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Water Environment & Technology (WE&T) is the premier magazine for the water quality field. WE&T provides information on what professionals demand:
cutting-edge technologies, innovative solutions, operations and maintenance, regulatory and legislative impacts, and professional development. |
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June 2007, Vol. 19, No. 6 |
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ACE07 Preview
AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition To Be Held in Toronto
The American Water Works Association (AWWA; Denver) will hold its 2007 Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE07) June 24–28 in Toronto.
The conference will focus on the future demands on water and wastewater professionals and methods for water quality professionals to become more innovative, efficient, and prepared for the future. At press time, ACE07 was scheduled to feature 14 interactive workshops, 98 technical sessions, and more than 500 exhibitors.
“The event highlights managing utility assets, meeting water supply challenges, complying with new regulations, and communicating the value of water, the last of which is becoming increasingly critical,” said AWWA President Terry Rolan.
Special events include the following:
- Opening General Session. AWWA President Terry Rolan will officially welcome attendees at the opening general session. The session, open to all attendees, will introduce AWWA officers, as well as cover association business.
- “Best of the Best” Water Taste Test. This contest will feature last year’s AWWA Section taste test winners competing for the title of the best tasting water. Taste and odor experts will be in attendance to discuss the fundamentals of providing great tasting water.
- Top Ops Challenge. The Top Ops Challenge, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, will feature nearly 20 teams competing in the contest’s new game-show format.
- Pipe Tapping Contest. This contest, in which teams compete to install a tap into a ductile-iron pipe as fast as possible, features tappers from water utilities throughout North America. The Sunrise Water Utility (Happy Valley, Ore.) is the defending women’s champion, and the Birmingham, Ala., Water Works is the three-time defending men’s champion.
- Public Officials Events. The public officials program provides elected and appointed officials professional development and networking opportunities to prepare them to undertake current water issues. Events range from a “Water 101” session to a public officials and caucus breakfast.
For more information, see www.awwa.org/ace07.
Range of Technical Topics Planned for ACE07 Conference
Eighteen theme tracks have been scheduled for the Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE07) of the American Water Works Association (AWWA; Denver), which will be held June 24–28 in Toronto.
Both continuing education units (CEUs) and professional development hours (PDHs) are available at the conference. AWWA notes that it is the responsibility of individuals to apply to their states for CEU approval. PDHs are available for attending conference professional sessions, the exhibit hall, facility tours, and committee meetings. PDH tracking forms will be available at conference registration.
Conference tracks include the following:
- Distribution and Plant Operations. This track will allow attendees to register to earn CEUs. This track will focus on efficiently operating and maintaining drinking water treatment plants and distribution systems.
- Engineering and Construction. This track will provide information on design trends, project delivery management concepts, and traditional engineering for building and maintaining a water-related facility.
- Executive. This track will include pertinent managerial, leadership, and work-force insights critical to water professionals’ success.
- International. Managers, engineers, and consultants from around the world will share what they are doing to make water delivery safe and efficient.
- Legislative and Regulatory. This track will present an overview of current issues while outlining federal, state, and local issues to effect change on water issues.
- Management for Water and Wastewater. This track will explore concepts that will bring maximum benefits to plant operations.
- Manufacturers/Associates. This track will allow attendees to register to earn CEUs. This track will focus on the products on display in the exhibit hall for on-the-ground placement in a utility.
- Public Affairs. This track is designed to help general managers, public affairs personnel, and other water professionals hone media relations skills, explore public outreach strategies, share best practices, and identify emerging water industry trends.
- Research. This track will focus on the latest results and approaches to meet drinking water industry-related issues and requirements, with consideration given to source, treatment, and distribution system topics.
- Residuals. This track will discuss how today’s regulatory agenda has provided a structure for reconsidering water treatment residual processing and disposal.
- Reuse. This track will provide the latest information on reuse as an alternative source of water supply and associated advanced wastewater treatment practices.
- Small Systems. This track will allow attendees to register to earn CEUs. This track will address source development, treatment, storage, distribution, operations, engineering, management, and human resources needs.
- Special Topics. This track will encompass water supply topics not covered elsewhere in the conference.
- Universities Forum. This track will provide the perspective of published and previously unpublished university research from across the country.
- Water Conservation. This track will provide information about how to start a water conservation program and share facts on the best communication methods to use.
- Water Quality. This track will allow attendees to register to earn CEUs. This track will cover drinking water quality and technology topics, including drinking water treatment, water analysis, corrosion issues, ultraviolet-light applications, endocrine-disrupting compounds and pharmaceuticals, and laboratory operations.
- Water Resources. This track will address the technical and institutional practices and public policy for sustainable development, protection, and management of water resources for public water supply.
- Young Professionals. This track will showcase the “Fresh Ideas” poster session.
