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ALTERNATIVES TO CHLORINE DISINFECTION IN DRINKING WATER TREATMENT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED. BOTH CURRENT AND NEW METHODS OF DISINFECTION MAY CAUSE REACTIONS WITH ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN THE WATER AND LEAD TO DANGEROUS BY-PRODUCTS. THERE IS A NEED FOR MEASUREMENT DEVICES THAT PROVIDE ON-SITE, REALTIME MEASUREMENT OF BY-PRODUCTS TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATE WATER TREATMENT METHODS. FOR TH ...

CURRENT METAL CUTTING AND FINISHING OPERATIONS USE SKIMMING AND FILTRATION TO TRY TO SEPARATE WASTES FROM THEIR WATER BASED CUTTING FLUIDS. THE RESIDUAL LIQUID FROM THE FILTRATION CONSISTS OF ULTRAFINE METAL PARTICLES CONTAINING HAZARDOUS HEAVY METALS LIKE LEAD, ZINC, AND CADMIUM AND A TIGHTLY EMULSIFIED OIL-IN-WATER PHASE. THIS SLUDGE IS NOT AMENABLE TO FURTHER TREATMENT AND MUST BE HAULED OFF AS ...

INCREASED EMPHASIS ON THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND UNDERGROUND POLLUTION IN GENERAL HAS CREATED A NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE OR ELIM-INATE THE ASSOCIATED CONTAMINATION. TO DATE, PACKAGE AIR GENERAL HAS CREATED A NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE ASSOCIATED CONTAMINATION. TO DATE, PACKAGE AIR STRIPPING UNITS SEEM TO HAVE RECEIVED THE BROADEST AC- CE ...

RECENT ASSESSMENTS ESTIMATE U.S. CROP LOSSES FROM ELEVATED OZONE LEVEL AND OTHER OXIDANTS (SULFUR DIOXIDE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE) TO BE AS MUCH AS $5 BILLION ANNUALLY. ADDITIONALLY,SEVERE FOREST DAMAGE MAY RESULT FROMPOLLUTION-RELATED OXI- DANTS PARTICULARLY IN EUROPE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATICDECLINE IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. THIS RESEARCH IS DIRECTED AT THE MITIGATION OF SUCH ...