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Water and Waste Water Dot Com Newsletter
"For the water and wastewater treatment professional...."
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Vol. 3, No. 53, April 9, 2001
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 1533-449X
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@waterandwastewater.com
Copyright 1999-2001, Water and Waste Water Dot Com
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> Would You Have a Trade Show Exhibit With No Salesmen In It?
> MaterialNet Expands Relationship With USFilter
> First Ultrafiltration Plant for WoSW
> This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
> Ask Tom! Column
> Landmark Water Reclamation Project Approved for Orange County
> Water and Wastewater.Com had over 28,000+ visitors in March!
> GLI/Manning Model PST Portable Water/Wastewater Sampler
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe and Unsubscribe Information
> SEND THIS NEWSLETTER TO YOUR FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES....
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Contributors Wanted!
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Press releases, show announcements and industry news wanted!
Do you have company news, a new product, new service or other
information you would like to share with our subscribers?
DEADLINE for the next issue is: April 14th.
We give full credit to contributing authors. Please send your
news article or press release via e-mail to:
mailto:news@waterandwastewater.com
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MaterialNet Expands Relationship With USFilter
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Completes Implementation of Custom Procurement Platform
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- MaterialNet, a
leading provider of technology solutions for the procurement
of direct and indirect materials, goods and services, today
announced the completion of the implementation of its Custom
Procurement Platform (CPP) for USFilter, a global provider of
water treatment systems and services.
The Custom Procurement Platform is a web-enabled application
that permits USFilter's purchasing agents to manage the entire
sourcing process from creation of a Request for Proposal (RFP)
through purchasing order execution and material receipt. The
CPP is a tool for managing vendor relationships, centralizing
and analyzing key purchasing information, and driving
efficiencies throughout the procurement process.
"As a company that has grown rapidly through acquisition,
integration and consolidation of our inbound supply chain is
a key issue for us," said Bruce Beavis, Vice President Strategic
Sourcing. "The CPP provides an excellent vehicle for us to
create more efficient supply markets, drive internal procurement
process improvements, and achieve enterprise-wide visibility to
our supply chain."
Beavis continued, "With the help of MaterialNet's CPP, we will
be able to further rationalize our supplier base, and reduce
the procurement cost of direct materials. MaterialNet's CPP
has provided us with the comprehensive visibility we were
looking for."
Following a brief pilot, USFilter implemented the Custom
Procurement Platform across all of its business groups in a
matter of weeks. Using the CPP, the company is saving a
significant amount on its ongoing direct material requirements.
"USFilter is a world class organization with a clear track record
of utilizing e-commerce to improve its operations and reduce
material and process costs," said Joseph Pecoraro, Chief
Operating Officer of MaterialNet. "We are very pleased to
have been selected to assist them with their direct material
procurement."
About USFilter
USFilter, a Vivendi Water company, is the leading global
provider of commercial, industrial, municipal and residential
water and wastewater treatment systems, products and services,
with operations in more than 100 countries.
About MaterialNet
MaterialNet (http://www.materialnet.com) is a leading provider
of e-procurement solutions for direct and indirect materials,
goods and services. MaterialNet's solutions provide procurement
professionals with intuitive, easy-to-use, web-based tools that
create efficiencies and deliver savings.
SOURCE MaterialNet
Web Site: http://www.materialnet.com/
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First Ultrafiltration Plant for WoSW
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West of Scotland Water (WoSW) has recently awarded a contract,
under competitive tender, for its first ultrafiltration (UF)
plant to PCI-Water. The treatment works, being built for
Carradale, near Cambeltown, Kintyre, has been designed by
PCI-Water, using Hydranautics vertically mounted ultrafiltration
membranes. This would be the first installation in the UK
using a Hydranautics based UltraBar system.
Located on croft land, the water treatment plant operates for
18 hours per day, treating 270m3 daily and serving a population
of 750-1,000 in the Carradale area. Currently under commissioning
test, the plant manufacture and installation was completed
within 32 weeks. The contract covers the project's full
mechanical and electrical requirements, installation of four
borehole pumps and a rising main at the site, typical of many
new small groundwater sites, which need borehole pumping to
supply the works.
Metals are present in the raw water supply as a result of the
local geology. Drinking water must comply with regulated limits
above which the incidence of metals presence is not acceptable.
Where levels are too high, they must be reduced to the regulated
limits, achieved on this site by a novel metals removal stage
at the head of the works. The PCI-Water design uses duty and
standby contact tanks containing calcium carbonate. Dosing the
raw water with sodium hypochlorite removes the unwanted soluble
metals, through oxidation. This precipitates and the insoluble
metals in the water adhere to the high pH surfaces of the
calcium carbonate media. The resultant fouling is cleared
using a backwash facility.
