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Contents
ISSN-0835-605X
February/March 2000 Vol. 13 No. 1 Issued March, 2000
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Departments
Features
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Feedback
25
Ad Index
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Classifieds
16 Sewer model postpones $2M project
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Industry Update
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Professional Cards
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Date Pad
72
Literature Reviews
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Product Review
22 Carbon use in Ontario drinking water 26 Solving high water use problem 28 Canada signs air quality agreement 32 US water policy shifts focus 34 $3M Shelburne STP expansion 36 Evaluating membrane technology
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It's not the media mendacity that matters - it's the mindset Newspapers exist to tell people who have never heard of
zle. In hindsight, perhaps Mike Tyson should have worn one during the Evander Holyfield fight. But Mankind has written a very literate book on his profession while his wrestling kinsman, the eloquent Jesse Ventura, cur rently rules as Governor of Minnesota. Only in America?
Lord Jones - that he has died.
There was a time when something actual y had to - G.K Chesterton
happen before it could be transmuted into print, or flashed upon TV screens. Aeons ago, when I worked for the Ausfralian Broadcasting Corpo ration in Melbourne and Hobart,things were different. Re porters of that era could only report on what was actually spoken in council chambers, legislatures or public meet ings, not speculate on what anonymous critics 'feared' might happen. My job de scription was that of re porter, not astrologer. From those baroque times we went from the Age of Aquarius to the Age of the Vicarious. Behaviour, once thought to
Yes, I know, but the evidence does indicate that the
wrestlers(who are paid extremely well) are perhaps more intelligent than the audiences at matches who pay big money to watch them. Both shows, however, induce a fleeting thought that some offshoots of human evolution might be encountering a role reversal, something neither Darwin nor Wallace contemplated. Nowadays, TV anchors invariably use the adjective 'angry' in their opening sal voes in what are laughingly called newscasts. But at
least the 'cast' part might be appropriate as a metaphor for the broken English so
be bizarre, has now become
commonplace while events of great significance are ig
often used on television.
The 'anger' reported is of
nored or distorted.
ten as fake as that of the
INVEN
Sometimes there seems
wrestling and Jerry Springer events. Rather surprisingly, the city of Chicago recently
WHEEL
to be more physical threats among Jerry Springer's guests than at World Wres tling Federation events my mind and keyboard
4
told the renowned Mr.
Springer to stop the vio lence on his show. I saw
freeze at the word contests.
But one does see superbly conditioned wrestlers cou
rageously risk serious dam age to their vocal chords prior to entering the ring as they scream fake threats to their opponents,or more accurately their fellow vaudevillians. Fake anger, expressed vio
lently outside the ring, is followed by fake thumps and bumps inside as the ropes are comically used as sling shots. I sometimes wonder if they call their training ses sions, rehearsals.
More recent wrestling events are taking place in cages, a much more appropriate arena than traditional boxing and wrestling rings and, in its way, evolution of a sort. But has anyone noticed the similarities between TV wres tling and the Jerry Springer show? Certainly they both exhibit spectacular demonstrations of strength, agility and restraining moves from muscular men; and yes, the wres tlers demonstrate impressive and daring agility. But perhaps a little coaching in elocution would be in order for all parties concerned. If truth really is the first casu alty of war, the second must be mutilation of the English language. One wrestler, who,ignoring political correctness, calls himself Mankind, wears what appears to be a dog muz-
By Tom Davey
Environmental Science & Engineering, March 2000
more real violence as a child
when my mother, a truly gentlewoman, beat up egg yolks while making custard. But regular news coverage is full of contrived stunts which often distort or displace accurate coverage of many serious events which impact our lives, while the envi ronmental sciences are often ignored. For well over a decade, polychlorinated biphenyls were demonized by protesters who dominated media coverage of this envi ronmental problem. Many of the PCB contaminated wastes contained valuable thermal properties which,sci entific studies showed,could be safely used when burned as fuel in cement kilns. We might have gotten rid of PCBs and other toxic wastes while possibly making huge volumes of quality cement with lower production costs. It was not to be.
Cement kiln proposals were never implemented in Canada after certain angry activists - not unlike their wrestling counterparts - opposed proposals to use this technology with fierce chanting and threats like some medieval tribal battles.
But the activists' anger traveled overseas like 'flu virus'. While Canada, ironically, had been a pioneer in the use of cement kiln technology for PCB disposal, the methodology was never implemented. Yet on my last visit to France I found the French were proud to use PCBs
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as fuel in cement manufacturing while, at that time, ce ment kiln waste treatment technology had been halted per manently in Canada. Moreover, the Ontario Waste Man
Margaret Thatcher and the Royal Family. Soon huge
agement Corporation, after spending $10 million annu
hull. Then the ancient London docks, which had once
headlines warned of a'cancer ship' docked at the Thames.
Activists hung a skull and crossbones banner from the
ally, was failing in its propos-
withstood the might of
als to build a toxic waste fa
Luftwaffe bombs, now ca
cility. Meanwhile there were
I saw more real violence as a
pitulated to ink, paper and placards. London dockers re
child when my mother, a truly
fused to unload the vessel,
serious PCB accidents, in
cluding a dramatic fire involv ing PCBs at St. Basile-leGrand in Quebec. Desperate for a solution as PCB wastes piled up, a cargo
gentlewoman, beat up egg yolks
proving once again that graf fiti can be mightier than the sword.
Canada, a country which
making custard.
of Canadian wastes was
shipped out for disposal in England. While tied up on ^ London's River Thames,awaiting unloading for shipment for treatment and subsequent disposal, it lay at the docks without a murmur of protest. Uproar broke out after a
Canadian reporter casually mentioned to some Fleet Streetjournalists that PCBs were considered an environ mental threat in Canada.
Now British journalists are a mischievous lot. On hear ing that PCBs were rumoured to be toxic, the ink stained wretches lept upon the story with their famed ferocity. PCBs, which had not yet been headline material in the UK,now provided instant gratification for reporters who were practically running out of cliches from slagging
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cargo which might have proved no more toxic than the ship's fuel oil. Ironic eh? A country which had once pro vided a lifeline to Britain, could not,funnily enough, now extend its 'waste-line'. So the captain had to beat an igno minious retreat across the North Atlantic before sailing up the St. Lawrence to Baie Comeau,then the riding ofPrime
Minister Brian Mulroney, proof in itself to some, of di vine guidance. But here too there were angry protesters awaiting the arrival of the ship driven from Britain. By this time, hundreds of tonnes of fuel oil had been consumed during the voyages without treating a gram of PCBs. Meanwhile, the transportation costs of the still untreated PCBs probably exceeded equivalent volumes of Dom Perignon. Yet despite all the substantial eco logical and economic costs incurred, we were still back to square one, a load of untreated and unloaded PCBs. I never did hear what happened next; perhaps this ship was doomed, like the Flying Dutchman, to sail aimlessly and eternally around the globe. Certainly PCBs are toxic and should be treated with great care, but so are many other chemicals in common use which are safely disposed of without hysteria. What about the benefits of PCBs as coolants in electric
motors, capacitors and other equipment? Almost cer tainly, they prevented many fires and perhaps serious in juries or loss of life. Alas, a cultish demonization of these and other chemicals -fanned by a careless and ignorant media - discouraged useful debate on this issue.
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PVC was hailed as a new threat in the late nineties
causing London's fabulous Millennium Dome to be cov ered in Teflon instead of the PVC as originally specified. Tony Blair's previously all powerful government capitu lated after Greenpeace protested. The substitution of Teflon for the previously specified PVC demonstrated the power of activism over the Mother of Parliaments. Acronyms beginning with a capital 'P', it must be noted, seem to be linguistic lightning rods for protest groups. Perhaps it's because hysteria is more easily gen erated with convenient three letter acronyms than by com plex polysyllables such as polyvinyl chloride or polychorinated biphenyls which, being both hard to read and pronounce, do not lend themselves easily to placard slo gans or simplistic ritualistic chanting. Life may, after all, end not with a bang or a whimper, as T.S. Eliott won dered, but with an acronym. â?–
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Tom Davey: Laura Jones, from the Fraser Institute, wrote in your November issue about "what passes for science in schools". She claimed that:"The move away from science toward advocacy and politically
correct rhetoric comes at great cost." Ms.
trialization under control, it seems a
small price to pay. This is not to say that those educators have been proved incorrect; nor is it to endorse the tactic
of presenting interpretations of facts as science (when science is actually the process of discovering fact), if that is
Jones, however, did not offer us
what the educators have done. It is sim
facts about the effects of human activi
ply the opinion of one who sees today, a bit more hope that we can make devel opment sustainable if our children see better the effects of our way of life than we have up to now. T.D. Dougherty, ES&E subscriber
ties on the environment produced through the process of experimentation(science) by the Fraser Institute, or anyone else for that matter. Instead, she advocated
"economic growth and technology" as "part of the solution" to "improving en vironmental quality". She pointed out that we have "reduced infant mortality, increased life expectancy, and improved health care" as a result of "affluence".
Odd that you would publish this type ofrhetoric, pohtically correct in the minds of the Fraser Institute's audience, with
out even a line to say that her opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Envi ronmental Science and Engineering. There is insufficient space for pres entation of the complex circumstances that scientific investigation has revealed about the impacts of the human popula tion and its activities. The facts have,
of course, been presented in detail by many places, such as the Brundtland re port and the reports ofthe United Nations Environment Program. However, one can apply logic to analyse the situation. Before there were billions of humans
on the planet, environmental degrada tion was rare and local. Now that we
have so many people, we have all kinds of problems,from desertification to ex tinction, at the local scale and even glo bally. Before we had the technology for industrialization, pollution was also un common, unless one considers the ap palling waste management practices of European towns in the Middle Ages. Finally, better infant survival, longev ity, and health care all have to do mainly with improvements in sanitation and the practice of medicine, not with greater affluence.
There are probably more people alive and living in abject poverty now, some two billion, than were alive as recently as the turn of the 20th century. Natural areas, unaffected by human presence, have almost disappeared. For all our progress, wouldn't it be nice if we could at least make this a world where we can
all live decently and in harmony with our surroundings. If well-intentioned excesses of some educators in our
Dear Tom Davey: I was very much disturbed by the ar ticle "Green education or indoctrina
tion?" on page 70 of your November 1999 magazine. In this article Laura
vironmental educational programs for children that provide a balanced per spective on the environment. The Chil dren's Water Institute, an organization that hosts environmental water festivals
for elementary children across the Prov ince of Ontario, is just such an exam ple. This organization prides itself on developing interactive activities for chil dren that teach children how water is
used and notjust how it is contaminated. For more information, you can visit the website at www.kidsforwater.org. I would be more than happy to an swer any questions or to perhaps write an article for your publication on this organization. Sincerely, Chad Horenfeldt, Program Director, Children's Water Institute
Jones slams environmental education
programs that currently exist in today's schools and then blatantly self-promotes a book that was put out by her company. The Fraser Institute. What she has failed to notice or to
look into is that there are wonderful en
Re: Sid Dutton Obituary Hi Tom:
Congratulations on a great article about a great guy in the Globe and Mail. Regards, Kim Shikaze
into the river where it was carried to-and-
Dear Tom and Steve:
It was with great interest that I read your editorial in the January 2000 issue of Environmental Science & Engineer ing. The article relates how the engi neering profession helped our society by finding solutions to its major health threats caused by con
fro by the tides. The Times called the cri sis 'The Great Stink'. Parliament had to
act - drastic measures were required to clean up the Thames and to Improve Lon don's primitive system of sanitation. The great engineer entrusted by Parliament with this enormous task was Sir
Joseph Bazalgette, and this book Is a fascinating account of
tamination of its water
supply. Your article concerning the cholera epidemic in London, England, mentions Dr.
his life and work.
"Bazalgette's response to the challenge was to conceive and build the system of Intercept ing sewers, pumping stations
Scie"ÂŁl:
and treatment works that
serve London to this day. In the process, he cleansed
John Snow and his work
in identifying the Broad
the River Thames of the
Street well in Soho as the
capital's sewage and helped to banish cholera,
source for the dreaded dis ease.
which in the mid-nine
I suggest that your read ers might leam more about
teenth century carried off over 40,000 Londoners."
this event and the work of
an engineer by reading the book entitled: The Great Stink of Lon don, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis. Stephen Halliday wrote it and it has been published in 1999 by Sutton Publishing Limited. Phoenix Mill - Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2BU (ISBN 07509-1975-2). The flyleaf describes the accomplishment by the famous engineer of the day: "Sewage generated by a population of over two million Londoners was pouring
On a personal note, I am quite honoured to read my name along with Dr. Berry of the OWRC,Dr. Naismith of Gore Naismith and Storrie,
Pat Bourgeois of AQTE(Quebec),Stan Mason of BC, and Dr. Philip Jones of the U of T. Your discussion about our
present leaders, many of them women, gives me confidence that engineers and scientists in Canada will continue to lead
in making our water supplies safer and to meet society's sophisticated tastes and demands.
Robert A. Goodings,P.Eng.
