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By Tom Davey

Editorial Comment

Honestly, I'm lying — my political career depends on it

In British Columbia environmen

talists are often compared to water melons; green on the outside, pink

on the inside. Not so in Ontario.

Lacking EC's benign climate, a curious political mutation seems to have oc curred. Currently, Ontario cabinet min isters reversed the order being pink on the outside and very, very green on the inside.

The mutant species seems to have oc curred after a political genus, known as

the Big Blues, were dominant for 40 years. They were affectionately known by geneticists as The Big Blue Genes.This was an ironic label as they were more like stuffed shirts. Then, without warn

ing, the Big Blues were overcome by a species known as The Peterson Reds. nicknamed after the Liberal's election colours and Premier Peterson's necktie.

The Peterson Reds, politically com atose for years, except for some fake in dignation during question periods, ex ploded into political life like a cholera outbreak when elected. With their na

tural enemies laid low and the political

species. David Suzuki was notified im mediately and Spain and Portugal were ordered to stop catching Blues' until stocks recovered. Some geneticists, with a touch ofgallows humour,were unable to resist the sartorial link, renaming the genus The Faded Blue Genes.

When entrenched in office, the Peter

son Reds had lived up to their name by flooding Ontario with red ink through profligate spending. Had they been us ing water on the same scale,an environ mental assessment would have been

needed. But they were following the well established

deficit traditions of the

Federal Liberals whose leader, Pierre

Elliott Trudeau, could paralyze fiscal critics with a simple shrug. He tried to bind the nation together by issuing gov ernment bonds. Now we are held in

bondage to foreign banks.

The Peterson Reds,following the feder al Liberal tradition, continued to bribe

the electorate with its own money.They then consulted the pollsters and called an early election. A bad move. They

The term 'gut feeling'is believed to have emanated from this practice. Not for the first time, the pollsters turned out to be false prophets. The Peterson Reds were eviscerated, following the Big Blues into political oblivion when the Rae Pinks swept in with a massive majority.

It was the start of the Brave New

World Aldous Huxley had predicted. En vironment Minister Ruth Grier proudly proclaimed that every Ontario cabinet minister would also be a minister of the

environment in a new and glorious green government. We were all to have bread and circuses, be politically cor rect, pure of heart, rescue sunset indus tries at $200,000 per Job, win money in government casinos and watch the eco nomy grow.

After a quick retrofit from acerbic cri tic to provincial premier. Bob Rae, pro mised with great fanfare, to enforce strict standards of conduct for his cabi

net 'which would herald a new era ofpoliti cal integrity'. There were to be no com mercial considerations to taint socialist idealism in this brave new cabinet. The

balance of nature disturbed, the Peter

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son Reds thrived mightily for seven years. Big Blues became an endangered

sulted the entrails of a chicken, much as

premier's clarion call is increasingly offkey in the wake of various scandals and

Roman politicians did two millenia ago.

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Editorial Comment,conrd cabinet resignations, ex-cabinet minis ters now totalling a sizeable alumni.

I was vividly reminded of the pre mier's proclamation ofcabinet integrity

when their deceptions are revealed. Ms Martel used high technology to pro claim her lack of veracity, perhaps start ing a new fashion in machine-enhanced

when Ontario northern affairs minister,

distortions.

Shelley Martel, proclaimed that she really had told the truth when she said she had lied. She later 'proved' she had lied through polygraph tests. This must be the first time in recorded history a poly graph has been commissioned by some one to prove she was lying and analo gous to a rat swimming towards a sink ing ship.

Most politicians reluctantly admit it

The furor began after Ms Martel claimed she had seen the file of a Sud-

bury dermatologist. Dr. Jean-Pierre Do nahue. whom, she said, was to face

charges over his OHIP billings under the Ontario government health plan.

The NDP seems to have great difficulty in differentiating between MD's billings and actual salaries. Later the minister

apologized to Dr. Donahue, claiming

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she had fabricated the story of actually seeing his file.

This is the most unlikely political farce since John Profumo, then British minister of defence, shared the favours of Christine Keeler with a Russian spy.

But unlike Ms Martel. who is clinging

tenaciously to her office, British cabinet ministers (in the mother of all parlia ments) promptly resign when even minor breaches of ministerial integrity,

or improprieties are revealed.

The British public might have toler ated defense minister John Profumo

having an adulterous liaison; they might even have shrugged off the un likely fact that their defense minister was unknowingly sharing his mistress with a Russian spy; but the fact he had lied in the House ofCommons about the

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Ms Martel, far from emulating Pro-

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As in the Profumo Affair, a medical

practitioner's career. Dr. Jean-Pierre Donahue, has also become tainted,

thanks to Shelley Martel's political an tics which read more like those of a Se

cond City character, than a govern ment minister.

It is interesting that, months after her admission of lying, Ms Martel is still in Cabinet while John Kormos — whose

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Industry update Ontario's Countdown

Acid Rain program on scheduie Four companies which produce more than 80 per cent of Ontario's sulphur dioxide continue to meet the targets set

by the six-year-old Countdown Acid Rain program.

The program has capped total sul phur dioxide emissions at 665 kilotonnes(kt)by 1994 for Ontario Hydro,Inco Ltd., Falconbridge Ltd. and Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd. Further,Ontario Hydro has a limit of 280 kt on its com bined sulphur dioxide and nitric oxide

1991. The plant was running at 86 per cent capacity. Falconbridge expects to be able to meet its Countdown Acid

Rain target while running at full capacity.

The government reviewers are con cerned that one of the process changes may result in heavy metals such as chromium leaching into nearby water bodies. The reviewers recommend the

company test the slag to find out if any metals are leaching into the groundwater or local waterways.

