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Chesapeake Bay : Wastewater
Plants Reduce Pollution
 Washington,
DC -- The policies needed to clean up wastewater treatment
plants in the Chesapeake Bay are in place and are working,
state and federal officials said today.
Because these policies are being
implemented effectively, additional regulations being
recommended by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) to reduce
pollution in this vital watershed would only add delay to
the progress being made and divert resources from clean-up.
"EPA has determined that existing
regulations, coupled with the collaborative partnership
outlined in the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, will get us
results faster than developing new federal rules," said
Benjamin Grumbles, EPA's assistant administrator for Water.
"Recent actions taken by Maryland, Virginia and other Bay
partners will help to ensure that we achieve and maintain
our restoration goals for the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries."
Grumbles' statement is part of
EPA's formal response to a petition filed by CBF, an
environmental advocacy organization. The petition requested
that EPA develop additional federal regulations to achieve
nutrient controls in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
In December 2004, EPA and the Bay
state partners agreed to a unified permitting strategy,
requiring hundreds of wastewater treatment plants to have
enforceable limits on nutrient pollution. This strategy will
result in more than an 18.5 million pound reduction in the
amount of nutrient pollution that fouls the Bay annually.
In keeping with those agreements,
both Maryland and Virginia are moving aggressively to issue
new water quality standards. Virginia is expected to submit
its standards to EPA for final approval this month. Last
week Maryland announced an additional comment period for the
proposal of its revised standards. Once completed,
Maryland's standards would require each of its major sewage
treatment facilities to cut nutrient pollution.
"Maryland is leading the charge
with Governor Ehrlich's landmark Bay Restoration Fund and is
making excellent progress through other legislative,
regulatory, and administrative activities related to
wastewater treatment in urban and agricultural areas," said
Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Kendl P.
Philbrick. "The new water quality standards are vital in our
effort to preserve and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its
irreplaceable cultural, economic, and recreational
resources. With the implementation of the Chesapeake Bay
permitting strategy, we will ensure that Maryland's portion
of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries can achieve and
maintain the water quality standards required by the federal
Clean Water Act."
Virginia recently became the
second state in the country to enact legislation adopting a
nutrient trading program. The first legislation of its kind
within the Chesapeake Bay the new law sets a watershed limit
on the amount of nutrient pollution that can pour into the
Bay.
"We are moving to meet our
nutrient reduction commitments with regulatory, statutory
and funding programs that have been praised by the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, EPA and others," said W. Tayloe
Murphy, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources. "We see no
need to alter the firm path we are on with actions that may
lead to unnecessary delays."
Pennsylvania Environmental
Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty added: "Eliminating
the impairment of the Chesapeake Bay can be achieved only
with the full participation of Pennsylvania and other
upstream states. Our Commonwealth is a full partner in the
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit
strategy, and we are poised to begin implementing the new
Maryland water quality standards immediately upon adoption."
For more information about how
EPA and its partners are restoring the Chesapeake Bay, see:
http://www.epa.gov/region03/chesapeake and
http://chesapeakebay.net
Contact: Stacie Keller
202-564-4355,
keller.stacie@epa.gov
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MicroC : Safer, Inexpensive
Alternative to Methanol
 Falmouth,
MA - Environmental Operating Solutions (EOS) has developed
MicroC™ (patent pending), a high-performing carbon source
that provides a less expensive, non-flammable and
non-explosive alternative to methanol. MicroC is an
agriculturally derived product that was designed
specifically to enhance denitrification in wastewater
treatment.
Because denitrification rates are faster with MicroC than
with methanol, and the available carbon can be utilized more
efficiently as electron donors, less MicroC is required to
achieve the same level of denitrification as methanol.
Additionally, there are other, less quantifiable, benefits
related to reduced safety hazards and personnel training as
well as reduced equipment, storage costs and permitting
benefits. The price of methanol has increased 2 Ѕ fold since
2002 and is expected to continue increasing as it is
directly tied to the price of natural gas. MicroC is derived
from a renewable resource and offers more price stability.
EOS is
taking a fundamentally new approach to solving wastewater
treatment problems that focuses on the complete biochemical
"operating system". Leveraging recent advances in
microbiological methods, EOS is harnessing the biological
capabilities of complex microbial communities in their
natural environment to improve the efficiency and reduce the
expense of treating wastewater.
