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.
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).
A guide to the most efficient oxygen-release compound to use in the enhanced bioremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater
Unfortunately, many of the advances in our industrialized world have come at great expense to our environment. Currently, one of the biggest environmental problems in the United States and other developed nations is the contamination of soil and groundwater caused by accidental releases of hazardous chemicals and petroleum hydrocarbons.
Paying attention to often ignored wastewater sources, such as cooling towers, can help your facility stay in compliance
Many facility environmental managers believe that their wastewater compliance requirements are properly managed when discharges from “production-related operations and equipment” are permitted. However, other discharge sources, such as building- or facility-related utilities that provide support to company operations, may require permitting or be subject to other regulatory requirements.
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.
As the pace of methamphetamine production accelerates, environmental professionals are overcoming difficult cleanup challenges
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has called it "a unique and deadly threat to our nation -- which destroys lives far beyond those of just the addicts and the users."