Conventional metals removal systems operate using pressure
filters with catalytic media. These are more expensive to
install and operate. However, the PCI-Water system, which
uses sodium hypochlorite as the chlorination media for
oxidisation, consequently provides extra residual chlorine for
disinfection in the water supply, thus removing a process
stage and reducing opex costs. The UF unit is also run on
chlorinated water which helps reduce membrane fouling and
hence cleaning requirements.
"We are pleased to have the opportunity to provide and install
our first UF plant for WoSW. Our novel approach to disinfection,
metals removal and process control shows that we can compete
well in the small UF plant market," said Sales Manager
Mike Hughes, from PCI-Water.
For more information please contact:
Ms. Gale Rudd
PCI-Water
Tel: +44 01792 310454
Fax: +44 01792 310331
mailto:gale.rudd@pcimem.com
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This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
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Top picks from the Reading Room this week are:
"Filtration - Equipment Selection Modeling and
Process"
by Richard J. Wakeman, E. S. Tarleton
Hardcover, 300 pages, 1998
"Advances in Slow Sand and Biological
Filtration"
by N. J. D. Graham (Editor), Robin Collins (Editor)
Paperback, 462 pages, June 1996
"Reservoir Sedimentation Handbook:
Design of Dams, Reservoirs and Watersheds for Sustainable Use"
by G. Morris (editor)
Hard Cover, 704 pages, September 1997
We thank you for your continued support of the Reading Room.
Do you need a book? Can you suggest a book you love, that we
should have in the Reading Room? Let me know and we will
try to include it!
You can visit the Reading Room and view the selections we
have made for you at:
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/www_services/readingroom.htm
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Ask Tom Column!
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THIS MONTH'S ARTICLE
"Considerations for Control Systems Part 2: Flow Measurement"
by Dan Capano, DTS, Inc.
You can read Dan's article at:
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/www_services/asktom.htm
PAST Ask Tom! ARCHIVED ARTCLES
Web Address for Ask Tom! Archive is:
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/www_services/ask_tom_archive/toc.htm
-- WE NEED YOUR GUEST ARTICLES --
Do you have an area of expertise in water treatment, have you
solved a difficult wastewater problem? You too, can be an Ask Tom! guest author!
Share your knowledge with others and promote yourself (the
old publish or perish is true!) by contributing an article
to the Ask Tom! Column.
For more information, please contact Tom Keenan at:
info@nesa.ie
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Landmark Water Reclamation Project Approved for Orange County
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The Groundwater Replenishment System will provide a safe,
reliable supply of purified water for a growing region
April 3, 2001 (Fountain Valley, Calif.) -- Orange County water
and wastewater officials Wednesday night approved the first
phase of a $600 million project that will produce up to 140,000
acre-feet of near-distilled water through membrane purification
from highly treated sewer water. The Groundwater Replenishment
System, which is scheduled to be online in 2005, will produce
water for replenishment of Orange County's large groundwater
basin, helping to make the area less dependent on water from
Northern California and the Colorado River.
The Orange County Water District and the Orange County
Sanitation District are partners in this joint venture, which
was approved overwhelmingly by both boards of directors. The
first phase of the project will cost $352 million and will
help the county meet the future water demands of a rapidly
growing region.
"I applaud Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
for its many efforts to provide future water reliability for
Southern California in the face of cutbacks in the Colorado
River and threats to water from Northern California," said
Irv Pickler, chair of the Joint Cooperative Committee of the
Groundwater Replenishment System. "We want to complement
those water reliability efforts in Orange County with this
project."
The Groundwater Replenishment System will take highly treated
sewer water and, through microfiltration, reverse osmosis
and ultraviolet disinfection, produce near distilled-quality
water. The water will then be pumped via a 13-mile pipeline
to spreading basins where it will blend with Orange County's
other sources of water from Northern California, the Colorado
River and the Santa Ana River.
"The Groundwater Replenishment System provides us with the
water diversity we will need should any one of our current
sources be reduced," said Pickler. "The GWR System also
helps 'drought-proof' Orange County, which is critical for
a semi-arid region like Southern California.
Phase One of the Groundwater Replenishment System will produce
70,000 acre-feet of water per year, enough to satisfy the
annual water needs of 140,000 families. Orange County is
expected to grow by nearly 600,000 people by 2020, bringing
the districts' service area to 2.8 million, who will require
an additional 180,000 acre-feet of water per year. Without
the Groundwater Replenishment System, the county would need
to purchase more -- and more expensive -- imported water.
The water will be so pure that it will reverse a growing
mineral content problem in the basin caused by filling the
groundwater basin with Colorado River water.
