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Small Communities Face
New Arsenic Standards
USFilter & Culligan Offer
Flexibility and Cost-effective Solutions for Arsenic Removal
PALM DESERT, Calif. – The new
arsenic standard announced October 31 by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has communities and consumers
alike turning to water treatment experts for guidance and technology
options.
The
new standard, which the EPA estimates will cost local communities
$200 million annually, will reduce the maximum amount of arsenic
allowed in drinking water from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per
billion by 2006.
Water quality associations,
government agencies, and water companies such as California-based
USFilter, and have been working to educate communities about proven
and cost-effective arsenic removal methods.
“Already stressed community
drinking water systems and budgets will be impacted over the next
several years. So, it is even more critical to provide the affected
communities with a variety of technologies and services--from
wellhead arsenic removal systems to microfiltration or reverse
osmosis to point-of-use or point-of-entry systems for household and
commercial use,” said Andrew Seidel, president and CEO of USFilter.
Responding to requests from
municipalities and consumers, USFilter and Culligan have entered
into an exclusive marketing agreement with GEH Wasserchemie GmbH of
Germany to market Granular Ferric Hydroxide (GFH™) media. The GFH
media removes arsenic (III), arsenic (V), chromium, lead and
uranium. The GFH media has been used in Europe for many years to
help municipalities meet the World Health Organization standard of
10 micrograms per liter.
The media will be used in community
water treatment plants and within Culligan brand point-of-use and
point-of-entry systems. Through point-of-use systems, consumers in
affected areas also can take control of their drinking water
quality. These under-the-sink systems use membrane technology to
reduce arsenic levels, plus other contaminants such as
nitrate/nitrite, lead and Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts.
USFilter will also provide wellhead
arsenic removal systems by installing the GFH media in pressure
vessels. To ensure system integrity, USFilter will use its
nationwide service network to provide cost-effective maintenance
contracts that include water analysis, media removal, disposal and
replacement.
Technologists from USFilter’s North
American Technology Center are collaborating on various arsenic
research projects sponsored by the American Water Works Association,
the EPA and the Association of California Water Agencies.
Dr. Paul Gallagher, director of
process development at USFilter, explains, “The selection of
technology to apply is influenced by many factors including the
nature of the arsenic species, arsenic concentration, presence and
concentration of additional contaminants, site flow rate and water
source.”
USFilter offers many other
technologies and process routes to help municipalities reduce
arsenic levels in their drinking water supplies. Some of these
technologies include Memcor coagulation-assisted Microfiltration
using and Microfloc pre-engineered adsorption clarifiers, along with
reverse osmosis, ion exchange and lime softening.
Arsenic is a naturally occurring
element that enters water supplies through either natural deposition
or agriculture and industrial pollution. According to the EPA,
health effects related to arsenic include cardiovascular problems,
diabetes, and increased risk of various cancers.
The new standard is estimated by the
EPA to impact one in 20 or about 4,000 community water systems
nationwide. Nearly 97 percent of those are small systems serving
communities of fewer than 10,000 people.
Culligan manufactures and distributes
water treatment products for retail, household, commercial systems
and bottled water. Culligan, a subsidiary of USFilter, is among the
most widely recognized brand names in America, having been in
business since 1936.
USFilter is a Vivendi Water company,
the leading global provider of commercial, industrial, municipal and
residential water and wastewater treatment systems, products and
services, with operations in more than 100 countries. Together,
Vivendi Water, Onyx (solid waste and industrial services), Dalkia
(energy management), and Connex (transportation and logistics)
comprise Vivendi Environnement (NYSE:VE), the largest environmental
services company in the world with annual revenues of more than $23
billion.
Perma-Fix Contracted for Treatment
of WW From Rocky Flats
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/
-- Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. has announced that it has
been awarded a $6.7 million multi- year contract by Kaiser-Hill
Company, LLC for the transportation and treatment of aqueous wastes
generated at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site in
Golden, Colorado (http://www.rfets.gov/).
The contract, which is estimated to
be worth approximately $6.7 million, is to start immediately and is
projected to continue through 2005. The nuclear industry (Department
of Energy ("DOE"), nuclear utilities, institutions)
generates large quantities of radioactive water that must be treated
to remove radioactivity. Perma-Fix has developed and installed water
treatment technologies at its facilities that can treat not only
radioactive water but also radioactive water that is chemically
hazardous.
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Perma-Fix
president and chief executive officer, said, "This contract is
important to assist the DOE with the cleanup of sites throughout the
United States to ensure that the public's health and safety is
protected, and that the resources from these sites can be used for
future purposes. The contract is also the first for Perma-Fix's new
water treatment process for aqueous mixed waste, which was recently
completed at its mixed waste treatment facilities."