For
additional information contact:
Mr. Eric Stoermer
15 Carlson Lane
Falmouth, MA 02540
Phone: (508) 495-3300
Fax: (508) 495-3353
Email:
estoermer@eosenvironmental.com
Website:
www.eosenvironmental.com
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Halifax : Orders 22 "Monster"
Storm Overflow Screens
Halifax, Canada -- Canadian contractor Black and McDonald
has placed an order for 22 Storm Monster(TM) overflow
screens from JWC Environmental for a massive sewage
treatment project that will serve the cities surrounding
Halifax Harbour, including Dartmouth, Herring Cove and
Halifax.
During
heavy rain storms or overflow events the 22 Storm Monsters,
each weighing over a ton and some as long as 35 feet, will
play a key role in protecting the harbor by screening out
municipal and industrial pollutants, discharging them into
the downstream sewage flow and preventing them from escaping
into the environment.
“The
selection of the Storm Monster was a combined effort between
ourselves, the general contractor and the design engineers,
based on the required performance specification,” said
Robert Burns, the Project Team Leader for Black & McDonald.
“There were several items in the (JWC) design that were
superior to the other technologies.”
Storm
Monster is a breakthrough technology in the combined
stormwater overflow (CSO) marketplace and provides
outstanding capture efficiency and flow rates in an
extremely demanding application. Rotating perforated panels
with ј” (6mm) openings capture pollutants and solids and
move them to a solid-clad cleaning brush that returns the
solids to the downstream sewage flow for processing at the
treatment plant. Since the Storm Monster allows flow to
enter through the top, bottom and front, it achieves nearly
twice the flow rate of a single entry storm screen.
Installation of the Storm Monsters will begin this year. The
massive project, initiated by the Halifax Regional
Municipality in 1997, includes the construction of three
wastewater treatment plants, a collection network through 3
communities, 22 CSO chambers and several pump stations.
“The
city overall is quite excited about the project,” said Mr.
Burns, a 25 year resident of Halifax. “The expectations of
the water quality have some in the city talking about
applying for international sailing events and the return of
recreational activities on the water.”
For
more information contact:
JWC Environmental
290 Paularino Ave.
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Telephone: 800-331-2277
Fax: 949-833-8858
Email: jwce@jwce.com
Website: http://www.jwce.com/
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Barrier UV : System For Drinking Water Applications
 WARRENDALE,
PA -- USFilter Wallace & Tiernan Products announces the
release of its Barrier(R) M ultraviolet (UV) system for
drinking water applications. The Barrier M UV system
offers an effective alternative to chemical disinfection
without forming harmful disinfection by-products (DBPs).
Ideally suited for small- and
medium-sized community drinking water systems, the
Barrier M UV system supplies a cost-effective, reliable
and operator-friendly solution. Adding the Barrier M UV
system to other disinfection processes provides a
multi-barrier approach, and ensures complete
inactivation of all waterborne pathogens, including
protozoa such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
The reaction chamber forms
the heart of the Barrier M UV system. Designed to
provide optimal disinfection of the water being treated,
each system features reaction chambers that are
independently certified according to the rigorous,
industry-leading DVGW W 294 protocol.
Powerful polychromatic,
medium-pressure UV lamps are optimally arranged in the
chamber to suit each individual application. Unlike with
low-pressure UV lamps, the output of medium-pressure
lamps is independent of the water temperature. In
addition, medium-pressure lamps are known to prevent or
minimize the risk of photoreactivation associated with
the use of low-pressure UV lamps. The quartz sleeves
used in the Barrier M system prevent the formation of
nitrite ion by cutting off all emission below 240 nm.
Using automatic lamp power control, lamp life expectancy
is 9,000 hours, with guaranteed operation of 8,000,
minimizing ongoing maintenance and lamp replacement
costs.
Headloss through the chamber
is minimized by its hydrodynamic, in-line design and the
use of a few, powerful medium-pressure lamps. The
compact in-line design enables easy, flexible
installation, especially in retrofit situations where
space is limited. Additional features include an
automatic mechanical cleaning system with an optical
rotation detection system, which eliminates the wear and
tear associated with limit switches.
The new Barrier M system will
be on display in USFilter's booth (#1523) at the
American Water Works Association's Annual Conference and
Exposition in San Francisco, Calif., June 12-15.
Visit company website at
www.usfilter.com
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in Tampa, FL.
The ideal candidate will
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Engineering or similar technical area of study required.
-10 years experience in the US commercial development
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Chesapeake Bay : Wastewater
Plants
Reduce Pollution
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MicroC : Safer, Inexpensive
Alternative
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Halifax : Orders 22 "Monster"
Storm
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Water Applications
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