Drinking Water Source
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How Remote Water Quality Monitoring Improves Crisis Response
3/27/2024
Remote water quality monitoring, a key component to effective crisis response, can mitigate the risk of contaminated source water or distributed water reaching consumers.
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Groundbreaking On-Site Water Recycling System Now Online
3/27/2024
A groundbreaking effort to use, recycle, and reuse water — all at a single location — recently passed its last regulatory and operational hurdles and is fully operational at Denver Water’s Administration Building.
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EPA Researchers Develop Method For Studying Agricultural Nutrient Pollution In The Midwest
3/19/2024
Nutrient pollution is one of the most pressing issues currently facing U.S. waterways. Nutrient pollution primarily refers to when nitrogen and phosphorus, two elements that occur naturally, have adverse effects on water if they are overabundant. Excess nutrients are a result of runoff from fertilizers, detergents, wastewater, automobile emissions, and more. When these nutrients exceed natural amounts, it can lead to harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, which threaten aquatic biodiversity, as well as human health and industries like commercial fishing.
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Addressing Fouling Challenges In Desalination With Prefiltration
3/19/2024
Pre-filtration is the first line of defense against fouling and is a critical part of the overall desalination process. These systems remove solids that can compromise delicate RO membranes.
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Texas Has Confirmed Kemio Is An Approved Method For Water Quality Testing
3/6/2024
This is great news for water quality testing. Kemio provides laboratory results, whether in the lab or in the field, allowing the operator to swiftly address water issues. With the multitude of municipalities and laboratories in Texas, this is a huge win for Water Quality Testing!
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The Importance Of Pool Water Quality
3/6/2024
Palintest is pleased to announce that Lumsio Pooltest 6 and Lumiso Pooltest 3 are now National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) certified
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One Year After Train Derailment, East Palestine Wastewater Disposal Plan Under Fire
2/28/2024
As a region recovers from one of the most devastating environmental catastrophes in recent memory, its residents are fighting against the disposal plans for the resulting wastewater.
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Dishwasher Pods And Laundry Sheets Face Ban In NYC Over Microplastic Contamination
2/21/2024
Some popular consumer cleaning products are on the chopping block in New York City as officials look to protect drinking water from an emerging contaminant.
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Will Water Scarcity Be The Death Of Fossil Fuels?
2/20/2024
Water stress, whether caused by drought, access limitation, or contamination, has been increasingly detrimental for an ever-growing range of industries. Recently, a report by CDP, in collaboration with Planet Tracker, shed light on the significant impact of water insecurity on the financial performance of more than 4,000 companies. Of particular note are those companies in energy or energy-adjacent sectors.
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Mussel Fouling Prevention At Shepaug Hydroelectric Station
2/14/2024
While the population of invasive mussels was very low along the Housatonic River in 2015, the population was expected to increase in the coming years. Firstlight Energy, a subsidiary of GDF Suez and operators of a number of hydroelectric facilities in Connecticut and Massachusetts, was concerned about the detrimental effect the anticipated increase would have on the cooling water systems of the Shepaug Hydroelectric Station.