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New Organization
Focuses on Nation's Water Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2001 - As the
nation grapples with upgrading its infrastructure, a new
organization has been created to focus on infrastructure to clean
and supply the most essential requirement for life -- water. The
country's leading providers of operational services for water and
wastewater treatment today announced the formation of the Water
Partnership Council, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to
promoting sustainable water quality in the United States.
"From
coast to coast, communities are faced with the need to spend
millions of dollars to rehabilitate, repair and expand water and
wastewater infrastructure systems," said Mike Stark, Water
Partnership Council President. "Now, with the threats we face
as a nation, there is an even greater commitment to ensuring and
enhancing the safety and quality of our water resources. Our
companies have agreed to come to the table and jointly contribute
our expertise and resources to help meet the water infrastructure
challenge."
According to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, it will cost taxpayers $151 billion over the next
20 years to overhaul the nation's water infrastructure and an
additional $140 billion to improve the country's system for treating
wastewater. "Through public-private partnerships, our companies
are saving communities hundreds of millions of dollars," said
Stark. "The private sector is and must be part of the
solution."
Public-private partnerships are
arrangements between public agencies responsible for water and
wastewater treatment and private companies that provide operational
services on a contractual basis.
During the Council's first year of
operation, it will focus on helping municipalities examine the
option of entering into and managing public-private partnerships to
receive maximum benefits for their communities and residents.
Simultaneously, the Council aims to work with Congress and EPA to
ensure that the nation takes a business-like approach to managing
these critically important water and wastewater assets.
"Encouraging the consideration of public-private partnerships
will help advance such an approach," Stark said. "Both the
public and private sectors work hand-in-hand every day, and we're
certain that the strengths of government and leading private-sector
companies yield the best results for ratepayers when those
respective strengths are combined."
The Council will develop various
information guides and papers based on the successes of communities
served by Council member companies. In addition to serving
municipalities, many of the members also serve industrial clients.
According to Stark, the member companies have consistently reduced
water and wastewater treatment costs, while meeting the most
stringent standards for safety and environmental quality. Stark
said, "We have achieved these results by applying lessons
learned in operating thousands of systems in this country and around
the globe, by developing and applying the latest technologies and by
harnessing economies of scale."
The Council's charter members include
the following top executives of the leading water industry
companies: Joe Burgess, Covanta Water, a division of Covanta Energy;
Keith Oldewurtel, Earth Tech, a division of Tyco International;
Peter J. Moerbeek, ECO Resources, a subsidiary of Southwest Water
Company; Don Evans, OMI, Inc.; David Chardavoyne, Thames Water North
America, a subsidiary of RWE; Jean Michel Brault, United Water, a
subsidiary of Suez ; Michael M. Stark, USFilter Services Group, a
subsidiary of Vivendi Environnement; and Michael Belsante, U.S.
Water. Combined, these organizations are operating over 1,000
municipal and industrial treatment facilities throughout the U.S.
About the Water Partnership
Council
The Water Partnership Council was
created to promote sustainable water quality in the United States by
strengthening the nation's water and wastewater infrastructure. The
Council is a not-for-profit organization comprised of
representatives from the leading providers of water and wastewater
treatment services, whose business is helping communities and
companies meet their water and wastewater needs in the most
environmentally sound and cost effective manner possible. Charter
members of the Water Partnership Council include Covanta Water,
Earth Tech, ECO Resources, OMI Inc., Thames Water North America,
United Water, USFilter and U.S. Water. For more information, visit www.waterpartnership.org
No
Bypassing Require to Complete
Wood Street
Interceptor Project Honored by ISTT
Oakland, CA - Bob Zemp, of Linabond,
Inc., accepted a Certificate of High Commendation for the
International No-Dig Award 2000. The International Society for
Trenchless Technology (ISTT) presented the award at a gala event in
Prague. The award for was accepted on behalf of all the firms
involved with the Wood Street Interceptor - Phase I: East Bay
Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Brown and Caldwell, V & A
Consulting Engineers, JR Pipeline Company, Inc., Mac & Mac
Hydrodemolition Services, Inc.
This
pipeline rehabilitation project utilized the Linabond Structural
Polymer Pipeline Co-Lining System. Developed more than a decade ago,
the Linabond Structural Polymer Pipeline Co-Lining System extracts
the maximum amount of strength and value from the existing pipe by
creating a broad load transfer with strong, corrosion-proof
materials. The existing pipe is salvaged and used as a component in
the new composite structure. Pipelines can be structurally
rehabilitated at a rate of a lineal foot per minute, with little
disturbance to the surrounding community. With no bypassing
required, Linabond is fast, convenient and cost effective.
