Manufacturers and wastewater municipalities that treat and discharge wastewater are concerned with regulatory compliance and controlling costs. Most facilities must comply with regulations, such as the US Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Clean Water Act, and optimize their wastewater treatment processes.
Legionella pneumophila is commonly found in a wide variety of aquatic environments including both natural bodies of water and manmade water systems such as industrial cooling water systems. The elevated water temperature, the moisture, the increased oxygen tension and the addition of nutrients provide a favorable environment for the growth of microorganisms including L.
Water loss is a major concern for most water utilities worldwide, as it affects not only operational processes, but also impacts the financial, social and environmental aspects of the utility.
In potable water treatment, the volume of granular activated carbon (GAC) per filter is a major issue, both in commercial agreements and in filter design and operation. Once exhausted, the GAC is typically regenerated by thermal reactivation.
Workers at Chilean copper-gold mine port facilities will soon be quenching their thirst with drinking water from an innovative new seawater reverse osmosis (RO) system supplied by Koch Membrane Systems (KMS).
Landscape irrigation system is a combination of different irrigation system as suitable for various crop covering and requirement. Some misconceptions and doubts are still rising in the mind of the many people about using waste/ETP water for landscape.
The International Whaling Commission issued a draft proposal on 22 April that would lift the current ban on commercial whaling, established in 1986, in favour of a progressive reduction and regulation approach. If approved, the proposal would allow limited commercial whaling to continue over a ten year period.
With governments tightening their coffers in the wake of the global financial crisis, development campaigners are calling for more transparency in the initial stages of climate change funding for developing countries. The campaigners say they want to ensure climate funding promises are over and above current development aid, rather than transferred from existing projects.
The future of the United States Senate climate change bill - which had been expected to be revealed on 26 April - is now in question after Senator Lindsey Graham (a Republican) threatened to withdraw support. But Senate majority leader Harry Reid (a Democrat) says he is working to ensure the energy legislation continues to receive bipartisan support.
People in Indore and the adjoining Pithampur industrial area in Madhya Pradesh are protesting the incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste near their homes. The waste disposal facility in Pithampur in Dhar district was completed recently. On March 18, the Madhya Pradesh state pollution control board allowed Ramky Enviro, the private company operating the facility, to start trial runs.
