water testing Articles
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DelAgua Kit Case Study - Comet-ME Testing in South Mount Hebron Region
Comet-ME is an Israeli-Palestinian NGO providing sustainable off-grid energy and water services to rural Palestinian communities in the South Mount Hebron region of the occupied Palestinian territories. The local Palestinian communities are not connected to the water grid and people depend on seasonal rainfall for their water supply, harvesting the rainwater in cisterns. Come-ME's water ...
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Water insecurity in Indigenous Canada: a community-based inter-disciplinary approach
Water insecurity in Northern Indigenous communities in Canada remains a pressing problem, with multiple dimensions and health impacts. We carried out a case study of long-term water insecurity in the Southern Inuit island community of Black Tickle, Labrador, where there is no piped water and people rely on an under-funded potable water dispensing unit (PWDU) and unmonitored water sources. Our ...
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Academic Research Projects
The Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment (CAWT), Fleming College The Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment (CAWT) is a research facility within Fleming College, Canada. The CAWT focuses on constructed wetland research whereby wetlands are evaluated for their effectiveness in treating municipal wastewater. Our ColiPlate™ water testing system has been used on a routine ...
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Legionella Bacteria Water Sampling Methodology
This blog delves into systematic approaches for Legionella water testing, offering valuable insights into best practices and recommendations to ensure the safety of your ...
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LIMS Key to Quality Data Management in Water Industry
WEFTEC has just wrapped up its 2012 conference – the largest meeting of its kind in North America. The Water Environment Federations’ annual meeting has again delivered comprehensive water quality education and training to thousands of water quality professionals. The leading discussions at WEFTEC this year were centered around emerging research and innovations in the industry. ...
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Phigenics Water Research Paper Q&A
Q. What is the name of the research paper? A. “Inaccuracy in Legionella Tests of Building Water Systems Due to Sample Holding Time” Q. Who are the authors? A. Dr. William F. McCoy, Erin L. Downes, Lesley F. Leonidas, Melissa F. Cain, Daniel L. Sherman, Kevin Chen, Sangeetha Devender and Michael J. Neville. All authors are subject matter experts and were employees of Phigenics ...
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Matrix express makes Water testing lab more efficient case study
Matrix Express LIMS allowed The Water Lab to improve its efficiency and provide a faster service by streamlining the processing and management of sample information. The Water Lab (www.lhewaterlab.ie/) is a modern, fully calibrated ISO17025 environmental contract laboratory based in Co. Kildare, Ireland. Providing a wide range of water and waste water testing services, including sampling and ...
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Flour Truck Cleaning Wastewater Case Study
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Success Stories Flour Truck Cleaning Wastewater Excellent Waste Water Treatment Results A sample of flour/water was tested to look at the treatability of the Floccin to remove colloidal flour particles from flour hauling trucks in their wash out operations. The local municipality was considering charging for the solids in the ...
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Arsenic in private drinking water wells: an assessment of jurisdictional regulations and guidelines for risk remediation in North America
Arsenic is a known carcinogen found globally in groundwater supplies due to natural geological occurrence. Levels exceeding the internationally recognized safe drinking water standard of 10 μg/L have been found in private drinking water supplies in many parts of Canada and the United States. Emerging epidemiological evidence confirms groundwater arsenic to be a significant health ...
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LIMS Essential for H2O Testing
Clean water is a global necessity - essential to our health and well being. Just imagine a day without clean water to drink, to prepare our food, to wash the daily grind from our clothes and bodies. There’s a lot of science behind clean water and a laboratory information management system (LIMS) is a critical component of the sample management, data capture and analysis that is necessary ...
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The Benefits of Portable Water Quality Detectors
Introduction: Access to safe and clean water is essential for human health and well-being. However, water quality can vary significantly, and contaminants can pose serious risks to human health. Portable water quality detectors have emerged as valuable tools for assessing water safety and ensuring clean water in various settings. This article aims to explore the benefits of portable water quality ...
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Eclox Rural Water Association Helps Assure Water Security Statewide with Rapid Response Water Test Kit
The ability to rapidly monitor the quality of U.S. source water for contamination has never been more important than it is in today’s security-sensitive environment. The Delaware Rural Water Association (DRWA), located in Milford, Del., is a non-profit trade organization, one of 47 state affiliate members of the National Rural Water Association. The mission of the DRWA is to improve the quality ...
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Ceramic membranes for water treatment
Ceramic membranes, different in pore size and membrane material, were applied to remove particulate and dissolved matter from different spent filter backwash water types as well as from dam water. The study was conducted in pilot scale under conditions typical for waterworks at a dam water treatment plant. A comparison of different ceramic membranes implied that total membrane resistance was more ...
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International Maritime Organization Answers Questions About The Ballast Water Management Convention
The Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) entered into force globally on September 8, 2017. In a recent document, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) responded to frequently asked questions about the BWMC and its provisions, and what the entry into force means for international shipping. Here’s a brief summary. What is the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC)? The ...
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High-rate nitrification of electronic industry wastewater by using nitrifying granules
Nitrifying granules have a high sedimentation property and an ability to maintain a large amount of nitrifying bacteria in a reaction tank. Our group has examined the formation process of nitrifying granules and achieved high-rate nitrification for an inorganic synthetic wastewater using these granules. In this research, a pilot-scale test plant with an 850-liter reaction tank was assembled ...
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American Water Invest In Fleet Safety Pilot Scheme - Case Study
Handsfree Group Help American Water to Improve Fleet SafetyBlind Spot Statistics Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that nearly 840,000 blind spot accidents occur each year in the United States resulting in 300 fatalities. Employing 6,700 dedicated professionals, American Water provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater services ...
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An investigation into a treatment strategy for the Berg River water at the Voëlvlei water treatment plant
The main aim of this study was to determine a treatment strategy for the Berg River water at the Voëlvlei water treatment plant (WTP). Jar tests were conducted using ferric and aluminium sulphate as coagulants to determine the optimum treatment parameters of the Berg River water and the Voëlvlei WTP raw water. The results for the Voëlvlei WTP raw water and the Berg River water with ferric ...
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Google Android mobile phone applications for water quality information management
This paper introduces some experiences with developing mobile phone demonstrator applications for water quality information management using the Google Android platform. The work presented is part of an EU research project named LENVIS (Localised ENVironmental and health Information Services for all). The applications are focused on delivery of water quality information related to outdoor ...
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How to Deal with Arsenic in Drinking Water
Thanks to recent developments in technology, daily drinking water undergoes a rigorous treatment process for water to be consumable. This is because most ground and natural river waters have a chemical in them called arsenic. Arsenic is a metallic chemical element that is found commonly among rocks and sulfur in the Earth’s crust. Arsenic is known for getting into your drinking water from ...
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Chinese Nonferrous Metal Manufacturer Case Study
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Success Stories Chinese Nonferrous Metal Manufacturing Waste Water Treatment Great Results of Nonferrous Metals Manufacturer Jar Test Jar testing result of China Daye Nonferrous Metals Company, Hubei, China 碱性溶液(pH=9)raw water (pH 9) ...
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