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The Scoop on Sensor Selection

October 1, 2006By David I. Katz

Tips on how to pick sensors that accurately measure wind speed, vertical temperature differences, and solar radiation

Meteorological monitoring for air quality studies has evolved over the past four decades. During the summer of 1956 an experimental program to study micrometeorology and dispersion from near-surface releases was conducted near the town of O'Neil in north-central Nebraska.

Wildcatting In Wastewater

October 1, 2006By Tom Hobson

Record high oil prices are causing manufacturers to seek profitable ways to extract oil from their wastewater

Since last year, when crude oil prices soared and gasoline topped $3 per gallon, requests for skimmers to be used for recycling oil from plant wash water, municipal wastewater, machine shop coolant, and contaminated groundwater have increased 25 percent according to one major supplier of oil skimming equipment.

Aboveboard Compliance

September 1, 2006By Stephen R. Verbit, Esquire

Aboveground storage tanks help facilities that store large quantities of fuel better comply with NPDES permits through improved stormwater handling

Environmental Politics and Strategy

September 1, 2006By Richard MacLean

Five years later

In a 2001 Manager's Notebook article of the same title, I wrote about Washington D.C.'s influence on environmental progress.

Meeting MACT Head-On

September 1, 2006By Rodney L. Pennington, PE

A new air toxics control system helps manufacturers achieve EPA standards by handling VOC and HAP emissions

The DuPont Front Royal plant has been the leading name in the automotive refinishing industry. DuPont Performance Coatings, formed from DuPont Automotive finishes and DuPont's acquisition of Herberts, is the world's largest supplier of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and aftermarket coatings and the world's third largest coatings company, overall.

Reaching Higher

September 1, 2006By Angela Neville

Our five Facilities of the Year are promoting profitable business practices while also striving to make long-term positive impacts on the environment

We are proud to showcase the five exceptional winners of our eleventh annual Facilities of the Year Competition, which represent a variety of backgrounds and geographical areas.

Resurrecting the Dead Zone

September 1, 2006By Erica Pincus

Reducing U.S. agribusiness' nitrogen runoff could reverse past damage to the Gulf of Mexico

The Dead Zone -- sounds creepy doesn't it? But what is it? It's a crisis that's attacking oceans and bays throughout the world, and a reality more frightening than current governmental policies and actions have led the public to believe.

The New Deal

September 1, 2006By Darren Stone

Tightening disclosure rules are making it difficult for companies to hide environmental liabilities

Accrual and disclosure practices of public companies related to their environmental liabilities have long been perceived to be inconsistent and generally inadequate. Recent developments, such as Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation number 47, known as FIN47 in most circles, have tightened up the disclosure rules, especially in relation to environmental liabilities.

What's Driving Reuse

September 1, 2006By Glen Sundstrom

Growing demand and deteriorating water quality is pushing the advancement of reuse technologies

Benjamin Franklin is frequently quoted as having said: "We will never know the true value of water until the well runs dry." Although conservation was the first attempt at preserving and maintaining limited fresh water supplies, the idea of "reclaim, recycle, and reuse" was the next push for managing them.

A Membrane for All Seasons

July 1, 2006By Diane Rapaport

Flexible design allows membrane treatment systems to fit almost any wastewater application

Flexible design allows membrane treatment systems to fit almost any wastewater application

Blight to Bright

July 1, 2006By Jeffrey Hanneman

Insurance companies are helping turn contaminated sites turn into solar energy producers

Insurance companies are helping turn contaminated sites turn into solar energy producers

Conference Change

July 1, 2006By Richard MacLean

What's hot, What's not, and Why

Conferences are a good leading indicator of emerging environmental trends. The meetings themselves may be planned a year or more in advance, but speakers generally talk about what is going on in "real-time" terms. Even more revealing are the informal networking discussions during the breaks when attendees share their hopes, fears, and ambitions. Indeed, tuning in to the buzz at these conferences is sometimes the best reason for attending. What's the buzz about today?

Hitting the Gas

July 1, 2006By Brad Buecker

The development of energy from crops and other vegetation is gaining momentum

It is well understood that the world's fossil fuel supplies have a finite lifetime --particularly oil. Forward-thinking scientists, political leaders, and other individuals have given thought for years to the transition in energy production that will inevitably be forced upon us as fossil fuel supplies dwindle.

A Shock to the System

June 1, 2006By Darin St. Germain

A new, stricter arsenic rule is starting to affect small and large water supplies

On Jan. 23, 2006, the arsenic rule was implemented with a new limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb) (the old standard was 50 ppb). The new rule has a broad reach; it affects large and small drinking water treatment systems, including non-community water supplies.

A Sure Thing

June 1, 2006By David L. Coduto

Dissecting the seven habits of highly effective environmental firms

Some successful insurers prosper not because of anything they do internally, but because the people, businesses, or other organizations they insure behave in a way that leaves claims personnel twiddling their thumbs more often than not.