:::::::::::Issue 18, July 2007:::::::::::

Municipality Solves Arsenic, Iron and Manganese Problems with One System

As part of the Environmental Technology Verification Program, Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania pilot tested an iron-based adsorption media in 2003 and 2004 to reduce arsenic levels in its groundwater. While pleased with the media, the Township soon found that it also had to deal with elevated levels of iron and manganese.

Click on the link below to find out about the technologies the Township used to reduce arsenic, iron and manganese.

Rapidly Expanding Water and Wastewater Business in the Middle East

Reflecting significant growth in its Middle Eastern business, Severn Trent Services recently opened a new branch operations office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The company now has two offices in the region, having opened its first office in Cairo, Egypt in 2001.

Click on the link below to learn more about this new office and the fast-growing Middle East market for water and wastewater services.

Introduction of Innovative New Products is Accelerating

A wave of new product introductions in the past year underscores the dynamism of today’s water and wastewater industry. It also highlights the opportunity the market presents to innovative companies.

Click on the link below to learn more about the current demand for product innovation in the industry and the introduction of several new disinfection, metering and industrial process products.

New Test Enables Rapid Detection of Legionella

In July 1976, a mysterious illness struck attendees at an American Legion convention being held at a hotel in Philadelphia. Within a few days, 221 Legionnaires and other hotel guests were sickened and 34 had died. The illness was eventually traced to bacteria in the hotel’s cooling tower, which supplied water for the air conditioning system. In 1977, the disease was identified as Legionella pneumophila, but became more commonly known as Legionnaires’ disease.

Severn Trent Laboratories in Coventry, United Kingdom, has recently introduced a new method for the rapid detection of Legionella that can generate results within 24 hours. To read about this valuable new health protection tool, click on the link below.

Public-Private Partnership Meets Water Needs of Michigan’s Fast-Growing I-96 Corridor

Since 2001, The MHOG (Marion, Howell, Oceola and Genoa) Sewer and Water Authority in Michigan has managed an increase in the number of water and wastewater service connections averaging 13.6 percent per year. To accommodate the growth, the Authority has aggressively expanded its service capabilities through ongoing plant construction.

Just four months before a new plant was due to go online, the Authority brought in a new partner to operate the plant. To learn how MHOG and its partner met the area’s water and wastewater needs, click on the link below.