Tag: drinking water
In case of emergency, UV energy may be used to treat drinking water
When a water supply is contaminated, people are usually ordered to boil their H2O. But if Dr. Curt Elmore’s emergency drinking water system proves reliable, people will be able to drink water that has been treated with ultraviolet energy.
Read More »Drinking water: make mine unleaded, says UMR chemist
The use of monochloramine to disinfect drinking water can cause harmful levels of lead in the water, says a University of Missouri-Rolla chemist. His research will be published in the May 15 issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
Read More »UMR researcher to receive award from civil engineering society
Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Missouri Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive the 2005 State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) during its national conference in Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 29.
Read More »Researchers honored for drinking water studies
Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Missouri Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, and three co-authors have received the 2003 Rudolph Hering Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers for his research into the removal of antibiotics in drinking water. The research could become instrumental if governmental agencies require […]
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