INTRODUCTION
The harmful impact of waste streams of all types on the environment is hard
to overstate. Waste is produced continually and with each passing year the
quality of many global resources measurably deteriorates. Government
regulations, public demand and increased industrial commitment to a clean
environment have created a multibillion-dollar business in waste and water
treatment. The imperative is simple: produce less waste, implement cleaner
processes and clean up the messes of the past.
Individuals, communities,
industries and nations are striving for ways to remove pollutants from drinking
water sources, reduce levels of harmful and toxic discharges, and reclaim and
reuse by-products, raw materials and even water from various waste streams. The
drive to keep essential resources available and suitable for use has sparked the
development of a growing market for innovative solutions for treating potable
water, wastewater, air and soil, and for handling solid and toxic waste.
Increasingly, technological advances are responding to the demand. In fact, the
proliferation of advanced environmental technologies, products and processes
adds up to new opportunities, as well as new challenges.
Water supply and
water purity have never been more important. Virtually every municipality and
every industry is affected. Wastewater quality rules are becoming ever more
stringent, complex and costly. Companies and communities of all sizes must meet
federal Clean Water Act standards and sometimes a maze of state and local
regulations, as well. And effluent is by no means the only water issue. Faced
with more polluted water sources, municipalities are subject to increasingly
strict Safe Drinking Water Act laws that regulate contaminants in potable water.
Therefore, most companies are finding they must clean their water both before
and after they use it.
Power plants, chemical manufacturers, pulp mills and
other industrial users also are seeking ways to reduce atmospheric emissions of
particulate, sulfur, carbon, nitrogen, mercury, volatile organic compounds and
other gases. The international Kyoto Protocol agreement and impending U.S.
regulations are spurring the sale of air pollution control equipment for these
point sources as well as non-point emissions from vehicle engines and non-road
mobile sources.
In most developed nations, the solid and hazwaste markets are
mature industries with excess handling capacity and low profitability.
Expenditures on hazardous waste treatment: chemical, metal, medical, nuclear,
etc. is focused increasingly on source reduction to minimize waste volumes and
keep costs under control. In the European Union, especially, new initiatives are
directing hazwaste away from landfills, imposing more stringent laws for waste
treatment and incineration, and adding to the number of types of waste
designated as hazardous. Technological advances are not a major factor in
shaping solid waste management. Opportunities still exist in the markets of
developing countries.
The world market for water and waste treatment
technologies is estimated at nearly $550 billion in 2004. Forecast to grow at an
average annual growth rate of 2.2 % over the next five years, this market is
likely to reach $615 billion by 2009. The forecast includes annual sales of
equipment and services related to water/wastewater, air pollution, solid and
hazardous waste, recycling and remediation.
There is no shortage of emerging
cost-cutting technology. Almost daily, equipment and instrument makers, as well
as industry and academic researchers, announce new ways to monitor quality,
remove contaminants and recycle water and wastes. But finding the proper
alternatives¾at the right price¾can be bewildering. This anthology
keeps readers abreast of the rapid technology developments, which characterize
the entire environmental technology industry. It covers:
- Biological Treatments
- Bottled Water
- Chemical Treatments
- Equipment
- Groundwater, Stormwater and Surface Water
- Government
- HazwasteHybrid Treatments
- Industry News and Insight
- Instrumentation, Modeling, Monitoring and Testing
- Membranes
- Physical Treatments
- Recycle/Reuse
- Wastewater
This publication assembles and analyzes the most important developments of
2003. All important issues are covered, including: legislation, economics, new
technologies, patents, R&D, new products and processes, investments,
funding, contract awards, costs, testing and standards, classifications, legal
challenges, international activities, government, energy, environmental trends,
Superfund, and more. This compilation is a critical tool for anyone involved in
the rapidly changing environmental industry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS
- SUGAR TEMPTS BACTERIA TO CONSUME PLASTIC
- GREENCELL REDUCES VOC EMISSIONS
- WETLANDS REMOVE AGRICULTURAL SELENIUM
- WETLANDS REMOVE AGRICULTURAL SELENIUM (CONTINUED)
- MICROORGANISMS BREAK DOWN PESTICIDE
- IRONING OUT ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION
- PHYTOREMEDIATION OF MTBE EVALUATED
- FOOD WASTES YIELD FUEL
- PHOSPHORUS KEY TO WETLAND HEALTH
- PHOSPHORUS KEY TO WETLAND HEALTH (CONTINUED)
BOTTLED
- VENDOR SUED FOR CONSUMER FRAUD
- REUSE SAVES FOR FLORIDA BOTTLER
- MORE DISCLOSURE FOR CALIFORNIA BOTTLERS
- FARMER DIVES INTO BOTTLED WATER MARKET
- NICOTINE SPIKED WATER TO ENTER MARKET
- BOTTLED WATER VIA WHOLE-HOUSE SYSTEM
- CONTAMINATION SPOILS BOTTLER'S PLANS
- NMW LAUNCHES ASPIRIN-ENHANCED WATER
- ADIRONDACK CREATES CAFFEINATED DRINK
CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL TREATMENTS
- CONCRETE NEUTRALIZES VX NERVE AGENT
- BIGSPARK BREAKS DOWN PCBs
- ECO LOGIC COMPLETES CFC DESTRUCTION TESTS
- CARBON DIOXIDE OFFSETS AGRIFOREST EMISSONS
- U.S. INVESTIGATES CARBON SEQUESTRATION
- U.S. INVESTIGATES CARBON SEQUESTRATION (CONTINUED)
- COMPOSTED BIOSOLIDS BIND LEAD IN SOIL
- RUSSIAN SYSTEM TO BE TESTED IN U.S.