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Surveyors now recognize Geographic Information Managers as professionals People who manage the development, implementation, and maintenance of the infrastructure of Ontario's landmass are
now able to achieve, on a voluntary ba sis, professional status through member ship in the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors(AOLS). Professional status assures the public that the work being carried out on their behalf meets the
highest of technical standards, and that
professional Geographic Information Managers are bound to the public by strong business ethics through the
municipalities, public agencies and in dustry. The demand for such profession als, is outstripping the ability to supply qualified people. Applications for geo graphic information systems are endless. The need for regulation of this fast-
growing economic sector through pro fessional designation is clear, consider ing the huge financial investment made by the public in creating data bases for GIS, and the impact on public safety. Most major urban centres are already using the GIS developed by Geographic
graphic Information System (GIS)spe cialists and technicians engaged in cre ating and editing geographic data bases, and generating computer displays and related statistical reports. The profes sional GIM and geographic information
Infoimation Managers. When people dial 911 for an ambulance, emergency re sponse team,or police assistance,they trig ger a GIS that directs equipment and peo ple to the source of the call through the shortest route available. Before airiving at the site, the response team may already know who to expect at the street address, and site utilities and nearby resources to
systems have become vital assets to
assist in the call. This information has been
AOLS.
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generated from a GIS database and pre sented on a map and charts on an on-board computer terminal. A geographic information system is much more than a map. It is an everchanging representation of the rural and urban environments in which we live.
The Geographic Information Man ager owes a high level of care to the public and his or her employer, as does
the Ontario Land Surveyor. Recogni tion of the AOLS as the home of the pro fessional GIM and OLS makes sense.
The Ontario Land Surveyor is a member of one of the oldest professions in Canada. (One of Ontario's great en vironmental engineers, Willis Chipman was deeply involved in the infant AOLS). It is the AOLS that set the fab ric of much of what we now know as our urban and rural infrastructure. Sur
veyors mapped the natural and artificial features of our environment, and have made a valuable contribution to our land
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Sewer model helps postpone $2 million BC sewer project for five years
A sewer model that cost $125,000 to develop,show
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sewer project wouldn't be needed for another five years. Addi tional savings came from proving that developments that require downstream infrastructure improvements should bear the costs of those works. A key reason for the reasonable cost of the model was
the fact that the software used,
HYDRAâ&#x201E;˘ from Pizer Incorporated, Seattle, Washington, was able to import the spatial network and physical at tributes contained in the City of Surrey's (British Columbia)geographic infonnation system (CIS). For the last two decades, the City of Surrey has been the fastest-growing major city in Canada. Between the 1996 census and the year 2000,its population is expected to increase from 304,000 to 349,000. Located just south of Vancou ver and directly adjacent to the United States border, Surrey is close to five major highways,four railways,deep-sea docking facilities and an international airport. The 900-plus businesses that locate to Surrey each year have access to a large consumer market as well as a talented and diverse labour pool capa ble of supporting a wide range of busi ness needs.
Infrastructure planning challenges The enormous growth in population and industry experienced by the City has placed major challenges on its infra structure planning operations. The fact that the City has more than doubled in size over the last two decades calls for
careful infrastructure planning to make sure that planned works are adequately sized and delivered just in time. Engi neers need to closely monitor the City's growth because if any area exceeds the capacity of the local sewers,sewage can back up onto private property or be dis charged into the environment. Sewer modeling previously per formed by Amin Lalani, Sewer and Water Planning Manager, used an inhouse computer model. The problem with this approach was that the consid erable number of simplifying assump
Importing census data into HYDRA. month's time for Lalani and an assistant
BC,and their project team that included
to update the model to accommodate one year's growth. Finally, without any graphical output, the previous model could not be easily understood by the non-technical people who are often in volved in the planning process, such as city officials and developers. Need for a graphical model Lalani and Mike Darbyshire, Sewer & Water Systems Manager for the City, came to the conclusion that they needed to develop a graphical hydraulic model. The City had recently invested in
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tions that had to be made left the accu
model that completely depicts the City from a geographical and lot planning standpoint. "We realized that it would be an enormous task to develop a sewer model from scratch for a city of our size," Lalani said. "We were hoping that it might be possible to leverage the in vestment we had already made in our CIS system in order to reduce the time and cost required to build a model." Lalani and Darbyshire interviewed a number of consultants with experience in developing large sewer models. They were impressed by the experience of
racy of the model in doubt. Another
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ford Engineering Associates. "I showed them how HYDRA can
dramatically reduce the time required to create the model," Johnston said. "This
software package provides powerful tools not only for importing the CIS model but also for correcting the large number of errors that are present in al most every CIS model. It automatically checks the continuity of the imported data,and provides a series of reports that highlight nearly every problem." Extracting data from CIS model The ability of Kerr Wood Leidal's project team to make use of the existing GIS model was a key factor in helping the company win the project through the proposal evaluation process. The project began by exporting two primary layers from the City's GIS: the sanitary sewer layer and the parcel layer. The sanitary sewer layer includes the spatial network and physical attributes such as length, diameter, upstream/downstream coordi nates, elevation, and material. The par cel layer includes the surface area, zon ing, and owner of every lot in the city. The dBASE files associated with the
GIS information were imported into Continued on page 18
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dustrial, commercial and institutional lots was more challenging. Johnston used figures from other cities to deter mine a standard figure for loading each type of lot based on an equivalent num ber of persons per hectare. Johnston then added an allowance for each lot to
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of the additional development specified in the City's current zoning plan would be completed. The next scenario in cluded additional development specified in the community plan. In the mean
it easy to spot deficiencies. This initial iteration clearly showed that Johnston's estimates for sewer loading in industrial areas were too high. The reason was most likely the fact that Surrey's indus try is heavily weighted toward distribu
tion businesses that do not heavily load the sewer system. It was a relatively simple process to reduce loading factors in industrial areas until the model's pre dictions there matched measurements
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mental, Surrey, BC, to install 28 new sewer flow monitoring stations to com plement the 26 stations for which data had already been collected. These sta tions measured flow at strategic points in the City's sewer system to validate the accuracy of the sewer simulation. Modeling growth scenarios Johnston was then ready to run the analysis to determine the ability of the existing infrastructure to handle the cur rent load as well as the two growth sce
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recorded by the monitoring stations. After making this correction, the model accurately predicted flows and depths throughout the entire system. Johnston turned the model over to
Darbyshire and Lalani who began us ing it as an integral part of the planning process. "The model provides an ex cellent decision-making tool," Darby shire said. "You can simply click on a pipe to see in a single window every thing you need to know for your plan. It shows the physical parameters, areas
tributary to that node, population tribu tary to that node,and the current hydrau lic grade line. In other models I've seen you have to manually calculate area and population tributary to a node. I espe cially like the colour-coding in which serious deficiencies are highlighted in red and lesser deficiencies are in yel low." All told, 23,000 pipes and 87,000
already proved its worth. The most dra matic example came when we analyzed one area where we had previously
planned to put in a new sewer. The model showed that the new sewer would
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lots were modeled.
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Huge return on investment "In the year since the model has been up and running," Darbyshire said,"it has
that a particular development would pose a problem. As a result, the devel oper had to pick up the $50,000 cost of downstream improvements." "All in all," Darbyshire concluded, "we made a wise decision in develop
ing this model. When you're facing a question of whether or not to invest mil lions of dollars of taxpayers' money for new sewers, you can't rely on guess work. We can now produce precise sewer loading calculations for any growth scenario that we want to inves tigate. The HYDRA model gives us numbers that we can rely on and presents them in a clear, graphical format that makes it easy to explain our recommen
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Activated carbon use in Ontario drinking water treatment piants 40% of plants surveyed used PAC, 45% used GAC
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a bed of activated carbon and the compounds in the water are adsorbed onto the carbon. When the absorptive capac ity of the GAC is exhausted, it is removed, replaced or re generated. The type of carbon used was split almost equally be tween Powdered Activated Carbon and Granular Activated
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One of the interesting findings from the surveys was that from 1995 to 1998,PAC dosages have increased. The me dian PAC dose from the 1995 survey respondents ranged from 0 to 5 mg/L. By the 1998 survey, this median PAC dose had increased to 5 to 10 mg/L. The survey found that the majority of the plants used PAC during the summer and Fall periods. In the 1995 survey, however,30% of the plants used PAC continuously. By 1998, the plants using PAC continuously had decreased to less than 10%. This is likely a result of operations staff optimizing PAC use. Approximately 50% of the plants using PAC used it for 60 to 180 days of the year. The length of time PAC was used during the year, increased from the 1995 survey to the 1998 survey. In 1995 the median period of use was 30 to 60 days/ year and by 1998 this had increased to 60 to 90 days/year. Granular Activated Carbon
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KMK Consultants
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185
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Makloc Buildings
72
194
Bovar GAEAL
3 39
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Metcon
34
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GH2M Gore & Storrie
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CWWA
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115
Davidson Env
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Denso
32
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Sanltherm Engineering Security Insurance Co
Donson
24
116
DIE Industries
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PCB Containment
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62
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20
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38
137
Summa
109
6
136
13
215-218 166
Eckel
60
157
Terratec
57
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119 172
The Engineering Link
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181
Trans Environmental
49
145
Fabricated Plastics
38
183
University of Toronto
44
141
Foreign Affairs
29
121
Urecon
72
195
GL&V / Dorr-Ollver
42
140
Golder Associates Greatarlo Hach Hoffman
26 19 5 56
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Drinking Water
Solving high water consumption Leaking main detected in underground parking lot
Afacility manager noticed that
in comparison with other buildings in the management portfolio, water consump tion was extremely high. The site itself was composed of two 27-year old highrise apartment buildings (with a total of 460 suites) sharing a common water meter. The main water line connecting the two buildings ran nine feet beneath
from other industry professionals of the work done by Strategic Utility Manage ment Inc. (SUM) and asked them to evaluate the situation. SUM initiated a
technical audit. After reviewing all of the relevant data, including an histori cal review of the buildings' water con sumption, an assessment of tenant wa ter requirements, and a thorough inspec tion and flow metering of the buildings'
building leakage. The test worked on the assumption that at least once during the night, water consumption would reach zero - indeed, in a building with no base leakage, consumption typically hits zero many times in a night. How ever,the analysis in this case determined that at no point during the 72 hours pe riod did consumption drop to below 40 gpm. A far cry from zero. Obviously,
the concrete slab of the lowest level of
fixtures, it was concluded that not all of
there was a substantial leak somewhere
the underground parking garage be tween the two buildings. In this facility, water consumption per suite averaged 700 cubic metres per suite, per year, while other properties were averaging 260 cubic metres per suite, per year. A costly difference. Property management had heard
the excessive water consumption at the site could be accounted for by the exist ing fixtures and their flow profiles. Per haps the site was experiencing base level leakage. Following their hunch, a water use flow profile was recommended and car ried out by SUM and their consultant, Veritec Consulting Inc. The purpose of the flow profile was to catalogue water consumption in the buildings every five seconds over a period of 72 hours to determine if there was any substantial
on the site.
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The problem now, of course, was to find it. There was no discernible visual evidence of the leak in either the under
ground parking garage or in the sur rounding property. When sight failed, SUM went to sound. To pinpoint the leak, leak noise correlators were set up. Two acoustic microphones were in stalled at different points along the main water line. The microphones pick up leak noise -if there is any - and accord ing to the difference in time between
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Drinking Water when the microphones receive the sig nal, the location of the leak can be ac
curately determined. It turned out, in fact, the leak was in the main line - nine feet under the con
crete slab of the underground parking garage. This assessment was confirmed by another set of high-resolution microphones that actually allowed
not account for the base building leak age at the site, they did account for a great deal of money going literally down the drain. This type of water inefficiency is quite common throughout the indus try and is certainly not restricted to older facilities.
water supply. Problem number one was
The second problem was actually discovered during the initial technical audit. While the existing features did
not restricted to a reduction in the ex
pense column. In this case, the project costs were $150,000, which included the
ments. The actual annual water/
sewage and energy savings is over
$235,000. Thus, the payback on the project investment was only eight months - a return on invest ment of 146%.
Overall, what originally looked to be one problem - high water
leak, SUM recommended aban
solved.
It should be noted that the effects of
such upgrades to existing facilities are
gineering tests and audits, the main pipe replacement, and the toilet, shower head and aerator replace
Property management now faced the problem of repair or re place. Given the age of the facil ity (27 years) and the fact that the leaking pipe, nine feet beneath the parking garage, was galvanized and could very well spring another
connected to the meter and the main
with the new fixtures.
initial evaluation, the technical en
the leak to be heard.
doning the pipe altogether. There fore, there was no digging and no disruption to the parking facility. Instead, a new pipe was strung along the ceiling of the bottom level of the underground parking garage and
the tenants are overwhelmingly satisfied
costs - turned out to be several.
