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Hi Everyone,
Interesting things are going
on. I just learned last week about the IFAT 2002 conference
and exhibition in Munich last week. After visiting their web
site and seeing what it was all about, I thought I would share that
information with you. This is a huge exhibit, with almost
2,000 exhibitors!
As always, our Help Forum is full of
people needing help and advise about water and wastewater treatment
issues. Check out two of the messages below from this past
week and see for your self.
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May 13 - 17, 2002
Munich Trade Fair Center
Munich, Germany
IFAT
has developed into the world's leading fair in the fields of waste
water, waste disposal and recycling. In 1999, a new theme area was
added - 'Water Supply', which is a key subject for the future. Now,
for the first time, all the leading companies in the water supply
industry will be represented at IFAT 2002.
For the five days of the fair,
exhibitors at IFAT 2002 will be putting on a display of all the
latest trends and developments in the field of water supply, sewage,
waste disposal and recycling, road cleansing, winter road services,
disposal of old industrial waste, soil treatments, measurement,
control and laboratory technology, services, exhaust gas and air
cleansing, and science and research.
+20% More Exhibitors
About ten weeks before the start of
IFAT 2002, registrations are already above the level reached at the
same point before the last event. At present 1,968 exhibitors and
136 additionally represented companies from 39 countries have
registered to take part.
The organizer has also received
confirmation of attendance from ministers of the environment from
all over the world and from many high-ranking delegations of
visitors from Germany and abroad, in particular from overseas and
from Eastern Europe.
In the section on water treatment,
too, there are considerably more firms this time that specialize in
commercial and rainwater supplies. And, another first there will be
a display of machinery and equipment by various manufacturers.
Topical themes to be tackled at the fair will of course include the
subject of deposits on cans and the current legislation on water and
waste water.
Concurrent Symposium by European
Water Association
Taking place concurrently with IFAT
2002 in Munich, is the 12th European Water, Sewage and Solid Waste
Symposium, organized by the European Water Association (EWA) in
cooperation with the German Association for Water, Waste Water and
Waste (DVWK). Presented at this symposium will be a series of
lectures and workshops on topical themes such as TV inspection to
increase efficiency in operation and maintenance, membrane
technology for drinking water and sewage, waste incineration in
Europe and the logistics of waste management.
On all days of the fair the German
Federal Office for the Environment will be holding 'IFAT Talk' panel
discussions on current environmental themes. The talks will also be
broadcast live on the Internet ( www.umweltbundesamt.de
).
More information about the exhibit
and conference contact: IFAT 2002
Web site: http://www.ifat.de/ Email: info@ifat.de Phone (+49 89) 9 49-113 58
Fax (+49 89) 9 49-113 59
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nitrogen (TN) and total organic carbon (TOC) in liquid samples. The
TNMs are available for the laboratory TOC-V units or the process
on-line TOC-4100.
Analysis
time is approximately 4 minutes per analysis. The TNM measuring
range is 50 ppb to 4000 ppm for the laboratory unit. Optional ASI-V
autosampler holds up to 93 samples. Optional SSM-5000A Solid Sample
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Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI)
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Kyoto, Japan. Shimadzu's Analytical Division is one of the world's
three largest manufacturers of analytical instrumentation and
environmental monitoring equipment. In 1975, SSI corporate
headquarters was established in Columbia, Maryland to provide
analytical solutions to a wide range of laboratories in North,
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"..Project
is Valued at $40M"
Earth Tech Wins Water Project in
Scotland
Project will provide reliable water
for two of Scotland's most northerly regions
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 19
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scottish Water has awarded Earth Tech, a
business unit of Tyco International Ltd., in a joint venture with
Morrison Construction, a major water project in the Caithness and
Sutherland regions of the Scottish Highlands.
The project -- referred to as the
North Coast Regional Scheme -- involves modifications to an existing
water intake source at Loch Calder, construction of a new water
treatment works (WTW) facility, 53 miles of pipeline, two reservoirs
and two booster stations. Work on this design/build project is
valued at $40 million and is scheduled to begin at the water
treatment facility in June. The entire distribution system is
scheduled to begin providing improved water by December 2003.
"Most of this infrastructure was
built in the '50s and '60s and is in dire need of upgrading and
refurbishing," said Diane C. Creel, president of Earth Tech.
"This project is part of Scottish Water's $250 million effort
to improve the drinking water in this area and it will provide clean
water for the more than 30,000 residents in Caithness and
Sutherland."
When completed, water will be
abstracted from Loch Calder and conveyed via an existing raw water
pipeline to the new works. The treated water will be distributed
throughout Caithness and North Sutherland using a combination of
existing main lines and the new pipeline that will run from Loch
Calder WTW along the North Sutherland coastline to Tongue. Two
service reservoirs and booster pumping stations along the pipeline
complete the scheme project.
