01 Feb 2017

“More than US$2.5 billion used to fight water pollution in China was misused” according to Chinese auditors

Over the last couple of days both Reuters and China Central Television (cctv.com) have reported that “China’s top auditor has found that 17.6 billion yuan (about 2.56 billion U.S. dollars) of fiscal funds earmarked… Read more
26 Jan 2017

Applying Phoslock to sections of water bodies partitioned by impermeable barriers

Phoslock is generally applied to the entire surface of a lake, however in very large water bodies or targeted localities this may not be possible due to budgetary or logistical constraints. In these situations,… Read more
23 Nov 2016

China’s fight against air pollution is showing progress but now the focus is on its growing issue of widespread water pollution

An article published in the Business Standard (www.business-standard.com) on the 20th November 2016 reported that China has made progress on reducing air pollution however “despite commitments to crack down on polluters, the quality of… Read more
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