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Brown and Caldwell Helps Improve Acid Phase Digestion System

The project at Columbus, Ohio’s Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant will rehabilitate acid phase digesters and other aging ancillary equipment to create an acid phase digestion system with capacity-enhancing, financial benefits.

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NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #120: Electrochemical Destruction of Perfluorooctanesulfonate in Electroplating Wastewaters: Full Progress Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project has been ongoing since April 2019 but was unavoidably interrupted by the SARS CoV-2 pandemic of 2020-21. This report (1) re-introduces the project and (2) covers all of the work thru June 2021. The project focuses on an electrochemical, destructive treatment strategy for the remediation of relevant PFASs in electroplating wastewater. The overall objective is to utilize a cost-effective reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) for the removal of PFAS from synthetic electroplating wastewater.

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regulation

EPA Moves to Repeal More Flexible Trump-Era Waters of the U.S. Rule after Court Ruling

The ruling continues the legal and regulatory battle over the scope of federal regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act,

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California Efforts Continue to Ban Hexavalent Chromium Plating

California Air Resources Board continues to advance rulemaking to transition hexavalent chromium plating to trivalent chromium alternatives.

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Michigan Considers Pretreatment Limits for PFAS

Michigan PFAS Action: Detroit POTW Considering Pretreatment Limits for PFAS.

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EPA to Set New PFAS Discharge Limits

EPA to Set New Federal Wastewater Discharge Standards for PFAS in Surface Finishing Operations.

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Stainless Steel In-line Mist Eliminators

Stainless steel in-line mist eliminators on display at SUR/FIN 2021

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sustainability

Portable Ion Exchange Program and Automated Recycling Systems

Portable ion exchange columns eliminate the need to store or handle chemicals

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Auto Technology Provides Environmental Testing, Equipment

Auto Technology provides a variety of testing, including corrosion and temperature/humidity as well as advanced cyclic environmental corrosion tests.

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CrossMAX Chrome Hood Eliminators

Crossair Chrome Hood Eliminators

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