by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 25, 2020 | Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Industry, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wastewater, Water
You probably thought China had to be the largest user of water for industrial purposes…. Surprise! Globally, the United States is the largest user of industrial water, withdrawing over 300 billion m³ (cubic meters) per year. (roughly 80 trillion gallons). This...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 24, 2020 | Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Industry, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wastewater, Water
The planet is running out of fresh water. “Over the past two centuries, freshwater usage has grown two times faster than the population,” says Steven Solomon, author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization. “As world...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 18, 2020 | Cancer, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, IX Water, Social Media, Uncategorized
There’s a lot of things out there besides Covid-19 that can harm you, and your water is potentially one of them. If you get your water from an unregulated well in one of many counties in Colorado, or actually any state in the U.S., you need to get that water tested...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 17, 2020 | Cancer, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, IX Water, Social Media, Uncategorized, Water
Part 2 on Arsenic: Aside from it outright killing you, why is monitoring and reducing arsenic contamination important? Arsenic has detrimental effects on all organ systems in the human body since it directly targets enzyme reactions. Arsenic acts as a carcinogen,...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 17, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wastewater
What is Arsenic? Mystery novels like “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Agatha Christie as well as the famed Borgias of 15th century Italy have used arsenic as a silent killer for generations, but what is arsenic? Arsenic is a naturally occurring mineral on all continents of...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 16, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, IX Water, Social Media, Uncategorized, Water
As though there isn’t enough for us to worry about in our food and water, the World Health Organization is now also reminding us about the drugs in our drinking water with the proposal of continued studies of the situation. Pharmaceuticals are defined as “compounds...
