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Who are the real eco-warriors? Editorial comment by Tom Davey
Cover story - $400 million committed for Nova Scotia tar ponds clean-up
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Ontario seeks comment on its composting guidelines
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Trenchless technology used to replace deteriorated wood stave pipeline
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City of Coquitlam chooses tablet chlorination
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Region of Peel to build the world's largest low pressure membrane ultrafiltration plant
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Achieving oil free bilge water discharge from ships
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Niagara leads in water source protection planning
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Environmental labs measure the effectiveness of conforming to international standards
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Newfoundland and Labrador releases its annual drinking water safety report
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thousands of lives in WWI. But few know of the remarkable
Canadian chemist
Lt. Colonel Naismith, a real eco-warrior.
Who are
,
the real eco-wamors?
History,it is said, is written by
Federation (WEF). In my opinion,
Columbia. FACE later mutated into the
the victorious. While it was
these world-renowned bodies did more
present-day
the environmental scientists
to advance the state-of-the-art in pub lic health than the medical profession. Canada has had a strong presence
Wastewater Association. These activi
and chemists that won most
of the major victories in the fight against water-borne diseases, the news media repeatedly, and erroneously, still writes that 1970 was the 'birth of the
was
the
creation
of
cial
practical methods to purify drinking
Greene, then Minister of Mines, Energy and Resources, was impressed
eases. The news media, which cover
'environmental stories', are usually conspicuous by their absence at the annual meetings of these associations. A Toronto chemist, Lt. Colonel
water on the battlefield, when unsafe drinking water killed five times more people than bullets or artillery. Lost to history, too, is the story of people such as Pat Bourgeois, who organized the Association Quebecoise des Techniques de I'Eau (AQTE), a professional activist group which began in the mid 1960s and was high ly critical of Quebec government neg
the
lect of environmental infrastructure.
American Water Works Association
AQTE developed into a powerful com bination of engineers and scientists, becoming a major force within Quebec. Now called RESEAU environnement, it is one of the most pow erful professional environmental groups in Canada. Pat Bourgeois later became presi
(AWWA)in 1881, to be joined later by what is now the Water Environment
dent of the Federation of Associations
By Tom Davey, Editor
Pollution Probe and other activist
tens of thousands of lives. He devised
have invested hundreds of millions in research to reduce water-borne dis
health
ties began well before Greenpeace,
Naismith, played a major role during World War I, unquestionably saving
associations and sections throughout the country. Both AWWA and WEF
Media chronology and public awareness are out of whack by a centu ry and a half. With some notable exceptions, I think environmental reporting has concentrated on the colourful protesters and imaginative were virtually ignored. As recently as May 2004, a Toronto newspaper article heaped lavish praise on a 'pioneer environmentalist and eco-warrior', noting that the environ mental movement had begun in 1970. The writer clearly was unaware of at least 150 years of activity in environ mental engineering and analytical chemistry when palpable progress was made in reducing lethal water-borne epidemics. Yet another milestone in public
Water and
groups emerged to dominate environ mental media coverage and change political agendas. A professor of environmental engi neering at the University of Toronto, Dr. Philip Jones, fought a vigorous campaign in 1968 to reduce the amount of phosphates in laundry detergents. He appeared on television and was the subject of countless edito rials across Canada which, at that time, did not even have a federal or provin
reflected in several AWWA and WEF
environmental movement'.
stunts, while the real environmentalists
Canadian
on the Canadian Environment(FACE), eventually handing over the chain of office to Stanley Mason in British
Environment
Minister.
Joe
and introduced an amendment to the
Canada Water Act, resulting in the reduction of phosphates in laundry detergents. These notable men and the organi zations they inspired, were surely the true pioneer environmentalists - yet they languish in obscurity. Toronto, mainly due to pressure to abandon incineration as an option, is currently shipping its garbage to Detroit. Amazingly, the city has now begun shipping biosolids, a euphe mism for treated sewage sludge. This type of"export" is redolent of a Third World country, not one of the richest countries in the world. For a city which rejected garbage incineration because of fears of air pollution, the thought of 150 huge diesel garbage trucks, belch ing out pollution as they make an 800 continued overleaf...
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kilometre round trip, mostly through Ontario, can only be described as a comedy of the absurd. This appalling ly expensive, highly polluting proce dure is the very antithesis of the high tech exports Canadians should be ship ping across the border. But where are the eco-warriors now?
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A recent report pointed out that the average Canadian water and sewage pipe network has used up to 50% of its predicted life. Our water pipes are being replaced at a rate of six tenths of one percent, meaning that on average, each pipe would be replaced every 150
years. Walkerton is a sombre warning of the potential price, human and fis cal, of infrastructure neglect. The
McGuinty Liberal government in Ontario recently switched $60 million from its health budget to infrastruc ture. Noble as this seems, it is still $4 million short of the $64 million spent investigating the Walkerton drinking water tragedy. Had a mere fraction of these monies been spent on infrastruc ture rehabilitiation and disinfection
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tractors to develop a detailed project description that will be subject to a joint environmental assessment. The assessment will identify measures needed to ensure the clean-up of the
From left to right: Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm, Minister of Pubiic Works and Government
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(CCME) researched and published a national compost guideline titled "Guidelines for Compost Quality (CCME106E March 1996). The CCME guidelines were developed based on several objectives including the protection of public health and the environment across the country. It was also to encourage source separation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to produce a high quality compost. Other provincial jurisdictions have adopted the CCME guideline. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment had proposed to harmonize with the CCME standard for metals in 1998.
This initiative was part of a comprehensive waste manage ment regulatory review proposal which was posted for pub lic comment on the EBR (RA8E0023-1998). At that time, respondents who commented were supportive of this part of the proposal. However, the Ministry did not proceed with the comprehensive waste management proposal (RA8E0023-2002). The Ministry's interim compost guideline used known upper levels of soil background concentrations to develop metal criteria for compost. Experience has shown that in some instances these criteria may be overly restrictive. The CCME used a combination of soil background concentra tions and concentrations achievable using existing com12 Environmental Science & Engineering,June/July 2004
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Drinking Water
City of Coqultlam chooses tablet chlorinatlon
British Columbia's mountainous
landscape presents unique challenges to the distribution and supply of drinking water. The City of Coquitlam, located just
natives and the PPG Accutab system was chosen based on the following:
• Life cycle costing based on 10 to 20 years showed no difference between the systems but the Accutab system
Columbia's lower mainland, covers
had a much lower capital cost; • Ease of handling the pails of chlo
land that includes lowlands along the Fraser River and extends up the local
• The system was the only system that
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Coquitlam had been receiving domestic
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Greater
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for years. The water was received with 0.7 to 0.8 ppm chlorine residual which was typically sufficient for distribution to most of the low lying areas. In the case of the Westwood Plateau, a resi dential development stretching up the local mountainside, the water required
pumping up through a series of five
rine tablets;
would fit into the existing space; • The fact that the system is NSF Standard 61 approved for drinking water applications. The system in Coquitlam has been
running for some three years and has allowed the operations staff to achieve their main goals. The latest Accutab system incorpo
rates a patented, non-flooded chlorinator at the heart of the system. The tablets are delivered in easy-to-handle
reservoirs that served the local resi
25 kg pails of 3-1/2" Calcium Hypochlorite tablets. The tablets con
dents. On occasion, this uphill journey
tain nominal 68% available chlorine by
resulted in the loss of the chlorine
weight. Erosion rates are determined by the flow rate of the water through
residual and the potential for growth of microbial contaminants.
The City required a means of rechlorinating the water at two points in the system. Through evaluation of many options, the choices were nar rowed down to three alternatives: two
on-site chlorine generation systems and
the
PPG
Accutab
Calcium
Hypochlorite system. The City evaluated the three alter
A system installed In the City of Langley, BC.
the chlorinator which, in turn, deter mines the chlorine delivery rate. This
system produces a consistent, low con centration solution (approximately 100 - 700 ppm of chlorine) which is then metered back into the distribution sys tem. The consistency of the solution concentration makes the delivery more repeatable and easy to control. As insurance against calcium scale.
a scale inhibitor is contained in the
tablets that sequesters up to 750 ppm of hardness. This scale inhibiting
insures that the system remains rea sonably scale-free, requiring cleaning only once or twice per year in most applications. Successful installations exist throughout the US in areas such as Arizona where water hardness is a
significant issue. Accutab systems
have been installed or are being commissioned by Langley, Whistler, Elkford, and Burnaby.
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Over the past 30 years few
By Andrew Farr and Scott Lenhardt
municipalities in Canada have experienced the kind of rapid population and eco nomic growth that the Region of Peel has. With the population increasing threefold during this time, from about 330,000 to over one million residents and still growing, the municipality places a high priority on ensuring that new infrastructure expenditures are long-term investments. The residential community, while significantly contributing to the growth, is not the only group of people moving into Peel. The business com munity is also growing each year, mak ing Peel an integral part of the eco nomic engine that drives industry within the Greater Toronto Area, the Golden Horseshoe and South-Western Ontario. One reason Peel has been success
ful in attracting new industry is because of its proximity to key Canadian and US markets. Rail, ship, and air transport services are easily accessible and reliable in Peel and
municipal infrastructure such as road way networks, water and sewer servic es are in place and readily available. Located on the shores of Lake
Ontario, the Region of Peel has direct access to an abundant supply of quali ty drinking water. Unquestionably,
having a secure source of water is one service that is critical for healthy growth and development to occur in any community, as is the ability to finance the delivery of that service. With this in mind, the Region of Peel began discussions in 2002 to expand its Lakeview Water Treatment Plant (LWTP). Both Regional Council and senior management established key criteria for current and future expansions at the site. It was impera tive that the expansion remain within the existing footprint of the plant, pro duce the highest quality drinking water possible at a reasonable cost, and allow for sufficient capacity to service future needs and opportunities. After an extensive pilot program, and in consultation with engineering and design firm CH2M HILL, the Region of Peel decided to implement a new, innovative, multi-barrier approach at its LWTP, using ozonation, biologi cally active carbon (BAC) contactors and hollow-fibre ultrafiltration (UF) membranes.
