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ESI's Water Management & Treatment Services
The water resource staff of Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) is experienced in the collection of water quantity and quality data and has been instrumental in the development and implementation of successful water plans for our clients. ESI works with businesses, private agencies and government at all levels to build long-term water sustainability programs. Read more about ESI's Water Quality and Treatment Services>>>
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ESI & Water Issues
Michael Burns, P.G, ESI Vice President and Senior Manager of Site Assessment and Remediation recently answered a few questions about water contamination and fracking: Could you explain how stormwater runoff solutions can improve efficiency and water?Stormwater runoff solutions are referred to as best management practices (BMPs). BMPs help improve water quality by eliminating potential sources of contamination or treating contaminated storm water before it discharges to surface water. Does ESI offer stormwater runoff solutions?ESI personnel have extensive experience with storm water pollution prevention and can recommend the appropriate BMPs based on a client's site challenges. How would one identify water contamination?Water contamination can be identified by observation (visual and/or olfactory) and by collecting samples for laboratory analysis. Typical (but not limited to) visual signs of water contamination may be an obvious sheen, foaming, floating hazardous debris, dead fish or other wildlife. Olfactory evidence of contamination may consist of chemical or petroleum odors. Unfortunately, many contaminants, including serious ones, in surface and ground water are not visible and are odorless. Does weather create contamination? Hurricanes, for example?Yes, weather can create contamination. Examples include tornadoes and hurricanes damaging facilities that store hazardous waste or petroleum products. Flood waters can carry contaminants from industrial facilities, farms, waste water treatment plants, etc. many miles from their original source to areas where they may increase the exposure of those contaminants to sensitive environments (affecting humans, food sources, and more). To read this article and learn about fracking, click here>>>
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What do you know about the Clean Water Act?
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Clean Water Act 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq. (1972) The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. The basis of the CWA was enacted in 1948 and was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the Act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. "Clean Water Act" became the Act's common name with amendments in 1972.
Under the CWA, EPA has implemented pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry. We have also set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters." SOURCE: http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwa.html - The EPA Summary of the Clean Water Act |
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Extent For The Year And The Satellite Record
"Arctic sea ice has long been recognized as a sensitive climate indicator. The region's sea ice extent--defined by NSIDC as the total area covered by at least 15 percent of ice-varies from year to year because of changeable weather conditions. However, ice extent has shown a dramatic overall decline over the past thirty years. This year's minimum will be nearly 50 percent lower than the 1979 to 2000 average."
SOURCE: http://nsidc.org/news/press/2012_seaiceminimum.html
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. NSIDC scientists provide Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis content, with partial support from NASA.) |
