In the early 1990s, the first electric water controllers appeared on the market to help industry professionals accurately and reliably track water levels in cooling towers, waste water tanks, boilers, irrigation lakes and other large capacity ...

Hypothermia is an abnormally low body temperature often caused by over-exposure to cold temperatures, such as a person immersed in a cold body of water (40 degrees and lower) for a period of 30 minutes. If not treated quickly, victims of ...

Evaporative cooling units are available in a variety of sizes and models today, but the use of evaporative cooling has been around since ancient Rome. Is it possible that an ancient cooling solution just might be an effective, efficient and ...

Controlling weeds isn’t a high priority for a plant manager at a California water and wastewater management facility. But it became a nuisance when the handling of weed pesticides caused some concerns with new California state regulations. ...

Many of the thousands of military personnel who have deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and other distant lands in recent years have packed their duty-related equipment and gear into sturdy plastic bins made by Contico of St. Louis.

Going green may not seem like a main concern for a correctional institution, especially when security, safety and cost-efficient operations are top priorities.

"By November 2005 it was like we were sitting in a big box of match heads, that’s how dry it was in Oklahoma," Incident Commander Mark Goeller recalls. "We also had unusually high temperatures and strong winds, up to 40 miles ...

Lean manufacturing is a systematic way to reduce waste, save time and create high performance organizations. Sometimes it can save lives, too. Case in point: At the Letterkenny Army Depot at Chambersburg, Penn., employees fabricate reinforced ...