Upon completion of the expansion, this project will be the largest lowpressure, UF membrane plant in the world with a summer capacity of over 300 ML/d (80 mgd) and a cold water (2°C) capacity of 262 ML/d (69 mgd). Daily water treatment capacity of the plant will rise from the current 560
18 Environmental Science & Engineering,June/July 2004
ML/d (148 mgd) to 820 ML/d (216 mgd). Products considered for installation at the LWTP needed to demonstrate
reliability and longevity. Three leading membrane suppliers were invited to participate in a comprehensive pilot program to test the performance of their products for factors such as solids and pathogen removal. At the conclu sion of the study, the ZENON ZeeWeedÂŽ 1000 membranes showed
the highest quality technical solution at the most reasonable cost.
Drinking water treatment with lowpressure ultrafiltration membranes is becoming increasingly more common throughout North America, and many municipalities have adopted ZENON technology to serve their communities. Reference sites in Collingwood, Ontario (32.5 ML/d, 8.6 mgd); Sudbury, Ontario (37.8 ML/d, 10 mgd) and Racine, Wisconsin (189 ML/d, 50 mgd) were examined closely by Peel staff during the decision-making process.
In determining the best value for Peel, each supplier was also asked to submit a technical proposal which was assigned a relative performance factor. The results from this step were used to adjust each supplier's cost proposal which considered both capital and 20year operating costs. Other factors
Water Treatment lower chemical consumption, and a reduced risk of membrane damage. The Lakeview expansion, sched uled for completion in 2006, will add 12 membrane process trains. Each
such as service, project delivery, and training also figured prominently in the decision to recommend awarding the $11.8-million membrane purchase. Ozone and biologically active car bon (BAG) will provide pretreatment for the raw water prior to ultrafiltra-
tank that can hold up to seven
tion. Water from Lake Ontario is mod
ZeeWeed membrane cassettes. Eleven
erately hard and usually low in turbid ity and organics, but turbidity can rise to high levels for up to a week. Taste and odour episodes can also occur and are known to last for up to several weeks. Typical turbidity for the lake water can range from less than 1.0 NTU to peaks of greater than 20 NTU. The pretreatment will reduce turbidity and dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and provide taste and odour control.
of the trains will operate at all times, with the twelfth train operating on
debris from the fibres, and when nec essary, membrane cassettes can be removed from service, and placed in a separate cleaning tank to dissolve solids from the fibres. With regular maintenance and inspections, each membrane cassette will provide years of efficient and cost-effective opera
demand whenever one of the others is
tion.
taken off line for backwashing, sched uled maintenance or testing. branes are immersed directly into the
Delivering a quality product and service at the best value, is something Peel Public Works prides itself on. Peel Region boasts the lowest water and
membrane tanks and draw water into
sewer rates in the Greater Toronto Area
train will consist of a 55 m^ process
The ZeeWeed ultrafiltration mem
the fibres using a slight vacuum. The membranes form a physical barrier to particles, preventing suspended solids, turbidity, algae and pathogens such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium from passing into the permeate. Operation of this system will be highly automated and fibres can be easily cleaned with a clean-in-place backpulsing process that forces nonchlorinated permeate water back through the membranes. This dis lodges any particles that may adhere to
the membranes. Intermittent aeration of the membranes is also used to scour
and delivers those services through some of the most advanced treatment
technologies in North America.
Andrew Farr, P. Eng., is Manager, Capital Works,for the Regional Municipalit}' ofPeel, contact e-mail: farra@peelregion.ca. Scott Lenhardt, P. Eng. is Regional Manager with ZENONEnvironmental Inc., contact
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"The ozone and BAG pretreatment will deliver a consistent quality feed water to the membranes with turbidity below 2.0 NTU, 95 per cent of the time, with total suspended solids below 5.0 mg/L (maximum of 40 mg/L)and DOG ranging from 1.0 - 5.0 mg/L," said Director of Water and Wastewater Treatment Mark Schiller.
During pilot testing, the pretreat ment contributed to more efficient
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Oil/Water Separation
Achieving oil free bilge water discharges from ships
In the void space below the engine
room floor of commercial ships,
condensation, wash-down water,
cooling water and oil leaks accu mulate. This bilge water can be dis charged overboard while "under way", provided it is processed through approved bilge water separators and verified by an approved oil content meter to Transport Canada stated lim its. For inland waters (rivers and lakes) the limit is 5 ppm; for "outside" waters the limit is 15 ppm. The challenges to compliant bilge water discharges come from physics as well as chemistry. In industrial appli cations there is generally a limit to how many different oils may be mixed with outflows, whereas on a ship anything can drop into the bilge. Ships have dif ferent engines installed, running on different fuels and using different lube oils. There is hydraulic oil, there is grease and then there are the water
treatment chemicals, cleaners, etc. To
top it all off, the moving ship then mixes the oily bilge water. The first bilge water regulations were introduced in 1973 with 100 ppm effluent quality. In 1978 this was amended to 15 ppm for coastal waters and in 1993 the 15 ppm limit became the universal limit; only in Canada do we have 5 ppm for inland waters. To be able to discharge treated bilge water, the oil content in the effluent has to be below the allowed limit. A
ship owner can choose between invest ing in equipment that can handle any thing, or he can make the crew respon sible to get bilge water overboard. The latter option is the only cost-effective and reliable alternative. Preventing uncontrolled oil leaks saves costs and
it makes bilge water processing possible. The efforts by the crew are directed towards the elimination, or at least reduction of emulsification of the oil
and water mixture. This is prevention of chemical emulsions from detergents and surfactants, and the prevention of mechanical emulsions.
Chemical emulsions are primarily caused by detergents, therefore ships have changed to the use of"fast break ing" cleaners. These products "tem porarily" emulsify oil, then let the oil float free for gravity separation or removal in the oily water separator (OWS). These "fast breaking" cleaners are mostly biodegradable; they have to be non toxic and cannot be flammable
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Oil/Water Separation Mechanical emulsions are basically the result of kinetic energy. A pressure leak or a drop falling into the bilge will cause finer oil dispersion than the laws of physics can reverse. The fractured oil drops rising slowly to the surface don't have the same energy to coalesce as what split them apart. To get "sepa rable" bilge water, crews limit the mix ing of oil and water. To avoid emulsification through the ship's motion, skim mers are used to remove floating oil. Today the effluent quality is veri fied by oil content meters(OCM)with sophisticated light scattering measur ing systems. Their ability to detect very small oil drops, registers mechan ical as well as chemical emulsions.
With their accuracy, discharge quality has improved, requiring crews to be vigilant in the prevention of oily water and irmovative in the processing of bilge water. Whereas before ships could dis charge overboard in a single pass through the International Maritime Organization (IMG ) approved oily water separator because of the less reliable meters, this is not possible
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today. The modern OCM no longer ignores the finer oil particles and reg isters total oil content more accurately. To be able to get the bilge water overboard, cascaded systems are com monly used, where bilge water is trans ferred into a holding tank, decanted and the oil removed. The oily water mixture is then processed through the IMO approved OWS and discharged, if the oil content is below the alarm set
point. Depending on the type of ship, fuel used and shipboard practices, this basic, cascaded system is then expand ed and modified, to achieve the eompliant effluent quality. If the choice of cleaners, catch-alls, skimmers and other initiatives fails to produce the required effluent quality, then polish ing filters are generally used to clean the effluent to measurable, clean dis charges. Is 15 ppm oil content a threat? One way to look at 15 parts per mil lion is to equate it to roughly one 2.5 mm oil drop in I litre of water. One such drop would readily separate; therefore oil needs to be finely distrib
uted to form a stable mixture. Such a
homogeneous 15 ppm mixture is com posed of oil drops evenly dispersed in the effluent, with each oil particle spaced about 40 times its diameter from the next one. Measuring oil eontent of such an oil distribution is simi
lar to looking at the rainbow. Difficulties in measuring this 15 ppm oil dispersion arise as background tur bidity increases, like dust or smog for the rainbow.
A ship "making way" at 6 KN,trav els about three metres per second (10.8 km/hr). A typical Great Lakes freighter carrying 24,000 tons of goods, processes bilge water through a 3.5
m^/hr OWS, whieh is equal to 1 litre per second,for about 8 hours in 7 days. Thus it discharges at maximum allow able effluent quality, one oil drop equivalent over 3 metres traveled. Commercial ships disperse the effluent over the length of the Seaway, i.e. 3,700 km, en route, not in port.
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Wastewater Treatment
Cold climate lagoon-based ammonia reduction been a difficult problem to solve. During the past five years, a collaborative effort with a number of technology suppliers, scientists and engineers has resulted in the suc cessful retrofit of six lagoon sites for the purpose of ammo nia reduction. These sites included municipal lagoons, agri cultural hog manure lagoons, and landfill leachate ponds. Three of these systems have ice-covered conditions during
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winter months with water temperatures at 1 °C, and all sys tems have water temperatures that fall below 5°C during winter months.
The municipal systems treat standard municipal wastewater with influent ammonia levels between 25 and 35
Excess ammonia (NH3) levels discharged from
sewage treatment facilities can have detrimental consequences on receiving streams or lakes. Since nitrification (ammonia removal) naturally occurs in
mg/L. Winter effluent ammonia concentrations for these sites are typically less than 5 mg/L with periodic spikes to 8 mg/L. One facility typically produces discharge ammonia levels less then 2 mg/L (often less than 1 mg/L) during win ter months. Summer effluent ammonia concentrations are
less than 1 mg/L for all of the sites. The landfill leachate pond system is reducing ammonia levels from over 400 mg/1 to less than 20 mg/1 in all seasons. Ammonia reduction parameters
the aerobic conditions in lakes and streams, discharging ammonia can result in creating oxygen deficient condi tions in the receiving water body. Nitrification requires 4.6 kilograms of oxygen for each kilogram of ammonia that is nitrified. Regulators are recognizing that year-round ammonia removal is required to protect our natural streams
Nitrification is greatly influenced by temperature. As the temperature increases, the nitrification rate increases.
and lakes.
Temperatures between 20°C and 35°C are optimum nitrifi
Nitrification is dramatically reduced in cold-water tem peratures. Because winter water temperatures in cold cli
cation conditions. Nitrification slows down dramatically
mate lagoon systems are typically 0.5° to TC, winter
As with any living organism, the primary building blocks for bacteria cell replication are: carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous (C:N:P) with an approximate respective ratio of 100:7:1. C:N:P ratios in a typical sewage lagoon setting are such that no manual buffering or ratio balancing is
ammonia removal is historically poor. Cold temperatures combined with winter anaerobic conditions in facultative
and anaerobic ponds result in little or no ammonia reduc tion.
