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Arsenic Removal Arsenal

February 1, 2004By Darin St. Germain

An overview of treatment options for successfully cleaning up contaminated drinking water supplies in compliance with the new stricter arsenic standard

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has historically regulated arsenic at 50 parts per billion (ppb), but the agency will lower the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic to 10 ppb by 2006. Some states are even setting their own limits well below this level.

Environmental Management Systems

February 1, 2004By Richard MacLean

Do they provide real business value?

The winter meeting of the Auditing Roundtable was a wakeup call to environmental auditors. The keynote speaker did not mince words: Conformance-base environmental management systems, such as International Standardization Organization (ISO) 14001, are "fundamentally flawed." What is the point of auditing systems that don't bring value? If certification is not on management's must-do checklist to enable entry into certain markets, why are these systems needed? ... and who needs these auditors?

Getting the Most Out of Your Data

February 1, 2004By Gregory Swiech

How software automation can increase the efficiency of hazardous material business processes

Hazardous materials (hazmat) compliance has a significant impact on the product life cycle in every organization that is involved in the use, manufacture or transport of dangerous goods. Developing integrated hazmat processes results in measurable improvements in revenue, costs and performance.

Staying on Target

February 1, 2004By Sabrina Barker

Despite many challenges, the international community is striving to implement the UN's goals of providing clean water and adequate sanitation to people worldwide by specific deadlines

Over the course of the past year, the international water agenda raised water quality issues to the forefront, with the need for clean water becoming central to securing the future of human and ecosystem health. This priority has been culminating since the year 2000, as the international community has built a series of objectives and commitments in the name of global sustainable development. Interestingly, while most of the context is hunger and poverty alleviation, the biggest challenge has been to create an awareness that economic health and environmental health are mutually reinforcing, rather than competing goals.

Sustainable Switzerland

February 1, 2004By Dana Corbin

This small country is doing big things for sustainable energy and efforts to counteract climate change

Switzerland, a country known for its chocolate, cheese, bank accounts and clocks, also demonstrates quite a knack for supporting environmental protection. This small, landlocked country generates a seemingly endless number of businesses, associations, academic initiatives and other enterprises focused on making use of resources in a bio-friendly manner for the benefit of the global community.

2003 Editorial Index

January 1, 2004

2004 Executive Forecast

January 1, 2004By Angela Neville

Industry leaders from different sectors offer their predictions about trends in the environmental industry

If your personal crystal ball is getting foggy, you'd better hang on to this issue of Environmental Protection. (Plus, you'll probably want to steer your fellow environmental professionals to this online version of this issue, if they don't have their own copies.) This month we turn futuristic, offering bold, insightful visions from several leaders in the environmental field about what they see this New Year bringing us.

Diving into the Murky Depths

January 1, 2004By Sarah Klahn

Top Issues in water quality in 2004

In 2004, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Supreme Court will again be the primary forces behind water quality trends. For once, predicting the likely course of the Supreme Court may be easier than predicting EPA's course, given that the agency's new administrator had little experience with EPA-related environmental issues as governor of Utah.

Looking Ahead

January 1, 2004By Stephen I. Addlestone, JD

Top Issues in Waste Management in 2004

Despite changes in administration and economic and geo-political uncertainties, there continue to be developments in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) programs affecting waste management. This article examines several of those developments.

So You Need To Be a Consultant?

January 1, 2004By Richard MacLean

A survival guide to making the successful transition to being on your own

Many skilled senior professionals are finding themselves on their own, seeking employment for the first time after being forced to leave the "safe womb" of an organization that delivered their paycheck each month like clockwork.

All Locked Up

November 1, 2003

A new remediation tool uses a chemical compound to immobilize a range of metals that are common groundwater contaminants

Making a Difference

November 1, 2003

Our four Facilities of the Year are promoting profitable business practices while creating long-term positive impacts on the environment

On the Road to Cleaner Air

November 1, 2003By Brian Wight

An overview of the progress automotive manufacturers are making in the reduction of vehicle emissions

Responding to an SOS with CSOs

November 1, 2003By Lawrence H. Keith

A new stormwater management technology comes to the rescue in controlling pollutants released from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) during periods of heavy precipitation

The Strategy of Value

November 1, 2003By Peter S. Cartwright, P.E.

Adding business value takes a strategy, not just tactics