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June/July 1990, Vol. 3 No. 3 Issued July, 1990

CONTENTS When pollution became an art form

Technical Advisory Board George V. Crawford, P.Eng. Rod Holme, P.Eng. Peter Laughton, M.Eng., P.Eng. J.V. Morris, M.Sc., P.Eng. Mike Provart, M.Sc., P.Eng. Dr. Howard Goodfellow

Article by Tom Davey

Low cost treatment for gas contaminated groundwater

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Defining environmental auditing Article by Mayer Schwartz

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Robert Ferguson, P.Eng. R. Bruce Smith

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Canada's options for the Greenhouse Effect

Article by Steven Carter and Dr. Danny Harvey

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Reports on biotechnology and natural gas cars

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Managing the risks and costs of hazardous storage

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Hydrometry & Instrumentation - a calibrator's perspective Article by Randy McLean

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Innovative wastewater technology treats dairy wastes

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Ozone for drinking water treatment

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Article by Ronald Larocque Devastation by indecision

Article on protest groups by Dr. P.H. Jones

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WHMIS - an insider's perspective Article by Alex Keen

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Air pollution analysis using mass spectrometry

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The engineer's role in sustainable development Cover story by Roy Aitken

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Editorial Comment by Tom Davey-, Voice of Fire is a Quest for Ire

When pollution became an art form

When our National Gal

lery purchased Barnett Newman's painting Voice ofFire recently,a storm of protest erupted. Compris ing a mere three vertical coloured stripes, any artistic subtlety by the American painter clearly eluded most people. The $1.76 million price tag caused shock and outrage.

Some, rather unkindly, said the painting looked as if it had been slapped on with a paint roller.

Rather appropriately, the paint roller is a bona fide Canadian invention.

But Voice ofFire is the epitome of conventional art compared to a Toronto art exhibit which displayed fecal matter In a jar as a statement

against war about seven years ago.

(I am not making this up!).

Then the news that human excre

ment had been on display at a pub licly funded art exhibition made me deeply conscious of my inadequa cies as a writer. For years I had reported on various environmental treatment processes. But this new emphasis on fecal matter as art nouveau made me painfully aware that my writing style had heen frozen in a cultural vacuum, putting me out side the cultural literati.

When (former) Prime Minister Trudeau gave his famous one finger benediction to his detractors, his

gesture was interpreted by critics as subliminal support for the new genre.

To remedy

my deficiency, I

became a voracious reader of the

giants of criticism in the world of arts and letters. I immersed myself in the works of Ruskin, Benjamin,

and Tynan - while also sampling the culinary critiques of the Globe & Mail's acerbic Joanne Kates. Gradu

ally I developed an arrogant pos ture, a petulant sneer, and a penchant for polysyllabic prose.

But wliat I lacked was tlie riglit medium tor my debut as an art critic.

My big chance came when an arts and science magazine retained me to review sewage treatment processes across Canada, enabling me to write this first article in the new critical mode:

ious artistic opportunity.

They might have taken their cue from the geometric layout of the Prairie farms and created a new genre of rectangularism to rival the pioneer ing cubism of Braque and Picasso.

Alas, utility overcame art. The result is an admittedly effective, but boring plebian treatment system.

On the east coast of Atlantic Can

ada,there are some interesting efflu ents to be found for the afficionado.

The final effluents though are rather sterile, lacking the variety, colour, and exuberance of a truly great art form.

The resulting sludges are somewhat bland and generally lacking in bouquet.Patho gens too would appear not to travel well in the receiving waters. In fact the situation might be compared to the Bolshoi Ballet, where perfection of technique has been achieved at the expense of artistic spontaneity!

The unprecedented hot,dry spells recently brought forth an explosive burst of high coliform counts, which closed off beaches and shattered the

complacent attitudes of Ontario engineers. While the urban animal population and illegal connections to storm sewers were revealed as fac

tors in the situation, the beach con tamination was more the result of

climatic aberration, rather than a genuinely artistic pollution pheno menon. The hot weather brought forth also rapid algal growth, which disfigured the water bodies in a tangled mass of aquatic botany - a piqture worthy of the Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Poliock.

The vast spaces of the Canadian Prairies clearly influenced western design engineers, who often opted for the space-consuming lagoon method of sewage treatment.

Clearly, Westerners missed a glor

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The city of Moncton, until recently, discharged raw sewage into the Peticodiac River. But - thanks to the

tidal bore in the Bay ofFundy-what the city casts into the river, it received back hours later, giving two bouquets for the price of one, as it were.

Labour unrest in British Colum

bia gives a novel twist to artistic pol lution. BC strikes are so long and so regular that the waterways have adapted to systematic recovery peri ods. The result is what connoisseurs

have described as an impudent little effluent. The art form is,in the best artistic tradition, also a strong social commentary.

Environmental neglect is wide spread across Canada, but no one does it with the elan and panache of La Belle Province. Ignoring the con

straints imposed by formal treat ment processes, the Quebecois cleverly opted to harness the turbu lence of the St. Lawrence River in a

spontaneous, free-form, highvolume, raw-sewage discharge mode. Inevitably, some critics carp about ineffectual treatment; but all admit the Quebec effluent, like a good wine, retains its bouquet, that the effluent travels well, and that capital costs are negligible! The Quebec stretch of the St. Lawrence might be compared to the Louvre as Continued overleaf

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Industry Update human health is threatened and so

DWSP reports on 196,300 water samples After reports on the quality ofdrink ing water from 50 Ontario water supply systems, summarizing Environment Ontario's 1988 Drink

ing Water Surveillance Program (DWSP), were released, Hugh Gra ham,a ministry scientist,told ES&E that only seven of 196,300 treated water samples tested were found to exceed a health-related guideline.

Four samples of treated water, taken

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Dresden water distribution system, contained total nitrates at concen

trations of 15.7 parts per million (ppm), 14.8 ppm, 14.4 ppm and 12.5 ppm. The Ontario Drinking Water Objective(ODWO)for total nitrates is 10 ppm. M.M. Dillon is implement ing a program to fine-tune plant operation at Dresden to improve water treatment.

One sample of treated water from the Alvinston Water Treatment Plant contained total nitrates at

11.8 ppm. Elevated levels of total nitrates, originating from nitratebased

fertilizers, are sometimes

found in drinking water in agricul tural areas such as Alvinston.

One sample of drinking water from a house in Windsor contained

lead at 400 ppb. The ODWO for lead is 50 ppb. The lead concentration was thought to have occurred within the house's internal plumb ing. High lead levels can occur when water remains standing in pipes long enough for lead soldering

it is unwise and imprudent not to take

in the pipes to leach into the water.

In four subsequent samples from this location, lead levels ranged from 1.3 to 1.6 ppb.

One sample of treated water from the Mannheim Reservoir in Kit

chener contained lead at 68 ppb.

This test result, which

was

markedly different from previous results, is thought to reflect a sam pling or analytical error. Subse quent samples tested in the range of 0.23 to 0.32 ppb lead.

All other health-related quidelines were met.

The 1988 DWSP program involved sampling raw and treated water in distribution systems and in houses, for approximately 160 parameters. Water samples also underwent a mass spectrometer scan which tests for the presence of other potential contaminants.

Ontario has health-related and

aesthetic drinking water objectives for 49 parameters. When an ODWO is not available, the Ministry of the Environment consults the guide lines or limits set by other agencies.

The ministry's Parameters Listing System keeps current more than 1,750 guidelines for 650 parameters from agencies throughout the world.

DWSP is believed to be tbe most extensive program of its kind in Canada. It expanded from 22 loca tions in 1986 to 50 in 1988 and will

ultimately include all municipal drinking water supplies in Ontario.

Mediterranean at

strain on fresh-water resources -

crisis point

many already polluted and depleted. Water quality is seriously

Every year, ships dump around 500,000 tonnes of oil into the Medi terranean.

This is more than 12

times the amount spilled by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska. Another

150,000 tonnes of oil reaches the sea each year along the rivers that flow into it.

About 33% of the oil

forms tar that is deposited on beaches, especially in the eastern Mediterranean, causing substantial

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nean's 29 drainage basins.

Cyprus and Malta face an imme diate water crisis, ground water being depleted faster than it is being naturally replenished. "In Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco and Syria, and in parts of Italy and Spain, the scarcity of fresh water is likely to he a significant brake on developments," says a report by the

damage to tourism and local fishe

World Bank and the European

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industrial chemicals, solid wastes and

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Agricultural runoffs include 550 tonnes of pesticides each year.

A 1988 survey of 150 beaches in

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Data

include findings that sixteen Great Lakes wildlife species near the top of the food web have suffered reproduc tive problems or declines in popula tions, and consumption of certain Great Lakes fish poses a threat to women of child-bearing age, who pass these toxic substances on to their offspring. The Commission also encourages additional research to determine the precise magnitude of the threat.

Despite the significance of the Great Lakes and our collective rhe

toric to restore and enhance them, we as a society continue to mortgage their future by poisoning, suffocat ing and otherwise threatening them. What our society has failed to realize is that, what we are doing to the Great Lakes, we are doing to our selves and to our children,says IJC. This conclusion provided the basis for tbe Commission to recom

mend the following actions, among others, in its report to the Govern ments of the United States and Can ada:

• review and strengthen all Great Lakes fish consumption advisories, and re-evaluate stocking programs for those fish which also carry advi sories for human consumption; •incorporate the principle ofreverse onus into regulatory policies and programs by mandating pretesting of new chemicals to determine their

potential harm to the environment or human health, prior to approval for production and use; •devise and implement legislation, standards and other regulatory measures to give enforceable effect to the principles and objectives of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; • define how the 11 critical pollu tants are used, stored and released into the Great Lakes Basin Ecosys tem by nonpoint rural and urban sources and outline measures that

have been and will be taken to pre vent their further release into the

lakes, and report on the extent to which these pollutants have been explicitly considered in discharge permits to give assurance that no such discharges are permitted.

Great Lakes Children's health is threatened as a

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Fifth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality.

The Commission concludes that

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Industry Update Tough reforms for pulp and paper mills Environment Minister Lucien Bou chard has released draft reforms to

impose tough national pollution standards on Canada's pulp and paper industry.

"As stated in The. Green Plan, this government's commitment is to make Canada, by the year 2000, the industrialized world's most environ

mentally friendly country. Today's initiative is a significant step towards that goal," said Mr. Bou chard.

The need for regulatory reform under the Canadian Environmental

Protection Act (CEPA) and the

Fisheries Act was endorsed hy the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment.

Environment

ministers pledged to work with the federal government in developing a national strategy to control pollu tion from pulp and paper mills.

Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia have already announced intentions to regulate the pulp and paper industry more strictly.

The regulations proposed under CEPA will virtually eliminate the

Impacts of hazardous immiscible liquids in soil The penetration and movement of

hazardous immiscible liquids (HILs) into soil and groundwater is one of today's most troublesome environmental problems, according to a report released by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.

HILs are a group of contami nants which frequently spill or leak from tanks and pipelines or often are disposed of inadequately. Com mon examples of spilled or improp erly disposed of HILs are chlorinated hydrocarbons (PCBs and trichloroethane), petroleum pro ducts (gasoline), and solvents (ben zene and methylene chloride).

Immiscible liquids remain separ ate from groundwater, and thus

may move and behave differently.

Predicting their rates of migration, their responses to remedial mea sures such as pumping, and even detecting their presence, is much more difficult than for aqueous phase contaminants.

Research conducted for Environ

ment Ontario by the University of

release of dioxins and furans from

Waterloo, gives a better understand ing of how HILs flow over and

pulp and paper mills. The proposals under the Fisheries Act will streng

within soil; how experimental equip ment and methods for subsequent

research projects have been deve loped, and an accessible experimen tal data base created to assist in

further model development and eva luation.

The three-year research program focused on three major subjects: the spilling of HILs into soil, the pene tration and movement of liquids through soil, and the behaviour in soil of vapors released from the liq uids. The experiments were among the first of their kind, says MOE. Work involved the development of mathematical

models

which

could be used to predict liquid and vapor movement of HILs in soil. As well, laboratory scale experiments were conducted to verify the theoret ical predictions. The computerized models that were developed included two for spill simulation, one for liquid movement in soil and one for vapor transport.

Research on HILs is continuing at the University of Waterloo under an Environment Ontario grant.

Copies of the report. Assessing the Impact of Hazardous Immiscible Liq uids in Soil, are available through the Public Information Centre, Ontario Ministry of the Environ ment(416) 323-4321.

then current controls on conven

tional pollutants in pulp and paper mill effluent.

Pulp and paper is one of Cana da's most important sectors, an export leader that employs some 80,000 people. But six years ofscien tific and technical study have shown that pollution from this industry is serious and widespread.

"Canadians have been demanding action to stop the pollution of rivers

and lakes by pulp and paper mills.

While they want a strong industry, they demand a clean environment," said Mr. Bouchard.

more aggressive cleanup measures.

Mr. Bradley says some of these toxins are coming from Ontario but new programs should curb the flow.

He complained that Ottawa is not doing enough to help clean up the Great Lakes.

Ontario is ready to spend more money on cleanup projects, he said.

"What we would like to see is the

federal government as partners - not simply there to sign the agreement...with the cameras flashing".

The federal government will

introduce new measures to clean up the Great Lakes in its "green plan" expected before the end of the year.

300 companies are polluting Gt. Lakes

Environment Minister Lucien Bou chard said in reaction to the IJC report.

Some 300 companies are dumping pollutants, including toxins, into Ontario's waterways, Ontario Environment Minister James Brad

Mr. Bouchard said the govern ment will he ready to introduce "a whole new set of regulations" in the green plan to address the problem of hazardous chemicals being pumped

ley says.

into the lakes.

Despite these discharges, many of which go into the Great Lakes system, most water in Ontario is still safe to drink. He was reacting to a report that the Great Lakes are being poisoned hy a flow of toxins.

The International Joint Commis

sion released the report urging Can ada and the United States to use

The IJC urged immediate action

to clean up the lakes. The independ ent agency warned that Canada and the United States will continue

to mortgage the future of the lakes

"by poisoning, suffocating and oth erwise threatening them because of insufficient knowledge, other priori ties and shortsightedness".

Environmental Science. & Engineering, July 1990

LETTERS Dear Tom:

Right on! I enjoyed your Editorial Comment in the December '89 issue

(as well as the journal overall). I wish I had more time as anEnviron-

mental Engineer, hut as Dean I probably have more influence to change things, even within the Invisible Profession. As of next year, all engineering students in the Faculty will have a core course in environmental engineering, not

only the Civils. Slow, hut steady progress!

