Cooperation, communication and teamwork are key to project's success

Article Abstract:

The town of Boone, North Carolina, was faced with the problem of replacing a wastewater treatment plant that had been built in the 1960s using 1920s technology and reached 80% of its hydraulic capacity. Furthermore, the plant did not meet state water quality standards. Town officials needed to upgrade the plant with equipment that would comply with late 1990s water quality regulations. They were able to do so successfully because of close cooperation between them, project engineers and project contractors. As a result, the modernized plant produces considerably cleaner effluent than was originally expected.

North Carolina

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Courts rule slaughterhouse pollutant discharge violates Clean Water Act

Article Abstract:

Smithfield Foods Inc and its subsidiaries have violated the Clean Water Act by discharging illegal levels of pollutants from their slaughterhouse into the Pagan River. The decision of the 4th US Circuit upheld a ruling by a lower court in Virginia, which was appealed by the compay. Smithfield has been slapped with a $12.6-million fine, the largest penalty be imposed under the Clean Water Act.

Fresh Meat, Animal Slaughtering and Processing, Meat, Smithfields Foods Inc.

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Organic contaminants screening process for drinking water developed

Article Abstract:

A research group at the New Jersey Institute of Technology has developed a screening process for organic contaminants that do not create dangerous carcinogenic by-products. The innovative technique called Spectral Flourescent Signatures targets the carbon-based pollutants that are most likely to become carcinogenic after the disinfection process. The method uses fluorescent lights to determine the portion of the total organic carbon that is most likely to generate harmful products.

Science & research

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