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agencies' spending agenda for Obama
 Denver,
CO -- AWWA has joined with the Association of Metropolitan
Water Agencies, National Association of Water Companies and
the National Rural Water Association in developing 'A
National Agenda for Drinking Water' to assist
President-Elect Barack Obama and his incoming
administration. The report addresses topics including
economic stimulus, long-term infrastructure investment,
drinking water standards, source water protection, climate
change, and system security.
It specifically asks for
“dedicated funding” for water infrastructure in any economic
stimulus package, “dispersed in such a way as to be quickly
accessed by utility managers, with a minimum of delay and
‘red tape.’” It calls the $1 billion included in the earlier
stimulus package “a good start,” but says that “much more
money is needed” to fund the wide range of projects
nationwide that have been affected by the credit crisis. It
advocates equal funding for drinking water and wastewater
projects.
Recommendations for longer-term
infrastructure investment include low- or no-interest loans
and tax incentives, as well as grants in some instances. The
report asks for:
- the Drinking Water State
Revolving Loan Fund and USDA Rural Water Loan and Grant
programs to be funded at a minimum of $1 billion annually;
- federal assistance programs to help utilities become
economically self-sustaining; and
- new mechanisms for innovative approaches to capital, such
as “some form of infrastructure bank.”
It flatly rejects “any proposal”
of a federal water tax, charge, or levy against either
utilities or customers.
On the standards front, the
report advocates “the deliberative, science-based” processes
of the Safe Drinking Water Act and calls for the
administration to “reject legislative prescriptions for
decisions that should be made through the regulatory
process.”
Emerging contaminants are
addressed in the section on source water protection, which
the report recommends be addressed through more research and
revisions to the Clean Water Act where necessary. It asks
that USEPA’s carbon-sequestration efforts be made to protect
drinking water sources “over the very long run,” and for
USDA activities to protect source water to be “fully
utilized.”
The impact of climate change on
drinking water resources should be addressed with dedicated
funding for research and to help utilities adapt to the
changing demands climate change may bring, the paper
recommends.
Finally, the report says that
water system security measures should “not force water
utilities to change processes” in favor of “what some may
perceive are ‘inherently safer technologies;’” that they
should not enable federal officials to order water utilities
to shut down; and that water utilities not be subject to
regulation by multiple federal agencies. It also asks for
protection of “sensitive data regarding water utilities” and
that any new federal security mandates be accompanied by
federal financial assistance.
Source:
http://www.awwa.org/
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SFPUC : Technology Recycles
Sewage into Fertilizer
 San
Francisco, CA -- A pilot project at The San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission's (SFPUC) Southeast Wastewater
Treatment Plant is the first plant in California to
demonstrate a new technology that removes phosphorus and
other nutrients from wastewater and recycles them into
environmentally-safe commercial fertilizer.
The technology was developed by
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. of Vancouver,
Canada to help wastewater treatment plants solve
environmental problems, increase plant capacity and reduce
maintenance costs, while also creating a revenue-producing
byproduct named Crystal Green™.
The Ostara pilot facility began
operating in Nov 2008 at the Southeast Wastewater Treatment
Plant in San Francisco.
"The SFPUC is excited to be the
first agency in California piloting this new innovative
technology, said Tommy T. Moala, Assistant General Manager
for the SFPUC Wastewater Enterprise. "We want to lead by
example on how wastewater utilities can be sustainable by
transforming a waste into something beneficial for all.
Another example of where we are doing that is SFGreasecycle,
the City's grease-to-biofuel recycling program." Phillip
Abrary, President and CEO of Ostara, said.
Many wastewater treatment plants
are effective at removing phosphorus and other pollutants
and diverting them into a sludge stream of liquids and
solids, but are left with the problem of disposing of these
nutrients as well as operational challenges created because
these nutrients can form a concrete-like scale, called
"struvite", in pipes and equipment at the treatment plant.
This in turn results in costly maintenance procedures
required to remove or prevent the scale from forming.
"In the case of SFPUC's Southeast
Wastewater Treatment Plant, our reactor integrates into the
wastewater treatment system, processes the sewage sludge
liquids, which would otherwise clog up pipes, to recover and
decrease the phosphorus levels on average by 85 per cent –
and then converts them into a high-quality
environmentally-friendly commercial fertilizer that can
generate revenue for the municipality," said Abrary.
 Ostara
Nutrient Recovery - Live Video Interview from WEFTEC 08 -
Chicago
The pilot project will last about
6 weeks until mid-December. Its objective is to demonstrate
the technology, gain technical and performance data and
perform economic evaluation of the process, with the results
specific to the Southeast Treatment Plant.
A demonstration of the process
and successful results of the pilot were shared with invited
water/ wastewater utilities and members of the media from
the western U.S. region at the SFPUC Southeast Wastewater
Treatment plant this morning. The demonstration was followed
by a guided tour of the pilot project site at the plant. All
guests received samples of the fertilizer, Crystal Green™ ,
produced at the plant during the pilot period.
Source:
http://www.ostara.com/
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New SCADAWave Ultra Ethernet
Data Radio
 Ottawa,
Canada -- Control Microsystems, global developer of advanced
SCADA products, today announced the newest addition to the
SCADAWave line of wireless data radios; the SCADAWave JR50
spread spectrum Ethernet data radio for data flow at water
and wastewater treatment plants.
Taking
advantage of IP-over-Ethernet technologies, the JR50
utilizes portable network access to extend corporate offices
onto the plant floor and beyond to remote assets such as
field-installed controllers and intelligent sensors.
Combining standard features like dual Ethernet ports, a
built-in Ethernet switch, extended operational temperature
range and ruggedized metal enclosure, the JR50 is designed
for challenging applications. The product is configured
using an embedded HTML web server that also provides network
management and remote diagnostics capabilities. No
additional software is required.
“The
JR50 is an Ethernet data radio designed for maximum value
that incorporates a wide range of features unique to the
marketplace”, says Dale Symington, VP Product Strategy. “The
product is completely flexible in the conception and
installation phases of your project and can operate as a
remote data radio, access point, repeater or network
bridge.”
Using
the advanced radio features found in the Ultra-Series
family, the JR50 includes a powerful 1-watt transmitter
(900MHz model) and ultra-sensitive receiver,
unique-to-SCADAWave MultiStreamTM, LinkXtendTM and
KwikStreamTM technologies, and high speed, over-the-air data
throughput (up to 256Kbps).
The
Trusted Remotes/Masters functionality further supports the
security feature of the product’s frequency-hopping
algorithm, increasing security by restricting communication
to permitted devices only; and the JR50’s 256-bit AES
encryption makes it virtually impossible to hack into.
The
SCADAWave JR50 is covered by an industry leading 3-year
warranty and available for order now.
Web
site:
http://www.controlmicrosystems.com/
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