- MAINTENANCE NEEDED FOR RADON REMOVAL
- MAGNETIC RESIN EFFICIENT, REUSABLE
- RESEARCHERS CREATE BETTER UV SYSTEM
- RESEARCHERS CREATE BETTER UV SYSTEM (CONTINUED)
- ION EXCHANGER REMOVES METALS
- MASSIVE FLUORIDATION APPROVED IN SO. CALIFORNIA
- TRANSPORTABLE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
- PORTABLE PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR TROOPS
- INEXPENSIVE SAFE SYSTEM DEVELOPED
- BAF SYSTEM FIRST IN U.S.
- BAF SYSTEM FIRST IN U.S. (CONTINUED)
- ADVANCED TREATMENT MARKET BURGEONS
- SRF CLEANS COOLING TOWERS
- MEMBRANES CLEAN PAPER MILL STREAMS
- CRUSHED BROWN COAL ADSORBS SPILLED OIL
- SEMI-COMBUSTED COAL SORBS MERCURY IN SITU
- S-BRANE SEPARATES SULFUR FROM GASOLINE
- VSEP P-50 TARGETS LOW-FLOW APPLICATIONS
- SYNTHETIC TREES COULD CAPTURE CO2
- FOWL MANURE USED TO PURIFY WATER
- INNOVATION CUTS SLUDGE DISPOSAL COSTS
- INNOVATION CUTS SLUDGE DISPOSAL COSTS (CONTINUED)
- ADSORBENT REMOVES 99% OF ARSENIC
- MODULE OVERCOMES DESIGN PROBLEMS
- PRE-ENGINEERED SYSTEM SPEEDS INSTALLATION, START-UP
- SIZE DOESN'T MATTER FOR THIS UV SYSTEM
- SYSTEM MAY DEFEAT BIOLOGICAL ATTACKS
- SMALL PACKET YIELDS BIG RESULTS
- SYSTEM ELIMINATES SIDE SEEPAGE
- MORE OUTPUT, SMALLER SIZE WITH LESS COST
- ELECTROLYSIS BLASTS CONTAMINANTS
- MIST VAPORIZES TO DESALINATE SEAWATER
- REACTOR FEEDS ON HYDROGEN
- CHLORTEC ENSURES WATER QUALITY
- FAST FLOW FILTERS TO 99.9999%
- ZEOLITE REMOVES AMMONIA, METALS
- TEAM TESTS PRE-FILTERING
- TEAM TESTS PRE-FILTERING (CONTINUED)
- MORE CHARCOAL AND CHLORINE
- PEN-SIZED PURIFIER GOES TO WAR
- PEN-SIZED PURIFIER GOES TO WAR (CONTINUED)
- HIGH-RATE DAF SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE
- HIGH-RATE DAF SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE (CONTINUED)
EQUIPMENT
- VALVE SIMPLIFIES MEMBRANE PUMP
- SYSTEM CUTS WASTE, REDUCES LABOR
- DOSING OFFERS GREATER ACCURACY
- FLOWMETER MARKET TO EXPAND TO $3.4 BILLION
- REDESIGN IMPROVES AERATOR EFFICIENCY
- HEADWORKS RESTYLES ITS PERFORATOR SCREEN
- UNIT VALIDATES FLOWMETER CALIBRATION
- DILUTION SYSTEM ACCURATE, SAFE
- TUBULAR MEMBRANE TAKES HIGH TEMPS
- LIQUID BLENDING ENHANCES POLYMERS
- BULK WATER METERING ACCURATE, FLEXIBLE
- CHLORTAB GUARANTEES SOLUTION STRENGTH
- DURALINER SIMPLIFIES PIPELINE RENEWAL
- MASTER STATION HAS PLUG & PLAY CONTROLS
- BURKERT, ROCKWELL NTEGRATE FUNCTIONALITIES
- DEWATERING SPEEDS DRAINAGE, IMPROVES VECTOR CONTROL
- LOOP POWERED VIBRATION SENSOR SERIES RELEASED
- MAGFLOWMETER OVERCOMES HIGH TEMPS, PRESSURES
- FUSIBLES REVOLUTIONIZE PIPING INDUSTRY
- FUSIBLES REVOLUTIONIZE PIPING INDUSTRY (CONTINUED)
GOVERNMENT
- METHYLENE CHLORIDE EFFECTS TESTED
- WATER QUALITY POLICY ASSISTED BY WERF
- WATER QUALITY POLICY ASSISTED BY WERF (CONTINUED)
- ARCO TO PAY $8M FOR MTBE CONTAMINATION
- RAISING ATRAZINE LEVEL CONTROVERSIAL
- COURT UPHOLDS EPA RADIONUCLIDE STANDARDS
- MTBE CONTAMINATION SUIT SETTLED
- SETTLEMENT FOR PERCHLORATE CLEANUP
- WATER SECURITY BILL MOVING THRU CONGRESS
- MTBE BANNED IN 16 STATES
- RECORD FINE LEVIED FOR CWA VIOLATIONS
- RECORD FINE LEVIED FOR CWA VIOLATIONS (CONTINUED)
- EPA WITHDRAWS TMDL RULE
- INCENTIVES SOUGHT DESAL PROJECTS
- PERDUE RUNS FOUL OF CLEAN WATER ACT
- COURT UPHOLDS TOUGHER ARSENIC STANDARD
- THEY JUST KEEP GOING...
