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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. 25, September 11, 2000
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@waterandwastewater.com
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Hi everyone! Sorry for this week's issue coming out so late
but we have all been attending a conference in Orlando, FL
for our sister company, RealTime Aide. The conference was
for the American Society of Industrial Security, ASIS. It
is the only show I have been to where the CIA (yes, Margaret
that CIA) had a booth for recruitment! Vendors at this show
sell things like security cameras, systems, etc. to casinos,
government facilities, etc.
Notable exhibits, at least in my book, were the ones by ICI and
Mercedes. ICI makes those "dye bombs" which are fake packs
of money that blow up when bank robbers leave the bank,
staining all the money and people who stole it! The Mercedes
exhibit was for armor plated cars they build...at $130,000
a copy. They had one customer's car on exhibit...all shot up
from a terrorist attack!! Riddled with bullet holes and
shotgun blasts...and the owner escaped untouched! Amazing!
Our goal is to provide information to improve your business
by using the resources available on the Internet.
Please forward this newsletter to your friends, intact.
Thanks, Joe Taylor
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> "$200,000+ in Equipment Quoted...It all started with RealTime"
> New Name, New Leader for AGRA Earth & Environmental
> Waterwares Increases Product Pool by Adding 200 Manufacturers
> This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
> Waste 2000 Conference
> Ultra-Low-Flow Toilets Conserve Water
> 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?
DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE IS: September 8, 2000
We give full credit to contributing authors. If so please send
it to:
mailto:news@waterandwastewater.com
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New Name, New Leader for AGRA Earth & Environmental
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Roger Jinks Appointed to Lead AMEC's Earth & Environmental
Operations In North America
PHOENIX, /PRNewswire/ -- AGRA Earth & Environmental, one of
North America's largest geotechnical, materials and
environmental engineering firms, today announced the appointment
of a new president and the adoption of a new name and identity.
The company will now market its services under the AMEC brand
name. This follows from AGRA Inc.'s merger with AMEC PLC in
April of this year. AMEC PLC was recently ranked by Engineering
News Record magazine as the world's largest international design
firm.
Mr. Roger Jinks has been appointed president of AMEC's Earth &
Environmental operations. He has served in various management
positions within the AGRA organization since 1987. Most recently,
he was executive vice president of the company's Western Canada,
U.S. West Coast and International operations. He succeeds Dr.
William Slusarchuk, who is retiring after 27 years with the
company. During Dr. Slusarchuk's tenure, AGRA Earth & Environmental
was transformed into a multi-national company with more than
1,600 professionals in 65 offices.
Mr. Jinks stated, "These are very exciting times for our people
and our clients. As part of AMEC, look for us to be a fast-growing,
dynamic company with a greater depth of resources in North America
and abroad. To stay ahead of the competition we must be
responsive to customer needs and market changes, and position
ourselves as a company which provides high value to customers,
shareholders and staff."
The company will adopt the AMEC identity for all of its 18
offices in the United States, 42 in Canada and 5 in other nations.
The company will continue to offer a full range of services
covering environmental services, geotechnical engineering,
materials engineering and testing and, and water resources
engineering for private and public sector clients.
AMEC plc is a provider of services and engineering solutions
to the world's infrastructure, manufacturing and process
industries. The company creates value for clients through
the application of technologies, alliances and innovative
partnerships.
AMEC merged recently with AGRA Inc., a leading North American
professional engineering and environmental services firm. AMEC
owns 41.6 per cent of SPIE S.A., an international electrical
engineering, infrastructure and construction services company
based in France, and has an option to buy the balance of SPIE
in 2002.
Together, AMEC and SPIE employ 50,000 people in 40 countries
with annual revenue exceeding US $8 billion. AMEC plc (London:
AMEC) is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
SOURCE AGRA Earth & Environmental
Web Site: http://www.amec.com
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Waterwares Increases Product Pool by Adding 200 Manufacturers
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PHILADELPHIA, PA, September 12, 2000 - Waterwares.com, a
leading online retailer of water treatment equipment, today
announced that since June 2000 the number of international
manufacturers listing products in its e-catalog has grown 230%
from 150 to 350, representing one-third of the total number
of water treatment manufacturers worldwide.
