Features


Responding to an SOS with CSOs

A new stormwater management technology comes to the rescue in controlling pollutants released from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) during periods of heavy precipitation

This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

The Strategy of Value

Adding business value takes a strategy, not just tactics

This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

All Locked Up

A commercially available product is designed to accelerate in situ metals cleanup in groundwater systems.

This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

News

This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Out to Lunch

Confronting business management's awareness of environmental realities

This article originally appeared in the 10/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Regaining Paradise

Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshlands will incorporate people as part of the ecology in a project called "Eden Again"

This article originally appeared in the 10/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Dealing with the "Big Dig"

Large capacity storage tanks customized as filtration units proved successful in treating the massive volume of contaminated groundwater related to Boston's Turnpike extension project

This article originally appeared in the 10/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Building a Better Watchtower

The recent Earth Observation Summit signals a new international effort to deal with climate change and other important issues by setting up an integrated Earth observation system

This article originally appeared in the 10/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.



Getting a Head Start

A case for voluntarily controlling domestic greenhouse gas emissions now

This article originally appeared in the 10/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Heavy Metal Ultrafiltration

Metals are commonly used in manufacturing plants and technical facilities. Production processes for the metal finishing, transportation (automotive, aviation, railroad, subway), electronics (including computers and semiconductor devices), telecommunications and mechanical parts fabrication industries consume vast quantities of heavy metals cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), etc.) and metal-containing chemicals every day.

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

In the Pipeline

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

All Pumped Up

The environmental applications for perstaltic pumps continue to grow

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Bioterrorism Education

The ethics and benefits of covering bioterrorism in the environmental science classroom

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Training -- The Big Picture

Traditionally, training has often been approached as an afterthought -- a vendor demonstrating a specific product to operators after the product has been purchased and installed. But in today's highly competitive marketplace, training is an important part of the whole solution. Training provides operators with tools and insights that can help them lower costs and improve efficiency plant wide.

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

There's More to Odor Than Meets The Nose

A guide to the most successful control methods used to tame liquid-phase odors and vapor-phase odors at wastewater treatment plants

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Around the Water Cooler

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

EPA Medicine

Transferring environmental science to hospitals and medical schools

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Let Your UV Light Shine

The enormity of the problem facing the drinking water industry first surfaced in the United States in 1993, when Cryptosporidium, a single-celled parasite living in the intestines of warm-blooded animals, made its way into the drinking water in Milwaukee, leaving 403,000 people sick and 104 people dead.

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Sustainable Careers -- Part 3

Positioning oneself in a changing job environment

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.

Leaving the Paper Chase Behind

Implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) has helped the Portland, Ore., Bureau of Water Works meet regulatory requirements while increasing laboratory throughput. Water quality laboratories across the country face the need to perform a higher volume of testing and improve data security in order to ensure the safety of the nation's water supply.

This article originally appeared in the 09/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.