Industrial Resources
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New Pumping Station In Washington Provides Continuous Water Service
4/29/2022
Times have changed in Washington state’s Skagit County, perched just 25 miles south of the Canadian border. Skagit County, which extends across 1,920 square miles, maintains one of the largest and most diverse agricultural communities west of the Cascade mountain range. Over 90 different crops are grown in this fertile valley, including blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, tulips, daffodils, pickling cucumbers, and specialty potatoes.
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Water Is Food
4/28/2022
Celebrating Earth Day always reminds me of the great Arthur C. Clarke's observation that we shouldn't have called our planet "earth," but "ocean" instead — after all, it's mostly water. The same is true of food: most food is literally largely water, and every morsel of our food figuratively floats on a sea of water that was necessary to produce it.
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Community Voices: California Farmers Are Key To Carbon Capture
4/22/2022
"Getting to Neutral" by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLNL) draws a roadmap to California's carbon neutrality by 2045, removing 125 million tons of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere (and the economy). But unlike the actual map of California, LLNL's carbon roadmap barely includes the 27 million acres of cropland and 16 million acres of grazing land. And that's a massive oversight.
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Filtration Solution For Arsenic Removal From Well Water
4/18/2022
Select Harvest was in need of a filtration solution to remove high levels of arsenic from their well water supply. Learn how Applied Process Equipment helped them remove arsenic to non-detectable levels.
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Protecting The Environment And Reducing Cost Through Improved Sludge Quality
4/13/2022
Sassuolo WWTP operators noticed high levels of zinc in generated sludge. Here is how Kando helped prevent metal contamination, allowing the sludge to be applied for agriculture.
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Helping Breweries Cut Natural Gas Costs And Waste Gas Emissions
4/13/2022
No matter whether consumers choose a pilsner, an ale, or another popular type of beer, there is a critical focus at nearly all breweries today on their production process energy (natural gas) costs and plant environmental compliance (waste gas emissions). Failing to pay attention to the efficiency of these processes at breweries or any other type of food and beverage processing plant can lead to cost competitiveness issues and hefty regulatory fines.
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Micro-Irrigation Maintenance: How To Lower The Cost of Water And Increase Your Yield
4/11/2022
Do you have a micro-irrigation system that doesn’t seem to work just right?
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Expanding Industrial Applications For Automation In Pumping
4/8/2022
The Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, and connectivity in drives is the future, and many market segments must modernize to compete. The world is more connected than ever with new technological advances that produce higher process efficiency and time savings. To stay competitive in this environment, companies must include automated solutions such as remote management, monitoring, and control.
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Railroad Bridge Repaired Using Geopolymer Mortar
4/4/2022
A bridge in Laurel, Montana needed repairs as the concrete showed signs of distress due to climate and environmental conditions. Read the case study to learn how Geoploymer mortar saved the day.
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U.S. Commercial Water Treatment Market Trends
3/31/2022
The United States commercial water treatment market was valued at over $5.0 billion in 2021 and is expected to witness a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of between 5.0 to 10.0 percent over the next 7 years. Key players in this market include Culligan International Co., Ecolab, Inc., Evoqua Water Technologies Corp., and Pentair Industries, Inc.