Presented with a high-return savings profile, management retained SUM to implement an overall water manage ment program for the two buildings. This included installing low flow toilets,
With the help of SUM, property management was able to isolate and address these problems quickly and efficiently. Water costs in the facility have been greatly reduced through leak control and an extensive water manage ment program. Tenant satisfaction is up,
faucet aerators, and shower heads in
and so is the bottom line.
every suite at the site. Maintenance de mands have been greatly reduced while
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Air Pollution
On World Environment
Day June 5*** The world's
most significaiit integrated Resources Management event
Canada signs acid rain and smog reduction agreement
Canadasigned an international
agreement with 25 countries,
December 3, 1999, that will
help address air quality and acid rain. The Protocol to Abate Acidi
fication, Eutrophication and Groundlevel Ozone (ABGLO) was signed in Gothenburg, Sweden, during a meeting of the United Nations Economic Com
Is about to take
place in Toronto.
mission for Europe(UN ECE)that also marked the 20th anniversary of the UN ECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). Acid rain continues to be a problem in eastern Canada and ground-level ozone, a major component of smog, is of particular concern in southeastern Canada and southern British Columbia.
Canadian emissions are a major factor, but US sources account for about 50 per cent of the acid rain problem in eastern Canada and between 35 and 90 percent of the ground-level ozone problem in southeastern Canada. In April 1999, Canada and the US agreed to negotiate
lems: acidification - caused largely by emissions of sulphur and nitrogen ox
ide from a variety of industrial proc esses; and ground-level ozone. The transboundary movement of air pollution poses a threat to the health and security of people in Canada and around
a new annex to the 1991 Canada-United
the world. In Canada, recent scientific
States Air Quality Agreement on ground-
evidence has demonstrated that Cana
level ozone.
dians' health is being damaged through
Premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of other
health impacts are being linked to smog every year. The AECLO Protocol is the eighth and likely final Protocol under the Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution
The R'2000 Congress brings together
science, industry and the public sector to discuss crucial issues related to Integrated Resources Management. Madame Jacqueline Aloisi tie Larderal of the United Vations Environmental
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Convention of the United Nations Eco
nomic Commission for Europe. Canada has been strongly committed to the LRTAP process for 20 years, cooperat ing with the US and European countries to reduce air pollutants that flow across boundaries through the atmosphere. The AECLO Protocol addresses
three important transboundary air pol lution problems:
exposure to ground-level ozone at all levels. Premature deaths and hundreds
of thousands of other health impacts, including respiratory illness and asthma, are being linked to smog every year. International agreements, such as this Protocol, help address transboundary threats to human security and health. The unique aspect of this Protocol is that it treats Canadian commitments
separately from European commit ments. It allows Canada to bring in emission commitments upon ratification
• acidification or acid rain;
at emission levels of its choice once
• ground-level ozone; and • eutrophication, or excess fertility in ecosystems, a transboundary issue only in Europe. Under the Protocol, parties are re quired to reduce emissions of sulphur
domestic mechanisms are in place such as the Canada-wide Acid Rain Strategy for Post-2000 and the Canada-wide Standard for Ozone. Both of these are
expected to be completed within the next two years. This flexibility allows
dioxide (SO,), nitrogen oxides (NOj^),
Canada to tailor its reduction commit
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Wildlife protection
Precast concrete box culverts save large animals and costs to motorists
The Trans-Canada Highway
through Banff National Park in Alberta, has a major effect on animals in the park. It is a
barrier to natural wildlife movements.
An average of68 large animals are killed on highways in the park every year. Large animals on the road also pose a serious hazard to
or the Ontario Highway Bridge Design
the top of the culvert and 0.5 m down
Code. A minimum concrete cover over
each side were sealed with a membrane
reinforcement was specified to be 50 mm. The box units were produced in 2 m long sections with a dry-cast, vibra tion process to meet CAN3 A23.1-M90
waterproofing which was covered dur ing backfill with a 20 mm thick poly styrene protection board. Emulsified asphalt damp-proofing was applied on
and A23.4-M78 standards. An inde-
each side of the culvert below the mem
brane waterproofing. The length of the culverts was then lined with 75 mm-deep fine
motorists. With over 14,000
motorists per day at the Banff park gates,it is clear that some
sand to create a more natural
walking surface.
measures must be taken to
The Phase 3A wildlife
protect animals and motorists.
crossing structures have been
Most of the Trans-Canada has
monitored sinee installation to
been twinned through the park, with one-quarter of the most recent budgets for new twinning designated for meas ures to protect wildlife and the
determine their effect on wild life movements. A monitor
ing progress report, including the first year of service, has just been completed. Wildlife visits were quantified by iden tifying tracks at 2 m wide
environment. These measures
include fencing and wildlife crossing structures in the form of animal underpasses and
raked sections at the entrances
to the crossing structures overpasses. every three days. The report concentrated on Recently, Phase 3A of the large mammals(wolves, cou twinning of the Trans-Canada through Banff National Park gars, coyotes, bears, deer, and included four concrete box elk). All of these animals used the wildlife crossing struc culvert wildlife crossing un derpasses. The culverts are tures during the year-long study, with 614 total visits to 3000 mm x 2400 mm in cross the 12 crossings, and 556 section. Three of the cross through-passages,for an over ings are continuous under all through-passage percent both sides of the highway, av eraging 65 m long. One is a Both wildlife and motorists will be protected by concrete age of90.5%. All but the cou underpasses. split crossing with a break at gar (that only made one visit the median; each section is 32 m long. pendent laboratory tested the concrete, to any of the 10 structures) and the wolf Precast concrete box culverts were es and Public Works Canada representa (two visits) crossed using the concrete pecially suited to this application due to tives inspected the production, and the box culverts. Total visits to the four con long service life, and ease of installa finished boxes. The box unit at each end crete box culverts numbered 174, with tion. Also included in this phase, were of each crossing was produced with a 160 through passages for an average four metal culvert and two creek path 300 mm x 300 mm curb across the top through-passage of 92.0%. Monitoring way underpass crossings, as well as two to help grading and landscaping. is expected to continue until at least 2001 concrete arch overpass crossings. The boxes were installed by three to determine how wildlife will respond Lafarge Pipe and Standard Products contractors, Bremner Engineering and and adapt to the structures. of Calgary designed and produced the Construction (Canmore), Top Notch It is encouraging to see effective box units for this project. They were Construction (Calgary), and Selkirk measures being taken to protect wild designed to meet ASTM C789 and C850 Paving (Creston, BC). All three con life and motorists through Banff Na since the range of cover was 0.3 m to tractors elected to use a C-hook supplied tional Park. Wildlife crossing structures 8.0 m. The boxes were designed for HS- by Lafarge to install the sections, rather have been used in other areas of the 32 highway loading, and had to meet the than having the units made with lift world with varying degrees of success. more stringent of CSA-S6 Bridge Code, holes that would have to be patched af The results from the Banff studies and
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ter installation.
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The boxes were placed on a mini mum 400 mm thick levelling pad of 20 mm crushed gravel. After installation.
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Water Quality Standards
US water policy shifts focus to runoff and water quality standards
Since the Clean Water Act
(CWA) was created in 1972, clean water programs have tried to make the waters of the
United States fishable and swimmable. The focus of these efforts has been on
reducing pollutants from industry and municipal wastewater plants. Section 303(d) of the 1972 CWA deals with "total maximum daily loads" (TMDL). A TMDL is the maximum daily load of a specified pollutant that can be discharged into a given stretch of river, waterway or coastal area, and still ensure the preservation of Water Quality Standards. This concept is re garded as a holistic approach to water shed pollution and makes regulators fo cus on all pollution sources and their cumulative effects on resources instead
of individual problems. The original CWA required states to develop a list of TMDL impaired water bodies by 1979. If the states failed to do so, then USEPA was supposed to withhold money and then write TMDLs themselves. Despite the law, they were rarely written. When states finally started to implement the TMDL pro gram,the number of impaired water seg ments increased dramatically. In Idaho,
for example, impaired water segments increased from 32 to 960 reaches.
Environmental groups all across the US(27 states) have been initiating law suits to require the implementation of the TMDL portion of the CWA and win ning. Settlements are requiring states to conduct detailed monitoring evalua tions of all waterways and water bodies and to establish a TMDL limit for each.
As a result, water quality monitoring programs are being increased nation wide.
As a result of these lawsuits, states
1999 court decision in California estab
lished time frames to achieve clean-up goals and pollutants to be regulated. The TMDL will require major changes to the way urban stormwater runoff is viewed and the way in which it is discharged to waterways and coastal areas. There are many uncertainties in the implementation of these programs. Can new permits be issued if a TMDL viola
and local governments will be required to increase their regulatory emphasis on nonpoint source pollution runoff from
tion exists?
cities, suburbs,streets and farms. In the
to move to areas where they can receive higher discharge load allocations? How will TMDL criteria be enforced, espe cially nonpoint sources of pollution? Proponents of TMDL criteria say it is only fair to control nonpoint source pollution. Otherwise, point sources will be required to handle even greater pol lution reductions. This would be very costly compared to nonpoint source re
past, the emphasis was placed on point source pollution from industry and wastewater treatment plants. The TMDL criteria are to evaluate all sources
of pollution, both point and nonpoint, including background pollution and air pollution. They also provide a factor for safety and a factor for future growth. With this information, the TMDLfor the
waterway can be established. They also may be written to control toxics (oil/ grease, metals, chemicals) as well as nutrients or sediments which impair spe cific water resources.
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Impaired waterways represent 40% of the US's waterways, many of which are in urban areas. It is apparent that a
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European Scene
Pollutec '99 Industry/Ademe Energies '99
Pollutec '99 Industry (the 15th International Exhibition of
Environment Equipment,Tech nology and Services for Indus try), was held in the Fall of 1999 in Paris, in association with Ademe Energies '99 (the 6th Energy Saving and Renewable Sources of Energy Show). It attracted a
Technique and AirPlus/Hydroplus) also awarded Innovative Techniques for the Environment Prizes to six public research laboratories for poster presen
sam (a company that produces gravure cylinders). These trophies are awarded to water agency companies for their ef forts to clean up industrial wastewater. Pollutec 2000 will be held October
tations.
Finally, the General Council of the Seine Saint-Denis awarded the Nymphea '99 Trophies to the RATP and Heiio-
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Shelburne sewage treatment plant expansion - on time, below budget
The Town of Shelburne is a
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Shelburne was chosen by KTH Indus tries as the new site for an auto parts assembly plant. This was a major ac complishment and a hard act to follow for a small town. However, early in 1999, the Town was chosen as the site for a new facility by Johnson Controls, another large auto parts manufacturer. In order to accommodate both the
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OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference &
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Monday, May 8 - Opening Session • Principles of Infrastructure Funding, Keynote address: Tony Clement, Financing and Management. •Panel Discussion: Question and answer Ontario Minister of the Environment. • Annual Business Meetings; Ontario period. Session B Municipal Water Association, Ontario Water Works Association - A Section of Distribution & Small Systems
water: A Pilot Study. • An Examination of Nitrification Trig ger Conditions within a Bench-scale, Chloraminated Distribution System. •Conducting Extended Period Analysis
•Trends and Advances in Elevated Tank
• Pilot Scale Evaluation of Blue-Green
AWWA.
• Luncheon. Guest Speaker: Maurice O'Callaghan, Author and motivational speaker. Concurrent Sessions - p.m. Session A
Ontario Municipal Water Association
Design.
Algae(Cyanobacteria)Toxins Removal.
•Gloucester Street Watermain Rehabili
• Disinfection and Particle Removal
tation.
Optimization Studies at the City of
• The New Tecumseth Water Supply Project. • Comparison of Methods for Measur ing Corrosion in Drinking Water.
Brantford.
• Current State of Utility Restructuring (Overview of What's Happening).
•Present Results and Future of the EPA
•Government's Interest in Public Drink
tion of Package Drinking Water Treat ment Systems Project.
and NSE Environmental Tech. Verifica
ing Water as viewed by Eva Ligeti,
with a Transient Model.
• Investigation of Organochloramines in Drinking Water. •Inactivation of Bacillus subtilis Endo-
spores and Cryptosporidium parvum Ooocysts by Chlorine Dioxide in Labo ratory Reagent and Ottawa River Waters.
• Canadian Environmental Law Asso
• Using Ammonia to Control Bromate Formation During Drinking Water
ciation's Perspective of the Future of Public Drinking Water in Ontario.
Ozonation.
• Young Professionals Reception. An opportunity for members new to the in dustry to meet established industiy pro fessionals at an informal get-together.
• Occurrence of Legionella in Ground-
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Tuesday, May 9 Early Bird Session • Remembering Our Illustrious Past.
• Leadership Challenges - Toronto's Experience.
• Groundwater Video: Our Hidden
•Hamilton's First Water Works: Past and
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seum of Steam and Technology. •The History of Windsor's Water Works System. Brian Mitchell, Windsor PUC (Retired). Plenary Session •Ontario's Public Water Industry-Past, Present and Future.
• Observations on the Past Ten Years.
