Thermal Treatment Technologies: Hazardous Waste Incinerators
Because most hazardous wastes cannot be landfilled, incineration provides an alternative. Whereas municipal waste incineration must meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act, hazardous waste incineration must comply with the Resource Conservation ...
Chemical Treatment Technologies: Ozonation
Traditionally, chlorine has been used as a disinfectant to kill viruses and bacteria in drinking water. However, chlorine has the disadvantage of reacting with organics in the water, producing potentially carcinogenic by-products. Ozonation, an ox...
Pollution Prevention: Bridging Troubled Water: Alternative Pulp and Paper Bleaching Technology
Facing a lawsuit charging it with discharging toxic effluent in the water off the coast of northern California, Louisiana Pacific knew it needed to change the way its pulp mills operated. Even though it successfully met the mandates of the lawsuit ...
Its in the Water: Measuring Salinity
Efforts to measure salinity have long been a fundamental part of chemical oceanography. At one time, this was done by simply weighing the salt. Then, for years, salinity was determined based on the concentration of chloride. Today, salinity is measu...