AN ANTONIO, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- StormCon, the North American Surface Water Quality Conference & Exposition, has expanded its educational offerings to include the one-day Certified Professional in Stormwater Quality (CPSWQ) exam review course on Sunday, July 27, 2003.

StormCon, taking place July 27 through July 31, is the largest gathering of professionals involved with surface water quality in North America. Conference attendees include those with years of experience as well as industry newcomers. Hundreds of public-sector officials, regulators, private engineers, and manufacturers come together each year for three focused days concentrating on solutions to the NPDES Phase II-related challenges our communities are facing. The event also includes the world's premier trade show of stormwater-related products, equipment, and services.

CPSWQ Certification provides evidence of qualifications in stormwater management principles and methods. CPSWQ Certification is available to those who have the educational training, demonstrated expertise, and experience in computing, analyzing, and evaluating stormwater quality.

"The public insists on professional competence from their stormwater managers, and CPSWQ is the only professional certification available in the industry. The addition of the CPSWQ exam review course is a tremendous addition to this year's lineup at StormCon," remarked Steve Di Giorgi, StormCon director. "We've got Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivering the Keynote Address as part of three full days packed with stormwater-related classes and conversations. We've got the largest stormwater-specific trade show in the world. If stormwater is your thing, why would you want to be anyplace else?"

Mr. Kennedy's Keynote Address will take place Tuesday morning, July 29. StormCon is produced by Forester Communications of Santa Barbara, CA ( www.Forester.net ), the publisher of Stormwater magazine, the Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals ( www.StormH2o.com ). To attend the conference, complete the registration materials found at www.StormCon.com .

For information on remaining sponsorship or exhibiting opportunities, contact Steve Di Giorgi, StormCon director, at sdigiorgi@forester.net or 805/682-1300 x129.

Source: StormCon, www.StormCon.com

Kansas City, Mo., June 23, 2003 -- Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, construction and consulting company, and California Water Service Company (Cal Water), the largest investor-owned water utility in the western United States, announced today the completion and start-up of the largest water treatment plant in the United States to integrate membrane filtration with advanced pretreatment processes.

The Cal Water-owned and -operated Bakersfield Water Treatment Plant in Bakersfield, Calif., combines microfiltration with other technologies to cost-effectively treat 20 million gallons per day (mgd) of Kern River water. The new facility reduces the area's reliance on groundwater, assists in cost-effective compliance with new water quality regulations, and augments water supplies for an expanding population.

"The new treatment plant benefits Bakersfield in many ways," said Cal Water Vice President of Engineering and Water Quality Robert R. Guzzetta. "For less than the cost of continuing to treat groundwater, we are now producing higher quality water that facilitates continued community health and development. And because the Bakersfield Water Treatment Plant is expandable to a total capacity of 60 mgd, we can easily meet future needs as well."

A combination of factors led Cal Water to turn to surface water and membrane technology. Increasingly stringent drinking water requirements-including the arsenic rule published by the U.S. EPA in January 2001 and a proposed radon rule-along with a decline in the quantity and quality of groundwater available to the growing populations of Bakersfield and Kern County prompted the company to consider an alternate source of supply.

At the same time, concerns about waterborne disease, promulgation of more rigorous disinfection byproduct requirements, and the increasing economic attractiveness of membrane technology have spawned increased interest in membrane filtration of surface water among utilities nationwide. Microfiltration uses a low-pressure membrane with very small, uniform openings to filter out microbial pathogens such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium. At the Bakersfield plant, 726 vertical membrane modules provide a physical barrier against organic and microscopic life in the Kern River water.

"Everyone benefits when the design and construction are carefully integrated," said Concord, Calif.-based Black & Veatch Project Director Jay Hesby. "In Bakersfield, contractor input to design ensured contractor buy-in and simplified construction, while engineer selection of all major equipment ensured commitment to quality."

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch Corporation is a leading global engineering, construction and consulting company specializing in infrastructure development in the fields of energy, water and information. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch serves its clients with conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, information technology, environmental, security design and consulting and management consulting services.  The company's Web site address is www.bv.com .

MORGANTOWN, WV- Two new products are available from the National Small Flows Clearinghouse.

Small Community Wastewater Solutions: A Guide to Making Treatment, Management and Financing Decisions, (Item #FMBKGN210) this publication aims to help property owners become critical thinkers with respect to the information, concerns, and recommendations that will surface as they begin the process of solving their wastewater problems. It also provides the tools small communities need to access this data and to make independent, informed judgments and choices.

The first chapter offers a quick grounding in wastewater problems; followed by a chapter-by-chapter roadmap to small community wastewater treatment solutions. It explains what the people in a community will need to do, including what they need to know before making any decisions, sewage treatment system options, wastewater management options, community organizational structure options, financing wastewater systems, working with professionals, and, finally, implementation of the plan.