"The Waterwares concept is second to none," said Derek Evans,
Purchasing Manager, H2O Solutions. "Everything I need is
available at waterwares.com. The efficiency and ease of ordering
has saved me both time and money."
Thane Tagg, chief operating officer of Waterwares said,
"As the number of customers using Waterwares as their primary
purchasing agent increases, the sales opportunities for our
manufacturers also increases. Our site makes it possible for
manufacturers to rapidly grow their customer base without any
additional investment."
Waterwares’ e-catalog allows manufacturers to maintain their
own online catalog fostering a level playing field and offering
all purchasers equal access to a wide variety of specialty
products. The site has attracted businesses and agencies
with multiple locations allowing them to organize and execute
buying, selling and comparative shopping processes for water
treatment equipment parts. With several hundred customers
registered to date, growth plans for Waterwares includes
enhanced features to suit the needs of large volume customers.
ABOUT WATERWARES ( http://www.waterwares.com
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Formally known as etreat.net, Waterwares is the leading
Web-based, interactive marketplace for water treatment products
used by municipal, industrial and commercial water, water and
process water applications worldwide. The marketplace solution
uses enabling Internet technologies and leverages our extensive
industry expertise to streamline the traditional treatment
products supply chain. Waterwares’ distributor-neutral approach
creates an open and scaleable marketplace that is more cost
effective for end users and manufacturers. Waterwares
represents only recognized and trusted merchants and most of
our clients have existing relationships with these manufacturers
in the traditional marketplace. Waterwares’ close partnerships
with recognized industry associations and discounted B2B OEM
distribution are extremely beneficial to supporting our end
users needs. The Web site is fully supported by a 24/7 call
center, sales department and a physical catalog distribution.
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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:
"Guide for the Design Construction and Repair of
Ferrocement"
by ACI Committee 549
Paperback, June 1988
"Self-Assessment Guide for Surface Water Treatment Plant
Optimization"
by Robert C. Renner, Bob A. Hegg, Awwa Research Foundation
Paperback, October 1997
"Adsorption Design for Wastewater
Treatment"
by David O. Cooney
Hardcover, June 1998
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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Waste 2000 Conference
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Waste Management at the Dawn of the Third Millennium -
October 2 - 4, 2000.
Stratford-on-Avon, UK.
The Waste 2000 Conference is to be held at the Moat House
Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K 2nd-4th October 2000. The
principal objectives of this important event are :
Promote and disseminate recent research findings and the
implications these have on the waste management industry.
Focussed mainly on the UK’s needs, it will provide a forum
for lively debate and discussion of current and future issues.
The event, which is being operated on a non-profit basis,
is being organized by Organics Ltd. with technical support
from ESART and the Environment Agency. Waste 2000 is
envisaged to be the first in a series of biennial events.
This first conference is primarily targeted at a UK audience
but the role of the UK in Europe will provide a central
theme. The conference program includes 50 presentations
and over 20-invited poster displays. All 70 papers will
appear in the conference proceedings.
Areas to be included are:
Implementation of EU Directives
Waste policy & strategy, including the first public airing
of new draft technical guidance on landfill gas management
Public Perception
Combining Life Cycle approaches and EU Directive requirements
Health effects from waste processing and landfill
Leachate management and treatment
Groundwater and landfill monitoring
Waste pre-treatment for the Landfill Directive
Landfill gas emissions and management
Recycling and waste minimization
Remediation and aftercare
Innovative technologies
An exhibition will also run in parallel to the conference,
displaying the latest waste management products and services
on offer.
A provisional program and details of how to register can
be obtained from:
Waste 2000 Conference Office
The Barclay Center
University of Warwick Science Park
Coventry CV4 7EZ
Telephone: 02476 412170
Fax: 02476 692238
Web site: http://www.waste2000.com/
mailto:info@waste2000.com
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Ultra-Low-Flow Toilets Conserve Water
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Orange county water district makes new commitment to provide
60,000 ultra-low-flow toilets to families in orange county
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. - The Board of Directors of the Orange
County Water District (OCWD) recently committed to increase
OCWD's participation in an ultra-low-flow toilet (ULFT)
conservation program that will replace 60,000 Orange County
toilets per year with free, new ULFTs. The program will help
conserve 1,700* acre-feet of water each year - enough to
serve about 13,000 Orange County residents.