The scope included lining 270 degrees
of a 105-in. pipe for a distance of 2300 feet, without bypassing the
flow of wastewater. The contractor, J.R. Pipeline (Perris, CA),
coordinated the successful installation of the project, including
sub-contracting the surface preparation to Dave MacNeil at Mac &
Mac Industrial Services Ltd. (Surrey, British Columbia).
The contract allowed for 520 days,
but the co-lining was completed in less than 75 hours over 40
nights. From start to finish, the entire project was completed in a
few months. In just two projects, J.R. Pipeline has gained the
reputation as the fastest, most efficient installation team of the
Linabond Structural Polymer Pipeline Co-Lining System.
Although many parties contributed to
the success of the project, Elisabeth Girma of EBMUD, coordinated
Oakland's dedication to current trenchless technology. She was
integral in the specification development, pre-installation
planning, project management and final approval. She worked
hand-in-hand with the consulting engineers, the consulting project
managers, the contractor and Linabond to insure the success of the
Wood Street installation.
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Black & Veatch
Wins Research Projects for AWWA
Kansas City, Mo. (Nov. 8, 2001) --
For the first time, Binnie Black & Veatch's (BB&V) expertise
in both the application of membrane technologies and the planning
and design of distribution systems has been rewarded with two
prestigious research projects by AWWA-RF, which is sponsored by some
1,000 U.S. and international water utilities.
The
two projects, one on membrane filtration in water treatment and the
other on the implications of retention time on water quality in
distribution systems, will be managed by BB&V, part of Black
& Veatch, the U.S.-based global engineering, construction and
consulting firm. Black & Veatch has completed many research
projects for AWWA-RF over the years. For both projects, BB&V has
assembled integrated teams of international experts from utilities,
vendors and universities.
"One of the reasons we won this
membrane project was because of our expertise in membrane plant
design and integration," said Jonathan Pressdee of BB&V,
who will lead the membrane project team as principal investigator
and project manager. "The utilities that are participating in
this study reflect the international interest in membrane technology
for drinking water treatment." The countries represented by the
nine participating utilities and 10 water plants include the U.S.,
the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the UK.
He added: "Our research findings
will be a complete assessment of the water industry's experience
with the integration of membranes into existing treatment plants. It
will provide the global water industry, especially utility
management, engineers, regulators and operations staff, with a
practical and easily accessible tool kit which will enhance the
industry's knowledge base and understanding of all aspects of
membrane integration."
Other members of the membrane project
team are Dr. Holly Shorney of Black & Veatch's Europe Division,
Dr. Jan Peter van der Hoek of Amsterdam Water Supply and Dr.
Srinivas Veerapaneni of Black & Veatch, Kansas City. They will
serve as co-principal investigators to provide technical direction
for the global nature of the project.
The second project will provide a
better understanding of how to improve water quality by managing
retention time in distribution systems. The project team will
evaluate methodologies, protocols and tools available for analyzing
age-related water quality parameters and will make recommendations
for the best-practice application of these tools. Malcolm Brandt of
BB&V, the principal investigator and project manager on the
retention time project, is supported by co-principal investigators
Alan Hess of Black & Veatch, who has 15 years utilities
operations experience, and by Dr. David Holt, the Thames Water
Utilities R&D manager responsible for the company's water
quality research program. BB&V is undertaking the project in
association Thames Water Utilities, UK.
"The quality of water in
distribution is affected by the time water is allowed to reside
within the network of pipes and storage," said Brandt.
"Because the impact of retention time on water quality is so
important for compliance, public health and customer satisfaction,
the water industry has recently focused on developing a better
understanding of the subject. The purpose of this research is to
establish the feasibility of managing retention time to control
water quality."
He added: "We have assembled a
15-strong core team, including academics and utilities staff. Ten
utilities will provide current experience and system data and
evaluate analysis methodologies, protocols and tools devised through
the project."
Frank Rogalla, Redhill-based head of
Proteus, Black & Veatch's global water and wastewater process
team, said: "Having a UK-led team win two projects sponsored by
AWWA-RF, mainly financed by U.S. utilities, illustrates the success
of our approach: bringing together teams of international experts
from various origins to combine ideas into new, creative
solutions."
Binnie Black & Veatch is a
specialist in total project delivery in civil and process
engineering, managing major environmental infrastructure projects in
the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central and South East Asia
and India. For more information on BB&V, visit the company's Web
site at www.bbv-ltd.com
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