Workshops
ACE07 will feature 14 workshops, with topics ranging from riverbank filtration and sustainable infrastructure management to building a future work force and the fundamentals of water utility capital finance. CEUs are available for most workshops.
For more information on ACE07, see www.awwa.org/ace07.
ACE07 Exhibitor Spotlight
Prestressed Concrete Tanks
ACE07 Booth No. 2226
These tanks are designed to have greater seismic reliability and a longer life span. During the past 40 years, DYK has worked with clients in municipal and private facilities worldwide to complete the storage of more than 3 billion gal of liquid storage in individual tank sizes ranging from 80,000 to 40 million gal. DYK Inc. (El Cajon, Calif.).
Lift Station Level Transmitter
ACE07 Booth No. 1551
The LevelRat™ is an affordable level transmitter with a nonfouling, flush Kynar™ diaphragm. Specifically designed for applications that would foul a conventional level transmitter, the LevelRat is also available with an optional lightning protection package that carries a lifetime guarantee against damage from voltage surges. The transmitter is available for shipment within 3 business days. Keller America Inc. (Newport News, Va.).
Auto Refill Controller
ACE07 Booth No. 1839
The Wizard 4000 ARC® provides all the chemical usage and feed-rate data that the standard Wizard offers plus the added ability to control the refill of the chemical day tank. Three refill modes offer maximum flexibility: Auto mode requires no operator input, semiauto requires an operator to initiate the refill event, and batch mode adds a preset amount of water for diluting powdered chemicals. A single Wizard 4000 can monitor and control as many as four separate tanks. Force Flow (Concord, Calif.).
Early Warning System
ACE07 Booth No. 1417
The GuardianBlue™ Early Warning System detects, alerts, and classifies contaminants, from cyanide and pesticides to ricin and VX. The system also can detect, alert, classify, and learn real-world events and unknown contaminants in water distribution systems. Hach received SAFETY Act designation and certification from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for GuardianBlue. Hach Co.(Loveland, Colo.).
Peristaltic Pumps
ACE07 Booth No. 129
The 720 Series is designed for accurate metering and dosing of corrosive, abrasive, and sensitive fluids, and is ideal for the transfer and metering of sodium hypochlorite, ferric chloride, sodium bisulfite, alum, fluoride, carbon and lime slurries, polymers, aqueous ammonia, potassium permanganate, and caustic. Offering a small footprint, the 720 Series provides low shear and noncontacting pumping with minimal downtime. The series includes single-channel flows up to 8.8 gal/min and 17.6 gal/min through two individual tubes, as well as a choice of analog or digital control. Available in a robust NEMA 4X washdown case, the pumps feature LoadSure tube elements for easy 1-minute maintenance. Watson–Marlow Bredel (Cornwall, England).
Transducer
ACE07 Booth No. 1174
The new Xmitr™ combines a pressure gauge with patented transducer technology to create a single, convenient dual-function instrument, reducing the cost of purchasing, installing, and calibrating multiple instruments. The type X1009 provides traditional transducer features, including 4–20mA and voltage outputs, CE ratings, and 1% BFSL accuracy with electronic temperature compensation from –20°C to 85°C. Pressure ranges from vacuum to 103,425 kPa (15,000 psi) are available in both 2.5-in. and 3.5-in. configurations. Ashcroft (Stratford, Conn.).
Multiparameter Meter
ACE07 Booth No. 351
Two Ultrameter II multiparameter models are available: the 4P and 6P — both capable of measuring conductivity, TDS, resistance, pH, ORP, and temperature. The data logging feature allows users to download the stored test data with its corresponding date and time. The optional uDock is compatible with most computer operating systems. Myron L Co. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
Filter
ACE07 Booth No. 2623
The AltaFilterTM is a pressurized dead-end, outside-in, hollow-fiber ultrafilter. It is designed to offer considerable surface area per module, resulting in compact systems and low costs. The filter is efficient, simple to operate, and provides high water quality at microfiltration costs, making it suitable for water reuse, municipal water treatment, membrane pretreatment, and backwash handling applications. WesTech Engineering Inc. (Salt Lake City).
Dosing Pump
ACE07 Booth No. 2507
The new, large-capacity DME Grundfos dosing pump is designed for extreme accuracy, reliability, easy operation, and large flow. With the DME 375 and 940 pumps, Grundfos Digital Dosing™ covers most dosing needs with capacities from 0.00066 to 248 gal/h. Innovative design prevents gas buildup and provides a gentle, even mix. Grundfos (Bjerringbro, Denmark).
Water Compliance Management Software
ACE07 Booth No. 2644
This Web-based, on-demand water compliance management software can efficiently manage compliance programs and help plants meet the required deadlines. It is suitable for wastewater, stormwater, drinking water, and groundwater applications. PBS&J (Orlando, Fla.).
