WASTEWATER ARTICLES

Using treatment wetlands to remediate petroleum contaminated sites

VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MN, July 14, 2010 -- Petroleum producers faced with the challenge of remediating hydrocarbon contaminated sites have found treatment wetlands an effective solution to this difficul...

Water treatment solutions for oil sands are focus of new agreement

TREVOSE, PA, July 12, 2010 -- Recognizing the importance of finding efficient and economical ways to recover heavy oil from the oil sands regions, GE and FilterBoxx Water & Environmental Corp. ...

Treating wastewater during Gulf cleanup

STUART, FL, July 8, 2010 -- Ecosphere Technologies has signed a significant contract with Mid-Gulf Recovery Services to utilize its Ecosphere Ozonix technology to clean wastewater throughout the Gu...

Drilling wastewater prompts cattle quarantine in Tioga County

HARRISBURG, PA, July 1, 2010 -- The Department of Agriculture announced today that it has quarantined cattle from a Tioga County farm after a number of cows came into contact with drilling wastewat...

Oil well enhancement fluid to be used in water flood project in Texas

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, June 28, 2010 -- ACT Clean Technologies has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement to supply its Oil Well Enhancement Fluid for a new water flood project in Texas...

Industrial wastewater treatment plants planned in Africa

CHENNAI, India, June 28, 2010 -- Shivsu Canadian Clear International has completed an order worth USD 6 million to set up industrial wastewater treatment plants in Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia...

Envirogen secures financing for environmental treatment projects

KINGWOOD, TX, June 25, 2010 -- Envirogen Technologies and parent company Amplio Filtration have announced an agreement with an international provider of alternative investment capital to secure fin...

Trucks hauling drilling wastewater are focus of state enforcement blitz

HARRISBURG, PA, June 23, 2010 -- The Pennsylvania State Police placed 250 commercial vehicles out of service during a three-day enforcement effort last week that focused on trucks hauling wastewate...

Transportable produced water treatment units now available for Marcellus Shale drilling sites

PITTSBURGH, PA, June 18, 2010 -- Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies announced the development of a transportable water treatment system proven effective for treating Produced Water generated...

Drilling wastewater regs in PA to protect streams, rivers

HARRISBURG, PA, June 17, 2010 -- Votes by members of the Independent Regulatory Review Commission are expected to protect Pennsylvania's streams and drinking water supplies against total dissolved ...