Statement from AWWA Executive Director Jack W. Hoffbuhr

Denver, CO -- On Tuesday, Jan. 20, President Bush will deliver his annual State of the Union address to the nation. President Bush is expected to highlight his legislative goals for 2004, among them the passage of the Energy Bill. A filibuster in the Senate halted action on the bill in the fall, largely because of a provision that grants gasoline makers defective product liability immunity – so called “safe harbor” – in cases of MTBE water contamination.

“As President Bush calls on Congress to pass the Energy Bill, it is important that legislators bear in mind the core issues that stalled the bill last fall, particularly the provision that would grant gasoline makers product liability immunity in cases of MTBE contamination in water supplies.

“In the coming days and weeks, powerful special interests will seek to push through the Energy Bill. We applaud the bipartisan coalition of senators who have held firm in their opposition to the MTBE ‘safe harbor’ provision and call upon them, Republicans and Democrats alike, to continue to put the voice of the American people above those of the powerful special interests and partisan politics.

“The safe harbor provision amounts to more than a $29-billion bailout for the oil industry on the backs of local governments, community water systems and, most importantly, the American public. By denying local communities the right to hold water polluters accountable, Congress would be granting the gasoline manufacturers blank-check protection from a problem that same industry created.

“Congress never mandated MTBE. Court documents show that oil companies chose MTBE in part because it was more profitable for them. Now this defective product has contaminated the water supply in 36 states, and the problem continues to grow.

“Oil lobbyists have been working overtime to confuse the issue and draw attention away from their industry’s accountability, but the American public has not been fooled. Lawmakers from both parties and all regions of the country have chosen common sense and justice over cynical politics in opposing MTBE safe harbor. We applaud the courage they have shown and urge them to continue to put the American people first.”

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Sidney, British Columbia - Hydroxyl Systems Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Landau Associates Inc. to supply Advanced Oxidation Technology (AOT) treatment equipment for application at a remediation site in Beaverton, Oregon.

The Advanced Oxidation system is a key component of the remediation program directed by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Oregon State DEQ). As part of the technology selection process, Hydroxyl Systems Inc. provided design and treatability testing, achieving Oregon State DEQ approval for the selection of Hydroxyl's Advanced Oxidation Technology.

Designed for the treatment of groundwater contaminated with cyanides (both free and complex) and VOCs, Hydroxyl Systems Inc. will supply a two reactor Hydroxyl-UVP PhotoStack system employing ultra-violet in combination with hydrogen peroxide. This system has the capability to treat up to 200 GPM and is designed to reduce cyanides to less than 5ppb, and a variety of VOCs to less than 25 ppb.

Unlike conventional treatment processes such as air stripping or carbon adsorption, Advanced Oxidation Technology has the ability to completely destroy harmful compounds, converting contaminants to water, bicarbonate, and mineral salts.

Hydroxyl Systems specializes in the engineering, design, and manufacture of comprehensive wastewater treatment systems for municipal, industrial, marine, and groundwater treatment applications.

For more information contact:
Mr. Brodie Guy
Hydroxyl Systems
Telephone:  250-655-3348
Email:  info@hydroxyl.com
Web site:  www.hydroxyl.com

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. -- USFilter has published a new brochure about the AGAR Process which enables wastewater treatment plants to increase treatment capacity without increasing plant size.

Marketed by USFilter’s Zimpro Products, the AGAR Process is an innovative biological process, using thousands of special biomass carriers to increase total surface area for biofilm growth. As a result, treatment plants can handle increasing flows and loadings without expanding the treatment plant footprint.

Key to the process is unique airlift hydraulics, generated by either fine or coarse bubble aeration, to provide complete basin mixing coupled with enhanced oxygen transfer. Another innovation is a flow control baffle, which retains the carrier media without the use of costly screens.

The AGAR process is applicable to retrofitting of existing activated sludge plants, for biological nutrient removal, and to municipal as well as industrial wastewaters.

For more information contact:
Mr. Jim Carroll
Zimpro Products
301 W. Military Rd.
Rothschild, WS  54474
Telephone:  715-355-3206
Email:  carrollj@usfilter.com
Web site:  http://zimpro.usfilter.com/products/industrial/agar.htm

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I am involved with the startup of a new SBR serving a factory which produces organic nutritional supplements.

The SBR receives water from the washing stations that clean hoses, tanks, and other equipment used in the process.  These items are covered in mashed oily vegetable waste prior to cleaning including pulp from pumpkins and flax seeds used to make the company's pumpkin butter and flax oil.  The treatment system handles approximately 1500 gallons per day of influent and was a retrofit of the facility's existing above ground holding tanks.

The treatment system has been operational for approximately 4 weeks and is producing a opaque milky effluent that has a slippery slimy texture.  I have not seen effluent like this before and am wondering if anyone has any general input concerning it? (Click here to post a reply)

Matthew Engelman
Aeration Systems, LLC
aeration@maine.rr.com

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