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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. 10, May 22, 2000
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@waterandwastewater.com
Copyright 1999-2000, Water and Waste Water Dot Com
John Yazak, Co-Editor, mailto:jyazek@h2ochem.com
H20Chem.com, http://www.h2ochem.com/
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> US Filter Promises Quick Expansion With DBOF Win
> BetzDearborn, Vivendi Team Up to Offer Equipment &
Chemicals
> This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
> H2OChem.com’s Technical Tip of the Week
> GLI Accu4 Drinking Water Turbidity Measurement System
> E-Market Exchanges - Short Term Gains, Long Term Trouble
> 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?
We give full credit to contributing authors. If so please send
it to:
mailto:news@waterandwastewater.com
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US Filter Promises Quick Expansion With DBOF Win
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PRESTONBURG, Ky., May 15, 2000 -- Floyd County, Ky.'s Southern
Water and Sewer District has awarded US Filter Operating
Services a 20-year contract to design, build, operate and
finance the operations and maintenance of its drinking water
systems.
Valued at approximately $1.4 million/year, the contract
requires US Filter to finance, design and construct 21 miles
of new water lines, three pumps and three tanks, and manage
the project for two decades.
The Southern water and sewer district services 3,800 customers
with its 2 million gals/day drinking water treatment plant,
200 miles of water lines, 13 existing pump systems and 24
tanks. The expansion will increase the district's customer
base by 500, and construction is expected to begin in August.
Completion is set for July 2001.
For more information contact:
Mr. Bill Scully
US Filter, Memcor
P. O. Box 36
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Web site: http://www.usfilter.com
mailto:water_info@usfilter.com
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BetzDearborn, Vivendi Team Up to Offer Equipment & Chemicals
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WILMINGTON, Del. and PARIS, May 16, 2000 -- BetzDearborn and
Vivendi Water have extended their North America alliance to
all other regions of the world. The companies will cooperate
to sell Vivendi Water's industrial outsourcing and equipment
capabilities and Hercules' water and process treatment
chemicals.
William A. Micsky, V.P. and general manager of BetzDearborn,
and Gerard Mohr, Vivendi Water's COO for Asia Pacific, Latin
America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, said that by
coordinating their complementary industry expertise and
resources to grow sales, the companies will be able to offer
global customers single-source access to everything they
need to manage water and wastewater treatment systems
globally.
For more information contact:
Mr. Bob Palangio
BetzDearborn
4636 Somerton Road
Trevose, PS 19053
Telephone: 215-953-2569
Fax: 215-953-5524
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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:
"Wastewater
Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse"
(McGraw-Hill Series in Water Resources and Environmental
Engineering)
by George Tchobanoglous, F. L. Burton, Staff Metcalf &. Eddy
Hardcover, 3rd edition, December 1991
"Theory
and Practice of Water and Wastewater Treatment"
by Ronald L. Droste
Hardcover, 816 pages, August, 1996
"Wastewater
Microbiology"
by Gabriel Bitton
Paperback, 488 pages, May, 1994
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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CONDENSATE CORROSION
The two primary corrosive agents in condensate systems are
carbon dioxide and dissolved oxygen. The first of these,
carbonic acid attack, is the topic of this week's technical
tip. Oxygen pitting of the condensate system will be discussed
in subsequent technical tips.
For the complete tip, visit H2OChem.com's web site at:
http://www.h2ochem.com/tips/#tip
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GLI Accu4 Drinking Water Turbidity Measurement System
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The Accu4 system uses EPA approved GLI Method 2, ratiometric
4-beam measurement technique to provide highly accurate low
level turbidity measurement. Measurement is made using two
near infrared LED's. The four beam measurement technique
automatically calculates out interference's such as process
color and sample chamber fouling.
A complete set of diagnostics is loaded into the analyzer,
allowing for easy assessment of the instruments operational
status. Verifying calibration is simple using GLI's patented
Cal-Cube secondary calibration standard. This turbid glass
cube is stable for years.
The Accu4 system is ideal for use by water treatment
facilities trying to meet the strenuous requirements of the
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, individual filter and
combined effluent regulations.
For more information contact:
Mr. Tim Schilz
Manager of Marketing
GLI International, Inc.
9020 West Dean Road
Milwaukee, WI 53224
Phone: 414-355-3601
Fax: 414-355-8346
Toll Free: 800-GLI-0263
Website: http://www.gliint.com/
mailto:info@gliint.com
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E-Market Exchanges - Short Term Gains, Long Term Trouble
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A number of online exchanges have appeared in the chemical
arena - most notably ChemConnect and Chematch. These
companies provide a forum where buyers and sellers of
chemicals can come together online to bid on chemical
products. In most cases it is the buyer requesting a product
and several sellers bidding in what is typically known as
a reverse auction format. Simply put, this means the price
continues to drop until only one supplier “wins” the bid.
