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Calgon Carbon Awarded Contract for
Perchlorate Removal
PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE:CCC)
announced today that it was awarded a contract from West San
Bernardino County Water District in California for the purchase of a
modular ion exchange system. The system will be used for the removal
of perchlorate in San Bernardino County well water. The contract,
valued at approximately $2 million, also includes a three-year
service agreement.
The
project will treat 2.8 million gallons per day of water for the
customers of the West San Bernardino County Water District.
"After discovering the perchlorate in the Rialto/Colton and
North Riverside basins, we looked into technologies that could
service us the best. Calgon Carbon Corporation was at the forefront
of those technologies because of their experience in this
field," said Anthony Araiza, General Manager of the West San
Bernardino County Water District. "We are the first facility
that draws and treats water from these basins to install the
equipment for perchlorate removal. We wanted to be good neighbors to
our customers and we felt good about the resin-based system Calgon
Carbon had to offer in that regard."
Commenting on the agreement, Jim
Fishburne, Senior Vice President of Calgon Carbon, said, "We
are pleased with the response from water management facilities
across North America, especially the California municipalities who
have embraced our groundwater treatment solutions and services. Our
technology was the first approved in that state for perchlorate
removal a little more than four years ago. Since then, our
reputation for cost effective and efficient technologies coupled
with unsurpassed service has continued to grow throughout the
industry."
Calgon Carbon works with local
municipalities to choose the proper system from the company's
multiple technologies. "We offer ISEP and temporary service
programs," said Fishburne. "We work with our customers
when deciding on the proper technology. We know they have to look at
several factors when making a technology choice." He added that
since early in 2002, the company's temporary systems alone have
treated 45.4 million gallons per day of drinking water. This
agreement with West San Bernardino marks the sixth drinking water
treatment facility for which Calgon Carbon has supplied perchlorate
removal services and technologies.
According to Anthony Araiza, Calgon
Carbon worked with him when he faced challenges at West San
Bernardino. "This was a new endeavor for us, so we looked at
several of their technologies before deciding on this one for these
sites. When one technology didn't fit our budget constraints, they
worked with us until we found a solution that worked for all of our
needs. That is how we came to the resin-based system. They gave us
choices."
Calgon Carbon Corporation,
headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global leader in
services and solutions for making air and water cleaner and safer.
The company employs approximately 1,000 people at 13 operating
facilities and 11 sales and service centers worldwide.
(Alexandria, VA) - The
Water Environment Federation (WEF), through a cooperative agreement
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is conducting a
new series of training seminars from October 2002 to May 2003 to
provide publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) with the necessary
tools to initiate a vulnerability assessment and develop a security
plan designed for each utility's specific needs. Each of EPA's 10
regions will host at least one 2-day workshop.
The
new training series, following the successful general security
workshops held earlier this year, provide a more detailed approach to
wastewater security by helping wastewater utilities evaluate and
determine approaches for reducing their vulnerability to man-made
threats and natural disasters. A total of twelve workshops are focused
on the VSAT wastewater, a new wastewater security training software
developed by the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA)
in collaboration with PA Consulting Group and SCIENTECH Inc. The
experts who designed the software provide hands-on training and
participants, including POTW staff with the responsibility for
security planning, are encouraged to bring data from their own plant
to initiate a vulnerability assessment designed specifically for their
circumstances. They then learn how to develop a security plan based on
their initial vulnerability assessments.
The featured speakers
include Kenneth Rubin, President and CEO at PA Government Services
Inc. and Daniel Rees, Vice President of SCIENTECH, Inc. Collectively,
Dr. Rubin and Mr. Rees have more than 55 years of experience working
with water and wastewater utilities on management, economics, and
finance of public infrastructure.
Co-instructors for each
session vary according to location and include Robert Griffin (Shield
Engineering Inc.), Nancy Wheatley (Water Resources Strategies), Mark
Anderson (Virginia Department of Environmental Health) and Patty
Settles (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Denver, CO). The
training is free-of-charge to POTWs.
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Reduce
Pollution & Lower Costs
WWTP to Generate It's Own Power from
Digester Gas
WAITSFIELD, Vt.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--March 4, 2003--The Essex Junction Wastewater Treatment
facility in Essex Junction, Vermont has selected Northern Power
Systems to engineer, build and install a $245,000 on-site power
system that will burn methane gas produced by wastewater processing
to generate electricity and heat for the facility.
The
new cogeneration system will produce over 400,000 kWh of electrical
output per year, equivalent to 41% of the facility's current annual
demand. At the same time, the system will reduce the plant's CO2
emissions by over 500,000 pounds--the equivalent of eliminating 42
cars from the road per year. As part of its commitment to removing
financing obstacles to such environmentally sound systems, Northern
helped the Essex Junction facility obtain grant and rebate
assistance for the project from various outside sources.
