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New Website Feature : Water and
Wastewater Plants Directory
 Jacksonville
Beach, FL -- We are pleased to announce the release of a new
feature, the Water & Wastewater Plant Directory. Water and
Wastewater.com web site has taken a leadership position in
offering the most effective way to profile and promote your
water treatment plant. This new directory is open and free
to anyone to use. Also, it is free-of-charge to include your
plant in the directory.
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/plant_directory/
The Water & Wastewater Plant
Directory allows anyone, operators to managers, the ability
to feature their water treatment plant's profile with other
operations from around the world. Municipal, industrial and
even commercial water and wastewater treatment plants can be
included, no web site required. Our unique directory allows
you to include a complete process description, and even a
photograph of your facility.
New plant listings are
automatically included in the plant directory's homepage, so
visitors can simply click a link and see its complete
profile. Each week a plant will be featured from the
directory on it's homepage, including photo of the plant.
Free:
Including
your
plant in the Water and Wastewater Plant Directory is simple,
just click the link, "Add a Listing", fill out the form and
click submit. Once your listing has be verified and posted
only, you can alter or update your listing by clicking,
"Modify a Listing". Doing so, will bring up a list of all
plants you have submitted to the directory. From there you
can pick and modify a water treatment plant profile.
About Water and Wastewater.com
With over 60,000 visitors per
month, Water and Wastewater.com is the best web site for the
water treatment professional. Started in 1998, the site
features an Industry Directory and Buyers Guide, Help Forum,
Job Fair, News Center, Case Histories, the Ask Tom! Column,
Amazon.com Bookstore and a weekly newsletter.
Sponsor-supported, the web site is free and open for all to
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releases are always welcome.
For more information, contact:
Mr. Joseph Taylor
Water and Wastewater.com
3948 South Third St. No. 121
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Telephone: +1 904-280-4656
Email:
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Water & Wastewater Plant Directory:
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VSEP : First North American
Installation for Treatment of Hog Manure
 EMERYVILLE,
CA -- New Logic Research, Inc., the maker of VSEP, a
vibratory membrane filtration system, announces it has just
completed a sale of its first North American filtration
system to treat Hog Manure. The system will be installed and
commissioned later this summer in Alberta, Canada.
New
Logic has previously installed several manure filtration
systems in Korea and Japan treating both digested manure
effluent and raw manure. These installations in Asia are for
both Dairy Cow Manure and for Hog Manure and have been
operating successfully since May of 2000.
"Taking this waste product and liability and converting it
to valuable byproducts makes good business sense," says New
Logic's Chief Operating Officer, Greg Johnson. "With the
contribution of VSEP, the hog and dairy farmer can also
harvest electrical energy, concentrated organic fertilizer,
and clean water for livestock consumption."
The
use of VSEP reverse osmosis filtrate as a source of drinking
water for pigs was recently studied at Ridgetown College,
University of Guelph in Ontario Canada. In his report, Dr.
James Morris concludes that there are no adverse effects on
the health or growth performance of starter pigs after a
prolonged study. Furthermore, Dr. Morris found that pigs
during the later period of the study actually drank more of
the VSEP permeate than the regular barn water.
The
report goes on to say, "The ability to extract water clean
enough without the presence of pathogens will produce a
water quality good enough for drinking water to pigs. Such a
capability would offer a tremendous benefit in reducing the
amount of liquid spreading and to reduce the amount of water
used in swine operations."
For a
2800 head Sow operation, the estimated operating costs for
the manure filtration system containing the VSEP system
alone are estimated by New Logic Research to be $1.40 per
finished hog. This is significantly less expensive that
other innovative technologies currently being tested for Hog
Manure. Use of the VSEP system would bring Concentrated
Animal Farm Operations (CAFOs) into compliance with the
strictest regulations and can be done at a reasonable cost
within the reach of most farmers.
Greg
Johnson further states, "The VSEP membrane filtration system
is an automated self-contained device incorporating
polymeric reverse osmosis membranes that provide the water
separation. RO membranes have been used for many years for
desalination and other drinking water applications. The
benefits of reverse osmosis are that the filtrate will be
pathogen free and the membranes are very effective on all
types of dissolved solids removal and not limited to removal
of one or a few contaminants."
For
more information contact:
Mr. Josh Miller
New Logic Research, Inc.
1295 67th Street
Emeryville, CA 94608-1120
Phone: +1-510-655-7305
Fax: +1-510-655-7307
Email: info@vsep.com
Web site: http://www.vsep.com/
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Acquisition : Pentair Receives
Regulatory Approval Required to Buy WICOR
 GOLDEN
VALLEY, MN -- Pentair, Inc., announced today it has received
clearance from the Federal Trade Commission for its planned
acquisition of WICOR Industries, a unit of Wisconsin Energy
Corporation, Milwaukee. In addition, the Public Service
Commission of Wisconsin approved the corporate restructuring
of WICOR required to facilitate this transaction. Pentair
said it expects to complete the transaction effective at the
end of July. Upon closing of the acquisition, Pentair will
have built a $2 billion water-focused business within its
broader portfolio of companies.
"This
WICOR acquisition will expand our scope and capacity to
provide safe, clean water to customers worldwide," said
Randall J. Hogan, chairman and chief executive officer of
Pentair. "This clearly establishes Pentair as a global
leader in water products."