- EPA ADMINISTRATOR, DEPUTY NAMED
- EPA FUNDS WATERSHED RESEARCH, INITIATIVES
- LONG TERM DRINKING WATER GOALS
- $500,000 GRANTS FOR INNOVATION
- POWER PLANT WATER NEEDS STUDIED
- POWER PLANT WATER NEEDS STUDIED (CONTINUED)
- TRADING POLICY SEEKS ECONOMIC BALANCE
- COMPANIES TO PAY IN NJ CHROMIUM CASES
- EPA ESTABLISHES NEW WATER SECURITY DIVISION
- PENNSYLVANIA FINES EVERGREEN LANDFILL
- POULTRY INDUSTRY LINKED TO AIR POLLUTION
- POULTRY INDUSTRY LINKED TO AIR POLLUTION (CONTINUED)
- WATER QUALITY POLICY ASSISTED BY WERF
- AGREEMENT REACHED TO CUT MERCURY EMISSIONS
GROUNDWATER, STORMWATER, AND SURFACEWATER
- HEAT 'EM UP, MOVE 'EM OUT
- HUGE GROUNDWATER SUPPLY FOUND IN CHINA
- MASSIVE STORAGE PROJECT UNDERWAY
- OGALLALA AQUIFER DEPLETED BY DROUGHT
- TCE MORE TOXIC THAN SUSPECTED
- NANOPARTICLES CLEAN CONTAMINANTS
- NANOPARTICLES CLEAN CONTAMINANTS (CONTINUED)
- COMMON OBJECTS FIGHT COMMON POLLUTANTS
- PLAN TO OVERCOME OVER-PUMPING
- WETLANDS MAKE CLEAN SWEEP OF SELENIUM
- WETLANDS MAKE CLEAN SWEEP OF SELENIUM (CONTINUED)
- NJ EYES STORMWATER TO REPLENISH GROUNDWATER
- STORMWATER REGS EXEMPT OIL, GAS INDUSTRIES
- CATCHMENT AREAS TRAP POLLUTANTS
- CATCHMENT AREAS TRAP POLLUTANTS (CONTINUED)
- WAVIN INTROS TECHNOLOGY FILTERS
- CHITIN CUTS CLOGGING IN SAND FILTRATION
- CHITIN CUTS CLOGGING IN SAND FILTRATION (CONTINUED)
- ELECTRICITY FINDS TOXIC GROUNDWATER THREATS
- AMMONIA CLEANED FROM GROUND WATER
- AQUIFER STORAGE COULD HURT WATER QUALITY
- SALTWATER CAN POLLUTE FRESHWATER AQUIFERS
- SALTWATER CAN POLLUTE FRESHWATER AQUIFERS (CONTINUED)
- BIOMASS REACTOR TACKLES MTBE
- AQUATIC LIFE THREATENED BY HORMONE POLLUTION
- AQUATIC LIFE THREATENED BY HORMONE POLLUTION (CONTINUED)
- BAILING ARSENIC FROM BANGLADESH'S WATER
- UNDERGROUND WATER TRACKED FROM AIR
- USAF DUMPS IRON TO CLEAN UP KELLY WATER
- $5M INTAKE CURTAIN TO SHIELD VEGAS WATER
- REPORT SAYS WOODLANDS VITAL TO CLEAN WATER
- HORMONE CONTAMINATION AFFECTS MALE REPRODUCTION
- BACTERIUM BREAKS DOWN ARSENIC CONTAMINATION
- RESEARCHERS CANDY COAT WATER TREATMENT
- CANADA EYES BACTERIUM FOR NITRATE REMEDIATION
HAZWASTE
- STRATEGY PUTS ROCKY FLATS ON CLOSURE PATH
- STRATEGY PUTS ROCKY FLATS ON CLOSURE PATH (CONTINUED)
- TVG FILES FOR POLYMER ENCAPSULATION
- NYDEC OFFERS HAZWASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS
- TECHNOLOGY VISIONS COATS CONTAINERS
- HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE RAISES TERRORISM RISKS
- HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE RAISES TERRORISM RISKS (CONTINUED)
- INEEL IMPROVES NAPL CONTAMINANT MODELING
- INEEL IMPROVES NAPL CONTAMINANT MODELING (CONTINUED)
- GENESIS OFFERS BIOHAZARD CONTAINMENT
- LOS ALAMOS KICKS MERCURY HABIT
- PRAIRIE ISLAND, XCEL IN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
- KANSAS UST DISSOLVES MTBE AND BTEX
- KANSAS UST DISSOLVES MTBE AND BTEX (CONTINUED)
HYBRID TREATMENTS
- BIOFILTRATION CLEANS NOX FROM COMBUSTION GASES
- PERMIT CUTS MINE PARTICULATES
- PERMIT CUTS MINE PARTICULATES (CONTINUED)
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
- ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE
- USING MEMBRANES TO ELIMINATE WASTE IN INDUSTRY
- RESULTS/PERFORMANCE
- CONCLUSIONS
- HOW CONDITIONS AND COAGULANTS EFFECT CRYPTOSPORIDIUM REMOVAL
- MATERIALS AND METHODS
- Pilot-scale Treatment Plant
- Operational Conditions
- ANALYTICAL METHODS
- Cryptosporidium Parvum
- Polystyrene Microspheres
- RESULTS
- CONCLUSIONS
- TECHNOLOGIES IDENTIFIED TO ADDRESS CRITICAL OBJECTIVES
- TECHNOLOGY UNDERPINNING
- Membrane Technologies
- Alternative Technologies
- Thermal Technologies
- Concentrate Management Technologies
- Reuse/Recycling Technologies
- WHEN RIVERS RUN DRY
- DROUGHT: A VISION
- WASTE MUCH, WANT MUCH
- SPRAWL DEVELOPMENT
- LAW AND POLICY
- WATERSHEDS AT RISK FROM CLEAN WATER ACT ROLLBACKS
- SOLUTIONS: A VISION FOR WATER USE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- CURBING AG WASTE
- CURBING METROPOLITAN WASTE
- PROTECTING WATERSHEDS
- SUFFICIENT RIVER FLOWS
- PROTECTING ECOLOGICAL RESERVES
- PREVENTING SCALE IN MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS
- INHIBITORS AND DISSOLVERS
- SEQUESTRATION
- SPECIALTY WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS: WHAT'S AHEAD?