Cheers, Gary W. Heinke, P.Eng., Dean, University ofToronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Dear Tom,

I am writing to thank you for publi shing our article on Who Is Generat

ing Your Results'^ The response to the article has been amazing. We are getting requests for membership on a daily basis. I have enclosed a typi cal letter sent to me showing the need for the article and the leader

ship your publication has taken in

the environmental sector. Keep up the good work!

Pierre Beaumier, Ph.D., Vice President, Mann Testing Laboratories Ltd. 13

Industry IJpdatn The industrial minerals sector

MISA monitoring phase fully implemented

will begin monitoring on Aug. 1, 1990. This lead-in time will allow

All nine industrial sectors' monitor

ing regulations are now law under Environment

Ontario's

MISA

waterways cleanup program.

Ontario's cement, lime, gypsum and other industrial mineral pro cessing facilities are being required to monitor the wastewater they dis charge to lakes and rivers for more than 200 contaminants under the

regulation.

The petroleum refinery sector completed its monitoring in

December 1989. These monitoring results are being reviewed to deter mine how the most effective regula tion

can

be

formulated.

An

abatement regulation for petroleum refineries is expected to be ready for public review this fall.

Seven

sectors

are at various

stages of the monitoring program.

They are the organic chemical, iron and steel, inorganic chemical, pulp and paper, metal mining, metal casting and electric power sectors.

the companies to purchase and install the required equipment, to arrange for laboratory services and to train personnel.

Costs incurred under the regula tion will be borne by the industry.

The ministry has estimated the sec tor's total capital and operating costs of monitoring at $2 million.

Costs to individual plants are esti mated to range from $5,200 (many small quarries)to $80,800(five ofthe six cement plants).

The regulation prescribes moni toring schedules for minewater, quarry water, wash water and pro cess wastewater effluent streams.

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Testing of stormwater effluent will also be carried out by all plants in the clay and shale category.

The ministry and the industry will also conduct open scans using a mass spectrometer to identify any chemicals present which are not being specifically tested for under the regulation.

The industrial minerals sector is

divided into nine industry catego What is WATDOC?

WATDOC is a database producer which provides an online link between information seekers and the sources.

WATDOC offers specialized data bases containing tens of thousands of references to water resources and related environmental issues.

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Environmental Science & Engineering, July 1990

Low cost treatment effective for

gasoline contaminated groundwater line which threaten health, benzene, an aromatic hydrocarbon, was most consistently present in high concen trations in groundwater from pri vate wells.

Before the treatment facility was activated, 12 residences had inter mittent or continuous gasoline con tamination problems in their water supplies and required bottled water or filter systems.

Remedial

work involved the

installation of a purge well near the centre of the contaminant plume which pumps an average of 300 litres per minute.

Seven months after the purge well was switched on, 59 million litres of contaminated water had

A relatively low-cost method using

purge wells and biological treat ment is proving to be effective in cleaning up the gasolinecontaminated groundwater in Onta rio.

A report by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment says purge wells are bigb capacity wells used to pump large quantities ofcon taminated groundwater which is then put through a biological pro cess to clean up the contaminated water. The biological treatment sys

been pumped and treated. The World Health Organization drink ing water guideline of 10 ppb for benzene was not exceeded at any private well in the area after the sev enth month of operation ofthe purge well and treatment system.

Levels of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and phenols in water from the purge well showed a

steady decline in concentration as pumping time increased.

Data from sampling locations throughout the biological treatment system, indicate that there is a reduction in concentrations of ben

zene, toluene, ethylhenzene, mxylene and phenol to below detection limits in the effluent ofthe

treatment system.

Dan Cook, P.Eng., told ES&E: "This has been an extremely suc cessful groundwater remediation project. It has worked well in this case and has proved economical in operation."

Continued monitoring will pro vide the data necessary to decide when remediation of the groundwater is complete. Air monitoring of the facility indicated no threats to air quality or health are present in the treatment area.

Copies of the report. Low cost treatment technology for gasoline contaminated groundwater, are available by calling (613) 549-4000 in Kingston or (416) 323-4321 in Toronto. ES&E

tem consists of a series of fountain

nozzles, vegetation channels, a grass field and a marsh. This bio logical system is lower cost than conventional methods which use air

stripping columns. Water quality resulting from both treatments is equally good.

The report, prepared for the min istry by Water and Earth Science Associates Ltd., details a method for dealing with gasoline contamina tion of groundwater. The report's authors say these techniques should also he applicable to a wide range of groundwater rehabilitation prob lems associated with spills,landfills and remedial undertakings, how ever, the research to date is solely applicable to gas spill problems.

In the period of 1980 to 1983, because of complaints of gasoline in private well water supplies nor theast of Kingston, a hydrogeological investigation of the extent of gasoline contamination of the local groundwater aquifer was con ducted. The investigation identified a contaminant plume estimated to be 550 metres long, 350 metres wide and 60 metres deep. An estimated 173 million litres of groundwater were polluted.

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Defining environmentai auditing

Theperception is quite broad

as to what exactly is envi ronmental auditing. Within the strict interpretation of environmental auditing as being"a methodical examination and review

of environmental factors", it relates to ongoing activities in a facility, or

past activities on a property. There is a distinct difference between these

two types of activity,and hence audit ing.

Environmental auditing of ongo-

ing activities in a facility is a perio dic, pro-active diagnostic tool that provides an objective examination and review of facility operations and practices, vis-a-vis environmen tal requirements. Such a review will assure senior management that ade quate compliance programs are in place; or it will identify areas for enhanced compliance programs, and will assist line management in monitoring performance for envir onmental compliance. On the other hand, environmental auditing of

past activities on a property is a one time effort which deals with retro

spective reviews of past operations, to determine environmental liabili-

By Mayer Schwartz, M.E.Sc., P.Eng.*

ties associated with the particular property, usually at the stage of real estate transaction.

Some refer to

this type of environmental auditing as "liability assessment". This paper deals with environmental auditing of ongoing activities in a facility.

A comprehensive environmental audit will review compliance as well as management issues. Compliance issues, or "compliance auditing", will focus on regulatory require ments and verify compliance for

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Since man

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Two management elements are essential to a successful and effec

tive completion of an environmental audit. These include:

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within the organization.

The primary role of the consult ing engineer in providing profes sional services for facility-specific environmental auditing includes:

ning audits, establishing audit scope, examining and evaluating audit findings, communicating audit results and follow-up. Audit ing protocols, developed for facilityspecific features to be reviewed, may include, but not necessarily limited to: Corporate environmental proce dures, protocols, standards, legal regulations and requirements;inter nal emergency response capabili ties, equipment, readiness; incident reports and response effectiveness, spill prevention, process changes, plant expansion and upgrading, modification since the last auditing, material use and handling, monitor ing programs, 4Rs programs, per mits, certificates of approval, waste facilities from generation point to discharge point, their physical con dition and apparent state of mainte nance, marking and handling of containers; special features - under ground tanks, PCBs, asbestos; records of effluent discharges and emissions; security provisions, fire protection.

An effective environmental audit

will always identify areas of com pliance and areas exceeding com pliance;report on shortcomings and include definitive remedial recom

mendations and provide follow-up procedures.

One grey area is the status of environmental auditing reports.

Specifically, can a regulatory authority, under its statutory authority, obtain copies of an envir onmental auditing report and use its contents in court action against the proponent? To resort to such action may discourage proponents to undertake environmental auditing to ensure and enhance compliance; however,the best interests of public health and the environment may warrant such an action. The United States Environmental Protection

Act resolved this dilemma by inclu sion of a clause in its Environmen

tal Auditing Policy Statement whereby a request for an auditing report or a portion thereof will usu ally be made where the information needed cannot be obtained from

i) development of auditing pro grams, manuals, protocols, train ing, pilot audits; ii) support of the field audit; iii) independent review and critique

monitoring, reporting or other data otherwise available to the Agency.

In summary, a major objective of environmental protection is to pro

of the field audit findings; and iv) assistance in interpreting field audit findings and making recom mendations upon implementation

tal management practices. Environ mental auditing is clearly an effec tive tool to meet this objective.

mote the use of sound environmen

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Explicit written auditing proce dures are generally used for plan

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Canada's options for the Greenhouse Effect

Toronto hosted "The Chang

mainly in therangeof2°Cto4°C. In

ing Atmosphere" Confer

ence in June 1988. A Con ference Statement was

endorsed by over 300 scientists and policy makers from 46 countries. It called for the development ofenergy policies to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide(CO2)and other trace

gases; and for a 20% reduction of global CO2 emissions from 1988 lev els by the year 2005.

Dr. Ken Hare, keynote speaker at the Conference, discussed the

nature of the greenhouse effect in ES&E last year. He also explained the concerns about impending glo bal climatic changes that formed the background to the Toronto Con ference. Here, we review the contin uing efforts to come to grips with the greenhouse warming phenomenon.

We examine in particular how Can ada might be impacted by a warm ing trend, and the scope of response options open to us.

Climatic Change due to Global Warming

The greenhouse effect is of great importance to life on our planet. It is a natural heat-trapping mechanism without which the average tempera ture of the earth would be about minus 19°C instead of the observed

By Steven J.B. Carter, P.Eng.* and Dr. Danny Harvey In particular, CO2 is responsible for 50% to 60% ofthe contribution of

greenhouse gases to global warm ing since the industrial revolution.

It will also be the dominant contrib utor to further increases in the

greenhouse effect.

There is much room for uncer

tainty in assessing both the histori cal record and the climatic response to a given build-up of greenhouse gases. Scientists depend to a large extent on sophisticated computer models which have been developed by various teams around the world.

These research tools are usually derived from numerical weather pre diction models, and there are good reasons for confidence in their pro jections of the global scale climatic response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. The projections tend to agree on globally and eastwest averaged aspects of climatic change, but disagree on regional details.

Most simulations aim to under

stand the climate that might result from an effective doubling of atmos

the absence of measures to limit

greenhouse gas emissions,however, concentrations of greenhouse gases will increase far beyond an effective CO2 doubling. By early in the next century, the climate could be as warm as at any time in human his tory. By the latter half of the next century, the climate could be as warm as at any time during the last 40 million years. Rates of climatic change could be up to 100 times fas ter than the fastest natural rates of

change.

The Canadian economy is precar iously dependent on energy exports, which are subject to increasing environmental constraints, and on environmentally sensitive products.

Canada has a growing nonmerchandise international balance

of payment deficit, which is bal anced by a growing (but erratic) merchandise trade surplus (Eigure 1). The trade surplus, however, con sists of a growing deficit in manu factured goods and a growing surplus in energy, agricultural and forestry products (Figure 2), these latter two being vulnerable to large and rapid climatic change.

Climate

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several

pheric concentrations of CO2. The Canadian Climate Centre recently completed one such experiment.Pre liminary assessment of the results

important limitations.

Oceanic, cloud and certain other processes are treated very simply, for exam ple, while features such as the Great

house gas concentrations in the atmosphere could produce major cli matic changes over the next several

indicates that the climate would

Lakes are too small scale to he resolved. Substantial advances in

decades.

Recent results from other models are

15°C. There is concern among the majority of climatologists, however, that the measured increase ofgreen

change such that average global surface temperatures rise by 3.5°C.

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The models consistently project that warming magnitudes and

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countries such as Canada could be 2

to 3 times greater than the average.

This is very important. Adverse impacts of climatic warming will be greater if the rate at which the warming occurs is too fast to allow people and ecosystems to adapt. It is also expected that the hydrological cycle will intensify, and that mean winter temperatures will rise

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1988

more than mean summer tempera

Total

tures. Since much of Northern Can ada is now classified as a cold

Figure 1. Balance of Canadian International Payments, 1961 to 1988

desert, it will clearly be greatly changed if these projections are cor

"" Merchandise

Non-Merchandise

The balance of international merchandise payments has remained healthy over the past two decades, while the balance of non-merchandise payments has grown steadily worse. (Source: Canadian Economic Observer)

rect.

Looking at Southern Canada, Continued overleaf

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Canada's Greenhouse Effect options - continued

and the USSR each contribute about

one fifth to the present total. Cana dian CO2 emissions from all sources

were about 0.47 Gt in 1988, 2% of the global total. They are expected to rise to between 0.6 Gt and 0.7 Gt by

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 30 FOREST PRODUCTS

20

TOTAL

Provincial (direct combustion)

ENERGY PRODUCTS

emissions of CO2 in 1987 from all

10 ,.QRICULTURE

2005 under business-as-usual scena rios.

1

sources were:

INDUSTRIAL GOODS

(Mt)

AUTO PRODUCTS

la

m£

Ontario Alberta

154

Quebec

-10 MACHINES & EQUIPMENT

CONSUMER GOODS

-20

11973

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471

The healthy overall picture of merchandise exports is due largely to those market sectors which are most at risk from climatic change.

(Source: Canadian Economic Observer)

possible climatic warming impacts include severe stressing of forests and other ecosystems, a rise in sea level, and strained agricultural practices. In Ontario, power genera tion capacity at stations such as the Robert Saunders and Sir

Adam

Beck facilities will probably decrease.

In Quebec, the more northerly drainage basins near James Bay could experience a net

B.C. N.S. N.B. Saskatchewan Others

105 64 61 17 14 31 25

% 33 22 14 13 4 3 6 5

Provincial CO2 emissions vary greatly both in total and in those sectors responsible for the emis sions. Transportation and electric

will report to the UN General Assembly and to the Second World Climate Conference in November,

utilities account for about 30% and

1990.

CO2 emissions.

A convention on climatic change could be convened by the UN as early as 1992. In the case of CFC (cblorofluorocarbon) reduction mea sures, The Montreal Protocol fol lowed only two years after the 1985

25% respectively of all Canadian Legislation Action Scenarios and Response Options

What would be the consequences of applying legislative action to enforce the call of the Toronto Con

increase in available water. Warmer

of the Ozone Layer. Domestic mea

temperatures would lower winter energy demand and slightly

sures were enacted after a further

ference? Examining total Cana dian CO2 emissions, the required reductions from all provinces and

two years.

sectors would be:

Vienna Convention for Protection

increase summer demand in Onta

rio and Quebec. Ice coverage of the Great Lakes is expected to fall to near zero.

Projected CO^ emissions Source

emissions (Mtl in 2005

Reductions Needed (Mt)

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

would probably be impacted most by a climatic warming. With warm ing, temperatures are expected to

NEB (low) NEB (high)

become less variable in the Prairies,

EMR

but precipitation should become more variable. Preliminary studies suggest that Ontario and Quebec will be less affected. Little study has been made to date of bow a climatic

warming might impact on other regions of Canada.

Policy Directions Several strong international dec larations on the greenhouse effect were made in 1989. These included

the Hague Declaration and the G-7 Summit Final Communique; Can ada is signatory to both.

