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Marine Nitrate Testing

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What technology would be best for continuous or serial evaluation of marine nitrate levels?   Most modern technologies appear developed for freshwater only.

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Odour Control and Extermination in Sewage and Wastewater Pits

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In our work to offer solutions to some rural and urban settlements using pits and suck-aways to collect and evacuate the sewage/wastewater and associated ...

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Treatment of Solid Elemental Sulfur

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Happy New Year Colleagues! I am kindly asking, what could be the best and cost-effective method of treating sulphur spillages of approximately 300 tonnes?

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DAF Systems and Dosing Rates

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What is the ideal dosing for a seawater DAF system with a conventional pretreatment with DMF? The coagulant used is ferric chloride. Even though chlorination ...

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RO Plant Energy Consumption

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How can I calculate the specific energy consumption of my small scale RO system for brackish water desalination?

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Impact on flexible hose pipes for careful use of irrigation water

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Impact on flexible hose pipes for careful use of irrigation water

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Myself and few others working in agri-mechanization in South/SE Asia  have remarked to our irrigation colleagues and others that starting 15 or more years ago ...

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Water Supply Bulk Metering: Pumping Station Meter Readings

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I have been monitoring the performance of pumped water supplies in Uganda and have noticed that bulk meter readings at the pump station are reading less than ...

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Materials of Construction and High Chloride Corrosion

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What is the ​most reliable ​material in a ​high chloride ​content, from ​15% to 25% ​environment and ​at temperatures ​from 60 C to 90 ​C?  ​Sandvik 2507 ...

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