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"For the water and wastewater treatment professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 27, September 25, 2000
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@waterandwastewater.com
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> "We Got a New Project in Asia...It All Started With a Chat!!"
> EPA, MPCA, and USFilter Agree on Innovative Recycling Project
> N-Viro Enters Ten-Year Public-Private Partnership with City
> This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
> GLI AccuCount+ Drinking Water Particle Counter
> New CeraClean Filtration Unit Reduces Maintenance
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe and Unsubscribe Information
> ReferWare
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EPA, MPCA, and USFilter Agree on Innovative Recycling Project
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CHICAGO, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency(EPA) Region 5, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA),
and USFilter Recovery Systems (USFRS) today signed an agreement
to move forward with an innovative project to recycle industrial
waste. The goal of the project is to reuse millions of gallons
of water and recycle thousands of pounds of metal.
This agreement is one of more than 30 national projects under
EPA's Project XL, which stands for excellence and leadership,
and will be carried out by USFRS and approved customers at its
Roseville, Minn., facility, just north of the Twin Cities.
USFRS is a leading global provider of industrial and municipal
water and wastewater treatment systems. In Roseville, the
company treats inorganic industrial waste, and whenever
technically and economically feasible, recovers the metals
from the waste for recycling and reuse.
Under Project XL, USFRS will install ion exchange resin systems
on wastewater lines at its customers' facilities. Deionization
will remove metal contaminants from the water which can then
be reused. The spent resin will be regenerated for reuse at
USFRS. The metals-containing sludge, a by-product of
regeneration, will be recovered for reuse by a secondary metals
recovery company.
"The regulatory relief provided by the EPA and the MPCA in
this project will hopefully motivate companies to adopt ion
exchange technology as their wastewater treatment solution.
By doing so, they will satisfy their discharge compliance
obligations, create an opportunity to recycle process water,
and support the recovery of RCRA (Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act) regulated metals," said Brent Hillier, vice
president and general manager of USFilter's Recovery Services.
"USFilter is excited about the environmental benefits associated
with the project, and we are grateful for the support we have
received from the EPA, the MPCA, the St. Paul-Ramsey County
Department of Public Health, and the other stakeholders who
have contributed to this project," Hillier said.
MPCA Assistant Commissioner Gordon Wegwart said, "The USFilter
XL project is particularly exciting because it allows facilities
that generate the hazardous waste to share in both the
regulatory flexibility and the benefits of the project."
EPA's five-year-old Project XL, initiative offers communities,
businesses, and government agencies flexibility to explore
more effective ways to protect the environment. To participate
in Project XL, applicants must produce superior results
beyond what is being achieved with current regulations.
"Project XL encourages business and industry, local
governments, and communities to test cleaner, cheaper, and
smarter ways to attain environmental results. The
alternative waste management practices announced here in
Roseville will help both USFRS and its customers better
protect public health and the environment," said EPA
Regional Administrator Francis X. Lyons.
SOURCE U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
http://www.usfilter.com/
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N-Viro Enters Ten-Year Public-Private Partnership with City
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TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida N-Viro, L.P.
(FLNV) President, Richard W. Patton announced today the
signing of a 10-year contract with the City of Winter Haven,
Florida (the "City"). Mr. Patton stated that "this is a
win-win situation. The public-private partnership that was
created with the City of Winter Haven will provide many years
of successful sludge management operations at virtually no
cost to the City. This public/private business model is a
strategy that has already proven successful not only at
our facility in Volusia County, Florida but also at other
N-Viro facilities throughout the country. By working together
public agencies and private companies can provide successful
and cost effective community based recycling solutions."
FLNV will own and operate a Regional Municipal Sludge
Management Facility on property owned by the City and adjacent
to the wastewater treatment plant. FLNV has entered into a
ground lease agreement with the City that has a 10-year term
with two optional five-year renewals. FLNV currently has
service contracts with more than 20 agencies, both public
and private, and processes over 60,000 tons of sludge per
year into Class A, Exceptional Quality Sludge products.
This facility will have the capacity to treat in excess of
100,000 tons of sludge per year. FLNV officials anticipate
operations to commence on January 1, 2001.
