Utilities nationwide could ultimately pay a higher price for safe drinking water if feuding factions in Iowa are unable to reach a...
Entries Tagged Nitrate Removal
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EPA Awards $1.6 Billion to Upgrade Sacramento Wastewater Treatment Plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced a record $1.6 billion in Clean Water Act State Revolving Funds — the...
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EPA Issues Health Advisories for Algal Toxins in Drinking Water
On May 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued health advisory values that states and utilities can use to protect Americans from elevated...
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News Briefs: Chrysler Worker Dies at Wastewater Treatment Plant
An employee at an FCA US plant in Detroit died this week while preforming maintenance operations at the facility’s onsite wastewater treatment plant....
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News Briefs: Minnesota City Sues Makers of Flushable Wipes
The City of Wyoming, Minnesota, filed a class-action lawsuit on April 23 against six makers of wet wipes, claiming the flushable wipes...
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News Briefs: Super Bacteria Help Turn Wastewater to Candy Wrappers
It might sound like a joke waiting for a punch line, but the question of, “how do you turn wastewater into candy...
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City Chooses AdEdge Water Technologies' Biottta for Nitrate Removal
AdEdge Water Technologies has been awarded and is implementing a biottta (biologically tailored two-stage treatment approach) nitrate removal project for the City...
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Water Works To Sue Neighboring Counties
Des Moines Water Works in Des Moines, Iowa — alarmed by rising nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers —...
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Knowing Nitrates
A small community contacted Florida Gateway College about nitrates in the groundwater that supplied its municipal wells.College personnel explained that nitrates and...
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News Briefs: Nebraska Town Claims 'Best-Tasting Rural Water' Title
Curtis, Neb., known by locals for its annual Easter pageant, now holds a national title: the best-tasting rural water. The small town...
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Iowa Cities Track, Wage War On High Nitrate Levels in Drinking Water
It took nearly three months and $525,000, but Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) in late July prevailed over record-setting nitrate levels in...
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Deep Bed Biofiltration the Answer to Very Low Nitrate Requirements
Nitrate (NO3) remains a major concern for surface waters. Nitrate (and phosphate) from fertilizers, wastewater treatment facilities and other sources can lead...
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Breaking through limits of technology: Nitrate removal using membrane biofilm reactor
What do the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., have to do with Rancho Cucamonga, a growing suburban...
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Breaking through limits of technology: Nitrate removal using membrane biofilm reactor
What do the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., have to do with Rancho Cucamonga, a growing suburban...













