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Goal 4: Efficient Water Use & Management

Aware of the arid climate of northern New Mexico, water reduction and conservation remains a primary concern at LANL.

Sanitary Effluent Reclamation Facility: Using reverse osmosis to superpurify water reduces bacterial growth and mineral build up, allowing the system to circulate water up to four times in the High-Performance Computing Center.

LANSCE cooling towers circulate water for evaporative cooling. LANL is testing methods for decreased water and chemical use at this location.

Gabriel C. Herrera of LANL checks gauges on piping inside the Sanitary Effluent Reclamation Facility (SERF).

Sanitary Effluent Reclamation Facility: In an effort to reduce water consumption, the SERF was constructed to treat and process sanitary effluent water used for cooling the supercomputing facilities.

Sandia Canyon: Water from the SERF is used to keep the wetlands healthy to transform hexavalent into trivalent chromium.

Other News from LANL

Los Alamos director echoes cyber concerns Director Charlie McMillan told a gathering of energy executives that securing the electrical grid is a major concern now and it’s only becoming more serious. May 21, 2013
Los Alamos National Laboratory selects three small businesses for environmental work The companies chosen are Terranear PMC, Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., and Adelante Consulting, Inc.May 14, 2013
Domestic production of medical isotope Mo-99 moves a step closer Irradiated uranium fuel has been recycled and reused for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production, with virtually no losses in Mo-99 yields or uranium recovery. May 13, 2013
Neutron reactions and climate uncertainties earn Los Alamos scientists DOE Early Career Awards Marian Jandel and Nathan Urban are among the 61 national recipients of the Energy Department’s Early Career Research Program awards for 2013.May 10, 2013

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