The main international body assessing the scientific evidence of

climatic change and for developing possible policy responses is the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli matic Change (IPCC), sponsored by the United Nations (UN). The IPCC 20

598

220 271 328

649 706 Ml = megatonne

The focus of Canadian govern ment activity is the Task Force on Energy and the Environment, established in August, 1988 by the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Energy Ministers. No definitive timetable can be estimated for CO2

regulatory reforms in Canada, but the pace will likely be intensive com pared to traditional time frames.

The timetable for the Ontario MISA

initiative covers about a six year period from initial consultation to the deadline for compliance with a limits regulation.

CO2 Emissions In Perspective

where the National Energy Board (NEB) low and high energy use sce nario projections are considered to be at least as credible as the Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) InterFuel Substitution Demand (IFSD) model projection.

How might Canada respond to the challenge of the Toronto Confer ence? First, it is important to realize that even drastic unilateral action

by Canada can have little effect on

the build-up profile of atmospheric

CO2. This is not a recommendation

to do nothing, but a recognition that an international and broad-based

Global CO2 emissions from fossil

response is needed if the build-up is

fuels are currently about 20 Gigatonnes (Gt) per year, and could rise to 70 Gt per year by 2050. The USA

Within Canada, the need for inter-provincial co-operation is

to be significantly slowed.

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clear, and CO2 emission reductions should come from all economic sec

tors. British Columbia and Quebec rely almost completely on hydroe lectric resources, for example, but are together responsible for almost a quarter of Canadian CO2 emissions.

The main options are to: • Promote energy efficiency and conservation;

• Reduce dependency on fossil fuels;

•Shift to fossil fuel technologies which emit less CO2 per kWh;and •Offset Canadian CO2 emissions

through reforestation and by assisting others to reduce their emissions.

fortunate.

The use of coal is thus very impor tant to many utilities as they plan to meet expected increases in electrical energy demand of 2.2% per year over the coming decade or so. Electricity production in Alberta, Saskatche wan and Nova Scotia is largely based on coal combustion. Alterna

tive means of generating electricity are often not readily available. Con versely, local electricity generation constitutes the only market for ther mal coals in many areas, and the socio-economic ramifications

The potential benefits of energy efficiency and demand-side man agement are considerable. Many measures make both environmental

Combustion and Gas Turbines will

and economic sense; but markets for

help reduce acid rain, NQx and particulate emissions, hut none offers a clearly most cost-effective way to reduce CO2 emissions. Using gas instead of coal as a fuel can greatly reduce CO2 emissions, hut the avail ability and cost of gas are key con

sources. Canada is fortunate to he able to meet two thirds of its electri

cal energy needs using hydroelectricity alone. But while British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland are able to rely

tries will need technical and finan

cial assistance to do so. Many nations show no interest in respond ing to the greenhouse warming threat in any way that might inter fere with their economic growth.

of

reduced coal usage are great.

New "clean coal" technologies such as Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle, Fluidized Bed

say, new long-life and low-power lightbulbs may have to be driven initially by legislation.

Dependency on fossil fuels can be reduced by sharing "clean" power

further. This can be achieved by reforestation projects at home and abroad, exporting Canadian hydroelectric power to the USA,and technology transfer (including enduse efficiency know-how) to other nations. Reducing CO2 emissions is a global challenge, but many coun

almost completely on hydroelectricpower, other provinces are not so

cerns which must he addressed.

There will come a point for Can ada beyond which it is more cost

Countries such as those of Eastern

Europe also face serious and imme diate problems of air and water pol lution. ES&E

The Authors

Steven Carter, P.Eng., is an environ mental engineer witti Hatch Asso ciates.

Dr. Danny Harvey is a climatologist at the University of Toronto. Hatch Associates, assisted

by Dr. Harvey, recently completed a study of Global Warming impacts and planning options for the Canadian

effective to offset our CO2 emissions

Electrical Association and the Coal

rather than try to reduce them any

Industry (CEA Study 905 G 696).

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DIRTY THINGS. Ofcourse, what we are referring to is The International Environment

and Ecology Exhibition, Crossroads.

From October 31 to November 6, 1990, leading intemational author ities on the environment will gather at Place Bonaventure in Montreal

to talk about trash, pollution, and various other pressing environ mental issues. And they'll have some practical advice for industry leaders who want to clean up their act.

Unquestionably, this promises to be the major Canadian environmental event of 1990.

And here's why.

TOP THINKERS TALK TRASH

Leading representatives from the diverse fields of science, industry, finance, law, politics, and education will be giving their expert opinions at this intemational conference.

Everybody wiU be here. Consul tants. Researchers. Public Organiza tions. And prevention groups too.

By focusing on the many different aspects of the environmental prob lem, the conference is guaranteed to present the complete picture.

It's informative, and it provides training and consultation as weU.

you to show-off your environmental control technology.

It's a prime opportunity for the world's researchers, developers, and manufacturers of waste management and recycling systems to display their wares. For you to display yours.

Crossroads will be an excellent

vehicle for generating industrial sales.

A tme marketplace. After all, the right people will all be there.

Among those in attendance will be industry leaders. It is well known that some environmental practices

have met with negative public opinion and the threat of stricter government regulations. So you know those leaders will be at

Crossroads, looking very closely at your anti-pollution devices and waste management systems.

Several hundred government and industrial leaders from developing countries wUl be there too, walking around the exhibition. Brought to Montreal under the auspices of the Canadian Intemational Development

Agency, they too will be interested in seeing the latest developments.

You will find that Crossroads will

draw the people you would like most to see: Y)ur customers; your market.

And where the conference leaves

off, the exhibition picks up.

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BIOQUAL '89 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a report from Edmonton Established as part of Canada's National Biotechnology strategy, BIOQUAL is a network of compan ies, universities, research organiza tions, and government agencies interested in the development of bio technology applicable to the envir

onmental protection industry for the preservation and enhancement of environmental quality. This net work seeks to encourage cooperative endeavours for research

and to

develop commercialization strate gies appropriate to the Canadian pollution control industry.

To advance these objectives, BIO QUAL sponsors an annual scien tific meeting to highlight advances in the field and to facilitate com munication between all sectors of

the R&D community.

BIOQUAL '89, the network's

fourth annual meeting was held in Edmonton on November 14-17, 1989, with the theme the Applica tions of Environmental Biotechnol

ogy to

Major Industrial Sectors.

Papers addressing the oil and gas industry included a toxicology tech nique to assess the environmental significance of waste sludge; pro cesses involving microorganisms and composting to degrade oily sludge; and a process for the in situ degradation of PCB-contaminated soils.

Pulp mill wastewater treatment processes included one using high rate upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactors and another employing ozone in conjunction with aerated lagoons.

For the coal mining industry, a bacteriological process was des cribed to degrade methane in coal mines,storage silos, and ship holds.

A process using artificial wetlands populated by cattails successfully removed nitrogen and other con taminants from coal mine wastewater.

The use of entomopathogenic nematodes for the control of tar

geted insect pests in the agricultural industry was described. Irrigation using municipal sewage lagoon effluent increased the yield of alfalfa hay substantially, and the judicious application of oily wastes improved the quality of agricultu rally marginal sandy soils without reducing grain production.

Delegates heard the results of an evaluation, on both pilot- and fullscale, of ozone and activated carbon for the treatment of drinking water.

papers,three panel discussions were held. Panelists discussing the regu latory dimensions of biotechnology represented government (federal and provincial), private, university, and general public sectors. This panel created a good deal of interest and elicited a lively discussion with and among the delegates. One area of common agreement was that, in the development of regulations for the control of biotechnology pro ducts and processes, the full partici pation of representatives from all affected sectors is essential.

The

delegates were very interested as well in the panels discussing the financing of R&D and demonstra tion projects, and the exploitation

and commercialization of R&D.

Approximately 100 delegates attended BIOQUAL '89, and 25 attended the Basic Environmental

Microbiology Workshop held the day before the Annual Meeting.

BIOQUAL '90 is tentatively planned for Fredericton, N.B. on September 19-21,1990. The first day will be jointly sponsored by the BIOFOR network which is holding its annual meeting in Fredericton on September 17-19. For moreinforma tion on these meetings, write to Dr. H.R. Elsenhauer, Technology Devel opment Branch, Conservation and Protection, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3, or phone (613) 991-1578. ES&E

Greater use of natural gas vehicles predicted More motorists may soon he able to convert their vehicles to natural gas through a less expensive and more reliable mechanical conversion kit, Ontario Energy Minister Lyn McLeod has announced.

The natural gas vehicle (NGV) conversion kit is being developed by YUGO-TECH in Mississauga with the help of a ministry EnerSearch grant of $43,800. An innovative fuel/air regulator in the kit could make the YUGO-TECH system more fuel-efficient and more envir

onmentally benign than other mechanical NGV conversion sys

cubic metres of proven natural gas reserves.

Canada's potential reserves of natural gas are esti mated in excess of seven trillion

tems.

Since natural gas is cleaner and less expensive than conventional transportation fuels, NGVs have a great deal of potential. But the YUGO-TECH project takes NGVs one step further, promising a system that consumes less fuel and produ ces even lower emissions," she announced.

The proposed system Advanced Gas Inducer System (AGIS) will be 10 percent less expensive than cur rent NGV conversion kits. In Onta

rio, some 6,000 vehicles have been converted to natural gas. This is about 0.1 percent of all vehicles on the road.

For the past decade, new supplies of natural gas have accumulated at almost double the rate of our total

domestic and export consumption.

There are large natural gas reserves in the western provinces, as well as arctic Canada. It is estimated that Canada has more than 2.5 trillion

cubic metres, a volume that exceeds present current domestic consump tion 100 fold. Projections call for additions

to

these

reserves in

volumes virtually equal to our domestic consumption and export requirements for the next 20 years.

Its low

carbon

content fuel

greatly reduces reactive hydrocar bons and carbon monoxide per unit of energy in the vehicles' exhaust stream. Methane,the primary com ponent of natural gas, does not con tribute to smog. Natural gas fuel does not emit lead and other harm

ful additives into the atmosphere as do liquid vehicle fuels.

Natural gas is a safe vehicle fuel, its lighter than air properties give natural gas a tremendous safety advantage over liquid fuels which puddle. After forty years of use in Italy, there have heen no road deaths or injuries attributed to the use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel.

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Managing the risks and costs of hazardous materiais storage mm â&#x2013; Hi

*

analysis of the environmental and operating data to identify areas, operations and facilities where the exposure to a release of the stored substances is greatest. Based upon the completion of a risk assessment, prioritization of existing facilities by means of a hazard ranking sys tem should he conducted. Prioritiza

tion will provide a clear picture of how available resources should be allocated.

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Integrity Certification and Remediation

Existing above-ground or belowground tanks and pipes should have integrity certification performed by independent, qualified, registered, professional engineers. A determi nation of the integrity of each active and inactive storage system should be performed. Systems which are leaking should be taken out of opera tion and the necessary repairs

We have become drama

tically aware of the con sequences of leaks and

losses of stored hazard

ous substances from under-ground and above-ground storage tanks and pipes in recent years. Fire and safety problems as well as environ mental contamination with its asso

ciated health risks,

are now

included in the serious threats asso

ciated with leakages. In addition, consider these sobering statistics generated by the U.S. Environmen tal Protection Agency, regarding financial consequences of storage system leaks: Clean-up of nearly 85% of all under ground fuel tank leaks costs from $20,000 to $50,000. That Is the low end. The next worse case are the 10% of Incidents In which leaks were not

detected In time to prevent extensive soil and groundwater contamination.

Site

remediation

costs

in

these

Instances range from $70,000 to $300,000.

Worse case spills, the remaining 5%, result in site restoration costs

ranging upward to several million dollars and may require the site owner to purchase neighboring properties that have been contami nated. The remediation costs asso

ciated with other types of hazardous materials are comparable.

The most effective means of min

imizing the risks associated with

hazardous materials storage is

through a comprehensive, yet costeffective, program of storage tank management which includes a sur vey of immediate site actions 26

By Jim Vaughan*

made.

required; integrity certification of existing systems; upgrade pro grams; and ongoing monitoring and maintenance.

Immediate Needs Survey Addressing the short-term needs of a hazardous materials storage system management program requires a survey of the environmen tal and operating conditions at all

existing facilities. The purpose of the survey is to show how conditions and procedures should he imme diately altered at the site in accor dance

with

the

most

current

standards of practice.

A regulatory requirement assess ment, conducted as part of the sur vey, determines what national, regional and local codes currently apply or may apply in the future to the design, construction, installa tion, operation and closure of hazardous materials storage sys tems.

Environmental conditions which should he accounted for include soil

and groundwater characteristics, along with site-specific characteris tics such as buried utilities (water works, sewer lines, etc.). Operating conditions include number, size, age, and type of storage systems; products stored and their character istics; as well as a history of the installation, maintenance, and repair of the various storage sys

Unconfined substances

should be traced from the origin of release, and a recovery and restora tion program should be imple mented.

Integrity certification must take into account design standards; com patibility of the hazardous waste material with the tank construction

material; cathodic protection mea sures; and tank integrity as estab lished by leak testing, inspection, and other measures.

A precision tightness test should be performed for underground stor age tanks and pipings. For aboveground storage tanks on cradles or supports, external visual inspection and ultrasonic shell thickness test

ing are needed. Aboveground stor age tanks on pads should have internal visual inspection and ultra sonic shell thickness testing. Inground sumps must undergo internal visual inspection and static liquid level determination. In addi tion, it is also useful during integrity certification to inspect any existing secondary containment to verify that it is tight and has sufficient capacity in case of a tank failure.

Upgrading Storage Systems Addressing the long-term needs of a hazardous materials storage system management program requires, as a first step, determina tion if any of the storage systems currently in use can be eliminated.

Hazardous waste storage systems

tems.

A risk assessment of each under

ground storage facility provides an

'General Manager Groundwater Technology, Inc.

Environmental Science & Engineering, July 1990

with minimal accumulation,

smaller multiple systems contain ing similar substances,and systems used only occasionally are all good candidates for closure.

In closing a storage system, sev

eral important points to be taken into account include: proper vapor purging of the tank (if ignitable); utilization ofthe appropriately sized removal equipment; proper removal and disposal of any remaining liq uids, solids, and the tank itself at an approved disposal facility; decon tamination of all associated equip ment; and restoration of the site to its original condition. A closure

plan would address closure activi ties, cost estimates, and financial

responsibility. The plan should also consider response action in the event that contaminated soil is encountered.

manufacturers' installation specifi cations, acceptable design stand ards, and institute a formal quality assurance/ quality control program for the installation. In addition, an independent, qualified installation inspector or registered professional engineer must supervise the instal lation and certify that industry

vaulted systems.

