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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. 24, September 4, 2000
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@waterandwastewater.com
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> "$200,000+ in Equipment Quoted...It all started with RealTime"
> An Invitation from WEF President Albert W. Goodman
> Engineering Students Win Top Prize with Haestad Methods' WaterCAD
> This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
> EPA and Chicago Agree On Innovative Pollution Prevention Project
> UV Water Treatment System Chosen for World's Largest Semiconductor Fab
> 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
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An Invitation from WEF President Albert W. Goodman
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Dear Water Quality Colleague:
I am pleased to invite you to WEFTEC 2000. This must-attend,
5-day conference and exposition features the latest in water
quality, focusing on innovative technologies, regulations,
solutions to your toughest challenges, and the methods to put
these into practice. This is your opportunity to hear experts
in the field share information essential to your everyday needs,
and to visit the single largest wastewater and environmental
technology exposition in North America, with over 800 exhibitors
from around the world!
You may customize your own WEFTEC 2000 technical program by
choosing from 33 conference workshops and 79 technical sessions,
presented by over 450 leading experts on every water quality
topic, that’s more than 40 hours of technical information
designed to be an integral part of your professional development!
If that’s not enough, you also have the opportunity to visit
the Exposition - over 800 Exhibitors will be on-hand to show
you cutting-edge water quality technologies and services. Join
us at the Expo Preview Day on Sunday from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- your chance to meet with exhibitors before the bustle of
Monday morning. WEF Member Appreciation Day, on Wednesday, gives
members the opportunity to visit the Exposition for FREE and
non-members the opportunity to visit the Exposition for
only $10!
WEFTEC 2000 offers countless opportunities for you to network
with water quality professionals from around the globe and to
participate in a wide variety of events throughout the week.
On Monday morning, plan to be taken on an adventure by Sylvia
Earle, world renowned ocean explorer and keynote speaker for
this year’s Opening General Session. Monday evening, mingle
with colleagues and their families while you enjoy the magic
and excitement of WEF Night at Disneyland Park.
...With all that WEFTEC 2000 has to offer, I encourage you to
join me in Anaheim, California for another year of unparalleled
training and educational opportunities, as well as extraordinary
special events and achievements in the water quality industry
- an opportunity you won’t want to miss!
Sincerely,
Albert W. Goodman
President,
Water Environment Federation
WEFTEC 2000
73rd Annual Conference & Exposition
October 14-18, 2000
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, California U.S.A.
Telephone: 703-684-2452 or 800-666-0206
Fax: 703-684-2492
Web site: http://www.wef.org/Weftec/index.htm
mailto:confinfo@wef.org
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Engineering Students Win Top Prize with Haestad Methods' WaterCAD
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WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Haestad Methods is
pleased to announce that Dan Kranenburg, Rebecca MacIssac, and
Dan Bauer of the University of Portland won the 2000 Parsons
Brinckerhoff Student Design Project Competition at the ASCE
Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Conference
in Minneapolis. The students used Haestad Methods' own WaterCAD
model to look at the problem of low or negative water pressure in
Burlington, Oregon. Their paper, titled "Analysis and Design
to Correct Low Pressure in a Water Distribution System,"
described their analysis of alternatives for addressing low water
pressure in the Burlington Water District. The district is
located north of Portland, Oregon and purchases its water from
the City of Portland. Fluctuating and low water pressure is a
nuisance. The student's innovative alternative not only solved
the fluctuating and low-pressure problems, but also increased
the reliability of the system at a low cost.
The purpose of the students' study was to evaluate possible
design solutions based on an analysis of the water district.
This information was then used to create a computer generated
(WaterCAD) hydraulic model. Scenarios were run on the computer
model to determine the most acceptable alternative. Of the four
alternatives, the addition of a second booster pump was chosen.
Jim Doane from the City of Portland Water Bureau was pleased with
the students' analysis. "On the basis of the students' analysis,
we now understand the complex dynamics of the situation that
resulted in fluctuating water pressures, including many periods
of low water pressure every day. We will be working with the
water district and others on short and long term solutions to
correct the low pressure problems."
The three students pursued this project while seniors in the
Civil Engineering Program at the University of Portland. All
three participated in the Air Force ROTC program and will be
heading to Air Force assignments upon graduation.
Mark Kennedy, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor of Civil
Engineering, University of Portland, Faculty Advisor said,
"We selected WaterCAD for its ease of use. The students had
used the student version in my Hydraulics class, so the
professional version was a natural choice for the project.
They were able to complete their project in time and with
accurate results. The program let them spend time on analysis
rather than having to take time learning the software.
I'm proud of what they were able to accomplish using this model."
About Haestad Methods
Founded in 1979, Haestad Methods has become the leader in
providing hydrologic and hydraulic solutions to the civil
engineering community. Haestad Methods has the largest globally
installed user base of water resource software in the world with
over 35,000 client sites, and 110,000 end users in over 160
countries. Haestad Methods produces software for culvert
design, water distribution, storm water and sanitary sewer
modeling, water surface profiling, and inlet design.
For More Information Contact
Haestad Methods
37 Brookside Road
Waterbury, CT 06708 USA
Telephone: 203-755-1666
Fax: 203-597-1488
Web Site: http://www.haestad.com
mailto:mediaonline@haestad.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:
"Hermetic Pumps: The Latest Innovations and Industrial Applications
of Sealless Pumps"
by Robert Neumaier, Hard Cover, August 1997
"Hydrodynamics of Pumps (Oxford Science
Publications)"
by Christopher E. Brennen, Hardcover, August 1995
"Fiberglass Pipe Design Manual (Manual of Water Supply Operations,
M45)"
by AWWA, Paperback, Hardcover, June 1997
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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EPA and Chicago Agree On Innovative Pollution Prevention Project
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CHICAGO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 5 and Illinois EPA today signed an agreement
with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago (MWRD) to develop an innovative project to reduce
pollutants entering local wastewater treatment plants and the
Chicago River.
