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US stimulus plan could fast track 400 more wastewater projects
The stimulus package could fast track 400 wastewater projects valued at US$6 billion which otherwise would have remained on hold due to lack of funding. These additional projects have been added to McIlvaine Municipal Wastewater Facilities and People service. There are 16,000 municipal wastewater plants, of which 4000 purify more than one million gallons per day. At any one time, about 20 percent of these plants have minor modification plans and 10 percent have major expansion or modification plans including additional plants.
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The state of our rivers: EU-wide survey results
A Europe-wide survey of rivers and streams has tested water samples for a range of polar organic pollutants. The study highlights the problems associated with the persistence of industrial pollutants and monitoring emerging pollutants. The continual entry of organic pollutants derived from personal care products, pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals via wastewaters into rivers and streams is a cause for concern. Little is known about the long-term, potentially toxic effects of these increasingly complex mixtures of pollutants. Water-soluble compounds can also contaminate ground and drinking ... |
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