Oils are defined as organic materials that are not completely dissolved in water and present in the forms of sheens, globules, droplets. If present at a construction dewatering site, oil will most...
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The Drinking water produced from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) water treatment plant was assessed for its quality in terms of its regulated disinfection by-products (DBPs) content between 2008...
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The Norwegian company Cambi AS has developed and installed worldwide its unique “steam explosion” thermal hydrolysis process (THP), a technology for the treatment of wastewater treatment plant (WWT...
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Steam traps and steam systems can represent a large proportion of a manufacturing plant’s total operating costs. As business managers look for additional ways to cut costs and make operations leane...
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New standards limiting discharges of mercury from power plants, cement kilns and incinerators in the U.S. will boost the market for treatment chemicals. Until recently, it appeared that the bulk of...
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With the advent of climate change more and more countries around the world are experiencing the social, economic and environmental upheaval associated with extreme flooding. The increasing prevalen...
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The Algarve region of Portugal is internationally renowned for its outstanding natural beauty, fine beaches, a slow pace of life and all-year-around temperate climate. These factors make it a highl...
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Most brownfield development and environmental protection specifications require hydrocarbon resistant membranes; however, the majority of products claiming to be ‘hydrocarbon resistant’ may not be....
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There is no getting away from the fact that mining and the extraction of mineral resources from the earth and underneath the world’s oceans, is in no way sustainable. However, there are areas in wh...
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The way we dispose of wet waste is under increasing social, political and environmental scrutiny. As the industry looks on to find a sustainable solution, John O’Regan, CEO of SCFI, explains a revo...
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The countdown has begun for UK regulators, who have until January 2013 to implement Europe’s new Directive on Industrial Emissions (IED) in British law. Steve Donnelly, ABB Analytical Sales Special...
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Where intense tropical rain meets rapid urban development, the loser is frequently the local water course, into which all the trash, silts, hydrocarbons and other pollutants are discharged with the...
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EnviroMix®, an innovative technology for the treatment and stabilization of industrial hazardous waste, is either already in use or in the process of being implemented on virtually every continent....
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European governments have increasingly recognised the fact that fossil fuels on earth are limited and that alternative energy sources need to be developed and implemented. Wind, sun and biomass are...
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In 2000, the European polyvinyl chloride (PVC) industry launched Vinyl 2010 – a voluntary commitment to achieve ambitious targets by the end of the decade on collection and recycling of post-consum...
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