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Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food preparation.
Want to find out how 9 million euros of research can improve your methods for pathogen detection in drinking water? Testing for bacteria, viruses or protozoa? Whether you work in the large water sector or use water in the food production industry, technologies developed by the EU funded Aquavalens project to detect pathogens in water are likely to be of use to you, ensuring your drinking water is ...
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AquiSense Plans Multimillion-Dollar Expansion
AquiSense Technologies LLC is planning a major expansion of its Greater Cincinnati operations that will boost its workforce and expand its capabilites The manufacturer of water disinfection and wastewater treatment systems will invest $2.1 million to create a new headquarters and manufacturing facility that will result in at least 30 new jobs. AquiSense has been approved for $500,000 in tax ...
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EPA and USDA announce first-ever Microbial Risk Assessment guidance
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced the first-ever Microbial Risk Assessment (MRA) Guideline. This new MRA Guideline lays out an overarching approach to conducting meaningful assessments of the risks to Americans posed by pathogens in food and water. Pathogens ingested in food and water can result in acute ...
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Do You Need a Contact Tank for Ozone Water Treatment?
If you’re considering ozone water treatment for your business, you may wonder if you need a contact tank. After all, ozone is a powerful oxidizer that quickly eliminates pathogens and other contaminants from water. But does it need time to react with these contaminants, and if so, how much time? CT Factor: How Ozone Concentration and Exposure Duration Affect Disinfection ...
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IAQ Video Network Produces Two Food Pathogen Videos
In the last week the IAQ Video Network has been contracted by EMSL Analytical to produce a new series of educational videos. This new series is based upon informing the public about microbiological threats to the food and water we all consume. The first video discusses Salmonella and the dangers that it presents when found in the nation’s food supply. The second video, released just ...
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Tetra Tech Wins $23 Million U.S. EPA Water Contract
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today it has been awarded a five-year, $23 million single-award contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess and reduce the human health and ecological risk from contaminated fish, sediments, and water-borne pathogens in fresh and marine waters. Through a combination of field work, laboratory analysis, modeling, and data ...
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Israeli UV System makes water disinfection history with US EPA ETV
Atlantium Technologies Ltd., a leader in UV water treatment for municipal and industrial applications, announced today at ACE 2013 that its R-200 system has made water disinfection history by being awarded the prestigious US EPA Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) for achieving 4-log virus credit water disinfection – the only UV disinfection system in the world to achieve this ...
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Pilot of BACTcontrol at Aigües de Barcelona
microLAN just started to work under WP10 of Aquavalens with Aigües de Barcelona and CETaqua. This WP aims to obtain data on the occurrence of waterborne pathogens in different water types and implement and test the microbiological methods and tools for risk management in large water systems. BACTcontrol-Spain-2017 The team consists of: Claudia Puigdomenech Serra David Baquero Gonzalez ...
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UV Transforms Water Quality at New Zealand Aquatic Centre
Water quality at the New Plymouth Aquatic Centre in New Zealand has been transformed since Hanovia medium pressure (MP) UV disinfection systems were installed. The Centre also expects to make significant savings on chemicals, heating, maintenance and water costs. The existing ozone system was no longer functional and UV was seen as a more cost effective way of improving water quality than a ...
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EMSL Analytical Releases New Microbiology Laboratory Services Guide
EMSL Analytical’s new services guide details the vast array of tests and capabilities of the company’s microbiology department. We are the most uniquely diversified contract testing laboratory network in the world, and our microbiology labs support numerous industries and fields, including: -pharmaceuticals -nutraceuticals -medical devices -cosmetics and personal care products ...
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Beachgoers Can Expect Good Conditions
Washington, D.C. - America's beach scorecard topped 95 percent during 2006, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's just-released Annual Beach Report. Of more than 676,000 beach days, fewer than five percent were restricted due to contamination-related closings. More than half of the actions lasted for two days or less. More than 3,700 beaches were monitored by 35 states and ...
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Joan Rose, water quality champion, receives 2016 Stockholm Water Prize
Professor Joan B. Rose received the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday, for her tireless contributions to global public health; by assessing risks to human health in water and creating guidelines and tools for decision-makers and communities to improve global wellbeing. The prize was presented to Joan Rose by H.M. Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, during a ceremony in Stockholm City Hall ...
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U.S. Clean Water Act Settlement in Lima, Ohio, to Reduce Sewage Overflows
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the State of Ohio today announced a Clean Water Act settlement with the City of Lima, Ohio, to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into the Ottawa River during wet weather. The proposed consent decree, lodged yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, requires Lima to ...
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Beach Related and Recreational Water Illnesses, Pollution and Pathogens Discussed in New Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses how a trip to the ocean or lake may bring more than happy memories for those who encounter polluted water or beaches. “For many people, water activities during the summer season are as common as apple pie and barbeques,” said Paul ...
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Research Confirms Link Between Chloramines In Pools And Asthma In Children
A new study in Belgium has confirmed earlier research linking chlorine by-products in indoor swimming pools with asthma in children (1), (2). The researchers from the Catholic University of Louvain analysed the rates of wheezing, asthma and other ailments in almost 190,000 13 and 14 year olds in 21 European countries. The results showed rates of asthma and wheezing rose by around 2.7% and 3.39% ...
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Green Infrastructure Porous Pavement Project Completed in Arlington, Mass.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joined community members and officials from Arlington, Mass. to celebrate the completion of a porous pavement parking lot at Hurd Field that will help protect water quality in a local stream. In the summer of 2012, EPA collaborated with the Town of Arlington on a project to pave the Hurd Field parking lot and educate community members and municipal ...
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Trojan Technologies Wins New York City Drinking Water UV Project
Trojan Technologies Inc. announced today that it has been selected by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) to be the supplier of ultraviolet (“UV”) drinking water disinfection equipment as a part of New York’s new Catskill/Delaware UV Disinfection Facility. The current design calls for Trojan to supply 56 units, which will be capable of treating a total of up to ...
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EPA proposes updating drinking water rule to better protect public health (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to revise a national primary drinking water regulation to achieve greater public health protection against waterborne pathogens in the distribution systems of public water systems. Waterborne pathogens can cause a variety of illnesses with symptoms such as acute abdominal discomfort or in more extreme cases, kidney failure, hepatitis or ...
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Is clean and pure drinking water a luxury
Water borne epidemics have over time, ravaged different portions of the country. This has resulted in great loss of life. Traditionally, there have been several methods undertaken for the purification of water. Boiling of water and addition of purifying agents before consumption like drinking water purifying tablets are some time- tested methods. Conventional methods, however do not provide ...
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EPA Updates Rule for Pathogens in Drinking Water, Sets Limit for E. Coli
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated the rule for pathogens in drinking water, including setting a limit for the bacteria E. coli to better protect public health. The Revised Total Coliform Rule ensures that all of the approximately 155,000 public water systems in the United States, which provide drinking water to more than 310 million people, take steps to prevent exposure ...
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