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Reclamation Requests Desalination
& Water Purification Pre-Proposals
DENVER, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Desalination & Water Purification
Research & Development Program is soliciting pre-proposals in
the following three areas: research and studies, pilot-scale
systems, and demonstration projects. Approximately $3 million is
anticipated to be available for cost-sharing in these areas in
Fiscal Year 2003, contingent upon Congressional funding. The funding
supports projects into ways of reducing the cost of desalting and
water purification technologies. The ultimate purpose is to augment
water supply in the United States. This work is authorized under the
Water Desalination Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-298).
Research and studies focus areas
include membrane processes, thermal processes, non-traditional and
alternative desalination technologies, ancillary and economic
improvements, and concentrate issues. Other areas include
pilot-scale system investigations and design, construction, and
testing plants and modules projects (demonstration).
The official pre-proposal
solicitations can be found at www.usbr.gov/aamsden/AAMSsol.html
. Solicitations may also be requested by FAX to Randale Jackson at
(303) 445-6345. Phone requests will not be accepted. Pre-proposal
packages are due to Reclamation by January 15, 2003, and should not
exceed 6 pages in length. Reclamation will issue full proposal
packages beginning about February 13, 2003. Full proposals can be
submitted without a pre-proposal.
Those proposing a project must be
willing to cost-share 50% or more of the project, except for
academic institutions, which are not required to cost-share. Any
source, including individuals, academic institutions, commercial or
industrial organizations, private entities, public entities
(including state and local), or Indian Tribal Governments, may
submit a pre-proposal. Foreign entities, other than United
States-Mexico bi-national research foundations and inter-university
research programs established by the two countries, are not eligible
for funding. Federal agencies are also not eligible to apply.
Research may be conducted at
Reclamation research facilities, on a cost-reimbursable basis.
Facilities include laboratory and pilot-scale equipment located in
the Technical Services Center in Denver, Colorado, and advanced test
facilities at the Water Quality Improvement Center in Yuma, Arizona.
Reclamation is the nation's largest
wholesale water supplier, providing 10 trillion gallons of water to
more than 31 million people every year. For 40 years the agency has
explored desalination as a means to address agency and national
water supply issues. From its beginnings as an exotic technology in
the 1950's, to almost universal acceptance today, the effects of
desalination can be felt in virtually every home -- from
under-the-sink home-use reverse osmosis units, to cosmetics,
computer equipment, pharmaceuticals, food products and beverages
made using membrane technologies.
Polishing
Slurries
Cabot
and Ondeo Nalco Announce a Water Recycle Alliance
AURORA, Ill., Dec. 4
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cabot Microelectronics Corp., the leading
supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing
slurries to the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has
formed an alliance with Ondeo Nalco to provide flexible strategic
sourcing solutions for wastewater management and water recycle
(WWM/WR) to CMP customers in defined segments of the Electronics
industry.
In order to provide CMP customers
with the benefit of the leading- edge expertise of both Cabot and
Ondeo Nalco in this critical area of the overall semiconductor
manufacturing process, Cabot brings its extensive knowledge of CMP
consumables and the CMP process and Ondeo Nalco will deliver the
WWM/WR strategic sourcing packages directly to customers.
"As a technology leader in CMP,
Cabot Microelectronics prides itself on providing our customers with
added value and complete solutions for their CMP requirements. Among
the critical issues facing semiconductor manufacturers are
increasingly stringent requirements for reducing wastewater
generation and water usage. We believe this alliance will combine
our in-depth knowledge of CMP processes and chemistries with Ondeo
Nalco's leadership in wastewater management and water recycling to
offer our customers robust solutions to these challenges,"
stated Jeremy Jones, Cabot Microelectronics' Vice President of New
Business Development.
"We finance, operate, maintain,
and continuously adapt and improve the water management/water
recycle process for the customer," said Matt Knight, Vice
President of the Industrial and Institutional Services Division for
Ondeo Nalco. "This allows customers to focus on their core
competency -- making semiconductors -- while accessing the
technology needed to manage their wastewater needs." Where
appropriate, Ondeo Nalco will utilize the services and products of
its affiliate, Ondeo Industrial Solutions, in delivering WWM/WR
solutions to customers.
