Honeywell Releases Integrated Aspirating Smoke Detector, Air Quality Monitor
The new Honeywell VESDA AIR can provide smoke detection and indoor air quality monitoring to serve property owners as a multipurpose device. ATLANTA — Honeywell has launched a first-of-its-kind solution that combines early warning smoke detection with advanced indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring to further its efforts to create safer and healthier buildings. The global […]
GUC water treatment plant receives state award
by: Steve Hawley, Greenville Utilities Commission Posted: Oct 7, 2022 / 12:08 PM EDT Updated: Oct 7, 2022 / 12:08 PM EDT GREENVILLE, N.C. — The Greenville Utilities Commission Water Treatment Plant was among 66 water treatment plants, and one of just six east of Interstate 95, honored by the N.C. Division of Water Resources […]
EPA Region 7 Opens Application Period for 2022 Pollution Prevention Recognition Awards Program
October 7, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 7 , 2022) – Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 2022 Pollution Prevention (P2) Recognition Awards Program. The application deadline is Nov. 4, 2022. P2 is a successful, non-regulatory approach to energy conservation, water conservation, reduction of toxic materials used, and money savings. […]
EPA Highlights Boston Harbor as a National Success Story to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
October 7, 2022 BOSTON (Oct. 7, 2022)—Today at an event in East Boston, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox joined EPA Regional Administrator David Cash, Senator Ed Markey, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu, and others to feature Boston Harbor – the history of its cleanup and the […]
Attorney General James Stops School Bus Company from Polluting in New York City Communities
Hoyt Transportation Allegedly Exceeded Limits on Vehicle Idling, Leading to Air Pollution in Communities of Color NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a settlement with Hoyt Transportation, Inc. (Hoyt Transportation), a Bronx-based school bus company, ending its alleged practice of excessive idling at bus yards. Excessive vehicle idling causes air […]
Clean water improves health in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta
Currently, Vietnam is divided into three geographical regions: North, Central and South. The South of Vietnam consists of two regions: the Southeast and the Mekong Delta River (including 13 provinces and one city). The Mekong River gives its name to the rich Mekong Delta region; this is known as the “rice bowl” of the whole […]
Opinion | We’re killing Pittsburgh and it’s killing us
Trash cans are overfilled, spilling out and covering the streets in plastic. We trek through the debris of garbage and soggy cardboard boxes in the streets of South Oakland to get to class. Broken glass shines in the sun and you’re careful not to step on it, but you can’t escape the smell of the […]
Seven water ATMs installed in the city for 45 lakhs, but did not last even 45 days; The machine was installed in 2017
Seven water ATMs set up at a cost of Rs 45 lakh in 2017 to provide pure drinking water to the people of the city also failed to function. The then city council, now on the initiative of the municipal corporation and district administration, water ATMs were installed at 7 places of the city with […]
EPA Awards $3.2M Research Grant to Iowa State University
Grant will support national efforts to expand water reuse October 5, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 5, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a $3.2 million research grant to Iowa State University to fund research that will support national efforts to reduce technological and institutional barriers for expanded water reuse. “As we celebrate […]
Irish Water too slow at replacing lead pipes – EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency has criticised Irish Water for being too slow to replace lead pipes. The environmental group said that it will be 24 years before the lead pipes under Irish Water’s control are replaced, based on the current rate. “It will take 24 years to address the risks posed to public health from […]