Extremely expensive (capital and operating) mechani cal treatment plants have replaced many lagoon systems to facilitate ammonia removal. Wetlands have also become a
recognized treatment method for ammonia removal,
although cold temperatures and ice-covered conditions limit their reliability of year-round treatment. Construction of mechanical treatment plants is not eco nomically feasible for many small to medium sized com munities. The basic principle behind lagoon upgrades is to provide an acceptable, low-cost treatment alternative for enhanced ammonia reduction while maximizing the use of existing infrastructure. Full-scale research
Ammonia reduction in cold climate lagoon systems has
Ammonia reduction in lagoon systems is a biological process that is primarily related to the following parame ters: temperature, carbon, pH, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, surface area, and beneficial bacteria.
during cold, 1 °C temperatures.
required.
Nitrification is enhanced at higher pH levels. pH levels of 7.5 to 8.5 are ideal, although nitrifying bacteria can adapt outside of this range. Nitrification will also produce acids. Sufficient alkalinity must be present to buffer the acids to maintain an adequate pH level. Manual buffering may be required in some instances to maintain optimum nitrifica tion conditions.
In order to improve the rate of ammonia removal in
water temperatures below 5°C, the three major factors that can most cost-effectively be modified are dissolved oxy gen, surface area, and beneficial bacteria. Dissolved oxygen Nitrifying bacteria require aerobic conditions. In unaer-
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7 to 9 weeks
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Wastewater Treatment ated facultative lagoons, nitrification cannot occur in ice covered, winter
conditions, because dissolved oxygen levels are reduced to 0 mg/1 (anaerobic conditions) which stops growth of all nitrifying bacteria. Supplemental aera tion is required to maintain adequate dissolved oxygen levels throughout the year, including ice-covered conditions. A minimum dissolved oxygen(DO) concentration of 2 mg/1 (preferably 3 mg/L)must be present for the nitrifica tion process to occur. Dissolved oxy gen must be greater than 2 mg/L immediately above the sludge water interface in order to prevent liberation of ammonia from accumulated sludge under anoxic conditions. Although
increasing oxygen levels, providing surface area, balancing nutrient ratios, and providing adequate alkalinity, the bacteria populations can be increased
temperatures (>10°C) in northern cli
in a controlled fashion. This has been
tive nitrification aside from the tem
demonstrated in full-scale case studies
perature.
and has resulted in improved ammonia reduction rates during cold tempera tures.
There is no cost-effective way to increase or maintain reasonable water
mate lagoons. A combination of tech nologies is, therefore, required to opti mize all parameters critical for effec
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centrations down to 2 mg/1, the aera tion system should have the ability to maintain 3 to 5 mg/1 at the final lagoon discharge to provide buffering for any variations in oxygen demand. Surface area and beneficial bacteria
Bacteria require a medium of some form to grow on. High surface area medium allows for high-density bacte ria population. AquaMatsÂŽ for Biofiltration achieve continuous rates
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Watershed Strategies
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Municipality of Niagara (Niagara Region), Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA), and Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOB), consulted to consider ways to more effectively manage Niagara's water resources. All parties agreed that to properly protect the area's water, a more integrated approach would be required that took into consideration all jurisdictional levels. To this end, the three principals commissioned a study in August 2002 to develop Niagara's Water Quality Protection Strategy (NWQPS). consortium
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worked together with area stakeholders to produce the strategy in only 14 months, releasing it in October 2003. The purpose of NWQPS was to develop the foundation for a compre hensive water protection strategy for all watersheds within Niagara. The NWQPS is an integrated, multi-jurisdictional plan that guides the respec tive authorities on how best to protect and manage water-dependent re sources. It was organized into six mutually supported themes: human health, natural environment, property risk and assessment, recreation, agri culture, and commerce.
Strategies involved intensive data gathering, including over 1,000 data items, comprising reports, maps, databases, and general information
between
vision, goals, objectives and
from 14 area munici
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study area. These watershed areas, with a total drainage area of 2,424 km, fall within three municipal jurisdic tions, including the Region of Niagara,
the City of Hamilton and Haldimand County. Strategy hierarchy A number of watershed issues were
grouped into six themes. The NWQPS itself was structured around a set of
sensitivity and value
actions, organized by programs that individually do not specifically
area's
water
their potential 'stressors' such as sources
of
contamination,
flooding, water taking, etc.
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to Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the
Niagara River. There are a total of 145 primary subwatersheds within the
was conducted of the
resources, as well as
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Action Programs, to address core issues related to water quantity and quality management. Study area Figure 1 shows that the study area encompasses a number of watersheds and subwatersheds that discharge flow
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The understanding gained from the study area characterization was subse quently used to develop the manage ment strategy. This part of the work involved significant consultation with area stakeholders to develop a priori tized action plan, comprised of over 400 area-wide and locally-specific activities organized into 11 focussed
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Data Collection/Monitoring Land Use Planning Regulations/Policies Land and Property Management Watershed and Natural Heritage System Study • Groundwater Study/Protection • Agricultural Practices • Financing, Taxation, Funding Incentives
• Energy, New Technology, Best
Practices
• Maintenance/Management/Repair of Infrastructure and Remediation of Contaminated Sites
Strategy implementation Before implementation could begin, a framework needed to be developed that ensures that the effort continues to meet the strategy's goals.
which recognized the links between the Region of Niagara, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, and watershed-area municipalities. Communication
tend to reflect Public Sector gover
Throughout the study, public con sultation was a significant part of the strategy development and included five advisory meetings with stakehold ers and two formal public meetings. A Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) was also formed as part of the study's public consultation process. The goal for CAC was to ensure citizen engage ment in water quality and quantity
nance with substantial stakeholder
issues.
involvement.
The communication process will continue in the implementation of the strategy. A key component of the Implementation Team's monitoring activity will be to report on the status
From an extensive review of other
jurisdictions, it was found that several types of implementation frameworks are available. Further investigation indicated that those that are successful
Key elements considered in the development of an implementation framework for the NWQPS included: • Use existing resources in an effi cient and cost-effective manner; • Remain accountable to local taxpay ers and other levels of government; and
• Include opportunities for public/pri vate partnering and input. Subsequently, a near-term imple mentation framework was prepared
of the watersheds to demonstrate the
changes arising from the implementa tion of the NWQPS. An integral com ponent of this process will be public education/awareness and involvement
to develop an open information shar ing process. Gauging the success of the NWQPS
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Watershed Strategies is important to the Niagara Region, its residents, and its neighbours. It is for this reason that a template for a Regional Report Card was developed. The report cards are meant to demonstrate relative levels of improvement or degradation in the six theme areas developed as part of the NWQPS. In order to make these comparisons, baseline monitoring will need to be established for each of the mon itoring areas. Following this initial monitoring, grades can be assigned based on the level ofimprovement in each area. Periodic updating of the strategy will be required in order to incorporate the findings of the monitoring plan and to address new approaches which arise. Recommend ations were made that the strategy be updated on a fiveyear basis. Integration of NWQPS with provincial planning framework NWQPS is a significant undertaking that will address the need for source protection planning recommended in Part One and Part Two reports of The Walkerton Inqiiiiy and anticipated as a legislative requirement by the Province. It is important that the NWQPS meets the source protection planning requirements and, at the same time, be imple mented through a framework that meets the specific requirements of the Niagara Region, area municipalities, and other key stakeholders. In April 2003, the provincial government's Advisory Committee
on
Watershed-based
Source
Protection
Planning released their final report entitled. Protecting Ontario's Drinking Water: Toward a Watershed based Source Protection Planning Framework. NWQPS essentially, is the foundation for a Source Protection Plan. The plan has been developed, however, to this point, without the benefit of the province's Source Protection Planning Framework. The implementation framework provides a structure that is in conformance with the requirements put foward in the province's Source Protection Planning Framework and will ensure that the recommendations that were put forward in the two Walkerton Inquiry reports are addressed. NWQPS priorities Implementation of the NWQPS is now being directed by an Implementation Committee that has the mandate to ini tiate the implementation priorities and to determine the ultimate framework structure that will provide for the longterm management of the Strategy. In the proposed Framework for Implementation, it is suggested that an Implementation Team be set up to conduct the respective Action Programs that support the NWQPS. Specifically, the Implementation Team will be responsi ble for the direct actions being implemented directly as a result of the NWQPS. In addition, the Implementation Team will need to be informed by a host of indirect actions, which are, or will be, undertaken by other stakeholders across Niagara. Some examples of important direct actions include: • Taking stock of existing environmental monitoring pro grams, assessing data gaps, and establishing new partner ships along with harmonized standards; • Standardizing land use regulations and policies across the Region; • Conducting a pilot project in an appropriate urban centre to determine stormwater retrofit opportunities;
• Developing maps of all significant water takings (link to groundwater study); • Establishing a Rural Water Quality Demonstration proj ect (link to benefits to downstream urban users); • Conducting user surveys to characterize recreational use, attitudes, and opinions; • Preparing Local Area report cards and setting up local interest groups; and • Developing relational database actions, status, and other benefits, etc. Some equally important indirect actions include: • Petitioning area municipalities, agencies, and stakehold ers on current and planned initiatives; • Developing an information transfer protocol; • Supporting and participating on complementary initia tives by way of information transfer; and • Setting up an Advisory Committee structure. Implementation of the NWQPS will continue in 2004 and into 2005, with many actions items being undertaken and many more stakeholders becoming involved to ensure that the vision of Water for Life becomes a reality.
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Environmental Laboratories
Environmental labs measure the effectiveness
of conforming to international standards ctive conformance to interna
A
tional
standards
such
as
ISO/IEC9001:2000 is intend-
Led to help organizations con
sistently produce a quality product
(material or service) and instill a cul ture of continual improvement in their operations. The fact that registration to ISO standards is a growing phenome non (greater than 500,000 worldwide)
strongly suggests that the process is effective.
But the question must be asked: Is it successful because it measurably improves the performance of the oper ation, or is it successful because it has
become a powerful mar keting tool - a cost of doing business? The ana lytical laboratory indus try in Canada is an excel lent case study in the true
and reagents, and numerous other questionable practices. This situation was not helped by the practices of the predominant client for many of these services, the engineer ing community. Too often, the decision on what laboratory to use was based solely on two criteria, cost and turn around time. The perception being pre sented was that the signed report was more important than the quality of the results on the report. Presumably, some clients felt that having a signed report absolved them of any liability resulting from erroneous data. We now know that legal liability cannot be rationalized this easily.
