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  2. Sand-based athletic fields - Wikipedia

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    Sand-based athletic fields are sports turf playing fields constructed on top of sand surfaces. It is important that turf managers select the most suitable type of sand when constructing these fields, as sands with different shapes offer varied pros and cons. Regular maintenance of sand-based athletic fields is just as important as the initial construction of the field. [1]

  3. Swimming pool sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The sand in the filter will typically last five to seven years before all the "rough edges" are worn off, and the more tightly packed sand no longer works as intended [citation needed]. Recommended filtration for public/commercial pools is 1 ton sand per 100,000 liters water (10 ounces avdp. per cubic foot of water) [7.48 US or 6.23 UK gallons].

  4. Rapid sand filter - Wikipedia

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    Rapid sand filters use relatively coarse sand (0.5 to 1.0 mm) and other granular media, such as anthracite, in beds of 0.6 to 1.2 metre depth to remove particles and impurities that have been trapped in a floc through the use of flocculation chemicals—typically alum. Since media other than silica sand can be used in such filters, a more ...

  5. How Many Americans Have Pools? Here's the Number of Swimming ...

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    New York. Number of Residential Swimming Pools: 503,000. Average Number of People per Pool: 38. Despite being surrounded by water, New York still has one of the highest numbers of U.S. swimming pools.

  6. Sand filter - Wikipedia

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    Sand filter used for water treatment. Sand filters are used as a step in the water treatment process of water purification. There are three main types; rapid (gravity) sand filters, upward flow sand filters and slow sand filters. All three methods are used extensively in the water industry throughout the world.

  7. Methylamine - Wikipedia

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    Methylamine has been produced industrially since the 1920s (originally by Commercial Solvents Corporation for dehairing of animal skins). [4] This was made possible by Kazimierz Smoleński [] and his wife Eugenia who discovered amination of alcohols, including methanol, on alumina or kaolin catalyst after WWI, filed two patent applications in 1919 [5] and published an article in 1921.

  8. Saving 'Maine way of life': Why a group is fighting plans for ...

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    Patterson, who also lives at Sand Pond, appeared before the city’s Site Plan Review Committee with his proposal earlier this month. In an email on March 13, he said he's changing his plans ...

  9. Quicksand doesn't just happen in Hollywood. It happened on a ...

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    It turns out that quicksand, known as supersaturated sand, is a real thing around the world, even in Maine, far from the jungle locations where Hollywood has used it to add drama by ensnaring actors.