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Florida : Daytona Voted
Best-Tasting Drinking Water
 DAYTONA
BEACH, Fla.-- For the clearest and best-tasting water
flowing from municipal taps, The City of Daytona Beach wins
gold at the largest and longest running water-tasting
contest in the world. The city attained this achievement
after upgrading its water disinfection system with the
expertise of Carter VerPlanck, a Tampa-based provider of
water and wastewater solutions who customized and oversaw
installation of the system.
Presented in February 2005 at the
Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting festival in
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, The City of Daytona Beach
won the prestigious gold medal for best municipal water in
the United States. Daytona Beach was among 32 entries in the
municipal water category.
In 1999, Daytona Beach wastewater
officials made the decision to upgrade its disinfection
system at the Brennan Water Treatment Plant, identifying the
need to replace its 25-year old chlorination facility. Based
on various investigations, municipal officials chose on-site
generation of sodium hypochlorite as the preferred
disinfection process and enlisted Carter VerPlanck.
Carter VerPlanck provided
ClorTec, an on-site sodium hypochlorite generator which is
the leading supplier of one of the safest disinfection
alternatives. A key to eliminating waterborne diseases,
Chlorine has been invaluable in producing safe and sanitary
drinking water.
The benefits of a ClorTec on-site
system include best overall ownership cost, safety, reduced
operational costs, consistent solution strength, and
production on demand. However, the most important benefit is
the improved water quality. The on-site generation of
chlorine is not only cost effective, but also a reliable and
safe alternative to the dangers of transporting hazardous
chemicals. ClorTec is a safe and efficient system that
provides the benefits of chlorine without the hazards of
chemical handling and storage.
Carter VerPlanck, founded in
1927, provides innovative products and process lines for the
water and wastewater treatment industries. C&V focuses on
providing value-added process knowledge and supplying the
most advanced and dependable products available. The company
delivers "clearly exceptional service" before, during and
after the sale to all its clients. C&V represents
manufacturers in Florida and Georgia.
For more information, visit
http://www.carterverplanck.com/
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Sold : Parsons Acquires RCI
Construction Group
 PASADENA,
Calif.-- Parsons, a leader in construction management and
technical solutions, announced today that it has acquired
RCI Construction Group (RCI). RCI is a Sumner,
Washington-based firm with over $300 million in contracts
that specializes in transportation, infrastructure, civil
and industrial construction, environmental site remediation,
and residential and commercial development projects.
The
all-cash sale includes both Robison Construction, Inc., and
RCI Environmental, Inc.; two separate operating companies,
and over 400 pieces of heavy construction equipment in
Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii.
"We're very pleased to have RCI join the Parsons family of
companies. RCI will bring focused construction and
construction support services expertise that will expand
Parsons' design-build capabilities," commented David Backus,
President, Parsons Water & Infrastructure. "Design/build,
water and wastewater, transportation, military housing,
environmental, and residential/commercial development are
all areas in which both Parsons and RCI excel."
"The
synergies of the two companies are unbelievable; you
couldn't ask for a better match. Both cultures, including
safety standards, are mirror images of each other," stated
Mark Robison, Founder and Chairman of RCI Construction
Group.
"Parsons saw an opportunity to bring its vast experience and
design/build capabilities to RCI and provide a new avenue
for the RCI team to grow and progress," remarked Andy
Albrecht, RCI's CEO and President. "This acquisition will
propel us to world-class status, while building on RCI's
time-proven construction practices."
Terms
of the sale were not disclosed. Robison will retain all
properties and lease back to Parsons.
About
Parsons: Parsons, with over 60 years of setting
industry standards, is a leader in many diversified markets
such as water, aviation, infrastructure, planning,
facilities, industrial processes, communications,
transportation, environmental, and advanced technology.
Parsons provides technical and management solutions to
private industrial customers worldwide as well as to
federal, regional, and local government agencies. For more
about Parsons, please visit
www.parsons.com
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Weekly Update : Iraq
Reconstruction
 Washington,
DC -- Weekly Update -- This fact sheet highlights overall
accomplishments and some weekly activities from USAID’s
reconstruction efforts in Iraq. For more information on
USAID’s programs in Iraq please see:
www.usaid.gov/iraq
Highlights this week
Engineers are working to refurbish mechanical equipment at a
Karbala sewage treatment plant. The plant was never entirely
completed by the previous regime, and has not provided
satisfactory primary sewage treatment. Prior to the
refurbishment activity, the plant processed only about 30
percent of the sewage produced by Karbala’s 549,000
inhabitants.
