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Dr. Paul Westerhoff : 2006 Paul
L. Busch Award Recipient
 ALEXANDRIA,
VA -- The WERF Endowment for Innovation in Applied Water
Quality Research presented the Paul L. Busch Award to Paul
Westerhoff, Ph.D, at its annual subscriber luncheon at
WEFTEC 2006 in Dallas, TX. Westerhoff was selected for his
research investigating the fate of commercial nanomaterials
in drinking water and wastewater treatment plants, and their
potential human toxicity.
The Paul L. Busch award carries
with it a $100,000 research grant that will aid Westerhoff
and his team at Arizona State University as they attempt to
provide fundamental knowledge of nanomaterial interactions
that will facilitate their control in wastewater treatment
plants. It is hoped that this research will improve
operations of existing plant processes (e.g., membranes,
filters, sedimentation basins, UV irradiation) and catalyze
research opportunities on the beneficial use of
nanotechnology in diagnostic tools or treatment processes.
"We need to recognize the new and
potential impacts of nanomaterials at wastewater treatment
plants today," says Westerhoff. "Let's not wait five or ten
years before we find nanomaterials ubiquitously in our
rivers."
Nanomaterials--structures no larger than a billionth of a
meter wide--are becoming increasingly common in manufactured
goods and are frequently found in products as diverse as
cosmetics and stain-resistant paints. Although this emerging
technology brings advanced products and scientific advances
to humanity, little scientific information is currently
available on nanomaterials' fate in water and wastewater
treatment plants, whether they are present in biosolids or
effluent, or their potential impact on the treatment
processes.
"Paul Westerhoff's research is an
important first step in ensuring that the water quality
community has the tools and fundamental knowledge it needs
to properly manage nanomaterials," says Glenn Reinhardt,
WERF executive director. "The vision and foresight of his
work mark a commendable addition to the legacy of Paul L.
Busch."
Westerhoff is an environmental engineering professor at
Arizona State University. In addition to the Paul L. Busch
Award, he has received numerous honors, including the
Quentin Mees Research Award from the Arizona Water and
Wastewater Association (AWPCA) and the American Society for
Civil Engineers' Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research
Prize.
The
WERF Endowment for Innovation in Applied Water Quality
Research presents the Paul L. Busch Award each year at
WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation's technical
exhibition and conference. For more information on the
award, visit the Funding section of WERF's website and click
on "Paul L. Busch Award."
Source:
http://www.werf.org/
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B&V Acquires MJ Gleeson’s Water
Business
 Kansas
City, MO -- Black & Veatch announced today the completion of
the acquisition of MJ Gleeson’s water business. The UK-based
MJ Gleeson has annual water business revenues of nearly $380
million (200 million GBP) and the transaction more than
doubles the size of Black & Veatch’s existing UK water
operations, bringing added project delivery capabilities to
clients.
“With
these additional construction capabilities, Black & Veatch
will now be a single-source provider of engineering design,
process engineering and construction for UK water clients,”
said Dan McCarthy, President and CEO of Black & Veatch’s
global water business. “This is a new business model for the
UK water industry that allows us to extend to all UK water
clients our offer of a truly integrated, multi-disciplinary
global workforce.”
With the addition of more than
900 new professionals, Black & Veatch now has nearly 2,000
professionals in its UK workforce to provide client services
to the UK water business sector. Also, Black & Veatch’s
total employment has increased to approximately 8,500
professionals across its global business lines.
McCarthy added that the approach
continues Black & Veatch’s tradition of innovation and
leadership and that the company plans to apply this new
model to benefit clients elsewhere in the world.
Black & Veatch is committed to a
rigorous growth program in its core business lines of energy
and water; the completion of this agreement allows Black &
Veatch’s global water business to move to nearly $1 billion
(530 million GBP) in revenue, McCarthy said.
Len Rodman, Black & Veatch
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, added,
“Black & Veatch and water utilities around the world share
an abiding duty to protect public health through the proper
treatment and utilization of valuable water resources, the
lifeblood of any community. With this vertically integrated
service, we further strengthen our ability to improve
communities and lives by providing reliable solutions to our
clients’ complex challenges.”
In a related announcement, Black
& Veatch outlined a new organizational structure with Bruce
Ainsworth leading the company’s European water operations
and Tony Collins, the former managing director of MJ
Gleeson’s water business, in charge of Black & Veatch’s
expanded UK water business.
“Our cultures and our business
philosophies are a strong fit and our services are
complementary,” said Collins, now Managing Director of Black
& Veatch’s UK water business. “As a result, we can now offer
total project delivery – from concept through commissioning
– to our water, environment and energy clients or any part
of that service that our clients may require.”