According to Dale Smith, Director of Public Works for the
City, "the 10-year lease will save the City approximately
$2.7 million by FLNV taking over the responsibility of
treating the sludge. I believe that this is our best use
and best direction at this time." In addition Mayor Scott
Girouard could not be more pleased with the outcome. He
stated: "the commitment and professionalism that FLNV has
demonstrated throughout the procurement process has been
exemplary and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial
partnership."
Harris Bowers, FLNV Vice President and General Manager
stated: "this partnership proves that public and private
entities can work together in improving the quality of the
product they manufacture and improving their bottom line.
We are pleased that we will be working with the City as the
host community and we plan to provide a permanent solution
to the City's sludge problem."
N-Viro International Corporation (Nasdaq: NVIC) currently
has over 50 public and private entities utilizing N-Viro
technologies to treat their wastewater solids at Regional
Processing Facilities. J. Patrick Nicholson, CEO of NVIC
states: "Public/Private Partnerships are the way of the
future. By working together the municipality has eliminated
trailing environmental liabilities by producing a Class A,
EQ product and both parties have contributed to more cost
efficient operations."
FLNV is a joint venture between VFL Technology Corporation
(VFL) of West Chester, PA and NVIC. VFL is the managing
partner of FLNV.
For more information contact:
N-Viro International Corporation
3450 West Central Avenue
Suite 328
Toledo, Ohio 43606
Telephone: 1-800-66-NVIRO
Fax: 419-535-7008
Web site: http://www.nviro.com/
mailto:info@nviro.com
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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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GLI AccuCount+ Drinking Water Particle Counter
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GLI is proud to introduce the AccuCount + Particle Counter.
The AccuCount + is designed specifically for the drinking
water industry. It is capable of measuring particles from
2 to 800 microns in five separate user-selectable size ranges.
The sapphire measuring cell is designed to allow easy cleaning,
and years of trouble free service. Using a high intensity
laser diode, it is capable of measuring up to 20,000 particles
per milliliter at an accuracy of better than 90%. With the
optional 4-20 input card, the AccuCount + can transmit the
readings from any other device with a 4-20 mA output.
WithGLI's AccuView software, over 100 particle counters can
be monitored from a central location. The AccuCount+ joins
the GLI family of drinking water monitoring devices including
the Accu4, AccuChlor, and the AccuZone.
For more information contact:
Mr. Tim Schilz
Manager of Marketing
GLI International, Inc.
9020 West Dean Road
P.O. Box 245022
Milwaukee, WI 53224
Phone: 414-355-3601
Fax: 414-355-8346
Toll Free: 800-GLI-0263
Web site: http://www.gliint.com/
mailto:info@gliint.com
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New CeraClean Filtration Unit Reduces Maintenance
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Buffalo Grove, IL -- A new sample preparation system for
on-line monitors is being introduced by Bran+Luebbe. The
CeraClean Filtration Unit removes solids, colloids, and
high molecular weight compounds from water and wastewater,
and provides a continuous supply of clean filtrate for
on-line monitors. The CeraClean works with Bran+Luebbe's
On-Line Monitor 90S and DiaMon, and is particularly
effective in grease removal, sludge treatment, commercial
washing utilities, and soil leachate monitoring stations.
Designed to minimize maintenance time, the CeraClean features
an automatic back-flush system that more than doubles the
interval between cleaning. Energy costs are also reduced
by 50%. Additional features and benefits include a rapid
response to sample changes, robust construction for
reliable long-term operation, a 50% smaller size,
exceptionally high chemical resistance, and overall
reduced operating costs.
Bran+Luebbe is the world's largest manufacturer of
controlled-volume metering and process pumps and blending
process systems, with a reputation for excellence in
virtually every process industry. In addition, we provide
a full line of solids handling equipment, state-of-the-art
NIR and wet chemistry analyzers and on-line monitors.
For more information contact:
Mr. Ralph Ottensmeyer
Bran+Luebbe
1025 Busch Parkway
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-4516
Phone: 847-520-0700
Fax: 847-520-0855
Web site: http://www.branluebbe.com/
mailto:usa@branluebbe.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. Vatcher is needs help identifying growth in wells:
I have a request.. I have come across this growth in two
wells in Hobbema (this is in Alberta, Canada 100 miles North
of Calgary) and no one can tell me what it is..
I had a camera run down yesterday and this growth is all
throughout the well casing..... Can anyone identify this
growth I have found in two wells??
