An assessment of hundreds and thousands of years shows that what seems an irregular phenomenon today is in fact nothing new, explained Dorit Sivan.
“Today’s settlement sets the most stringent limit for sulfur dioxide emissions ever imposed on a coal-fired power plant in a federal settlement,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
Researchers pretreated polycarbonate with ultraviolet light and heat and exposed it to fungi, which broke down the plastic without releasing bisphenol A.
The March 26 workshop will focus on best practices in water conservation for small- and medium-sized craft brewers and cheese companies.
The extension will give the agency time to incorporate new federal effluent requirements for the construction and development industry that were announced on Dec. 1, 2009.
Scientists in Canada compared new and old surfaces of dental amalgam and found that the metal fillings lost up to 95 percent of the mercury over time.
The Water Environment Federation and the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association will leverage resources to support integrated water resource management.
Maguire Group and O'Brien & Gere will help the city upgrade its filter system in a $39.5 million reconstruction project.
Grant funds, filtered through state workforce investment boards, will help program participants learn technical and occupational skills to get industry recognized credentials.
The agency set the new one-hour standard for nitrogen dioxide at 100 ppb and communities, depending on their population size, will have to locate monitors near roadways.
O-N Minerals Co. will install a continuous emissions monitoring system to help manage sulfur dioxide emissions from its rotary kiln at a lime production facility in Strasburg.
Water Research Foundation is still seeking requests for proposals on drinking water research related to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, and operational issues.
The building group held multiple contracts for the Metropolitan St. Louis Lower Meramec River Wastewater Treatment Plant, which replaced a lagoon treatment process.
Pacific Pipeline Systems will pay for the discharge of crude oil into Pyramid Lake in 2005, according to a settlement negotiated by the Justice Department and EPA.
CH2M HILL, in partnership with the city, is expected to complete the $690 million management initiative for Fort Lauderdale's water infrastructure one year ahead of schedule.
Case studies highlight water system partnerships used to improve technical and financial capacity.
EPA orders authority to pay $57,000 for failing to comply with order to improve drinking water and wastewater systems.