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Olympic groups to monitor Brazil`s polluted waters
Olympic sports federations will be monitoring efforts to clean up the polluted waters around Rio de Janeiro to prevent health risks to athletes at the 2016 Games. An Associated Press report this week showed nearly 70 percent of Rio's sewage is untreated and dumped into iconic beach areas like Copacabana and Ipanema and picturesque Guanabara Bay. Those waters will host several of Rio's events at ...
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Rio`s Olympic waterways full of trash, sewage
Rio de Janeiro's endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer's dream during the 2016 Olympics. But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay, and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage. In the neon green waters around the site of the future Olympic Park, the average fecal pollution rate is 78 times that of the Brazilian government's "satisfactory" limit - ...
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Zimbabwe`s capital at risk from poor water
Zimbabwe's capital is at risk of a new cholera outbreak caused by collapsed water treatment and sanitation facilities, according to a Human Rights Watch report issued Tuesday. Residents in Harare's most impoverished townships have little access to clean piped water and often resort to drinking water from wells contaminated with feces and must defecate in the open, said the report. "The ...
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NACWA Applauds Udall, Edwards for Reintroduction of Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Legislation
NACWA Applauds Udall, Edwards for Reintroduction of Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Legislation Yesterday, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD) re-introduced legislation to provide critical support to innovative stormwater strategies, improving our ability to effectively manage polluted runoff and sewage overflows while relieving pressure on aging infrastructure. ...
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Record year for bathing water results in the South West
Results revealed today show it has been a bumper year for bathing water quality in the South West with 191 out of 192 passing the European bathing water quality standards. Only Instow Beach in Devon fell short of the minimum standard. Figures released by Defra at the Cleaner Seas Forum in London also showed that a record 91% of the South West bathing waters met stricter guideline standards in ...
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Kent Based firm C&M Plant put their new Scarab Mistral to work on the Lee Tunnel Project
Kent based firm C&M Plant have recently taken delivery of a new Scarab Mistral road sweeper. The machine will be spending the first part of its life working on the Lee Tunnel project in South East London. The £635m tunnel will tackle discharges from London’s largest CSO at Abbey Mills Pumping Station in Stratford. The four-mile tunnel will run beneath the London Borough of Newham ...
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Kent Based firm C&M Plant put their new Scarab Mistral to work on the Lee Tunnel Project
Kent based firm C&M Plant have recently taken delivery of a new Scarab Mistral road sweeper. The machine will be spending the first part of its life working on the Lee Tunnel project in South East London. The £635m tunnel will tackle discharges from London’s largest CSO at Abbey Mills Pumping Station in Stratford. The four-mile tunnel will run beneath the London Borough of Newham ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, one of the nation’s most seriously contaminated bodies of water. The final plan, announced today on the banks of the canal by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck with Congressmember Nydia Velázquez, state and local officials and community ...
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Global Splash, Inc. to provide GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FILTRATION for Detroit`s RecoveryPark
Global Splash Inc. has been selected to participate on the RecoveryPark team to implement and evaluate different green infrastructure techniques to capture rainwater and site runoff and reuse it for irrigation in the RecoveryPark's agriculture business incubator greenhouses. RecoveryPark is a component of the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department near the Eastside Green Infrastructure ...
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Colorado on alert for more spills in flooded oilfields
Coloradans watched for more spills in flooded oilfields as crews waited for the waters to recede so they could begin cleanup operations. Four new spills were discovered Friday, including 2,400 gallons of oil from a toppled storage tank and almost 900 gallons from an unspecified source. Oil spilled from two other damaged tanks but authorities did not know how much. That brings the known volume ...
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Columbia, S.C., Agrees to Major Sewer System Upgrades
The Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced a proposed settlement today with the City of Columbia to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), including unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Columbia has agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of, and implement ...
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Settlement with Town of Timmonsville and City of Florence will Resolve Drinking Water and Sewer Problems
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced a settlement today with the Town of Timmonsville and City of Florence, S.C., to resolve drinking water and sewer problems. The proposed settlement, set forth in a consent decree, will resolve Timmonsville’s liability for violations of the Clean Water Act ...
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Reports reenergise debate over Haiti cholera outbreak
The dispute between scientists over the origins of the cholera epidemic in Haiti has been further fuelled by two conflicting reports. One report published this month argues that the epidemic is directly traceable to UN peacekeepers and the inadequate waste infrastructure at their base, while the second, published in July, challenges such conclusions and blames environmental factors for the ...
By SciDev.Net
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Updated Municipal Wastewater Discharge Permits Proposed for Three North Idaho Cities
Newly-proposed municipal wastewater discharge permits for three cities in Northern Idaho will reduce the flow of phosphorous and other pollutants into the Spokane River. Today’s action is part of a larger effort being undertaken by Idaho and Washington to protect Spokane River water quality on both sides of the border. The proposed permits establish strict new discharge limits for total ...
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`Drain detectives` carry out pollution checks in Lyme Regis
The Environment Agency is taking to the streets of Lyme Regis, checking for signs of pollution. The Agency will carry out a detailed inspection of the town’s drains in the bid to pinpoint possible sources of pollution including misconnections that might be impacting on bathing water quality in Lyme Regis. Officers are walking along the river and inspecting the areas around Combined Sewer ...
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Complete Film Recycling Line for Sale
Type: Erema 1701 TVE with Weima Single Shaft Shredder Construction Year: 2006 Machine Hours: 44000 Output with LDPE Film: approx. 1400 – 1800kg/h The system has recently been refurbished and is still in operation. You can see it in full-operational mode prior to purchasing. Line is configured as follows: Conveyor Belt FB 10000/1200 (for material transport from Weima Single Shaft ...
By eFACTOR3 LLC
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Settlement with City of Wilmington, New Hanover County and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority will Reduce Sewer Overflows
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (Authority) in North Carolina. The proposed settlement set forth in a consent decree will resolve these parties’ liability for violations of the CWA, including unauthorized overflows of untreated raw ...
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Sewage Contamination Causes Concerns for the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners
Last month, it was reported that the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners were forced to use the same locker room at the Coliseum. This resulted after a sewage backup flooded both team’s locker rooms, forcing them to share the Oakland Raiders’ facilities. This is not the first time that backed up plumbing has caused issues at the 47 year old stadium. Although these types of ...
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KLa Systems, Inc. Launches New Website
KLa Systems is pleased to announce the release of our new website, designed with a fresh new look and updated with the latest information about our products and services. The updated product pages contain information about our existing and innovative products. You can now find elaborated information about our complete system solutions, retrofit opportunities, and back-flush system. You will be ...
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American Standard Partners with WaterAid to Provide Global Sanitation Solutions
A new partnership between American Standard Brands and WaterAid seeks to save lives and improve access to safe sanitation in Bangladesh. Through their joint effort, hundreds of thousands of people in this developing country will receive a cost effective, sanitary toilet pan to help prevent the spread of disease and improve their standard of living. "Our partnership with WaterAid plays a ...
By WaterAid
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