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Grant
Awarded for Sludge-to-Biodiesel Research
 Starkville,
MS -- Three Mississippi State chemical engineering
researchers formally will accept a $200,000 grant from the
regional director of the Environmental Protection Agency
during a ceremony at McCain Hall, home of the Bagley College
of Engineering.
Jimmie Palmer of EPA's Regional
Applied Research Effort Program will present the research
award dealing with the conversion of sewage into biodiesel
to assistant professors Rafael Hernandez and Todd French,
and associate professor Mark Bricka. The three faculty
members are colleagues in the university's chemical
engineering department.
The grant supports their work to
chemically transform sludge and wastewater collected from a
Tuscaloosa, Ala., treatment facility into a feedstock for
producing biodiesel.
Hernandez, French and Bricka all
work with MSU's Sustainable Energy Center. Their project
also involves a future partnership with a Mississippi
municipality to further test the pilot technology.
EPA's RARE grants are designed to
promote collaborations among scientists in its various
administrative regions and its Office of Research and
Development.
For more information, contact Dr.
Hernandez at
rhernandez@che.msstate.edu
For more on the RARE grant
program, visit
http://www.epa.gov/osp/regions/rare.htm
Source:
http://www.msstate.edu/.
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Free Software Tools for Small
Water Systems
 Washington,
DC -- EPA has rolled out an important management tool for
small drinking water and wastewater systems. At the National
Rural Water Association Rally, Administrator Stephen L.
Johnson announced the availability of Check Up Program for
Small Systems (CUPSS). This user-friendly computer-based
program assists owners and operators in developing and using
plans for maintaining their systems and providing service to
their customers.
"Through effective and efficient
management, small utilities are supporting the lifeblood of
their communities, their water," said EPA Administrator
Stephen L. Johnson. "CUPSS will assist our partners by
giving them a tool to better preserve and enhance America's
precious water resources."
Administrator Johnson emphasized
that CUPSS, with the support of our partners, will make a
difference and help bridge the growing financial gap faced
by small drinking water and wastewater systems as they
repair, and replace infrastructure.
The program uses information
provided on the system's assets, operation and maintenance
activities and financial status to produce a prioritized
asset inventory, financial reports and a customized asset
management plan. Asset management programs support informed
budget discussions, boost efficiency of the utility, and
improve customer service by ensuring clean and safe water at
competitive prices.
CUPSS was developed by the Office
of Water as part of the agency's Sustainable Infrastructure
Initiative. The effort received input from a large
stakeholder workgroup, including representatives from
several states, the National Rural Water Association, the
Rural Community Assistance Partnership, and Environmental
Finance Centers.
The CUPSS program and all
supporting materials are available for immediate download.
Kits including the material will also be available in May.
For more information on CUPSS,
including free program downloads, visit:
http://www.epa.gov/cupss
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Wastewater Reuse System starts
up in Beijing
Beijing, China -- Three months before the beginning of the
2008 games in Beijing, Siemens Water Technologies has
started up a wastewater reuse system at the city’s Beixiaohe
wastewater treatment plant. The city will use eco-friendly
technologies in water/wastewater management. The goal is to
process 90% of the wastewater, with 50% for recycle and
reuse.
The
solution that Siemens provided includes a Memjet Membrane
Bioreactor (MBR) system, which treats wastewater for reuse
in the Olympic Village central area, fountains and lakes.
The treatment system has more than doubled the plant’s
capacity, from 40,000 m3/day to 100,000 m3/day.
The
Memjet MBR system at Beixiaohe contains biological and
membrane treatment steps. With 4,864 membranes, the system
is one of the largest of its kind in the world. The Beijing
Drainage Group chose the system because it takes up 60% less
space than conventional technology, and it fit exactly in
the plant’s existing space.
Besides the MBR system, Siemens provided process design,
mechanical equipment, electrical and automation systems,
instrumentation, installation supervision and operation and
maintenance training. The MBR treats 60,000 m3/day of water
for reuse, and 10,000 m3/day of that water is further
treated with a reverse osmosis system for decorative
fountains and a “theme” lake.
Beixiaohe WWTP, located in the northern part of Beijing
City, has a capacity of 100,000 m3 per day with a service
population of 400,000.
Source:
http://www.siemens.com/water
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Controls : Data Logging to
USB Mass Storage Devices
 Ottawa,
Canada -- Control Microsystems, global developer of
advanced SCADA products for the water and wastewater
industry, today announced the industry’s first use of
USB storage devices for data logging in the demanding
environments of SCADA applications.
Using removable USB storage
such as Flash memory sticks, Control Microsystems’
SCADAPack 300-Series controllers can now provide easily
configured and accessible data logs using the alternate
methods of logging to internal memory or to external
mass storage devices.
“We are proud to offer the
first RTU that provides walk-up SCADA to our customers”,
said Dale Symington, VP Product Strategy. “This product
allows for quick and easy data import via a populated
USB device that is connected to any PC running our
SCADALog Data Converter utility”.
In addition to logging data
to a pre-connected USB mass storage device directly,
this new feature also allows for automatic transfer of
logged files on internal memory when a USB stick is
inserted in the controller.
In systems requiring high
power efficiency, the USB port is powered-down and the
data is first logged directly to controller RAM. Then at
defined intervals the USB port is powered-up and the
data is transferred to the memory stick.
Support for data logging to
USB mass storage devices is provided by the SCADAPack
330/334 and by the SCADAPack 350/357 with firmware
upgrade to version 1.41. These features will be
available free of charge on all such SCADAPack
controllers.
For more information visit:
http://www.controlmicrosystems.com/ |
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