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Water and Waste Water Dot Com Newsletter
"For the water and wastewater treatment professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 16, July 3, 2000
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@waterandwastewater.com
Copyright 1999-2000, Water and Waste Water Dot Com
John Yazek, Co-Editor, mailto:jyazek@h2ochem.com
H20Chem.com, http://www.h2ochem.com/
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Hi Everyone, hope you all have a great 4th of July and look
forward to a productive summer. We have been overwhelmed
with hundreds of link submissions and hope to have them all
caught up in the next couple of weeks. If you have submitted
a link request, you haven't been forgotten!
Also, we are moving Water and Waste Water Dot Com to a more
spacious web server, we have been on the same server for over
two years and have outgrown it. The only difference you will
see is faster loading pages and we will clear out the Job
Fair and Help Forum of old postings! More server "elbow
room"
is really needed
Our goal is to provide information to improve your business
by using the resources available on the Internet.
Please forward this newsletter to your friends, intact.
Thanks, Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> Sponsor's Message
> Largest UV Disinfection System For U.S. Drinking Water
> Stansbury to Acquire Garnet Mining Operation
> This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
> H2OChem.com’s Technical Tip of the Week
> VitriSeal to Acquire Distech, Test Filtering Process
> Cat Launches Construction of New Cogeneration Plant
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe and Unsubscribe Information
> ReferWare
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Contributors Wanted!
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Press releases, show announcements and industry news wanted!
Do you have company news, a new product, new service or other
information you would like to share with our subscribers?
DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE IS: July 5, 2000
We give full credit to contributing authors. If so please send
it to:
mailto:news@waterandwastewater.com
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Sponsor's Message
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Largest UV Disinfection System For U.S. Drinking Water
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PITTSBURGH, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Calgon Carbon Corporation
(NYSE: CCC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract
from West View Water Authority in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to
provide a Sentinel(TM) UV disinfection system for disinfection
of drinking water. The contract includes a ten-year service
agreement under which Calgon Carbon will provide complete
service and maintenance of the Sentinel(TM) system. This will
be the largest UV disinfection system in the United States for
municipal drinking water treatment and the first of its kind
in Pennsylvania for surface water treatment. The new Sentinel
system will treat up to 40 million gallons of water per day,
protecting approximately 200,000 people in Western Pennsylvania
from cryptosporidium (crypto).
The Sentinel(TM) UV disinfection system provides a cost-effective
barrier against viruses, bacteria, and parasites such as crypto
at a fraction of the cost of other treatment methods. Also,
Sentinel(TM) is an environmentally safe technology, since it
does not produce disinfection by-products. Crypto, a microscopic
parasite found in almost all surface waters, is highly resistant
to traditional treatment methods such as chlorination. When
ingested, it can cause cryptosporidiosis, an illness characterized
by severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea. In individuals with
suppressed immune systems, cryptosporidiosis can be fatal.
Commenting on the contract, Dan Daugherty, executive director
of West View Water Authority said, "The West View Water
Authority's
Board of Directors has taken a leadership role in Pennsylvania by
choosing to provide its customers with an additional water treatment
method that is not mandated by law. Their proactive stance
demonstrates their continued commitment to implement
state-of-the-art
technology at the plant, and provide the safest, highest-quality
drinking water to their customers."
Bob O'Brien, senior vice president of Calgon Carbon Corporation,
commented, "Since Calgon Carbon is headquartered in Pittsburgh,
we take particular pride in having been selected by West View
Water to provide a water treatment system that will protect our
neighbors in 28 communities." He added, "This contract
strengthens our leadership position in the use of UV technology
for disinfection of drinking water. Also, the service contract
is consistent with our long-term strategy to transform Calgon
Carbon from a product to a service company."
For more information contact:
Ms. Gail Gerono
Calgon Carbon Corporation
Telephone: 412-787-6795
http://www.calgoncarbon.com/
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Stansbury to Acquire Garnet Mining Operation
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DENVER, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Stansbury Holdings Corp. will
acquire Sweetwater Garnet Inc., an indirect subsidiary of
Canada's Absolut Resources Corp., in a stock swap. The purchase
is subject to the approval of the boards of both Stansbury
and Absolut and other approvals.
Closing is targeted for Aug. 1, and will allow Stansbury to
begin operating the Garnet mine and mills under contract to
Sweetwater Garnet. The site is valued at CAN $7 million.
The garnet facilities have a capacity of about 12,000 tons/year
of finished garnet, which has been sold to the abrasives and
water treatment industries. With improvements, the mine and
two mills can be increased to 20,000 tons/year, which
represents 20 percent of current worldwide demand. Industrial
grade garnet, used in the abrasives industry, and in
water-jet cutting and water treatment facilities, typically
sells at $180-$225/ton, and the Sweetwater site produces
the full range of sizes used in the industry.