CAEAL-registered laboratories could also expect increased business as (hopefully) clients preferentially selected registered laboratories over non-registered laboratories. The first program to be established by CAEAL was a Proficiency Testing (PT) program in which samples were sent to member laboratories twice per year. A laboratory's performance for each parameter was evaluated against all other laboratories. Successful par ticipation resulted in proficiency certi fication on a parameter level basis. In 1993 the accreditation program was added. This program, for which PT participation is mandatory, assesses a laboratory's conformance to ISO/IEC 17025 (updat â&#x20AC;˘Accredited (2001)
Accredited (1997) Non-Accredited (1997)
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Accredited vs Non-Accredited Laboratories
and measurable effective ness of conformance to an international standard
(specifically, 17025).
ISO/IEC
are now more than 350
participants in the PT pro gram and over 200 labo
Before 1990
Twenty years ago, shopping for analytical laboratory services was like buying a car without road testing it. You may have ended up with a good quality vehicle or you may have gotten a lemon. Anyone with a few dollars and a basic
ed in 1999 from ISO/IEC
25). Both the proficiency testing program and the accreditation program have grown significantly, to the point where there
ratories in the accredita
tion program. Many laboratories, both government and commercial, have decided that accreditation and PT
participation is a good business decision. This
Figure 1. A comparison of proficiency testing faiiure rates between accredited and non-accredited laboratories.
knowledge of analytical chemistry (or not) could set themselves up to provide analytical chemistry services to the general pub lic. This resulted in, not only a great diversity in quality between laborato ries, but often a great diversity in qual ity within the same lab. The highly competitive nature of the analytical chemistry market and the general lack of accountability occasionally resulted in laboratory practices that would not be considered acceptable by today's
standards. These included the use of
methods that were not properly vali dated, the use of non-qualified or poor ly-trained staff to perform testing, skipping of critical steps in analytical processes, use of out of date standards
has been reinforced by recent government regu
lations. But the question still remains as to whether
1990 to 2004
In 1989, the laboratory community cooperated to form the Canadian Association
for
Environmental
Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL). The main goal of the association was to improve the quality of environmen tal information in Canada. It is also fair to state that individual laboratories
were motivated by an attempt to level the playing field amongst analytical laboratories and a desire to improve how the laboratory industry was being perceived by the general public. Membership required a laboratory to abide by a set of by-laws, a code of conduct, and client confidentiality.
28 Environmental Science & Engineering,June/July 2004
these programs, when properly imple mented and maintained, actually result in a measurable improvement in the quality of analytical results or whether their benefit is limited to their market
ing value.
The CAEAL proficiency testing program has been in operation since 1989 and has grown in size and scope ever since. This extensive database is a
valuable tool for evaluating the effect of various factors on laboratory per formance. In 2004, A. Morris and D. Macey published a paper clearly demonstrating that accredited labora tories perform better on proficiency testing samples than non-accredited
Environmental Laboratories laboratories (Accred Qual Assur 9:52-54). Given that labo ratory accreditation is contingent on demonstrating confor
PT Performance
mance to an international standard, this result is not unex pected. This leads to the question; If accreditation results in
improved performance, is there an added value to profi ciency testing or is this program superfluous? Again, the CAEAL proficiency testing database contains the informa tion necessary to answer this question. The database was queried to retrieve all laboratory/parameter combinations where first time PT participation started after October 1994
(5 87
and participation continued for at least ten consecutive PT rounds. For each laboratory/parameter combination, the first participation was assigned to study one. In total, 29,480 individual scores were used in this examination.
When the average PT scores were plotted, the trend was obvious. Average performance (as measured by PT score) improved over the first few rounds, after which it leveled off. Since this data-set includes accredited labs, nonaccredited labs and labs that obtained accreditation within
the ten study window, it can be stated with confidence that the observed trend is due to PT participation, not due to other factors that may affect quality. This phenomenon is supported by observations made for clinical laboratory PT programs. For example, in 1994, PT participation was mandated for clinical laboratories in the United States. This resulted in a decreased percentage of acceptable PT scores, due to the influx of a large number of
Study
Figure 2. Average CAEAL proficiency testing score for the first ten PT rounds after the first participation event.
first-time participants, followed by improved numbers over the next several PT rounds (Hassemer, D. 1996. Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, newsletter #10). The curve is very similar to the one observed for the CAEAL data. 2004 and on...
In the aftermath of the Walkerton tragedy, provincial governments enacted new legislation and regulations with the goal of protecting the safety of drinking water. A requirement in almost all of these regulations has been that water utilities use laboratories that have demonstrated pro ficiency (i.e., PT programs) or are accredited to ISO/IEC continued overleaf...
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Environmental Laboratories 17025. Although this is a significant step forward in assuring the quality of drinking water, it only provides a means of quickly and accurately iden tifying problems after they occur. It does little to prevent these problems from occurring in the first place. This is because much of the chemical test
ing conducted in order to optimize and monitor the treatment process (e.g., chlorine, turbidity, colour, fluoride, pH, etc.) is not performed in accredit ed laboratories. Generally, these process tests are governed under oper ator certification or through specific analyst certification. There is little or no direct oversight of the testing proce dures used, whether they are suited to purpose or whether they perform as designed. This is disconcerting given the fact that results from these tests are
used in day-to-day operational decisions. To illustrate the importance of proper controls at the process testing level, an analogy to loss control theory can be drawn. Most managers and supervisors are familiar with the ice berg or pyramid models of accidents. For every accident there is a large
number of near misses and an even
greater number of substandard condi tions that could lead to an accident.
The best means of reducing the num ber of accidents is to directly address these conditions. Following the same logic, the most effective way of reduc ing the number of adverse water quali ty conditions (or C of A exceedences) is to address substandard process con ditions, including the process testing. As has been demonstrated with ana
lytical laboratories, two ways to improve the accuracy and reliability of test results is to actively participate in a proficiency testing program and to be part of an operation that conforms to an applicable standard. The trend towards the management and opera tion of utilities to international stan
dards started prior to the Walkerton tragedy but has been accelerated in recent years. Ontario has enacted legis lation that will require drinking water utilities to become accredited to a spe cific standard (still to be defined). However, proficiency testing, a tool with a proven track record, has not yet been considered in the field of process
testing. In large part, this is due to the general belief that analytical testing and process testing are fundamentally different. This is a misconception. It is true that the average process test may not need the accuracy expected for analytical labs, but this does not justi fy a complete lack of control proce dures. At present, many utilities lack or have inadequate procedures in place to ensure that the process tests are per forming as designed. Sometimes, the first indication that there is a problem with the test is when the results
obtained for samples are observably different from those typically meas ured. By now, any problems with the testing procedure have been reflected in the entire treatment process. To conclude, the experience of the environmental laboratory industry in Canada clearly demonstrates that pro ficiency testing and accreditation to an international standard provide real and measurable benefits to laboratories
that undertake these strategies. Contact Ken Middlebrook, CAEAL,
e-mail: hniddlebrook@caeal.ca.
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Proficiency Testing Program for Process Chemistry
Survey of Interest
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CAEAL
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The Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL) operates a proficien cy testing program for analytical laboratories. Proficiency testing is an essentiai component of qual ity assurance for chemicai testing. CAEAL is soiiciting input into the potential demand for, and fea sibility of, a proficiency testing program in support of process/operational testing in drinking water and wastewater utilities.
This survey is for information gathering oniy and does not imply a commitment to participate in any future program. Ali reference to respondent's name and company name will be held in confidence.
Utilitv Tvne:
Utilitv Name: Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Contact:
E-mail:
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1
2
3
4
5 High
Low
Please complete the following table for tests performed by utility staff as part of process control Test
Method
Instrument
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Typical Range(s)
Chlorine
Turbidity Colour Fluoride
PH BOD TSS TS P04 COD
Use additional page(s) if necessary * include the total number of staff that currently perform the test routinely
Fax survey to the attention of Ken Middlebrook at(613)233-5501 (kmiddlebrook@caeal.ca)
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• A reduction in the number of boil
Department
outlines accomplishments and
water advisories.
Provincial Affairs also hired three
activities for 2002-03 under the
• Resolution of drinking water quality issues (pH, colour, turbidity, arsenic, fluoride, lead and trihalomethanes) in
Community Water and Wastewater Specialists. The department also provided
a number of communities.
financial assistance to communities
• Improvements in regulatory approval and inspection systems. • Development of an arsenic risk map of the island portion of the province. • Delivery of operator education and training through classroom sessions and hands-on training sessions. During the 2002-03 fiscal year, the Newfoundland and Labrador govern
attending the training, workshop and certification courses relating to drink ing water safety. The Department of
Multi-Barrier Strategic Action Plan (MBSAP) for drinking water safety in Newfoundland/Labrador. The report says that substantial progress has been made in the imple mentation of the MBSAP for drinking water safety over the past year. Some of the highlights include: • The designation of 12 new protected water supply areas. • Digitization of public water supply areas.
•Investment of over $120.41 million
ment allocated $1.5 million for drink
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Conference REPORT
Low-tech approaches saving millions in Third World By Tom Davey
Water For People was the
age by between one-quarter and onethird. Intestinal worms infect about 10%
personal hygiene. Adequate quantities of safe water and good sanitation facilities are nec
essary conditions for healthy living, but their impact will depend upon how they are used. Three key hygiene behaviours of greatest likely benefit are: hand washing, safe disposal of
vital role of sanitation in the provision
of the population of the developing world. Ascariasis, one of the most common human parasitic infections, can lead to malnutrition, anemia and retarded growth, depending upon the severity of the infection in the human host. Some 6 million people are blind ed by trachoma and the population at risk from this disease is approximately 500 million, while 200 million people
of safe water in the Third World. Water
in the world are infected with schisto-
projects also have dramatically improved women's rights, he stressed, and his presentation showed how the status of women substantially improved following completion of water projects. Many projects shown were both low-tech and low-cost, yet they have proven to dramatically cut back deaths and crippling diseases. Technology appropriate to the cultures and geogra phy were employed which had proved very effective.
somiasis, of which 20 million suffer
Water Environment Federation awards
severe consequences.
were made. The Arthur Sidney Bedell Award was given to Bob Crane, Veolia
subject of the keynote address at WEAO's 33rd
OPCEA
Annual Conference and Exhibition at London's
Convention Centre, April 18-20, 2004. Steve Werner, Executive Director of the organization, Water for People, made a moving presentation on the
Mr. Werner said an estimated 2.4
billion people lacked adequate sanita tion, while 1.2 billion are without access to safe water. Some 90% of
wastewater in developing countries is discharged into rivers and streams without any treatment and, worldwide, a child dies from a preventable waterborne illness about once every 10 sec onds. Water-borne diseases include
cholera, typhoid, bacillary dysentery, infectious hepatitis, and giardias, while major diseases caused by lack of water include (water-washed diseases) sca bies, skin sepsis and qjcers, yaws, lep rosy, trachoma, dysenteries and ascari-
Arsenic in drinking water is a major public health threat. According to research data on wells in Bangladesh, 20% have high levels of arsenic (above 0.05 mg/1). Cholera is a worldwide problem that can be prevented by ensuring that everyone has access to safe drinking water, adequate excreta disposal systems and good hygiene behaviours.
