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Pollutants

WRT Treats Antioch, Ill., Water for Radium
February 29, 2008
NIH, EPA Agree to New Toxicity Testing Pact
February 25, 2008
More Study Needed on POPs-Diabetes Link
January 31, 2008
Study: Farming Cause of River Chemistry Changes
January 26, 2008
Company to Reduce Hazardous Emissions from Mississippi Facility
December 18, 2007

Comments Sought on Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
December 13, 2007
Superfund Settlement to Cost San Bernardino County $11 Million
November 10, 2007
Maximizing Your Monitoring Power
October 1, 2007By M. Y. Z. Aboul Eish, Ph.D., Robert H. Clifford, PhD
Online water-quality analyzers offer time-saving solutions for dealing with pending EPA regulations related to nutrients in wastewater and water
As water and wastewater facilities prepare for pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) criteria on water nutrient levels, online monitoring systems are proving to be an effective and efficient means of regulating the parameters.
The Public's Health Gets Taken to the Cleaners
October 1, 2007By Laurie Earl
Seeking a new approach to deal with groundwater pollution caused by dry-cleaning chemicals
ABCs of CWT
July 1, 2007By Drew Frye
Centralized waste treatment: the guidelines for treating liquid wastes and how they affect you
As a part of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to provide effluent guidelines to particular industries, whether they discharge wastewater to surface water or publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
Mercury's Rising Impact
June 1, 2007By Constance L. Senior
This contaminant, a combustion byproduct of power plants, is increasingly polluting land and water through air-borne deposition
Mercury is getting a lot of attention, both in the popular press and in state and federal regulatory agencies. Combustion systems, like coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers, incinerators, and cement kilns, are sources of mercury emissions to the air. This article outlines the mercury emission regulations that apply to different combustion systems and the best demonstrated means to control these emissions from combustion sources. This article focuses on utility and industrial combustion systems because they are the highest emitters and face the greatest reductions and tightest scrutiny.
Preparing For a Rainy Day
November 1, 2006By Matthew Van Patten, PE, CHMM, Michael E. Yost
A guide to stormwater maintenance, inspection, and regulatory compliance
When we think of pollution, most of us conjure up images of smokestacks or drums of hazardous waste. But one of the most significant sources of water pollution in the United States today is stormwater runoff, and it merits the full attention of industrial and commercial facilities alike.
Wildcatting In Wastewater
October 1, 2006By Tom Hobson
Record high oil prices are causing manufacturers to seek profitable ways to extract oil from their wastewater
Since last year, when crude oil prices soared and gasoline topped $3 per gallon, requests for skimmers to be used for recycling oil from plant wash water, municipal wastewater, machine shop coolant, and contaminated groundwater have increased 25 percent according to one major supplier of oil skimming equipment.
Resurrecting the Dead Zone
September 1, 2006By Erica Pincus
Reducing U.S. agribusiness' nitrogen runoff could reverse past damage to the Gulf of Mexico
The Dead Zone -- sounds creepy doesn't it? But what is it? It's a crisis that's attacking oceans and bays throughout the world, and a reality more frightening than current governmental policies and actions have led the public to believe.
A Shock to the System
June 1, 2006By Darin St. Germain
A new, stricter arsenic rule is starting to affect small and large water supplies
On Jan. 23, 2006, the arsenic rule was implemented with a new limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb) (the old standard was 50 ppb). The new rule has a broad reach; it affects large and small drinking water treatment systems, including non-community water supplies.

Opinion

Will EPA be Forced to Issue a Climate Change Endangerment Finding?

On April 2, 2008, exactly one year after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 12 states, supported by an additional five states as amicus curiae, as well as the District of Columbia, the cities of New York and Baltimore, and a number of environmental organizations, filed a petition for mandamus with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on remand within 60 days.

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