Table of Contents

WaterWorld

03/01/2010
Volume 9, Issue 2
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  • Feature Editorial

  • Columns

    • Viewpoint

      • Priming the Pump or Tapping the Well
        “The 2009 ASCE Report Card for America's Infrastructure, released Jan. 28 with the heading 'Failing Intrastructure Cannot Support a Healthy Economy' ...

    • Product Focus

      • Advantages Clear on Rubber Seat Ball Valve
        In these times of conservation and “green” design, the Val-Matic Ener•G™ AWWA ball rubber seated ball valve offers distinct advantages for tight seating, long life and energy savings.

    • Case Study

      • GPS Assists Major Mine Cleanup
        Contractor relies on GNSS – an advanced global positioning system (GPS) – for efficient reclaiming of land and water impacted by abandoned coal mines in Pennsylvania

    • Pump It Up

      • Drillers Face Flack on Hydraulic Fracturing
        The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has charged that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) has failed to determine if a natural gas well drilling technique threatens New York City's drinking water.

    • Pump Issues

      • Lube – Too Much of a Good Thing?
        How many lube level-caused failures are from too little lube or too much? I don't have a survey, but what I see as a pump systems reliability specialist is most failures are due to too much lube.

    • Investor Index

    • Executive Corner

  • Products & Services

    • Valve and Fluid Control Systems
      Available in electric, hydraulic or pneumatic power options, the Easi-Drive portable drive system is adaptable to operate different valves ...

  • Departments

    • New Products

      • New Products
        A new, compact oil/water separation unit from Siemens for the offshore oil and gas industry cuts residence time necessary for separation by 80% or more, relative to standard flotation systems.

    • New Literature

      • New Literature
        With a partially sloped bottom to improve draining from top suction, Assmann introduces the Base Container BC450 ...

    • Showcase

      • Product Showcase
        The new Enviroline 375UHS is a thin-film VOC-compliant, fast-cure epoxy coating for oil & gas and chemical processing industries.

    • Water Briefs

      • Water Briefs
        In December, Shell Oil Co. applied to Colorado Water Court for rights to divert nearly a tenth of the Yampa River's water into a reservoir ...

 


TODAY'S HEADLINES

Interior releases updated hydraulic fracturing draft rule for public, Indian lands

The Dept. of the Interior released an updated draft proposal establishing safety standards for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands.

PA American Water marks completion of $101M Pittsburgh water treatment project

Pennsylvania American Water marked the completion of $101M in upgrades to Pittsburgh water treatment plants to improve service and public safety.

GE membrane technology to be installed at largest European drinking water plant

Erope's largest drinking water purification plant to feature GE's ZeeWeed* 500 water treatment technology is under construction in Ravenna, Italy.

Groundwater, soil cleanup begins at CA Superfund site

EPA announced that work will begin this week to address soil and groundwater contamination at the Pacific Pipeline Superfund Site in Fillmore, Calif.
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