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Installation of Largest WWTP
Solar Facility Completed
SAN RAFAEL, CA -- EI Solutions
announced today that it had completed the installation of a
490kW solar electricity system for the Las Gallinas Valley
Sanitary District in San Rafael. The system, comprised of
2,940 Sharp solar panels, will meet over 90 percent of the
district's electricity needs.
The project is Phase 2 of the
District's solar program. Phase 1, installed by EI Solutions
two years ago, is an 81kW array, which supplies power to
pump recycled wastewater to maintain pasture land in open
space. Together the two systems will save the District
$170,000 in electricity costs annually at today's prices.
The three-acre solar plant is
surrounded by hundreds of acres of wildlife ponds created by
the District with treated wastewater. The ponds are a haven
for birds and wildlife, and they are enjoyed by thousand of
people that walk miles of trails in the area each year.
About EI Solutions
EI Solutions is one of
California's fastest-growing providers of large-scale solar
power systems. The company has completed projects for a wide
variety of public agencies and private companies, including
Berlex's Richmond California campus, Swinerton Property
Services' California offices in Concord and Irvine, Seghesio
Family Vineyards, Sonoma State University, and the Marin
County General Services Building. EI Solutions is a division
of Energy Innovations, Inc. of Pasadena, CA.
More information can be found at
http://solutions.energyinnovations.com/
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Sandia to Demonstrate Arsenic &
Radium Removal
 ALBUQUERQUE,
NM -- Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate two
methods of removing arsenic and radium from drinking water
at the Pine Hill School Public Water System on the Navajo
Nation (Ramah Navajo Reservation) over the next several
months.
The project, which began today, is the fifth arsenic removal
demonstration site that Sandia has established as part of a
consortium made up of Sandia, the AWWA Research Foundation
(AwwaRF), and WERC, a consortium for Environmental Education
and Technology Development.
U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., secured funding for the
arsenic removal test project through the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) as chairman of the Senate Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Subcommittee.
Sandia is a National Nuclear Security Administration
laboratory.
Sandia researcher Malcolm Siegel says each of the
demonstration sites tests different arsenic removal
technologies. This is the first time a radium removal
technology will be tested. Other members of the project team
include Ward Hunter, facility management director at Pine
Hill School and Sandians Kathleen Holt, Malynda Aragon,
Randy Everett, William Holub, and Zachary Satterfield.
S.
Deb Misra, director of the Navajo Nation Environmental
Protection Agency’s Reservation Surface and Ground Water
Protection Department, says that his department worked
closely with Sandia to select the right site on the
reservation for the experiment.
“This working arrangement is an excellent example of
government to government collaboration,” Misra says. “If the
experiments go well and Sandia finds a good and cost
effective way of removing arsenic and radium from drinking
water, they could benefit the entire country.”
The technologies being tested at Pine Hill include an
adsorptive media where water is passed through columns for
treatment and oxidation coagulation filtration where a
chemical is added to a container. The arsenic and radium
adsorbs onto a flock or the surface of the filter. The
filter media is cleaned by flushing water in the opposite
direction and the residue goes into a sanitary sewer.
Other arsenic removal demonstration plants are located at
Jemez Pueblo, Socorro, Anthony (Desert Sands), and Rio
Rancho. Another is planned for a site in Oklahoma.
Following tests at the Oklahoma demonstration site, Sandia —
together with its consortium partners — will publish a
report discussing the effectiveness the different arsenic
removal processes, along with costs associated with each
one. Water utilities needing to remove arsenic from water
systems in order to meet the new Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) mandate can refer to the report to determine
which system is best for them.
New EPA regulations went into effect in January calling for
the reduction of the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) from 50
micrograms per liter to 10 micrograms per liter. The intent
of the regulation is to reduce the incidence of bladder and
lung cancers caused by exposure to arsenic.
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia
Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the U.S.
Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security
Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M.,
and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities
in national security, energy and environmental technologies,
and economic competitiveness.
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Andritz Sludge Drying Plant to
be Supplied to Beijing
 Graz,
Austria -- International Technology Group Andritz was
awarded by Beijing Drainage Group (BDG) the order to supply
the first sludge drying plant of Beijing, China. Similarly
to the plant in Shanghai, which was also delivered by
Andritz and has been successfully in operation since 2004,
this project will be delivered in a consortium with a
Chinese partner. The order value is approximately 10 million
USD.
The
Beijing drying plant consists of two fluidized bed dryers
(each with a capacity of 6.5 t/h) with direct feed system
(FDS). Start-up of the plant is scheduled for the end of
2007.
This
order once again confirms the world market leadership of
Andritz for municipal and industrial sludge drying, with an
installed base of now over hundred sludge drying lines.
Based on its long-term experience, Andritz offers its
clients complete systems, including engineering services,
delivery, erection, and commissioning of the drying plants.
Currently, there are more than a dozen Andritz sludge drying
plants under construction, amongst them the largest facility
in the world in Singapore with a capacity of 1,800 t/d
dewatered sludge.
About
Andritz
Publicly listed Andritz Group is a global market leader in
advanced production systems for the pulp and paper, steel,
and other specialized industries. Andritz has a staff of
approximately 9,000 employees worldwide. It develops and
manufactures its high-tech systems at 35 production sites in
Austria, Germany, Finland, Denmark, France, the Netherlands,
the USA, Canada, and China.
For
further information please contact:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Telephone: +43 316 6902-2979
Email:
michael.buchbauer@andritz.com
Web site:
http://www.andritz.com/
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Earth
Tech Receives Award For Recycled Water
 Melbourne,
Australia -- Earth Tech was presented with the International
Water Association's Project Innovation Award 2006 for its work
on the Eastern Irrigation Scheme at the Australian Water
Association's Victorian Annual Dinner in Melbourne last night.
A joint project between Earth Tech
and Melbourne Water, the Eastern Irrigation Scheme delivers 1320
million gallons (5000 million liters) of much needed Class A
recycled water to horticultural, recreational and residential
customers in Melbourne.
"This award is further testimony to
Earth Tech's reputation as Australia's private sector leader in
water recycling," said Graeme Hill, Earth Tech Australia
Managing Director. "We are especially honored to be recognized
for the Eastern Irrigation Scheme, which is making a positive
contribution to the local economy and helping preserve our
environment."
Earth Tech's Eastern Irrigation
Scheme set new quality and safety standards for water recycling
technology in Australia and established national benchmarks for
managing recycled water.
As part of the scheme, Earth Tech
designed and built Australia's largest ultrafiltration recycled
water treatment plant and a 200,000 feet (60 km) pipeline
network. Earth Tech will own and operate the treatment plant and
pipeline network, manage the scheme's 60 customers, and sell
recycled water direct to end users for 25 years.
Earth Tech has invested $76 million
(AU$100 million) in water recycling in Australia and owns and
operates water recycling schemes that deliver over 10% of
Australia's recycled water.
More information on Earth Tech can be
found at www.earthtech.com
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