The Essex Junction Wastewater
Treatment system will employ a new controls method--the first of its
kind for use in a biogas cogeneration application--developed by
Northern Power Systems for the project. The controls method will
enable the facility to conduct peak shaving (reducing metered demand
by boosting output kW during short, higher demand times) while
monitoring the power and heat requirements of the site. The system
is expected to yield a total annual electric utility savings of
about $30,000.
New System Will Boost Efficiency
with Microturbines
The Essex Junction Wastewater
Treatment facility processes approximately 1.7 million gallons of
wastewater per day from the suburban Burlington communities of Essex
Junction, Essex and Williston. The facility also runs a biogas
anaerobic digester plant which produces 56,500 therms of methane gas
per year. The plant flares 45% of this methane gas and burns the
other 55% in a boiler to heat the digester tanks, accelerate
decomposition of the solid waste, and kill off pathogens in the
process biosolids. The new system will dramatically increase
efficiencies by employing microturbines to burn 99.8% of the methane
gas, a design that will eliminate the need to flare the previously
unused portion. The electricity produced will power pumps, grinders
and other process equipment.
The Essex Junction plant will realize
significant environmental benefits and energy cost savings by
blending the methane with natural gas, which also serves as a
back-up gas source in the event of digester maintenance or
interruption of biogas supply. Modulating the mix allows the
microturbines to conduct peak shaving to a greater extent than if
running on methane alone, automatically increasing the output of the
microturbines to meet the additional electrical needs. Blending also
improves the reliability of the system by stabilizing the fuel input
into the turbines.
Through cogeneration, the recovered
heat from the turbines will be used to heat the digester tanks and
will offset 100% of the need to run a boiler for this same purpose.
Broad Appeal to Similar Wastewater
Treatment Facilities
According to Dan Reicher, executive
vice president of Northern Power Systems and former U.S. Assistant
Secretary of Energy, the system developed with the Essex Junction
facility has widespread applicability nationwide. Reicher, who led a
$1.2 billion program to advance energy efficiency, renewable energy
and distributed generation, said, "An EPA Clean Water Needs
Survey indicates that there are some 3,300 wastewater treatment
facilities similar to the Essex Junction plant in the United States.
From delivering basic electricity, to cost reductions and reduced
environmental impact, this type of system design delivers terrific
value for anaerobic digestion wastewater treatment facilities,"
he added.
The average cost per kWh produced by
the system will be 2.46 cents (including annual maintenance
expenses), yielding a 6.37-cent savings when compared to the current
utility rate. In addition to the energy savings, peak shaving will
accrue $4,500 in savings, thereby yielding a total annual electric
utility savings of about $30,000.
Based on a national utility average
of 1.3 pounds of CO2 emissions per kWh generated, the cogeneration
system will offset over half a million pounds of CO2 emissions per
year (the equivalent of removing approximately 42 cars from the road
per year).
"We are confident that this
system will deliver real environmental benefits and drive down
electric consumption costs for local ratepayers," said James
Jutras, Director of the Essex Junction Wastewater Treatment
facility. "It's a real example of a win-win situation because
we're able to share the benefits with our customers and the
surrounding communities," he added.
About Northern Power Systems
Northern Power Systems designs,
builds and installs ultra-reliable electric power system solutions
for industrial, commercial and government customers worldwide. Since
the company's founding in 1974, Northern has installed over 800
systems in 40 countries on all seven continents. For more
information, visit Northern on the web at www.northernpower.com
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Over
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Hastings, MI -- Resin-Fab tanks have
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Muffin Monster sewage grinders and is located at the McMurdo
Station, the main U.S. outpost in Antarctica. The enclosed plant can
treat up to 121,000 GPD sewage for 1,000 people at the station
during the busy summer months.
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A Sales Engineer with industrial and
municipal wastewater treatment experience is required immediately in
the western and mid-western United States by Hydroxyl Systems.
Applicants must have an engineering/technical degree and a
minimum of 5 years' experience in technical sales, preferably in
wastewater treatment equipment. Other key qualifications
include general technical proficiency, motivation to learn, and
proven sales skills.
This position entails the sale of
advanced oxidation, biological and multi-process wastewater
treatment systems to clients and consulting engineers for industrial
as well as municipal & domestic wastewater applications. Visit
www.hydroxyl.com
for information regarding Hydroxyl Systems' technology, products and
services.
A competitive compensation and
incentives package is provided. This is an excellent growth
opportunity for a highly motivated, client-focused technical sales
person who is interested in traveling at least 30% of the time. The
candidate should reside in a location to effectively serve major
wastewater market areas in the western United States.
Qualified candidates are invited to
submit applications by April 2, 2003 to:
Hydroxyl Systems Inc.
Human Resources Department
9800 McDonald Park Road, Sidney, BC, Canada V8L 5W5
EMAIL careers@hydroxyl.com
TEL 250-655-3348
FAX 250-655-3349
WEBSITE: www.hydroxyl.com
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