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Glaciers retreating in Asia
Many of Asia`s glaciers are retreating, having an impact on water supplies to millions of people, increases the likelihood of outburst floods that threaten life and property in nearby areas, and contributes to sea-level rise. The US Geological Survey, in collaboration with 39 international scientists, published a report on the status of glaciers throughout all of Asia, including Russia, China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.
As glaciers become smaller, water runoff decreases, which is especially important during the dry season ... |
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Pennsylvania DEP Secretary: Regulations That Protect Aquatic Life and Drinking Water From Natural Gas Wastewater Are Now in Effect and Enforceable
Regulations Drive Industry Investment in Technologies that Treat Wastewater
HARRISBURG, Pa., - New wastewater treatment standards for total dissolved solids, which will apply to gas well drilling wastewater, and that protect aquatic life and drinking water supplies are now in effect and enforceable, Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger announced today.
The combination of this Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Rule and the new rule requiring 150-foot buffers for Pennsylvania`s approximately 20,000 miles of high-quality ... |
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Aqwise Wise Water Technologies
Aqwise® - Wise Water Technologies Ltd. is a world leader in the development and implementation of innovative wastewater treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets. The patented AGAR® (Attached Growth Airlift Reactor) technology is a result of more than a decade of intensive multi-disciplinary research and development. Integrating Fixed Film and Suspended Growth technologies, it is considered as the 'next-generation' in biological treatment methods. The AGAR® various configurations allow maximum cost-effectiveness when building a new wastewater treatment plant, or when upgrading an exist one (for capacity upload or quality improvement). Among them - IFAS (Integrated Fixed film Activated Sludge), MBBR (Moving Bed Bio Reactor), FFAST (Fixed Film Activated Sludge Treatment) and Package Plants.
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- Limiting ocean acidification under global change
New computer simulations have examined the likely effects of mitigation scenarios on ocean acidification trends. They show that both the peak year of ...
- Phase out summer grazing, say researchers
The Sierra Nevada Mountain range serves as an important source of drinking water for the State of California. However, summer cattle grazing on federal ...
- U.S. EPA to establish nation’s largest coastal no-sewage zone/ EPA to sign rule preventing large ships from discharging 20 million gallons of sewage along California’s 1,624 mile coastline
U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld will today announce details of the Agency’s proposal to ban all sewage ...
- EU, Development Banks Fund Modernization of Water System in Republika Srpska
15.5 million Euro to build wastewater treatment plant in BijeljinaBANJA LUKA, Bosnia, ...
- UK Power Station Adopts Portable FTIR analyzer for Determining Water in Lubricating Oil
Danbury CT. The level of water in lubricating oil is critical to measure and control since it can accelerate oxidation and affect lubrication performance. ...
- Calgon Carbon Awarded $19.8-Million Contract for Ballast Water Management
PITTSBURGH - Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Hyde Marine, Inc., has been awarded a contract by ...
- NOV Mono makes things ‘EZ’ for Thames Water
Thames Water has installed a revolutionary EZstrip maintain-in-place pump to improve efficiency and reduce downtime at its sewage treatment works in Dorking.
The ...
- New Study: Coal Ash Water-Contamination Much Worse Than Previously Estimated, With 39 Additional Toxic Sites Identified in 21 States
Total of 70 Problem Sites Identified by Groups Since February Is Over and Above the 67 EPA-Acknowledged Sites; New Report Identifies Water Contamination ...
- EPA proposes plan to clean up the source of ground water contamination at the cortese landfill site in Sullivan County, NY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean up recently discovered areas of contaminated liquid under the landfill and ...
- New case study: city of Redmond — Wellhead Protection Program, EQuIS Implementation
Project Overview
The City of Redmond (City) has several water quality related programs (e.g., Groundwater Monitoring, Drinking Water, Surface Water) ...
- BP oil spill: US scientist retracts assurances over success of cleanup
White House claims that the worst of the BP oil spill was over were undermined yesterday when a senior government scientist said three-quarters of the ...
- Insituform Wins Contract Valued at $7 Million in Honolulu, Hawaii
ST. LOUIS - Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU) announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately ...
- Neosens has been rewarded with the first prize during the CFIA 2010 Innovation award ceremony in the `equipment & process` category
The last-born of Neosens, the FS-1000 probe, was conceived for the local, continuous and in-situ Analytik Jena Delivers Instruments for Environmental Analysis to Poland
Jena, Germany — Analytik Jena AG has received an extensive new order from Poland. The system provider of analytic measurement technology headquartered ...
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