14 Nov 2016

American Lake Authorities are still battling Blue-Green Algal blooms in the Great Lakes

Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake out of the five Great Lakes in the USA. It provides the boundary between the United States (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York to the west, south,… Read more
10 Aug 2016

China to Spend US$64.5Billion to Fight Water Pollution – Environment Ministry

“Beijing will allocate 430 billion Yuan (US$64.5 billion) for the projects to combat water pollution, the Chinese Environmental Protection Ministry said in a statement Tuesday” according to sputniknews.com. The ministry has stated that this… Read more
05 Aug 2016

Rescuing a Eutrophic Brazilian Gem- Lake Restoration

A blog written by a senior technical consultant from a UK consulting company outlined the success of the recent application of Phoslock to Lake Pampulha, Brazil. Lake Pampulha is a eutrophied lake that has… Read more
06 Jul 2016

Total Economic Value of Improving Water Quality by Reducing Nutrients in Lakes

It is generally accepted that there is a cost to the natural environment and general aesthetics of lakes around the world due to nutrient pollution. However, recently economists have married the ecological data and… Read more
27 Apr 2016

How Long Does it Take to Obtain a Patent?

The time required for a patent to be granted will depend on the registration procedure and a number of other factors that will vary from country to country. Phoslock Environmental Technologies (PET) lodged a… Read more
13 Apr 2016

Unfit for drinking – pollution from industry and agriculture found in groundwater

An article that was recently published in The New York Times reported, “according to Chinese media sources” greater than 80% of the water from underground wells used by many villages and small towns was… Read more