Issue 17, April 2007

Making Drinking Water Safe Where Arsenic is Abundant

Arsenic is found in abundance in the state of Michigan. In fact, the state is one of only seven throughout the United States that hosted three or more demonstration sites during the EPA’s National Arsenic Treatment Demonstration Project, Phase 2.

The City of Brown City, Michigan, was awarded the first of the EPA’s treatment systems as part of the Demonstration Project. To find out what arsenic removal system was used and its results, click on the link below.

Public-Private Partnership Yields Immediate $1/2 Million in Savings

A public-private partnership to manage the water and wastewater treatment services of the Borough of Boyertown, Pennsylvania, resulted in an immediate savings of $500,000 – and an additional annual savings of $60,000.

Click on the link below to read the details.

Testing Verifies Performance of On-site Hypochlorite Generating System

United Water Pennsylvania, a water utility serving more than 150,000 people in eight counties in the Keystone state, installed an on-site hypochlorite generating system to replace chlorine gas cylinders at its Hummelstown Water Treatment Plant just east of Harrisburg. As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Technology Verification program, the EPA and NSF International verified the performance of the system at installation.

To find out more about the Hummelstown plant and its performance, click on the link below and read an article that appeared in WaterWorld magazine.

Hungary Chooses a Solution to Drinking Water Directive’s Arsenic Standard

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central and Eastern Europe have undergone tremendous change politically, economically and socially. In countries such as Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, such change has been accompanied by the challenges of creating an infrastructure to support economic expansion and improved living conditions.

Find out how Hungary’s Great Plains region is addressing the problem of arsenic in its groundwater by clicking on the link below.

Severn Trent Laboratories Ltd. Joins Severn Trent Services

Last December, Severn Trent Laboratories Ltd. (STL), the United Kingdom's leading analytical services organization, became part of Severn Trent Services, with global headquarters in Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania. STL offers leading solutions in water, land and waste analysis, providing scientific services in chemistry, microbiology and ecotoxicity, coupled with sampling, scheduling, field services, equipment for hire, key account management and project management.

Read the full story about STL’s capabilities by clicking on the link below.