A Model for ZLD Treatment of Blowdown from Cooling Towers—Even the Big Ones

Credit to Author: Eric Dole, PE| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:10:00 +0000

Pilot testing under the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Pitch-to-Pilot desalination research funding proved an electro-coagulation, clarification, micro-filtration, reverse osmosis with vacuum-assisted

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Dominion Energy’s Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Recovery System Wins POWER’s Water Award

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:14:00 +0000

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Sustainability and corporate responsibility are hugely important to power companies and their stakeholders today. When employees take these initiatives to heart and implement innovative ideas, goals can be met

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Facing Down the Fossils — 4-Part Video Series

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:47:08 +0000

“Facing Down the Fossils” is a series about the people who are dealing with generational consequences of the pollution and economic damage caused by the fossil fuel industry and who now face the prospect of even more fossil fuel projects in the United States. In response, these communities are not only standing up to wrongdoing but also leading the effort to advance clean energy production.

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Marine Environment At Risk Due to Ship Emissions

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:00:32 +0000

According to a recent study conducted by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, the collective release of metals and other environmentally harmful substances by ships poses a significant threat to the marine ecosystem. The researchers assessed the pollution levels caused by these emissions in four ports and discovered that over 90 percent of the contaminants […]

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Summit Supercomputer Study Fathoms Troubled Waters Of Ocean Turbulence

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:15:32 +0000

Simulations performed on the Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed new insights into the role of turbulence in mixing fluids and could open new possibilities for projecting climate change and studying fluid dynamics. The study, published in the Journal of Turbulence, used Summit to model the dynamics of a […]

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El Niño Is Here

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 02:57:38 +0000

El Niño conditions have developed, as the atmospheric response to the warmer-than-average tropical Pacific sea surface kicked in over the past month. We expect El Niño to continue into the winter, and the odds of it becoming a strong event at its peak are pretty good, at 56%. Chances of at least a moderate event […]

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How Can A Former Military Base & Superfund Site Move Toward Sustainability?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 20:35:00 +0000

OtisA lead local conservationist says rethinking the use of the former Otis Air Force Base provides a generational opportunity to solve a series of difficult economic and environmental challenges.

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