Water-related
disease
children's feces and safe water han
dling and storage. Repeatedly, he stressed how inexpensive low-tech projects could result in dramatic improvements to human health. During the Awards Luncheon, two
Water Canada. This award acknowl
edges extraordinary personal service to a Member Association.
Ian Smith, City of Toronto, was given the William D. Hatfield Award which is presented to operators of wastewater treatment plants for out standing performance and profession alism.
transmission occurs by drinking fecally contaminated water. Common fecaloral diseases include diarrhea, typhoid, viral hepatitis A, dysentery and dracunculiasis (guinea-worm). Malaria is a prevalent water-related disease and is transmitted by mosqui toes which breed in fresh and standing water. Scabies and ringworm, both water-washed diseases, are contagious skin infections that spread rapidly
technology, brought the event to a
when clean water is not available for
humorous finale. â&#x2013;
Tony Petrucci (left), outgoing WEAO president, congratulates Ian Smith on winning the Hatfield Award.
(left) presents Bedeii Award to Bob
On Tuesday, some one hundred OPCEA exhibitors used every avail able booth space surrounding the pop ular Operations Challenge, which was won by a team from the City of Toronto.
Later, former WEF President, Rhonda Harris, was a hilarious host ess in the Totally Wasted Game show, where wit mixed with environmental
asis. Diarrhea causes 2 million deaths
per year, mostly amongst children under the age of five (WHO, 2002). These deaths represent approximately 15% of all child deaths under the age of five in developing countries. Water is implicated in 80% of all sickness and disease worldwide, while 19% of deaths from infectious diseases worldwide are water-related and water
related diseases contribute to nearly 4 million child deaths each year. One encouraging statistic noted that clean water, sanitation and hygiene interven tions reduce diarrheal disease on aver
34 Environmental Science & Engineering,iurie/iu\y 2004
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The Fuller Award recognizes distin guished service in the water supply field. This year, the OWWA named Judy MacDonald, now of Halifax, the recipient of this prestigious award. MacDonald is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, Civil Engi neering and has extensive experience in the Ontario drinking water industry with a private consulting firm and at the municipal, regional and provincial government levels. She is currently employed as a program manager with the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour. Norman J. Howard Award
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Howard proficiency award for his leadership and outstanding service to the drinking water industry. 2004 Award of Excellence
The purpose of the Award of Excellence in Water Efficiency is to recognize organizations that have implemented successful water effi ciency programs. The goal is to high light projects that will help utilities advance municipal water efficiency
Conference REPORT programs in Ontario. Awardees were: Veritec Consulting Inc.-Petformance testing ofpopular toilets
With financial support from utili ties across Ontario and North America,
Veritec Consulting developed an advanced testing protocol to measure the maximum flush performance of popular toilet models, and established performance benchmarks for low flush toilets that are now changing an entire
industry. Veritec's project included testing of at least 36 popular low flush toilets and summarizing the results in a December 2003 report. City of Toronto - City of Toronto Water Efficiency Plan The 2003 City of Toronto Water Efficiency Plan has set a target of reducing peak day demands by 266 million litres by the year 2011, at a projected cost of $74.3 million. The Water Efficiency Plan is an ambitious strategy to reduce water use in order to defer capital infrastructure expansions through the use of demand side man
AWWA Vice-President, Dixie Fanning (ieft) congratulates Judy MacDonaid,
OWWA Past Chair, Susan Andrews, presents Ian Douglas with the
recipient of the 2004 Fuller Award.
Norman J. Howard Award.
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effective public education program. Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority - Niagara Children's Water
million required for the equivalent expansions of water and wastewater treatment plant infrastructure. In order to achieve the water and
wastewater demand reductions, the
city will implement seven water effi ciency measures: system leak detec tion, computer controlled irrigation, watering restrictions, toilet replace ment, clothes washer replacement, out
agement.
door water audits, and Industrial/ Commercial/Institutional (IC&I) in
The water efficiency programs implemented from the plan will cost
door water audits. The plan also recog nizes the importance of maintaining an
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Conference REPORT
ES&E's Canadian Environmental Conference
and Tradeshow attracts some 2,000 visitors There were over 40 presenters representing Canada's lead ing-edge environmental trainers, lawyers, consultants, managers, administrators, and health and safety practition ers.
Toronto Congress Centre
The 6th Annual Canadian Environmental Conference &
While seminars dealt with complex legal and technical problems, a presentation by Doug Petrie, of Wiilms & Shier Environmental Lawyers, was especially notable. His session combined wit with incisive legal knowledge as he took delegates through some of the complex environmental and legal labyrinths that industrial companies now face. Jim Bishop, an environmental chemist from Stantec, followed up with a masterly outline of the legal and techni cal issues of getting quality data from samples. He showed how faulty analyses could easily result from even slightly incorrect calibrations of laboratory equipment. These two presentations, from the differing viewpoints of law and chemistry, highlighted the fact that the legal implications of analyses are inescapably linked to expertise in both pro fessions.
Tradeshow (CANECT 2004) was held at the Toronto Congress Centre, May 12-13.
Some 2,000 industry professionals visited the 6th
Annual Canadian Environmental Conference &
Tradeshow (CANECT 2004), co-organized by Environmental Science & Engineering magazine (ES&E) and Canadian Environmental Regulation & Compliance News. CANECT 2004 was co-located with the annual Toronto Instrumentation, Systems and Automation (ISA)Tradeshow.
Since 1992, the organizers of CANECT have put on a highly successful annual conference on Environmental Management, Compliance & Engineering that has been the
foremost event for Canadian environmental managers, plant personnel, government policy-makers, lawyers and consultants with responsibilities for environmental affairs.
Jim Bishop (left), Stantec Consulting, gave a masterly review of the complexities of obtaining quality analytical data while John Wiilms (right), of Wiilms & Shier Environmental Lawyers, dealt with regulatory issues relating to industrial water and wastewater.
Other topics presented included:
• Environmental Regulation & Compliance • Dealing with Industrial Air Pollution • Environmental Management: Establishing a Costeffective EMS
• Dealing with Industrial Waste
• Environmental Health & Safety Due Diligence for Managers and Supervisors • Insider's Guide to Investigations and Inspections • Dealing with Industrial Water and Wastewater • Dealing with Industrial Contaminated Land
• Dealing with Spills and Environmental Emergencies Doug Petrie (left), of Wiilms & Shier Environmental Lawyers, and Adam Quipp (right) of RWDi gave presen tations at the session on dealing with industrial air emis sions. Mr. Petrie spoke on prosecution and enforcement issues. Mr. Quipp's presentation was on certificates of approval, air emissions - options and variables.
38 Environmental Science & Engineering,June/July 2004
For further details on CANECT 2005, please contact Steve Davey, Enviromnental Science & Engineering, 30220 Industrial Parkway South, Aurora, Ontario, L4G 3V6, Tel: (905) 727-4666, 1-888-254-8769, Fax: (905) 8417271, E-mail: steve@esemag.com. ■
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implemented an EMS with the sole objective of complying with regulations, standards, protocols, etc. Management's focus often appears limited to compliance and satisfying auditors. Strategy and value become elusive when regula-
To realize the full potential of an EMS companies should focus on performance improvement instead of simply compliance.
tions and procedural standards, such as ISO 14001, take precedence. An organization should focus instead on per formance improvement as its strategic and value-creation goals are then more likely to fall into place. ISO 14001 is an auditable protocol. It is not a strategic management document and, therefore, should not be used as the starting point in the design of an EMS. The standard does not provide any guidance for directing performance improvement, developing performance indicators, improv ing processes or integrating corporate strategies. However, registration to ISO 14001 is still essential, as it provides the world independent assurance that an organization's EMS complies with an internationally accepted set of principles. Organizations can also comply with other supporting standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative
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and relevance of published data and reports. Just as compa nies do not use GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to drive their management programs (although they strive to comply with its principles), environmental managers should not let environmental certification stan dards and guidelines drive their environmental manage ment and performance improvement strategies. Develop a strategic model The starting point in designing an EMS should be to develop a business case based on a strategic model designed to improve the organization's environmental per formance and bottom line. Unfortunately, the development of a strategic model is often overlooked, resulting in processes being driven by a checklist of required elements, extracted from a standard or obtained from a list of regula tions. Companies that have made the effort to develop a strategic model, such as IBM, Baxter, Dupont and British Telecom, have realized significant value creation, as well as public recognition. By stepping back and taking the time to design a strate gic model to guide corporate environmental management, organizations can create value. They do not have to reinvent the wheel, as there are many documented case studies, as well as guidelines published by a variety of respected organizations.
Environmental Management One example is the SIGMA Guidelines. These guidelines provide clear and practical advice, enabling organizations to make a meaningful contribution to sustainable develop ment. Another highly regarded strate gic-based guideline is The Natural Step, and an organization can easily strengthen the performance compo nent of its EMS by incorporating these principles into its strategic model. Such guidelines are not registration documents, although they link into existing management systems and
to capital, increase market share, improve operating efficiency, etc. Corresponding performance indicators
porate matrix. EMS-specific objec tives and targets will exist, but they
ance with sound environmental man
frameworks such as ISO 14001, the ISO 9000 series, OHSAS 18001 and
should be seen as a subset of the cor
agement practices, but it does not pro
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Many strategic initiatives can be simplified to a "performance-based EMS" that focuses on performance and integration. Upon completing a study of ISO 14001-registered compa nies, researchers at the University of California found that overall improve ment in environmental stewardship appeared to fall short of expectations. Researchers were unable to obtain the
quantitative information required to evaluate the benefits of ISO 14001.