- SPECIALTY WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS?c (CONTINUED)
- CORROSION AND SCALE INHIBITORS
- BIOCIDES AND DISINFECTANTS
- COAGULANTS AND FLOCCULANTS
- FILTER MEDIA, ADSORBENTS
- SOFTENERS AND PH ADJUSTORS
- FLUORIDATION AGENTS
- ANTIFOAMING AGENTS
- PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS FROM THE 2003 STOCKHOLM WATER SYMPOSIUM
- BALANCING WATER USE
- DOWNSTREAM USE
- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
- POLLUTION LOAD
- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
- FE-TAML ACTIVATORS WORK WITH OXYGEN IN UNPRECEDENTED CHEMISTRY
- BACKGROUND
- CATALYTIC PROCESSES
- PESTICIDES
- CHLOROPHENOL COMPOUNDS
- ANTHRAX DECONTAMINATION
- CATALYSTS DECOLORIZE TEXTILE WASTEWATER
- GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF SYSTEMS CONTAINING ENHANCED AND
SUPER-ENHANCED TUBES
- PROGRAM DESIGN
- MAKEUP WATER QUALITY
- SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPERATING FACTORS
- TEMPERATURE PARAMETERS
- METALLIC CONSIDERATIONS
- THE ENVIRONMENT
- BIOCIDE SELECTION
- THE SYSTEM
- THE SYSTEM (CONTINUED)
- TREATMENT OF HIGHLY CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER: A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
- TECHNOLOGY
- SITE DEMONSTRATION
- RESULTS
- CONCLUSION
INDUSTRY NEWS
- U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED POWER PLANT WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES TO
REACH $726 MILLION BY 2008
- Table 1 SALES AND PROJECTIONS FOR POWER PLANT WATER TREATMENT, THROUGH
2008 ($ MILLIONS)
- PRODUCTS COMBINED FOR ARSENIC REMOVAL
- RO CLEANS KANSAS WATER
- ALLIANCE PROVIDES TREATMENT OPTIONS
- EPA FUNDS FOR ARSENIC REMOVAL
- GE PURCHASE OF OSMONICS OK
- WEDECO UMWELTTECHNOLOGIE GMBH TO SUPPLY OZONE SYSTEM
- COKE TEST MARKETS VITAMIN-ENRICHED WATER
- COMPANY ENHANCES WATER LINE
- SAFETY-KLEEN EXECS CHARGED WITH FRAUD
- MERCURY WASTE DEREGISTERS STOCK
- ARCA RECEIVES 3-YEAR CONTRACTS FROM L.A.
- TURBOSONIC RECEIVES $1 MILLION ORDER
- GUNDLE/SLT REPORTS ON LAWSUIT VERDICT
- EARTH (CANADA) RECEIVES FINANCING
- STERICYCLE SHIFTS TO NON-INCINERATION TECHNOLOGY
- NEOZYME CONCLUDES DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
- CABOT, ONDEO NALCO FORM ALLIANCE
- WASTE INDUSTRIES GOES SHOPPING
- LOW-INTEREST LOANS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
- RO DESALINATION TO TREAT TEXAS WATER
- ECO RESOURCES TO USE OSMONICS' RO SYSTEM
- TWO MARKET SEPARATOR IN CHINA
- MEMCOR SUPPLIES PRE-TREATMENT SYSTEM
- WQA APPROVES RESINTECH PRODUCT
- ZEEWEED MEMBRANES PRE-SELECTED FOR PLANT
- NOVAZONE EQUIPMENT FOR DASANI BOTTLING
- AQUA VIE MARKETS WATER TO CHILDREN
- SAFETY-KLEEN FACES ANTITRUST LAWSUIT
- HCC SEEKS DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $400 MILLION.
- CHEVRON ELIMINATES MTBE IN CALIFORNIA
- ZEEWEED CHOSEN BY CANADA'S DND
- STERICYCLE COMPLETES SCHERER ACQUISTION
- ENVIRO VORAXIAL SIGNS MARKETING AGREEMENT
- EEC SIGNS CONTRACTS WORTH OVER $1.7M
- SUEZ GIVES UP MANILA WATER CONCESSION
- TROJAN'S UV SYSTEMS FOR NDMA TREATMENT
- CHINA TO USE DOW RO EQUIPMENT
- MANAGEMENT TAKES OVER USA BIOMASS
- WASTE INDUSTRIES BUYS PATRIOT WASTE
- MET-PRO SYSTEMS DIVISION RECEIVES $60K ORDER
- ESI SUBSIDIARY JOINS FORCES WITH ONYX
- WEDECO AG NETS VIVENDI OZONE CO.
- B&V ADDS UV TO CA FACILITY
- 3-STEP TREATMENT HANDLES MULTIPLE NEEDS
- OZONIA TO SUPPLY SHANGHAI PLANT
- TROJAN LANDS UV CONTRACT
- AES ISO-CERTIFIED FOR SYSTEMS
- CLEAR AIR PARTNERS RECEIVES FINANCING
- ALLIED WASTE TO CUT 500 JOBS
- DRYER TURNS MUCK TO MONEY
- CASELLA TO ACQUIRE MASS. DISPOSAL FACILITY
- IMCO RECYCLING TO ACQUIRE GERMAN JV
- NESTLE STRENGTHENS RUSSIAN PRESENCE
- MET-PRO SUBSIDIARY SEES ORDER UPTICK
- EEC SUBSIDIARY SIGNS FIRST MAJOR CONTRACT
- POLISH CONTRACT NETS ZENON $5M+
- THE NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED
- ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE BENEFITS ENERGY FACILITY
- TURNKEY EXPANSION SAVES TIME, MONEY
- CONTACTORS BOOST WATER PURITY
- HYDRANAUTICS BUYS UK AFFILIATE
- TENERGY WATER CREATES BUSINESS UNIT
- SHAW ACQUIRES ENVIROGEN INC.