• The Reasons for Municipal Restruc turing. • How Can We Shape the Future Of Ontario's Drinking Water Industry? Young Professionals Session • Treatment of Groundwater for Man
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• Introduction To Water Efficiency
• Members Luncheon. Guest Speaker:
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• Poster Session. Open for general viewing. Concurrent Sessions - p.m.
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• Water For Tomorrow - Value Added
•Implementing Membrane Technology From Development to Start-up. • Ozone for Drinking Water Treatment and Application in Windsor. • Comparison of Treatment Technolo gies in Full Scale. • Taste and Odour in Drinking Water.
Services in The York Region Water Efficiency Program. • Using Toilet Replacement to Delay Infrastructure Expansion in Uxbridge. Wednesday, May 10
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The 29th Annual WEAO Technical
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• Gravity belt and rotary drum thick eners - pilot testing and design. • Polymer conditioning improvements. • Innovative approaches to biosolids stabilization. Disinfection - Perfecting The
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• Negotiating extra strength surcharge (BUC)- Its current and future mandates agreements with industries. and scopes. • The application of portable flow me • An overview ofland application man ters for monitoring industrial effluent agement practices in Ontario. discharges. • Model terms of reference for contract • Professional Wastewater Operators ing land application services. (PWO)phosphorus removal workshop.
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• Metabolism, behavior, and modeling of phosphorus accumulating organisms. • Measurement of substrate-specific anaerobic kinetic parameters and active biomass.
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• A case for industrial pre-treatment. Tuesday,April 18 Management Issues
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• Sediment and sludge removal in large diameter CSO storage tunnels. • Vacuum sewer systems.
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• Applications of Free-End fibre media in integrated fixed film activated sludge
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• Addressing challenges from agencies and public for acceptance of treatment
• Automating moving bridge primary clarifiers using ultrasonic detection and digital radio technologies.
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• Pilot plant evaluation of recirculating intermittent sand filter technology. • Phosphorus removal using peat land technology.
• Membrane bioreactors.
• Case study: Creemore sewage treat ment plant. • Small rural community in Ontario chooses a membrane bio-reactor.
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• A management model for successful pollution prevention planning. • Evaluating the effectiveness of P2 programs.
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guidelines. 3. Adverse ejfects. • Hazardous materials spills, storage, handling & removal. 1. Leaking tanks. 2. Asbestos and PCBs on site.
3. Liability for subcontractors. Session B2 - p.m. Practical problem-solving for environmental & plant managers (2) • Approvals: Solving common prob lems.
1. Expanding facility. 2. Stacks pre-existing 1986. 3. Stacks and emis.sions changed since approval issued. • Resolving industry wastewater com pliance issues. 1. Discharges exceed C of A or MISA limits. Environmental Management Session C1 - a.m.
Principles and best-practices of Environmental Management (1) A practical approach to ISO 14001 Making it work (Part 1) • The ISO 14001 framework environ
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mental management systems. • Underlying ISO 14001 principles. • Connectivity of elements. • The logical flow of environmental protection elements. Session C2 - p.m. Principles and best-practices of Environmental Management (2) A practical approach to ISO 14001 Making it work (Part 2) • Integrated design of environmental protection elements within an envi ronmental management system. • The four control mechanisms. Environmental Assessments Session D1 - a.m.
Key issues and elements behind a successful environmental assessment
• Industry update on new federal legis lative changes and current hot issues. • Key elements of a successful EA. • Quantifying risk. • Key issues in environmental assess ment.
Session D2 - p.m. Environmental detective work: Site Assessments and SSRAs • The law and contaminated site
liability. • Key strategies to protect yourself and company property. • Environmental forensics: PhaseI and
Phase II environmental site assess ment.
• Decommissioning remediation and the RSC.
• Site-specific risk assessment (SSRA). • Adverse effects: Could you be charged? 43
Spring Conference Preview • Due diligence and the EMS.
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• The environmental consultant and due
Law & Regulation Session A3 - a.m.
Environmental regulation and compliance for supervisors and managers(1) • Provincial environmental legislation across Canada.
• The main components of Ontario's environmental legislation. • The approvals process and approvals
diligence. • The MOE and environmental pros ecution.
Session B4 - p.m. Legal and technical aspects of the defence of environmental charges • Introduction to environmental charges under EPA and Eisheries Act. • The science behind environmental
Management System • Types of audits used in the EMS. • Audit programming. • Value-added auditing. Spill Prevention & Management Session D3 - a.m.
Spill prevention and response for supervisors and managers(1) • Planning, preparedness & response: How the system links together. • The provincial approach to spill pre
regulations: Do regulators expect too
reform.
Session A4 - p.m. Environmental regulation and compliance for supervisors and managers(2) • Enforcement, inspection and investi gations. • Spill reporting requirements. • The waste management system and the new reforms.
• Clean-up of contaminated sites. Due Diligence and Defence OF Charges Session B3 - a.m.
Environmental due diligence for supervisors and managers • Due diligence: What it means for companies.
much?
• Expectations of the courts and defence strategies. • Environmental guidelines and objec tives.
Environmental Auditing Session C3 - a.m.
Integrated environmental and health and safety auditing • Description and uses ofEH&S audits. • Audit protocols. • The general audit process. • Essential skills and techniques. • Compiling audit reports and action plans. Session C4 - p.m. Auditing within an Environmental
vention.
• Introduction to spill prevention tech niques. Session D4 - p.m. Spill prevention and response for supervisors and managers(2) • Preparing for a safer tomorrow. • An industry spill prevention and response plan. • Suddenly there's a spill: What Do You Do? - A guide to incident manage ment.
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Spring Cdnference Preview
BC Water & Waste Association 28th Annuai Conference Victoria, BC - April 15-19, 2000 The theme of the 28th BCWWA An
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Monday,April 17
15-19,2000, at the Victoria Conference Centre in Victoria, BC, is Innovative
Approaches To Resource Conservation. Following, are some of the program highlights:
• Stormwater-A Resource Perspective • Water Treatment II
Tour of Butchart Gardens
• Beneficial Reuse
IXiesday, April 18 Fitness Walk,session on A Healthy Life style, afternoon of crafts, and lunch.
• Water & Wastewater Treatment
OPENING SESSION
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Saturday,April 15 Tee Time 1:00 p.m., Cordova Bay Golf Course.
Monday,April 17 Keynote Speaker: Dr. J. Blatherwick, Chief Medical Officer, Vancouver/Rich
Projects • Public Involvement in Water and
Wastewater Management • Stormwater Treatment Approaches • Technologies for the New Millermium TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
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SESSIONS
TECHNICAL TOURS
Wednesday,April 19 Topic A - BC's Water Conservation Strategy. Topic B - Introducing BC's Organic Matter Recycling Regulation. Topic C- Drinking Water Initiatives. For more details, Tel: (604) 9311455, Fax:(604)931-2467.
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Sunday,April 16
Monday,April 17
Tour One - Saanich Peninsula WWTP.
Tour Two - CRD Drinking Water. MANUFACTURERS' DISPLAY
• Biosolids • Wastewater Treatment
• Water Treatment 1
Sunday,April 16
• Operator Safety Competition Tuesday,April 18 • Operations
Meet and Greet.
Monday,April 17 West Coast Evening.
The 2000 National Water and Wastewater Forum Regina, Saskatchewan May 15-18, 2000
CWWAhasonce again brought
together its own Aimual Man agement Seminar and the biennial National Drinking Water Conference(which it manages for the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Drink
ing Water Subcommittee) in a four day National Forum. Attendance at the
Seminar or the Conference, or both, pro vides an opportunity to meet scientists, policy-makers, regulators and sector professionals from across the country. As part of its mission related to drink ing water. Health Canada is proud to have initiated the series of National
Conferences on Drinking Water. Through these highly successful confer ences, supported by the federal and pro vincial governments, and by Associa tions with an interest in safe drinking
water, Canadian drinking water prob lems and solutions have been widely publicized and discussed. Supporting agencies for the Ninth Conference in clude Health Canada, Environment Canada, Saskatchewan Environment
and Resource Management,SaskWater, the City of Regina and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association.
Since the last Conference(and Fomm) in Quebec City in 1998, the Technical Program Committee and CWWA have been working hard to organize this event.
characteristic of the Prairies, exist across
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Environmental Protection Act and the manner in which it could deal with sub stances added to the List of Toxic Sub
stances. Chlorinated municipal effluents and inorganic fluorides are already on the List, and if indications are correct, chloramines, chloroforms, and ammo nia will be examined. Other sessions
will include the traditional Window on This program presents exciting and in novative research on drinking water in Ottawa where senior Ottawa officials Canada today. The focus will be on will report on current and future direc small-system problems, the impacts of tions in health,environment and finance operating in rural/agricultural areas, and - yes the infrastructure program will be emerging algal problems which, while reviewable by this time, and another
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John Meunier and USM=MBtCM^
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A single source for all your municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment projects is now available. The merger of two of the worlds largest companies in the water industry, namely La Generale des Eaux and USFilter, led to the creation of a new
entity, Vivendi Water. John Meunier, a group company, boasts a team of professionals dedicated to providing you with processes and equipment that are at the cutting edge of technology.
John Meunier offers a complete range of processes, equipment and services for the water industry. Added to our vast array of solutions is our capacity for design coupled with unequaled tech nical expertise in the operations and risk management field.
A single source for all your projects! For more information, circle reply card No. 143
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the identification of migrat ing petroleum product in fractured media (bedrock), and the remediation of the free phase and dissolved contaminant plume is underway at a gas dispensing facility, north of Guelph. Remediation is pro gressing well with over 6,000 pounds of petroleum product recovered so far. Geologists and engineers from ALTECH Environmental Consulting Ltd. were able to study the migration of
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shallow aquifer through borehole ad vancement. Using this information, they designed a carefully placed well manifold system to extract the petro leum product, with emphasis on free phase removal. A remediation system was built that can be operated by computer both onsite, and by remote telemetry at Altech offices in Toronto. The system incor porates high vacuum extraction applied to the interior of the recovery wells, and an above ground treatment system
from the bedrock and brought to the sur
which includes, but is not limited to, oil/
face for treatment.
water separation, air stripping and cata lytic oxidation to handle both the air and liquid contaminant streams. Operators can monitor the real time parameters and make adjustments to system as required, from either the onsite computer based interface or through telemetry at the Altech offices. This provides for the most cost-effective so lution for a difficult problem. The challenge with fractured
The recovery system To deal with the challenges of frac tured media,Altech has designed a multi phase vacuum extraction system(MPX system) to 'pull' the contaminants from the bedrock. The system is based on ap plying a vacuum to a series of recovery wells hooked up to a manifold system. Each of the recovery wells are valved separately, providing flexible control. With this strong vacuum, as much as 19 pounds per day of product have been ex
media (bedrock)
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zones and hydraulic conductivity using standard techniques, such as those used for standard pump and treat systems, is umeliable. The most effective approach is to utilize a mass extraction technique where the contamination is removed
Remediation in fractured media is
tracted from the fractured media based
extremely challenging. Because of the
on the daily monitoring results. Each of the recovery well drop tubes are positioned to extract from a depth
fractured nature of the bedrock, the
quantity of the free phase(and to a cer below surface that maximizes the tain extent the dissolved phase)contami nation is difficult to quantify. The free vacuum influence on the free phase con tamination, while at the same time mini phase hydrocarbon contamination be comes trapped in the discrete fractures, mizes the potential for unwanted migra creating 'pockets' of contamination. tion of dissolved phase contamination. These pockets may occur both above At this position the principles or mecha and below the static average ground- nisms ofremoval are three fold, namely: water level due to vertical migration •Physical suction of the dissolved phase which is controlled in part by seasonal and gas phase contamination from the fractures in the rock through the recov water fluctuations. Because of this unpredictability, modelling capture ery of groundwater and vapour ingress in the recovery wells; By Rod Shaver and Alex Keen, • Straightforward extraction of free product in the well; ALTECH Environmental • Driving the volatility of dissolved Consulting Ltd. product in the water table by lowering 48
the vapour pressure of the hydrocarbon through agitation in the near surface. As the contamination is extracted
from the subsurface, the liquids and va pours are separated in the above ground portion of the MPX system. Generally, the intention of the system is to drive the hydrocarbons that cannot be effectively recovered as free product into the vapour phase. The arrangement of the treatment system is a proprietary design which incorporates the mechanisms ofcyclonic action, oil/water separation, air stripping, and carbon absorption. All water efflu ents are discharged to the municipal sewer system in compliance with bylaw standards. The air stream is directed to
catalytic oxidation for final destruction of all hydrocarbon contaminants. The vacuum extraction system has been working since September 1998 and progress toward full remediation has been excellent. The remediation system has operated reliably over this period. The system is monitored and operated on a daily basis remotely from Altech's offices in Toronto. Using telemetry,staff are able to operate the unit using a num ber of control screens similar to Figure 1. The operating parameters of the sys tem are monitored in real time and the
operator can make adjustments to any part of the system as required. In addition to routine operating ad justments,staff have successfully imple mented a number of troubleshooting manoeuvres remotely when non routine operating problems have occurred. This has minimized the need for more expen sive on-site operation and emergency
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service calls. In addition, staff are on site regularly to moni tor groundwater levels, and to reposition the extraction points as groundwater levels in the recoveiy wells fluctuate. Advantages of the system As expected, remediation in fractured media (bedrock) is a challenge for any contaminant. Multi phase vacuum extraction is the most efficient, cost-effective approach for the remediation of hydrocarbons. Vacuum extraction of contaminants is well matched to
fractured media where typical groundwater modelling and remediation is of limited value. Using an applied vacuum, as opposed to more straightforward pumping systems, in creases the zone ofinfluence on the water table and increases
the potential to remove both the liquid and gas phase through the fractures. Analogous to sucking material through a straw, the bedrock contains the suction of the vacuum and directs
it to the fractures. The vacuum system does not discrimi nate between the liquid and vapour and 'pulls' all contami nants to treatment. The key to minimizing the extraction of excess water into the treatment system is careful control of the extraction points in the well. In summary,the extraction and treatment equipment has
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Site Remediation
Dewatering - dredging - centrlfuging A look at some real environmental heavyweights
Some of the most challenging environmental projects involve
fleets of diverse vessels and
equipment with astonishing capabilities to move vast amounts oftail ings, sludges, and high debris wastes for treatment. An Eastern Canadian com
pany, Consolidated Giroux Environment Inc., a dredging and operating company, have added a new 370 Ellicott Dredge to their already sizeable fleet. This ma chine is completely equipped with 425 HP Caterpillar diesel, a special stern winch attachment and uses 12" pipe line. Having a capacity of up to 6,000/ USGPM, it is capable of moving tail ings at rates of 150 to 300 y'/hr. Its first job called for the relocation of 725,000/y^ of coal tailings from a Nova Scotia coal preparation plant. The project's requirement was to eliminate or substantially reduce acidification of water caused by air exposed tailings by relocating all the water tailings to the deep end of the lake, a distance of4,000 feet. The project was completed on time
Aqua Master cutting trees under water.