The study appears to prove, once again, that "you cannot control what you do not measure". Create a process matrix The first step in designing a per formance-based EMS is for manage ment to develop a performance matrix that will guide the development of the EMS. When designing the perform ance matrix, management needs to cre ate a list of organizational objectives that are to be achieved or furthered
with the implementation of the EMS. For example, the organization may want to improve social impacts, reduce insurance costs and legal fees, elimi nate regulatory fines, improve access
should then be identified as a means of
measuring the progress in achieving the objectives. As many organizations are already performance-driven, this provides the simplest way of integrat ing the EMS with corporate-wide objectives and management processes. The EMS performance matrix should fit and feed into the overall cor
porate matrix. The detailed EMS measures provide information about the performance of the EMS and its value in achieving corporate objec tives. The EMS performance matrix will be incorporated into the facility's performance matrix, which will be consolidated at the corporate level. Such an undertaking should be coordinated at the corporate level as well. This will ensure that performance data can be consolidated to provide an accurate picture of overall perform ance, as well as a breakdown and com parison of performance by facility. Value creation then can be traced back
to individual measures, EMSs and facilities. This structure allows man
agement to drill down to the weakest link in its drive to improve perform ance.
Map performance to process The next step is process mapping, through which each performance indi cator is mapped across facility and cor porate processes. Mapping helps deter mine which processes will affect each facility's ability to achieve its objec tives - and how. This undertaking drives the development of procedures and controls needed to achieve each of
the EMS objectives.
In the mapping process, the prac tices of various departments are stud ied, controlled and integrated. For example, to track environment-related costs, the accounting department may need to integrate the principles of ecoaccounting. And to control inputs, the purchasing department may seek to embrace "green" purchasing. Conclusion
ISO 14001 registration provides assurance of an organization's compli
vide a framework to create value or
justify continued investment in sus tainable management. On the other hand, a performance-based EMS will help create value through performance tracking and integration. ISO 14001 can then be used to ensure that the pro cedures, controls, resources, responsi bilities, objectives, etc. are sufficiently documented and are being implement ed as documented.
Implementing an EMS element by element appears to create a complacent attitude within an organization. Highly-respected companies around the world have achieved significant value creation, improved environmen tal and social performance, and gained considerable respect by managing their EMSs under the guidance of a strategic model. Many of these organizations also obtained ISO 14001 registration at several of their facilities to demon
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two phases, with the first one in 19921998 already completed. The results achieved in this first phase were excel lent with collection rates going up
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services that will be available to 82%
million people who live in the metro politan area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Tiete Project aims at expanding
Treatment rates increased from 24% to
of all inhabitants in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo.
wastewater collection and treatment in
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65% over the same period of time. The stretch of river that is polluted has been reduced by 120 km and fish can be found again in locations that were completely dead before. A second phase, with the objective to reduce the pollution by another 40 kilometres, is in progress and sched uled to be completed by 2005. Works carried out by SABESP, the water and sewage authority in Sao Paulo, during this phase will bring permanent bene fits to people living in the metropolitan
The cleanness of the river Tiete is of
outmost importance for the State of Sao Paulo, but like the Thames river in
England, it will take several years until this objective will be achieved. Improved public health The advantages are manifold. Approximately 1.2 million people will benefit directly from wastewater col lection and 75,000 new job positions will be offered during the execution of the project. The quality of water in the
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as public health is concerned, it is expected that costs of curative medicine will decrease and there will be a reduc
SP in partnership with the BNDES (National Development Bank), and the other half in the form of a credit facility granted by the IDB (Interamerican Development Bank) after the results achieved in the first phase were considered extremely satisfactory. The IDB, therefore, endorsed the relevance and seriousness of this project, which goes far beyond a basic sanitation program. ■
tion in waterbome diseases and child mortality rates. Pumps supplied by ABS ABS' subsidiary in Brazil, ABS Bombas, is one of the
largest suppliers of wastewater pumps to the end client SABESP, with deliveries of a large number of AFP and PIRANHA® pumps for sewage pumping stations and treatment plants over the last 25 years. ABS was awarded the contract for 47 pumping stations by the GEVA/PLANOVA/H.GUEDES consortium due to per formance evaluations of the pumps, both in terms of relia bility and longevity. Other factors were the support provid ed by staff and the fact that there were manufacturing facil ities available locally in Brazil. Large investments During the first phase, investments amounted to US
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New technology demonstrated for landfill gas utilization system in Salvador,Brazil
In June 2003, under the auspices of the Sustainable Cities Initiative of the Government of Canada, with
funding from Technology for Early Action Measures (TEAM), a pilot-scale landfill gas (LEG) collection and utilization system was implemented at the Canabrava Landfill in the City of Salvador, in northeastern Brazil. The pilot-scale system was designed and assembled in Canada and shipped to Salvador, Brazil, as a skid-mounted system. The system includes a reciprocating engine from Waukesha and a WEG generator, within the steel contain er. The skid-mounted approach worked extremely well in terms of facilitating transfer of necessary equipment from Canada to Brazil, and as a security measure while it contin ues to operate at the Canabrava Landfill. The pilot-scale system of75 kW/h of electricity is being used to demonstrate how LEG can be utilized for beneficial
prnqjoses. In fact, the situation is a 'win-win' in that a ben eficial output is created (electricity), and biogases being combusted to create the electricity are no longer released to
The system includes a reciprocating engine from Waukesha and a WEG generator, within the steel container.
the atmosphere, as a contribution toward abating the glob al-warming impacts to climate change. The generated elec tricity is currently being used to light a medical waste dis posal facility contained elsewhere on the Landfill, a guard
exist to expand use of the electricity to a composting facil ity that is being constructed for the Landfill. This utilization system commenced operation in January 2003. The system flares biogases in excess of the electrici house, and a soccer field for the local citizens. Plans also ty generation requirements, for pur poses of destruction of the methane, a HOBO Weather Station gas with twenty-one times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide. The new HOBO Weather
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series of in-line screen and membrane
housings. The heat and pressure gener ated by these submersible motors and pumps increase the solubility of salts in solution, and the membrane ele
ments produce higher quantities of product water at higher temperatures. The in-line screens provide mechanical filtering to separate sus pended solids from the process stream to ensure that large particulates are removed or broken up prior to entering the membrane housings. The process stream through the screens is reversed every few minutes. While in the backflow position, the screens, supports, and housings are designed to produce mechanical resonance and pressure waves to loosen and remove solids and
crystals from the screen surfaces. continued overleaf...
June/July 2004, Environmental Science & Engineering 45
Pulp and Paper Dissolved air in the process stream is released from solu tion near or at areas of plugging and works as a scrubbing agent to aid the removal of solids from the screens.
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The concentrated return flow from the membranes and
inline screens goes through a set of Venturis, which drop the pressure and induct large quantities of ambient air. Incoming raw water mixes with this highly oxygenated and supersaturated stream and enters the concentration chamber at high velocity. Metals, salts and organic solids contained in the raw water are rapidly oxidized and sheared from the process stream and are collected in the concentration chamber. Volatile and low solubility gases
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As the process stream slows across the concentration chamber to a still zone at the opposite end from the intake, gases are released, the temperature decreases, and salts that are at, near or above saturation levels solidify and set tle to the bottom. Final settling of most solids occurs throughout the still zone within the chamber, preventing them from reentering the process stream. Following a pro duction cycle, the pressurized air cap is used to rapidly and completely empty the liquid, solid, and gaseous con tents of the concentration chamber through a blow down port.
Clean product water extracted by the membranes enters a product accumulator at the top where it passes through an air cap, assisting the degassing process. Water Totten Sims Hubickl Associates is a multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm providing design services leaves the product accumula to the public and private sector. www.rwdi.com
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sel where the lowest concen
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ATTENTION WASTEWATER ENGINEERS ZENON
ENVIRONMENTAL
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ZENON Environmental Inc. Is recruiting for wastewater engineering positions. the treatment of certain kinds of waste-
The small footprint of the XPM
waters, as is the case in the treatment
reduces or eliminates the need for new
ofleachate from a pulp and paper land fill site. The new XPM technology
construction at most companies' wastewater sites. Because the XPM proces sor is fully automated it can be remote ly operated, reducing manpower costs.
resolves conventional thin-film draw
backs, i.e. plugging, blinding, biofouling, mechanical stress. In this case the membranes reduce or eliminate the
Contact, Ed Philion, Whaddon Water
toxicity of off gases in the effluent, maximize treated water recovery, and minimize concentrate discharge vol umes. The technology allows for fur ther development and evolution, and improvement patents are being added as a result of ongoing research and development. Overall, the technology is proving to be a very attractive, economical
Management Inc., at e-mail: ephillon@wmint.ca.
Engineers are required at ZENON for wastewater process support for the various business units. Engineers will be hired and trained In development of membrane tech nology for wastewater treatment. The Ideal candidate will be an engineer with at least 3-5 years wastewater experi ence.
Interested applicants can submit resumes at: www.zenon.com/careers/careers.shtml (no phone calls or e-mails, please)
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alternative to other leachate treatment
strategies. Transportation alone, from the landfill site to a mill's wastewater
treatment plant, may cost $500,000 or more, depending on the distance from a landfill site to the secondary treat ment facility. Without the need for additional treatment facilities, a com pany will also save the chemical costs usually associated with the treatment of leachate.
Most important, third party results demonstrate that the XPM is meeting the most restrictive of government standards, allowing direct discharge into the environment at the demonstra tion site.
With rising energy costs, water reuse within a plant for washing, cleaning, sanitizing, boiler processes and cooling towers is of high priority and, with the XPM technology, can now be realized. The ability to close the loop within an industry eliminates additional water usage, saving compa nies the rising cost of water as well.
Praxair Canada Inc. is pleased to announce that Rosanna DiLabio
has been appointed to the position of Environmental Compliance Manager. Rosanna will lead Praxair Canada's ongoing efforts in environmental protection and com pliance for the company's Industrial Gases business. Since
joining Praxair in 1994, Rosanna has held positions in applications engineering and sales. She has been
active
Environment
in
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Water
Association
of
Metcon Sales and Engineering is pleased to announce Alex Lupescu has been appointed as a Vice President at Metcon.