Ainsworth, the Managing Director
of the company’s European water business, pointed out the
tremendous opportunities for Black & Veatch, for new and
current professionals and for clients. “We’ve found a
remarkably similar set of values and cultures that focus on
providing a challenging, rewarding workplace for
professionals and a high level of service to clients.”
Hal Smith, President of Black &
Veatch’s construction and procurement division, added, “We
are excited and encouraged about bringing these new
construction resources to Black & Veatch as it provides us a
stronger knowledge base that can be applied to all phases of
our work across the globe.”
The company’s website address is
www.bv.com
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Pall Awarded Contract for
Ultrafiltration Plant
 EAST
HILLS, NY -- Pall Corporation announced that it was awarded
a $15.8 million contract by Minneapolis Water Works to
provide a Pall Aria membrane water treatment system for the
city’s Fridley membrane filtration plant. Fridley will be
the largest pressurized ultrafiltration (UF) plant in North
America, with a capacity of 95 million gallons of water per
day. The Pall Aria system will be used to provide a reliable
supply of safe drinking water to businesses and residents of
the city of Minneapolis and surrounding areas.
Minneapolis draws its drinking water from the Mississippi
River. This poses many challenges due to rapid changes in
water quality and variations in turbidity, temperature and
contamination. To overcome them, the City turned to membrane
ultrafiltration, one of the most advanced technologies
available to cost-effectively provide the highest quality
drinking water.
Pall
won the contract after Minneapolis Water Works completed
extensive performance testing of competing ultrafiltration
membrane pilot scale systems in June. The pilot tests
demonstrated that the Pall Aria UF membrane system
successfully and efficiently removed microbial pathogens
(viruses, bacteria and protozoan cysts) and particulate
contaminants from the source water.
"The
City of Minneapolis is on the leading edge when it comes to
implementing state-of-the-art water treatment technologies
and upgrading its facilities to meet current and anticipated
future regulations,” says Jeff Seibert, President, Pall
Water Processing. “While Fridley will be the largest
pressurized ultrafiltration membrane plant in North America,
the Pall Aria system is available in packaged or custom
configurations to provide potable water for communities of
any size.”
Pall
is the leader in membrane technology solutions and provides
water treatment systems for more than 150 large and small
municipalities and industrial customers worldwide. In
addition to serving the $6 billion municipal water market,
Pall’s filtration technology is increasingly becoming a
critical step in treating water for a wide range of
industrial applications. This includes intake and process
water for food, beverage, chemical, oil, gas, power and
semiconductor production, among others. Pall’s technology
enables businesses to conserve and reuse water, and to
restore wastewater to environmentally safe levels before
discharge.
CH2M
HILL, a global full-service engineering, construction and
operations firm, will design, manage construction and
commission the Fridley plant, which is expected to be fully
operational in 2011.
For
more information visit Pall at
http://www.pall.com/
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Efficient
Biogas-Fueled WWTP Reduce Emissions
 DANBURY,
CT -- FuelCell Energy, Inc., a leading manufacturer of
ultra-clean electric power plants for commercial, industrial and
government customers, today announced that Dublin San Ramon
Services District (DSRSD) has purchased two of its high
efficiency Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants to provide
electric power to run its Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility
located in Pleasanton, Calif. The DFC300MA power plants will
generate 600 kilowatts of ultra-clean power and reduce harmful
emissions by operating on fuel gas harvested from the waste
treatment process.
The power plants are combined with an
anaerobic digester -- equipment that creates and captures usable
methane fuel during the wastewater treatment cycle -- and are
expected to be installed next summer. Financial terms of the
sale were not disclosed.
The wastewater treatment plant, in
close proximity to residential areas, not only serves as a good
neighbor by providing “green” power, it also enables the
facility to meet the more stringent emission standards that the
California Air Resources Board currently is proposing. Harmful
emissions are reduced because, unlike most conventional power
plants which combust fuel, DFC units convert the fuel
electrochemically.
“By installing fuel cell power plants
running on biogas we are able to help the community by reducing
emissions and lessening the demand for power from the local
grid,” said DSRSD General Manager Bert Michalczyk. “And the
wastewater treatment facility benefits from having onsite
reliable 24/7 power that reduces the need for more expensive
energy from the local utility. It’s a compelling proposition for
the people in the Dublin San Ramon Service District.”
Heat from the fuel cell units will
supply additional heat to the anaerobic digesters and boost the
total thermal efficiency of this cogeneration application.
