[Water News] DJ Gongol & Associates Water News - June 14, 2010

[Brian Gongol]

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Highlights from the past week
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4"-per-hour rainfall rates push sewer systems to the limit:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/07/

Are we soon to be driving cars using a 12% ethanol blend? What about 15%?
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/08/

Researchers find more bacteria in bottled water than in tap water:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/09/

Pesticide applicators are being recruited to help with water protection:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/10/

The Iowa DNR is going to train engineers in antidegradation policies on 
June 28th:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/11/


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pumps to draw the sample into the measuring chamber before depositing 
the sample into either a composite sample chamber or one of a series of 
sequential sampling bottles. But peristaltic pumps create a maintenance 
nuisance by requiring that the sample tubing be replaced regularly -- 
and they change the nature of the sample as they bend and crush it as it 
is drawn into the sample chamber.

Instead of using unreliable peristaltic pumps for sampling, a much 
better approach is to use a vacuum pump to create a powerful suction 
inside the sample chamber itself.  This approach can exceed the suction 
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maintenance hassles.  The vacuum system also leaves the sample itself 
unchanged from the point it enters the hose to the point it is deposited 
inside the container.  We're pleased to be able to offer just such a 
type of wastewater sampler through QCEC.

If you'd like to know more, please visit 
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for details.


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