Alex has 25 years experience in
Chemical
Feed
and
Instrumentation systems. Alex will
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Ontario since 1993 as a member of
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June/July 2004, Environmental Science & Engineering 47
Storm Drainage
Curb inlets can improve service and reduce cost By A.R.Perks and R.G. Hewitt
Some Canadian municipalities
have been installing curb inlets for roadway storm drainage because they are easier on bicy clists and traffic, and less costly to install and maintain than traditional
grated inlets. The curb inlets make it easier for snow clearing as well - no more damaged snowplow blades and inlets in winter.
Curb inlets (also known as side opening inlets) are set into the face of
the curb rather than in the road gutter itself(see Figures 1 & 2). This means that there are no iron grates in the traf fic lane for cars and bicyclists to avoid.
flume (scaled down model) for testing the standard grate inlets used by most
(i.e. less than 0.5% - 1% slope), the gutter flow just by-passes the inlets. However, when installed at low
cities.
For the curb inlet project, the flume (model) was set up to represent the City's curb inlet design at a one-half scale, and a series of experiments was carried out under different flow and
roadway conditions, such as road/gut ter slope, cross fall (ie. side slope) and gutter shape to establish hydraulic capacity. The laboratory results clearly showed that under most practical road way conditions, the curb opening inlets have substantially less hydraulic capacity than the standard drop inlet gratings. The curb inlet "efficiency"is between 10% and 20% for most road-
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because the underlying support struc
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ture does not have to withstand the
constant pounding of traffic, there is
a
less settlement and damage to the inlet
.
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3
points or sumps, the curb opening inlets act in a different way, as basic orifices or broad crested weirs. Then, their capacity increases under the hydraulic head available, and they behave comparably to the standard grate inlets. The resulting problem is that using typical inlet spacing derived for stan dard grated inlets, the street gutters will be forced to carry significantly more flow, and potential for flooding will exist at the next low spot in the road, for example. While the problem may not manifest itself for many years along a given street, eventually a storm
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data was available on the capacity of the curb inlets used in Ottawa to cap ture the roadway runoff, and so the design information needed to be
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updated. To overcome this problem, R. V Anderson Associates Limited(RVA) and the University of Ottawa were
way conditions. The standard inlet cap tures approximately 60%-70% of the
engaged by the City of Ottawa to assist
street flows under similar conditions.
in developing the necessary informa tion, such as flow capture based on varying road and cross fall slopes, for designing the new inlets as part of the City's roadway design procedures. RVA had previously worked on the City's storm sewers and design criteria, and the University of Ottawa had pre viously done research into roadway drainage for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, and still possessed the specially designed laboratory 624
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In addition, the tests showed that
the addition of a depression in the curb at each inlet does not dramatically improve the efficiency ofthe flow cap ture rate.
The main factor is simply that the City of Ottawa curb inlets are less than
1 metre in width, due to the potential for
snow
and
ice
accumulation.
Similar curb inlets in the US, where
curb opening inlets are more widely used, are in the range of 2-5 metres in width along the curb. This width is
required to create sufficient hydraulic
will overtax the system and create either traffic or flooding problems. The City of Ottawa updated its design standards and overland flow routes to accommodate the new data.
Other municipalities should also update their drainage design standards to allow for the design of curb inlets based on road slope, cross fall, gutter shape, spacing and lateral spread. In addition, municipalities might consider wider inlets, using upstream flaring and/or gutter depressions to maximize capture, and be especially cautious on steeply sloping streets where unintended ponding might occur at low points. Additionally, over land flow routes may need to be pro vided at these locations.
"draw" to turn the
flow in the gutter into the curb open ing inlet. For the City's narrow design,
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under all but the
flattest street slopes
A.R. Perks, P.Eng., FEIC, is Director, R. V. Anderson Associates Limited in
Ottawa. Contact e-mail: aperks@ rvanderson.com. R.G. Hewitt, PEng., is Director, Infrastructure Services, City of Ottawa.
Environmental NEWS
Proco Products, Inc. The Expansion Joint People
BC announces $5.5 mllllon for conservation projects
Over $5.5 mil ion in conservation, habitat restoration and enhance
mraraiiiiucis,Re.
ment projects in British Columbia will receive funding this year from the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund(HCTF), Water, Land and Air Protection Minister Bill Barisoff announced recently. This year,
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investments will be made in 142 projects across British Columbia, including: • $338,000 for the Georgia Basin Steelhead Recovery Plan. • $250,000 for the Vancouver Island Steelhead Recovery Plan. • $60,000 to gather grizzly bear population data in the Southern Coast Ranges. • $60,000 for prescribed burns in the Peace to enhance key wintering habitat
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for ungulates.
• $10,000 for a wildlife-vehicle collision public awareness campaign in the
Proco Products, Inc. is a Water/
Thompson-Nicola. In the Okanagan, 12 fish and wildlife, habitat and conservation proj ects will receive a total of $700,000.
expansion joint needs! With a $1.7 million inventory of rubber expan sion joints to 72" I.D., why go any
Wastewater facilities first choice for
Penticton Creek will benefit from a
where else. Proco has warehouses
$40,000 investment to kick-start a multi-year restoration of critical fish
in Stockton, CA, Houston, TX and Atlanta, GA. Contact Proco and we can connect you with a local distrib
habitat.
The creek restoration will support the extensive Okanagan Lake Action Plan, a multi-year project to rebuild kokanee stocks. Now in Phase 2, the plan will this year receive HCTF fund ing of $325,000.
utor who can service your needs. For more information and a free cat
Water, Land and Air Protection Minister, Bill Barisoff, stands alongside Penticton Creek.
alog, contact Tel: 800-344-3246, Email: sales@procoproducts.com, or Web: www.procoproducts.com.
Literature Review For information on advertising in this section call ES&E at (905) 727-4666 EMEC Electronic Metering Equipment Controi Emec Sri is a leading company in the field of metering and control systems of chemicals for water treatment in
manufacturing and industrial process es. Emec offers a wide range of metering pumps, control instruments, electrodes, sensors, mixers, tanks and accessories. Emec products, employing advanced technology, are the result of customers' requirements and special market demands. Distributed by:
seepex Metering Pumps seepex pumps, group D, are used to meter and dose small fluid capacities in nearly all industries. They can deliv er thin to highly viscous liquids, as well as corrosive and solids laden
chemicals. The modular construction
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Product and Service Showcase Slim line submersible pumps
New 5100 and 5150
slurry pumps ITT
Flygt
launched
its
Modular cover systems
ITT Flygt has released a further
has
two
slim
line
pumps, for use in active dewatering. The new
next
generation of slurry pumps. They are designed specifical ly to handle the
60Flz models, which can
handle up to 55 1/s and pump up to heads of 70 metres, can operate in pipes ranging between
most abrasive slur
ries, in a wide spec trum of tough
300 and 500 mm in diam
eter, with 3" and 4" hoses. They are
industrial environ
made from cast aluminum and have an
ments. The pumps have the latest ITT
Flygt technology incorporated, ensuring high efficiency, reliability and a long working life. Tel: 514-695-0100, Fax: 514-695-6605.
outer casing of stainless steel. The multi-vane impellers are made from hardened high-chrome cast iron (HRC 60) in order to withstand tough and abrasive operating conditions. Tel: 514695-0100, Fax: 514-695-6605, Web:
Web: www.ittflygt.ca.
www.ittflygt.ca. ITT Flygt
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Moving-bed bio-reactor Parkson's Geo-Reactor™ is an attached
LemTec''''^ Modular Cover Systems are an effective way to improve pond or tank performance. Durable, insulated double geomembrane casings control algae and odor, as well as retain water
temperature. Available in any size, shape or configuration (with or without gas collection options), they install eas ily with a small crew and no heavy equipment. Tel; 612-253-2002, Fax; 612-253-2003, E-mail: techsales@ lemna.com. Web: www.lemnatechnologies. com.
Lemna Technologies
Package water and wastewater plants
Water level sensors
growth, moving-bed bio-reactor. Its patented media supports biological growth, and its random movement aer ates the wastewater in unique ways. The net result is
increased
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Waterra's WS Water Level Sensors are
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connect to municipal sewer systems. Tel: 604-986-9168, Fax: 604-986-5377,
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advanced products utilizing the most recent electronic technology. These sensors have been designed to offer the user the best features available, includ ing auto shut-off and sensitivity adjust ment, at an affordable price. Tel: 905238-5242, Fax: 905-238-5704, email: waterra@idirect.com, web; www.waterra.
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Parkson
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liquor with the biology, thinner and more active biofilm, and improved mixing in the tank. Geo-Reactors offer
efficient
BOD reduction and nitrification can
easily be accomplished. Tel: 514-636-
I Monitor helps ensure complete
Specialist training
dechlorination
Grit chamber The Smith & Loveless PISTA" Grit Chamber
Practicai Hands-on
maintains the highest proven grit removal
Progressive
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Formats
wide range of daily
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answers@smithandloveless.com. Web: www.smithandloveless.com.
Spill Management Inc.
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Smith & Loveless
Product and Service Showcasd Series Stormceptor system
Inlet Stormceptor® system
the treatment of
larger
catch
ment areas, the new
Series
Stormceptor system
em
ploys the same operating principles as the
well-known
Inline
and
Inlet
Stormceptor systems. The system receives flow from a single inlet pipe and splits it into two distinct streams, which are treated in two separate treat ment chambers before recombining into a single outlet pipe. It effectively
ation as the well-known
In-line Interceptors. Developed to treat run off from an area of up to 0.30 ha, the Inlet Stormceptor has inherit ed the internal by-pass function, ensuring that all sediment and oil removed from stormwater run-off
remains trapped within the storage chamber, even during peak flows. There are currently more than 4,500
E-mail: info@stormceptor.com, Web: www.stormceptor. com.
inexinc. com.
Stormceptor Canada Inc.
II EX
units installed in North America. Tel:
800-565-4801, Fax: 416-960-5637,
Membrane Bioreactor(MBR)
Small drinking water systems
ZENON's ZeeWeed®
ZENON's new Modular Drinking Water(MDW)system has been specif ically designed to overcome the chal lenges faced by small communities of 50 to 5,000 people. The system is based on the patented ZeeWeed® membrane technology incorporated in large treat ment plants.
ventional filtration and combines clar
ification, aeration and sludge digestion into one, simpler and smaller process step. The modular system can be easily expanded in a "just in time" manner to match surrounding community growth, reducing front-end development costs.
