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Eco:Logic's iPad app improves lifespan of WWTP
 Rocklin,
CA -- Wastewater treatment plants and sewage systems cost
millions of dollars to design and build so maintenance is
important not only for preserving public and environmental
health but also for sound fiscal stewardship of expensive
and critical public resources. Eco:Logic Engineering, an
engineering firm located in Northern California has
developed an Interactive Operations Manual (IOM) for the
iPad™ mobile digital device that helps keep plants online
and operating efficiently.
“A wastewater treatment plant can
cost tens of millions of dollars so it makes sense to use
technology to help maintain and manage that investment,”
said Dave Bennett, president of Eco:Logic. “When we saw the
iPad, we immediately knew there was a way to use it to
streamline operations and maintenance and preserve valuable
historical knowledge that is otherwise lost when experienced
staff retire.”
IOM puts each document including
photos, schematics, web links and maintenance schedules
literally at the operator’s fingertips,” said Bennett.
Operators may also add notes or
photographs to pages for example, describing the tools
needed to adjust a valve or the finicky details of a
critical piece of equipment.
“Saving historical knowledge is
very important,” adds Bennett. “Experience is an extremely
valuable asset but if it walks out the door when a person
retires, the public is not well served.”
“This is just what we needed,”
said Steve Schimp, district manager and plant operator at
San Andreas Sanitary District where the first IOM is in use.
“If we discover that a piece of equipment needs an oil
change every two months instead of four, we can log that
here and turn it into a work order.”
Engineers at Eco:Logic predict
that the iPad will help revolutionize how complex systems
like wastewater treatment plants are maintained and
operated.
“Part of the beauty of this
system on the iPad is that there is no need for a stylus or
a mouse to navigate. You touch the picture or schematic with
your finger and drill down further and further to retrieve
the level of detail you need,” adds Bennett.
And that, Bennett says, is the
key to extending the life of valuable infrastructure.
A 2002 report conducted by the
U.S. EPA on the funding gap in water and wastewater
infrastructure identified $276.8 billion needs in water
systems and $205.5 billion in needs for wastewater. The
report states that “we must renew our pipes and plants at a
much higher rate and examine ways to improve efficiencies in
the water industry.”
Source:
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Aqua-Aerobic Purchases Mecana
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Park, IL -- Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc., a leader in the
design and manufacture of water and wastewater treatment
equipment and systems, announces its purchase of Mecana
Umwelttechnik Ag of Reichenburg, Switzerland.
Since 1989, Mecana, the original
inventor of cloth media filtration, has served the
municipal, commercial and industrial sectors specializing in
biological, compact sewage treatment systems and cloth media
filtration technology. The company currently has systems
installed throughout Switzerland, Germany, Korea and Spain.
Founded in 1969, Aqua-Aerobic
Systems, Inc. has provided the water and wastewater
treatment industry with aeration and mixing equipment,
biological treatment, filtration systems, membrane systems
and process monitoring and controls.
According to Robert Wimmer,
President of Aqua-Aerobic Systems, "This purchase follows
our corporate vision and strategic plan for growth in global
water and wastewater markets through geographic expansion,
internationally."
The acquisition provides
Aqua-Aerobic Systems with worldwide control of proprietary
cloth filtration technology and further advancement of the
company's filtration capabilities. Mecana will continue to
operate from its facility in Reichenburg, Switzerland
serving the water and wastewater treatment needs of its
customers with its proven technologies.
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MIOX
Unveils New Vault On-Site Generator
 Albuquerque,
NM -- MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection,
displayed for the first time its new Vault™ self-cleaning
on-site generator at the American Water Works Association’s
(AWWA) annual conference and exhibition in Chicago,
Illinois. The conference, attended by approximately 12,000
with over 500 exhibitors, was a successful venue for
unveiling the new Vault small series on-site generator,
which is unlike anything on the market.
Designed for high efficiency, low
lifecycle cost, durability and reliability, the
self-cleaning Vault with self-adjusting flow control is
virtually maintenance free. The Vault features an
easy-to-upgrade cell to convert between sodium hypochlorite
and advanced mixed oxidant with expandable capacity for
maximum flexibility.
“It was invigorating to see the
strong positive reactions to the Vault by end users, leading
engineering firms and other industry leaders at the show,”
MIOX CEO Carlos Perea commented.
“The Vault delivers all of the
standard benefits of on-site generation, including the
safety advantages of not storing and transporting chemicals.
But the Vault has been carefully designed to go so much
further than any other disinfection system in the industry.
With minimal maintenance required, easy installation and
very low operational costs, the Vault is truly the first of
its kind.”
Founded in 1881, AWWA is the
authoritative resource on safe water, with more than 60,000
members worldwide sharing knowledge on water resource
development, water and wastewater treatment technology,
water storage and distribution, and utility management and
operations. AWWA provides knowledge, information and
advocacy to improve the quality and supply of water in North
America and beyond and advances public health, safety and
welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the
water community.
MIOX’s clean technologies treat
water using only salt, water and electricity to generate a
dilute disinfectant on site, eliminating the storage and
handling of hazardous disinfection chemicals while still
providing a chlorine residual. Creating disinfectant on site
is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible,
cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon
emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage
losses and disposal of chemical containers.
Source:
http://www.miox.com/
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Siemens Develops Leak
Location and Monitoring System
 Erlangen,
Germany -- Together with Siemens Corporate Technologies,
the Siemens Industry Solutions Division has developed a
method of finding and continuously monitoring leaks in
water pipes. Siwa LeakControl is based on flow
measurements and special software for evaluation. It can
be used with all sizes and types of pipes, and helps to
keep water losses as low as possible.
Precise knowledge of water
losses is essential for operating and planning the
maintenance of drinking water networks efficiently. The
condition of the pipes cannot be continuously monitored,
but an indication can be obtained, for example, from the
volume of water losses. There is a wide variety of ways
of doing this, but they are generally only applied at
selected points.
For example, some are based
on the evaluation of noise levels emanating from leaks
in the networks of water pipes. This investigation is
performed either at regular intervals, such as annually,
or only when leaks are suspected. However, such a
procedure makes it difficult to detect a suspected leak
immediately.
This is the strength of the
new Siemens Siwa LeakControl location and monitoring
system, which not only continuously checks for leaks,
but also pinpoints them automatically. This is done by
setting up district metering areas, in which the inflows
and outflows of water are measured by ultrasonic flow
meters.
Existing measuring systems,
such as magnetic inductive flow meters, can, of course,
also be integrated. The measurements are passed to an
evaluation system, which detects leaks and allocates
them to the individual zones by statistical methods and
a model-based, network-wide mass balance. The suspected
leaks are then found by temporarily installed acoustic
sensors, and finally pinpointed down to the exact meter
by correlators.
Source:
http://www.siemens.com/
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