Under the current agreement, Stansbury will issue 12,240,000
shares of its common stock to Absolute Resources in exchange
for 100 percent issued and outstanding shares of Sweetwater
Garnet Inc. In addition, Stansbury will retire $1 million
of Sweetwater debt, with 3 million shares of its common
stock and a production royalty, making Sweetwater Garnet
essentially debt-free.
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This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
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Top picks from the Reading Room this week are:
"Industrial
Air Pollution Control Systems"
by William L. Heumann (Editor)
Hard Cover, 560 pages, August 1997
"Sampling
for Analytical Purposes (abridged)"
by Pierre Gy & A. G. Royle (translator)
Hard Cover, 153 pages, July 1998
"Water
Treatment Plant Design"
by ASCE and AWWA
Hard Cover, 1024 pages, 3rd Edition, December 1997
We thank you for your continued support of the Reading Room.
Do you need a book? Can you suggest a book you love, that we
should have in the Reading Room? Let me know and we will
try to include it!
You can visit the Reading Room and view the selections we
have made for you at:
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/www_services/readingroom.htm
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H2OChem.com’s Technical Tip of the Week
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SAVE MONEY ON REMOVAL OF SOLUBLE METALS!
In many wastewater systems removal of soluble metals is an
important consideration. This week's tip discusses the
solubility of various metals. Utilizing the solubility chart
included you will be able to operate your wastewater facility
to minimize metal levels discharged, and perhaps eliminate
the need for costly "polishing" products.
To go the entire tip click below:
http://h2ochem.com/tips/default.asp#tip
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VitriSeal to Acquire Distech, Test Filtering Process
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DRAPER, Utah, June 26 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- VitriSeal Inc. says
it plans to acquire all shares of Distech Limited, a New
Zealand corporation with offices in Auckland, New Zealand and
a U.S. subsidiary in Redwood City, Calif.
The terms of the letter of agreement dictates the issuance of
16.2 million shares of VitriSeal's common stock for the Distech
shares. Distech has developed state-of-the-art water
distillation equipment called the "V-Still," which
incorporates
patented vacuum mechanical vapor recompression (VMVR)
technology that combines the benefits of vacuum distillation
for low-temperature evaporation and vapor recompression for
efficient recycling of heat energy. The system produces high
purity water in commercial quantities,
Distech says, due to components including automatic clean-in-place,
remote system management over telecommunications links, minimal
water pre-treatment, compact size and small foot print and
competitive pricing.
VitriSeal says the addition of the Distech technology with
the recently acquired Thermoflow Corp. and Liquitek Corp.
technologies for antifreeze recycling and industrial wastewater
treatment enables the company to use technologies it can
customize to solve various liquid separation and purification
problems, enhancing its ability to provide industrial
wastewater, drinking water, ultra pure water, and desalination
solutions.
During due-diligence, the company and Distech have agreed
to undertake a joint effort for the purposes of developing
a D-3000 prototype V-Still with the ability to process
3,000 gals/hour of water, implementing a trial program for
testing V-Stills for applications, including the separation
and recovery of gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl
ether (MTBE) from several water sources, including
contaminated drinking water.
At its Auckland facility, Distech has successfully separated
and recovered MTBE from contaminated drinking water,
demonstrating the capability of the V-Still to reduce the
MTBE content to below five parts per billion, the allowable
standard for drinking water, and recovering the MTBE for
destruction.
Used as an octane enhancer for reformulated gasoline to meet
standards imposed by the Clean Air Act of 1990, MTBE has
recently gained nationwide attention as a serious threat
to municipal drinking water sources, resulting in the
closing of wells in various California communities because
of MTBE contamination. The Thermoflow technology is
capable of economically treating/recycling many other
contaminated liquids, including wastewater.
The company's Liquitek subsidiary has licensed and leased
an oily wastewater treatment system to Hawaii's largest
recycling company. Liquitek has also developed a proprietary
system for recycling carwash wastewater and installed
a test system in Hiroshima, Japan. The company plans
to introduce a similar system in the United States upon
completion of its Japanese testing.
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Cat Launches Construction of New Cogeneration Plant
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PEORIA, Ill., /PRNewswire/ -- A Caterpillar 301.5 Hydraulic
Excavator and a Caterpillar 416C Backhoe Loader today kicked
off construction of the AES Medina Valley Cogeneration Plant
near Mossville, Illinois.
The $51 million, 47 megawatt plant will produce low-cost,
environmentally friendly electricity and steam heat for
Caterpillar's Performance Engine Products Division (PEPD)
plant in Mossville. It will also provide chilled water service
for the PEPD plant and electricity for Caterpillar's Mapleton
Foundry.
