Latest Water quality Stories

Company Offers $10,000 for Community Improvement Projects SAN DIEGO, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- California American Water announced today it is accepting applications for its 2009 Environmental Grant Program. The company will award several grants for a combined total of $10,000 to innovative community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds and drinking water supplies within the state. A wide variety of conservation projects are eligible for funding,...

New Limits to Take Effect by January 2011, Interim Permitting Strategy Announced HARRISBURG, Pa., April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Protection acting Secretary John Hanger today announced that new discharge standards for industrial wastewater that is high in total dissolved solids, or TDS, will take effect by January 2011. The department made the announcement at a public meeting of the Marcellus Shale Wastewater Technology Partnership and said the new limits will protect...

Briefing informs members of new ground water study WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of Congress received information today from the Water Quality Association about methods to help ensure safe well water, as a new study revealed the extent of contamination in the nation's ground water. WQA attended a congressional briefing sponsored by the US Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment Program and the Water Environment Federation (WEF). During the briefing,...

First Update to State Water Plan in 26 Years Provides Recommendations to Protect Water Quality, Quantity in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa., March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As demand grows for Pennsylvania's water resources, the commonwealth is offering comprehensive recommendations to help policymakers balance the demands of competing interests while protecting the quality and supply of water for residents and businesses, Environmental Protection acting Secretary John Hanger said today...

~ Taking a look back at China's Environmental Monitoring Industry in 2008 and its market outlook for 2009 ~ SHANGHAI, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Water pollution issues in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province in late February has driven people's attention to the safety of drinking water again. Besides the absence of efficient supervision on industrial waste emission, insufficient capability of water quality monitoring in the water plant leads to the accident. (Logo:...

Government Actions Exacerbating Water Crisis BAKERSFIELD, Calif., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition for a Sustainable Delta and the Kern County Water Agency (KCWA) today joined other water users in California by filing suit against federal agencies challenging regulatory restrictions placed on the state's water operations. The severe water supply restrictions have resulted from federal agency actions designed to protect the Delta smelt, a federally protected endangered species that...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cemtrex Inc. (OTC: CTEI) announced today that a new line of water quality monitors has been added to their portfolio of monitoring instruments. The Mercury Process Analyzer PA-2 is used for continuous monitoring of Mercury concentrations in industrial processes. Applications include effluent and quality control in chlorine-alkali plants, monitoring of scrubber water of waste incinerators and power plants, control of industrial sewage and...

DEP to Continue Monitoring Levels, Taking Samples PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection confirmed today that levels of total dissolved solids, or TDS, in the Monongahela River have dropped and remain well below state and federal guidelines. Three weeks of laboratory data on water samples from the river found TDS levels below the 500 parts per million criteria established by the department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency....

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture should jointly establish a Nutrient Control Implementation Initiative (NCII) to learn more about the effectiveness of actions meant to improve water quality throughout the Mississippi River basin and into the northern Gulf of Mexico, says a new report from the National Research Council. The report also advises how to move forward on the larger process of allocating nutrient loading caps -- which entails delegating...

LISLE, Ill., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a USGS study released today showing that man-made chemicals remained in two-thirds of the publicly treated water that was tested, the Water Quality Association is encouraging consumers to educate themselves on possible solutions. According to a report by the U.S. Geological Survey, low levels of about 130 man-made chemicals were not removed by public treatment processes. The USGS examined water from nine selected rivers used as sources...