Moreover, at some point its secondary aerobic digesters were
contaminated with diesel fuel, making them unsuitable to
process sludge. Recent activity at the plant has included
the refurbishment of mechanical equipment at the primary
sedimentation tank, sludge pumping station, inlet pumping
station and flocculation tanks. Piledriving continues at the
secondary sedimentation tanks. Alteration of the final
discharge channel to adapt to a new primary effluent screw
pump station is ongoing. The aeration tank is being prepared
for refurbishment and its infiltrated water sump-pumped out.
Preparatory work and dewatering continues at several pumping
stations.
Mechanical and electrical work is underway at water and
sanitation facilities serving rural areas of Diyala
governorate. The plants require rehabilitation and expansion
to better serve the 60,000 residents of the region. The
water treatment plant is operating well below capacity and
only provides 33 percent of the potable water needed for the
region. As a result, many local residents rely on untreated
well water which can lead to outbreaks of dangerous
water-born diseases like typhoid and cholera. This project
is 66 percent finished and is set for completion in May
2005.
The
trunk sewer systems serving Zafaraniyah, a district in South
Eastern Baghdad, are being augmented due to their
dilapidated state. The current sewer system is undersized
and unreliable. Sections have collapsed, deteriorated or
been damaged. This disrepair causes leaks and flow blockage
which results in frequent overflows sending raw sewage into
homes and onto neighborhood streets. The flooding generates
exposed pools of raw sewage which contribute to the spread
of water-borne communicable diseases such as typhoid,
cholera, diphtheria, and malaria.
The
project will add gravity-flow lines and pumps to the
existing main trunk sewage line. To make the system
reliable, two major pump stations also require a total of 10
pumps, both vertical and horizontal types, and supporting
electrical systems.
Source: USAID,
http://www.usaid.gov/
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New : Acoustic Detection of Pump Leaks
 SPRING
HOUSE, PA -- Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has
developed a new acoustic diagnostics system for
preventive maintenance on oscillating
positive-displacement pumps.
Sitrans DA400 (Diagnosis
Acoustic) continuously monitors the pump status and
detects even the smallest leaks on pump valves.
The new system comprises an
acoustic sensor mounted on the pump, and the diagnostics
device connected to the sensor by up to twenty meters of
cable. With continuous online monitoring of leaks,
leakage losses of as low as two percent can be detected,
indicating a drop in efficiency of the pump, and
unscheduled plant standstills can thus be avoided. The
measurement results are displayed online on the
diagnostics device, or transferred to the control room
over Profibus, and analyzed there in the Simatic PCS 7
process control system, for example.
Sitrans DA400 is suitable for
all oscillating positive-displacement pumps as used, for
example, in mining, the chemicals industry,
petrochemicals, and sewage treatment to pump, say,
fluids containing impure solids such as sludge. The
diagnostics device in degree of protection IP65 can be
operated between minus 20 and plus 60 degrees Celsius,
and the sensor in IP66/68 between minus 40 and plus 110
degrees.
The ultrasonic acoustic
sensor detects cavitation generated by the
structure-borne sound at the leakage point. Previous
processes were costly and not sufficiently reliable. In
the case of critical pumps, for example, and depending
on the load, personnel regularly had to inspect the
plant on foot and use their experience to listen for any
faults.
For more information visit:
https://pia.khe.siemens.com/index.asp?Nr=12440
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Position Available
Sanitary District No. 5 of
Marin County (SD#5) is nestled in the beautiful communities
of Tiburon and Belvedere. SD#5 provides wastewater
collection, treatment and disposal for the eastern half of
the Town of Tiburon, a portion of the Tiburon peninsula, and
(as of July 1, 2005) the City of Belvedere. Currently, the
District serves a population of approximately 7,300.
The Board of Directors is
seeking a seasoned professional with excellent interpersonal
and communication skills for their new District Manager.
The ideal candidate will have
the ability to work cooperatively with the Board of
Directors in establishing the goals and objectives for the
District. An innovative strategic planner who is efficient,
effective, responsive, and will move the organization
forward is highly desired. The District Manager reports to
an elected five member Board and oversees a full-time staff
of 8-9 employees, with additional contract personnel.
Candidates with a strong
personnel background and the ability to cultivate excellent
working relationships with all staff by having an open door
policy and creating a teamwork atmosphere are sought. The
ideal candidate will possess project management, budgetary,
and fiscal skills.
Candidates should possess
seven years of directly related experience at an
administrative, management, or staff level in a wastewater
district or municipal government, with at least two years as
a manager or supervisor. A Bachelors Degree in Public
Administration, Environmental Health, Civil Engineering, or
a related field is desired.
The salary for the District
Manager is $95,016-127,092, negotiable DOQ. The District
also offers an attractive benefits package.
If you are interested in this
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