Soil & Groundwater Newsletter
May 23, 2013
This Week´s Featured News Stories
Nearly 70 Groups: Environmental Defense Fund Does Not Speak For Us On Fracking
A total of 67 leading grassroots organizations focused on citizen and environmental issues today released a joint letter to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) disapproving of the group`s willingness to be coopted by industry interests on the issue of hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") for shale gas. Available online at http://www.civilsocietyinstitute.org/frackingEDF, the letter addressed to EDF President Fred Krupp states:  "Those of us concerned with charting a rational and sustainable energy policy for the United States were disheartened to see the Environmental Defense Fund lend ...
EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding nine hazardous waste sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. EPA is also proposing to add another nine sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country to protect people’s health and the environment. “Sites that pose serious risks to human health and the environment and warrant Superfund attention continue to be identified ...
Greyline Instruments Inc.- New Area-Velocity Flow Meter
Monitor flow through open channels, partially full sewer pipes and surcharged pipes without a flume or weir. This new flowmeter is designed for municipal stormwater, combined effluent, raw sewage and irrigation water. The new Greyline AVFM 5.0 uses a submerged ultrasonic sensor to continuously measure both Velocity and Level in channels of any shape. The sensor is resistant to fouling and corrosion. The AVFM 5.0 can be configured with the standard submerged Velocity/Level sensor, or with submerged velocity and a separate non-contacting ultrasonic level sensor. It measures forward and reverse flow, includes a backlit flow rate display, totalizer, three 4-20mA outputs and two control. Read more

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