groundwater quality News
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Scotland’s water and groundwater quality improving, says SEPA
Water quality in Scotland is good and continues to improve. That's according to the recently published Scotland’s Water Environment Review 2000-2006 featuring water quality classification data that illustrates historical trends stretching back over the past six years. The review, which has been published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), is a valuable source of environmental ...
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Groundwater Atlas for pesticides
The recently published Groundwater Atlas for pesticides provides an overview of where and when pesticides have been found in groundwater. The results can be used to improve water quality in the Netherlands. The data will be used by the Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb) to monitor groundwater quality. The Groundwater Atlas was developed between 2015 ...
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Third of Irish rivers and streams polluted, new study reveals
The latest report on water quality in Ireland to be released by the EPA, Water Quality in Ireland 2004 – 2006, assesses the quality of lakes, rivers, canals, coastal areas and groundwater and presents a detailed picture of the quality of Irish waters. This comprehensive review deals with the conditions in some 13,240 km of river and stream channel (1,151 rivers), 449 lakes, 69 estuarine and ...
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As the Water Framework Directive gathers pace, industry must prioritise wastewater treatment, says Air Products
As the UK’s implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) gathers pace, water companies and industry will need to make wastewater treatment and management a priority, says Air Products. Despite the fact that the WFD’s main target is achieving ‘good status’ for all UK surface and ground waters by 2015 – a date which for many may still seem a long way off - the pace of change is set to ...
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In-Situ Inc. Launches Innovative Water Quality Handheld Instrument with Smartphone Application for the Environmental Market
In-Situ® Inc. announces the new smarTROLL™ Multiparameter (MP) Handheld Instrument and iSitu™ Smartphone Application for environmental monitoring applications. Ideal for water quality spot checks, the smarTROLL MP Handheld can be used for any surface-water monitoring application. No training time is required to use the probe or the intuitive ...
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Envirogen and Inotec Enter Joint Technology Development Agreement to Advance Bioreactor Performance for Water Treatment
Envirogen Technologies, Inc. and Inotec, Inc. announced that they have entered into a joint technology development agreement to advance the performance of bioreactors in groundwater, mining water and a broad range of wastewater treatment applications. The initial focus of the development activity will be on reducing the amount of substrate (electron donor) required to successfully operate anoxic ...
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Introducing the Aqua TROLL 600 Water Quality Platform
In-Situ® Inc. announced today the newest advancement in state-of-the-art water monitoring technology – the Aqua TROLL® 600 Multiparameter Sonde, with field access through the VuSitu™ Mobile App for Android™. Rugged in groundwater and corrosion-resistant in surface water, the Aqua TROLL 600 delivers accurate data in an easy-to-use, customizable instrument. Features ...
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Australian Olympic dam water savings project delivers sustained change
Mining operations need water to extract valuable minerals from hard rock and process them into usable forms. Water use is especially intensive in quarrying, milling (crushing, screening, washing and flotation of mined materials), and reinjecting extracted water for secondary mineral recovery. South Australia’s Great Artesian Basin, known for the diverse endemic invertebrate fauna living in the ...
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