Zelienople, PA -- The F. B. Leopold Company, Inc. announced that the company was purchased from RWE Thames Water by Leopold’s executive management team and a Pittsburgh-based private equity group, PNC Equity Partners.

Headquartered in Western Pennsylvania since 1924, Leopold is a leading supplier of filtration and clarification systems for the municipal water and wastewater treatment industry for over 80 years. Leopold has its headquarters office and manufacturing facility located in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, and also maintains a sales office in the UK and an anthracite processing facility in Watsontown, Pennsylvania.

RWE Thames Water, the owner of Leopold since 1992, cited the reason for the sale as a shift in its core business strategy to the delivery of water and wastewater services.

“We’re excited about our new ownership,” commented Michael Ulizio, president and chief executive officer of Leopold, “and we look forward to continuing to build on the solid performance we’ve attained over the life of the company”.

F. B. Leopold Company

An industry leader with innovative technologies since 1924, the F.B. Leopold Company, Inc. has long been a global leader in the water and wastewater industry. Since its establishment in 1924, Leopold has pioneered and acquired a number of innovative technologies aimed at improving the quality of water, from the initial dual parallel lateral underdrain to the newly advanced Leopold® Universal® Type S® underdrain, and from the Leopold Clari-Trac-2™ (CT2) submerged sludge collector to Leopold® Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) systems.

Source: http://www.FBLeopold.com/

Operations : U.S. Virgin Islands Partners with Veolia Water

HOUSTON, TX -- The Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has awarded its first-ever design-build operate contract to a private-sector firm for the development of a comprehensive, long-term solution to the wastewater management needs of the St. Thomas and St. Croix Islands.

VWNA Caribbean, LLC., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veolia Water North America Operating Services Inc., (Veolia Water) has won a $123 million, 20-year contract to design, construct and operate two new 4-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment facilities. One facility, the Anguilla wastewater treatment plant, will be located on St. Croix. The second facility, the St. Thomas Red Point wastewater treatment plant, will be located on St. Thomas and includes the decommissioning of existing lagoons on that site. A five year renewal option for continued operations is also part of the contract.

"Critical in our decision was that we wanted the highest possible international standards for these two projects," said Commissioner Wayne D. Callwood of the Department of Public Works. "Veolia Water provides that standard."

Through treatment of the waste stream, Veolia Water will help the territory meet the requirements of a 1996 agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning ocean discharge.

"This truly is some of the most pristine water in the world," said Joe Ortiz, regional vice president, Veolia Water North America. "Our objective is to keep this water at its unspoiled level by treating the waste stream using our proven technology and years of operating expertise."

Veolia Water expects the design phase of the contract to last 10 months, followed by a construction phase lasting approximately 24 months. Both new wastewater plants should be fully operational in two-and-a-half years.

In addition to working with the U.S. Virgin Islands on the two new facilities, Veolia Water has been working with island officials on an emergency basis since early February to help repair St. Croix's collection system and pump stations. "We quickly mobilized a team of experts and moved in to help. Immediate access to technology and expertise is just one of the many benefits local governments realize when partnering with the private sector for water services," added Ortiz.

Headquartered in Houston, Veolia Water North America (formerly known as USFilter Operating Services) operates approximately 400 municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities in the United States and Canada. In addition to designing, building and operating water and wastewater treatment facilities for municipalities, the company also provides services to a wide of range of industrial markets, including automotive, refining, chemical, steel and oil and gas, to name a few.

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Veolia Water North America is the leading provider of comprehensive water and wastewater services to municipal and industrial customers, providing services to approximately 14 million people in more than 600 communities. The company is part of Veolia Water, the No. 1 water company in the world serving more than 110 million customers. Veolia Water is the Water Division of Veolia Environment (NYSE:VE)(Paris Bourse:VIE), the largest environmental services company in the world with more than 310,000 employees in about 80 countries and annual revenues of more than $28.6 billion.

Visit the company's Web sites at www.veoliawaterna.com

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and Isco, Inc. jointly announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement which provides for the merger of Isco, Inc. with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated. Upon the consummation of the merger, which is subject to the approval of Isco's shareholders as well as other customary closing conditions, Teledyne will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Isco for $16.00 per share in cash.

"Over the past 45 years, Dr. Allington, a pioneer in the instrumentation field, has built Isco into an outstanding company with innovative products and a reputation for high quality and customer service. The combination of Isco and Teledyne's instrumentation businesses should provide an excellent platform for future growth," said Robert Mehrabian, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Teledyne Technologies. "Isco's water quality monitoring instruments, including samplers, flow meters and on-line process analyzers are highly complementary to our existing environmental instrumentation product lines. Furthermore, Isco's liquid chromatography systems and media provide an exciting entry for Teledyne into the high growth drug discovery and biotechnology markets."

Robert W. Allington, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Isco, Inc. said, "We are pleased that Isco will have a strong new owner that has demonstrated its desire to grow its instrumentation businesses. The long-term opportunities arising through our complementary operations should provide excellent growth for Isco's business, employees and our community."

Over the last two and a half years, Teledyne has acquired four environmental instrumentation companies. The acquisition of Advanced Pollution Instrumentation, Inc. and Monitor Labs, Inc. expanded Teledyne's industrial gas analysis business into the environmental air quality and gas analysis markets. The acquisitions of Tekmar-Dohrmann and Leeman Labs added laboratory instruments for the detection and analysis of organic and inorganic compounds in drinking water and wastewater.

Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronic components, instruments and communication products, systems engineering solutions, aerospace engines and components and on-site gas and power generation systems. Teledyne Technologies has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada. For more information, visit Teledyne Technologies' website at www.teledyne.com.

Isco is a leading producer of water quality monitoring products such as wastewater samplers and open channel flow meters. The company's liquid chromatography customers include pharmaceutical laboratories involved in drug discovery and development. Isco also manufactures chemical separation instruments for industrial and research use. On-line process control instruments for the wastewater market are produced by STIP-Isco for worldwide distribution. For more information, visit Isco's website at www.isco.com.

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Cowlitz Sewer Operating Board - Superintendent Wanted

Cowlitz Sewer Operating Board, WA (pop. 45,000) seeks a superintendent, Salary: $61,548 - $78,948 DOQ

Greater Longview/Kelso, WA is located on Interstate 5, approximately 47 miles north of Portland and 135 miles south of Seattle.  The region is nestled between the banks of the Columbia and Cowlitz Rivers and is only a 90-minute drive west to the Pacific Ocean or east to the Cascade Mountains.  On clear days, Mt. St. Helens offers great views.

The Beacon Hill Sewer District, Cowlitz County and the Cities of Kelso and Longview formed the Cowlitz Sewer Operating Board (CSOB) through an interlocal agreement in the 1970s.  Reporting to the Board the Superintendent manages twenty full-time employees and is responsible for managing a $6.9 million budget and the daily operations of the treatment facilities.

Candidates must posses a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering, wastewater treatment, or related fields or an equivalent combination of education and experience, plus a minimum of four years experience in the operation of an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant including two years in a supervisory position.

The successful candidate must possess a Washington Wastewater Operators Certificate of Competency Group IV or must be able to obtain one within one year from date of appointment.  All qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply by May 16, 2004 (first review, open until filled).

Please send a letter of interest and resume to humanresources@prothman.com or by regular mail to:
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126 NW Canal St., Suite 210
Seattle, WA  98107
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