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Hot Topic: Water Quality in the UK
While water quantity has long been hitting the headlines as one of the main issues of the water crisis, with extreme weather events like droughts and flooding taking centre stage over the last few years, water quality on the other hand has been flying under the radar somewhat… until now that is. Keeping rivers, lakes and streams healthy is an absolute must to sustain life on earth, but it ...
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Keeping Hospitals Safe: A Success Story with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
When Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford opened its doors in 1991, it was met with an unexpected challenge: Legionella bacteria in the building’s water system. Despite the hospital’s best efforts, traditional disinfection methods failed to control the problem, which led to two tragic patient deaths. The hospital turned to LiquiTech and the LiquiTech® Copper-Silver ...
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UK Water Crisis ‘Down to Conservative Government Failures’
You would perhaps be forgiven for thinking that the UK, with its famously damp weather, would be relatively immune to the issues presented by the global water crisis, but this in fact could not be further from the case. Water is becoming increasingly problematic for countries all over the world as climate change takes hold and the UK is certainly not exempt from this, with ageing infrastructure, ...
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EAU DE Paris Gets A Jumpstart on water sanitation
In charge of more than 2,000km of water networks, Eau de Paris is responsible for tap water production through the eponymous city. With drinking water produced partly from river water and spring water, the two different water networks produce different qualities of water: tap and non-drinkable; the latter being used for street washing and irrigation. In addition to these responsibilities, the ...
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Worldwide Water Wars ‘On the Rise’
Water resources underpin absolutely every aspect of society and, without it, the world as we know it would come to a grinding halt. Given how essential water is to sustain life, it’s equally essential to do all we can to protect supplies, but growing pressure is now being put on the world’s rivers, lakes, streams and aquifers in the form of population growth, water mismanagement, ...
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SouthWestSensor Ltd launching new Ammonia Monitoring Probes
SouthWestSensor Ltd. ('SWS'), a UK provider of advanced water quality monitoring solutions aimed at improving efficiencies across the whole water cycle to promote sustainability and protect the environment, has launched a new turn-key solution for ammonia monitoring. 'Ammonia is typically monitored inside wastewater treatment plants for optimised process control but can also do damage once ...
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Hot Topic: River Pollution in the UK
Water quality in the UK is fast becoming one of the biggest issues that the country has to face, with pollution from a range of different sources increasingly taking its toll on the natural environment. Sewage, agricultural runoff and pollution from industry and urban centres are all putting pressure on rivers around the country, with more frequent extreme weather events such as intense rainfall ...
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Environics Announces Enhancements for New and Existing S6100/S6103 Systems
Environics is pleased to announce a new option for the Environics Model 6000 systems. These options add the ability to Purge and Flush your system. The improvement will help you to protect your unit, reduce wait time and provide additional gas savings. The new feature, which includes both hardware and software updates, can be added as a retrofit so existing units can take advantage of this ...
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Yorkshire Water installs 21 water quality devices on river Wharfe
Yorkshire Water is installing 21 water quality monitors along stretches of the river Wharfe in a trial to better understand factors impacting the river and to ultimately help improve bathing water quality in Ilkley. Monitors from six different suppliers are being tested at the sites along the river for 12 months. The trial will ensure the water quality monitors can deliver accurate results in a ...
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Water Affected By Pet Parasite Treatments, Study Reveals
Water quality in the UK is a hot topic these days, hitting headlines on an increasingly regular basis thanks to issues such as storm overflow discharges, surface water runoff, pesticides, herbicides, algal blooms, drought, flooding… the list goes on and on, it seems. And now, according to a new report from Imperial College London, it appears that there’s another growing problem that ...
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UK Rivers Branded A National Disgrace
Waterways around the UK have been branded a “national disgrace” by the chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts, with various rivers in England now at particular risk from pollution such as plastics, human and farmyard sewage, industrial and household chemicals, pesticides and fertiliser. ...
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Singhal Industries Private Limited Rolls Out Versatile Geomembrane for Your Garbage Disposal Needs
Singhal Industries Private Limited is proud to introduce its new geomembrane, specifically designed for landfill sites. With this state-of-the-art innovation, you can now be assured of a more reliable and effective solution for your waste disposal needs. Introduction to Singhal Industries Private Limited. Singhal Industries Private Limited is a leading business solutions provider that ...
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‘Inadequate Infrastructure’ Leading to Increased Sewage Overspills
Sewage overspills have been hitting the headlines with increasing frequency over the last few years, with raw waste discharged into rivers, lakes and streams across the UK and Ireland on a daily basis. This is permissible during periods of heavy rainfall, when the capacity of the combined sewage system (which was built by the Victorians) can be exceeded. This means that sewage works can ...
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EMS is pleased to welcome our new Director of Smart Wastewater - James Hale
James has worked professionally since 2000 as a consultant, innovator and leader in the urban drainage sector. He is a Chartered Water and Environment Manager (C.WEM), Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). James’s experience in institutional, policy, and technology aspects of urban drainage planning with specialisms ...
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How to Get Air Out of Pool Pumps
Pool pumps must be in good working condition to keep pool water clean and safe. However, pool owners may find it bothersome when excessive air enters the pump. Can air damage the pool pump? Yes, it can. Your swimming pool water pump may become overly noisy or stop working with too much air. Therefore, in this post, we will show you how to get air out of the pool pump to protect it from damaging. ...
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American Water (AWK) unit to purchase sewer assets for $231 million
Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (AWK), has signed an agreement with the Butler Area Sewer Authority (BASA) to purchase its wastewater system for $231.5 million. The system serves nearly 15,000 customers over 32.5 square miles, including the City of Butler; Butler and Center townships; East Butler Borough; and parts of Connoquenessing Borough, Summit and Oakland ...
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Water utilities set the pace in race to reduce carbon emissions
More than 80 water and wastewater utilities worldwide have set net-zero and climate-neutrality targets. These utilities are leading the decarbonization of the water sector with strategies that optimize operations while cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A new paper from global water technology company Xylem, Net Zero: The Race We All Win, shows how water managers are reducing their ...
By Xylem, Inc.
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Sludge treatment to protect the environment
Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable for discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges. Sewage contains wastewater from households and ...
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A Focus on Indoor Environmental Quality is Essential for Returning Students and Teachers
Students and teachers in many parts of the country have already returned to class, while others start the new school year after Labor Day. Regardless of when the school year begins, the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of classrooms and other learning facilities is an essential component for everyone’s well-being and ability to learn. Even with extra government funding to improve HVAC ...
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Broad portfolio of applications already available on Cardea`s BPU platform
"As we expanded our partnerships with commercial and academic partners, as well as brought in people from different disciplines, that really enabled us to develop the broad portfolio of applications that we're offering to our partners today. The beauty of biology is that everything in our body is charged. Proteins, DNA, and RNA are all charged molecules so as these components bind to each other, ...
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