To assure that all monitoring equipment is operating properly, scheduled maintenance ofthe equip ment should be conducted. A perio dic sampling program, designed to identify constituents of concern, will meet regulatory requirements and document the integrity of the

installation

storage system.

standards

were

implemented.

Many companies are replacing underground storage systems with aboveground systems to more ade quately address fire marshal's and insurance companies' concerns. A new storage system installation (10,000 gallon) typically costs $30,000 to $50,000.

Monitoring & Maintenance

The long-term needs of a hazard ous materials storage system man-

Disposal and site restoration costs can range from $25,000 to $1 miiiion.

In order to reduce long-term cor

porate liability and achieve regula tory compliance, it is critical that soil screening be performed in the vicinity of the removed storage sys tem to verify that an environmental problem was not created through

the operation of the system.

Inability to remove or fully dec ontaminate

hazardous waste-

impacted soil requires implementa tion of post-closure care methodolo gies as they apply to landfills. Only in those situations in which removal of the tank will undermine a build

ing foundation, etc., is abandon ment in-place recommended.

agement program require develop

ment and implementation of an inventory monitoring program.

Based on the type ofstorage system, characteristics of hazardous waste

stored, available manpower, and local environmental circumstances, inventory monitoring can use either manual or automatic monitoring techniques.

Since all hazardous waste tanks

must be secondarily contained, it is required that (1) continuous moni toring he applied to double-walled tanks, and (2) daily monitoring occur for all externally lined or

Observation wells for vapor detection when the groundwater is greater than 20 feet deep are also becoming more prevalent. Vapor detection is limited to those wastes

having an elevated volatility and to coarse soils which readily permit vapor migration. Costs for vapor detection systems also range between $5,000 to $8,000.

Tightness testing of under ground storage systems is typically conducted as a part of the integrity certification. In addition, it may be prudent to periodically test (annu ally or semi-annually)older systems until they need to be replaced.

When testing a hazardous waste storage system, it is important to select an appropriate test method for the waste being tested. Make sure all testing variables (tempera ture, vapor pockets, water table, etc.) are adequately controlled. Make sure tests adhere to established pre cision test criteria. For test results

that are borderline, extend the length of the test and plot all data.

The most important consideration

is to select a qualified precision test ing firm (i.e., test operator),and to he sure to check the firm's references.

Be aware that many storage sys tems require some type of preparaContinued overleaf

The typical costs associated with a tank removal, assuming no losses,

range from

$12,000 to $20,000,

depending upon tank size, covering, and analytical testing. Disposal costs and the extent of site restoration are a function of amount of contamination

and can range from $25,000 to $1,000,000.

Storage system replacement is a key parameter of any storage tank maintenance program.

Other replacement criteria include the materials of construction, pumping system, type of containment, moni toring system, as well as the sub stances stored and environment of

operation.

The second, but equally as impor tant, aspect of a storage system replacement is the physical installa tion. To minimize the long-term potential for leaks and losses, it is advisable to use only established

reputable contractors, adhere to

ES&E Editor Tom Davey at the site of a modern waste treatment facility in Texas which effectively treats industrial wastes.

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Technology, Inc., was involved in the development of a management program for storage systems used by an automotive battery manufac turer primarily for keeping sulfuric acid. The storage systems consisted of multiple sumps, transfer fines

Managing the Risks and Costs continued tory work prior to testing. Most test methods require that a storage sys tem be completely full ofthe test liq uid, and most test equipment requires retrofit to test hazardous wastes. Where required, regulatory agencies must be notified of test results. The cost range for tightness tests is approximately $600 to $1,200 per test, depending upon storage system size and type of waste stored.

A maintenance program should address the

address;

•Inventory monitoring data acqui sition and reconciliation.

•Storage system technology.

•Equipment operation and mainte

and collection structures.

nance.

• Liquid transfer procedures.

• Release response procedures.

• Safety procedures.

The preliminary phase ofthe pro gram was an audit which evaluated all existing physical, operational and demographic factors relating to

• Regulatory reporting require

the use of the storage systems.

ments.

maintenance of all

mechanical and electronic equip ment, as well as the periodic moni toring of all storage systems. Visual leak inspections of all aboveground portions of the storage and han dling system should be conducted.

In addition, periodic ultrasonic shell thickness testing is a useful method for determining corrosion rates and anticipated life span of all vessels and piping.

Proper training of staff is vital to ensure that the hazardous materials

management program will be effec tive. Management and operators must be familiar with equipment and procedures necessary to operate storage systems efficiently and according to regulatory require ments. A training program should

Depending on storage system size and waste types tightness test costs can range from $600 to $1,200.

Typical Cases The exact details of a given stor

age tank management program will vary according to the nature of the material being stored, age and con dition of the existing storage sys tems, and the underlying character istics ofthe land on and in which the

tanks are located. Nevertheless,it is useful to review a couple of specific

examples to gain a more tangible idea of what the initial stages of tank management may involve.

Battery Acid: Recently Groundwater

Based on the audit results, var ious systems were prioritized and a certified integrity assessment was then performed on each system over a period ofseveral weeks. Theinteg rity assessment included: an engi neering determination of the structural integrity of the storage system; precision tightness testing of all associated fines; a stratified subsurface assessment designed to characterize the geologic matrix in the immediate vicinity of the stor age system and identify any con taminants present both in the soils

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and groundwater.

This approach also provided a monitoring system consistent with regulatory mandates until the exist ing systems could he replaced or ret rofitted with secondary contain ment.

Pharmaceutical Wastes: Another

engineering assessment of hazard ous waste storage and piping sys tems was conducted for a national

pharmaceutical manufacturer. The program, which included a physical inspection of the plant's 15 aboveand below-ground storage tanks, as well as 15 miles of piping through out the facility, took just 3 weeks.

Also included were design evalua tion, precision tank testing, a waste compatibility analysis and a regula tory assessment. Ultrasonic testing was used to determine if the lines

and aboveground tanks were struc turally sound. Ultrasonic transduc ers can measure tank and line thicknesses to 0.0001". Structural

soundness is determined by compar

ing measured values to established design values.

The lines were both visually inspected and ultrasonically tested from beginning to end to certify integrity. The underground tanks that could not be visually or physi

cally inspected were assessed using Precision Tank Testing procedures.

The waste analysis determined if the materials generated at the site were corroding the tank and line material. The design evaluation involved looking at the original drawings and specifications and assessing them in the light of cur rent design standards. The regula tory assessment determined what needed to be done to bring the site into compliance with regulatory applicable standards. The result of the assessment showed that, with the exception of one corroded tank, the facility was basically in com pliance with regulatory criteria.

That one tank was taken out of ser

vice immediately and replaced.

In summary:The managementof storage facilities is a serious respon sibility for any operation that must

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Hydrometry and Instrumentation — A calibrator's perspective

The science of Hydrometry

By Randy McLean, CET*

has become increasingly precise through the use of new technology. Although the path meanders from the original point gauge to the present-day microprocessor-based flow (secon dary device) computers, the net result is positive.

The requirement for accurate flow metering of industrial and municipal discharges to the envir onment has never been as stringent as it is today. The Ontario Environ mental Protection Act regulation 695/88 has added new meaning to the word accuracy, changing the practice of flow metering from an

In cases of open channel devices, and especially for flumes and weirs, the velocity of water through or over the device is entirely attributed to the constant force of gravity. This

implies that as long as the velocity can accurately be predicted and the flow area can be calculated, flow rate can be determined. Errors will

persist if the velocity is not fully attributed to the force of gravity or the area has not been accurately determined. The water flow area is

necessity. This transition has not been fully perceived as dischargers attempt to modify structures and devices hoping to satis:fy Cadillac requirements with Volkswagen

determined by accurately measur ing the water depth at the measur ing point while the channel or notch width is held constant or is predicta ble. Velocity of the flow through or over a device will NOT be fully attributable to the force of gravity if approach considerations are not

devices.

ideal.

In order to appreciate accuracy one should have some knowledge of the flow metering system and each

tions or approach velocity can not only affect the critical velocity pro

incidental occurrence to an absolute

Interference caused by obstruc

component's function and potential.

This would encompass an under standing of the primary device, the variable sensing element,the linear ization or primary device characterizer, and the output device (ie, integrator, recorder, display, etc.).

A primary device is that system element which quantitatively con verts the measured variable energy

file but can also affect the actual head measurement. Some causes of

this type of error can be compen sated for, however, limitations are device specific and very modest.

Standards have been developed, tried and tested for the proper instal lation and construction of primary devices.

Device selection is done

through a screening process consi dering range capabilities, approach conditions, channel slope and in some cases a modest degree of com pensation or accuracy drift if the device specific standards are not stringently adhered to. For devices

into a form suitable for measure

ment;ie. Parshall flume,notch weir, orifice, venturi tube, PalmerBowlus, etc. All primary devices operate through the empirical for mula of flow rate = velocity X area.

requiring ±5 percent of actual flow, these deviations and compensa tions are extremely modest or non existent.

The development of a primary device is usually driven by a need.

By using the "V" notch weir as an example ofthis statement the extent of device error may be illustrated.

The necessity for a device having an extensive range capability brought about the development of the "V" notch weir.

Unfortunately that device's high range capabilities impose heaviest upon the head sens ing element and the linearization devices.

The "V" notch weir has the high est exponential relationship between head and flowrate. If we consider the combined error caused

by the sensing and linearizing ele ment to be typically ±0.4%, that error is translated to ((1000.4)**2.5=) ±1 percent at full scale.

Compared to a device with a lower

exponential(i.e. Parshallflume 1.56) the error translates to ((1000 4)**i 56=) +0.62 percent. Specific

to the regulation, the secondary device used for process effluent must have an accuracy of ±2 percent of full scale. Comparing both systems and using the same sensing device, the "V" notch system may only allow all other components a com bined error of ±1 percent while the Parshall flume system allows ±1.38

percent, a full 8 bit resolution (1/(2**8)). *Randy

McLean

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president

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This may not be worth considera tion for a ±20 percent accuracy

requirement (i.e. combined or once through cooling water), however,in a calibration report all errors identi fied through the up/down cycle cali bration should be accounted for.

Closed pipe devices operate under numerous principles, however, they depend on the same empirical for mula as mentioned earlier. Specific to orifices and Venturis these devi ces hold the area constant while the

pressure upstream of the device compensated by the immediate pres sure drop caused by the device is pro portional to velocity and therefore, under constant area conditions, flow rate. The exponential relating differential pressure to flow rate of these devices is 0.5(square root).

Following the relationship, already discussed using a high exponential device, or high range device, the accuracy calculation using a square root extractor shows improvement. The limitations for square root extraction devices is their range capability which is rela tively small. Major errors occur with the square root extraction at flow rates less than 20% of the systems range. Ifthe pressure sensing device has an error of±0.4% thatin turn will translate to a flow error of±1%. For

causing interference or distortion to ultrasonic sound travel. One major and often overlooked compensation is the adjustment ofthe signal due to the effects of temperature on sound travel. Temperature compensation must be immediate as the compen sation is to adjust the head reading in

the

measurement channel

through accurately measuring the distance to the water surface and

the mounting face of the trans ponder. If temperature fluctuations are dramatic (i.e. 4 degrees within minutes as observed by the author) and the temperature sensor cannot respond to this change, error in flow measurement could be as high as 8% (.18% error/degree Celsius * surface distance/head**exp2.5).

Bubbler tube backpressure sys tems and wetted differential pres sure devices have been observed to be in serious error which is non-

compensatible and thus some flow histories can only be referred to with a relatively large degree of uncer tainty.

All other elements in the secondary component system must be considered as separate entities open to error through interference of the technique used to transmit or compute all signals. This holds true for microprocessor-based devices.

however, this error may not be eas ily discovered or compensated for.

The combinations of primary devices, sensing techniques, signal transmission, linearization, output devices, compensation and others are too vast to be addressed under

one heading. Volumes have been written on open channel primary devices alone while continuing advances in variable sensing tech niques and signal telemetry keep the 'Best Available Technology' spotlight constantly on the move.

With the advent of the accuracy required by the MISA regulations, flow measurement can no longer be treated as an off-the-shelf commod

ity. To meet this stringent accuracy requirement, applications guide lines must be strictly adhered to.

Hydrometry must be considered fully at the conception stage of all new facilities discharging to the environment. Existing facilities and metering structures must be extremely careful in the reporting of flow accuracy. Considering instal lations through the eyes ofa calibra tor and following the guidelines of acceptable installation and opera tions practices, one finally realizes the true meaning of accuracy. ES&E

tunately the saving grace is in the regulation which stipulates the most stringent accuracy require

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These elements which measure

the variable(s) and translate into

signals directly proportional to flow can generally be referred to as the secondary device. These devices utilize numerous methods of varia

ble sensing, linearization, signal transmission and output.

The newer units have developed around the microprocessor and come deli vered complete and ready for instal lation.

Errors

may

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The apparent trend in head or level measurement is toward ultra sonic distance measurement. These

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Innovative Canadian wastewater

technology treats dairy waste In Maryland

An innovative and cost-

it was concluded that BVF"" anae

robic pretreatment, followed by ment facility in Frederick, aerobic pretreatment, would be a Maryland, uses a natural cost-effective means of complying biological process developed by ADI with discharge limits.

Various International Inc. of Frederlcton, NB, anaerobic systems were evaluated to treat its process wastewater, pro competitively by High's, and the duce a cleaner effluent and a steady BVF technology was judged to be flow of biogas. the best system to meet wastewater The High's Dairies Inc.(High's) treatment requirements.

Wastewater Treatment Facility is a The BVF system, or anaerobic secondary treatment system con reactor installed at High's is a steel sisting of an ADI-BVFÂŽ low-rate tank, 137 ft. diam. by 25 ft. high. Its anaerobic reactor followed by an reactive volume is 2.5 MG and is activated sludge plant. The wastedesigned for a wastewater flow of water treatment system is designed 180,000 gal/d and an average COD to handle all process water and loading of 18,000 Ib/d. The reactor whey generated by High's. is covered by a floating, insulated, High's produces a variety of flexible geomembrane cover that is dairy products (cottage cheese, designed to maintain proper reactor yogurt, etc.) for local markets. Was temperature, collect biogas,and pre tewater resulting from High's dairy vent escape of odors. Control of odor activities was pumped to its existing is a prime consideration because of treatment facilities, and contribut complaints High's had received ing significant pollution loads to the while operating its former treat municipal sewage treatment plant ment facilities. Biogas produced in (STP). The City, under pressure the reactor is drawn off under from the Maryland EPA to reduce vacuum by a PLC-controlled,duplex its municipal STP pollution dischar blower system, then burned in a ges(which eventually end up in Che- multi-fuel boiler to produce steam. sapeake Bay; an ecologically Final effluent from the treatment sensitive area), asked High's to plant flows by gravity to the City develop a plan to reduce its pollution sewer. To date, COD and BOD rem load. The initial plan involved in- ovals have exceeded 90 percent in plant process modifications and the the anaerobic system. Overall treat removal of whey from the treatment ment plant COD,BOD and SS remo process in an effort to reduce the pol vals have exceeded 95 percent. lution loading to the treatment facil The wastewater treatment facil ities. Whey was stored on-site and then trucked, at considerable cost to ity was a supply-and-install system High's, to local farms for use as by ADI and Davis Water and Waste animal feed. However, High's was Industries, Inc. In addition to the also receiving odor complaints, par ticularly during the summer. These odors originated from High's exist ing wastewater treatment facilities which were overloaded even though whey was not being treated in them.

