Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste Landfills
Unlike municipal landfills, hazardous waste landfills have very specific acceptance procedures. Chemical sampling and analysis of an incoming load must match the waste profile sent by the generator prior to a truck being..
Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste from Atomic Weapons
In the desert of New Mexico a half mile beneath the surface of the earth in a salt mine judged to be 250 million years old, a permanent disposal site is sought for the wastes from decommissioned atomic weapons facilities..
Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste from Nuclear Power Production
Nuclear power does provide an alternative to fossil fuels, but creates a serious long term disposal problem for its waste, which is highly radioactive. The Nuclear Policy Act of 1982 charged the Department of Energy with..
Waste, Part II: Nuclear Waste: The Final Solution or the Ultimate Problem?
The suitability of Yucca Mountain as the site for a long term repository for high level nuclear waste has not found universal acceptance. Concerns have been expressed concerning potential groundwater contamination, seism..
Water Pollution and Industrial Nations
Explorer and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau compares the relative impact of Third World nations and industrial nations on the marine environment.
Water Quality
Explorer and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau talks about water quality, noting that it is a relative term. He also likens water to soup, in that it contains a variety of different ingredients.
Water: Privatization of Water Management in the Phillipines
Contaminated water, loss of revenue due to leakages and illegal connections to the system, and concern about meeting demand were all factors in the decision to privatize Manila's metropolitan water and sewer system and m..
Water: Repurification of Water
The concept of repurified water did not meet with public favor in San Diego, due to negative public perception of the media-labeled "toilet to tap" project. In point of fact, repurified water exceeds all drinking water s..
Water: Trans-Border Water Pollution
Because of the geography of the region and because Tijuana's sewage infrastructure has not kept pace with the city's growth, sewage enters the Tijuana River and flows into the United States. At some points, sewage flows ..