Chemicals
Apr 3 2019
Chemicals including ammonia and cyanide spilled onto the ground from a above-ground holding tank at Erie Coke Corp. and the Pennsylvania Department…
Apr 2 2019
High density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe has been used for municipal and industrial water applications for about 50 years. HDPE’s heat-fused joints…
Apr 2 2019
In Roswell, N.M., an old dry cleaning business left behind toxic chemicals after closing up shop. This caused the site to be declared a U.S.…
Mar 26 2019
In New Jersey, five chemical companies polluted the state’s water for years with a long-lasting, cancer-causing family of chemicals. Now, the state…
Mar 25 2019
In West Virginia, residents of Huntington's Southside neighborhood said they have smelled a foul odor.
This odor is possibly coming from an area off…
Mar 22 2019
Teams and contractors from the city of Deer Park, Harris County, TCEQ, EPA, and the U.S. Coast Guard are working together to evaluate impacts to…
Mar 21 2019
For decades, chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, were used in many things from carpets to frying pans to firefighting…
Mar 20 2019
Groundwater monitoring found elevated levels of several toxic chemicals near coal ash disposal sites at Platte River Power Authority’s Rawhide Energy…
Mar 15 2019
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Mar 15 2019
Dynamic Water Technologies saved thousands of gallons of water and cut operating costs at a federal building in Georgia as part of a government study…
Mar 14 2019
The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has released a report on U.S. states with coal ash contamination in groundwater and Illinois has made the…
Mar 13 2019
Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (Evoqua) has announced that Neptune-Benson will become the Official Water Quality Sponsor of USA Swimming, the…
Mar 6 2019
Thanks to better chips, sensors and networking, we are inundated with data on a daily basis. While the accumulation of data shows no sign of slowing…
Mar 5 2019
The world has not yet woken up to the coming water crisis, as water scarcity will lead to conflicts across the globe, according to a 2018 United…
Mar 5 2019
The techniques developed in the U.S. to fracture shale for the purpose of extracting oil and gas are the foundation of the success of the U.S.…
Mar 5 2019
ZwitterCo, a Boston-based startup, is using nanofiltration membranes to clean out oil and grease contaminated water.
According to BostInno, the…
Mar 1 2019
The Optimass 6400 is suitable for standard liquid and gas applications in the chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food and…
Feb 28 2019
On the morning of Feb. 27, toxic gas at a water treatment plant in Alabama sent dozens of people to the hospital.
According to Fox News, a chemical…
Feb 28 2019
In Oologah, Okla., test results show groundwater near the town’s power plant tested high for the chemical lithium. The Public Service Company of…
Feb 21 2019
California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently signed an emergency drinking water bill at Riverview Elementary School in Fresno, Calif. Gov.
"We're…
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