High's concern with finding a means of disposing of the wastewater from the plant safely, effec tively, and at a reasonable cost, prompted a further look at wastewater treatment requirements.

Unfortunately, dairy wastewater can be very difficult to treat, often requiring expensive treatment facil ities and large energy inputs for con effective wastewater treat

wastewater treatability study and the wastewater characterization

and flow study, the scope of ADI supply included: overall site plan of the total treatment system; design, drawings and specifications for a pile-supported, reinforced concrete foundation for the BVF reactor and

the aerobic system tank; design, drawings and specifications for anaerobic and biogas yard piping; design input for the control build ing; supply and installation of the heat exchanger, biogas handling equipment, internal equipment for the BVF reactor, floating mem brane cover, boiler and electrical and controls systems; and commis sioning and training services including preparation of a process operating manual for process start up of the anaerobic facilities includ ing biogas utilization. Construction commenced in 1988 and was com

pleted in 1989.

With over twenty systems either operating or in the design/construc tion stage, ADI's anaerobic exper tise has been recognized in locations worldwide.

Currently, ADI-BVF systems are treating wastewaters in Canada, USA, England, France and India. Anaerobic processes work best on wastewaters which are

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Oilcontinues to be a major

rate. The mechanisms for the break down of oil-in-water emulsion are

Peat Filters for Oil Removal containing waters are constantly looking for more efficient, and yet

likely to he the sequential action of

source of energy but the production, transporta tion, and use of oils and oil products often cause environ mental pollution. Oil interfere with light and oxygen transfer mecha nisms, imparts taste and odor, causes toxicity to aquatic life and creates unsightly conditions. The environmental concerns have led to

ferent oil-in-water emulsions nor

stringent discharge requirements from 15 to as low as 1 mg/L of oil depending upon the location of the discharge point. The industries are also hard pressed for the reclaim of the once-through process water for reuse within the plant. Thus industries, which discharge oil-

mally encountered in the industrial

The disposal of oil-sorhed peat would he environmentally accepta ble as it can he burned,used as a fuel

cost-effective

methods

for

treat

filtration and coalescence.

While

to absorb oil. Research undertaken

larger oil drops are filtered and/or adsorbed by peat,smaller drops coa lesce until they can he filtered out.

Depending upon the emulsion type and stability and flow rate, an efflu

at the University of Regina, Saskat

ent oil concentration of less than 1-4

chewan, Canada has shown the effectiveness of peat in treating dif

mg/L can he achieved in a 300 mm peat filter.

ment, reuse or disposal.

An inexpensive medium such as horticultural peat has been shown

streams.

Results show that a 300 mm peat filter can remove from 34 to 99 per cent of oil from a number of oil-inwater emulsions.

The removals

depend primarily on the type of the emulsion, its stability and the flow

(with increased heat values due to adsorbed oil), or land-filled.

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The OREC standard: The highest quality in the industry The OREC Model 03H16/32-ARO is designed to operate on either oxygen or air. Ozone output ranges from 16 pounds per day with air or 32 pounds per day with oxygen.

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Design flexibility The flexibility of the Canadian made AER-O-DISK RBC makes it ideal forall

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AER-O-DISK RBCs comprise several

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Nitrification RBCs can also be used for extensive

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Announces Canada's National

Environmental Awards Program Environmental Science & Engineering recog nizes the crucial impact environmentai profes sionals have on our society - an impact seidom understood by the public they serve so well.

ES&E sponsors a National Environmental Awards Program.

Judging will be based on thesound application of innovative science and engineering in projects which treat water, wastewater, or which have a

beneficial effect on the environment through energy management, air pollution abatement, flood controls or other in-place-works. Reports, studies, or other "Soft Engineering" projects will be considered in all categories. The judges'deci sions will be final and will be made independently of ES&E.

Categories are; Potable water. Water drinking processes, treat ment plants, aquifer remediation or other technoiogies used in drinking water treatment supply

Mike Provart, M.M. Dillon (left), receives award plaque from Tom Davey in the 1989 ES&E National Environ mental Awards Program at the Sudbury AWWA Con

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Wastewater treatment. Any plant or process treating industrial or municipal wastes with such variants as energy management or recycling.

Air Pollution. Any project, or equipment used to mitigate air pollution problems. This category includes those projects dealing with indoor air quality problems which deal with occupational health and safety.

Equipment. Processes, systems, monitoring or analytical instruments, or treatment equipment which advance the state-of-the-art in water and

wastewater treatment or air pollution abatement.

How to Enter. We would appreciate a notice of intent but all entries which qualify, and which arrive by July 31,1990, will be considered. Entries must be in a binder approximately 11" x 8". A 1,200 word summary of the project - a maximum three pages - should be enclosed, along with drawings, photographs and captions. If the draw ings cannot be reduced conveniently, they may

be sent in pockets, or bound so they can be unfolded. Short excerpts of specifications, where relevant, may be included. Additional data may be presented through captioning.

While entries should be neat,concise and writ ten with clarity, elaborate or expensive presenta tions are actively discouraged.

Winning entries wil l be announced in the Fall of 1990, honoured by an engraved plaque and also published in ES&E. Presentations will be made at the October, 1990 Environment Con gress in Toronto. A poster session of finalists' work is also being planned in cooperation with professional associations.

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Ozone for the treatment of

drinking water suppiies

People expect their drinking

water to be pure, safe and clean. When the tap is turned on, we make uncon scious judgments as to the colour and odour of the water that gushes out. In the glass we examine the clarity and as we swallow, we judge the taste. Typically, people speak of drinking water as a tasteless, odour less, colourless liquid. These are the observable quality characteristics that we apply each time we drink.

Similar judgments are made of the water in the bath or the shower.

that is, over a period of ingestion

By Ronald L. Larocque, P.Eng.*

and the daily flood ofindustrial con taminants that pour into our water supplies.

Water treatment typically con sists of collection, screening to remove floating debris, sedimenta tion to remove solids, oxidation to remove metals, taste, odour and colour,filtration to remove finer particulate and disinfection to destroy biological activity.

It is equally important that the treatment process does not add any thing to the water supply that is

THMs have been demonstrated to cause cancer.

Chloroform is an

example of a THM. In Europe, oxidation and disin fection have commonly been under taken using another substance, ozone, the same beneficial product that protects us in the upper atmos phere from the harmful effects of ultraviolet irradiation emanating from the sun. The so called "hole"in

the ozone layer is also attributed to the harmful effects of chlorinated

substances. It is interesting to note

These are all very important judgements, hut of course they are only superficial indicators of the quality of the water. Water treat ment professionals are primarily

harmful to humans. In North Amer

tions at about 25 km above the

ica, the primary chemical for oxida

concerned with the human con

tion

sumption and safe use aspects of treated potable water. These con

chlorine. The problem with chlo rine, is that it not only oxidizes, it

earth's sufrace) would form, at standard temperature and pressure, a layer only 3 mm thick.

The recognition of ozone can be traced hack to antiquity when Homer's Epics report upon its char acteristic odour after a lightning storm. The discovery is credited to F.C. Shonbein, who in 1840 pub lished papers equating the odour from electrical discharges with that of lightning and naming it ozone after the Greek, to smell. In 1890,

and

disinfection

has

been

cerns involve such indicators as dis

also chlorinates. This means that it

solved solids content, suspended solids content and biological con

forms chlorinated compounds that remain in our water supplies.

In the 1970's, various studies indicated that the practice of prechlorination, that is chlorine addition at the beginning of the water treat ment process, could cause chlori nated by-products to be formed.

These chlorinated byproducts are known as Trihalomethanes, or THMs. THMs are carcinogenic,

tent.

It is highly important that the water we drink be disinfected com

pletely, that it be free of any toxic bacteria, virus, spores, fungus or

cysts that are harmful to humans.

In our industrial age, it is as impor tant that drinking water be free of heavy metals, pesticides, fertilizers

that the total amount of ozone con

tained in the "ozone layer" (which has its highest ozone concentra

Ohimuller discovered the bacterici dal effects of ozone. Ozone has been

used In drinking water treatment since 1906, at the Bon Voyage Plant in Nice, France.

In the gaseous form, ozone is colourless, however it appears bluish in large layer thicknesses.

Liquid ozone is bluish black and its crystals are violet blue. The human nose is highly sensitive to ozone's characteristic pungent odour which can be experienced at a photocopier, on its first starting, in the morning or in your electrostatic air cleaner on your furnace.

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The above layout Is of the Township of Atikokan's Water Treatment plant, which was the first in Ontario to use ozone. Completed In 1988, the plant

replaced a 35 year old pumphouse which supplied flouridated and disinfected

oxidize materials that weaker oxidants cannot. Ozone is the tria-

tomic, allotropic form of oxygen.

river water to the community. Designed by M.M. Dillon Ltd. to treat 6,000 m^ of

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and

has sometimes been

called

active oxygen because of its very bigb oxidation potential.

Ozone reacts and decomposes quickly, reverting back to molecular oxygen. The balf-life of ozone, in air, is about 20 minutes. The balflife of ozone in water can be shorter

than one minute or as long as 30 minutes, depending upon many fac tors.

In the upper atmosphere,ozone is formed as part of a complex chemi cal reaction that is temperature and altitude dependent. This natural process occurs all the way up

through the atmosphere, and has been occurring since the formation of an oxygen containing atmos phere.

A photochemical process, for which ozone has been labeled a pol lutant, is another spontaneous reac tion that occurs under the influence

of solar radiation in the presence of

nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbon pollutants emanating from the exhaust gases of motor cars. This is the situation that plagues Los Angeles and other urban centers afflicted with smog and under these circumstances Ozone can be harmful to human life.

Chemically, ozone can be formed by the dissociation of oxygen rich chemical compounds, such as the catalytic dissociation of hydrogen

peroxide. Chemonuclear methods can be employed, which use the large energy available from such reactions to form ozone.

Another

method, known as the thermal method, raises the temperature of an oxygen rich gas and ozone is formed by molecular impact.

Ozone is formed in the proximity

of ultraviolet lamps and this process is employed to produce ozone com mercially at low concentration lev els and low production yields. It is also formed naturally by the dis charge of electricity as occurs dur ing a thunderstorm. This latter process is the basis of the design that is used to produce large quanti ties of ozone for drinking water treatment in a commercial ozone generator.

It is important to recognize that our water supplies are a natural resource.

This reference is to the

global resource and notjust the Can adian water supplies. It is further significant to recognize that the vast majority of our water is tied up in the oceans and polar caps and is not readily available to us, as pota ble water supplies. What water is available to us, for the most part, is subject to more and more contami nation by domestic,commercial and industrial pollutants.

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When ozone is applied, as a gas, in drinking water treatment, it is done primarily because of its oxidative strength. This powerful oxida tion potential allows ozone to be effective in the reduction or elimina

tion of colour,taste and odour, all of which may be fundamental prob lems associated with a specific water supply. More importantly, ozone will effectively destroy bacte ria and inactivate virusses more

rapidly than any other disinfectant chemical.

Ozone is used to oxidize heavy metals. Iron and manganese can be reduced to very low, safe levels in water supplies through ozone oxida tion. This same process is used to liberate organically bound heavy metals, which are otherwise not eas ily decomposed by chlorine. The

presence of heavy metals in some water supplies is the result of the natural decay of vegetation in the water.

Ozone, applied at the start of the water treatment process, will not lead to the formation of halogenated compounds or THMs which are manufactured when chlorine is added to the raw water. Once THMs

are formed,they are difficult to oxid ize, even with ozone.

So ozone can be used as an oxi-

dant, when applied at the early stages of water treatment, or it can he used as a disinfectant, where it is applied at the latter stages of water treatment. Whatever ozone gas is not used in drinking water treat ment is collected and converted

back to oxygen before being released to the atmosphere.

Other applications of ozone

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include waste water effluent disin

fection, prior to injection to a receiv ing stream; malodourous air treatment, such as found at a sew age treatment plant; disinfection of bottled water; bleaching of pulp, in lieu of chlorine; swimming pool and spa water treatment; oxidation of contaminants in the production of ultra pure water and in many other applications.

Quite simply,ozone does nothing more than oxidize. That is, using a natural process, contaminants are reduced or eliminated.

Because

ozone is an unstable molecule, the

process of oxidation is accelerated.

Consequently, by generating ozone from the oxygen in the air that we breath and applying it to our water supplies, where the ozone oxidizes the contaminating compounds, we are using nature's own process of disinfection.

On the other hand, chlorine does

two things; it not only oxidizes less effectively than ozone, hut it also chlorinates and in performing the latter it becomes in itself a pollutant of our potable water, through the formation of trihalomethanes.

Ozone is very unstable, and has a very short half-life,so it must be pro duced at the treatment site. Unlike

chlorine, a hazardous material, which must be transported along our rail transport routes and our highways, where accidents could result in the release of toxic chlorine

gas, ozone is used at the point of manufacture. Excess ozone is des

troyed by a simple process, and the very short half-life of ozone means that it dissociates back to oxygen.

There are more than two thou39

Ozone for drinking water treatment continued sand installations worldwide which

Alberta for various water treatment

use ozone to treat drinking water. In France, Switzerland and Germany, ozone is the disinfection process of note. Ozone is employed in most European countries. The largest ozone production facility for water treatment is located in Moscow, with a daily capacity that exceeds 20,000 lbs. Ozone water treatment is used in Singapore, in Japan and

applications.

Up until 1986, ozone had been installed in no more than 25 water

treatment plants in the United States. With the promulgation of the EPA Safe Drinking Water Regu lations of 1986, the use of ozone in the treatment of drinking water in the USA has exploded. There are

Saudi Arabia.

In Canada, there are over sixty water treatment plants which use ozone in some capacity. Ozone has been used extensively in drinking water treatment systems in the pro vince of Quebec, since 1954, when

water treatment was started at the

Atikokan plant in 1987* and the next Ontario potable water facility to employ ozone will be the Man nheim plant in the Regional Munici pality of Waterloo. Ozone is used by municipalities in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and

water treatment and distribution structure.