Kaiser-Hill Company, LLC, is the
management and integration contractor operating the Rocky Flats
Environmental Technology Site, which was once a significant portion
of the DOE's nuclear weapons production complex. The DOE awarded
Kaiser-Hill a first-of-its-kind closure contract in January 2000 to
safely complete cleanup and closure of Rocky Flats by December 2006,
for a cost of nearly $4 billion. The site mission includes special
nuclear material management and shipment, nuclear deactivation and
decommissioning, waste management and shipment, environmental
cleanup and site closure.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services,
Inc. is a national environmental services company, providing unique
mixed waste and industrial waste management services. The industrial
services segment provides hazardous and non- hazardous waste
treatment services for a diverse group of customers including
Fortune 500 companies, numerous federal, state and local agencies
and thousands of smaller clients. The nuclear services segment
provides radioactive and mixed waste treatment services to
hospitals, research laboratories and institutions, numerous federal
agencies including the Departments of Energy and Defense and nuclear
utilities. The company operates 10 major waste treatment facilities
across the country.
Perma-Fix has recently increased its
capabilities to treat mixed waste by expanding the services offered
at existing facilities as well acquiring and building new facilities
in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The newest facility is located on the Department
of Energy East Tennessee Technology Park (formerly the K-25 plant)
which was one of the key facilities involved with constructing
nuclear weapons under the Manhattan Project. This facility was
designed and constructed specifically to treat the large volumes of
wastes generated by the DOE since the 1940's.
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step-by-step practical calculations & procedures in many
environmental control areas for easy understanding &
applications, and helps engineers respond to very complicated
environmental control problems."
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Modular
Design
WW Treatment Systems to Combat
Threat to World's Oceans
FT.
LAUDERDALE- In response to regulatory pressures, Marine
Environmental Partners, Inc., has taken a leading role in providing
innovative technologies to combat pollution associated with the
maritime shipping industry. This week, MEP executives announced the
development of two new treatment processes to deal with shipboard
generated black (sewage) and grey (laundry, kitchen, and
sink/shower), wastewater and a simple and highly effective process
for eliminating biota in ship's ballast water. The ballast water
crisis has been identified as "one of the four greatest threats
to the world's oceans" by the International Maritime
Organization.
Designed
with non-chemical and non-membrane components, the new systems
utilize patented EIMS (electro-ionization magnetic separation)
technology as its core, allowing MEP to provide solutions for a
multitude of waste streams in compact, fully automated, and
extremely low maintenance systems ideally suited for shipboard use.
Shipboard demonstrations of both systems are set to take place
during the first quarter of 2002.
"The
modular design of MEP's systems makes them highly adaptable"
says Jon Stewart, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. based company. "Our systems can be
configured to incorporate varying components to deal with a full
spectrum of waste water concerns, including particulates, sludges
and complex chemistries associated with shipboard wastewater. Our
approach focuses on process solutions, allowing us the flexibility
to meet any customer's specific needs" adds Mr. Stewart.
"Our
engineering and manufacturing teams are ready to meet the demand of
a market sorely in need of simple, cost effective solutions."
Added C.E."Bud" Leffler, the company's President &
CEO. "We have great confidence that MEP will be a key player in
providing a response to these pressing environmental issues."
Information
about MEP is available at 954-924-5500.
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$200
Million Deal
Ionics Completes
Sale of Aqua Cool Pure Bottled Water Business to Perrier
WATERTOWN,
Mass., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionics, Incorporated (NYSE: ION)
announced today that it had completed the sale of its Aqua Cool Pure
Bottled Water operations in the United States, the United Kingdom
and France to affiliates of Perrier-Vittel, S.A., a subsidiary of
Nestle S.A.
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Ionics is a global
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purification, disinfection, concentration, treatment and analysis of
water, wastewater and ultrapure water. Over a period of more than 50
years Ionics has built more desalination plants than any company in
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The
new standard, which the EPA estimates will cost local communities
$200 million annually, will reduce the maximum amount of arsenic
allowed in drinking water from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per
billion by 2006.
"...provides
step-by-step practical calculations & procedures in many
environmental control areas for easy understanding &
applications, and helps engineers respond to very complicated
environmental control problems."
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Designed
with non-chemical and non-membrane components, the new systems
utilize patented EIMS (electro-ionization magnetic separation)
technology as its core, allowing MEP to provide solutions for a
multitude of waste streams in compact, fully automated, and
extremely low maintenance systems ideally suited for shipboard use.
Shipboard demonstrations of both systems are set to take place
during the first quarter of 2002.