Computer spreadsheet software provides a powerful means for the planning, preparation, calibration, and use of a water distribution, pumping, or storage system computer model.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
Since the late 1990s membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology has rapidly entered the wastewater treatment market. The technology is a simple combination of an activated sludge process and a membrane filtration step. The separation of activated sludge and effluent is achieved by using porous membranes that are able to remove all the suspended solids from the biologically cleaned water.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
All environmental, heath, and safety (EHS) professionals at some point in their careers will be directly responsible for a segment or all of a large group meeting, conference, workshop, or forum. Indeed, corporations spend enormous resources getting people together for or sending staff off to these networking and learning experiences.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
In 1997, researchers first used newly developed contaminant analytical capabilities to detect low concentrations of the perchlorate ions in groundwaters and surface waters.<sup>1</sup> These tools helped substantiate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) assertion that perchlorate is leaching into the drinking water supplies of approximately 15 million to 18 million Americans.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
On January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act ("SBLR&BRA" or "Brownfields Amendments"). The act amends the innocent landowner defense against liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), which is also known as Superfund, and extends liability protection to new categories of landowner, i.e. the "bona fide prospective purchaser" and "contiguous property" owner.
- By Jon E. Kallen, Donald F. Allen
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
Despite at least a perceived drop in enforcement, there continue to be developments in regulation and litigation involving solid and hazardous waste. As many predicted, the Bush administration has not been particularly active on the environmental front. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports an increase in the amount of civil penalties recovered in the last fiscal year, the fine print reveals that this "increase" is the result of a relatively few number of larger cases.
- By Stephen I. Addlestone, JD
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
When the staff at Middletown, Ohio's wastewater treatment plant decided two years ago to switch from gaseous chlorine to sodium hypochlorite for disinfection, they also wanted to find an alternative to using a pressurized liquid chemical delivery system.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania constructed Capital City Airport in the 1930s as the Harrisburg regional commercial airport. Today it is one of the major general aviation airports for the city of Harrisburg, Pa. Averaging more than 67,000 corporate, charter, and aircraft operations every year, Capital City Airport has earned its place as the airport of choice for general aviation pilots and their passengers.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
With one party in charge of all three branches of the federal government, there have been no dramatic announcements of radical changes in water quality policy. At the time of this writing, it appears recent issues and trends in water quality will remain the hot issues for 2005.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
Facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico that consistently achieve outstanding environmental results may be eligible for recognition and regulatory incentives through a voluntary program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The National Environmental Performance Track, launched by EPA in June, 2000, recognizes and rewards top environmental performers and is designed to encourage continual improvement.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
Each January, Environmental Protection asks leading environmental professionals to predict what trends they see for the coming year.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
In prior years one or two major issues have dominated regarding air pollution. This year, there will be a fascinating mix of significant issues, including hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), implementation of the new ambient air quality standards, Title V permitting, New Source Review (NSR), and enforcement.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
Immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the city of New York and a group of federal, state, and local authorities took steps to secure and maintain the city's lifeline: its drinking water supply system.
- By Robert M. Anderson, Esq., Paul C. Freeman, Esq.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
Environmental, health and safety IT (information technology) systems span the spectrum from simple, home-grown spreadsheets to complex, enterprise systems that promise to do just about anything and everything.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
For more than 30 years the Clean Water Act (CWA) has established programs and requirements to protect the quality of U.S. rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. In that time, this regulatory framework has succeeded in doubling the number of water bodies in the United State that are considered swimmable and fishable. Today, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more than two thirds of water bodies are regarded as healthy compared to only one third in 1972 when the CWA was first created by Congress.
This article originally appeared in the 12/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Benjamin Franklin once said, "When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." With that in mind, paper companies recognize it is not a question of whether they should treat and recycle their spent water -- the question is "How?" Some paper companies are not only finding environmentally friendly ways to take care of spent water, they are going a step further by putting the sludge from their wastewater treatment plants to beneficial use by converting it to glass aggregate, steam, and electricity. In fact, paper companies are leading the charge in using practices that reduce the consumption of resources and related emissions for themselves and their customers.
This article originally appeared in the 12/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
The environment in which the water and wastewater industries operate has never been more challenging. Increasingly complex financial and environmental regulations, security concerns, and shrinking budgets are just a few of the realities keeping managers up at night. Simultaneously addressing these sometimes conflicting demands may seem overwhelming on the surface, but it doesn't have to be. Experience shows that integrating information -- both horizontally and vertically throughout an organization -- can make it easier to satisfy these competing concerns, while at the same time producing additional measurable benefits.
This article originally appeared in the 12/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.