When the second stage of the EPA regulations come into effect in the coming years, as many as 10,000 smaller drinking water treatment facilities will be looking to add ozone oxidation processes to their drinking water treatment.

The treatment of our drinking water supplies in the 90's and on into the next century will require new

approaches that recognize the con taminated nature of our sources of

potable water. Ozone, along with

the first Canadian installation was commissioned at Ste. Therese. The

largest Canadian installation, at the City of Montreal, uses 7,500 lbs./day of ozone to disinfect 500 million gallons per day. The first installation in Ontario,for drinking

City of L.A. already boasts the larg est ozone system for treating drink ing water in North America at a daily capacity exceeding 11,000 lbs./day. They are presently in the design stages to add as much as ten times that capacity to their total

other

presently more than one hundred and fifty ozone treatment plants under design or construction in the United States. In the next five years many hundreds oflarger municipal ities will be adding ozone to their water treatment plants. This list includes such cities as New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fort Worth, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The

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treatment tech

niques, can ensure that our water supplies are safe, without adding contaminants, such as chlorinated by-products, to our already bur dened environment. ES&E

Excerpted from a presentation at The Environment Congress in Toronto.

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Devastation by indecision Where did it all begin and, more important, where will it end? Are

By Philip Jones, P.Eng.

Today,talk of the rape and

some of the cries of environmental

pillage of the environment by industry is common and often justified. The public gives a high priority to restoring the environment to health. But just when we need it most, the environ mental movement has lost sight of its goals. Where before it was con

alarm unfounded? Will they con tinue to cynicism in public opinion, to a situation in which the warnings of the interest groups are ignored, even when they are firmly founded

I

in scientific fact?

How are we to

overcome paralysis and make the difficult trade-offs involved in envir

onmental protection?

cerned to be well informed and credi

ble, it now demands absolute solutions from industry and govern

To be an effective intervener, you must be organized and form a clearly identifiable group. You must

ments in a world that cannot accom

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modate them. The result ofimpossi ble demands is paralysis.

The

environmental

movement

began as a cry in the wilderness and grew as more people recognized the real threat of pollution. Frustrated citizens were not being heard or were being studiously ignored.

Later the movement grew into a cot tage industry with many competing branches.

Now it has become a

multi-national enterprise with vested interests of its own.

The members of the fledgling movement were well-informed inter-

Dr. P.H. Jones

veners, supported by scientists and engineers, who kept a watching brief on the polluters. In the inter vening years, they have come to resemble fanatics.

Witness the

picket lines at Baie Comeau last year, when I was sure we were about to witness our first casualty - and not from PCBs themselves,butfrom the actions of the protesters and police.

mation on the subject of the inter vention. Unfortunately, much of the information used by today's environmentalists is selected to sup port a particular position. Sources are rarely cited to validate state ments and a balanced contrary view is never presented. The result is dis tortion.

The media, the major source of public information, never fail to tell us that PCBs "are believed to be linked to cancer." Journalists never Continued

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Devastation by Indecision continued say who believes this or tell us what

opinion would he called brainwash

kind of cancer they mean. They never identify the sources of this information, nor are their sources'

ing.

Today, led by the protest groups,

qualifications presented to the pub lic for scrutiny. Television news and daily papers feel no need to cite evi

society appears to want the removal of every last molecule of every organic substance that may have

dence incriminating PCBs or other

been associated at any concentra tion with any disorder at any time.

"toxic substances" and the constant

We seek a zero-risk environment

repetition has made the"facts" self-

while permitting,even encouraging, other high-risk activities, such as driving a car. The consequences of this contradictory public attitude are grave. Faced with real prob lems, unable to make real choices, we simply fail to act.

The PCB issue is symptomatic.

Locked in a cargo vessel, the PCB

evident.

But we would be hard

pressed indeed to find any health scientist to say with any conviction that PCBs are a serious health prob lem. And we never hear from electri

cal workers who have worked up to their elbows in PCBs for years with no ill effects.

residues from

A respected environmental scientist told me that the role of the

environmental interest groups is to maintain the anxiety level ofsociety at a high enough level to ensure action. In an already overstressed society it seems quite irresponsible to artificially maintain a high level of public anxiety. The continual ref erence to cancer on radio and televi

sion and in newspapers and magazines incites fear and leads many unsuspecting persons to join protest gn^oups. In any other context this attempt to manipulate public

St. Basil-le-Grand

made a return trip across the Atlan tic, turned back in Britain by Green peace, the environmental group. In another c^ise, more than $1 million was spent in northern Ontario to deal with the spill of a very small amount of PCBs on the trans-

Canada highway. And these inci dents occurred despite the fact that facilities to destroy this material already exist in Canada.

may he able to understand the con cept of parts-per-billion or parts-perquadrillion, but we are quite unable to predict with any degree of cer tainty the impact of infinitesimal concentrations of most substances

on the public health. (I call this fear of infinitesimal quantities of com plex substances microchemophobia). Protest groups claim that absolute safety cannot be assured, and they are right, hut surely no one would suggest that the storage of PCBs awaiting an accidental fire at St. Basil-le-Grand provides an eco logically safer solution than the engineered and controlled combus tion in a cement or other rotary kiln designed for the purpose.

There is no doubt that hazardous

chemicals pose serious environmen tal problems. Indeed, we estab lished

the

Ontario

Waste

Management Corporation in 1981 to deal with them. But the corporation has not been able to dispose ofthese substances because so many people read the papers and watch TV and "know" that disposal of wastes is dangerous. That other countries have succeeded isn't news. Den

mark, Germany, Finland, France

Much of our confusion results

and the United States now have

from our new-found ability to detect complex substances at ever lower

treatment and disposal facilities operating on sites near the indus

concentrations.

Now some of us

trial facilities that use the materials

in their manufacturing processes.

Moreover, the local people are appa

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to learn by the example ofothers. We prefer paralysis. As we agonize and procrastinate over PCBs, other environmental problems are ignored. Consider the question of Metropolitan Toronto's solid wastes. The commissioner of works

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sades are highly specialized and often contradictory. We are asked.

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for instance,to ban both the practice of using refuse for landfill and of incinerating it. We are asked, in fact, to ban anything that could con ceivably solve the garbage problems of large municipalities. The protest groups consistently fail to examine the scientific facts supporting the safety or, to put it accurately, the relative merits of any of the pro posed solutions.

We complain, quite justifiably, of government overspending, high taxation and high interest rates, and yet we insist that the govern

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not a dtoP IsijY y

ment take action on the environ

ment.

But before it can act, we

demand zero effluent and no risk.

Changes in manufacturing technol ogy brought about in response to

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societal demand can and will reduce

the pollution of our planet. But attempting to bring about the abso lute elimination of all contaminants

would consume our entire gross domestic product and still not achieve the objective.

Society is now in a complete state of confusion, unable to differentiate between real problems and imagi nary ones. Ironically, the environ mental movement and the media -

those who alerted us to the dangers in the first place - are making it

impossible for us to choose. And yet choices, difficult ones, are essential.

We must come to terms with the fact that we face trade-offs - between

incineration and controlling air pol lution, burying wastes and recy cling.

Never in the history of environ mental management has the con

cept of trade-off been so critical. And yet even highly intelligent, welleducated people are having trouble

deciding which crusade to follow, what to trade off against what.

Which is the biggest threat, to burn wastes or do nothing? But by our indecision, we are in fact making decisions in favour of the status quo - the most dangerous and environ mentally devastating course possi ble.

The only way to optimize the use of our intellectual and physical resources is by making trade-offs and applying our finite resources to the issues of major concern, not by dissipating them on demonstrably trivial problems.

I have been a professional in the field of pollution control since the late 1940s. I am therefore quite aware of"where we came from". In

those days,it was almost impossible to persuade a local municipal coun cil to build a sewage treatment

plant. The rivers will wash it away, the politicians said; the lakes are large, the oceans larger, we were told. This was the response 45 years ago. I agree that we must never again return to that level of public indifference.

Environmental groups are inval uable as a conscience and exposer of blatant pollution. However, when they dedicate their activities to con demning the best available solu tions they may become counter productive, even dangerous. They must

understand

that the

vast

majority of scientists are not the controlled vassals of greedy indus try, but honest, well-informed peo ple who are just as concerned as they are about the good of the planet. So let's learn from the scien tifically literate and not seek the technological and scientific appro val of well-meaning amateurs. ES&E

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WHMIS — an insider's perspective merits first under OSHA,the Cana dian legislation sets a more comprehensive standard.

The scope ofthe changes WHMIS has initiated is dramatic and goes far beyond the legislation itself.

WHMIS can be viewed simply as an

By Alex Keen*

In 1979,1 had my first encounter with WHMIS; The Workplace

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tion System.

As a corporate

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Petroleum Canada, I was given the

assignment to review and comment on the document,recognizing it was

proposed legislation. What a daunt ing task!

As health and safety legislation, my first impression was that it was long, verbose, and very detailed. It required such specific actions from industry that there was little room to develop cost effective and effi cient programs to meet the spirit and intent of the legislation. This formed the basis for my comments on behalf of my employer. After a year and a half of tracking develop ments, activity decreased and I was assigned to other projects. I never mentioned to my supervisor that I was just as happy.

Eleven years later, I have changed my thinking. WHMIS has become installed in the fabric of our

Alex Keen

working society throughout Can ada. In many ways, it is as impor tant as the Canada Labour Code

and Provincial Health and Safety Acts across the country and,signifi cantly, may have had more impact in a shorter length of time. Canada is leading the way with this legislation and,in fact, is counselling other inter ested countries and organizations such as in the European community and the International Labour Organi

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munication system, the individual employee is generally more involved in the process because he/she has more knowledge with which to assess situations. Significantly, it has been noted by professionals in the field that they are surprised

What does the future hold for WHMIS? A lot of discussion is cen

They will be concerned with encou raging more focused training by modifying training standards as well as addressing the need for qual ity control provisions with which to

tering around the aspect oftraining.

In the original legislation there was

rate the training.

Finally, everything considered,

there have not been more work ref

little

usals. It is possibly too early to tell if this is due to the training and infor mation transfer aspect of WHMIS, but the premise is that an informed employee will not over-react to a sus pected hazard.

If the intent of WHMIS was to get employees involved in health and safety, WHMIS has been a resound ing success! Although compliance to the initial requirements ofthe leg islation may not be 100%, a subjec

guidelines. Only Manitoba went further in its standards to specify training guidelines. Currently, a been

WHMIS represents one of the most successful legislative programs implemented. Its impact is signifi cant over and above the specifics of the regulation because it alerts the

formed to take a stronger look at training standards. The committee is comprised ofrepresentatives from each province and Labour Canada.

I am surprised I can be so compli mentary after that initial reading eleven years ago. ES&E

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river plume responds to the prevail ing winds and the general circula

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A magnetic instrument, in addi tion to requiring a precisely aligned magnet for separation of the masses, has a high requirement for precision in the placement offocuss ing slits and ion collectors. These parameters are usually factory aligned and field conversions are not possible.

A quadrupole, on the other hand, is fairly tolerant in this area since resolution is largely an electrical function.

The analyzer ion source is of the

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tion, the design must permit service and maintenance by personnel of moderate technical expertise such as that required for existing process analyzers.

The mass spectrometer analyzer

are employed for redundancy.

Resolved ions leaving the quad rupole are detected by either a Fara day type collector or an electron multiplier. The Faraday is preferred for bulk type analyses where compo

and its associated electronics are housed in a NEMA 4 enclosure

nent concentrations range from 0.1 to 100%. For high sensitivity detec tion, where components are in the ppm range,the electron multiplier is used since it has a gain in the order

which meets Class I, Group B, C, D, Division 1 hazardous area require ments.

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sequencing and calibration sys tems, displays analytical . ata and transmits to other data systems.

conventional electron

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of 10= to 106.

Vacuum for the analyzer is pro vided by a turbomolecular pump operating in series with a rotary mechanical pump. Turbomolecular pumps have demonstrated reliabil ity and can run for years with only minimal maintenance.

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maintenance items, or contami

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Operations Mass spectrometer operations are programmed and controlled by a 286 computer acting in concert with an on-board microprocessor. Mass spectral data can be acquired in a number of ways, ranging from sin gle peak monitoring to a full 16 com ponent analysis in up to 50 streams or sample points. In order to fully exploit the utility and versatility of

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Calibration

Calibration is carried out on a

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Air pollution analyses continued stored in a run data file. This data

printed and/or transmitted to an

may be called up at any time with out interruption of the normal ana lytical cycle and displayed as bar graphs, trends, or arithmetic reduc tion to averages, standard devia tion, maximum/minimum values, etc. Data retrieval may also be a scheduled event whereby the file is

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Applications By its very nature, the mass spec trometer offers the ultimate in speed

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materials are under increased pres sure to monitor and report their presence in the plant atmosphere.

Threshold detection limits and

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Materials such as aro

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The role of the engineer In sustainable development In a masterful presentation during Engineering Week, Roy Altken, P.Eng., convincingly demolished any notion that engineers are poor com municators. He touched on Neolithic

Man's use of fire, Greek philosophy, the development of steam engines, the Industrial Revolution, and early mining and smelting which had a devastating effect on environment.

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accuracy of his analysis. Unfortu nately, he would also have to con clude that we did not listen to him.

Since Aristotle's time, successive societies have found a vast variety of ingenious ways to shower abuse on the water, the earth and the air.

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ing, driven by the growing demands of consumer societies, and made possible, in large measure, by the ingenuity of successful industrial ists, merchants, businessmen, many of them engineers or at least, ably assisted by their engineers.

The impacts, accumulated over the centuries, are at the point now where they can no longer be ignored; and they are not being ignored.

Today the state of the environment

Ironically, it is Aristotle's fourth element, fire, which has particular significance in terms of abuse; ironic because it is the mastery of the use offire that has differentiated

the human race from every other

species which has lived. In fact it is doubtful if this species could have survived until today without achiev ing this mastery over fire.

It was around 7,000 B.C. that Neo lithic Man developed techniques for

making fire. Early man learned how to strike sparks from pyrites, using flints, one of the earliest uses of nonrenewable resources. While the orig inal uses of fire were modest, they included the start ofslash and burn

as a simple form of agricultural technology. Modest use ofthat tech nique has been, and still can be pro ductive, but today its application is reaching a zenith in the clearing of the Amazonian rain forest. It is in fire that the seeds of destruction of

this species can be found and we ignore its side effects, greenhouse gas induced climate changes, at our own risk.

