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Improves
the Timeliness of Data Collection
Sutron Wins US-Mexico
Water Resource Project
February 20, 2002, Sterling,
Virginia...Sutron Corporation has won both Phase I and Phase II
contracts of an important US-Mexico Water Resource Project, bringing
the total contract award to over $0.5M. The US-Mexico International
Boundary and Water Commission contracted with Sutron for Phase II to
modernize the existing hydrological data collection network for its
Hydrographic Data Collection Rehabilitation Project. Phase 1 was
awarded to Sutron in October 2001.
This
new contract will add 45 more remote Data Collection Platforms for
the Data Collection Project bringing the total number to 70 remote
DCPs and 2 High Data Rate Digital Direct Readout Ground Stations,
one in El Paso, Texas, and one in the Amistad Dam office.
By Treaty, the international land
boundary between the United States and Mexico extends over 1,952
miles, westward from the mouth of the Rio Grande River on the Gulf
of Mexico to just upstream of El Paso, Texas, and Juárez,
Chihuahua, westward along the New Mexico-Chihuahua and
Arizona-Sonora state boundaries to the Colorado River, thence along
the California-Baja California state boundary to the Pacific Ocean.
The Hydrographic Data Collection
Rehabilitation Project's objective is to improve the timeliness and
reliability of data collection and provide real-time data that will
improve efficiencies in international water accounting, water
deliveries, flood operations, and drought management.
In Phase I Sutron enhanced and
replaced the existing telemetry system for most of the Rio-Grande
Basin. Phase II addresses acquisition, installation, and
implementation of equipment along the remaining portions of the Rio
Grande and along the Western Boundary streams including the Lower
Colorado River, Tijuana River, and Whitewater Draw.
Sutron, a major supplier of real-time
environmental remote monitoring and control systems, provides
responsive, cost effective solutions for environmental problems all
over the world. For 26 years Sutron designed and manufactured
equipment has operated unattended under the most extreme conditions
in remote, inhospitable locales. Sutron’s real-time data
collection systems, over 25,000 stations in operation globally,
include dataloggers, a variety of telemetry options, sensors, and
data management software.
For more information contact: Sutron Corporation
21300 Ridgetop Circle
Sterling, VA 20166-6520
Telephone: 703-406-2800
Fax: 703-406-2801
Email: sales@sutron.com
Web site: http://www.sutron.com/
Redefining
Water Distribution Modeling
WaterCAD 5.0 Delivers Cost-Saving
Solutions
WATERBURY, CT, USA - February 18,
2002 - Haestad Methods today announced the release of WaterCAD 5.0,
the latest addition to its award-winning family of software
solutions for the water resources industry. With the release of
version 5.0, Haestad Methods has further solidified its position as
the undisputed leader of the water modeling industry and continues
to be the top choice for major water utilities around the world.
WaterCAD
5.0 promises to deliver a rapid return on investment to water
authorities and consultants with its unique combination of
cutting-edge hydraulics, system diagnostic tools, geographic
information management, and energy cost analysis capabilities.
Version 5.0 offers a complete water
system management solution that will increase efficiency and
streamline workflow, resulting in significant cost savings. Users
can quickly evaluate different capital improvements and
rehabilitation options based on their hydraulic impact, water
quality implications, and cost before actually implementing them.
They can also leverage a suite of new energy management features to
calculate and develop cost projections for a full range of pump
control schemes and identify the most economical operational
strategy.
"Users of WaterCAD can make
accurate comparisons between constant-speed and variable-speed pumps
to determine if the energy cost savings will pay for the cost of the
variable-speed drives," said Dr. Thomas Walski, Vice President
of Engineering for Haestad Methods. "With energy costs on the
order of $40,000 per year for a single 1,000 gpm pump, WaterCAD can
provide enormous opportunities for water utilities to save
money."
Modeling with WaterCAD provides those
responsible for designing, operating, and analyzing water systems
with an indispensable decision-support tool. "A well-calibrated
model of your distribution system will easily pay for itself in
realized cost savings from reduced energy usage, capital
improvement, and smart decision making," Walski continued.
A few of the ground-breaking new
features in WaterCAD 5.0 include:
Darwin Calibrator--Available for
WaterCAD 5.0, the Darwin Calibrator harnesses the power of genetic
algorithms to automatically calibrate pipe roughness, demands, and
pipe and valve status simultaneously. Darwin streamlines the
time-consuming model calibration process by evolving and testing
millions of solutions, and then identifies those that best simulate
the system. For more information about the Darwin Calibrator, visit www.haestad.com/Darwin
Variable-Speed Pumping (VSP) with
Automatic Parameter Estimation eXtension (APEX) Technology--Allows
modelers to truly mimic the behavior of variable-speed pumps. With
APEX technology, the pump speed is automatically adjusted over time
to maintain a user-specified condition in the system such as a
constant pressure or tank level.