- ZENON WINS PRESTIGOUS AWARD
- DEPTH TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS FILTER LIFE
- SUEZ SELLS NORTHUMBRIAN WATER
- CH2M-IDC PILOTS DESAL IN HONG KONG
- U.S. SUBMETERING FIRM GAINS EDF ASSISTANCE
- HOME FILTRATION BRINGS ZENON, MAYTAG TOGETHER
- LARGEST NANOFILTRATION PLANT TO BE BUILT
- CENTROL FILTERS EXPAND VA RECLAMATION FACILITY
- MEMCOR CMF-S TO SERVICE LINKED SUPPLIES
- B&V ADDS UV TO TREATMENT FACILITY
- JOHN MEUNIER RECEIVES $6.6M CHINESE CONTRACT
- FINAL OK GIVEN FOR AQUASOURCE ACQUISITION
- STORMWATER RESEARCH ENTERS PHASE TWO
- TEXAS TOWN HIRES IONICS
- COMBINED TECHNOLOGIES TO TREAT OHIO WATER
- PLANT INTEGRATES ADVANCED PRETREATMENT
- PLANT INTEGRATES ADVANCED PRETREATMENT (CONTINUED)
- OZONE CONTRACTS AWARDED TO WEDECO AG
- DEVCON, MATRIX DESAL FORM JOINT VENTURE
- ELEMENTS CERTIFIED FOR BEVERAGE PRODUCTION
- ARSENIC TECHNOLOGIES IN DEMO TREATMENT PROJECT
- EARTH TECH LANDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
- TRIPLE HIT FOR TRIPLE DITCH
- ZEEWEED TREATMENT CLEANS WATER IN CA
- CCC LANDS CONTRACT TO REMOVE PERCHLORATE
- ALLETE SELLING ASSETS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- USFILTER TO MARKET PAQUES TREATMENTS
- SECOND PHASE FOR STORMWATER RESEARCH
- ACQUISITIONS BEEF UP PENTAIR SERVICES
- CONTRACT FOR ARMY BASE SERVICES
- OZONIA NETS CHINA WATER CONTRACTS
- NALCO TO BE SOLD FOR $4.350 BILLION
- STL EXPANDS WATER TESTING CAPABILITIES
- LARGE US DBO WATER PROJECT UNDERWAY
- DOW TO SUPPLY WORLD'S LARGEST DESAL PROJECT
- ONDEO NALCO SOLD FOR $4.2 BILLION
- DESAL BUILDER FILES BANKRUPTCY
- VEOLIA TO SELL CULLIGAN AND OTHERS UNITS
- FLORIDA UTILITY GRANTS SEVERN TRENT
- MEMJET TECHNOLOGY IN RECLAMATION PROJECT
- USFILTER, PAQUES REACH LICENSING AGREEMENT
- IONICS WINS ALGERIA DESAL PROJECT
- MS TREATMENT PLANT TO EXPAND WITH ZEEWEED
- ZENON WINS $6M CHINESE CONTRACTS
- HYMORE, BSI PARTNER TO DISTRIBUTE HYDRASERVER
- BRIEFLY NOTED
- ITT INDUSTRIES ACQUIRES PCI MEMBRANES ASSETS
- PRO PRODUCTS PURCHASES SPECTRUM LABS PRODUCT LINES
- TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES AWARDED UV DISINFECTION SYSTEMS CONTRACTS
- VIVENDI WATER GETS TWO GERMAN OUTSOURCING CONTRACTS
- OKLAHOMA CITY RENEWS PARTNERSHIP WITH USFILTER OPERATING SERVICES
- GENERAL ELECTRIC SAYS EARNINGS PER SHARE TO BE IN LINE WITH
FORECASTS
- SPARKLING SPRING WATER HOLDINGS TO SELL STOCK TO GROUPE DANONE
- SUNTORY WATER GROUP SLATED TO BE SOLD
- SEVERN TRENT SEES SLIGHT RISE IN PROFITS
- SAN MANUEL BOTTLED WATER GROUP TO ENTER VENDING MARKET
- NATIONAL GROUND WATER ASSOCIATION NAMES NEW PRESIDENT
- INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION ELECTS CHAIRMAN
- CALGON CARBON CORP. NAMES NEW CFO/VP
- FOUNDER OF KDF FLUID TREATMENT INC. DIES
- CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS
- ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS NAMES FINANCIAL ADVISOR
- MET-PRO CORP. NAMES ITS COO AS CEO AND PRESIDENT
- BECHTEL NATIONAL APPOINTS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF BECHTEL
SAIC
- THAMES WATER ACQUIRES AMERICAN WATER WORKS CO. INC.
- SUEZ TO SELL OFF UK WATER DISTRIBUTION AND TREATMENT FIRM
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER
- HYFLUX AND ONDEO TO BUILD SINGAPORE'S FIRST DESALINATION PLANT
- OKLAHOMA CITY RENEWS PARTNERSHIP WITH USFILTER OPERATING SERVICES
INC.
- COCA-COLA CO. TO BUY CHAUDFONTAINE MONOPOLE WATER
- SPARKLING SPRING WATER HOLDINGS SELLS OUTSTANDING STOCK TO GROUPE
DANONE
- TENERGY WATER OPENS BRANCHES IN PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON
- BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN PREMIUM SPRING WATER AND SAN MANUEL BOTTLED
WATER GROUP SIGN AGREEMENT WITH VENDSOURCE
- IDEXX LABORATORIES REPORTS 30% NET INCOME INCREASE
- MET-PRO COO NAMED CEO AND PRESIDENT
- CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS TO SELL SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES
- WEDECO UMWELTTECHNOLOGIE GMBH TO INSTALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
PLANT
- CALGON CARBON CORP. AWARDED CONTRACT FROM CALIFORNIA'S WEST SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
- WEDECO IDEAL HORIZONS GETS NSF/ANSI STANDARD 55, CLASS A
CERTIFICATION
- ITT INDUSTRIES ACQUIRES PCI MEMBRANES ASSETS
- GE ACQUIRES OSMONICS INC.