As an added benefit, producing water through the GWR System
requires half of the energy it takes to pump water to Orange
County from Northern California. Phase One of the project
will save about 140 million kilowatt hours each year, enough
electricity to serve more than 21,000 homes.
For more information contact:
Ms. Jenny Glasser
Public Affairs Specialist
Orange County Water District
10500 Ellis Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Telephone: 714-378-3228
Fax: 714-963-0291
Web site: http://www.ocwd.com/
mailto:jglasser@ocwd.com
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GLI/Manning Model PST Portable Water/Wastewater Sampler
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GLI/Manning Model PST portable samplers use a unique 3/8-inch
ID peristaltic pump that significantly increases tubing life
without sacrificing pump performance. A clear plastic cover
enables visual inspection of rollers and tubing without
disassembling the pump. An integral safety-kill switch
prevents powered rotation when the cover is removed, making it
safe to check and replace the pump tubing.
The revolutionary pump body and roller design increases pump
tubing life, saving time, maintenance, and money. It is the
only peristaltic sampler on the market that is less than 18
inches in diameter and has space for 24 one-liter bottles and
ice in an insulated bottle case. The PST provides composite
or discrete sampling of non-toxic or toxic liquids.
GLI International is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is
a Viridor Instrumentation company. Incorporated in 1970, the
company's innovative products include the patented differential
pH sensor, which revolutionized pH measurement and has become
the industry standard for demanding process applications.
GLI offers a complete line of pH, contacting conductivity,
resistivity monitors, electrodeless conductivity, dissolved
oxygen, flow, level, and turbidity systems. The GLI name has
become synonymous with Quality in the drinking water,
wastewater and process control industries.
Contact Information:
Mr. Tim Schilz
Manager of Marketing
GLI International, Inc.
9020 West
Dean Road
Milwaukee, WI 53224
Phone: 414-355-3601
Fax: 414-355-8346
Toll Free: 800-GLI-0263
web site: http://www.gliint.com/
mailto:info@gliint.com
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Hot Messages from the Help Forum
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People post their requests for help and offer their suggestions
to others in our open forum.
Mr. Jeffries needs help with a settling problem:
Hello, I am new to this field...I'm am currently working
on a settling problem in at an SBR treatment plant. We
have a 200,000 gallon a day average flow, MLSS of 2800,
but we have had little settling....we do not have a
filamentous problem...the bugs are young and very active
...could they be too young?....also there is a carwash
connected to the system, but is not pre-treated; however
settling problem seems to start beginning in winter,
and are good during the summer....we have used polymer
which helps at first but doesn't continue to work after
a few weeks....if anyone could give info as what could
be the problem, it would be much appreciated...at present
I am going to try to increase the sludge age, but have
not found any information concerning what a good sludge
age would be for a SBR.
Thank you,
Charles Jeffries
mailto:kerryjeffries@fuse.net
Ms. Hubbard asks about the characteristics of WWTP sludge:
I am trying to find out the expected characteristics of
anaerobic wastewater sludge in order to determine if the
concrete tank that will contain it will need an epoxy
coating? The plant will treat only residential and
commercial wastewater (separate storm sewer) and will be
located in the Phoenix area. The treatment process up to
that point includes screening, grit removal, and anoxic
reaction. At that point any sludge goes to an anaerobic
reactor. Here is where I am looking for the corrosiveness
of the sludge.
Any thoughts?
Erin Hubbard
mailto:erinhubbard@uwalumni.com
The Help Forum is open for everyone to use. Share your
expertise with others, you can find these & other messages at:
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
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Call For Photographs!
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This week's photo is of a PCI-Memtech custom-designed and
built membrane filtration system for the pharmaceutical
industry, primarily for the separation/filtration of bulk
pharmaceuticals including antibiotics and other target
molecules.
Photo courtesy of Ms. Gale Rudd
PCI-Memtech, mailto:marketing@pcimem.com
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.
Full credit and the description of the photo will be given.
Photographs are be changed every two weeks to give everyone
a chance to be included.
Send your photograph and description to,
mailto:news@waterandwastewater.com
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From the Job Fair
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WATER PRODUCTION AND TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR
Operates and maintains the City's water production, treatment,
and storage facilities. Requires: High school grad. or
equivalent and 2 yrs. experience in the operation and
maintenance of a potable water treatment plant. Class "C"
driver license and ability to obtain Hazmat endorsement
issued by D.M.V. within 1 yr. of date of hire. Possession of
a Grade II California Water Treatment Operator's Certificate
issued by the State of California. Ability to obtain a Grade
II California Water Distribution Certificate within one year
of date of hire.
Deadline: 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 3, 2001.
For application phone:(310) 458-8697 or visit our web site at
http://www.ci.santa-monica.ca.us/personnel
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