The cogeneration plant will be built, owned and operated by
AES Medina Valley Cogen LLC. The project was developed by
CILCO, which is also an AES company. Caterpillar intends to
use the cogeneration plant, which features several Caterpillar
products, as a marketing showcase.
The new cogeneration plant will replace four coal-fired boilers
and two older gas boilers currently in use. The boilers,
initially constructed in the late 1950s and early 1970s, burn
high sulfur Illinois coal and are equipped with sulfur dioxide
scrubbers. With the new high efficiency Solar turbines, the
total amount of air pollutants discharged will be reduced
significantly. The new plant will control nitrogen oxide
emissions (NOx) through the use of low NOx burners. It will
control carbon monoxide emissions (CO) through use
of catalytic converters.
For more information, visit:
http://www.cilco.com/
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Hot Messages from the Help Forum
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People post their requests for help and offer their suggestions
to others in our open forum.
Mr. Schwaller needs water sampler:
Looking to purchase a good used flow proportional sampler
(Isco 3700, Sigma 900 Max, other) to be used for industrial
discharge monitoring, stream sampling, etc. located in
the Atlanta area
Please contact,
John Schwaller
Telephone 678-277-9282
mailto:j.schwaler@worldnet.att.net
Mr. Ramirez needs a wastewater blower system:
I am very interested on the waste water blower system you’ve
got, but I still don’t know which one is the most adequate
for my project. The project consists of a 9 CM. (cubic meters)
digester tank for wastewater by activated sludge, depth 3 mts.
As part of the process a blower is needed (with four diffuser
membranes. 12 inches each one). I would really appreciate
if you send me back some information about the most adequate
wastewater blower system
Please send also prices lists and dealers in Miami, Fl.
Thanks,
Carlos Alberto Ramirez Rey
Fax 5798 512 5504
P.O. Box 407.
San Andres Isla, Colombia
mailto:ramirezrey@usa.net
The Help Forum is open for everyone to use. Share your
expertise with others, you can find these & other messages at:
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
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Call For Photographs!
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This week's photo is of a leachate storage tank with secondary
containment located at the Metro Dade Solid Waste Facility,
Miami, Florida. The primary tank is 837,000 gallons with a
secondary containment tank of 920,000 gallons. Overall
height is 61 feet. The tank is designed to contain the
leachate from an ash landfill during heavy rains.
Photograph courtesy of Aquastore,
Aquastore
We would love to have your photo of a water treatment process,
new plant or equipment "action shot" for our home page.
If you have a favorite photograph of water treatment at its
best, please e-mail us a jpeg or gif of the photo with a
description of what is in the photo for our home page.
Full credit and the description of the photo will be given.
Photographs are be changed every two weeks to give everyone
a chance to be included.
Send your photograph and description to,
mailto:news@waterandwastewater.com
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From the Job Fair
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SALES ENGINEER/ACCOUNT MANAGER
Basic Chemical Solutions (BCS)/Pressure Vessel Service (PVS)
is a 40-year old commodity chemical distributor specializing
in the delivery and storage of inorganic chemicals. Our
mini-bulk and bulk programs have been used with great success
by numerous industries, including food processing, metal
finishing, semiconductor, electronics manufacturing, and water
purification & treatment. We are the market leader in our field.
BCS/PVS has nearly doubled in size over the past three years
and continues to expand throughout the United States. Due to
this exponential growth, we are seeking highly motivated,
experienced sales professionals to expand the presence of our
unique chemical delivery and storage system.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The ideal candidate
will be a good communicator, and will be a persistent,
aggressive, self-motivated, competitive self-starter who is
independent, trainable and who has a strong desire to succeed
with a growing company. A 4-year degree, a successful record
of accomplishment and the ability to learn quickly are required.
In this key outside sales role, you will be responsible for
the following: Generating new business · Effectively maintaining
a large account base · Developing relationships with existing
and prospective customers · Conducting presentations to
prospective customers · Developing knowledge of BCS/PVS
chemicals and delivery system
Opportunities are located throughout California including
in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and the Sacramento Valley.
Enjoy an excellent base salary plus annual bonuses, a lucrative
retirement plan, comprehensive health benefits, and a car
allowance. Driving is necessary.
For Positions in Northern California, please fax or e-mail
resumes to:
Attn: Rick Hilton
Basic Chemicals Solutions
525 Seaport Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: 925-679-2460
mailto:pvs-rh@pacbell.net
Fax: (650)363-0713
For Positions in Southern California, please fax resumes to:
Casey Gibson
Basic Chemical Solutions
Fax: (562)903-0056
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