Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wells with high radium levels from aquifers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri and the Mid-Atlantic states negatively impact drinking water and wastewater, etc. “Na-4 mica” (via kaolinite clay) is a synthetic clay. The synthetic clay of Professor Komarneni and his research team at PSU is cheaper (by about half) and better at removal and storage of radium (224,226,228Ra) from drinking water, groundwater, and wastewater. Removal of Ra is via conventional ion exchange systems and/or Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs), and permeable clay liners. This ceramic water filter is superior for other divalent metals (90Sr2+, Ba2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, and Cu2+) – from cradle to grave
| Ralph N. Smith, B.A. , Wisconsin Ground Water Association | |
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Ralph N. Smith received a B.A. in Geography (Soil Geomorphology) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985. He was a member of the UW-Madison Soil Science Department Academic Staff from 1986-1987 on nitrogen/corn experiments. In 1989 he studied Physical Hydrogeology at UW-Milwaukee. In 1990-1991, Smith was the Lead for the State of Montana as a Hydrogeologist for the Solid Waste Program. In 1992 he started LandFarm Inc. In 1994 he worked for Blue Ridge Services in Bozeman, Montana as an Environmwental Consultant. From 1996-1999 he worked as a consultant to find new markets for phlogopite mica. From 2000 to the present, Smith has worked for the State of Wisconsin as a Petroleum Hydrogeologist in the Bureau of PECFA (Petroleum Environmental Cleanup Fund Act). |
