November 29, 2012
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter November 29, 2012 |
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Enviro-Equipment Inc. Successfully Tests Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) CleanInject™ Remediation System
Enviro-Equipment Inc., a leading innovator of groundwater remediation technologies, which also sells, rents and services environmental monitoring equipment, announced today that it has successfully completed a pilot test of the patent-pending CleanInject™ system. The test used the CleanInject™ system to inject powdered active carbon into a petroleum impacted formation, in order to remediate the groundwater and soil of a State of South Carolina stimulus site. The gas station site was injected in 4 days during August, 2012. The test resulted in an 86% reduction in contaminant concentrations. ... | ||
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Global irrigated area at record levels, but expansion slowing
In 2009, the most recent year for which global data are available from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 311 million hectares in the world was equipped for irrigation but only 84 percent of that area was actually being irrigated, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service (www.worldwatch.org). As of 2010, the countries with the largest irrigated areas were India (39 million hectares), China (19 million), and the United States (17 million), writes report author Judith Renner. The irrigation sector claims about 70 ... | ||
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