As Canada takes significant steps to protect its marine ecosystems from the threats of aquatic invasive species, sea shipping companies operating in Canadian waters must adhere to the newly enacted Ballast Water Regulations within the Canada Shipping Act. These regulations aim to minimize the unintentional introduction and spread of harmful organisms through discharged ballast water. [...]
Because of its tendency to scale, it is critical to monitor silica concentrations in applications such as semiconductor rinse water and steam power generation. Much of the burden in maintaining silica analyzers relates in some way to the required use of reagents and having to calibrate. As such, recent enhancements have targeted the automation [...]
July 14, 2022 concluded a four-week open house IC Controls held at its facility in Orangeville Ontario. Bringing together people from engineering firms, municipalities, water and wastewater treatment plants, it demonstrated new analyzers from Thermo Scientific Orion and provided a sneak peek at its new digital sensor platform currently in development. Measure in wastewater [...]
In practice, discharge thresholds for Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) in effluent in Canada are becoming more stringent. Although the federal limit of 0.02 mg/ L has been the same for many years, some provinces are introducing measures that require more precision and lower limits of detection. For example, some Environmental Compliance Authorizations (ECA) in [...]