TerraBrute™ is the first AWWA C900
PVC pressure pipe system specifically engineered for Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and other trenchless applications. Now you can standardize on PVC throughout your potable water and sewer infrastructure, whether you are using open-cut or trenchless meth ods. Tel: 866-473-9462, Web: www.
doubles the treatment area of the inline
system. Tel: 800-565-4801, Fax: 416960-5637, E-mail: info@stormceptor.com, Web: www.stormceptor. com. Stormceptor Canada Inc.
MBR produces tertiary quality effluent and simplifies wastewater treatment. The proven system replaces con
PVC pressure pipe system
The Inlet Stormceptor System employs the same principles of oper
Developed for
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Peristaltic pumps Sample/7ev peri staltic pumps by Metcon solve the
problem of find ing a low flow pump with good suction lift capa bility. Sample/Zex can draw up to 8 metres with flow
rate of 10 gpm. Sample/7e.r features a run time meter, local or remote start stop, and automat ic restart. Sample//ex can be wall mounted, making it an ideal supply pump to online analysers. Tel: 905-
and industrial applications of all sizes
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from < 10,000 GPD to > 10 MOD.Tel: 905-465-3030, Fax: 905-465-3050, E-
905-465-3030, Fax: 905-465-3050, Email: info@zenon.com, Web: www.
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Particulate emission monitors
Concrete pipe design manual
Continuous particulate (dust) emission monitors and baghouse leak detectors employ induction-sensing and protected-probe technologies which provide reliability even in difficult applications
The Concrete Pipe Design Manual'
Proven in hundreds of installations, ZeeWeed MBR is ideal for municipal
such as carbon black, smelters and
Version 1.4 is now available. A tool for
spray dryers. Benefits include detect ing emissions before they are visible, eliminating clean-up costs, preventing escape of valuable powders, protecting downstream equipment and meeting EPA compliance. Tel: 978-927-4304, Fax: 978-9274329, Web: www.filtersense.
engineers who are responsible for selecting the type, size and strength requirements of pipe for the design and specification of precast concrete pipe for sanitary sewer, drainage and culvert applications. Tel: 972-506-7216, Fax: 972-506-7682, E-mail: mfo@concretepipe.org. Web: www.concrete-pipe.org. American Concrete Pipe Association
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EilterSense
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PIPEPAC® software
Widely used interactive software for selecting the right material for buried infrastructure systems. Determine the real cost of materials you specify over the design life of the project through three independent programs. Tel: 972506-7216, Fax: 972-506-7682, E-mail:
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Product and Service Showcase Pumps for industry
Super T-Series pumps
Focusing on the specialized needs of
Only Gorman-Rupp could make a superior trash pump better. • External shimless adjustment design doubles the life of the impeller and wearplate with the turn of a hand. • Removable coverplate with "easygrip" handle. • Solids handling impeller.
the industrial market.
The right pumpfor the rightjob
• Self-priming centrifugal • Standard centrifugal • Prime-assist • Submersible
• Diaphragm • Pumping stations • Rotary gear ■ Off the shelf
Tel; 519-631-2870, Fax: 519-631-4624,
E-mail: grcanada@grcanada.com. Web: www.grcanada.com. Gorman-Rupp of Canada
SCI00 probes
TOC analyzer The
astroTOC
vere
of sample
tor flow are stan
dard integrated advanced diag nostic features. A
dual range NDIR detector and a multi-staged UV lamp reactor enable the analysis of high salts, high-suspended solids, and hardto-oxidize samples. Tel: 970-669-3050, E-mail: intl@hach.com. Web: www. hach.com.
Hach Company
Data logger Hoskin Scientific is now offering the HOBO U12 Stainless Temp Logger, a
eliminates fouled sen
stainless steel, food-grade data logger designed for
sors and lost flow data
food and bev
operation of the sensor
data from up to two sensors. Connect one or two Turbidity, Suspended Solids, EDO™ Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Conductivity or ORP probes for opti mum performance at a cost-effective price. Transmit data using MODBUS or 4-20 mA outputs. Tel: 970-6693050, E-mail: intl@hach.com. Web:
while avoiding the risks and expense of con fined space entry. According to the manufacturer, it sim plifies personnel and equipment requirements of the flow monitoring process as well as providing a safer, more dependable and less costly alter native for accurate open channel flow monitoring. Tel: 905-850-3904, Fax: 905-850-3981, E-mail: info@cmeti.
www.hach.com.
com. Web: www.cmeti.com.
Hach Company
C«&M Envirunmcntal
Digital plug & play pH sensor MemoSens, Endress-tHauser's new pH sensor digitally stores production and
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Field calibration
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trial applications where high-accuracy temperature data is critical. The logger, which fits into a standard-sized bever
age bottleneck, measures and records temperatures from -40 to 125°C and can withstand process conditions from pasteurization to flash freezing and wash down. Tel: 604-872-7894, Fax: 604-872-0281, E-mail: salesv@hoskin.ca. Web: www.hoskin.ca. Hoskin Scientific
Air pollution control technology The AroBlOS™
System effective ly removes odors and gaseous con taminants such as ammonia, hydrogen
properties such as s/n and date of man ufacture, ensuring traceability of all important data.
retains its cali bration in the
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• Exclusive Gorman-
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UV
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sulfide, and other reduced sulfur com
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Product and Service Showcase
I;Danfos Analytical introColorimetric nutrient sensor
, duces the world's first on-line
Comstoch
colorimetric nutrient sensor
able to measure ammonium, nitrate or orthophosphate. The three sensors look alike
Comstock Canada Ltd.
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Environmental NEWS
Golf courses swallow up lots of water The Canadian Bottled Water Association wants golf courses, farmers and municipalities to pay for taking water from Ontario's lakes and rivers.
Representing 56 companies who bottle water in Canada, 20 of them in Ontario, the association supports proposed provincial legislation that would charge companies that take water out of Ontario's watershed, but it wants all users to pay. "If such charges are imposed, we believe they should be fair and applied to all who use water," spokesman Larry Brookes said. Currently, companies such as water bottlers who take more than 50 cubic metres of water a day don't have to pay for it, as long as they have a permit. There are about 5,300 water-taking permits allowing companies to take about 160 billion litres of water a day. But that number is just an estimate because the gov ernment cannot track how much water is actually being taken. Proposed legislation aims to change all that. The first part, dealing with regulation should now be in place. The second and third parts of legislative proposals involving permits and levies, are to be introduced later this year. Ontario's 650 golf courses use 81 times more water than bot tlers, according to an Association spokesperson.
Ontario's Peel Region begins major expansion of infrastructure facilities Construction
of one
of Canada's
largest expansions of water and wastewater infrastructure has begun, announced Mark Schiller, Director of Water and Wastewater Treatment for
the Region of Peel, on June 29. The expansion projects total over $600 mil lion in capital expenditures and will support growth and development in Peel Region for the future. In 1999, Peel Region identified the need to expand the Lakeview Wastewater Treatment Facility, Lakeview Water Treatment Facility
and Caledon areas.
"We are upgrading the facilities with
some
of the
world's
most
advanced treatment technologies", says Schiller. "These new technologies will generate positive benefits for local residents, such as higher water treat ment capacity, odour reduction and improved benefits to Lake Ontario." "Constructing three multi-million dollar facilities, at the same time, while maintaining service levels, is an ambitious business management initia tive," Schiller said, "but between our
ects will significantly increase the capacity of the three plants to handle the Region's water and wastewater services: â&#x20AC;˘ The Lakeview Wastewater Treat
ment Facility will expand to treat 448 million litres of wastewater a day from its current capacity of 392 million litres. The construction cost is approx imately $260 million. â&#x20AC;˘ The Clarkson Wastewater Treatment
Facility will increase its capacity to 200 million litres per day from 163 million litres, with an anticipated con
Wastewater
staff and the contractors we have
struction cost of about $110 million.
Treatment Facility by 2006, to service growth in the Mississauga, Brampton
engaged, we have a good team." The South-Peel construction proj-
â&#x20AC;˘ The
and
the
Clarkson
Canadian Business magazine selects ZENON COO as top in operations Rafael Simon,ZENON's Chief Operating Officer, has been selected as one of the best managers in Canada and ranked number one in operations by Canadian Business magazine in its third armual list of outstanding executives. ZENON also ranked in the top 10 of the Top 60 All-Star companies in Canada with a three-year average annual growth in net sales of 30%, net income of 63% and total shareholder return of 37%, according to the maga zine's April 26th issue. The ranking was conducted by Bain & Co., Canadian Business magazine and a panel of industry experts who worked together to select the top executives in various categories. In 2003, the company was the recipient of the prestigious Stockholm Industry Water Award for its innovative approaches to the development of water and wastewater process technologies, along with its contributions to environmental improvement.
Lakeview
Water Treatment
Facility will expand daily treatment capacity to 820 million litres from 560 million litres. There is approximately $135 million budgeted for this project. When completed in 2006, the Lakeview Water Treatment Plant will
have the world's largest membrane fil tration operations. Maja Prentice, Chair of the Region's Public Works committee said, "The Region of Peel has been industri ous in saving for these expansions and we are committed to constructing the facilities on-time and on-budget." For all three facilities, the bulk of
the expansion work will be completed by 2006. The treatment processes involved with these new wastewater
facilities significantly reduce odour. 54 Environmental Science & Engineering,June/July 2004
Environmental NEWS
'Acjaa^Su^i'f"
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Layfield Plastics acquires business assets of CW Neai
Layfield Plastics Incorporated, a mem ber of The Layfield Group of Companies, and CW Neal Corporation have announced the successful com
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A
assets
of
CW
Neal
J.L. Richards & Associates Limited
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Fibreboard facility fined for non-compliance
The court heard that by 1998, the plant, which had been built for MacMillan Bloedel in 1996 and 1997,
Temple Pembroke Inc., which operates a medium density fibreboard manufac turing facility located in the Township of Laurentian Valley, Ontario (former ly the Township ofPembroke) has been fined $305,000 for non-compliance. The company's pollution control equipment and air emissions are regu lated by a Certificate of Approval issued by the Ministry of the Environ ment (MOE). Temple Pembroke Inc.'s manufacturing activities result in dis charges to the air of condensed water vapour and combustion gases contain ing by-products of odorous organic compounds and particulates.
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Environmental NEWS introduced by the Ontario MOE to ensure water system operators contin ue to improve their knowledge and skills. Among other requirements, the new regulation will ensure that; • Water system operators are aware of emerging pathogens, protection meas ures and technologies; • Training is clearly defined and directly relates to the work of a water
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Norfolk County fined for exceeding BOD discharge limits Norfolk County, Ontario, has been
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