African Innovations for Wastewater Use on Crops
Wastewater is seen as a resource in water-stressed regions like Accra, Ghana, where sewage systems and indoor plumbing are scarce for most homes and on most farms. As a result, household black water...
View ArticleFrack Water Market to Be Worth $9 Billion in 2020
Lux Research reported this month that the market for the treatment of water used for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, will grow nine-fold to reach $9 billion in 2020. Fracking consists of pumping a...
View ArticleRemoving Pharmaceuticals and Phosphorus from Wastewater
Veolia Water North America (Veolia Water) announced on October 3, 2012, study findings that showed the successful removal of pharmaceuticals and phosphorus from wastewater using its Actiflo® Carb...
View ArticleInland Empire Paper Selects AlgEvolve Water Treatment System
Montana Associated Technology Roundtables (MATR) reported on October 23, 2012 that Inland Empire Paper Company (IEP) and AlgEvolve, Inc. commissioned an Advanced Water Treatment System at the IEP...
View ArticleLargest Utah Membrane Bioreactor Facility Uses GE Membranes
GE announced on November 7, 2012 that its advanced wastewater treatment technology is now in use at the largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) facility in Utah, providing wastewater treatment that exceeds...
View ArticleWastewater Aeration Market to Grow to $8.39 Billion in 2020
A December 18, 2012 press release from Frost & Sullivan reports that the wastewater aeration systems market is in various stages of development across the world. Considered highly reliable...
View ArticleAquatech Launches Enhanced Membrane Bioreactor
Aquatech announced on December 18, 2012 the development of its Aqua-EMBR enhanced membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment. The Aqua-EMBR system consists of an activated sludge extended aeration...
View Article3 Top Wastewater Management Issues – How to Find Solutions
Solutions to Top Wastewater Management Issues photo by Pam Broviak Wastewater management professionals grapple with numerous problems on a daily basis. From broken pumps to natural disasters, the...
View ArticleDr Pepper Snapple Group Uses Baswood’s BioViper System
Baswood Corporation, a provider of advanced wastewater treatment systems, announced on March 5, 2012 the start of full-scale operations of its BioViper™ biological pretreatment system at the Dr Pepper...
View ArticleAlcoa Announces Wastewater Management System in Saudi Arabia
Alcoa and The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) announced on May 28, 2013 the completion of an engineered wetlands wastewater management system in Saudi Arabia at the Ma’aden-Alcoa joint venture...
View ArticleAxine Tests Wastewater Treatment That Uses No Chemicals
Axine Water Technologies, developers of a chemical-free solution for treating toxic organic pollutants in industrial wastewater, announced on June 27, 2013 the successful conclusion of six months of...
View ArticleEPA Resources on Wastewater Treatment Technology
In case you were not aware of it, the U.S. EPA has a webpage on wastewater treatment technology publications. The webpage was last updated in May 2013 and provides the following guides: Emerging...
View ArticleIntel Recycles 60% of its Water in Chandler, Arizona
Bloomberg reported on September 15, 2013 that two million gallons of industrial wastewater are sent each day from Intel plants in Chandler, Arizona, to a facility a mile away where the wastewater is...
View ArticleU.S. Water Treatment Chemicals Market to Grow 3.2% Annually
Freedonia published a new study, titled Water Treatment Chemicals, that forecasts demand for water treatment chemicals in the U.S. will rise 3.2% per year to $6.6 billion in 2017. Higher investment in...
View ArticleGrowing Momentum for Water and Wastewater Market in Textiles
Frost & Sullivan announced last week the availability of new analysis that shows that the rising demand for textile and leather products is creating momentum for the water and wastewater treatment...
View ArticleAlcoa Will Commercialize Engineered Wetlands Technology
Alcoa announced last week an agreement with Bauer Resources GmbH, a German engineering and construction company, to commercialize Alcoa’s Natural Engineered Wastewater Treatment technology that mimics...
View ArticleBear Republic Brewery To Use EcoVolt Wastewater Reuse System
Cambrian Innovation, a water and bioenergy technology provider, announced this week that Bear Republic Brewing Company will be using an EcoVolt water treatment system at Bear Republic’s brewery in...
View Article$600 Billion Water Industry Offers Profitable Opportunities
Lux Research announced on January 21, 2014 the availability of a new report that is part of the Lux Research Water Intelligence service. The report, titled “Making Money in the Water Industry”, reveals...
View ArticlePreparing Warm-Weather Water Systems For The Polar Vortex
The Polar Vortex swooped down again in January, bringing frigid air, snow and ice storms much further south than typical weather patterns. While those in the northern climes bear the worst of the...
View ArticleAgencies Use DNA Testing To Target Fecal Coliform Pollution
U.S. state and federal regulatory agencies are turning to CSI-type investigative techniques to find the source of fecal coliform in polluted waterways. Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection...
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