clogging pumps. In Canada, they have been involved in some of the largest environmental dredging projects of this type. One such
Brunswick.
project involved relocating 1,000,000 y'
stabilizers and spuds, allowing it to sheer the trees at eight to nine feet below the water level (capability to 20'). The barge had a hydraulic propulsion system to al low it to position itself or move around the pond as required. The shop mainte nance staff named this machine "Aqua
of lime and lime hydroxide waste,com plicated by free-standing trees and brush in a pond, and pumping 10,000 feet us in four months. ing booster stations. The new 370 Ellicott Dredge has Dredging began at a critical point completed jobs in Northern Ontario, where the settling pond discharges into Quebec, New Brunswick and New a river, which feeds into Hudson Bay, foundland. an extremely environmentally sensitive area. The lime material being dredged was laced with heavy metals. For these The project's requirement reasons, the dredge had to have the fol was to eliminate or lowing characteristics; â&#x20AC;˘ Low turbidity at the dredge point where substantially reduce little re-suspension of the material could acidification of water caused be tolerated.
by air exposed tailings by relocating all the water tailings to the deep end of the lake, a distance of 4,000 feet. Consolidated Giroux Environment
operate a fleet of eight Ellicott Mud Cats
â&#x20AC;˘ Because of the presence of trees, branches and underbrush in the ponds, the dredge pump had to handle a high degree of debris without plugging the system.
The previous year, a local contractor was hired to conduct a test patch with a standard Mud Cat dredge, but the test was unsuccessful.
(MC915-MC915X) for lime and lime
Consolidated Giroux used a Mud Cat
hydroxide relocation, primary and sec ondary paper sludge, chemical sludge, metal recovery, maintenance dredging and encapsulation of hazardous waste. They also operate a variety of water
915 that was modified with a new pump capable of handling high debris waste. A 10" X 12" pump capable of 6,000/ USGPM was chosen, which required a new 375 HP engine and other adapta tions. They also modified the auger and boom system in order to handle the spe cific type of material and higher vol
crafts that can cut trees under water and
transport them along with other debris to shore for disposal. In addition, they operate dredges which are capable of handling high debris material with non50
umes. All modifications were com
pleted at their facility in Charlo, New
The trees and underbrush required specific equipment for removal. A barge was fitted with a backhoe loader, a sheer,
Master".
Working with the Aqua Master was a self-propelled transport barge with a moving conveyor platform. Trees and debris were loaded onto this barge, transported and discharged on land by means of the barge moving conveyor in seconds. All this equipment was truckable. The booster stations consisted of
three 238 HP with 10" pumps which boosted the material the final 7,000 feet
for a total pumping distance of 10,000 feet to a holding area. A total of 23,000 feet of high-density polyethylene pipe in 8-, 10-, and 12-inch diameters was
used on this job. Eleven 48-foot trailer loads ofequip ment were required to set up the job and highway tractors traveled a total of 25,000 miles to mobilize the project. The initial contract to remove
500,000 y^ of material was begun in June 1992. This project was so successful that the smelter owner contracted an
additional 500,000 y^. The entire job was completed by mid October. For more information, circle reply card No. 147
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PCB Focus
French cement producers use PCBs and recycled wastes as fuel
For some 20 years, French ce
ment plants have been putting their kilns at the disposal of companies and local authorities to incinerate industrial and special wastes. Cement production requires a temperature of 2,642°F for a minimum of thirty-five minutes, a temperature that is much higher than in household waste incinerators. This results in the destruc
tion of most special industrial waste with great efficiency and without generating toxic residues or emitting fly ash. Organic compounds are transformed into simple molecules (water or carbon dioxide), and heavy metals and halogen salts are neutralized in the clinker that
produces the cement. Analyses show that the cement is not affected by the incineration of waste. As usual, the French have a word for it: valorization. Canada was once a leader in cement
kiln technology for PCB disposal but proposals to use these wastes as fuel
were never implemented following demonstrations by activists. French cement producers recognize that besides the ecological advantages
Lemarchand,international development manager at Teris. This approach has been successful. At the present time, some twenty-six cement plants in France
of waste incineration, there are also
are authorized to burn waste.
strong economic reasons as well. With
Incinerating waste in cement works enabled France to save 300,000 oil equi valent metric tonnes in 1998. In total,
Incinerating waste in
the cement industry has contributed to
cement works enabled
the elimination of around 600,000 met ric tonnes of waste. One-third of all the
France to save 300,000
country's special industrial waste is now
oil equivalent metric tonnes
eliminated in joint treatment centres.
in 1998.
The physical requirements of cement manufacturing-high temperatures,long residence time for contaminants, and the
the French water treatment company Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux,they have cre ated a company, Teris, to supply them with replacement fuels. "Cement producers prefer to burn waste that they get almost free rather than fossil fuels for which they have to
pay market prices," explains Daniel
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alkalinity of the limestone used in ce ment making - make it an effective as well as a low-cost solution.
Cement Plant Technology
To produce cement normally, it is necessary to burn a powdered mixture made up of limestone, clay and various additives. Combustion takes place in a
rotating kiln consisting of a large, slightly tilted cylinder which turns slowly and continuously. The mineral mixture is introduced at the top of the kiln and slowly descends. In the opposite direc tion flow very hot gases produced by fossil fuels (fuel oil, coke, heavy bitu minous oils or gas). These gases bake the mineral mixture and transform it into
clinker. At the outlet of the kiln, the
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clinker is mixed with various products to produce a cement with the properties required by the customer. In France, cement producers use the waste in two ways: as a replacement fuel, and as a replacement material in the cement itself. Much industrial waste
has a high calorific value and can re place fossil fuels. For example, a high proportion of used oils, greases, and solvents today finish their lives in ce ment works. Other waste of a mineral
nature can, under some conditions, be
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Groundwater Protection
Protecting groundwater during transioading Effective prevention measures can iimit liabilities
A transioading site may cover
only a few acres, but what is done on that piece of land could have a profound im pact on thousands of acres ofland down stream from your facility. The impact may not be seen for years, but once a tainted groundwater plume surfaces or is detected, a company could feel the fi nancial impact. Government agencies now have the "tools" to trace the pollu tion back to your back door! In the not too recent past,looking out the office window at the falling rain on your facility might have brought visions ofrefreshing the grass and flowers. With the current revisions in stonnwater regu lations, and the enforcement of the US
Clean Water Act provisions,a rainstorm on your plant could cost you thousands ofdollars. Let's focus on some common sense
and often inexpensive methods of lim iting the amount of rainwater collected on your transioading sites. Your company will have enough tainted rainwater disposal problems without adding your neighbours' rain water to yours. Often, disposal of this tainted rainwater can cost over a (US) dollar per gallon. If concrete culvert piping of uphill-generated surface wa ter across your property is not possible, at least consider grade diversionary ditches and dikes to route this surface
water away from the primary areas of spills - the transfer areas used by truck
Special rail spill pans prevent an accidental release during a transioading opera tion. With lids open, and flip-flaps extended, they cover an area 12 x 20 ft. tained on site, but it does not need to be
allowed to drain into your transioading areas or across tanker truck backdown
docks. Generally, the EPA cannot call rainwater landing on your plant roof contaminated, so why blend it into the runoff from your tanker loading rack slab or parking lots. Any petrochemical transfer area should have its own direct surface
water storm drain going into a desig nated detention pond. Because of the higher possibilities of accidental releases in these areas, cano
tankers and railroad tank cars.
pies can isolate rainwater or help sur
While facility planners usually take into account the heaviest rain in ten years on the facility, they often miss the fact that a large share of surface water is re ceived and collected on parking lots and truck storage slab areas. A quick cal culation of the amount of square foot age of your building and shed roofs will give you a large number of gallons of "collected" water. By connecting roof downspouts directly to an underground storm sewer, you avoid the opportunity for this pure water to become tainted and require testing, clean-up, or disposal.
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Canopies are expensive because of safety and fire requirements. Since rail road safety requires that the lowest roof support cannot be lower than 23 feet above top of rail, a canopy over a load ing rack requires heavy wind bracing. If side walls are added, often local fire
marshals will require a dry pipe sprin kler system to compensate for the fire department's lack of access to a possi ble fire under the roof.
Many commodities handled by transloaders cannot be handled in special hoses that have the snapback plugs that stop hose drainback upon disconnecting. If the commodities congeal (freeze) at normal temperatures, these drainback safety measures usually are more of a
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problem. Most field operators prefer to avoid using them. This exposes your transioading rack collection slab to a reoccurring bath in whatever commod ity is being handled. A few gallons here and a few gallons later are usually washed down into your collection sys tem and contribute to your tainted rain water disposal. Since you may want to isolate sur face water from your transioading areas from the water collected from your building downspouts, the best arrange ment is to have the tainted water pond in an adjacent location. This pond should be lined with a poly material to preclude any possible contamination from penetrating the pond floor into the groundwater. Draining different spill commodities into the same collection system makes disposal more complicated. Often, this mixing will cause chemical reactions you did not plan on. Combinations can generate a deadly gas situation without going into the confined moat space. The cost of disposal of tainted rain water is directly related to the amount and type of impurity in the water. Most US city sewer plants require certified laboratory analysis of tainted rainwater prior to allowing it to be released into their system. Depending upon the Continued overleaf 53
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phere does not need to be made drasti cally obnoxious, by storing wet screen ings and grit in bins surrounded by sep tic puddles. Grit should not be collect ing in the primary clarifiers, rags should not be plugging up sludge pumps. The make-up ofthe incoming flow has changed over the years, to reflect the
tured, compacted, and if necessary, washed and bagged, while biological material is returned to the waste-stream
for treatment in the plant. All this is ac complished with a minimum of power consumption. Grit is removed in aerated tanks or
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ever, is not one of perception only. Plants have embraced emerging technologies, and the operator's role has been changed radically. Samples are taken automatically; pump speeds are matched to de mands by variable frequency controls; valves and gates are actuated electrically or pneu matically, and all facets of plant operation are monitored and adjusted by the SCADA system,from a central control
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way through the clarifiers and into the digesters. They may be ground up on their way to belt presses or centrifuges, but the plastics are still present when the sludge is land applied, composted,or in cinerated. None of these alternatives are
environmentally acceptable. In contrast, head-works of the 21st
century can be relatively pleasant to work in. They are not maintenance in tensive, or offensive to adjacent resi dents. Plastic items and debris are cap
screw to the storage area, compacted to a tenth the vol ume, and dried immediately before discharge, to eliminate odour. If the plant is in a hilly location, and the flow is gravity, rather than being pumped, the screens may capture some biological solids; an in-line or batch washer is added,to break these down,and return them to the stream.
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Zenon Environmental Inc. of Burlington, Ontario, an nounced February 8, that it has been awarded a $3 million contract to build the largest NSF(National Standards Foun dation) certified, ultrafiltration, membrane-equipped water treatment facility in the United States, specifically designed for the removal of iron and manganese. Once completed,
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The Seekonk area has been experiencing high levels of iron and manganese in their groundwater for nearly two dec ades. After testing a number of treatment processes, the Dis trict chose the ZeeWeedÂŽ membrane filtration system, as the best one for treating their water supply.
