Tag: Chemicals
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Glendale looks at microfiltration to reduce chromium-6 levels
The California utility Glendale Water & Power has demonstrated two successful methods for removing hexavalent chromium from drinking water. However, it has now started to evaluate microfiltration in advance of anticipated lower chromium-6 maximum levels.
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EPA funding for Arlington Desalter’s biological denitrification
California’s Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) confirmed on 10 February 2011 that it had secured a US$ 528,000 federal grant in January for design work on a treatment system that uses naturally occurring bacteria to remove toxic contaminants, including perchlorate and nitrate, from drinking water.
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USEPA chief briefs Senate on dangerous contaminants
Perchlorate, chromium-6 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in drinking water were all discussed by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Lisa P Jackson, in testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works on 2 February 2011.
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STS Apliclor to open new Madrid office
Barcelona-based Severn Trent Services – Apliclor, a leading supplier of water and wastewater solutions in Spain, has announced a range of strategic initiatives to expand the scope and geographic range of its business.
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Aquatech wins Mongolian ZLD job
Aquatech has been awarded a contract for a 2,400 m³/d zero liquid discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal-to-chemicals facility in Hailer in Inner Mongolia.
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EPA issues second list of endocrine disruptors
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on 17 November 2010 a second list of chemicals for which it intends to issue test orders under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP).
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Chemical gas feeder eliminates need for pressure regulators
The Capital Controls® Series WP70CV3 gas-feed system has been introduced to control chemical feed in water or wastewater applications.
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Bundamba wastewater reuse plant passes second quality test
The second Water Quality Report for the Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant in Queensland, Australia, has confirmed the excellent quality of the purified water it produces and proved that the water is safe to add to the drinking supply, says government agency WaterSecure
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Fazel joins Genesys as senior chemist
Max Fazel has joined UK desalination membrane chemicals manufacturer Genesys International in October as senior research chemist, based at the UK company’s Middlewich factory.
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GE signs Saudi Arabian wastewater-reuse MOU
GE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on wastewater reuse with Miahona, a subsidiary of the Arabian Company for Water & Power Development Ltd.