MWRD treats wastewater from domestic, commercial, and industrial
facilities in Chicago and surrounding communities. Under this
agreement, EPA and Illinois EPA will give MWRD flexibility in
its oversight of small industrial dischargers. In return, MWRD
will establish partnerships with metal finishers and other
industries to reduce pollutants discharged into MWRD's wastewater
treatment plants.
In addition, EPA, Illinois EPA, MWRD, and interested stakeholders,
including Citizens for a Better Environment, the Chicago
Industrial Metal Finishers Association, and the North Industrial
Business Council, will form a task force to identify pollutants
that are not currently regulated in the MWRD system but are of
local concern. One example is chlorinated solvents which are
used by many industries to clean equipment. The solvents are not
usually found in MWRD's sewer system, but they are potentially air
and hazardous waste concerns. MWRD will try to reduce these types
of pollutants over the next couple of years through pollution
prevention strategies and consumer education.
This agreement is part of EPA's Project XL program, which stands
for excellence and leadership. Under Project XL, EPA offers
businesses, communities, industry sectors, and local government
agencies flexibility in testing new approaches that promise superior
environmental results and are transferable to other situations.
To participate in Project XL, the applicant must be able to develop
strategies that produce superior environmental results beyond
those that would have been achieved under current regulations and
policies.
"Project XL encourages testing of cleaner, cheaper, and smarter
ways to attain environmental results. The project being announced
today promises to reduce pollution in the Chicago River and, if
successful, will lead to changes in the way we protect the
environment," said EPA Regional Administrator Francis X. Lyons.
"I commend the District for being among the first in Illinois
to participate in this new approach to improving environmental
performance," said Illinois EPA Director Tom Skinner.
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UV Water Treatment System Chosen for World's Largest Semiconductor Fab
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VALENCIA, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquafine Corporation
has been named supplier for the UV water treatment equipment
for the new Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM) Fab 7
in Singapore. This $2.1 billion semiconductor fab is said to
be the largest in the world and is expected to be operational
by mid-2001.
Aquafine will supply their next-generation TOC reduction UV
systems. "Aquafine TOC reduction units are perfect for an
application such as this. Deploying powerful, high-intensity
UV lamps, the units are able to oxidize trace organics into
free radicals and carbon dioxide, which are easily removed
by ion exchange resins and/or degasifiers," says Mike Murphy,
president of Aquafine.
The CSM fab will be equipped to support advanced manufacturing
process technologies. The clean room alone will be approximately
170,000 square feet, making it one of the largest eight-inch
wafer fabrication centers in the word. This is the second Singapore
fab, in recent months that has specified Aquafine's UV systems.
Aquafine Corporation, founded in 1949, is the world's leading
manufacturer of ultraviolet water treatment equipment for pure
and ultrapure applications and supplies UV equipment to
semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. Aquafine meets or exceeds
the most stringent specifications in a variety of industries
ranging from semiconductor to bio-pharmaceutical, food and
beverage to power generation.
For more information contact:
Aquafine
20910 Avenue Paine,
Valencia, CA, 91355
Telephone: 661-257-4770 or 800-423-3015
Fax: 661-257-2489
Web site: http://www.aquafineuv.com/
mailto:sales@aquafineuv.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. Piazzoli is looking for aerators and parts:
We have a water treatment system in a large hotel in the
Caribbean and we are looking to replace the 3 aerators installed
on top of an open tank. These aerators are of an electrical
motor with a gear box that drives a submerged fan to aerate the
water.
Can you help? I believe this is a European system (Depuradora de
Agua Negra).
Thank you,
Ezio Piazzoli
Habitat 2000 Corp.
phone:(954) 436-2955)
Fax: (954) 436-0705
mailto:Ezio@hab2000.com
Mr. Shanks needs help reducing calcium carbonate:
Looking for a cost effective method of reducing calcium
carbonate in a cold lime softening process without destroying
the effectiveness of ion exchange resins in cationic and
anionic exchangers. Has to be approved for drinking water
use also.
David Shanks
Novartis Inc.
PH.225-642-1341
Fax 225-642-7298
mailto:david.shanks@cp.novartis.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 shows the microfiltration part of a 2.5 m3/hr
waste water treatment plant coupling proprietary physical
chemistry with microfiltration. The plant has been installed
at one of the factories of the SWATCH Group in Switzerland
and treats waste water coming from the surface treatment and
vibro-polishing activities. It is equipped with a automatic
back flush system using the filtrate, the membrane surface
is 12 m2.
Photograph courtesy of Mr. Perret Jacques Px TECH SA, Switzerland
http://www.groupepx.com/pxtech/index.html
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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WETLANDS SPECIALIST IN LOUISIANA
Wetlands specialist opportunity for experienced wetlands
/ecological specialist. Must have BS degree in biology or
earth sciences, 3-5 years exp. in Section 404-Coastal Use
Permits, good communication, project management, computer
and technical writing skills. Some field work required.
Send resume to:
Ms. Glenda Parks
The Eastman Group
12773 Brogdon Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Telephone: 225-752-1043
Fax: 801-749-7081
mailto:jobforce@home.com or mailto:glenda@eastmangroupllc.net
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