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Harbor Cruise TCH Course and FREE Deer Island Plant Tour
Join us for a Boston Harbor Cruise TCH Course, followed by a FREE tour of the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant on TUESDAY JUNE 22nd. The cost for the TCH course, meals and the harbor boat cruise is $800 per person. The Deer Island tour is FREE. You will earn up to 5 TCHs for this course. PAI...
Tribe Mediterranean Foods pH Neutralization Wastewater Treatment System
For Immediate Release: January 14, 2010 Boston, MA – Leading environmental firm Practical Applications, Inc. (PAI) has been awarded the contract to build the central wastewater treatment system for the plant expansion project at Tribe Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Nestle, SA. Wastewater generated during food manufacturing operations is controlled using Dissolved Air Flotation. Designed to meet...
Wastewater Systems Operation & Maintenance Supervisor
Practical Applications would like to introduce the newest member of our team, Sam Bertrand. Sam is the supervisor of our Operations and Maintenance division and comes to us with over 34 years of experience in the controls industry as a technical, manufacturing and service manager. He is a highly organized, personable and hands-on individual. If you...
Is There Mercury In Your Industrial Wastewater Discharge?
This article was written by Practical Applications’ biologist Kimberly Baxter and originally appeared in the December 2005 issue of Plumbing Engineer magazine. A PDF of the article is available HERE. Abstract An assessment of sampling locations for three industrial wastewater effluent piping systems is presented. The assessments provided demonstrate that by installing sampling ports at the appropriate...
MA DEP Mercury Regulations
Collection, Recycling, Labeling and Sales Ban of Mercury-added Products; and Disposal Prohibition of Mercury-added Products in Solid Waste
Wastewater Operator Exam Prep Course
The Practical Applications industry-leading Wastewater Operator Training Exam Prep Course will be held for 8 weeks this Autumn. Participants will be introduced to every element of the state exam, run by the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC). The course is held on Thursday mornings from 8:00 to 11:00 at Practical Applications’ South Boston training...
MA DEP Industrial Toxic Reporting Requirements
The MA DEP is implementing a new Industrial Toxic Reporting Requirement this year. This requirement has been added to fulfill a provision included along with the regulations changes made in January 2007 for the DEP to better determine the toxics present in industrial wastewater.
MWRA Rate Increase
Hello Everyone! We wanted to send out a notification for those who did not attend the MWRA Significant Industrial User (SIU) meetings this week. As many of you know, the EPA audited the MWRA and its Industrial Pretreatment Program(IPP) back in December 2007. The MWRA just received the report back and one of the requirements in...
Pharmaceuticals In Drinking Water
There has been much concern about pharmaceuticals in the nation’s drinking water. However, the Massachusettes Water Resources Authority (MWRA) maintains that their water supply, reaching some 60 communities, does not contain any pharmaceuticals. You can read the MWRA press release here: http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/press/pr042508nopharm.htm
pH Neutralization System Daily Inspection
Josh Jondro – Chemical Engineer Wastewater Management Team As discussed in the August Newsletter, a Fully Automated Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment System will shutdown and temporarily holds wastewater for proper treatment if an out-of-spec condition, an excursion, is detected. These systems require checks only twice a week and an operator on-call. All other systems require a daily operator...
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Harbor Cruise TCH Course and FREE Deer Island Plant Tour
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Tribe Mediterranean Foods pH Neutralization Wastewater Treatment System
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