Archive for December, 2009

Split over gas drill rules continues

In its proposal, DEC has identified sewage treatment plants as places to process the water, although few treatment plants appear ready to accept it. … See all stories on this topic

Strausstown sewage plant done, but few have connected

By Michelle Park After more than a decade of planning and six months of construction, the Strausstown sewage treatment plant is complete. … See all stories on this topic

Regional Briefs: Tolly Carr fills in at Charlotte TV station

Buses will run every 20 minutes from 7 am until 2 pm ASHEVILLE — A power outage at a sewage-treatment plant sent 374000 gallons of untreated sewage into … See all stories on this topic

DNR Looking into Lebanon Sewage Spill

… Natural Resources is looking into contamination caused when 18000 gallons of waste water and sludge leaked from the Lebanon sewage treatment facility. … See all stories on this topic

EPA threatens states for failing to clean up Chesapeake Bay

Washington Post EPA officials said they might: — Object to state-issued permits for new sources of pollution, such as factories, sewage-treatment plants or suburban storm … See all stories on this topic

Kingspan Water guide offers an overview of BS 8515 principles for

Kingspan Water has published a guide to BS 8515 on its website. It aims to turn what may appear to be a daunting process of standard compliance into a …

New Year resolutions to improve your landscape

Rainwater harvesting is always beneficial, whether the water is used to water one houseplant or an entire garden. Also, the act of collecting rainwater can … See all stories on this topic

Mayor plans dept-wise meetings to review work

… facilities of rainwater harvesting and solar heaters, the property tax department is still issuing demand notes as per old norms, Dehankar has said. … See all stories on this topic

Mela to introduce IT methods in farming

Dry land farming, organic farming, bio-technology, worm compost, rainwater harvesting, dairy development, sheep rearing, agricultural equipments and seed … See all stories on this topic

Water as commodity estimated at Rs 54k-cr industry in India

… conservation, treatment of waste water, recycling, pollution monitoring, … fittings, valves, instrumentation, process control, rainwater harvesting …