion of a water line extension that will provide a safe source of drinking water to 73 homes and businesses threatened by contaminated groundwater from the Combe Fill South Landfill Superfund site in Chester and Washington Townships in N.J. As a result, those homes and local businesses will no longer need treatment ...
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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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Watergen Provides 120 Orphans in Uzbekistan With Fresh Water From Air
Watergen, an Israel-based innovative company that creates clean water out of air is now providing a source of freshwater for over 120 children living in an orphanage in Uzbekistan’s city of Bukhara. The technology comes in the form of an atmospheric water generator known as the “GEN-350,” which can produce up to 900 liters of water per day. A popular tourist destination but also ...
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EPA update on Yellowstone River oil spill (Silvertip Pipeline)
As the second week of the oil spill cleanup begins, EPA staff are optimistic about receding water levels in the Yellowstone River, which will allow access to previously inaccessible portions of the river. This news comes as data becomes available from testing and monitoring conducted last week. A map for both water and air monitoring data is now available at ...
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Third major UK water authority adopts Blackline Safety G7 to protect its workforce
Breathe Safety awarded £2.0m contract to deploy G7c gas detectors with a five-year service agreement The third of twelve major water and sewerage authorities in the United Kingdom has awarded a £2.0m contract for Blackline Safety’s G7c connected gas detection wearables with a five-year G7 Insight service plan. G7c products and services will be deployed through ...
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EPA update on yellowstone river oil spill (silvertip pipeline), july 11, 2011
At approximately 11:00 PM on Friday, July 1 a break occurred in a 12-inch pipeline owned by ExxonMobil that resulted in a spill of crude oil into the Yellowstone River approximately 20 miles upstream of Billings, Montana. According to the company’s estimates, 1,000 barrels of oil entered the river, which is in flood stage, before the pipeline was cut off. EPA is on-site and is directing and ...
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EPA Begins Construction of Water line in Chester and Washington Townships, N.J.; $7.3 Million Project Will Provide Safe Drinking Water to Residents and Businesses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is constructing a water line extension in Chester and Washington Townships in New Jersey that will provide a safe source of drinking water to 73 homes and businesses potentially impacted by contaminated ground water from the Combe Fill South Landfill Superfund site. The 65-acre Combe Fill South Landfill in Morris County served as a municipal landfill from ...
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Satisfied with the water and sewer services
In a nationwide survey conducted by Sentio on behalf of Norsk Vann, the feedback is that the country's residents are well satisfied with the water and sewerage services provided by the municipalities. When asked "to what extent are you satisfied with the water and sewerage services you receive?" 91% answered that they are quite or very well satisfied. These are fantastically good figures for ...
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Dennis Kennedy Appointed to Represent District 1
Today, the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors unanimously appointed Morgan Hill resident and former mayor, Dennis Kennedy, to fill the District 1 seat vacated in December by Don Gage. Kennedy served as mayor of Morgan Hill from 1991 to 1992, and from 1996 to 2006. He led the city’s efforts to advance the Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project. He serves on five ...
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Legislative leaders endorse landmark Water Conservation Bill & water investments in California
California Senate President pro Tem Don Perata and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass have announced their intention to send critical water conservation legislation to Governor Schwarzenegger this year. AB 2175, a water conservation bill, is co-authored by Assembly Members John Laird and Michael Feuer, and sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The legislation directs the state to ...
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EPA Rescues Streams, Wetlands from Clean Water Limbo
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today proposed rules to restore Clean Water Act protections to streams and wetlands whose status had been thrown into question by court rulings and Bush administration actions. Following public comment, these rules will ensure that protections against pollution will apply to many waters, including streams that feed into ...
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IBM Enables Water Quality Predictions For Major Waterways in Partnership Between World Community Grid And University of Virginia
IBM's (NYSE: IBM) World Community Grid and the University of Virginia today launched Computing for Sustainable Water, a project to simulate and predict the environmental and economic effects of agricultural, commercial, and industrial decisions over the next 20 years in and around the Chesapeake Bay, America's largest estuary. It can be adapted to study other bodies of water as well. By ...
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California Flood Protection Enacted, Drinking Water Voted Down
SACRAMENTO, California, October 15, 2007 (ENS) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that will strengthen flood protections in California by creating the framework for the development of a comprehensive Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. The law signed October 10 creates a new 200 year flood protection standard for urban development in the region. The ...
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Fort Collins Utilities among first in nation to receive water distribution system award
Fort Collins Utilities recently was recognized as the first utility in Colorado, and among the first in the nation, to receive the Directors Award in the Partnership for Safe Water’s Distribution System Optimization Program. “I congratulate Fort Collins Utilities for being a leader in water quality and one of the first utilities in North America to achieve this award,” said ...
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In Thailand, OriginClear Targets 2.8 Million Enterprises To Modernize Water Treatment
OriginClear Inc. (OTC/QB: OCLN), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, announced today that it agreed in principle to address the country’s long-term water crisis by directly targeting 2.8 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A planned joint venture, OriginClear Thailand, is intended to access up to 13,000 factories with its proprietary Electro Water Separation with ...
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West Basin’s Innovative Ocean Water Desalination Demonstration Facility to Begin Environmental and Energy Recovery Evaluation
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - Investing in innovative marine protection technology and renewable energy sources, West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) is near completion on its new demonstration facility, formally dedicating the plant on Friday, November 12, 2010. The plant will be open to the public in a community “open house” on December 4th. The demonstration facility will ...
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