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Meet our new water quality equipment
For every application & budget The new wide range of precise, scientific water quality equipment Eijkelkamp Agrisearch Equipment offers is designed for intuitive operation. The multiparameter water quality instruments are suitable for testing groundwater, surface water and waste water. They are made from rugged materials to withstand harsh environmental conditions and all types of water. ...
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EPA, D.C., Maryland set trash limits for Anacostia watershed (DC)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the District of Columbia, and the state of Maryland today announced a new Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) or “pollution diet” for trash in the Anacostia River, making the Anacostia the first interstate river in the nation with such a Clean Water Act trash limit. “Trash not only creates a nuisance and an eyesore, but also interferes with ...
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Aquatic Informatics Joins Danaher`s Water Quality Platform
Aquatic Informatics Inc. has been acquired by Danaher’s Water Quality platform from XPV Water Partners. Aquatic Informatics provides software solutions that address critical water data management, analytics, and compliance challenges for the global water industry. The business is the trusted provider of water management solutions to over 1,000 organizations around the world that collect, ...
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Lake monitoring system at Lake Dardanelle an unexpected catch for B.A.S.S. Elite Series Tournament participants
To demonstrate information and scientific monitoring capabilities, researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey Arkansas Water Science Center installed a Lake Diagnostic System (LDS) provided by Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. in Lake Dardanelle for the Diamond Drive Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament, which took place from March 26 – 29, 2009. The LDS (now LakeESP) is a floating system ...
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USGS partners with UA to build hydrologic instrumentation facility
The U.S. Geological Survey is partnering with the University of Alabama to construct a new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, a science and engineering facility that will support the agency’s Water Enterprise observing networks and research. Built on the northern end of campus, the HIF will support training, repairs, and calibration for hydrological equipment that monitors ...
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Farm Bureau on Water Quality Trading: It’s Complicated
Managing nutrients is complicated and any water quality trading system must take this into consideration, the American Farm Bureau Federation told Congress today. Although Farm Bureau supports the concept of water quality trading, such programs should remain under state management rather than federal government control. “There are major scientific, market and regulatory challenges to ...
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EEA and Microsoft launch bathing water quality portal
The European Environment Agency (EEA) and Microsoft have launched a new environmental information portal ‘Eye on Earth’, displaying the latest information on the water quality in bathing sites across Europe. Through its first application ‘Water Watch’, the new portal allows users to rate beaches and to share their comments with others. Every year, millions of Europeans spend their summer ...
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Scottish Water selects advanced aeration solution to improve water quality and reduce costs
Scottish Water has purchased three advanced Aquaerator aeration and mixing systems from Aquarius Marine Group (AMG), a world specialist in lake aeration, to improve water quality in Aberdeenshire’s Craighead Reservoir. The new ‘Aquaerator’ technology, developed and installed by AMG, will help combat thermal stratification and increased levels of iron and manganese, a common ...
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EPA Provides Grants to Help New York City Residents Monitor Air and Water Pollution in their Communities; Smart Phones will Track Air Pollution in The Bronx, Students Surveying Water Pollution in New York Harbor are Some of the Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing nearly $125,000 in “citizen science” grants to five New York City community groups. These grants will be used to help these organizations collect information on air and water pollution in their communities and seek solutions to environmental and public health problems. “People care deeply about clean air and clean water in ...
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EPA changes to Kentucky coal mine permit protect water quality and the environment (KY)
Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit to Czar Coal Corporation for the Scaffold Lick Branch Coarse Refuse Storage Site project in eastern Kentucky. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Czar Coal Corporation resulted in significant protections against environmental impacts that are ...
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AWWA, WEF members attend 10th fly-in in DC
Leading water associations join forces to bring key issues to Congress Utility leaders to approach Congress in more than 400 meetings during first American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation Water Matters! Fly In (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The two largest water associations in North America today combined forces for the first time to push for smart approaches to water ...
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Acid Rain Emissions Are Down, Monitoring Still Needed
For the first time, emissions of a key component of acid rain and smog from power plants fell below 10 million tons in a year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports. In 2006, annual sulfur dioxide, SO2, emissions from acid rain program electric power generation sources fell sharply. Sources emitted 9.4 million tons of SO2 last year, below the emission cap of 9.5 million tons. ...
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HORIBA BIWAKO E-HARBOR goes into full operation
HORIBA has completed the construction of HORIBA BIWAKO E-HARBOR at its site in Shiga Prefecture, in the Kyoto-Shiga area where the HORIBA Group is headquartered. This is the largest development and production site on the west coast of Lake Biwa and the aim is to enhance HORIBA”s domestic production and development, along with its global competitiveness. Construction started on April 24, ...
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EPA awards six environmental justice grants in the Southeast
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to 50 non-profit and tribal organizations working to address environmental justice issues nationwide. Six of those 50 were awarded to organizations within region EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, and TN) totaling over $147,000. Organizations receiving grants in EPA Region 4 include: ...
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Wyoming to Lead Further Investigation of Water Quality Concerns Outside of Pavillion with Support of EPA
The State of Wyoming is announcing that it will further investigate drinking water quality in the rural area east of Pavillion, Wyoming. This will be done with the support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) will lead the scientific investigation and will seek to ...
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