Yet, in spite of the dangers, it is fire that has given us the ability to capitalize on the mineral resources of the planet, the non-renewahles, and to develop the civilization we now know. This is a civilization which could not exist without their

use, a civilization which in large measure is the result of engineering genius applied to their use.

Just think for a moment about

our current lifestyles. From the moment we climb out of a bed, which is held together, or sprung with materials

derived

from

non-

renewable resources; have a shower

with hot water, pumped, heated and piped by means of non-renewable resource products; put on clothes, which, even if they are all natural fibre, have been woven or tailored using non-renewable resource based machinery; eat breakfast from plates, using cutlery, both of which are from non-renewable resources; drive to work or travel on trains or

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which are built almost 100% from non-renewable resources. Then we

work in factories, offices or class rooms

constructed

from

non-

renewable steel, brick or glass. Then we use implements which, be they lathes, computers or blackboards, inevitably contain the products of non-renewable resources.

The list

goes on and on in a society which is the product of non-renewable resource use.

Moving through the history of developing techniques and technol ogies since Aristotle, it can be seen most use increasing amounts of energy as a result of fire being brought under human control.

By the time the human race reached the 18th century, Man was

ready for a move from the typical agrarian-handicraft type of econ omy, to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.

In 1765, James Watt devised a condenser

and

transformed

The 2.100 h.p. steam engine in this old English spinning mill Isstlll operational as a museum piece. The canal was used to barge British goods to Liverpool for

the

shipment around the world when the Industrial Revolution was transforming

steam engine into a practical power plant. In 1767, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny trans forming textile production forever.

About the same time, Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Priestley were conducting their experiments, lead ing to the use of electricity. Soon afterwards coal gas was produced and the first significant use of pipe

the world. Brundtland's sustainable growth could also have a global effect.

line delivered fuel had arrived. The Industrial Revolution was well and

truly launched.

The early part of that period was characterized by a drive towards mass production to satisfy burgeon ing world markets. It was a case of making more-and-more-and-more.

Resource extraction increased as

practices were refined, with volume increases the target. Economies of scale were prime objectives, together with market share. But then as we moved into the 20th cen

tury, particularly the second half of it, with markets developing glo bally, a different form of efficiency drive became important. It became a question of making more with less.

Productivity overtook production as the target. The original drive in such a direction may have been simply "cost pushed",in response to competitive pressures in a post World

War II

with

freer trade

markets; but preservation of the environment began to surface as an equally significant driving force.

elusion, therefore, was that we

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relevant 10,000 years from now?

Before then, we will probably have seen another Ice age and the nature of human society will have changed

Growth was the new concept.

This was a highly adversarial situation, one which could not be

accepted by the business commun ity. The reactions were negative or defensive. In large measure they chose to ignore or reject the idea, particularly the non-renewable resource

sector

which

does

not

accept that the world is endangered by resource depletion. There is no need for such a concern.

Over the years, we have seen the introduction of new technologies, new materials, new processes and new philosophies towards the use of resources. We have seen downsizing which affects us in everything from automobiles to VCR components.

We have seen more being pro duced from less. We have reuse and

recycling. From old gold mill tailings today we can recover gold at a higher grade than many new mines being developed around the world. Blue Box recycling, with all its faults, has caught the imagination of the pub lic. Substitution, which has been

going on since the stone age,is alive and well. New technologies are allowing the development of nonrenewable resource bodies which

would have been totally uneconomic only a few years ago.

environmental forces

In Inco's core business, nickel - a

began to coalesce and gain growing public recognition through the 1960's, reaching something of a

useful industrial metal for only about the last 100 years - will con

These

watershed in 1972 when the Club of

Rome published The Limits To Growth. It predicted that the world would run out of resources; the con-

tinue to be recovered from known

land based deposits for at least the next 100 years. Beyond that, the oceans are estimated to contain

reserves good for 10,000 years.

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very dramatically.

Surviving that

event will be the indestructible mole cules of elements now considered

non-renewable. They may in fact become the

ultimate

renewable.

Then in the final analysis, this planet has a finite life span. The notion of a world running out of resources is a concept which is unproven and unnecessary.

We should be thankful for that, because the shut down concept won't work. Zero Growth was the

outcome of a somewhat academic,

self-centered, developed-world debate in which the third world, with 80% of the world's population, with vast, undeveloped, nonrenewable resources, with endemic poverty, had no part and no interest.

For their sake alone, growth, and with it the use of non-renewable

resources, must and will continue.

Fortunately, Brundtland and the World Commission on Environment

and Development had the wisdom to see and understand that fact. The commission noted that: sustainable

development requires meeting the basic needs of all and extending to all the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations for a better life.

The poor of the world need assu rance that they will get their fair share of resources to sustain their

growth. The Brundtland concept is attractive because it offers that

prospect. There is something for Continued overleaf 69

The role of the engineer continued everyone. It has caught the imagi nation of people who instinctively, intuitively like the notion ofsustainability. Converts are to be found everywhere.

The road to Damascus is becom

ing a traffic jam, with global politi cians rushing to take leadership positions. Unfortunately in tough economic times, political leadership tends to degenerate to lowest cost solutions, often rhetoric and head line grabbing punitive regulation.

While our society has always favoured voluntarism over coercion, have no doubt that without exten

sive, strategic planning shifts by business on a pro-active basis in regard to environmental impacts, coercion will become the name ofthe game.

There is much catch-up to be done in this because the propositions, albeit emotional, arising from the adversarial debates of the 1970's,

effectively locked many industries, certainly those in resources, out of the action. Environmentalists were

enraged by business' apparent ref usal to take the issue seriously. This led to abiding distrust of our motives.

As well as distrusting business, environmentalists came to distrust

the scientific community which created our technologies. Scientific genius was rejected on the grounds that "they got us into this mess and they can't be trusted to get us out of it."

The fact is that probably no one else can solve the planet's problems, short of destruction of our existing society, except a scientific commun ity, with its sights focussed firmly on clean technologies to provide industry with the answers which it needs. Answers must be found by science and implemented willingly by all sectors of society. Extreme

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alternatives built around concepts such as Zero Growth and rejection of non-renewable resource use are

recipes for disaster.

Without his flints and other non-

Oxygen flash smelting breakthrough One such example of an environmen tally sustainable economic develop ment which will create less waste,

less pollution and make our Industry more efficient and competitive In the recovery of our non-renewable resources Is being undertaken now

by Inco to deal with emissions from its Sudbury smelter of sulphur diox ide, the precursor of Acid Rain.

Nickel mining In Sudbury, started in the late 19th century. The metal was recovered through the early part of the 20th century in a manner which was the only one known atthe time. It was crude. Broken ore was crushed

and spread on top of cord wood which was set on fire, and the heap

became North America's principal source of metallurgical acid.

Improvements continued over the years. In furnace technology, and S02 emissions were reduced, but

eventually the end of the line for the reverberatory furnaces arrived.

Now Inco has developed a differ ent technology, oxygen flash smelt ing. This takes advantage of the fact that finely divided sulphide concen trate, when injected into a stream of commercially

pure oxygen, com

busts spontaneously. There is no need to add additional fuel units. Sul

phur is the fuel. The heat generated by the chemical reaction smelts the metal. This is the mostthermallyeffi-

smoldered for several months with

cient

the SO2 gas generated, rolling across the landscape. This process went a long way towards creating the well

smelting industry. Because it is pro duced in an oxygen medium the sul phur dioxide is concentrated.

This high strength gas is ideal for

known "moonscape".

At the end of the 1920's a "mod

ern" smelter was built, designed around reverberatory furnaces. Metal recoveries improved and the pollu tion was channeled. The gas was directed up smoke stacks, where it could dissipate more effectively, but it was not captured. The process was refined and improved and in the 1940's the capture of gas for produc tion of sulphuric acid was com menced.

Initially, this was not an act of environmental control.

Acid was a

useful by-product. Thedevelopment, however, pointed the way for suc ceeding managerial generations on how to contain SO2 emissions. Inco 70

furnace

collection

and

in

the

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conversion to sul

phuric acid. We have taken a waste product out of the atmosphere and produced a useful by-product. Also, since we do not need to add fossil fuel

units for combustion, no carbon

dioxide is generated and we avoid contributing to "greenhouse" warm ing. The oxygen gas stream contains very little nitrogen, so no oxides of nitrogen are developed. Everything that is done in this furnace improves the efficiency of the operation, improves the environmental perfor mance of the smelter, and, at the same time makes it a better bottom

line concept. It is a winner from all perspectives.

renewable resources. Neolithic man might not have made it and this spe cies would be in poor shape,ifin any shape at all.

But fortunately our scientists will not go away. They will continue to develop new technologies and, as a consequence of these, changes cer tainly will come in our lifestyle. Rea listically, they will be gradual; they will be changes in degree and type of use of resources.

And there is

nothing wrong with that, because each change moves us along the path to sustainability.

But some businesses, for exam ple, mining unfortunately do not sound particularly sustainable. By the very nature of the activity a mine depletes. This does not seem to fit with the popular concept that says we should live off the interest without consuming the capital, in terms of our physical endowment.

That financial analogy may have some relevance for the renewable

resource sectors such as agriculture or forestry.

In the case of non-renewable

resources, we need to understand that mineral deposits are different.

They are akin to Mother Nature's cap ital endowment to the host nation.

That endowment, if left in the ground, is like money in a sock under the bed, an under utilized resource.

When

realized by recovery and sale, the revenues generated can be put to use to develop whichever type of society we would wish to see. By realizing our capital and reinvesting it wisely we have found a truly sustainable use of the resource, one which is totally consistent with the Brund-

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Fundamentally, I see the engi neer's role not being greatly differ ent from the role that engineers have played since the days of James Watt. It is our job to interpret the outputs of the scientific community in a pragmatic and practical fashion, and to develop the applica tions which society needs. But in doing so we need to build a disci-

minute if they could. He pointed out however, that most big Japanese companies have banks and insu rance companies as major share holders, content to let earnings be

should the engineer accept an assignment to design or construct a new machine or a new process with out demanding as part of the assign ment the need to analyze all of the by-product or waste product side

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healthy return every 90 days.

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deposit to full production will take six to seven years or more. From there the recovery of the investment may take another 10 or 20 years.

Compare that for a moment to the attention span ofthe typical govern ment elected for a four year term. It does not compare. Then we have the really short term thinker, the pri vate citizen, the ultimate polluter, with a polystyrene coffee cup, good for 10 minutes and garbage for 100 years! What about that citizen's bot

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We should pay attention to his mes sage, like it or not. It is vital for this profession, and for our society, that we recognize that our image is some what tarnished; that we admit to having been part ofthe problem and then go on to take up our role in meeting the challenges we face.

If Aristotle were around today 1 believe he would agree. He would

manner.

Water Supply, Treatment, and Dustribution

St. Catharines

scientist Suzuki.

Fax: (416)445-5276

and the wit to fix It. ES&E 76

Environmental Science & Engineering, July 1990

What's New Accurate easy-to-use Geomembrane containment liners A broad range of geomembrane lin ers are offered by Can-Ross Environ mental

Services

Limited

for

environmental containment sys tems.

The company recently

expanded its operation to include the design and construction of con tainment systems for a range of industrial applications. The pro duct line covers PVC and HOPE pan els

which

are two of the most

commonly specified flexible mem brane liners.

Geomembrane liners are used for

containment applications such as mine tailings, storage ponds, oil reserve pits, sanitary landfills, set

Fully adjustable mixer Flygt's energy-efficient, submersible mixers are easily adjusted to any depth or operating angle, a saving in time and expense over fixed, side or top-mounted mixers. A real improvement on fixed-shaft mixers, these mixers are designed to handle turbulent flow mixing, solids sus pension, low head pumping, oxida tion, process mixing, ditch applications, flow creation, and more. Without external gear boxes and tank glands,the Flygt submersibles are simple to install and remove, resulting in less downtime

water level Indicator

tling lagoons, waste water, etc.

Major users are mining, process, petrochemical, primary metal and pulp and paper industries.

Data is available on the physical properties of the liners, stressing such factors as dimensional stabil

ity, durability impact strength, seam integrity and crack resistance.

Grades are available for resistance

to oil, low temperature applications, fish compatability and laminates with non-woven geotextiles.

Can-Ross Limited

Environmental

Services

Circle reply card No. 170 WHMIS standards. The floors are

made with raised fibreglass grating and have a static grounding system.

A short list of options includes explosion relief, separation walls, polypropylene or stainless steel sump liners, explosion proof mechanical ventilation, heating, air conditioning and lights, dry chemi cal fire suppression system,thermal insulation, and adjustable or per manent shelving. Stox Systems Inc.

Circle reply card No. 172

For groundwater monitoring appli cations, the Solinst Model 101 elec tronic indicator offers repeatedly accurate water level measurements.

Using the easy-to-read, Solinst flat tape cable, it has permanently embossed markings on white tape with centimetres in black and metres in red. Probes are available

in stainless steel, designed to avoid problems with cascading water.

Solinst Canada Ltd.

Circle reply card No. 173

and lower maintenance costs.

Flygt Canada

S. O/imeMa c^/

Circle reply card No. 171

POLLUTION CONTROL & CONTRACT OPERATION

Industrial hazardous

storage units Stox Systems Inc. announces a new Canadian engineered and manufac tured line of hazardous storage units designed to comply with regu latory standards for all types of Canadian industrial operations.

These all steel, relocatable contain ment units (standard or fire rated) come in 5 model sizes, and can be custom designed to solve virtually all security problems and com pliance requirements for storage of

471 D'ARCY STREET, NEWMARKET, ONTARIO L3Y 1M9

(416) 853-1223

Simcoe WATER SUPPLY* POLLUTION CONTROL •DRAINAGE* SCAD A

Simcoe Engineering Group Limited Consulting Engineers Simcoe Building, 345 Kingston Rood, Pickering, Ontario L1V 1A1 Tel: (416) 286-2285 Fax: (416) 286-1361 Branches; Mississouga and Buffalo

hazardous industrial chemicals and

products.

Several major features make these Stox units superior to open storage or various boxes now being

THORBURN PENNY LTD. Consulting Engineers

used: all welded 1/8" or 3/16" steel construction chemical resistant

• Water Supply • Environmental Planning • Wbter Pollution Control

epoxy coating inside and out, built in spill containment sump and sprinkler system, large 54" x 84" heavy duty security doors and lock ing system. Each door is equipped with proper signage to meet current Environmental Science & Engineering, July 1990

• Water Resources• Instrumentation and Controls •

•Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition 351 Main Street East

Milton, Ontario

Tel:(416) 875-2144 Fax:(416) 875-2145

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Threc years have passed since

e've been able to create a

Operation Goose Lift got off

ourishing ecosystem.

the ground. A venture that,

It's all part of Inco's con

curiously enough,involved

tinuing commitment to the

flying Canada Geese from

environment.