The book is a comprehensive guide to making community wastewater treatment decision. Local officials and other community leaders will find it particularly useful and is a good resource for researchers and the general public, planners, managers, state officials, public health officials, and finance officers. The cost of this book is $19.50.

State Onsite Wastewater Regulators and Captains of Industry Conferences, (Item #WWCDRG68) this interactive CD-ROM documents the proceedings of the 2002 State Onsite Wastewater Regulators and Captains of Industry Conferences held in Newport, RI, in March 2002. From each of the conference agendas, several full-text papers and/or presentations as well as opening remarks can be viewed on-screen or downloaded and printed.

Topics include the status of onsite systems, pathogen and nutrient treatment and transport in soils, an overview of Capacity Development work, cluster systems, onsite wastewater planning and zoning, a model onsite system ordinance project, and U.S. EPA onsite wastewater initiatives. The CD also includes a photo gallery, lists of attendees and presenters with their contact information, and additional resources, along with a follow-up article from the Small Flows Quarterly.

The CD-ROM will be of particular interest to those wastewater professionals involved with onsite wastewater regulations, including government officials with regulatory oversight, local officials, public health officials, engineers, manufacturers, and consultants.

To learn more about these publications visit our New Products page on the NSFC Web Site www.nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/nsfc_new_products.htm To place your order call (800) 624-8301 or (304) 293-4191. Orders also may be faxed to (304) 293-3161 or sent via e-mail nsfc_orders@mail.nesc.wvu.edu

Located at West Virginia University, the NSFC is a nonprofit organization funded by the U.S. EPA to provide free and low-cost information about small community wastewater treatment. For more information, call the NSFC at (800) 624-8301 and request a free information packet or visit NSFC's Web site at www.nsfc.wvu.edu 

Livingston, NJ -- The Taskmaster Titan Duplex joins the family of innovative, high-flow channel grinders. These grinders have a unique design that provides a next generation of improved performance.

Unlike conventional twin shaft grinders that have two small diameter cutting stacks, one cutter stack of the Titan intermeshes with a second one that has a much larger diameter and many more cutting teeth. The result is a unit with a massive wall of cutters and a larger throat opening of active cutting than any prior grinder.

Benefits include superior processing of larger objects, a high flow intrinsically open design, the elimination of any path for solids to bypass cutting and greatly increased cutter life. Like all Taskmaster grinders, the Titan and Titan Duplex employ unique cutter cartridge technology for unmatched unit strength and low maintenance.

Each Taskmaster Titan produces a finely ground output particle for excellent protection of pumps and other downstream equipment from jamming and plugging. These powerful channel grinders make short work of reducing sneakers, wood, rags, paper, mops and bottles while allowing liquids to freely pass through in high volume.

The Taskmaster Titan Grinder is provided with high quality tungsten carbide mechanical seals housed in a hardened stainless steel cartridge assembly for extremely reliable seal reliability. Additionally, the unit housings are uniquely protected by the use of replaceable wear elements. 

For more information contact:
Franklin Miller, Inc.
60 Okner Pkwy
Livingston, NJ 07039
Tel. (973) 535-9200
Fax (973) 535-6269
Email: info@franklinmiller.com
Web site:  http://www.franklinmiller.com/

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Mr. Abbas needs info on membranes:

My name is Ali Abbas. I am a graduate student at University of Toronto, Canada. I have over 6 years of experience in water/ wastewater treatment Industry. I am doing a research project on "Problems in Membrane Operation and Cleaning".

I will gather as much data as possible on various types of membranes used in the in the water/waste water treatment industry, various problems that are encountered in operation, specially cleaning and different cleaning approaches in practice. We are working on some newer methods for online and offline cleaning of membranes.

I would appreciate if you could tell us about any tests that you have run, any analysis of water chemistry that you have carried out.
I can be reached directly at ali.abbas@utoronto.ca 
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Ali Abbas

Mr. Rivera needs help BOD and Phosphorus in WW:

I work for a in-vitro diagnostics medical device manufacturing corporation.  Recently we start having problems with discharge parameters for BOD & phosphorus.  Our major process water discharges arise from the media used for blood lab culturing  (yeast, TSB, resin, DI water, etc.) all are organics components.

Our last readings were 1,200 mg/l for BOD and 6.5  mg/l for phosphorus.  We have a local maximum parameters of 250 mg/l for BOD and 1.5/ mg/l for phosphorus.
 
We have an average  discharge flow of  8,000 gal/day.  We have two aerated retention tanks of 10,000 gallons and are monitoring PH prior discharge.
 
Can someone offer advice?
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Thanks,
Fernando Rivera
Becton, Dickinson and Company
fernando_rivera@BD.com

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This week's photo is of installation of a Smith & Loveless OXIGEST wastewater treatment system, located in Pinellas County, FL.  Treated effluent is reused for spray irrigation at a nearby golf course. The OXIGEST system contains multiple treatment zones, an inner secondary clarifier and tertiary filter cells which work to provide high-quality effluent.

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