Nutrient Removal News

1. Qdos Pumps Used Extensively For Polymer Dosing In Wastewater Treatment 2/24/2020

   Chemical Support Systems Ltd (CSS), which has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned over 2,000 chemical dosing systems worldwide, opts for Qdos pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) in polymer dosing in wastewater treatment applications.

2. EPA Awards Over $1.8M For Innovative, Market-Based Nutrient Reduction Projects In Great Lakes Basin 2/24/2020

   Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $1.8M in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grants to five organizations that will use market-based approaches, including water-quality trading, to enhance nonpoint source excess nutrient reduction efforts in the Great Lakes basin.

3. Enviro Tech Receives The National Organic Program's (NOP) Unanimous Vote For Potassium Hypochlorite Solution (KOCI) 2/10/2020

   Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) is pleased to announce the National Organic Program (NOP) unanimously voted to add Potassium Hypochlorite Solution (KOCI) to the national list of allowed materials for use in organic handling.

4. De Nora Product Technology Manager Sean Kennedy Expands Role To Focus On Growing Global Water Contamination Crisis 2/5/2020

   De Nora, multinational leader of electrochemical technologies and water treatment solutions, today announces the expanded role of Product Technology Manager Sean Kennedy, based in the company’s Philadelphia area office. Kennedy, who joined De Nora in 2019 to manage SORB™ inorganic contaminant removal technologies, including arsenic and nitrate removal, will also manage the company’s UAT™ membrane filtration technologies. Combining both technologies under the same leadership reflects the company’s commitment to addressing the rising concern of increasingly contaminated water sources in a way that best serves its customers with pre- to post-treatment solutions.

5. Surrey Project Wins UK-Philippines Newton Prize 1/29/2020

   A University of Surrey project that aims to convert waste water into nutrient rich fertiliser is leading the way on improving the health and prosperity of rapidly urbanising areas in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

6. Researchers Testing Ability Of Floating Wetlands To Survive Winter 1/17/2020

   The grasses are dormant, their brown leaves poking the sky as they float in one of the frigid lily ponds in Lincoln’s Sunken Gardens, the 1.5-acre public garden at 27th Street and Capital Parkway.

7. EPA Draft Permit Will Significantly Reduce Nitrogen Discharges, Improve Health Of Great Bay 1/7/2020

   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has issued a draft Clean Water Act permit for public comment. If finalized as proposed, EPA believes this draft permit could result in significant decreases in nitrogen discharges to New Hampshire's Great Bay estuary, improving water quality and the health of ecosystems throughout the estuary.

8. Ecological Fertilizer From Wastewater Nutrients 12/18/2019

   Wastewaters contain large amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen, which are valuable nutrients. Aalto University’s NPHarvest process enables recovery of these nutrients as clean ammonium sulfate and sludge containing phosphorus and calsium, which can be used as ecological fertilizers.

9. The Clean Waterways Act Advances In Florida Senate 12/11/2019

   The Clean Waterways Act, sponsored by Senator Debbie Mayfield (Indialantic – R), has passed the Senate Committee on Community Affairs. This comprehensive legislation incorporates recommendations from the Blue-Green Algae Task Force to expedite improvements and restoration of Florida’s water bodies that have been adversely affected by blue-green algae blooms.

10. Hood College To Help National Park Service Fight Harmful Algae In Washington, D.C. 12/5/2019

    Hood College’s Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies has been awarded a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service to research methods of mitigating cyanobacteria blooms in the constructed lake at Constitution Gardens, a large catchment in Washington, D.C.