I have attached 1 picture I took last week in Hobbema of a
pitiless adapter on one of the wells.. I am trying to figure
out what type of growth this may be. I have some chemical
reports back and all state that it is NOT iron bacteria.
I also had plate count of 3000 but no coliform.
This well is less than six months old, was shocked chlorined
about three weeks ago, and again about a week before I
took these pictures. Chlorine seems to encourage growth,
and muriatic acid did nothing to this growth. I first
thought it maybe some surface water getting in as the
vegetation around the well is also red, but when I found
this growth in the second well I was not sure.. Of course
it may have migrated in the aquifer to the second well
with is approx. 300 m from the first well.
I have done a couple of Bart Tests last week and they did
not really show any positive or negative results (I had
very little color change..)
Last week I was getting over 20 NTU out of the wells and
had boil order on for this community. Currently I have
two wells with this (who knows what) and must truck in
water to meet the community needs. Estimated cost for
this incident are now at 250k mark as I they will have
to truck water in for at least three weeks before I can
get another well tied in, or find out what this problem is.
This growth is reddish/brown in color with a few black
spots in it. After a few days this growth turns a dark
brown on the floor of the reservoir.
Analytical Report
TDS in the 850 mg/l range pH is 8.4 True Color 5 Specific
Conductance 1370 uS/cm Hardness Total 11.0 mg/l Alkalinity
Total as Ca CO3 660 mg/l Sulfate Dissolved as S04 105 mg/l
If you have any idea's it would be appreciated. So far
I have had out a couple of engineers, a well driller and
no one has seen this type of growth before.
Follow this link for a photo of growth in well:
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/bvatcher/Ermineskin1.jpg
Any suggestions are welcome.
Regards
Bob Vatcher
C.E.T.
79 Temple Cr. W.
Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada T1K 4T3
Telephone: 403-330-8492
mailto:bvatcher@telusplanet.net
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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 UTILITIES DIVISION MANAGER-Oceanside, CA
The City of Oceanside is seeking a highly motivated and
talented administrator to coordinate and direct the
activities of the Administrative Division of the Water
Utilities Department. The Water Utilities Division Manager,
reporting to the Director, is a key member of the Water
Utilities management team, having primary responsibility
for managing the department’s Administrative Division.
Currently, there are 136 full-time employees in the Water
Utilities Department.
The Water Utilities Division Manager plans and coordinates
the support for and resources necessary for collection,
maintenance and treatment of water and wastewater; prepares
and administers the department’s budget; prepares reports;
acts as department representative and liaison in relations
with various regulatory agencies and other departments;
analyzes financial and operational data and prepares reports;
directs and oversees the Geographical Information systems
Program and Capital Improvement Program; identifies and
applies for available funding for capital improvement
projects; directs and oversees the Storm Water and Drainage
Program; ensures the city’s compliance with federal,
state and local regulatory agencies. Equivalence to a
four-year degree with major course work in public
administration, business administration, or a related field.
Special License or Certificates: Possession of a valid
California driver’s license. Possession of a valid Water
and Wastewater Treatment Operator Certificate issued by
the State of California Department of Health Services
or Water Resources Control Board is desirable, though
not required.
COMPENSATION
The salary range for Water Utilities Division Manager is
$5,104 - $6,514/month, with a 2% increase in December 2000.
The City offers an attractive benefits package, which includes:
Public Employees’ Retirement System 2% @ 55 plus EPMC
(Employer Paid Member Contribution) NO SOCIAL SECURITY.
Medicare only. Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance for
employee and dependents. Disability Insurance City paid
Life Insurance for employee, plus a voluntary Life
Insurance program for employees and dependents. Flexible
spending program Annual vacation and sick leave 9 Holidays
per year 48 hours floating holidays per fiscal year 50
hours of annual executive leave Conference and seminar
opportunities
Application Procedure
An application package consisting of a City of Oceanside
application, a supplemental questionnaire, and resume
outlining your qualifications, is required for consideration.
The application may be obtained by calling (760) 966-4485
or through the City’s web site at
http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us
Faxes not encouraged. Completed application packages
should be sent to:
City of Oceanside
Personnel Department
300 North Coast Highway
Oceanside, CA 92054
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Application materials must be
received by 4:30 p.m. Friday, October 13, 2000. POSTMARKS
ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Candidates who require a reasonable
accommodation in the selection process should state their
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