Topic
water purification
12 published works
China Law Insight
PPP新机制实施后，社会资本投资污水处理特许经营项目须重点关注的几个问题
By King & Wood
作者：吴青 张文博 2014年至2022年11月期间，纳入全国政府和社会资本合作（PPP）综合信息平台管理库的污染防治与绿色低碳项目累计达5,926个、投资额5.8万亿元。这些项目不仅起到了促投资稳增长、优化公共服务的作用，更对我国的生态环境保护起到了重要作用。但在实践中，我国的政府与社会资本合作机制也面临着很多亟待解决的问题，如很多不具备商业盈利能力的可行性缺口补助项目靠财政资金才能维持其财务可行性，导致大量套取财政资金补贴，又如项目财政承受能力论证缺乏预算体系支持，难以发挥规避未来财政支付风险的功能等。 阅读更多
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
$12.5 Billion Landmark Settlement with 3M to Fund Water Treatment Protects Americans from Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Napoli Shkolnik, along with Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead and Interim Class Counsel, is proud to announce a $12.5 billion settlement with 3M Company in the ongoing multi-district litigation over the contamination of…
S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law
ADEQ & Governor Ducey Announce PFAS Funding for Tucson Water
By Chris Colyer
by Patrick J. Paul On June 21, 2021, in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Governor Doug Ducey announced the provision of $2 million in state funding…
Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Blog
NIEHS-Funded Study Finds Graphene Nanochannel Filters Hold Promise for Contaminant Clean-Up
By Lynn L. Bergeson, Carla N. Hutton
The March 2021 issue of Environmental Factor, a monthly newsletter published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), includes an item entitled “New graphene nanochannel filters hold promise…
Ride the Lightning
Breached Water Plant: Employees Used Same TeamViewer Password and No Firewall
Ars Technica reported on February 10 that the Oldsmar, Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous computer breach on February 5 used an unsupported version of…
Food Safety News
IAFP features round table on the challenges and strategies for implementing water treatment in the field
By Jonan Pilet
Day Three of the International Association for Food Protection 2020, A Virtual Annual Meeting featured a round table discussion, “This Is How We Do It: Challenges and Strategies for Implementing…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Cleaning Water Supplies: How PFAS Are Treated
PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of hazardous industrial chemicals that have been found in water supplies throughout the US. Unfortunately, due to the persistent nature of…
SALT Shaker
There’s Something in the Water: Arkansas Denies Manufacturing Exemption to Equipment Used at Water Treatment Facility
By Stephen Burroughs and Scott Wright The Supreme Court of Arkansas recently upheld use tax assessments imposed upon a contractor that purchased and installed equipment used in a water treatment…
PropertyProf Blog
Sewage to Snow
By propertyprof
So I didn't intend for this to be a theme today, but sewage has popped up again in the New York Times, which has reported that an Arizona ski resort…
Food Poison Journal
Craft brewers concerned about proposed water treatment in Portland
In a July 23, 2009 editorial titled, “The potential end of Beervana as we know it,” The Oregonian’s editorial board discusses the Portland City Council’s impending decision on whether to…