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daily human exposures to heavy metals in many cities around the world may have been greatly over-estimated. This could mean that current public health risk assessment models are inaccurate where coffee forms a large proportion of water consumption. "We were at a seminar at the University of Delaware, and a Chilean scientist. Dr. Gustavo Lagos, was presenting
a paper on the problem of heavy metal contamination of drinking water in Santiago," Dr. McLaughlin recounts. "1 asked the question: How do people in Santiago actually drink the water? Because if, as 1 thought, they drank a lot of coffee, chances were the coffee would absorb a lot of the heavy metals."
As a result of Dr. McLaughlin's question, reasearchers decided to run an experiment to find out exactly how much heavy metal does survive the coffee-brewing process, and how much is trapped in the grounds. To their surprise, they found that, using three different commercial brands of cof fee, normal filtered coffee removed 78 to 90 percent ofcop per and lead from the water. "The reason is that coffee grounds have uncharged or negatively charged molecules in them, whereas dissolved heavy metals are positively charged. As a result, the heavy metal ions bind strongly to the coffee," explains Dr. McLaughlin. The deeper the bed of coffee in the drip-maker, the more effective the removal of heavy metals. The main factor influencing the extent of metal removal is contact time, the scientists found.
Dr. McLaughlin says that it is highly likely the process also removes other heavy metals such as mercury,cadmium and zinc from drinking water, although this remains to be tested. "It is also possible tea-bags and tea leaves may work in the same way, but not as well as coffee," he says. â?&#x2013; 59
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• Time of day that DO measurement was made. • Energy consumption (in kWh)for the preceding day. •Percent speed at which the variable frequency drive(VFD) had been operating during the preceding day. A portable DO meter was used to obtain DO measure ments in the process tanks. The VFD unit was manually controlled to operate the blower motor at 50%,60%,70%, 80%, and 90% of full speed (1750 rpm). A second blower motor was also operating at 1750 rpm. The operator collected 91 sets of data. Seventy-six per cent of the data sets involved readings at approximately 8:00 a.m. when DO concentrations tended to be high due to the lower night time loading. Twenty-four percent of the data sets involved afternoon DO readings taken during higher load ing conditions. With higher blower speeds, early morning DO values were as high as 8 mg/1. Even with lower blower speeds, afternoon DO values were never unacceptably low. Analysis of the data disclosed that each 10% reduction of blower speed decreased the daily energy use by about 40 kWh. These results confirmed that using an automatic con troller to regulate blower speed would significantly reduce energy use. Subsequently, the plant operator installed an automatic DO monitoring/control system for a six-month trial. A control set point of 2 mg/1 DO concentration was established for the trial. During part of this trial a single blower was used. When two blowers were used, they were operated simultaneously under the control of the automatic system. Both VFDs were set to operate at a minimum speed of 50%. Over the course of this trial period, total plant en ergy consumption was reduced by about 8%. The US Environmental Protection Agency Design Manual on Fine Pore Aeration Systems(EPA/625/1 -89-023) states: "Energy saving achievable by automatic aeration on DO control is 25% to 40%, but can be as high as 50%." Realistically, a waste treatment plant can expect energy sav ings of anywhere from 0% up to 50%. For more information, circle reply card No. 159 Environmental Science & Engineering, March 2000
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kitchens we use sodium chloride (to which we add iodine); if we smoke we
light up with matches made from sulphur and phosphorous; if our stomachs be come upset we take bismuth compounds, and if we are still not well we may have X-rays after we take a barium cocktail. Those of us in the environmental business are also familiar with elements
The arms race was on, as was the race to
that some view as enviro-villains, such
discover new elements for better weap ons and for beautiful jev/ellery. Today, we are familiar with many of the elements. We wear gold, silver and sometimes platinum on our fingers, necks, and ears (and some of us in our eyebrows, noses, nipples and navels).
as arsenic, mercury, cadmium, uranium, and chlorine. This still leaves us with 70 or 80 elements about which we know or care little.
Many of these other elements do not need to be cared about particularly, as they are only known to exist for frac
We drive machines made out of iron al
tions of a second in laboratories, or be
loyed with other metals, and these ma chines have shiny parts from nickel,
cause they are in such short supply that we will hardly be able to find them, let
chromium, and zinc. We use batteries made from lead, from lithium and from nickel and cadmium, and we tell the
temperature with glass tubes containing mercury. Our dwellings often have sid ing made out of aluminum, lighting based on tungsten, and pipes made of
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alone use them or otherwise come into
contact with them. Examples of the former group are the man-made, labo ratory "hot-house" elements that occur on the Periodic Table after uranium, that is, numbers 93 to 110 on the table. These
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"transuranium" elements became known to us only after the Manhattan Project - the effort that led to the development of the atomic bomb in the 1940s. They are unstable, having very short half-lives. A good example is Element 110, of which one atom was manufactured and reported in 1994. It awaits confir mation as do numbers 114, 116, and 118, which were reported this year. Numbers 116 and 118 were created at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory by their 88-inch cyclotron; ele ment 118 decayed in a millisecond; 116 lasted five times as long. Element 114 was announced by Russian researchers; it was viable for a comparative eternity - about 30 seconds. (Note; The Periodic Table accompanying this article shows 103 elements, even though 110-113 are known or thought to exist. It's a case of the printers not keeping up with the physi
Human beings,like other animals, are part of the biosphere, which includes all life on the planet, from the simplest bacte ria, to algae and other plants, and all animals including us. The biosphere has been described as the locus of interaction of four of the elements, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxy
cists.)
gen.
Examples of naturally occurring but rare elements are as tatine (from the Greek "astatos", meaning "unstable") which has 20 known isotopes, all of which are radioactive, the long est lived of which has a half-life of only 8.3 hours, and fran-
These four account for 99% of the mass of the biosphere. However, about twenty other elements are known to be neces sary to life, and many others are involved in important reac tions at least in some species. If one burns a piece of biomass (as chemists do when they perform an LOI test - a test for "Loss On Ignition") the result is that hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen are converted to their oxides, and a tiny amount of
cium. Francium, named after France, is an alkali metal like
sodium and potassium, but is so rare it is estimated that in our entire planet there are only seventeen atoms of the element at any given time.
terror and loathing on the part of the student, to indifference and boredom on the part of non-chemical engineers, and to awe on the part of chemists. As an environmental chemist, 1 find the Periodic Table to
be the single most useful guide to the world around us. The world, and all of its contents, creatures, and features are made
up out of the elements on the table. Not only do we wear and drive the elements, we live in them, we breathe them, and we eat them - in short, we are the elements.
ash is left behind.
So far, we have established that there are 110 elements; we are familiar with about 30 or so, and there are about 20 others
The ash contains calcium, potassium, silicon, magnesium, sulphur, and many other elements. We know that some are
that are exceedingly rare or fleeting. We could categorize the elements in this way, but it would be somewhat subjective, and totally redundant, since they have already been catego rized and organized in a "Guidebook" to the elements.
essential to life, but the biochemical functions of most ele
This "Guidebook" is the Periodic Table. Mention of the
words Periodic Table evokes many emotions, ranging from
ments are not presently known. Science is only slowly adding to the list of essential elements, mainly because it is nearly impossible to create a "pure" water, food, and air supply for test plants or animals. The word "pure" means a supply that does not contain any of the element being tested. Because an animal or plant's requirement for a trace element may be so minute as to be undetectable, it is simply impossible to con struct a control group to determine the effects of withholding the element of interest.
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Most of the "essential" elements are relatively "light"-that is, they are in the first third of the Periodic Table. Many of the heavier elements, like mercury or lead (numbers 80 and 82) are harmful to the biosphere, and bismuth, number 83, is the last outpost of stability on the table. Beyond it, all the ele ments are radioactive - they are so overweight they lighten themselves by breaking apart like Michael Palin in a Monty Python skit- often with disastrous results for living creatures. How did we progress from four "elements" to the 110 now known? Not surprisingly, the discovery of many of them is lost in antiquity. The ancient genius who first isolated copper, thereby enabling it to become the first metal to come into wide spread use, is not known. What is known is that once the technology for releasing copper from its ores was developed, its use in weaponry and ornamentation became so widespread that all ancient civilizations depended on it. Many ancient powers quickly depleted their own copper resources,and some, like Egypt, developed intricate trading networks to import copper from as far away as the British Isles. We do not know who first fashioned jewellei^ from gold
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Industry Update
Feeding the world by cleaning the air A new study, published in the Novem ber 23 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that heavy regional haze in China's most
Porous concrete helps 'greener' water system UK scientists have designed a po
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kilometres or more,the haze scatters and
absorbs solar radiation, reducing the amount of sunlight reaching key rice and winter wheat crops. That decreases plant growth and food production. "For crops that are irrigated and fer tilized, there is often a direct correlation between how much is grown and how
much sunlight reaches those crops," said Dr. William L. Chameides, professor in the School of Earth & Atmospheric Sci ences at the Georgia Institute of Tech nology. In China there is a significant amount of haze that reduces the sunlight reaching the surface by at least five per cent, and perhaps as much as 30 percent. The optimal yields of crops in China are likely reduced by the same percentage. E-mail: wcham@eas.gatech.edu.
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Environment Canada and the CMMA fast track the
introduction of cleaner marine engines
Instead of meeting once a year at each
marine engine manufacturers, and the CMMA,to fast track the early introduc tion of cleaner engines into Canada. Once the new Canadian Environmental
ProtectionAct,(CEFA1999)is proclaim ed in force later this year, the Govemment of Canada will have the authority to regulate emissions from off-road en gines and the industry will be prepared for the development of regulations. "This agreement sets new standards that equipment suppliers have agreed to meet," said Minister Anderson. "The
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the authority to regulate emissions from off-road engines. Photo - Steve Davey Federal Environment Minister David
Anderson, recently signed a Memoran dum of Understanding(MOU)on Ma rine Spark Ignition Engine Exhaust Emission Standards between Environ ment Canada and the Canadian Marine
Manufacturers Association(CMMA). The MOU is a voluntary program be tween Environment Canada,recreational
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The agreement covers outboard en gines and personal watercraft engines. Under its terms, engine manufacturers have voluntarily committed to supply these cleaner engines in Canada, start ing with the 2001 model year. Partici pating companies will also cover all new 2001 and later model-year engines with an emissions warrantly.
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Scientists study ozone depletion in the arctic Scientists from Environment Canada's
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Alert, located at the edge of the Lincoln Sea, on the northeast tip of Ellesmere Is land in the Canadian Arctic.
Over the past year, scientists from Meteorological Services of Canada have made discoveries that may mean an im portant and dramatic link exists between ozone depletion and the reactivity of the snow surface. Following recent experi ments in the South Pole and Greenland, researchers now believe that chemical
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Industry Update
Villagers poisoned by arsenic to sue Unioef Millions of Bangladeshis are at risk of
arsenic poisoning from wells dug by Unicef. Campaigners are contemplat ing suing the UN body for compensa tion. If the arsenic suspicions are accu rate, it could be the biggest mass poi soning in history. Between 18 and 70 million Bangladeshis could be affected. Iftekhar Hussain, of the ministry of health, said some of the best lawyers in the country would represent the Forum for Arsenic Patients in its court action
against Unicef. "We're aware of the move," said a
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Fife, Washington. Once drywall enters the recycling plant, heavy machinery pulverizes the gypsum core and removes the backing paper. Another machine removes ferrous materials, mostly screws, nails, edging and metal studs, and the paper undergoes a pulping process to make noodle pulp. The elements are then sent off for re
use. The paper comes back to life as new wallboard covering, fibre tubes or cartons. Steel materials are recycled.
and the gypsum is purchased by drywall manufacturers, who mix it with virgin gypsum rock to make new drywall. Gypsum scrap constitutes 12 percent of construction and renovation waste in
North America, and about one percent of the total waste stream. While recy cling volumes vary from year to year because of changes in the rate of new construction, the recycling operations have had a significant effect in easing pressure on landfills. New West Gypsum handles about 90 percent of the scrap drywall produced in Greater Vancouver, mostly from new construction sites. McCamley estimates that recycling the one ton of gypsum scrap generated in the construction of an average house is equivalent to recy cling a householder's blue-box contents over a period of two years.
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Cancer Institute, found increased rates
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ofcancer only among workers who were exposed to dioxins at levels 100 to 1,000
dioxins and furans to the environment
times higher than the general population.
