wastewater treatment regulation News
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Need for High-quality Process Water and Better Wastewater Treatment Regulations Increase the Demand for Membrane Modules in India
Water scarcity in India, aggravated by the inefficient water management strategies of industries, is compelling industry players to change their water usage and treatment methods. Industries want high quality process water as well as wastewater treatment systems for compliance with regulations. The rising population and per capita consumption of water also necessitates increased water treatment. ...
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Addressing Water Quality in the Philippines
Wastewater treatment regulations aim to improve economic and health problems The Republic of the Philippines, which comprises more than 7,000 islands, has the fifth longest coastline of any nation in the world at more than 36,000 miles. But with increasing development, population, and tourism, water quality has become a problem that threatens industry, the environment, and public health alike. ...
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Ontario utility selects FOG and backflow prevention technologies
Utilities Kingston in Ontario, Canada, has chosen Aquatic Informatics to digitize its fats, oils, and grease (FOG) program, and manage its backflow prevention and cross-connection control program. These two programs are part of the solution to common problems in complying with water treatment and wastewater collection regulations. Utilities Kingston compliance program for restaurant fats, oils ...
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New standards for petroleum refining industry
EPA Home » Laws & Regulations » Reg DaRRT » Petroleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source Performance Standards New Standards for Petroleum Refining Industry. This action pertains to the Petroleum Refining industry and specifically to petroleum refinery sources that are subject to maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards in 40 CFR part ...
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Fujicolor Processing Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime
(Washington, D.C.) Fujicolor Processing agreed to pay a $200,000 criminal fine for discharging excessive amounts of silver-tainted photo processing waste to a Texas wastewater treatment plant, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Fujicolor pleaded guilty to one count of negligently violating a requirement of its pretreatment permit at its ...
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Portable Infrared Analyzers Help Ensure Compliance with Oil in Water Effluent Discharge Levels
Oil in wastewater discharges are highly regulated and each region of the world has their specific regulations. For the off-shore oil industry regulating bodies such as the NPDES(National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) in the US have strict ppm limits that are coupled with costly fines for non-compliance. On-shore industrial wastewater producers also have limits imposed either by the ...
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Jiangsu Sino French Wastewater Treatment division deploys Siveco's Smart O&M
The wastewater division of Jiangsu Sino French Water, which serves over 1 million inhabitants and operates 9 sewage treatment plants and 56 pumping stations, has deployed Siveco's Smart O&M solution. Faced with continuous urban development and tightening environmental regulations, Chinese wastewater treatment companies are striving to utilize smart technologies to improve their quality of ...
By Siveco China
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Xylem’s ozone treatment technology enables Zurich wastewater treatment plant meet new Swiss regulations on removal of micropollutants
Xylem, (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world's most challenging water issues, has been awarded a contract to provide advanced treatment technology to the Werdhölzli wastewater treatment plant in Zurich, the largest wastewater treatment facility in Switzerland serving 434,000 people. Xylem's ozone technology will enable the plant to meet new ...
By Xylem, Inc.
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Innovative Smart Decentralized Wastewater Solution wins Fluence Corporation (ASX:FLC) another Contract for a Seafood Company in South America
Fluence Corporation Limited (“Fluence” or the “Company”) today announced that it has been awarded a US$1.7 million contract with Irotop S.A., a leading Ecuadorian fish processing company, to purify wastewater from its tuna and sardine processing and packing plants. This success follows recent contracts won in Ecuador, Italy, Brazil and Argentina and confirms ...
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Wastewater treatment lowers pathogen levels
A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Arizona has tracked the incident of pathogens in biosolids over a 19 year period in one major U.S. city. In the same study, the researchers also analyzed pathogen levels in biosolids at 18 wastewater treatment plants in the United States. Their analysis indicates pathogens levels have dropped since the implementation of federal ...
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The Final Frontier of Water and Wastewater Treatment: Sludge Management Equipment Market Set to Reach $9.9 Billion by 2017
A new report from Global Water Intelligence (GWI) investigates the transforming sludge management market. Municipal sludge treatment is on the rise, and attracting a widening portfolio of specialist technologies. More wastewater treatment, tightening regulations and green incentives make it a good, if heavily regional, market. How can companies enter and thrive? GWI’s new report on sludge ...
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Fluence Corporation Limited (ASX:FLC) launches SmartAerator TORNADO for wastewater treatment facilities
Fluence Corporation Limited (ASX:FLC), a global leader in water and wastewater treatment solutions, today announced the launch of its SmartAerator™ TORNADO® that provides up to 50 percent annual energy savings for wastewater treatment facilities. The SmartAerator Tornado automatically regulates aeration levels and remotely monitors the wastewater processing performance of the Tornado ...
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Xcel Energy Awards Nearly $2 Million Contract to Progressive Water Treatment
OriginClear Inc. (OTC/QB: OOIL), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced that Minnesota-based public utility, Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL), awarded the company’s subsidiary, Progressive Water Treatment Inc. (PWT) a large-scale contract for a boiler feedwater treatment system. The contract totals nearly two million dollars and uniquely utilizes all Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) ...
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House committee holds hearing on the chemical facility antiterrorism act of 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives Homeland SecurityCommittee held a hearing entitled “The Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009.” Theproposed legislation would establish permanent regulations for chemical facilities, impose newrequirements on those facilities, and regulate wastewater treatment plants. Witnesses gavetestimony from two panels, one made up of federal officials and the other ...
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Growth in Key End-User Industries Widens Scope of Packaged Wastewater Treatment Market in India, Finds Frost & Sullivan
The packaged wastewater systems are decentralized sewage treatment systems that are constructed in a fabrication plant and transported to a site for installation and commissioning. This market in India is a fragmented industry with no major market players and therefore it presents a huge opportunity for growth, especially in the industrial, commercial and residential segment. The challenges in ...
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OriginClear’s Progressive Water Recovers Millions of Gallons for Texas City’s Drinking Water
OriginClear Inc. (OTC/QB: OOIL), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced that a system built by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dallas-based Progressive Water Treatment Inc. (PWT), is recovering 700 gallons per minute (gpm) of previously-rejected water at the existing RO treatment plant in Horizon City, Texas. The recovered water is being blended with raw well water for ...
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Asia-Pacific´s Emergence as an Automotive Manufacturing Hub Enhances the Scope of the WWWT Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan
The relocation of automotive manufacturing from North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, especially to emerging countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia, is expected to boost the prospects of the water and wastewater treatment (WWWT) market. Environmental regulations, along with manufacturers' desire to cut costs and use water more efficiently, have expanded the market for WWWT solutions. New ...
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Regulatory Pressures to Drive Western European Municipal Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Market, Says Frost & Sullivan
The municipal water and wastewater treatment chemicals market in Western Europe is growing, driven by the increasing demand for cost-effective chemicals and rising environmental concerns. Stricter regulations at both national and regional levels are further propelling market expansion. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com( ...
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