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Ramifications
are Revolutionary
Holland America Ships
Convert Wastewater to Near-Drinking Water Quality
SEATTLE, July 27 /PRNewswire/ --
Holland America has installed a revolutionary water treatment
process aboard its 1266-passenger ms Statendam and 1440-passenger ms
Zaandam that will purify gray and black water to near-drinking water
quality before discharge. Following U.S. Coast Guard certification
of the treatment plant, which begins this week, Holland America will
install the wastewater treatment system at a cost of U.S.$2.5
million each on three additional Alaska-bound vessels before May
2002.
"The
ramifications of this prototype treatment plant are quite
revolutionary," said Stein Kruse, senior vice president of
fleet operations for Holland America Line. "In a short time,
our fleet will discharge wastewater cleaner than many communities
and virtually pure. It's amazing technology and we are extremely
pleased to put this on our ships."
Developed by ZENON Environmental Inc.
of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, the treatment plant processes wastewater
through a two-step bio-chamber stocked with bacteria
that break down and consume harmful bacteria and chemicals.
Water then passes through a patented
ZeeWeed(R) filtration system. ZeeWeed(R) filters the treated water
by using a slight vacuum to suck the water through thousands of tiny
tubes with a .03-micron pore size that allow only water molecules to
pass. Suspended solids are left behind in the ZeeWeed(R) filtration
chamber.
Filtered water finally passes through
ultraviolet light as a final polishing stage before discharge. The
discharge water is pure and would meet Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) drinking water standards except for a slight saline
content.
Each passenger aboard a cruise ship
generates an estimated 100 gallons of wastewater a day according to
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Holland America regularly tests the
water with an independent lab and makes those findings available to
U.S. Coast Guard inspectors. Those readings reveal water with zero
fecal coliform per 100 milliliters and non-detectable levels of
suspended solids, thus providing a wide margin of safety when
compared to the most stringent discharge regulations in effect
today.
Holland America plans to re-use the
water for non-passenger applications such as deck wash-downs,
laundry rinse water, engine cooling, and ballast.
"It's not a pretty topic but
it's a very good step forward, because the environment is something
we're all concerned about," said Kruse. "At Holland
America, we've always had a strong commitment to the environment and
seeking innovative solutions to cruise ship waste."
Holland America has a history of
embracing new environmental technologies and exceeding existing
regulations. The company has expanded its commitment to responsible
environmental practices through a comprehensive fleetwide program
that emphasizes waste reduction and recycling, compliance with all
international environmental guidelines, and a decision to
incorporate zero-discharge wastewater treatment plants and
cleaner-burning propulsion technology into its ships.
Starting this year, all ships
operating in Alaska have an additional second engineer to provide
oversight on all environmental matters, including bilge waste
management, emissions, garbage handling, and wastewater processing.
Each Holland America ship also has a
staff of five crew who are responsible for processing, storing,
recycling, and disposing of the approximately eight tons of garbage
generated on board each ship every seven days. The line currently
meets or exceeds all provisions of the international, national and
state regulations governing the environmental management of marine
operations.
ZENON Environmental Inc. provides
advanced membrane products and services for water purification,
wastewater treatment and water reuse. Chosen as one of Canada's Top
100 Employers, ZENON operates worldwide to provide its services for
municipalities and industrial use.
For additional information, go to Holland
America Line's web site at http://www.hollandamerica.com/
. CONTACT: Erik Elvejord of Holland America, +1-800-637-5029.
$4
Million Water Treatment System
USFilter
Supplying Drinking Water System Olympic Winter Games
Park City, Utah, July 26, 2001 –Once
again, USFilter will be supplying water treatment technology to the
water company providing service for the Olympic Games.
The
company’s Memcor Continuous Microfiltration (CMF) system will be
used to treat drinking water for the Summit Water Distribution
Company, the largest water provider in the Snyderville Basin Area
near Park City, Utah. Summit Water serves The Canyons Ski Resort,
owned by American Ski Company, and the Utah Olympic Winter Sports
Park, site of the ski jump, the luge and the bobsled competitions at
the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
At the Summer Games last year in
Sydney, Australia, USFilter systems were employed to manage the
water quality in the Olympic swimming pools.
The $4 million system for the Utah
site will be designed to treat 5.5 million gallons a day. In
addition to the Memcor CMF system, it will include an inclined plate
separator from USFilter’s Zimpro Products to recover backwash
water, and a chemical dosing system from USFilter’s Stranco
Products for phosphorus removal. To secure proven, integrated
technology, Summit Water Distribution Company selected USFilter as
their sole-source solution.