Pentair said the WICOR acquisition transforms the company
into a diversified manufacturer led by a $2 billion water
business. "While the water business will now be the largest
in our portfolio, we remain committed to a diverse business
mix," said Hogan. "Our Enclosures Group is well positioned
to continue growing profitably, and it will play an
important role in the overall performance of Pentair."
According to Richard J. Cathcart, president and chief
operating officer of Pentair's Water Technologies Group,
"The WICOR acquisition creates a significant water and
wastewater systems business with approximately $900 million
in sales, a global pool and spa business with nearly $600
million in sales, and a strong filtration and purification
business with approximately $500 million in sales." Cathcart
added, "As we strive to fulfill our vision to provide safe,
clean water, this acquisition presents significant growth
opportunities across all of our businesses. We believe
capturing those opportunities will be made easier by the
strong management teams and strong product offers of both
organizations."
"Employees at Pentair and WICOR have worked hard over the
past several months to help us reach this day," stated
Cathcart. "Our integration planning teams have defined a
comprehensive framework for uniting our complementary
organizations, and we look forward to completing the
acquisition and moving forward as one organization."
About
Pentair, Inc.
Pentair is a diversified operating company headquartered in
Minnesota. The Water Technologies Group is a global leader
in providing innovative products and systems used worldwide
in the movement, treatment, storage and enjoyment of water.
Pentair's Enclosures Group is a leader in the global
enclosures market, serving industrial and electronic
customers, and its Tools Group markets innovative products
under established brand names to professionals and
do-it-yourself users. Pentair's 2003 revenues totaled $2.7
billion, with more than 15,000 employees worldwide.
Web
site:
http://www.pentair.com/
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California :
Redlands Project Receives 2004 Drought
Proofing Award
 Redlands,
CA -- The Santa Ana Watershed Project
Authority (SAWPA) recently presented the 2004
“Drought Proofing Award” to the City of
Redlands for its new state-of-the-art recycled
water project.
SAWPA presents the
annual award to projects, agencies,
individuals, or organizations that engage in
the most significant activity over the
previous year to assist in “Drought Proofing”
the Santa Ana River Watershed. Redlands’ $24
million project, which uses immersed membrane
bio-reactor micro-filtration technology to
treat wastewater, can produce up to 2.3
billion gallons of recycled water annually. It
is the second largest plant in the world which
uses a membrane bio-reactor.
Most of the water
produced will be used in the cooling process
of a nearby 1,000 megawatt power plant,
currently being constructed by Southern
California Edison. The water will also be used
at the City’s landfill for dust suppression
and as irrigation water for local business
parks and agriculture.
“We are very proud
of this important project,” said Redlands’
Chief of Water Resources, Douglas Headrick.
“It helps us to protect the Santa Ana
watershed by keeping our wastewater treatment
plant in full regulatory compliance regarding
discharge requirements, while providing a
revenue stream that will pay for the majority
of the project’s capital costs.”
“Most
importantly,” Headrick said, “this project
helps to reduce the demands on our limited
drinking water supplies.” Redlands Municipal
Utilities estimates the project will protect
groundwater resources equivalent to 20 percent
of the City’s current water production.
For additional
information on Redlands Municipal Utilities
water projects, water quality, and wise water
use tips, visit
www.redlandswater.org or call 798-7698. |
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for help and offer their suggestions to others in our open
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Mr. Anh wants information on coagulation:
Does it affect the coagulant ability if
the coagulant period with rapid-mixing is too long, about
a day?
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Mr. Balinghasay
wants to know portable toilet disposal:
We are a municipal waste water treatment
plant in China. Recently, a new waste disposal
company has been disposing 25 cu m of their toilet waste
from hotels to our plant 50 meters from the influent pit.
Mechanical separation by course screen and grit chamber.
There is a pumping station 500 meters from
our plant, but the government reluctantly allowed this to
happen.
My concern is the transmission of enteric
diseases thru fecal waste / odor contact by the operators /
and collectors of solid waste..... what kind of medical
check / inoculation is required to receive artificial
immunity?
The odor has increase 5 times even with
air treatment in the grit chamber. What justification
can we say to the to the government that the right place for
disposal is thru the pumping station ? Any replies
would be highly appreciated
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here to post a reply)
Best Regards
Fidel Balinghasay
Taipa Wastewater Treatment Plant
fidel.balinghasay@cei.mo.ceslasia.com
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Fair : Seeking
Manufacturers Reps
We are seeking to partner with established
sales representatives or firms in water and wastewater
treatment lines who are actively seeking to expand their
product line with continuous, on-line sensors and monitoring
systems to detect target ionic species in water flows.
For more information, please see us at
http://www.brimsness.com
Brims Ness manufactures such sensors at
our facilities in central Maine. Our patented technology is
based on the use of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM). We
have the monitoring system now to comply with the new lower
EPA allowable for Arsenic content in drinking water. Our
sensors can be fabricated in such a way as to detect any
ionic specie so we can meet the needs of your
customers-whatever they are. Our product lines are
applicable to residential, municipal, commercial,
industrial: water and waste water.
We are in the process of establishing a
regional distribution network, open to discussing
exclusivity by geographic territory and commissions.
Contact Carl Schreier at cschreier@brimsness.com.
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New Website Feature : Water and
Wastewater Plants Directory
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VSEP : First North American
Installation for Treatment of Hog
Manure
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Acquisition : Pentair Receives
Regulatory Approval Required to Buy
WICOR
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California : Redlands Project
Receives
2004 Drought Proofing Award
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