Every year about 150 billion litres of untreated sewage are dumped into Canadian surface waters. In 2010 I blogged about then Environment Minister JIm Prentice releasing a draft of proposed municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations, […]
I have blogged previously about the issues facing water/wastewater systems in the U.S. and the challenge of funding replacement of aging infrastructure and upgrading to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act. One of […]
In 2007 twelve states and several cities of the United States (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington and the cities of New York, Baltimore, […]
In 2009 I blogged about a New York Times article that said that in the past three years more than 9,400 of the US’s 25,000 sewage systems had violated the Clean Water act by dumping […]
Black & Veatch has releases its sixth annual survey of the eletric power industry, 2012 Strategic Directions in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry Report, which was conducted from 22 February through 23 March 2012. The […]
Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act requires National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for facilities with cooling water intakes. Cooling water intakes affects fish, fish larvae and eggs, crustaceans, shellfish, sea turtles, marine […]
G-Science statements addressed to the world’s G8 leaders have been signed by the leaders of National Science Academies from Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, South Africa, the United […]
In December 2011 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), the first national standards for mercury, arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide emissions from power plants under […]