“The customer knew that producing
high quality drinking water successfully demands technical expertise
and teamwork. USFilter’s technologists and solid reputation helped
Carter & Burgess expedite the water treatment planning process
to meet a demanding project schedule. USFilter brings more to the
team then just technology and equipment – they bring performance,”
said Summit Water’s consultant, Tena Campbell, P.E., of Carter and
Burgess, Inc., “The system will allow Summit Water to maintain its
position of leadership in high quality and consistent delivery to
its customers.”
USFilter successfully demonstrated
its membrane filtration technology by performing a thorough on-site
treatability pilot study. The Memcor® CMF system verified its
ability to remove a wide range of contaminants, such as suspended
solids, particles, colloids, algae, bacteria, and pathogens
including E-Coli, Giardia Lamblia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts
from the raw water source.
The Memcor® system uses the most
durable membrane fibers offered in the industry, an efficient and
cost effective clean-in-place system, and a unique in-situ integrity
test for process control. The system requires minimal operator
intervention to virtually operate and monitor itself. The innovative
technology offered by USFilter meets budgets that older conventional
water treatment technologies can’t achieve because it reduces the
number of treatment processes, the plant footprint, the building
size, and the need for chemicals.
Frank Firsching, president of
USFilter’s systems group said, “The broad range of diversified
technologies available from USFilter allow us to provide a unique
integrated system to meet our customers objectives.” He added, “Summit
Water’s decision to team with USFilter was based on our unmatched
installation experience, service capabilities, and ability to
customize a solution their water quality needs.”
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, the largest environmental services
company in the world with annual revenues of more than $23 billion.
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decades of experience designing and operating water treatment
facilities in many parts of the world, Kawamura discusses a
broad spectrum of water treatment process design and important
operational issues for engineers and plant operators in the
industry."
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issues of water quality, focusing on the illustration and
application of both hydrologic and economic water management
techniques."
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The
Criticized Waters Rule
Whitman Pledges to Improve Impaired
Waters Rule
EPA Administrator Christie Whitman
took action today to improve the impaired water program by
undertaking a review of a rule. EPA filed a motion in the District
of Columbia Circuit Court asking the court to hold action on
lawsuits over the rule for an 18- month period to enable the agency
to review and revise the rule to achieve a program that is workable
and meets the goal of clean water. The Agency took this action
because of the ongoing controversy surrounding the rule and in light
of the study completed in June by the National Academy of Sciences
(NAS).
The
criticized rule was published July 13, 2000. Because of the
controversy, Congress prohibited EPA from putting the rule into
effect by denying funds for that purpose. Some two dozen parties
challenged the rule in court in August 2000. Today's action asks the
court to stay this litigation to correspond with EPA's plan to
propose an 18-month extension of the effective date of the rule.
"We have an existing TMDL
program and this review will not stop ongoing implementation of that
program, development of water quality standards, issuance of permits
to control discharges, or enforcement against violators. EPA and
states will continue to cooperate to identify impaired waters and
set protective standards for those waters," explained Whitman.
"I am asking for this additional time to listen carefully to
all parties with a stake in restoring America's waters-states,
cities, small towns and rural communities, plus industry, the
environmental community and farmers-to find a better way to finish
the important job of cleaning our great rivers, lakes and
streams."
The Clean Water Act requires states
to identify waters not meeting water quality standards and to
develop plans for cleaning them up. The framework for these plans is
the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program. A TMDL is essentially a
prescription designed to restore the health of the polluted body of
water by indicating the amount of pollutants that may be present in
the water and still meet water quality standards.
"In order to ensure that this
nation's bodies of water are cleaned up, we need an effective
national program that involves the active participation and support
of all levels of government and local communities," Whitman
said. "Unfortunately, many have said the rule designed to
implement the TMDL program falls short of achieving the goals."
Whitman refers to the fact that the
TMDL rule has been challenged in the courts by numerous parties. In
addition, the (NAS) completed a study, mandated by the Congress,
that makes a number of recommendations for improving the program.
Whitman emphasized the NAS
recommendations will be studied at the same time there is a public
process going forward to consult with all interested parties. Over
the next several months the Agency will conduct a stakeholder
process and intends to propose necessary changes by Spring 2002 and
hopes to adopt such changes within the 18-month time frame.
More than 20,000 bodies of water
across America have been identified as polluted. These waters
include more than 300,000 river and shoreline miles and five million
acres of lakes. EPA estimates that more than 40,000 TMDLs must be
established.
Christie Whitman was sworn in as EPA
Administrator on January 31, 2001. Prior to that, Whitman served as
the 50th Governor of New Jersey.
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