About Cabot Microelectronics
Corporation
Cabot Microelectronics, headquartered
in Aurora, Illinois, USA, is the world leader in the development and
supply of high-performance polishing slurries used for chemical
mechanical planarization (CMP), a process that enables the
manufacture of the most advanced integrated circuit (IC) devices and
hard disk drive components. The Company reported fiscal 2002
revenues of $235.2 million. For more information please visit the
Cabot Microelectronics web site at www.cabotcmp.com
or call 1-630-499-2600.
"...focused
on developments in the field over the past two decades
including colored wastewater treatment methods, waste
minimization and source reduction."
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Lease
with Option to Purchase
N-Viro Announces Agreements for
Biosolids Facility
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 10
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- N-Viro International Corp. announced today
that it has entered into a license agreement for its N-Viro Soil,
Class A, biosolids processing technology and a lease agreement to
supply an N-Viro Soil Processing system for the operation of a
regional merchant biosolids facility in Clinton County, New York.
The regional facility is permitted to produce over 100,000 tons of
product annually.
Under the agreement, N-Viro will
lease an N-Viro Soil Processor (NSP-80) with an option to purchase
at a later date. The system includes the NSP-80, capable of
processing 50 wet tons of biosolids an hour, and three portable
silos. Cemen Tech, Inc. manufactures the NSP-80 for N-Viro. The
silos are designed to hold alkaline/mineral reagents for the
biosolids treatment. Additional equipment at the facility will
include a shredder, provided by Royer Industries, and two portable
industrial grounded silos. N-Viro will also provide technical
support, mobilization, installation, set-up and training services
for plant personnel.
The permitted facility, operated by
USFilter Operating Services, is expected to begin operation during
the first quarter of 2003. Under the agreements, N-Viro will receive
revenues for the lease as well as technology fees on an ongoing
basis.
This project will be the second
N-Viro facility in New York. Onondaga County also has a very
successful N-Viro Soil program, with over 80,000 tons of product
marketed annually to over 800 customers as agricultural liming
material. Onondaga has won several awards including one from the
U.S. EPA as well as the Governor's award for Recycling.
N-Viro International Corporation
develops and licenses its technology to municipalities and private
companies. N-Viro's patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich,
combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and convert
wastewater sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral
agricultural and soil-enrichment products with real market value.
More information about N-Viro International can be obtained by
contacting the office or on the Internet at www.nviro.com
or by e-mail inquiry to info@nviro.com
.
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Proven
in Pilot Testing
Phoenix to Use GFH Media in Arsenic
Removal System
PALM DESERT, Calif., Dec. 6, 2002 —
The City of Phoenix, Ariz., is the first U.S. city to install a
full-scale arsenic removal system utilizing GFH media. USFilter will
supply 60,000 lbs of GFH media for the city’s 1.5
million-gallon-per-day (MGD) arsenic removal system, which is
expected to be operational in April 2003.
While North American municipalities
are just beginning to recognize GFH media’s effectiveness in
removing arsenic III and V from drinking water, European
municipalities have used the media for years to meet the World
Health Organization’s arsenic standard of 10 mcg/L. In addition to
removing arsenic, GFH media also removes chromium, lead, selenium,
antimony, uranium and other heavy metals from groundwater. The media
is operated as a fixed bed adsorber, and is typically installed in
pressure vessels to allow a single pumping stage for the treatment
system.
"This specialized media is the
proven solution for arsenic removal,” states USFilter product
specialist, Roman J. Aguirre. “The marketplace is learning that we
have the answer to its groundwater problems, and this order is a
confirmation of that belief.”
To select an appropriate adsorption
media option, the city’s consulting engineer, Narasimhan
Consulting Services, Inc. of Phoenix, Ariz., conducted a 3-month
benchscale and pilot study, comparing the GFH media’s ease-of-use,
reduced waste generation, minimal chemical handling requirements and
overall performance to three other adsorption media options. In
addition, the GFH media treated more than five times the bed volumes
of its counterparts before being exhausted.
Commenting on these results, Aguirre
adds, “While we are pleased with the performance compared to other
adsorption media in the study, we are not surprised. Several other
independent pilot studies have shown similar results."
Narasimhan Consulting Services
reports that the benchscale and pilot study is still ongoing.
United States Filter Corporation is
North America’s largest water company providing comprehensive
water and wastewater systems and services to commercial, industrial,
municipal and residential customers. Visit the company’s web sites
at www.usfilter.com
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