- PACE ANALYTICAL SERVICES ACQUIRES SPECTRUM LABS ASSETS
- AWG REJECTS $1.5 BILLION TAKEOVER FROM WESTLB
- GLOBAL WATER TECHNOLOGIES TO SELL ITS THREE SUBSIDIARIES TO CAMDEN
HOLDINGS
- ADIRONDACK PURE SPRINGS MT. WATER TO ACQUIRE BOTTLED WATER AND
BEVERAGE PRODUCTION PLANT
- ARTESIAN RESOURCES REVENUES GO UP 8.2%
- ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC. REPORT FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS
- ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS CORP. REPORTS NET LOSS
- WASTE MANAGEMENT SAYS REVENUES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER RISE
SLIGHTLY
- IMCO RECYCLING REPORT FOURTH QUARTER 2002 NET EARNINGS
- MET-PRO CORP. NAME FLEX-KLEEN DIVISION GENERAL MANAGER
- HACH CO. BUYS HYDROLAB CORP.
- IONICS INC. REPORTS A DIP IN FOURTH QUARTER PERFORMANCE
- VIVENDI ENVIRONNEMENT 2002 NET PROFIT INCREASES
- YORK WATER CO. 2002 OPERATING REVENUES CLIMB SLIGHTLY
- SAN MANUEL BOTTLED WATER GROUP AND BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN PREMIUM
SPRING WATER SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH SEVEN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
COMPANIES
- CH2M HILL'S WATER BUSINESS GROUP NAMES CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER
- 2003 STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE LAUREATE NAMED
- ENVIRO VORAXIAL TECHNOLOGY NAME SENIOR VP AND COO
- PHILADELPHIA SUBURBAN NAME PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA SUBURBAN
WATER
- YORK WATER CO. PRESIDENT AND CEO RETIRES
- IONICS INC. ELECTS PRESIDENT AND CEO
- WEDECO NAMES COO
- WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION COLLABORATIVE COUNCIL NAMES CHAIRMAN
- SYNAGRO TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCED ITS 2002 OPERATIONS RESULTS
- CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS REPORTS GAAP NET LOSS
- GSA RESOURCES AND NEW EARTH SYSTEMS WORK ON MODULAR WASTEWATER
TREATMENT SYSTEM
- KBF POLLUTION MANAGEMENT NAMES CHIEF COMPLIANCE POST
- MET-PRO CORP. NAMES VP
- OZONIA LTD. TO SUPPLY OZONE GENERATION FACILITY FOR DRINKING WATER
TREATMENT
- USFILTERS JOHN MEUNIER PRODUCTS SUPPLIES ACTIFLO BALLASTED
CLARIFICATION UNITS
- PENTAIR'S EARNINGS PER SHARE UP 30% OVER LAST YEAR
- ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES CHIEF EXECUTIVE RESIGNS
- CALGON CARBON CORP.'S CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER RESIGNS
- HYDRANAUTICS NAMES DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL SALES
- IONICS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECT PRESIDENT AND CEO
- PBS&J HIRES NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCES
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS
- NSF INTERNATIONAL GETS OSHA EXPANDED ACCREDITATION
- WALLINGFORD SOFTWARE OPENS SALES OFFICE IN CHINA
- USFILTER ENVIREX PRODUCTS TO SUPPLY WASTEWATER TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGY TO SINGAPORE
- BLACK & VEATCH RECEIVES JOINT CONTRACT WITH GREELEY AND HANSEN
- ZENON ENVIRONMENTAL SEES RECORD HIGH FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL
RESULTS
- HYDRANAUTICS ADDS TO ITS INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAM
- CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR OF AWG PLC RESIGNS
- SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH POSEIDON
RESOURCES
- PARSON ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS FORMS AGW ENVIRONMENTAL
- USFILTER OPERATING SERVICES TO PROVIDE WASTEWATER SERVICES FOR
LATHROP
- ZENON ENVIRONMENTAL TO INSTALL ZEEWEED MEMBRANES UNDER AN UPGRADE
CONTRACT
- WEDECO REPORTS THAT INCOMING ORDERS FOR PROJECTS IN JUNE TOP $20
MILLION
- CH2M HILL HIRES NEW SENIOR-LEVEL PROFESSIONALS
- SEVERN TRENT SERVICES NAMES VP OF NEW HAMPSHIRE OPERATIONS
- NSF INTERNATIONAL NAMES GROUP LEADERS FOR DWTU PROGRAM
- AQUA VIE BEVERAGE MAKING PRESERVATIVE-FREE SPRING WATER BEVERAGES
- SAN MANUEL BOTTLED WATER GROUP AND BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN PREMIUM
SPRING WATER SIGN AGREEMENT WITH TRIANGLE DISTRIBUTING CO.
- ZENON ENVIRONMENTAL FINALIZE AGREEMENT WITH MAYTAG CANADA
- EPA AWARDS USFILTER MEMCOR PRODUCTS ITS ETV DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS
VERIFICATION
- SUNTORY AND GROUPE DANONE ENTER JOINT VENTURE
- PHILADELPHIA SUBURBAN ACQUIRES AQUASOURCE'S WATER AND WASTEWATER
SYSTEMS
- BUCKMAN LABORATORIES NAME INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT DEPARTMENT
PRODUCT MANAGER
- HAESTAD METHODS OPENS OVERSEAS OFFICE IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
- TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES NAMES DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY
- RESINTECH RELOCATED NATIONAL SALES MANAGER TO WEST COAST
- PRESIDENT BUSH REPLACES HEAD OF EPA
- INCENDIARY DEVICES FOUND INSIDE ICE MOUNTAIN SPRING WATER CO.