Toronto's over-populated

Like our efforts to reduce

1

sulphur dioxide emissions—a

'Waterfront to a roomier resi

dence near Sudbury.Today,

contributor to acid rain. Bv

Itappily, the}''ve taken to their

1994, after a $500,000,000

new home like ducks to water.

investment that wUrdfastically-

-T-;

For decades we've been

change tlae way we process ore,

reclaiming the tailings areas,

we yriU contaiii 90 per cent of

where we impoimd the material

■the sulphur befdte it can reach

left after we've extracted the

the atmcwphere.

valuable minerals. Experiment

Like tlie geese who now

ing. Digging. Draining. Fertiliz

choose to make Sudbury their

ing. And planting.

home, we too care about where we raise our families.

It didn't come easy, but

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What's New Air Cylinders designed

engineers architects and

for knife-gate valves A range of air cylinders specifically designed for actuating knife-gate valves in municipal water works and the process industries, has been

totte n

introduced by Miller Fluid Power.

slms

Designated the LA series, these quality, low-cost pneumatic cylind

hubicki

ers are available in 3 1/4" through 20" bore sizes, with thrusts up to 47,000 lbs. and pressure ratings of 150 psi.

Standard temperature range is -10° to 165°F.

features include: a stainless-steel

rod; low- or high-temperature seals; adjustable strokes; and hydraulicor water-operated designs.

Fax(416)668-0221

planners WHITBY • COBOURG • TORONTO

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TRITON ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

Consulting Engineers

Standard features include; an

internally chrome-plated steel tube; a chrome-plated, case-hardened rod; and steel heads and caps. Optional

Tel.(416)668-9363

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Head Office: 51 Townilne, Orangeville, Ontario L9W 1V1 • 519-941-0330 ORANGEVILLE

•

FERGUS .

GRAVENHURST

.

KITCHENER

Miller Fluid Power (Canada) Ltd.

Circle reply card No. 174

UMA Engineering Ltd. Telephone:(416)238-0007 Defuse PCB "time bombs" PPM retrofill operation takes com plete responsibility for PCBs. PPM comes to your site, drains and flushes transformers of old, ineffi cient oil and PCBs, and refills with pure, filtered virgin oil.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS & PROJECT MANAGERS

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PCB contaminated oil is then

hauled off, treated and recycled at PPM's permanent facility.

WATER AND EARTH

PPM Canada

SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LTD.

Circle reply card No. 175

• HYDROGEOLOGY • ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING • WASTE MANAGEMENT

DIglsponder SCADA Systems

BOX 430, CARP, ONTARIO KOA 1L0 (613) 839-3053 FAX (613) 839-5376 BRANCH OFFICES IN KINGSTON & KITCHENER

Industrial Measurements Limited

(IML) designs and manufactures

WILLMS & SHIER / BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS

data collection and remote monito

specializing in Land Use Planning & Development, Environmental Approvals

ring systems. Products are used in areas as diverse as satellite com

Waste Disposal and Municipal Law

munication, environmental moni toring, water treatment and

John R. Willms / Donna S.K. Shier

P. Douglas Petrie / C.C. Robert Wong / Thea M. Dorsey 73 Richmond Street West. Suite 200. Toronto. Ontario M5H 1Z4

industrial control.

The Digisponder family ofSuper visory Control and Data Acquisi tion (SCADA) systems provides versatile,reliable and low cost moni toring and control of unattended equipment sites. Communication by synthesized voice or data is possi ble at any distance via telephone, dedicated line, radio or satellite.

IML supplies Digisponder

XCG Consultants Ltd.

519/741-5774

50 Queen Street N

Fax 519/741-5627

Kitchener, Ontario

N2H 6P4

Providing Senior Consulting Advice

Remote Terminal Units (RTU's)

and Central Station Computers (CSC's). The Central Station is typi cally an IBM XT/AT computer or similar. A full line of expansion peripherals is available. IML

Suite 904

on Environmental Matters Environmental

Engineering Consultants

Richard J. Rush

Stephen G. Nutt

MASc,PEng Principal

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What's New

= and may prevent blindness. Fea tures include: fast action;long dura tion, 20 minutes; sterile fluid, Isoton

Portable emergency eye-shower

saline solution with same Ph-value

as tears; tempered fluid, the fluid is at room temperature, as opposed to mains operated units using cold tap water; portable unit is easy to carry about and can always be kept handy. An electrically heated ver

FEDAB emergency eye-shower is available when an accident occurs.

Hit the red knob and both eyes are instantaneously washed by a soft mist of sterile solution. Immediate

eye-wash after an accident reduces the risk of permanent eye damage

age areas, outdoors, on vehicles, etc., even where the temperature goes below the freezing point. The practical wall attachment keeps the eyewash within reach at all times, and the sterile solution remains

active for three years.

Cancoppas Ltd. Circle reply card No. 182

Pumping Station monitoring

sion is also available for cold stor-

Now available is the BHF Flowmeter

50 Bathurst Dr., Waterloo, Ontario

with a preventive maintenance sys tem, alarms and events monitoring.

This analyzing device gives diag nostics, choice of reports and under standable graphics.

BHF monitoring system moni tors the efficiency of a pumping sta tion, detects minor or major trouble areas before they create an alarm ing situation. When used as a porta ble unit, several pumping stations can he programmed into it.

It weighs only 3.6 kg, measures approx. 7.6" x 8.6" x 3.5" and is the easiest tool to precisely calculate parameters like inflow, outflow, overflow, and volume. It is cost jus tifiable.

BHF is represented in Ontario and in Western Canada by

N2V 2C5

GENEQ INC.

CanTest Ltd

CAi\rT=sr

Professional

Analytical Services Suite 200 1523 West 3rd Ave

Vancouver. BC

Enyironmentai Analysis

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utility metering needs Schlumberger Industries - Measure ment Division, has technology and services to meet water metering needs.

Central Meter Reading (CMR®) system is a field-proven solution to meter reading problems and its Technical Services Group

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Packages include: 35 Parameter of water quality analysis ($55.00/sample) 16 Parameter of soil quality analysis ($50.00/sample) With FINE ANALYSIS LABORATORIES you can be assured of high quality,

83 2 52 37 54

Crossroads Extilb. 22,23 Davis Controls 6 Deep Shaft 15 Dense 28 Dominion Soil 61 Dorr Oliver 52 Ecodyne 50 Env. Prot. Labs 63

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prompt service and an average turn around time of 4 business days.

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83 BIGWIN RD., UNIT #8, HAMILTON, ONT. LOR IPO (416) 574-4977

Gorman Rupp

80

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6850 Goreway Drive, Toronto, L4V IPl, Tel: (416) 673-3255, FAX: (416) 673-7399

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(TSG) can provide utilities with onsite meter accuracy testing,installa tions, repairs/replacements, and revenue impact analyses. Send for an informative videotape on Schlumberger's CMR® system or

MANNiQUi

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TSG services to find solutions to

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metering and information problems. Schlumberger Circle reply card No. 185

AQUA

400 Matheson Blvd. E., Unit 6, Mississauga, Ont. L4Z 1N8

Phone; (416) 890-9272

Fax:(416) 890-3023

Comprehensive Environmental Analytical Services

Classifieds

Air Quality • Water Quality » Hazardous Waste ' Emission Testing

• Complete MISA Parameters • Reg. 309 Compliance

' Ontario Drinking Water Criteria

• Polychlorinaled Dibenzodioxins/Furans • Ambient Air Monitoring

£

• Odorous Compounds

• Rush Analysis Available

Mann Testing Laboratories Ltd.

SEPARATION SPECIALISTS

Professional Analytical Services Since 1972

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SLUDGE MANAGEMENT

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Division of

Tel:(416) 648-3463 1435 Jerseyville Rd. W.,

Jerseyville, Ontario LOR IRQ

ujalher industries

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CARBONITE FILTER MEDIA

XRAL ENVIRONMENTAL A DIVISION OF SGS SUPERVISION SERVICES INC. Since 1878

ANALYTICAL SERVICES

ANTHRACITE FILTER MEDIA

also suppliers of quality filter sands and gravel ANTHRAFILTER MEDIA & COAL LTD.

MISA • Process/Wastewater • Soil • Solid Waste

Elemental Scans • Characterizations • RGB's • Sampling "16 SGS Locations Across Canada"

66 Brant StreaL Hamilton. 6nl. L8L 6AB

Tel: (416) 523-1850 Fax: 523-6270

1903 Leslie St. Don Mills, Ontario MSB 2M3

ANTHRACITE FILTER GOAL (FILTOCITE) • Filter Sand & Gravel

• Ion Exchange Resin • Filler Cartridges (0.35, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 & 100 micron)

Tel: (416) 445-5809 Fax: (416) 445-4152

PROVIDING SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICES ZENON ENVIRONMENTAL INC. 845 Harrington Court, Burlington, Ontario L7N 3P3 (416)639-6320 3650 Weslxook Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6S 2L2 (604) 222-1169

Eldon Technologies Dtv. Klenzoid Company Limited 1341 Matheson Blvd. East

Mississauga. Ont. L4W 1R1

Tel.: (416) 629-3101

Fax:(416) 629-1637

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ANALYTICAL .SF.RVTrF..S

PROCESS ENGTNE.KRING

MISA analysis for over 50 plants Ultra-trace Dloxins/Furans by MS/MS

• Waste treatment evaluation

Clertlfled by NYS-DOH

• Technical / economic assessments

• Bencti and pilot scale testing

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What's New change and the coefficient of expan sion for the stored product. The sys tem ensures accuracy in the resulting loss-rate analysis and reduces the field time required for an operator to complete the test.

Wastewater treatment system surpasses toxic waste reduction guidelines An economical wastewater treat

ment system removes emulsified

oils, heavy metals and suspended Heath has also introduced the DTS 2000 thermal sensor to further reduce the time needed to conduct the Petro Tite test. The DTS 2000 is

solids. The result is a treated water

that meets or surpasses sewer dis charge standards

and

a

non-

leachable sludge that may he placed in a non-hazardous landfill. In a

recent case study, this system sur

passed Ontario municipal require ments for pH level, suspended solids, oil and grease and critical soluble metals.

American Colloid Company's Wastewater Treatment System is in accord with the two major aspects of the Municipal/Industrial Strategy for Abatement(MISA).

The system uses a single proprie tary clay-hased reactant,along with

Tank testing systems Petro TIte from Heath Consultants

for testing the integrity of under ground fuel and liquid storage tanks. The system now has been expanded with new components to automate loss rate calculations, to allow testing of several tanks with

X-.C a low cost piece of machinery. The system saves up to Canadian $3.08/gallon in hauling costs and can also recycle expensive chemical components which.would otherwise be destroyed or lost to discharge.

Sussex Environmental Services Inc.

Circle reply card No. 188 one set-up, and to monitor tanks and provide early warning of under ground leaks.

A new computerized version of the Petro Tite test automatically records loss/gain readings from the

equipped to accept readings from up to four storage tanks at the same tank test system. Heath is introduc ing the new Tankgard System to Canada, a new 24-hour tank moni tor designed to satisfy all current legislation for the detection ofpoten tial soil and groundwater contami nation by hydrocarbons. Solid state sensors are placed in bore holes around the tank perimeter or between the tank walls. The sensors

are connected to a centrally located monitor and alarm module, up to 500 feet away from the tank loca tion. The sensors will detect gaso line and light hydrocarbon vapors leaking from tanks, and another

sensor is available to detect the pres ence of a liquid buildup. The occurence and location of a leak is

thermal sensor and executes the

indicated by visual and audible

necessary calculations to account for tank deflection, temperature

alarms.

Heath Consultants

Circle reply card No. 187

L SODIUM HYPGCHLGRITE

The safe alternative For water disinfection, wastewater

treatment, odour control, cyanide removal.

BRISTOL-MYERS MANUFACTURING A DIVISION OF BRISTOL-MYERS CANADA INC.

255 Wicksteed Ave., Toronto, Ont. M4H 1G8 Tel.(416) 421-6000. Fax.(416) 425-9320 Plant locations: Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver 82

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Environmental Science & Engineering, July 1990

SAMPLE SIGMA...CAN ADA Liquid samplers combining sample integrity with rugged practicality ... that's STREAMLINE™.

STREAMLINE™ innovation includes a patented liquid

sensing system. Unlike other peristaltic pump sam plers, STREAMLINE™ delivers repeatable volumes by automatically compensating for changing lifts. And if the first attempt to take a sample fails due to a plugged

intake, STREAMLINE™ initiates a high pressure

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isolated in a watertight NEMA 4x, 6 housing and the roto-molded polyethylene case is more impact resistant than the ABS common to other samplers.

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ENGINEERED FDR STRENGTN Scepter Centurion Glass 150 PVG fittings for AWWA G900 PVG pipe are among ttie strongest in tfie industry. Consider tfiese facts:

• Quick-burst strengtfi exceeds tfie required minimum of 755 psi.

• Eacfi size and sfiape demonstrates a long-term pressure strength of at least 470 psi after 100,000 hours (11.4 years).

• Fittings are GSA Certified to GSA

injection-molding machine capable of producing the tremendous pressure needed to pack the moid.

Their strict specifications have allowed them to moid the

strongest possible PVG fittings yet stiii retain

standard B137.2.

1

• The gasketed joints meet the requirements of ASTM D3139 (same as G900 PVG pipe).

• ULI approved.

Yet, with all this strength to resist impact, pressure and water hammer, Scepter's fittings are lightweight and flexible. How is it possible?

It's simple. Scepter's strength is in its engineering. Most companies thought the challenge of making strong PVG fittings was too great to be done. Not Scepter.

After years of research, they were able to combine three things: a high molecular weight PVG compound with a hydrostatic design basis of 4,000 psi, able to withstand high injection-molding temperatures; second, state-of-the-art computer technology which ensures precise quality control within a narrow optimal range of temperature and pressure; and third, an

m

c

1 all the

benefits and quality the water industry expects from PVG piping - lightweight, ease of handling, corrosion resistance and

economy. These long-term advantages make PVG fittings the best choice for your municipal pressure pipe systems.

Right now. Scepter's fittings are being used in one-material systems right across North America, proving by experience that pipe and fittings do not have to be corrodibie, heavy and rigid to be strong.

VHERE INNO VA T/ON -

Ail of Scepter's lightweight PVG pipe and fittings are engineered for strength.

Their strength reflects Scepter's strength as a leader in the piping industry.

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(418)752-2200 fax: 416-752-8512 Scepter is a member of the Unt-Be!l PVC Pipe Association.

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