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 Items tagged: reverse osmosisItems Found: 8Don't Drink the WaterMarch 3, 2012 - 2:12 pm When Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency in October 2011, Charlie Angus (MP Timmins-James Bay) visited the community to find out why. “It was like stepping into a fourth world,” Angus wrote in an article for the Huffington Post Canada. Among several serious concerns about shelter... Categories: Features A Bitter PillJanuary 12, 2012 - 2:09 pm If the brook trout swimming in Dr. Sébastien Sauvé’s laboratory tanks at the City of Montreal wastewater treatment plant smiled while his team probed their brains for effects from trace pharmaceutical residues, it’s possible that antidepressants were responsible. Not that Sauvé, associate professor... Categories: Features Nothing But Hs and OsSeptember 26, 2011 - 7:40 am From pharmaceuticals to microchips, more than a dozen industries use ultra-pure water in their manufacturing processes. How do these industries deal with bacteria, particles, and organic and inorganic sources of contamination? Strict standards The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) guides the purification... Categories: Features AftershocksMay 13, 2011 - 8:13 am The nuclear disasters caused by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunami in Japan have heated up concerns over water safety and radiation. Authorities reported increases of radioactive iodine in water sources surrounding the Fukushima site. The major issue? Steam released from the nuclear plants... Categories: Features H2O Innovation Wins $4.5M in ContractsJuly 7, 2010 - 9:14 am Quebec City-based H2O Innovation Inc., a water treatment solutions company, has been awarded new contracts totaling $4.5 million. These contracts will see the company provide custom-built water treatment systems for municipal and industrial end-users, in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser... Categories: International, National, News, Quebec ENPAR Nitrate Treatment Technology to Hit EuropeDecember 15, 2008 - 12:10 pm ENPAR Technologies Inc. has announced that it has been granted a European Patent for the electrochemical treatment of water contaminated with nitrogenous compounds including nitrate. Previously, patents for this technology were granted in the United States (2000) and Canada (2006). The system is designed... US Water Infrastructure Spending Falls: ReportDecember 12, 2008 - 9:55 am America's water and wastewater sector looks set to decline further in 2009, as capital expenditure on crucial infrastructure projects is cut back by 12.9 per cent, according to Water Market USA, a new report published Global Water Intelligence. Restraints on borrowing, shrinking tax bases and a drop... Categories: International, News Ontario Dealer in RO Recycling Pilot ProjectJune 4, 2008 - 1:31 pm Ontario-based water treatment dealer EcoWater Belleville has been selected to participate in a pilot program for recycling reverse osmosis cartridges used in home water systems, according to an area news report. “Using a reverse osmosis system (RO) with refillable bottles not only reduces plastic... Categories: News |
