In Baltimore City, members of the community celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the opening of the city’s first water filtration plant. Even after 100 years and many upgrades to the system, the original filter tanks that are housed inside the red brick building built...
Increasing water quality is something that government agencies at every level are concerned with more than ever. Even with increased funding at state and federal levels to keep waterways clean, it can prove to be a challenge. That’s what officials in the state of Iowa...
Two years ago, the residents of a London neighborhood noticed that it had become difficult to flush their toilets. When the cause of the problem was discovered, it turned out that the city had a 15 ton mass of congealed fats and oils known as...
Agricultural runoff is a huge concern. Keeping pesticides, nitrogen, and other chemical pollutants out of streams and groundwater supplies is a priority for keeping water safe and clean. If these pollutants get into the water supply, it can cause damage to ecosystems and make people...
Who rules how clean a body of water has to be before it can be used as public drinking water? That is up to the Environmental Protection Agency. The key piece of legislation used in those rulings is the Clean Water Act, which was passed...
How do scientists find out whether or not a body of water is polluted? It is up to water quality scientists to send samples of water back to labs to find out what is inside our nation's waterways. In the lab, they look for common...
[caption id="attachment_524" align="alignleft" width="299"] From Adweek.com[/caption] We love learning about new forms of water filtration. Here's another new one that has some great potential because it is so portable. A researcher at Carnegie Melon University has invented a filtration book that allows users to tear out...
[caption id="attachment_522" align="alignleft" width="225"] Washington Post[/caption] You may have missed this news story if you don't live in the Southwest, but there is a major toxic spill occurring in the Animus River. EPA workers caused an old mine to blow out, spilling three million gallons of...
August is Water Quality Month in the United States, but that doesn't mean we'll slow down our efforts to provide clean filtered water to municipalities and businesses. One of the organizations we have to work with when we do a major installation is the Environmental...
Florida does have aquifers, but getting adequate water is a challenge. The land is so close to sea level that many groundwater sources can be brackish. This is where fresh and saltwater mix. It is often not drinkable and requires special techniques for filtration. Tarpon Springs...