Actuator
ACE07 Booth No. 2049
The new Model RC actuator opens and closes chlorine cylinder and container valves yet weighs less than 6 lb. Like all Robo-Control® actuators, it has indication of valve position and integral open–close pushbuttons. Robo-Control Inc. (Bridge City, Texas).
Generator Sets
ACE07 Booth No. 908
These new diesel generator sets rated at 80 kW, 100 kW, 125 kW, and 150 kW are U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier-3 compliant and suitable for supplying standby power to pump stations, lift stations, and wastewater treatment plants. The 80-kW DSFAE and 100-kW DSGAA generator sets are the first EPA Tier 3-certified units on the market at their respective power nodes. Model DSGAB is rated at 125 kW, and model DSGAC is rated at 150 kW. Cummins Power Generation (Minneapolis).
Alarm Notification System
ACE07 Booth No. 1436
This cost-effective, straightforward pump-monitoring and alarm notification system features a secure Web interface enabling users to collect, access, and easily view pump station variables 24 hours a day. Variables include power failure, intrusion, wet-well level, dry-well level, temperature, and more. AlarmAgent.com is available in four models: open chassis, indoor enclosure, NEMA 4X enclosure with YAGI directional antenna, or NEMA 4X enclosure with phantom antenna. The Web-based interface enables users to monitor, report, and configure on demand and with ease. RACO Manufacturing and Engineering Co. Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).
Filter
ACE07 Booth No. 2643
The AMF2 Microfiber Filter is an innovative automatic self-cleaning water filter for treatment as fine as 2 μm. It provides TSS, NTU, and SDI reduction, as well as effective removal of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium. The filter is environmentally friendly in that no chemical treatment is required for the self-cleaning process, and it is suitable for prefiltration for reverse osmosis and other submicron systems. Amiad Filtration Systems (Oxnard, Calif.).
Flushing Software
ACE07 Booth No. 912
InfoWater UDF is a powerful and comprehensive ArcGIS-centric pipe-cleaning and maintenance solution available for water distribution systems that helps to restore hydraulic capacity and improve water quality. It allows operators to generate detailed reports of flushing sequences showing which hydrants and valves should be manipulated for optimal cleaning while avoiding excessive pressure drops and high velocities in the system. It also computes minimum flushing time, total flushing volume and pipe length, and available flow at the minimum residual pressure. MWH Soft (Pasadena, Calif.).
Unregulated-Contaminant Monitoring
ACE07 Booth No. 624
MWH Labs is now approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to perform both assessment and screening monitoring under the newly required UCMR2 testing program. This new testing is scheduled to commence in January 2008 for utilities with systems serving a population of more than 10,000 people. With this new testing, MWH Laboratories will evaluate potential harmful contaminants in water systems to identify future health risks and problems with drinking water. MWH Laboratories (Monrovia, Calif.).
Contaminant Analyzers
ACE07 Booth No. 816
This line of on-line trace contaminant analyzers has expanded to include nitrates and fluorides. The new analyzers provide fully automated on-line operation. Ensuring operator safety and minimizing operator-induced biases, the analyzers are completely automated from sampling to mixing and dilution, to calibration and measurement. Detecting the presence of contaminants to sub-ppb levels, the analyzers are used to verify filtration effectiveness and ensure quality integrity. TraceDetect Inc. (Seattle).
Self-Cleaning Filter
ACE07 Booth No. 1550
The SC automatic self-cleaning filter line is used to remove solid contamination from process fluids and to protect the integrity of high-grade components that depend on low-viscosity water or water-based lubricants. The filter is suitable for applications in which fluid flow cannot be interrupted and must be maintained at an acceptable cleanliness level. The SC can achieve flow rates up to 33,000 gal/min with ANSI flange sizes ranging from 2 to 36 in. Slotted tube filter elements range from 50 µm to 3000 µm, and super mesh filter elements range from 25 µm to 40 µm. Because of the unique single-element cleaning process, the total filtered flow is not reduced during the cleaning process. Schroeder Industries (Leetsdale, Pa.).
Algae Monitor
ACE07 Booth No. 425
The new algae-monitoring FlowCAM® features a customized series of specifications that enable water quality engineers to automatically detect, image, and identify algal cells in real time in seconds. Featuring patented technology advancing flow cytometry and microscopy, the automated algae-monitoring FlowCAM enables sample processing in a few minutes while providing more accurate and actionable data, reducing reliance on personnel, and virtually eliminating the potential for human error. Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc. (Yarmouth, Maine).
Editor’s Note: WE&T assumes no responsibility for claims made in product descriptions. Interested companies should send press releases and photos to prods@wef.org.
©2007 Water Environment Federation. All rights reserved. |
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