Energy Cost Analysis--Gives users the
ability to compute the cost of pump operation based on any energy
tariff. Engineers can accurately estimate energy costs for
constant-speed and variable-speed pumps and examine the trade-offs
between energy costs and the capital costs required to improve pump
efficiency. The feature also accounts for peak demand charges and
adjusts the reported daily energy cost based on the effects of
storage within the network.
Logical Rule-Based Controls--Provide
greater flexibility and functionality than Simple Controls, giving
engineers enhanced ability to dictate the behavior of their system.
Operators and engineers can now realistically emulate PLCs and other
pump controllers.
System Head Curve Generation--Users
now have the ability to automatically generate system head curves,
which can be used to find the appropriate pump size for the system
or to find the operating point for an existing pump.
For more information about WaterCAD
5.0's applications and latest features, visit www.haestad.com/WaterCAD
About Haestad Methods: Haestad
Methods is the world's leading provider of software for the design
and analysis of water resources systems including water
distribution, stormwater, and sanitary sewer infrastructure.
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You're on Live Lab Cam
Groundbreaking "Live Lab
Cam" Bench Testing
New Lab Cam saves time, travel and
money
February 2002 -- Natural Resource
Protection Inc. announces novel approach in disseminating test
results for their Bio-Stimulant "Bio-Kat" pretreatment
testing program. Their pretreatment bench testing program at their
Plantation Florida and Wichita Kansas laboratories can be viewed
live via NRP's real time "Live Lab Cam". Now clients can
participate in the lab bench test visually and at the same time
visit with lab technician as the test is taking place.
Mr.
Consuegra states, "Our test consists of acquiring wastewater
samples from the facility being tested and overnight the samples to
one of our labs for bench testing using NRP's Bio-Kat. One of our
tests conducted in real time, utilizing a duel cell respirometer is
comparing the respiration oxygen volume and respiration rate when
Bio-Kat is added into one of the cells. Other tests that we provide
for our clients are total volatile solids, total solids, volatile
suspended solids, settleable solids, DO, BOD, and Turbidity. By
conducting these tests with the client's participation we are able
to show the client improvements in their biological treatment
process, giving them evidence of success prior to the on site
test."
Mr. Consuegra continues, "This
novel approach, new in the wastewater industry, allows a plant
manager or industrial environmental engineer to participate in the
testing process and communicate with lab technicians via a secure
landline from anywhere in the world. Giving our clients first hand
information on the results of using Bio-Kat."
Bio-Kat one of NRP's all natural
Bio-Stimulants, is designed to dramatically increase the metabolic
rate of the endogenous microorganisms causing a decrease in
treatment time, reduction in Odor, BOD and TSS, as well as a
significant reduction in sludge.
For more information contact:
Mr. Scott Windham Natural Resource Protection Inc.
3428 N. Ocean Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308
Telephone: 954-564-2245
Fax: 954-565-8894
Web site: http://www.npr-inc.com Email: swindham@nrp-inc.com
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Opens
New Project Offices
Black & Veatch
Awarded Projects in Vietnam
Kansas City, Mo. (Feb. 14, 2002) -
Black & Veatch has announced it has been awarded two new
contracts that will substantially increase the company's workload in
Vietnam. To accommodate the additional workload, Black & Veatch
has opened new project offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
In January, Black & Veatch began
providing project management and supervision services to the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development during the
construction phase of the Mekong Delta Water Resources Project
funded by the World Bank. The project, consisting of the
rehabilitation and extension of irrigation infrastructure in
five provinces of the Mekong Delta, will increase productivity
of and exclude saline water from approximately 500,000 acres
of agricultural land. Black & Veatch will provide a Team
Leader and a variety of foreign and Vietnamese specialists to
advise on engineering, environmental, sociological and
agricultural matters.
Under the second contract, Black
& Veatch is performing a feasibility study and will
develop preliminary designs for environmental improvements in
the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom drainage catchment of Ho Chi Minh City. Funded
by Belgium, the improvements to the canal, drainage systems
and clearance of areas along canal banks will benefit 700,000
people over the 16-kilometer catchment. Black & Veatch
will lead an integrated multidisciplinary team of foreign and
Vietnam professionals, assisted by urban planners, Townland
Consultants from Hong Kong. Started in December 2001, the project
is scheduled for completion in 14 months.
Black & Veatch has been working
in Vietnam since 1989 and opened an initial office in Hanoi in
1994. Continuous work in the country began in 1998.
About Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch Corporation is a
leading global engineering, construction and consulting
company specializing in infrastructure development in the
fields of energy, water and information. Founded in 1915, Black
& Veatch serves its clients with conceptual and
preliminary engineering services, engineering design,
procurement, construction, financial management, asset
management, information technology, environmental and
management consulting services.
For additional information contact:
Ms. Linda Bond Black & Veatch
8400 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64114
Telephone: 913-458-3124
Fax: 913-458-3730
Email: bondls@bv.com
Web site: http://www.bv.com/
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