PUMPING STATION
- MACQUARIE PURCHASES BRITAIN'S SOUTH EAST WATER
- SALCON LTD. TO BUILD A DESALINATION PLANT IN SINGAPORE
- LYDALL INC. APPROVES INITIATION OF STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM
- WALLACE & TIERNAN PRODUCTS GENERATING SYSTEM GETS
CERTIFICATION
- DESALINATION PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN HAWAII
- USFILTER DEWATERING SYSTEMS NAMES VP AND GENERAL MANAGER
- MWH HIRES DIRECTOR OF CONSULTING FOR ITS ASSET GROUP
- BROWN AND CALDWELL NAME WATER PROGRAM LEADER
- BUCKMAN LABORATORIES NAMES INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT DEPARTMENT
PRODUCT MANAGER
- NSF INTERNATIONAL APPOINTS PRESIDENT AND CEO
- MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PENTAIR WATER EUROPE NAMED
- USFILTER CORP. APPOINTS MIDWEST MUNICIPAL REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
- ALLETE SELLS PALM COAST, FL WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM
- DEGREMONT AWARDED CONTRACT FOR REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION PLANT
IN CURACAO
- NORDIC WATER GETS ORDERS FOR DYNASAND FILTER EQUIPMENT
- ZENON ENVIRONMENTAL FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST
USFILTER
- HYDROTECH DISCFILTER RECEIVES TITLE 22 CERTIFICATION
- HYDRANAUTICS TO SUPPLY ESNA1-LF NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES TO
HOLLYWOOD, FL
- PENTAIR INC. EARNINGS IMPROVE IN THIRD QUARTER MARGINS
- UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS OPENS FIRST INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
- ASSOCIATION OF WATER TECHNOLOGIES ELECTS PRESIDENT OF THE
ASSOCIATION
- RAY BAUM MEMORIAL WATER TECHNOLOGIST AWARD PRESENTED
- SUEZ'S SALE OF ONDEO NALCO COMPLETE
- FLORIDA WATER SERVICES CORP. SELLS WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM
- IONICS, INC. TO ACQUIRE ECOLOCHEM INC.
- SUEZ AND BENPRES HOLDINGS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO CONTINUE JOINT
MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES CONTRACT
- POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE NAMES "GRAND AWARD WINNER FOR
GENERAL INNOVATION"
INSTRUMENTATION, MODELING, MONITORING AND TESTING
- SEDIMENT MONITORING CLARIFIES WATER QUALITY
- UPDATE SIMPLIFIES PLANT MODELING
- WEIGHT, EASE OF USE HALLMARKS OF TEST KIT
- ICE REGISTER PROVIDES ERROR-FREE READINGS
- GENTECH LAUNCHES PICK-N-MIX OPTION
- FLOAT LEVEL SENSORS MADE TO ORDER
- ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM SOUGHT
- SELF-CLEANING BOOSTS MONITORING EFFICIENCY
- CAI SIMPLIFIES REAL-TIME MONITORING
- PARTNERSHIP MINIMIZES CYBER-SECURITY THREATS
- NASA FUNDS RESEARCH ON HIGH TECH TEST CHIP
- GRPD MORE ACCURATE THAN IODINE NUMBERS
- HYDROMANTIS UPGRADES DESIGN, COSTING SOFTWARE
- SYSTEM COUNTERS WATER TERRORISM
- ANALYSIS HINTS AT ANTHRAX SOURCE
- PLANT COSTS CUT BY TRACKING PROBLEMS
- TECHNIQUE TO ANALYZE TASTE, ODOR CAUSES
- ANTI-TERROR DETECTION METHODS
- PHOSPHATES AND NITRATES MEASURED IN-SITU
- COMPUTER MODELING HELPS CLEANUP PLANNING
- SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY DETECTS HERBICIDES
- ALGAE MAY WARN OF TOXICS
- GLOBAL DATABASE TARGETS PATHOGENS
- WATEROBJECTS OFFERS CUSTOMIZABLE MODELING
- FREE WATER SECURITY SOFTWARE RELEASED
- SOFTWARE SIMPLIFIES PUMP SELECTION, DESIGN
- HYDROMANTIS BOOSTS ARTS SOFTWARE FEATURES
- UPGRADED APPLICATION ASSISTS SITE DESIGN
- VERSION ENHANCES MODELING EFFICIENCY
- NASA IMPROVING LONG-TERM FORECASTS
- NASA IMPROVING LONG-TERM FORECASTS (CONTINUED)
- REDESIGNED AUTOSDI TEST KITS AVAILABLE
- SATELLITES' GRAVITY MAPS WILL DETAIL WATER INFO
- SABOTAGE CONCERNS SPAWN HIGH-TECH SYSTEMS
- DOE TRIES OUT PASSIVE DIFFUSION
- EPA APPROVES BIOVIR AS CRYPTO TESTING LAB
- UCI PINPOINTS BEACH WATER POLLUTION SOURCE
- NCAR IDENTIFIES GLOBAL POLLUTION HOT SPOTS
- CONTAMINANT LOCATOR REDUCES DRILLING
