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Productivity Perspectives
What concerns industries using lots of water is that capitalintensive projects not tie the hands of individual players. They need
sor that needs extra-clean water sees its cleaning and processing
Broaddus says.
world, they might still have to pay the property taxes that support
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only about 2,000 of the roughly 52,000 water systems in the U.S.
are large enough to issue their own bonds, the report estimates.
19th and early 20th century, the report notes. Its systems are ag-
Profile of a Predicament
Arid areas in the U.S. have long been challenged by scarce
water, but population growth, competing economic uses, and dra-
The report is the product of a meeting convened by The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, in collaboration with American
Rivers and Ceres, which brought together experts to discuss ways
to drive funding for 21st century infrastructure.
Shift in the likely condition associated with the aging miles of pipe in the network (percentage of pipe by
classification). As long as 10 years ago, the EPA estimated that by 2020 the condition of nearly half the water
and sewer pipes in the U.S. would be considered poor, very poor or life elapsed.
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By Greg Kriebel
gallons per day facility. This system was used to treat wastewater
but it still gets you where you need to go? Good enough. Highschool student gets a C+ in Chemistry when a few more hours of
study and a few less hours of Xbox could have meant a B? Good
The problem with this mindset is that after a while you become
satisfied with good enough and lose the ability to discern when
ing items like wood, rocks and even dead animals are removed.
proficiency.
fier are either pumped back to the oxidation ditch or moved into
On-going Actions
Based on the parameters of what Fiepke and
Marengo were looking for, LAIs Peter Lynch had
one suggestion: dynaBLEND liquid-polymerblending technology, which is patented by Fluid
Dynamics, a division of Neptune Chemical
Pump Co, Inc., North Wales, Pa.
I told Steve we could supply the solution to
test for a couple months, and then a few weeks
after that they placed an order for one, says
Lynch.
Operator Tim Mack, left, and Jay Berman, superintendent of the City
of Marengo Wastewater Treatment Facility, use the dynaBLEND
liquid-polymer activation and blending system from Fluid Dynamics, a
division of Neptune Chemical Pump Co.
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Anatomy of a Solution
Fluid Dynamics developed the high-energy, non-mechanical dynaBLEND liquid-polymer activation and blending
technology. Its HydroAction technology is said to produce
in excess of six times the mixing-energy per unit volume of a
comparable-sized mixer.
Its three stages of operation include the following:
1. Pressure drop across the specially designed variableorifice water-control valve produces a high-velocity water
jet. This water jet, which travels at approximately 70 feet per
second, is aimed directly at, and impinges on, the polymer
as it enters the mixing chamber. At this point the only point
where high energy exists in the mixing chamber the polymer is coiled up and not susceptible to damage.
2. In the concentric mixing chambers, the newly blended
polymer recirculates multiple times for additional exposure to
Fluid Dynamics
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over the past five years. In New Jersey, rates jumped 20 percent,
company, helps its clients address climbing water costs. Why did
water rates have doubled in the past decade. The story is the
along with their carbon footprint. A client said it best: You help
structure will top $1 trillion over the next 25 years and $1.7 trillion
about a foot apart] and utilities are this big [arms spread wide].
ing will grow from $13 billion today to almost $30 billion by the
charged fairly and correctly for their water usage and wastewater
foot and per production unit, as well as sales volume and other
customers. According to a
Cost Savings
Opportunities
How does this analyti-
affects price.
grown over the years, adding cooling towers, juice- and drink-
does that mean and how do you respond? Does the wastewater
water and wastewater systems are added and old systems are
vary and how might that affect results on days when those tests
are performed?
size of the meter. The meter is sized for the maximum expected
efforts.
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However, not all plastics are created equal, and as such, its
important to understand the differences between plastics when
considering their use in corrosive waste systems.
Previous to the development of Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF),
such that it is designed to flow at less than full flow; and the sys-
systems compared
confirmed improved
performance of
fathered materi-
typical laboratory
ing their products. At first, the incentive to reduce water use was
tion of 10 to 20 times
areas, but it was soon obvious that saving the water had environ-
or acid/base disposal
is recommended
each floor that are used daily, you would assume conservatively
that every two hours over a 10-hour work period there would be a
need to flush the system, if the piping were made from a mate-
rial that was subject to attack from one or more acids, solvents
the total water used to assure safety and use proper flushing
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propylene recom-
utes and up to 20
disposal of chemi-
Final Words
cet allows for a flow of one gallon per minute (and in some cases
up to three gallons per minute), this means that for a sink flushed
every two hours would require five gallons to 20 gallons per flush.
