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WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) announced today that it selected Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates' (BLA) wetland treatment system in Washington, Ind. for a 2013 Engineering Excellence Honor Award. ACEC, the leading engineering trade association, evaluated 146 submissions and selected the Washington project as one of 24 to recognize nationally. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
Acting through links between four trophic levels and across two ecosystems, purple loosestrife altered life in nearby ponds An elementary school science activity asks children who have each been assigned a wetland plant or animal to connect themselves with string and tape to other “organisms” their assigned plant or animal interacts with in some way. Once an ecosystem web has been created, the teacher describes an event that affects one “organism.” That “organism” tugs on...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced the investment of $115 million in 28 non-point source, drinking water, and wastewater projects in 17 counties. "These projects will significantly contribute to improved waterways, including the Chesapeake Bay, and will also create hundreds of new jobs that are so vital to our local communities," Governor Corbett said. "These projects serve the dual purposes of responsible environmental...
Fifteen years of studying two experimental wetlands has convinced Bill Mitsch that turning the reins over to Mother Nature makes the most sense when it comes to this area of ecological restoration. Mitsch, an environment and natural resources professor at Ohio State University, has led the effort to compare the behavior of two experimental marshes on campus – one that was planted in 1994 with wetland vegetation and another that was left to colonize plant and animal life on its own....
Study shows plant assemblage, carbon resources depleted even after 100 years Wetland restoration is a billion-dollar-a-year industry in the United States that aims to create ecosystems similar to those that disappeared over the past century. But a new analysis of restoration projects shows that restored wetlands seldom reach the quality of a natural wetland. "Once you degrade a wetland, it doesn't recover its normal assemblage of plants or its rich stores of organic soil carbon, which...
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates (BLA), a leader in sustainable infrastructure design, recently received a method patent for its Eco-Treatment(TM) constructed wetland system to treat wastewater from animal confinement operations (Patent No. US 8,021,551 B2). Manure management processes by Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) have come under increasing scrutiny. Some CAFOs store manure in lagoons, until they can dispose of...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThermoEnergy Corporation (OTC Pink Sheets: TMEN) ThermoEnergy Corporation ("ThermoEnergy" - TMEN), announced today that the Company and F. R. Mahony & Associates have signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a new biological/physical-chemistry process to remove nitrogen from industrial and municipal wastewater. The new process combines ThermoEnergy's Ammonia Recovery Process with F. R. Mahony's...
Perennials, wetland plants compared for ability to remove harmful nitrogen, phosphorousRapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate"“nitrogen and soluble reactive phosphorus are found in stormwater runoff in many new urban areas. These pollutants degrade water quality and have an impact on the downstream ecosystem by contributing to the growth and decomposition...
-- EcoCentre, the Living Building, in South Florida uses an ecological wastewater treatment system to naturally recycle and save 200,000 gallons of water a year -- -- The Living Machine(R) system can help South Florida re-use water, putting less strain on the water supply and easing shortages -- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Next month marks the one-year anniversary of the EcoCentre, the first-of-its-kind, true "living building" in Lake Worth, Fla., that acts as its own...
By Akhilesh Sourav Jha JAIPUR: Wetlands are being developed in the vicinity of Jal Mahal (Mansagar Lake) to facilitate rejuvenation with clean water in this 250-year-old lake. Besides giving a facelift to the surrounding environs, efforts are on to ensure that the different species of migratory and resident birds keep nesting and building habitat in the lake . The lake has been a natural habitat for more than 150 species of local and migratory birds from North America, Siberia, Europe and...