- UNDERWATER SYSTEM PROTECTS RESERVOIRS
- UNDERWATER SYSTEM PROTECTS RESERVOIRS (CONTINUED)
- UNDERWATER SYSTEM PROTECTS RESERVOIRS (CONTINUED)
MEMBRANES, REVERSE OSMOSIS AND DESALINATION
- ELECTROPURE IMPROVES ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE
- CA PINS HOPES ON RO SEAWATER DESAL
- CA PINS HOPES ON RO SEAWATER DESAL (CONTINUED)
- REISS TO EVALUATE DESAL FOR DILUTED SEAWATER
- HIGHEST SALT REJECTION WITH COMPOSITE
- TECHNOLOGIES BOOST EFFLUENT QUALITY
- STUDY FUNDED ON NOM FOULING
- HIGH SURFACE AREA PROMOTES PRODUCTIVITY
- BRACKISH GROUNDWATER TURNED POTABLE
- RO PRETREATMENT FILTERS REFINED, IMPROVED
- SANDIA, USBR TO BUILD DESAL TEST FACILITY
- RO TO CLEAN SOUTH UTAH WATER
- RO TO CLEAN SOUTH UTAH WATER (CONTINUED)
NOVEL
- SIMPLE CLOTH FILTER REDUCES CHOLERA
- WATER BAG TRANSFER PLAN FLOATED AGAIN
- LATEST IN WATER VAPOR TECHNOLOGY
- WATER RECLAIMED FROM FOOD WASTE
- FOUL WATER CLEANED BY FOWL MANURE
- WEEDS COULD WIPE OUT WATER WOES
- SEA HARVESTING MAY HELP PACIFIC ISLANDS
- SOYBEAN GOO KEY TO CLEARER WATER
- MICROBES EAT POLLUTANTS, LEAVE BENIGN BYPRODUCTS
- MICROBES EAT POLLUTANTS, LEAVE BENIGN .. (CONTINUED)
- HARVESTING RAINWATER CUTS MUNICIPAL LOAD
- "SMART DUST" FINDS POLLUTANTS
- GM TREES CLEAN UP MERCURY
- DEEP FREEZE MAY ICE EVERGLADES RESTORATION
- RESEARCHERS HARVEST WATER FROM EXHAUST
- RESEARCHERS HARVEST WATER FROM EXHAUST (CONTINUED)
- DISCARDED TIRES RECYCLED TO CLEAN UP GROUNDWATER
- WETLANDS STUDIED AS PURIFICATION GARDENS
- WETLANDS STUDIED AS PURIFICATION GARDENS (CONTINUED)
RECYCLE/REUSE
- SINGAPORE TO RECYCLE WASTE TO POTABLE
- COLORADO RECYCLES TO OFFSET DEMANDS
- GREEN SOLVENTS MADE BY GREEN MANUFACTURING
- GREEN SOLVENTS MADE BY GREEN MANUFACTURING (CONTINUED)
- BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS MADE FROM FOOD SCRAPS
- FORESTWEB LAUNCHES PAPER DATA SERVICE
- ROWAFIL RECYCLES CAR WASH WATER
- BIO-BASED FABRICS MEET MARKETPLACE
- BIO-BASED FABRICS MEET MARKETPLACE (CONTINUED)
- FLORIDA SEWAGE SOLUTION GOES RETRO
- PURDUE PROTECTS GRAIN WITH OZONE
- PURDUE PROTECTS GRAIN WITH OZONE (CONTINUED)
- IMCO SEEKS TO BUY MORE ALUMINUM PLANTS
- GREEN CHEMISTRY: BARRIERS, TRENDS
- GREEN CHEMISTRY: BARRIERS, TRENDS (CONTINUED)
- GREEN CHEMISTRY: BARRIERS, TRENDS (CONTINUED)
- MAKING CLOTHING FROM CORN
- WHITE HOUSE TO SPONSOR ZERO-EMISSIONS PLANT
- INDOXACARB INSECTICIDE SAFE, BIODEGRADABLE
- PENNSYLVANIA REINSTATES GRANT ASSISTANCE
- 'DE-MANUFACTURING' ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
- 2002 SEES RECORD BATTERY COLLECTIONS
- WHEY WASTE CONVERTED TO FOOD INGREDIENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS GETS 2ND CONTRACT
- PLAN TO SALVAGE OIL FROM LEAKING TANKER
- WATER RECOVERY SYSTEM WINS AWARD
- FARM WASTEWATER TO BE TREATED
WASTEWATER
- PIG FARM RUNOFF TURNED TO FERTILIZER
- FRENCH SYSTEM ALLOWS REUSE OF WASTEWATER
- MAGNETIZED 'BUGS' CUT SLUDGE DISPOSAL COSTS
- HIGH QUALITY EFFLUENT AT LOW COST
- ACIDIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED
- TETRA SYSTEM ENHANCES WASTEWATER FILTRATION
- OXIDATION TACKLES ANTIBIOTIC CONTAMINATION
- ADVANCED TREATMENT AIDS OFFSHORE FLEET
- SOLUTIONS FOR ANTIBIOTIC WASTE
- SOLUTIONS FOR ANTIBIOTIC WASTE (CONTINUED)
- AGAR DEALS TRIPLE PUNCH
- CANNIBAL PROCESS DEVOURS SLUDGE
- SLUDGE-EATING BUGS REDUCE WASTE
- PRE-ENGINEERED SYSTEM FEATURES MBR TECHNOLOGY
- BACTERIAL TREATMENT REDUCES ORGANIC WASTEWATER BY 70%
- PACT TREATS COMPLEX PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER
- TRICKLE FILTER PACKAGE DEAL GUARANTEES IMPROVEMENTS
- TRICKLE FILTER PACKAGE DEAL GUARANTEES .. (CONTINUED)
- TRICKLE FILTER PACKAGE DEAL GUARANTEES .. (CONTINUED)
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 SALES AND PROJECTIONS FOR POWER PLANT WATER TREATMENT, THROUGH 2008 ($
MILLIONS)