Online News--Adedge Technologies Awarded Arsenic Treatment Demo Sites by EPA
Adedge Technologies, Inc. announced that the U.S. EPA has awarded it three demonstration sites for its arsenic removal technology for municipal drinking water systems.
Adedge Technologies, Inc., a supplier of specialty adsorbent products and systems for arsenic removal from water and wastewater applications, announced that the U.S. EPA has awarded it three full-scale demonstration sites for its arsenic removal technology for municipal drinking water systems. The locations are Nambe Pueblo, NM (near Santa Fe), Rimrock, AZ (near Sedona), and Rollinsford, NH (near Portsmouth).
EPA estimates that approximately 13 million people in the U.S. alone routinely drink water containing arsenic at concentrations greater than allowed under recently established government standards. Its new Arsenic Rule requires treatment for all public drinking water systems with arsenic levels greater than 10 parts per billion (ppb), by January 2006. This represents a dramatic decrease from the current standard of 50 ppb. Small public water systems serving less than 10,000 people will be financially impacted most from the new arsenic rule.