A CCC information kit. What are the in the United States actually decreased by 75 percent among known sources facts about dioxins and furans? dis cusses five key findings about dioxins from 1987-1995.
hazardous waste incinerators will reduce air emissions of dioxins and furans from
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officials believe that heavy rains in Greenich, NY, site of the Washington County Fair in September, washed fecal matter into the well which was being used to make ice, drinks, and prepare foods during the fair. Tests showed the well water con tained E. coli 0157:H7 at 32 colonies/
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Date Pad March 22-24, 2000. Globe 2000, Interna tional Conference and Trade Fair, Vancou ver, BC. Contact: Leslie Wootton,Tel:(604)
254-0121, Fax: (604) 666-8123, Web site: www.globe.ca, March 26-31, 2000. Corrosion/2000, NACE's 55th Annual Conference and Exhi
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May 6-10,2000. Ontario Water Works As sociation Annual Conference, Windsor, ON. Tel: (416) 252-7060, Fax: (416) 252-3908, E-mail: owwa@idirect.com. Web site: www.owwa.org.
for the New Millennium, Denver, CO. Web
May 15-16, 2000. Canadian Water and Wastewater Association Annual Manage ment Seminar and Annual General Meeting, Regina,SK. Tel:(613)241-5692,Fax:(613)
site: www.awwa.org/ace2000. June 18-22, 2000. Air & Waste Manage ment Association, 93rd Annual Conference & Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah. Con tact: Mercedes de la Cruz, Tel: (301) 4935500, Fax: (301) 493-5705, E-mail: delacruz@ejkrause.com. June 21-23, 2000. 53rd Canadian Water
241-5193, E-mail: admin@cwwa.ca. Web site: www.cwwa.ca.
May 16-18,2000. 9th National Conference on Drinking Water, organized by CWWA for the Federal-Provincial Subcommittee on
Resources Association Annual Conference:
Science Meets Policy, Saskatoon, SK. Tel/ Fax: (519) 885-1426, Web site: www.
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April 5, 2000. Specialty Seminar 2000 Disinfection in Drinking Water Treatment,
cwwa.ca. Web site: www.cwwa.ca. June 2-4, 2000. Federation of Canadian
OWWA Treatment Committee,Toronto, ON. Contact: Kendra Brown, Ontario Water
Municipalities Annual Conference and Municipal Expo, London. ON. Web site:
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Works Association, Tel: (416) 252-7060, Fax:(416)252-3908. April 9-12,2000. 'No-Dig 2000', sponsored by The North American Society for Trenchless Technology(NASTT), Anaheim, California. Contact: John Hemphill, Tel: (703) 351-5252,Fax: (703) 351-5261, E-mail: nastt@nastt.org. April 10-12, 2000. Symposium on Envi ronmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment, Toronto, ON. Sponsored by the American Society for Testing and Materials. Contact:
site: www.engga.uwo.ca/civil/csce.htm. June 11-15, 2000. American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Expo sition - Step Up To The Future, Innovation
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June 5-9, 2000. R'2000 - the 5th World Congress on Integrated Resources Manage ment, Toronto, ON. Contact: Dalo Keliar, Tel: (905) 470-0123, E-mail: keliarÂŽ oak.net, website: www.rrr2000.com.
June 7-10,2000. Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 6th Environmental Engineering Specialty Conference, London, ON. Web
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June 27-30, 2000. International Pulp Bleaching Conference, Halifax, NS. Con tact: Clen D. Black, Pulp and Paper Tech nical Association of Canada,Tel:(514)3926967, Fax:(514)392-0369, Web site: www. paptac.ca.
July 3-7,2000. Paris 2000, 1st World Con gress of the International Water Association (IWA), Paris, FR. All inquiries should be directed to: Web site: www.aghtm.org. E-mail: aghtm@aghtm.org.
Announcement
Announcement
Brian H. Conlln, P.Eng.
Frederick W. Firlotte, P.Eng.
Brian H. Conlin has been appointed
The Board of Directors of Golder
President of Golder Associates Ltd.
Associates is pleased to announce the appointment of Frederick (Rick)
Dr. Bruce M. Greenberg, University of Waterloo, Tel: (519) 888-4567, ext. 3209,
Fax: (519) 746-0614, E-mail: greenberÂŽ sciborg.uwaterloo.ca. April 16-18,2000. Water Environment As sociation of Ontario Conference, Hamilton, ON. Contact: Francesca Davino, WEAO, Tel: (905) 726-1300, Fax: (905) 726-2300,
E-mail: weao@weao.org. April 16-19,2000. British Columbia Water and Waste Association Annual Conference, Victoria, BC. Tel: (604) 540-0111, Fax:
(604) 540-4077, E-mail: bcwwa@bcwwa. org.. Web site: www.bcwwa.org. April 25-27, 2000. Ontario Water Confer ence - Challenges and Solutions, Toronto, ON. Up-to-date information on this confer ence can be found at: www.cwra.org/ ontwmc/.
Mr. Conlin is now responsible for the operation of the Canadian company, which has a staff of 875 in 23 offices
across the country, and the Latin American operations, which have a
April 26-27, 2000. Environmental Man agement and Compliance 2000, the 8th
staff of 40 in four offices in South
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April 27,2000. Water & Sewer Infrastruc ture Systems: Challenges and Solutions Seminar. Organized by the Institute for Re search in Construction, National Research
Council Canada (NRC). Tel: (613) 9930435, Fax:(613)952-7673. May 1-4, 2000. Control Systems 2000, Victoria, BC. Contact: Glen D. Black, Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada, Tel: (514) 392-6967, Fax: (514) 392-0369. Web site: www.paptac.ca.
America. He will continue to be based
ment, Mr. Conlin held numerous sen
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20 years experience in the consult ing industry.
W. Firlotte as President of Golder
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Product and Service Showcase Potable water treatment
Cathodic protection/corrosion
Package Wastewater Plants
control
Adapted to Your Needs
Interprovincial Corrosion Control, the Canadian Distributor of the MAXMAG
ProMinent's proven technology for pota ble water treatment is available through
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We have supplied Package Sewage Treat ment Plants worldwide. The Package Plant concept is a low cost, odourless plant, achieving a high degree of treat ment. It is economical, easy to install and operate, reliable, fulfills regulatory requirements and is ideal for any loca tion unable to connect to municipal sewer systems. Sanitherm Engineering Ltd. Circle reply card No. 222
Free, combined or total
Low cost AutoFlash
"Easy to install" valve
chlorine residuals
evaporation process
tally friendly Chlorine Dioxide Generator which produces a chlorine-free chlorine dioxide, resulting in negUgible THM for
Magnesium Anode, offers customized services throughout the process of ca thodic protection/corrosion control, in cluding initial surveys,system design,en gineering services, follow-up monitoring and system maintenance. The MAXMAG
mation. For information on ProMinent's
is manufactured to meet ASTM Standard
total services call:(519)836-5692,or visit: www.prominent.ca. ProMinent
Interprovincial Corrosion Control
their advanced Bello Zon® environmen
B843-93, Grade MIC.
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Capital Controls
The AutoFlash is
Chlortrol
a time-proven evaporation sys tem with the capability of using low-grade, reject,
series
17T2000 Amperometric Titrator is
an analytical instru ment for the electri cal determination
waste heat as the
of the end pint of a titration for free,
for fast, accurate titrations. It is easily operated, without special instructions. Visit our website at: www.metconeng .com. Metcon Engineering
only source of en ergy for phase separation. This exclusive feature makes evaporation a very viable treatment method for TDS (total dissolved solids), over 4,500 milli grams per litre. The proprietary,self-regu lating device causes the AutoFlash to be able to operate outside of steady state con ditions in a highly stable manner. Donson Engineering
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Level interface control systems
The tough just got tougher!
combined, or total chlorine residual. It can also be used to determine residual
bromine,iodine, ozone, permanganate, or chlorine dioxide. The instrument is used
Hydra-Stop announces the immediate availability of Insta-Valve, the "easy to install" insertable valve. Now gas and water distribution systems can quickly and easily insert valves wherever they need them. Insta-Valve requires only one cut, no reaming, no complicated planning, no excessive pipe strength loss, and no more annoying and dangerous service disrup tions. Insta-Valves are available in sizes
from 4" to 12". Hydra-Stop Circle reply card No. 225
The best keeps getting better
i
Royce Instrument Corporation has added two new Interface Level Detectors to
their lineup. The Model 2110 and Model 2120 Point Level Interface instruments
are optical point level detection systems for the control of blankets in several ap plications. The two instruments are the newest additions to the industry's most extensive line of interface level monitor
ing devices available. Cancoppas Circle reply card No. 226
Armtec introduces Bridge-Plate® which they claim is the strongest comugation available in the bridge market today. It is available in arch and box shapes, 3.5 times stronger than structural plate, more than 10 times stiffer than structural plate, and claimed to be the strongest and stiffest product on the market. Armtec built the first Super-Span® bridge in the world and is taking bridge market to new heights. Armtec Circle reply card No. 227
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BOSS sewer pipe is a corrugated ther moplastic pipe manufactured from high density polyethylene (HDPE). Engi neered for gravity flow systems, BOSS pipe is available in standard 4-metre lengths in sizes from 100 mm to 900 mm nominal inside diameter. The corrugated exterior provides excellent pipe stiffness characteristics, with 320 kPa at 5% de flection available in all sizes of BOSS 2000 and POLYTITE. Armtec
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Product and Service Showcase Membrane microfiltration
Pleated backwash filters
Quality pumpsfor municipalities to.
Septra'™ back wash
filters,
manufactured by Pall Corporation, provide efficient removal of con taminants from
Pall Corporation has developed the Aria™ family of membrane microfiltra tion systems to filter drinking water in municipalities with populations of 10,000 or less. The Aria family of systems is skid-mounted, fully automated and selfcontained to facilitate installation. Op erator interface is simple and straightfor ward. Once programmed,the system will run unattended at a constant clean water
liquid process streams using fewer filter ele
ments and a more compact system than is typically required in water and chemi cal process applications. Pall's patented crescent-shaped pleat design provides ten times the surface area of standard cylin drical filter cartridges of camparable length and diameter. Pall Corporation
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production rate. Pall Corporation Circle reply card No. 229
Acid neutraiization system
Inlet Stormceptor® system
eration as the well-
Green Turtle Technologies Ltd. intro
known In-line in-
,
a
continuous stream of acidic wastewater
with no chemical dispensing required. PHIX™ was designed to ensure a trou ble free,low maintenance operation with virtually no electronics. This unique process(patent pending)does not require mixing, reagent preparation, an agitated mixing tank, or a pH controller for reageiit dispensing. Servicing simply in volves periodic refill of the neutralizing media. Green Tlirtle Technologies Ltd.
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Packaged pump system Designed to han dle sewage and effluents in resi
dential or light in dustrial applica tions, the Flygt Packaged Pump System is fully equipped with a pump and a basin, ready for easy in stallation. Avail
able with one or two pumps, these preassembled pump stations require little maintenance and, if needed, can easily be serviced by Flygt branches and re gional distributors. The system may be equipped to meet the demands of indi vidual applications. ITT Flygt Circle reply card No. 235 74
Smith & Loveless'
Ironman system is designed to effectively pre cipitate and re move high levels
ceptor System employs the same principles of op
PHIt tralization system capable of treating a
Iron and manganese removal
The Inlet Storm
TM
duces PHIX™, an innovative acid neu
Comell Pump Company has been setting the standard for premium quality, effi cient end suction centrifugal pumps for the municipal marketplace since 1946. The products are engineered to be rug ged, durable and dependable and each Comell pump is backed by an industry leading two-year warranty. Cornell pumps can be found hard at work for raw water intake, water processing, pressure boosting, energy recovery, and wastewater process. Indachem Circle reply card No. 231
terceptors. Developed to treat run off from an area of
up to 0.20 ha, the Inlet Stormceptor has inherited the inter nal by-pass function, ensuring that all sediment and oil removed from storm-
water runoff remains trapped within the storage chamber,even during peak flows. There are currently more than 2,500 units in place throughout North America. Stormceptor Canada Inc.
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Solution for
ganese from well water sources by combining the Fibrotex with an integrated oxidation system. The Fibrotex - recently tested and certified to ANSI/NSF International
Standard 61 - treats groundwater under the direct influence of surface water. This combination makes Smith & Loveless'
Ironman system particularly useful for small towns that rely on well water sources. Smith & Loveless, Inc. Circle reply card No. 234
Cyanide Removal
Zebra Mussels
ZEBRA MUSSELS
of iron and man
To help control
CYANIDI REMOVAI
zebra mussels, one solution in
volves the use of JAVEX-12 so
dium hypochlorite, which kills the larvae. We are
consulting with experts to estab lish dosage levels and techniques best suited to help control their spread. If you'd like to discuss this problem, or be kept informed of the latest information, please contact us. Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc. Professional Products Division
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Using sodium hypochlorite(JAVEX-12) to effectively and quickly remove cya nide wastes is detailed. Bulletin reviews
dosages, equipment, as well as storage, safety and handling data. Particularly ap plicable to metal recover or refining op erations.
