August 22, 2013
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Water & Wastewater Newsletter August 22, 2013 |
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Water leaks may become new Japan nuclear disaster
Japan`s nuclear watchdog said a leak of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant could be the beginning of a new disaster - a series of leaks of contaminated water from storage tanks.
The plant operator has built hundreds of steel tanks to store massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into reactor and turbine basements.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. says about 300 tons (300,000 liters, 80,000 gallons) of contaminated water leaked from one of the tanks, possibly through a seam. The leak is the ... | ||
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Thirty new municipal wastewater projects per week in North America
There are more than 30 new municipal wastewater projects initiated per week in the U.S. and Canada according to the McIlvaine Company who tracks these projects in North America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People. (www.mcilvainecompany.com) Many of these projects are active for five years or more. This results in thousands of active projects at any one point in time. These projects range from modifications to small plants to construction of new large 400 mgd facilities. The new facilities are generally located in the south and west and are to meet the population expansion. However, ... | ||
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