SAN ANTONIO, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver the keynote address at StormCon '03, the second annual North American Surface Water Quality Conference & Exposition, on July 29. The conference brings hundreds of experts from the rapidly growing stormwater industry to San Antonio July 28-31.

As Chief Prosecuting Attorney for Hudson Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy group, Kennedy is one of the leading voices for water quality protection. He has been instrumental in developing a network of more than 90 Waterkeeper programs around the world.

StormCon is the premier gathering of professionals involved with surface water quality. Hundreds of public-sector officials, regulators, private engineers, and manufacturers come together each year for three days, concentrating on surface water-quality challenges. The event also includes the world's largest trade show of stormwater-related products, equipment, and services.

The federal Clean Water Act marked its 30th anniversary last year, and the country has made great progress in the last three decades in cleaning up water pollution from factories and industrial sites. A continuing water pollution problem, however, is the pervasive runoff from roads, parking lots, construction sites, and other urban environments. Each time it rains, stormwater runoff carries sediment, oil and grease, hydrocarbons, fertilizers, and other pollutants into the storm drains and from there to rivers, lakes, and beaches. Combating this type of pollution is the goal of the rapidly growing stormwater industry.

Forty StormCon conference sessions will highlight technologies and strategies for improving water quality, paying for local stormwater programs, and -- one of the industry's biggest challenges -- teaching the public about stormwater.

More than 110 vendors will gather in the exhibit hall to give demonstrations of the latest stormwater treatment technologies. Attendees can ask questions and compare solutions to see what will work best in their areas. The exhibit floor will also provide those attending the conference the opportunity to meet with their counterparts attending from throughout the world.

StormCon takes place July 28 through 31, 2003, at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas. Press passes will be available at the conference, free of charge.

StormCon is hosted by Forester Communications ( www.forester.net ), publisher of Stormwater magazine and other publications focusing on infrastructure and the environment. For information, contact Steven DiGiorgi at 805 682 1300 x129 or sdigiorgi@forester.net.

Source: StormCon

PALM DESERT, Calif., July 23, 2003– United States Filter Corporation (USFilter), a subsidiary of Veolia Environnement, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its surface preparation business to International Surface Preparation Corporation, a newly formed company jointly owned by Bard Group, LLC; The GlenRock Group, LLC; Atlantic Equity Partners III, LP; and Hunt Capital Growth Fund II, LP. The sale of the surface preparation business completes the company's previously announced plans to divest its non-core businesses by the end of 2003.

USFilter's surface preparation business manufactures and distributes surface preparation equipment, parts and consumables on a worldwide basis. Total annual sales in 2002 were approximately $320 million. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter and is subject to normal regulatory approvals and satisfaction of customary conditions.

Total proceeds from the disposition of USFilter’s surface preparation businesses, including the sale earlier this year of its Walther Trowal mass-finishing business, will be approximately $130 million.

In connection with the sale announced today, CIBC World Markets acted as financial advisor to USFilter. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP acted as USFilter’s legal advisor.

United States Filter Corporation, a Veolia Environnement company, is North America’s leading water company providing comprehensive water and wastewater systems and services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. Veolia Environnement is the largest environmental services company in the world with more than 295,000 employees.

Visit the company’s web sites at www.usfilter.com

COSTA MESA, CA, July 2003 -- JWC Environmental announces the introduction of Monster Separation Systems. These advanced systems feature high performance fine screens together with the award-winning Screenings Washer Monster.

Two types of screens are available - a traveling fine screen named Finescreen Monster, which has 6mm or 3mm screens, and a double flow band screen dubbed Bandscreen Monster, with screening down to 2mm openings. Both systems include the Screenings Washer Monster, which effectively processes the captured screenings, typically achieving 50% dry solids and 80% (or more) volume reduction in the discharge. The integration of a Muffin Monster grinder facilitates efficient washing, allowing organic material (fecal) to return to the plant waste stream for processing.

The Finescreen Monster ranked number one and the Bandscreen Monster number three in capture ratio comparisons overseen by UK Water Industry Research tests - the only government sponsored fine screen test in the world. The Screenings Washer Monster was recognized by WEF with an Innovative Technology Award in 2001. As integrated systems, these new products offer unparalleled performance, both in terms of capture efficiency and discharge cleanliness.

Introduction of these systems to the market represents another important step in JWC's goal to be the preferred and most comprehensive headworks equipment supplier in the wastewater industry.

JWC Environmental, a privately owned corporation headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, manufactures and services a complete line of sewage waste grinders, high flow fine screens, solids removal and processing equipment for wastewater treatment.

For more information contact:
Mr. Fritz Egger
JWC Environmental
290 Paularino Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone:  800-331-2277
Fax 949 833-8858
Email:  fritze@jwce.com
Web site:  JWC Environmental

Rochester, New York -- Pulsafeeder, a unit of IDEX Corporation,  has developed a unique technology that provides a simple and intuitive pressurized flushing system integral to the pump head specifically designed for metering sodium hypochlorite solutions with great accuracy and repeatability.

The Pulsar HypoPump. was explicitly designed to meter the full range of concentrations of sodium hypochlorite and its vapors associated with heat and degradation of composition. The HypoPump. features a patent pending design that allows pressurized process fluid to cyclically flush vapors and liquids through the pump’s discharge check system while maintaining high performance and chemical dosing accuracy. The design is integral to the pump head and eliminates the need for expensive, unreliable, and undesirable bypass systems including, piping, valves, fittings, and instrumentation.

Most notably, this system is closed-looped and not open to atmosphere at any point, therefore eliminating crystallization of the sodium hypochlorite. The exclusive and distinctive design also enhances self-priming capabilities since the pump system automatically evacuates entrained air in the piping system and pump head.

The Pulsar HypoPump. is a generational leap in fluid and gas handling metering pump technology. It is available in PVC and PVDF construction with dosing rates from 0.5 GPH through 110 GPH (1.9 – 416.4 lph) and pressures as high as 150 psig (10 bar) through temperatures of 150 degrees F (65 degrees C).

For more information contact:
Mr. Nick Valente
Pulsafeeder, Inc.
2883 Brighton-Henrietta Townline Road
Rochester, New York 14623
Telephone:  585-292-8000
Fax:  585-424-5619
Email:  nvalente@idexcorp.com

Web site:  http://www.pulsa.com/

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