Soil & Groundwater Newsletter
July 08, 2010

This Week´s Featured News Stories
Quality of harvested rainwater unsufficient for drinking
A study published in the Journal of Water and Health has examined microbial contamination of harvested rainwater in the Netherlands. The water did not comply with Dutch drinking water legislation and factors affecting contamination were found to include storage, roof and environmental conditions.  In remote and rural areas where access to tap water is limited, rainwater harvesting is common practice. However, rainwater harvesting is also increasing in areas which have easy access to tap water. People use rainwater for toilet flushing or watering the garden or crops because it is free and ...
Nanoparticles decontaminate groundwater
Since their invention a decade ago at Lehigh University, iron nanoparticles 1,000 times thinner than a human hair have demonstrated an unprecedented ability to clean contaminated groundwater. The palladium-coated particles have remediated more than 50 toxic waste sites in the US and other countries in 10 times faster than traditional pump-and-treat methods.  Researchers at Lehigh University have been utilising scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and X-ray energy  ...
Remediation Service, Int`l (RSI) & Field Specialties Inc.(FSI)
RSI, a division of Innovative Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a leading manufacturer of self contained, portable systems for soil and groundwater remediation.

RSI also manufactures systems for air pollution prevention, treating vapors from tank degassing, and other industrial vapor emission sources. Systems have been delivered across the U.S. and around the world. RSI is an established, reliable manufacturer providing complete technical and service support, including pilot testing, and special engineered systems to meet our customers' needs.

RSI has recently agreed to a partnership with Field Specialists Inc (FSI). With RSI’s manufacturing experience of air and groundwater pollution control devices combined with FSI’s valued experience as an industrial degassing service provider for tanks, barges, vacuum trucks, process equipment, contaminated soil and groundwater within the Petro-Chemical Industry Worldwide.

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