In 1999, OCWD entered into an agreement with the Municipal
Water District of Orange County to distribute high quality
ULFTs to single- and multi-family residences within the OCWD
service area. Since the program's beginning in October 1999,
nearly 43,000 ULFTs have been distributed to families in
north-central Orange County. This amount represents 1,500
ULFTs more than projected, with water savings of 1,266
acre-feet* or 412 million gallons of water per year.
Because of the program's success during the first year, OCWD
has announced that it will contribute an additional $75,000
per year for the purchase of 5,000 additional ULFTs per year.
In the past, the ULFT program required financial participation
by consumers, but since 1999, the program has provided the
toilets at no cost to consumers in north-central Orange County.
"Since our area is highly dependent on water imported from
distant sources, we will be reducing our needs from these
sources in the future," said William R. Mills Jr., general
manager of the Orange County Water District.
The ULFT program is sponsored by the Water Use Efficiency
Steering Committee, which includes OCWD, the Municipal
Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), Orange County
Sanitation District (OCSD), City of Anaheim and other cities
and water districts in Orange County. OCWD, MWDOC and OCSD
participate in underwriting the no-cost, ultra-low-flow
toilet program that encourages county residents to replace
inefficient toilets. The program could eventually replace
900,000 residential toilets in Orange County, creating an
annual savings of approximately 25,000 acre-feet of water
per year.
*An acre-foot is 325,900 gallons or enough water to serve
two Orange County families for one year.
For more information contact:
Ms. Jenny Glasser
Public Affairs Specialist
Orange County Water District
10500 Ellis Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Telephone: 714-378-3228
Fax: 714-963-0291
mailto:jglasser@ocwd.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.
Mr. Klug is looking for Fe and Mn removal:
I need a small device for removing Fe and Mn (flux:10L/min
or higher approx.2,5 gallon per minute) Should be usable to
process drinking water from a well. Does anybody konw about
something to do this?
I appreciate your help!
Arto Klug
Phone: +491716758308
Fax: +49 6414808667
mailto:aklug@packardinstrument.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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This week's photo is of two 25-foot diameter by 34-foot high
Aquastore® tanks for leachate storage are enclosed in a
70-foot diameter by 5-foot high secondary containment tank.
Aquastore® primary and secondary containment tanks offer
reliable leachate storage with a glass-fused-to-steel coating
that resists corrosive contaminants. That’s why our tanks
are in service in hundreds of leachate storage applications.
Photograph courtesy of Mr. Tom Renich
A. O. Smith, Engineered Storage Products
Aquastore
We would love to have your photo of a water treatment process,
new plant or equipment "action shot" for our home page.
If you have a favorite photograph of water treatment at its
best, please e-mail us a jpeg or gif of the photo with a
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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WATER/WASTEWATER PROJECT MANAGER
An innovative multi-discipline civil engineering and
environmental firm, with a reputation for producing quality
work that meets form, function and cost expectations, is
offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Civil
Engineer in their Encinitas, CA office.
Projects include design of water and wastewater systems,
particularly pipelines, pump stations, treatment plants,
reservoirs and distribution systems.
Qualified candidates will have BSCE, and a minimum of 5
years of experience in water/wastewater engineering. This
position requires commitment to the highest professional
standards, strong motivation to meet clients' needs and
the ability to manage complex projects. The ideal candidate
will have strong organizational, communication and project
administration skills in a computerized environment.
This Southern California-based firm, with a staff of over
130 in four offices, offers competitive salaries,
progressive benefits, and an employee stock option plan
in a tranquil Southern California coastal setting.
Please e-mail resumes to:
Ms. Anna Swigart
Recruiter
Hall & Company
Telephone: 800-583-0379
Fax: 360-598-3703
Web site: http://www.aejob.com/
mailto:anna@job.com
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