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Landia (UK) is effectively mixing and aerating a special holding tank that receives wastewater from the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) in Tennessee.
Landia’s chopper pumps, equipped with a Venturi nozzle, which form part of the propeller-free AirJet aeration system, have to deal with debris from a population equivalent of around 3,200, comprising around 2500 inmates and over 700 employees at the complex, which completed a major expansion in 2009.
Danny Phillips, Maintenance and Pre-Treatment Coordinator for the City of Wartburg’s Municipal Wastewater said: “Landia’s AirJet and chopper pumps are good dependable equipment, which we have no problems with. And importantly, from day one, we’ve also had great customer service from Landia who are always ready to help us achieve the best results. This definitely isn’t a company that just walks away after they’ve made a sale”.
May 16 2021
As an issue that threatens the entire global populace and could have irreversibly damaging repercussions, climate change is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing the world today. Industry is responsible for a significant proportion of the greenhouse gas emissions which have contributed to the problem, which is why it’s imperative that all those operating in the sector – from the biggest multinationals to the smallest start-ups – take their carbon capture obligations seriously.
It’s no longer enough for industrial facilities to simply curb the amount of carbon they produce. Concentrations of the harmful gas have reached such a concerning level that companies must now also actively capture carbon at the point of emission and, if possible, also extract it from the air to reduce concentrations to an acceptable level. Governments around the world are being encouraged to introduce carbon capture targets to achieve exactly that outcome.
May 16 2021
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS for short, are a group of manmade chemicals which are notorious for the amount of time they are able to persist in the natural environment and their ability to bypass wastewater filtration processes. For this reason, they are sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals” and their propensity to accumulate in the atmosphere – as well as infiltrate even the furthest reaches of the planet – is a cause for concern among the scientific and healthcare communities.
That’s due to the fact that several studies have pointed to concerning links between elevated concentrations of PFAS in the human body and a raft of health complications, including cancer. So which products contain PFAS? How do you become exposed to them? And what is being done to curb their pervasive influence?
May 13 2021
According to the latest figures compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the industrial sector is responsible for more carbon emissions than both transportation and energy, accounting for approximately 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Understandably, industry is expected to make significant contributions towards cleaning up its act.
That will involve reducing the amount of carbon that the sector emits, but will also necessitate the removal of CO2 that is already present in our atmosphere. That’s due to the fact that the current concentrations of carbon in the environment are unsustainably high if the planet is to attain the objectives agreed upon at the 2015 Paris Summit of limiting global warming to a maximum of 2°C.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – more commonly known as PFAS – are a group of more than 4,700 manmade chemicals that are used for a wide variety of different purposes in a range of industries. Click to read more.