Wastewater treatment facilities are an ideal application for DFC
power plants because they can operate on anaerobic digester gas
which is classified as a renewable fuel and are eligible for
government incentive funding in many locations.
“The Dublin San Ramon power plant
installation is FuelCell’s 13th wastewater treatment project
worldwide and the fifth in California. DFC plants are
particularly well suited for wastewater treatment due to their
ability to produce more electricity from the same amount of
digester gas than the less efficient and higher polluting
combustion technologies,” said William A. Karambelas, Vice
President of the Western Region at FuelCell Energy. “The
operating efficiency of DFC power plants combined with our 24/7
reliability and superior emissions profile are important drivers
for customers in this market.”
The California Public Utilities
Commission’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) has issued
a reservation letter that provides incentive funding of
approximately $2.7 million for this fuel cell installation.
FuelCell Energy has applications totaling another $32.1 million
and representing more than 8 megawatts approved for
participation in the 2006 SGIP.
For more information on the company,
its products and its worldwide commercial distribution
alliances, please see
http://www.fuelcellenergy.com/
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Mr. Schellhase needs help disinfecting raw water:
I am designing a extended
aeration process with a selector in front and I still have
some troubles to understand the effect of sludge age on
sludge settle-ability (pin floc).
Extended aeration process was
selected because according with the literature: it is easy
to operated and produce stable sludge. However, I have seen
sludge activated process with sludge age around 14 days
develop brown foam and a as result the operators decrease
the MLSS to reduce the SRT and therefore control foaming
problems.
For the process that I am
designing the SRT can varied between 25 to 35 days, values
usually used for extended aeration. I am think that alum
addition will help to increase the sludge settle-ability.
Alum addition is also required to reduce phosphorus
concentration.
I have get comments from
other engineers that alum addition will not improve the
sludge settle-ability. Consequently, I need someone give
more insight about what is the most desirable sludge age for
extended aeration and how to deal with poor sludge
settle-ability (pin floc). (Click
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Thanks,
Alex Munoz
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Mr. Myre needs help sulfate removal:
I have read several posts
concerning sulfate removal in wastewater and water. I
understand that typically, R/O, distillation and ion
exchange and the preferred methods.
My problem comes from the
fact that I have few cubic meter tank of water that present
concentration as high as 1700 mg/l of sulfate (SO4). If I do
the correction, I have 567 mg/l of total sulphur (at least)
which is above the 500 ppm criteria.
Is there a quick way to get
this total sulphur value down? I have read some
information about lime addition and precipitation of sulfate
as CaSO4, is this easily feasible?
(Click
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UQAM
alexmyre@hotmail.com
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Fair: Senior Wastewater
Process Engineer - Toronto, Canada
Job Description:
Municipal Wastewater Treatment position designates
individuals who are technical leaders for their region
within their aligned core technology. They are well known
and respected, both within their regional business group, by
strategic clients throughout their region, and regionally
within their respective professional community, for their
technical abilities and technical contributions to the firm,
our clients, and the profession. Generally serve as
technical leaders for their aligned core technology for
regionally strategic projects, serve as senior technology
consultants on other regional projects, and may also serve
in key project roles on globally strategic projects.
Core Functional Area
Responsibilities: Responsibilities are summarized into
five general areas, as follows:
-Attract, develop, and retain technical talent.
-Ensure quality of projects and efficiency of project
delivery.
-Create market domination and differentiation.
-Capture technology innovation to value price, shape
markets, and grow.
-Partner to implement the technology mission and shape our
client's strategies.
Preferred Qualifications:
-Bachelors or Masters Degree in Science or Engineering
-Professional engineering designation (PEng)
-Wide and varied range of experience in wastewater treatment
and sludge handling projects for municipal client; at least
10 years of direct consulting experience preferred (or at
least 10 years of municipal wastewater process experience).
-Strong wastewater technical background, including extensive
knowledge of all project phases (including conceptual
design, pre-design, detailed design, and construction
administration)
-In-depth knowledge of biological wastewater treatment
including, activated sludge and related processes (e.g.,
IFAS, BAF, etc.) and modeling of these processes using
computerized software.
-Team player and mentor with excellent communication skills
-Years of Experience 15
-Travel Requirement 20%
This position is in Toronto,
Canada
Iron Ring Staffing Solutions
Inc.
15 Allstate Parkway, Suite 600
Markham, Ontario
L3R 5B4
Canada
Phone: (905) 947-4280
Fax: (905) 947-4299
Email:
careers@ironringstaffing.com
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