While this provides unit cost reduction for the chemical
purchaser that provide near term gains, it spells trouble
for the industry in the long run. As margins for the
suppliers continue to erode, consolidation is the outcome.
Once this consolidation is in place prices are raised to
the end users. One has to look no further than the
specialty chemical market. Due to years of margin erosion,
some of which was certainly warranted, a major consolidation
has occurred during the last several years.
Since this consolidation the major companies (BetzDearborn
and Nalco) have initiated 5 to 7% price increases even as
their cost for raw materials has fallen. Additionally,
they have started to charge for many of the services that
were once part of their bundled offering. Clearly this
consolidation is not benefiting the end user of these
products.
In summary, it is clear that these exchanges will continue
due to the momentum and venture capital money behind them.
However, if their basic business model does not change,
increasing value to suppliers and customers alike, suppliers
will suffer in the short term, and the entire industry
will in the long run.
by John Yazek, Co-Editor
mailto:jyazek@h2ochem.com
H20Chem.com, http://www.h2ochem.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.
Ms. Childers wants help with metal precipitants:
Metal precipitants: What are some good metal precipitants
for wastewater treatment. What is a good test method and
limits for verifying the process (turbidity, AA
spectroscopy for various metals?)
Christie Childers
Continental Products of Texas
mailto:cchilders@cptonline.com
Mr. Cellis wants to coat a concrete tank:
Looking for a coating that can be applied to the inside and
a coating to be applied to the outside of a fifty thousand
gallon home rain water collection tank. The tank will be
underground and we have an airless sprayer (Graco 5000)that
we can use to apply the product.
The location is the Texas hill country with rocky soil any
information or suggestions are welcome
Mr. Cellis
mailto:cellis1@texas.net
Mr. Johnson needs information on BOD removal:
We generate about 3,000 gallons of waste water a result of
using acids and bases to clean and rinse our ion exchange
bottles. The tank is adjusted for pH followed by addition of
hydrogen peroxide and discharged.
I am looking for some sort of electrolysis using an electrical
current and carbon rods to convert some of the hydrogen atoms
into a gas thus reducing the BOD.
Anyone else heard of this?
Jay Johnson
mailto:jjohn72@att.net
Dr. Chitale needs technical assistance:
We have a bio-methanation plant where we treat dairy effluent
by anaerobic process. A vertical concrete tank works as the
anaerobic reactor. Influent having near neutral pH enters at
the bottom, passes through the activated sludge blanket having
anaerobic bacteria, the bacteria decompose the incoming sludge,
methane gets released and water overflows through top of the
reactor.
Under normal operating condition the sludge blanket remains
suspended in reactor. However in case of influent having high
COD, the gas generation is heavy and it disturbs the sludge
blanket, making it rise to the top and get washed out along
with the overflow there by destabilising the system.
Flow rates to reactor can be controlled but COD loading rate
(kg/hr) appears difficult to control.
We look for tips on A) How to develop sludge blanket which
remains undisturbed with increased methane generation. due
to increased COD. B) What chemicals are available to make
the sludge in floating condition ?
Please send you suggestions to
Dr. Chitale
mailto:drchitale@hotmail.com
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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new plant or equipment "action shot" for our home page.
If you have a favorite photograph of water treatment at its
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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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REGIONAL SALES ENGINEER
Requires the following core capabilities: General engineering
degree or training, i.e., Civil, Mechanical, Proven track
record in sales Past management experience Excellent verbal
and written communication skills Excellent computer skills
Must be able to work in the US.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 10 years sales
experience in the wastewater treatment field. Proven account
management experience, including competitive analysis,
strategic planning and managing to revenue targets.
Job Description: Execute the functions that make up the direct
and representative sales process for assigned geographical
region. Support the staff and management in the establishment
of goals for direct and representative sales especially in the
areas of product exposure, sales leads, and sales volume and
contribution margin.
Participate in the planning and execution of the sales function
of the company including sales strategy, project execution,
and customer support.
Salary and profit sharing plus incentives. Performance based
salary pool $50 - $75,000 depending on experience and
performance.
For more information contact:
Environmental Dynamics, Inc.
Fax: 573-474-6988
Web Site: http://www.wastewater.com/
mailto:hr@wastewater.com
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