For 60 sinks, and five cycles per day per sink, this could equate
reagents down the lab sinks at each usage. The impact on the
be considered.
of the day to remove any fumes resulting from many sinks with
various chemicals poured into them. At the end of the day the
als for corrosive waste systems that do not require flushing upon
black eye can result if such materials arent used. Failure to fol-
disposal of specific
reagents so as not
to present a danger
due to chemical
reaction when a
second chemical
is disposed of that
exothermic reaction
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of a concentrated
caustic without any
Benefits of Automation
Once the installation of the AMR system was complete, South
program.
reduced.
ponents of the Hot Rod AMR system, which include the Hot Rod
able to collect all of our readings in less than one day using
only one meter reader. The time we save as a result of this new-
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Information provided through the systems features particularly consumption profiling and 170-day storage of meter readings has helped South Mesa Water
Co. improve customer service in a variety
of ways. According to Armstrong, The
amount of information provided by the
system is unbelievable. If a customer calls
with a billing inquiry, the service representative can access their six-month usage
history and talk through it with them or
provide a printed copy to answer their
questions and help them understand how
their usage behavior affects their bills.
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forward.
As one of the recommended technologies by the Ministry of
Process Definition
$363 million.
The MBR process was introduced in the late
1960s, as commercial-scale ultrafiltration and
microfiltration technologies became available. The
original process combined use of an activated
sludge bioreactor with a crossflow membrane filtration loop. Although the idea of replacing the settling
tank of the conventional activated sludge process
was attractive, it was difficult to justify because of
the membranes high cost and the potential rapid
loss of performance due to membrane fouling.
With the economics poor, MBRs only found applications in niche areas. The breakthrough for MBR
came with the idea of submerging the membranes
in the bioreactor. Until then, MBRs had the separation device located external to the reactor. The
energy demand of the submerged system can be
up to two orders of magnitude lower than that of the
sidestream systems.
A Look Ahead
The Chinese MBR market witnessed exponential growth the
past several years and is expected to maintain this momentum,
says Frost & Sullivan. A shot in the arm for the MBR market was
the staging of three important events in the country: the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Shanghai Expo and Guangzhou Asia
Games in 2008 and 2010. MBR technology won the tender for
future.
reclamation market.
While the potential is vast, the MBR technology has to sort out
government and industrial levels augur well for the market and are
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Automated Filter
Intelligence System
Fluid Conservation Systems has released an Automated Filter
Intelligence System (AFIS) for its TriCorr Touch correlator. The
new feature further increases the correlators ability to accurately
pinpoint leaks. TriCorr Touch uses information gathered from
acoustic leak noise sensors placed at intervals along a pipeline to
identify and locate leaks in a water distribution system. Due to the
number of unknown variables
that can change
the frequency
of leak noise,
accurate results
depend upon
using the correct noise filter
setting. While
most correlators
include default
filter settings for
different pipe materials and sizes, TriCorr Touchs AFIS automatically runs 55 different filter combinations on the correlation data.
This allows TriCorr to check the quality of the results and optimize
filter settings as required, until the clearest and most accurate
result is presented.
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Industry News
Cost of repairing water infrastructure could top
$1 trillion, study shows
WASHINGTON The cost of repairing and expanding U.S.
drinking water infrastructure will top $1 trillion in the next 25 years,
an expense that likely will be met primarily through higher water
bills and local fees, a study by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) shows.
The report, titled Buried No Longer: Confronting Americas
Water Infrastructure Challenge, analyzes many factors, including timing of water main installation and life expectancy, materials
used, replacement costs and shifting demographics.
Nationally, the infrastructure needs are almost evenly divided
between replacement and expansion requirements.
Cities will be impacted in different ways depending on their
sizes and geography. Many small communities will face the greatest challenges because they have smaller populations across
whom to spread the expenses.
Because pipe assets last a long time, water systems that were
built in the latter part of the 19th century and throughout much of
the 20th century have, for the most part, never experienced the
need for pipe replacement on a large scale, the report states.
The dawn of an era in which the assets will need to be replaced
puts a growing stress on communities that will continue to increase for decades to come.
EPA to provide $15 million to small drinking water,
wastewater systems
WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced March 2 that it will provide up to $15 million in funding
for training and technical assistance to small drinking and wastewater systems, defined as systems that serve fewer than 10,000
people, and private well owners.
The funding will help provide water system staff with training and tools to enhance system operations and management
practices and supports EPAs continuing efforts to protect public
health, restore watersheds and promote sustainability in small
communities.
Most of the funding, up to $14.5 million, will provide training and
technical assistance to small public water systems to achieve and
maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and to small
publicly-owned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite systems and private well owners to improve water quality.
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