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Kids taking center stage in science awards
Leave it to Google to shine a light on our next generation of young scientists! As we start getting ready for the 2017 academic year, Sterlitech decided to look back at last year’s Google Science Fair awards. One group of clever kids caught our attention by winning the 2016 Scientific American Innovator Award with a subject near and dear to our hearts: filtration. They made filters from a ...
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Oxbow Activated Carbon Attends AWWA ACE15 In Anaheim, CA
Oxbow Activated Carbon, a leading independent distributor of activated carbon products, was pleased to exhibit at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference & Exhibition – ACE15 – at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA June 8-10, 2015. In keeping with the show’s theme, “Uniting the World of Water,” the Oxbow Activated Carbon booth ...
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Large mercury control market just around the corner
The U.S., which was behind Europe in reducing SO2 from power plants, took the lead in mercury reduction with its Clean Air Mercury Rule. This rule would have guaranteed a large near-term market for mercury control technologies and chemicals. Since this rule promulgation, there have been two developments which promise to make the market even bigger. But, ironically, they have also caused ...
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Swedrop in collaboration with the Ångström Laboratory on absorbents for PFOS/PFAS
The Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, have received a grant to conduct further research into materials that specifically absorb PFAS/PFOS. The research was initiated by a query from Swedrop AB in Helsingborg, Sweden. We manufacture filters for storm water drains. Our filters are equipped with multiple absorbents in order to ...
By Swedrop AB
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EPA promulgates new cement MACT rule requiring investment of $ billions in next 3 years
EPA has now promulgated the long awaited Portland Cement hazardous air pollutant standard. It will require billions of dollars of investment over the next three years by the U.S. cement industry. Equally important is the impact on the upcoming standards for industrial boilers and utilities. If the cement industry has to reduce acid gases by 97 percent, what precedent does this set for the utility ...
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How To Help You Maintain Your Reverse Osmosis RO Alkaline Hydrogen Water Purifier for Optimal Performance
Nowadays, installing water purifiers has become a necessity for a number of reasons. Since there are tons of water purifiers out there, people find it really confusing to purchase the best one. In other words, you can choose from several technologies to make the best choice. Some of the most common technologies include reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, and UV. In this article, we are going to ...
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Calgon Carbon receives UV, activated carbon contracts
Calgon Carbon Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) has received an $8.8 million contract from the city of Montreal, Quebec, to install its Sentinel ultraviolet (UV) disinfection systems at three of the city’s drinking-water plants. The Sentinel systems, which will be installed at the Pierrefonds, Atwater, and Charles des Baillets water treatment plants, will treat a total of about 780 million gallons of water ...
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NanoCeram-PACB™ – Hybrid carbon filter increases chlorine adsorption capacity
Argonide Corporation, a Sanford, Florida company that manufactures water purification filters, has recently announced the availability of their NanoCeram-PACB™ high capacity activated carbon filters. NanoCeram-PAC™, the company’s original carbon-based product, is capable of removing small particles (including bacteria and virus) using the principal of electrostatic attraction/adsorption with the ...
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Chemviron leads the way with activated carbon technology
Chemviron Carbon, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of activated carbons, has made a substantial investment to further develop its Ashton-in-Makerfield (UK) site, as part of a major European investment programme. The newly installed state-of-the-art facility, located next to the company’s European Research and Development Centre, will operate round the clock producing ...
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New Salher water treatment plant for large flows from a slaughterhouse
Salher has an extensive experience providing solutions for the agri-food industry all over the world. One of Salher’s latest major turnkey projects in Europe was a wastewater treatment plant for a slaughterhouse with a capacity of 1,500 cubic metres per day. In general terms, Salher’s scope in this project has been: Detailed engineering development and 3D plant design of the ...
By Salher
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Resin Traps Strainer Media Trap Filter for Ion Exchange in Water Treatment
A media/resin trap is a very simple screening device that is installed on the downstream side of your Ion Exchange/Media Filtration Plant to capture the media and resins from loss. A resin trap strainer is a safety device used on the overflow lines of ion exchange units, high-purity water systems, and activated carbon and media filters. In these systems, media can escape from the treatment vessel ...
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First MIEX® Installation in California Approved by the City of Vallejo
Untitled Document On December 7, the Vallejo City Council approved the signing of a contract to install a 1 MGD MIEX® Treatment System at the Green Valley Water Treatment Plant. This approval follows a very successful trial carried out in spring/summer last year which showed that distribution disinfection by-product levels could be significantly ...
By Ixom
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ProMinent at IFAT 2016 - Elimination of man-made trace substances in municipal waste water treatment
Man-made trace substances in drinking water are a continually growing problem. These compounds, for example from cosmetics and medicines, which are very resistant to biological decomposition, enter our drinking water reserves through waste water. In many cases, clarification plants have a fourth cleaning stage to remove this category of impurities and some countries, such as Switzerland, it ...
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Calgon Carbon Japan Announces Activated Carbon Supply Agreement with Mitsui for Control of Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxide Air Emissions at Wisconsin Public Service Electricity Generating Unit
Calgon Carbon Japan (CCJ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) (CCC or the Company), today announced the recent finalization of contracts with Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems, Ltd. (Mitsui) to supply pelletized activated carbon. CCJ’s activated carbon products, which will be manufactured at its Fukui, Japan facility, will be distributed by Mitsui to Wisconsin ...
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Technique for arsenic-free water developed
A novel approach to arsenic removal could lead to a quick and inexpensive purification of drinking water in developing countries. Previous research demonstrated that arsenic can be removed from water using activated carbon or iron minerals, such as magnetite nanocrystals. However, such particles are too small to be effective in flowing water and they quickly degrade when exposed to the ...
By SciDev.Net
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EPA Finalizes Pollution Cleanup Plan for Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey Cleanup Expected to Cost $19 Million
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site in Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey. Previous dry cleaning operations in Wall Township contaminated soil and ground water with volatile organic compounds, including perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethene ...
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EPA Proposes Plan to Clean Up Chemical Pollution in Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site in Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey. Previous dry cleaning operations in Wall Township caused the contamination of the soil and ground water with volatile organic compounds, including perchloroethylene (PCE) and ...
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Oman`s chemists use palm leaves for water treatment
Date palm leaves — currently a waste product of date farming — could be used to remove pharmaceutical chemicals and dyes from hospital wastewater, say researchers from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman. The first hospital wastewater treatment pilot project is due to start in Oman early next year, and scientists are working to use this technology in both drinking water filters ...
By SciDev.Net
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Innovative dredging technology accelerates removal of residual contamination in Ashtabula River
The US EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) and their non-federal sponsor, the Ashtabula City Port Authority, along with the State of Ohio, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and a consortium of private companies collaborated to design and implement an innovative approach for addressing extensive sediment contamination in a portion of the Ashtabula River near Lake Erie. The ...
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PFAS Regulation Moves Forward at State, Federal Levels
States are increasing scrutiny of the widespread, long-lived chemicals, which often are found in tap water and the human bloodstream PFAS is the acronym for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, a class of more than 4,000 chemicals used in the manufacture of a wide range of consumer goods, including Teflon coating and food packaging. But because of their resistance to breaking down, they have ...
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