drinking water safety News
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Supporting the Future of Drinking Water Safety
ChlorTainer is proud to be the sponsor of a $10,000 scholarship awarded to Zachary Kralles so that he may further his education in the water industry. Thanks to a program established by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), ChlorTainer donated the scholarship funds to support the future of the water treatment industry by investing in young talent at a critical educational phase and the ...
By ChlorTainer
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Upcoming Pittcon 2015
HORIBA Scientific will be speaking at the upcoming Pittcon 2015 symposium entitled, "Using analytical solutions to target emerging issues in drinking water safety." Adam Gilmore, PhD, will be discussing: "Optical monitoring and optimization of wastewater recycling operations with simultaneous fluorescence and absorbance measurements." The symposium's description is: "Using analytical solutions ...
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Chinese Government water initiatives offer many business opportunities for international suppliers
Under the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006 – 2010), the Chinese central government is giving the country’s water problems top priority in its national infrastructure agenda. This plan includes measures to ensure the transfer of water resources, drinking water safety, flood control and disaster mitigation as well as soil and water conservation and water eco-system protection. To fund various projects, ...
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Zonescan Alpha Wins Another Technology Award
Gutermann and Zonescan win 2. place at technology awards at Aqua 2012 in Trencin, Slovakia Zonescan Alpha has received its second award within one month. At the AQUA 2012 at the Trencin Expo Center in Slovakia, Gutermann was awarded second place in the category "Technology" for its "ZoneScan 820 Water Network Monitoring System". This award is another well deserved recongnition of the ...
By Gutermann AG
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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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Water safety and monitoring discussed during this week’s Drinking Water Week
As Drinking Water Week continues, the American Water Works Association joins water professionals across North America in helping consumers learn more about how their water is monitored. In the US the Environmental Protection Agency protects drinking water quality through the administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act; for Canadians it’s Health Canada that is responsible for the ...
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Parkson Names International Business Director, with Eye on Global Growth
Parkson Corp. has named Dr. Michael Lamminen to lead a new international drive to market Parkson’s lineup of cost-efficient and environmentally-sustainable technology around the world. Michael will serve in the newly-created position of Director of International Business, and he will participate on the company’s Leadership Team. Dr. Michael Lamminen - ...
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SCIENCO/FAST Receives NSF/ANSI Standard 61 Certification for Scienco® Systems
SUNSET HILLS, MO – July 2020 – Scienco/FAST, a subsidiary of BioMicrobics, Inc. and leader in waterfocused applications and marine wastewater treatment, provides safe water disinfection through the Scienco Systems product lines that have a history with Morton Salt Scientific. The Scienco Systems product lines have received NSF/ANSI Standard 61 certification for its SciCHLOR® line ...
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This week’s Drinking Water Week concludes with a look toward the future
As Drinking Water Week concludes, the American Water Works Association joins water professionals across North America in urging consumers to evaluate how they currently value, use and access water, and how to protect it into the future. North America’s water systems are critical to maintaining public health, economic vitality, fire protection and quality of life. However, current trends in ...
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Drinking Water Safety Testing: Building on its success in the developing world, UK based DelAgua Water Testing Ltd have expanded their portfolio
Originally developed in 1985 in conjunction with OXFAM by Professor Barry Lloyd at the University of Surrey, The DelAgua water testing kit has provided assurance of safe drinking water for millions of people in over 130 countries worldwide and is routinely used for water safety monitoring in rural areas as well as in disaster relief situations, even in the most remote and difficult to access ...
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Scienco/FAST Receives NSF/ANSI Standard 61 Certification for Scienco Systems
Scienco/FAST, a subsidiary of BioMicrobics, Inc. and leader in waterfocused applications and marine wastewater treatment, provides safe water disinfection through the Scienco Systems product lines that have a history with Morton Salt Scientific. The Scienco Systems product lines have received NSF/ANSI Standard 61 certification for its SciCHLOR line of onsite sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) ...
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Largest ever Water Expo China + Water Membrane China show attracts more than 300 exhibitors
The three-day Water Expo China + Water Membrane China, opening on 13 October 2011 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, is attracting more than 300 exhibitors who will display their latest products and technologies in three halls totalling 22,000 sqm of exhibition space. The show is the only event directly connected to government policy and is China’s most professional water ...
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California Department of Public Health fails to set safe drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium
The California Department of Public Health today announced a proposal to set hexavalent chromium’s “Maximum Contaminant Level” – the maximum concentration of a chemical that is allowed in public drinking water systems – at 10 parts per billion. This level is 500 times higher than the level identified as safe by the California Environmental Protection Agency. The ...
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Validated IC-MS/MS Workflow Improves EPA 557 Regulated Drinking Water Analysis
Municipal utility laboratories, contract testing laboratories, and local or regional governing agencies performing water testing can now benefit from a new, validated application workflow using ion chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (IC-MS/MS) to achieve haloacetic acid (HAA) analysis in drinking water in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Method 557 (EPA 557). The new ...
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Trace2o Technology helps rural India
“ Recently in Hyderabad India , it was an honour to host Mr Aitharaju Sateesh , Chief chemist , rural water supply and sanitation , TELENGANA , for an intensive meeting to discuss water quality testing both in the lab and the field . An expert committee has been formed to revise the drinking water quality protocol, which acts as an authentic book to all of India’s 29 states and 2290 ...
By Trace2o Ltd.
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Trace2o Technology helps rural India
“ Recently in Hyderabad India , it was an honour to host Mr Aitharaju Sateesh , Chief chemist , rural water supply and sanitation , TELENGANA , for an intensive meeting to discuss water quality testing both in the lab and the field . An expert committee has been formed to revise the drinking water quality protocol, which acts as an authentic book to all of India’s 29 states and 2290 ...
By Trace2o Ltd.
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Show attracts 256 exhibiting companies from 19 countries and regions - Strong attendance expected at the 5th China (International) water business summit
Water Expo China, the only water industry exhibition in China that is sponsored by China’s Ministry of Water Resources and approved by the Ministry of Commerce, will take place 17 – 19 November 2010 at the China National Convention Center. Organised by Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) Co Ltd and the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society (CHES), the show is attracting around 256 exhibiting ...
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Joint Statement on enhanced Environmental Policy Dialogue and Cooperation on Green Growth
Zhou Shengxian Minister of Environment Protection of the People’s Republic of China, and Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Environment met in Beijing on 19 July 2013 for the EU-China Environmental Policy Dialogue. They exchanged views on the latest progress in the field of environmental protection and acknowledged respective efforts to address key global environmental ...
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Web-based Compliance Tool Available for Tribes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new Web-based Tribal Compliance Assistance Center that provides comprehensive compliance assistance and pollution prevention information for regulated activities in Indian country. The center can help tribal environmental professionals and facility owners comply with environmental regulations and get information on topics including waste ...
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Safety testing drinking water
Apparently a glass of water can help you perform better in exams, giving some students a boost of a grade when consumed in the exam hall. Unless the answers were floating inside the glasses and bottles in the form of ice cubes, it was probably because brain cells can process and transfer information better when well hydrated. But what about when water makes you ill? E-coli and other nasties can ...
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