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Product and Service Showcase Package potable water treatment plant
Groundwater remediation
June 26-29, 2000
Biological removal of iron and manganese Degremont Infilco has portable pilot systems that can be easily installed on
Waterloo In Situ Course
site to demonstrate the effectiveness
Monitored Natural
Attenuation and In Situ Remediation
of Groundwater
The Degremont Infilco Pulsapak®, a package potable water treatment plant, produces a very high quality of water, utilizing technology equivalent to that used in large installations. The Pulsapak is the result of a combination of two
A combination of classroom and field
activities including demonstration of in novative site investigation techniques and remediation at the renowned Borden Re
search Aquifer. Waterloo Barrier Circle reply card No. 238
proven Degremont technologies: the Pulsator® Flocculator-Clarifier, equipped with tube settling modules; and the sand and anthracite dual media gravity filter. Degremont Infilco Ltd. Circle reply card No. 239
Hydro-Kleen'"'" Filter Systems are
The two main characteristics of domes
a cost-effective
tic sewage are Biochemical Oxygen De mand (BOD) and Total Suspended Sol ids (TSS) which are to be 250 mg/1 re spectively. The graph shows the treat ment levels of the BOD and TSS using a
able for use with stormwater catch
basins or drains to
trap sediments and substantially re
septic tank, a secondary treatment device,
duce contaminant
achieve tertiary treatment levels.
or a Whitewater. The Whitewater can
The Whitewater has the capabilities to treat domestic sewage to:
levels from storm-
water and other non-point source runoff. These multi-media filtration systems con tain design features which address con cerns dealing with sedimentation and water flow issues while effectively fil tering out hydrocarbons and other tox ins. Make-Way Plastics Ltd.
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Bovar's solution to RGBs
DAILY SEWAGE FLOW Model No. DF 50 FF
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Weight
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500
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833
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DF150FF
5.7
1,500 lbs
2XDF150
1,250 2,500
11.4
3,000 lbs
3XDF150
3,750
17.0
4.500 lbs
4XDF150
5,000
24.0
6.000 lbs
Larger Flow Rate Whitewater Plants There are available single tankage Whitewater systems for flows greater than 5,000 imp. gals, per day up to and including 300,000 imp. gals, per day.
Reducing waste/waste solutions
Containing tanker leaks
tries produce less WHAT IS WASTE?!
waste
because
they've adopted the principle of
PCBs are ever
shipped. We care fully and thor oughly analyze aD
the 4Rs: reuse,re
cycle, reduce and reclaim.
before
they are received. Our highly quali fied laboratory
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available to customers interested in a bio
logical solution. Degremont Infilco Ltd. Circle reply card No. 240
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Increasingly, con
Bovar Waste Management
water in a number of Canadian munici
palities. The pilot systems can be made
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sumers and indus
technicians 'fingerprint' all waste, chart ing its exact and unique composition. Customer liability ends upon Bovar's ac ceptance of waste materials at point of pick-up. Then the waste is shipped.
have already been used with great suc cess to confirm the treatability of the
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Bovar's highly ac
wastes
manganese: the
Ferazur® and the Mangazur®. These units
Make-Way Plastics Ltd.
countable treat
ment process be gins before any
moval of iron and
Daily Sewage Flow
Hydro-Kleen catch basin
technology avail
of its biological so lutions for the re
Bovar
advocates
this
philosophy and other procedures to minimize hazardous waste such as:
source separation, substituting raw ma terials, substitution of product, manufac turing process changes, incineration, stabilization, and physical/chemical. Bovar Waste Management Circle reply card No. 245
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The Haz-Hammock™ by Trans EnvironmentaF" Systems, Inc. is an emergency response containment pouch that quickly attaches to a leaking tanker truck or tankcar. This polypropylene pouch han dles acids, caustics, solvents, and fuels for many hours(50 gallon capacity). The Haz-Hammock™ comes in three models, with ropes and quick-grip clips or with Velcro belts and magnets. Trans Environmental Systems, Inc.
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Product and Service Showcase On-site lead testing
PCB treatment options
FilterTrak 660 Laser
Nephelometer Applying
Itust Ibe Comacn
new
NotSi Ameftaat PCStieatnent
technology in la ser detection and
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660 Laser Neph elometer enables
drinking water A new portable analyzer from Hach Com pany is ideal for municipalities currently relying on outside laboratories for dis solved lead determinations. The Hach
Scanning Analyzer HSA-1000 provides low parts-per-billion(ppb)lead readings at any point of the distribution system, including point of use, without invest ment in expensive equipment or highlytrained technicians. Hach Company Circle reply card No. 247
and wastewater utilities to moni
tor water quality with greater accuracy, reliability and economy than ever before. Hach claims that the instrument operates with 150 times greater sensitivity than a conventional turbidimeter, and it is
optimized to measure turbidity in the range of 0-1 NTU - the range that mat ters most. Hach Company
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Reduce VOC oxidizer fuel costs
PCB Containment Technology or
ConTech, is engaged solely in the safe management of PCB waste. Our serv ices involve all aspects of handling, trans portation and destruction for any mate rial impacted by PCBs. Fully approved and insured with offices across Canada.
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Professional liability in the construction process The liability issues faced by owners ^nd risk managers
'HmlfflH can be far-ranging. ^ Retrofit your Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer with Monsanto Enviro-Chem
catalyst and achieve lower fuel consump mac^CuucM
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lower operating temperatures. Retrofits can also increase flowrates with no im
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To control these
exposures, risk
managers call on a combination
of
risk management methods. By im posing certain risk allocation techniques, air-tight contracts and strict insurance requirements, owners hope they can pro tect their assets while minimizing the likelihood of expensive delays, disputes and litigation on the project. Security Insurance of Hartford
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PipePac is a software that has merged 3EB (Three-Edge-Bearing), SAMM (Spangler & Marston Method of pipe design), CAPE (Cost Analysis of Pipe Envelope), and LCA (Life Cycle Analysis). Merging of the programs into one application has resulted in a uniform interface, a single database for each project, simplified use, reduced data entry, minimized emors, and standardized design process. OCPA Circle reply card No. 255
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Product and Service Showcase H S and mercaptan scavenging
New CMF-S Technology
Proven water and process fluid treatment systems Ecodyne offers a hroad range of en gineered systems to make water
suitable for use,
USFilter Gas Technology Products an nounces the release of a new hydrogen sulfide (H,S) and light mercaptan scav enger system called Sulfur-Rite™. The process employs a solid, iron-based ma terial which reacts with H,S and mer captan sulfur to form environmentally safe iron pyrite (fool's gold). The spent product may be sent to any sanitary landfill or may be applied to land as a fertilizer. USFilter
USFilter Corporation introduces a sub merged microfiltration system designed for very large drinking water applica tions. The new Memcor CMF-S continu
ous microfiltration system was created to compete in large scale (>20 MCD)sur face water treatment plant process evalu ations. This system provides 6-log re moval of Cryptosporidium and Giardia, easily meeting the new and future drink ing water regulations. USFilter
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Petrolatum tape
Underground double wall jacketed tanks
recycle or dis charge. Available are proprietary designs in clarifiers and filters;
lamellas; hot process softeners; oil coalescers, ion exchange; reverse osmo sis and deaerators - any of which can be combined in exactly the right way to pro vide the most suitable water treatment
process. Ecodyne Limited Circle reply card No. 258
Mobile refuelling
When fuels are required in small quanti ties, to fill construction machinery on
Denso's innovative petrolatum tape. Color Tape,does not require initial primer application, and is UV stable. This prod uct is ideal for above gi'ound applications. To enhance appeal, it is manufactured in a variety ofcolours,including white,grey and blue, and provides long-term corro sion protection to above and below ground pipes,flanges, valves and related
Superior corrosion protection and sec ondary containment; inner tank can be compartmentalized; total compatibility with petroleum fuels, as well as a wide range of chemicals; sand, pea gravel or crushed stone may be used for backfill; globally recognized third-party approv als; flat and dished end caps.
various sites, truck-mounted tanks with hold-down straps and internal baffles to avoid dangerous load shifts are provided in warning red enamel. Special venting device, fill cap and labels are included. Capacities are 454-4540 litres(100-1000 gallons). Also available in doublewall
steel surfaces. Dense North America
DTE Industries Limited
safety margin. DTE Industries Limited Circle reply card No. 261
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PlantPRO™ Trash Pumps
Membrane technology for industrial wastewater
that won't bust your budget! All of our pumps are made of heavy duty cast aluminum with cast iron replaceable wear parts. Both 3" and 4" models are avail
ZENON's ZenoCem® bioreactor system can retrofit any existing wastewater treat ment facility, immediately increasing capacity by up to four times. The sys tem incorporates immersed membrane technology, which assures biomass reten tion, resulting in a high quality effluent, suitable for direct reuse or discharge.
able. USABIueBook
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vacuum-monitored version for added
JetMix
The JetMix Vortex Mixing System can be used in biosolids storage where solids suspension is important. Benefits of us ing the JetMix system include: Intermit tent operation saves 60-90% in power consumption; expensive tank cleanout and scheduled maintenance not required; easily installed in existing tanks; multi ple tank mixing using a central pump house. JetMix was a recipient of a 1997 Innovative Technology Award from the Water Environment Federation.
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Environmental Insurance
Solid business practices are key to controlling risks
The environmental business is
big business and getting big ger. But, with growth, comes additional risk. As the indus
try matures, environmental firms are having to deal with heightened compe tition, growing customer sophistication, mergers and acquisitions, and pricing pressure. Along with all that comes an increased potential for claims. Some experts say three out of ten insured en vironmental firms will receive a claim
each year, and loss payments in excess of the deductible are approaching an
average of $250,000- almost doubling in the last ten years. Professional Liability Insurer, DPIC Companies' analysis of claims cases
your insurer's ability to defend you against a claim. Taking the time up front to develop a clear agreement outlining expectations and performance with your client can save you a lot of headaches- as well as rework and added expense - down the line. Samples of some key provisions that may serve as a means to improve communication with your client,follow: Scope of services Work with your client to develop a comprehensive scope of services. This will assist your client in defining the expectations of the project and how they may be met. Be very specific as to your basic services, additional services and
excluded services. It is impossible to
shows that there is a common denomi
know all the services that will be re
nator in many of these costly claims;
quired based on changed or unantici pated conditions during the project. Identifying additional services helps clients understand that you can provide services they may not have been aware of and ensures that you can recoup ad equate compensation for those services. An effective method to identify your scope of services is with a matrix or checklist that can be appended to your
lack of communication between the con
sultant and client. This is, in fact, good news as practising risk management gives you the power and tools to mini mize or avoid the risk.
Environmental professionals are no different from the rest of the design pro fessions. They need to communicate clearly in all phases of their projects even when only doing a Phase 1 assess ment. For example, in several claim cases, clients were dissatisfied because
the project did not meet their expecta tions. But were those expectations ever clearly communicated? Did the client communicate all the requirements and expectations to the environmental con sultant? Did the consultant take the time
to fully understand the client's needs? Those are tough -and uncomfortable -questions to answer after the fact. One of the most effective communication
tools is your contract with the client. Every project you acceptinvolves a con tract, whether you put it down on paper or not. Most people think of written agreements when they think about con tracts but oral agreements,confirmed by a telephone conversation or a hand shake, are as legally binding as written contracts. If agreements and under standings are not made in writing and problems occur, it not only increases the potential of a claim but also can reduce
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weigh the risks. In fact, the experience of environmental consultants and geotechnical engineers has shown that loss prevention benefits gained from site ob servation more than counterbalance li abilities costs.
Claim Example: In cases where site ob servation was included as a professional service for the environmental consult
ant, claims arose when a consultant failed to provide the service, dedicate the time needed to make meaningful visits, or assigned unqualified person nel to perform the site observation. For example, an inexperienced engi neer performed a site observation and failed to identify that groundwater had risen above the design depth for the de velopment of a cell in a landfill. Once completed, the landfill cell failed and a claim was filed against the consultant. The consultant was found negligent, and
was responsible for $500,000 in repair costs.
Changing conditions Early discussion with clients regard ing the possibility of conditions chang ing on a project are essential. The origi nal agreement is based on the assess
agreement.
ment and evaluation of the site and can
Claim Example: A consultant was con tracted to remove an underground stor age tank from a closed fuel station. Near the completion of the project, the client expressed his understanding that the consultant would also be responsible for the transportation and disposal of the tank. The scope of service on the con tract - written by the client - indicated the services provided would be "appro priate" for the project, and not specifi cally addressing the transportation and disposal of the tank.
not possibly contemplate all potential changed conditions. Conditions do change and it is important to establish a means of identifying them as they oc cur so you can recoup the expenses that they generate. Claim Example: A routine project changed significantly when asbestos was found soon after work began. The envi ronmental consultant requested that the project scope be revised based on the law (and costs) related to the handling of as bestos. The client disagreed and said the consultant was responsible, based on his "negligent" assessment of the project. Unfortunately the consultant had not included any provisions for changed conditions in his agreement and was held responsible for the additional cost.
The court ruled in the client's favour
and the consultant was responsible for the transportation and disposal of the tank. The consultant not only lost the case, but also had to incur the additional
expense that was not included in the project cost. Site Observation
Site observation is a powerful weapon in your loss prevention arsenal and a very important service you can provide your client. While additional responsi bility almost always brings increased liability, in this case the benefits out
Lessons learned
Insurance provides valuable protec tion, but improving your business prac tices by focusing on communication skills can be one of your greatest assets in avoiding risk. For more information,
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