The new Loch Calder WTW facility will
have a capacity of 4.6 million gallons of water per day and will
supply water for all of the Caithness regions and the northern
section of Sutherland; it will replace 11 existing water treatment
facilities.
About Earth Tech
Founded in 1970, Earth Tech http://www.earthtech.com/
is an international provider of global water management and
transportation, engineering and environmental services. Earth Tech
is headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., and employs more than 9,000
people in nearly 200 offices worldwide.
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Other
Scrubber Sales in SE Asia Contribute to Sale
Chinese WWTP Orders Met-Pro Odor
Control Systems
HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., April 23
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- William L. Kacin, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Met-Pro Corporation (NYSE: MPR) , announced
today that the Company's Duall Division, through Met-Pro's
International Division's efforts, has received an order to supply
six Model PT500-25MD two-stage packaged odor control scrubber
systems to the Nanjing Municipal Water Co., Ltd., Nanjing, People's
Republic of China, for removal of odors from their waste processing
operation. These systems, to be manufactured at Duall's Owosso,
Michigan facility, take advantage of the synergies within Met-Pro
Corporation by utilizing Fybroc Division pumps. The total value of
this order is $1.5 million and is scheduled for shipment in the
second quarter of this fiscal year.
Contributing
to Met-Pro's success in securing this order is a strong alliance
with a Chinese distributor reinforced by Duall's large installed
base of odor control systems worldwide. Particularly important to
this order were Duall's successful $900,000 project of seven
scrubbers with Chartered Semiconductor Partners (CSP) in Singapore;
familiarity of the Chinese distributor with Duall scrubbers at the
Hyperion Waste Water Treatment Plant in Los Angeles, California; and
a site visit by the Chief Engineer of the Nanjing Municipal Design
and Research Institute to Duall's $1.1 million odor control
installation in Atlanta, Georgia that was the "Featured
Facility Tour" at the Water Environment Federation Annual
Conference and Exposition in October, 2001.
"This will be our first major
installation of an odor control system in China," said Kacin.
"The People's Republic of China joined the World Trade
Organization and has begun the cleanup of its environment in
preparation for hosting the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. We are
actively involved in developing the vast potential for our products
in China through a number of means including sales visits, joint
trade show exhibits and translation of selected sales literature
into Chinese. We are excited about our future in this market.
"As mentioned in prior news
releases," continued Kacin, "the past few months have been
particularly challenging. We are encouraged by our success in being
selected for this project and it reinforces our belief that
circumstances are improving for the release of other projects that
we are pursuing."
Met-Pro is a manufacturer of air and
water pollution control systems; fume scrubbers and odor control
equipment; fluid handling equipment for corrosive, abrasive and high
temperature liquids; filter products for drinking water, industrial
and custom applications; wet and dry particulate dust collectors;
specialty chemicals for controlling corrosion and reducing
lead/copper in public drinking water; and state-of-the-art fans for
laboratory and clean room applications.
For more information contact:
Mr. William L. Kacin Met-Pro Corporation
160 Cassell Road
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
Telephone: 215-723-6751
Fax: 215-723-6758
Email: mpr@met-pro.com
Web site: http://www.met-pro.com/
Help
Forum
Hot Messages from the Help
Forum
People post their requests for help and offer their
suggestions to others in our open forum.
Mr. Thomas wants to remove
nitrogen from wastewater:
I am looking at treating contaminated
waters from a manufacturing process. This waste stream mainly
contains oil emulsions, suspended solids, as well as low levels of
metals. Using a chemical flocculants has removed all above mentioned
contaminants to acceptable levels, however total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
remains 260ppm.
We're a new and young environmental
engineering consulting firm in Uganda called Air Water Earth
Ltd. We are seeking advice on, first, highly recommended
wastewater systems design software we can buy. Second, is there a
design handbook for wastewater systems, one that is a must-have for
a consultant in water/wastewater field?
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Share your expertise with others in the Help
Forum.
Photos
Wanted
Call For Photographs!
This
week's photo is of installation of
Hydro International's Grit King, grit removal system for
wastewater headworks. The unit pictured is installed at the North of
River WWTP in Bakersfield, CA and is designed for a peak flow of 12
mgd. and discharges collected grit by gravity.
We would love to have your photo of a
water treatment process, new plant or equipment "action
shot" for our home page. If you have a favorite
photograph of water treatment at its best, please e-mail us a jpeg
or gif of the photo with a description of what is in the photo for
our home page.
We are currently assisting one of our
clients in locating the following individual for a position in Tampa
Bay, Florida. This position will involve taking a critical role in
the design of the second desalination plant to be constructed in
Tampa Bay.
Candidate must have a B.S. in
engineering (civil or environmental)
Min 4- 8 years experience in
design of water treatment systems; desalination preferred.
Min. of EIT desired with goal to
get PE within one year.
Capabilities should include
preparation of plans and specifications of membrane processes,
knowledgeable in water quality and current regulations in the
drinking water industry.
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