Ontario Hydro has to meet an interim

annual sulphur dioxide emissions tar get of 240 kt and a combined sulphur dioxide plus nitric oxide emissions limit of 280 kt for 1990-93, followed by a sul phur dioxide emissions cap of 175 kt and a combined sulphur dioxide and nitric oxide cap of215 kt after 1993.The Crown corporation's emissions of sul phur dioxide were 79.3 kt and emissions ofsulphur dioxide and nitric oxide were 107.1 kt for the first six months of 1991.

The reviewers are concerned that the

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emissions.

The report is a review by a team from the ministries of the Environment,

Energy and Northern Development and Mines,ofthe semi-annual progress reports required by Countdown Acid Rain. Highlights ofthe report for the six months ending July 1991 include: • increased budgets for the sulphur dioxide abatement projects at Inco and Falconbridge's copper and nickel smelting operations in Sudbury; Inco's budget has risen to about $600 million from $494 million and Fal

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• Ontario Hydro's plan to install limes tone slurry scrubbers which will re duce sulphur dioxide emissions at the Lambton generating station by 1994 at a cost of $537.5 million;

• the possibility that Falconbridge may be able to cut its sulphur dioxide emissions by one quarter of its 1994 target to 75 kt by 1998; • report from Ontario Hydro of a 77 per cent cut in imported electricity for the six months ending July 1991 over the same period in 1990.This has resulted in only minor quantities of net elec

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cost of installing scrubbers at the Lambton generating plant had increased to $537.5 million from $430 million and

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Algoma Steel's iron ore sintering plant in Wawa has a sulphur dioxide emissions target of 125 kt after 1993. For the first six months of 1991, the plant's sulphur dioxide emissions were 33.4 kt.

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Bryant and May says all those trees being used for matchmaking is not an environmental disaster because the

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cial scale refrigeration equipment and to capture air-borne industrial emis

company can capture

sions.The Blue Bottle'" process has also

and recycle CFCs

proved effective for capture and recycl ing of the newly introduced CFC sub

Halozone Recycling Inc. has licensed

the Blue Bottle'"technology from Union Carbide Canada Limited and plans field trials and full scale commercializa

tion shortly. This award winning tech nology uses a proprietary adsorbent and a special patent protected process to capture and recycle the ozone-destroy ing CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) from any source.It will be made available for service ofboth residential and commer

stitutes known as HCFCs and HFCs. Most CFCs are vented into the earth's

rigerators and air conditioners. When filled, the cylinders are taken to a pro cessing centre, where the CFCs are re moved and purified for reuse. When

Blue Bottle'" technology is used in con

atmosphere where they ultimately can damage the ozone layer. Dr. Michael

junction with existing equipment.Halo-

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captured from large scale refrigeration units during servicing. Present methods can only capture up to 90% of the CFCs and reuse of the CFCs is often imposs

estimates that every year 10,000 tonnes of CFCs escape into the Earth's atmo sphere from Canadian sources alone.

zone says that 100% of CFCs can be

The world-wide estimate is some 500,000 tonnes annually.

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AQTE honours the late Patrick O. Bourgeois at 30th Convention

or oil. Using the Blue Bottle'" process

reuse.

Contact; Dr. Michael Hirtenstein Tel & Fax 416-508-0769.

The late Pat Bourgeois was remembered Status for AWWA and WEF. by a commemorative award in his name Highly regarded throughout Canada, by the association quebecoise des tech Pat was later elected as President of the niques de I'eau (AQTE)at its 30th An Federation of Associations on the Ca niversary Conference. The award was nadian Environment (FACE) which presented to M.Kama!Karazivan,MEN- was the precursor to the present Cana VIQ,in Montreal.

proprietary zeolite adsorbent, are used to extract CFCs from residential ref

dian Water and Wastewater Association.

Eloquent and witty in French and Pat died, somewhat dramatically in English, Pat was a founder member of Quebec City in 1982 immediately after AQTE and its first AWWA Section Di receiving AQTE's first Honorary Pre rector when AQTE broke away from sident's plaque. what was then the Canadian Section Other awards presented to dis AWWA,to form its own Section in the tinguished Quebeckers included the '60s'. AQTE also became a Member As AWWA's Fuller Award, which was pre sociation in its own right of the WPCF, sented to M.Denis Lapointe, Consultant (now the Water Environment Federa LBCD de Valleyfield and the WEF Bedell award was presented to M. Gab tion).

Prior to the AQTE initiative,Canada, riel Meunier,John Meunier Inc. Federal

was represented by a single Director on Environment Minister Jean Charest the AWWA board and a Single Director and Quebec Environment Minister on the WEF board. Now in effect, Ca Pierre Paradis both spoke at the con nada has five regions,each with Section ference. T. Davey

Rolls-Royce seeks "Green" turbines Rolls-Royce hasjoined forces with three other organizations in a UK Govern ment-backed research programme aimed at reducing toxic emissions from gas turbines. The scheme involves the industrial and marine gas turbines com pany of Rolls-Royce, materials special ists Johnson Matthey,the Cranfield In stitute of Technology in eastern England and Bath University in south west England.

The partners aim to adapt and apply their expertise in the mathematical modelling of catalytic combustion sys tems that could eventually be applied to industrial gas turbines to substantially reduce nitrous oxide emission levels.

The Johnson Matthey company is a proven manufacturer of car exhaust

catalysts. Cranfield will offer its exper tise in combustion and combustors —

particularly for gas turbines — and Bath University has unique experience in modelling catalytic combustion. RR will undertake rig testing of concepts to verify predictions of the mathematical model.

Ecodyne awarded Alberta P&P contract Ecodyne Limited has been awarded a

contract for the design and supply of four (4) large waste treatment clarifiers for installation at the new Alberta-Paci fic Industries Inc. mill in northern Al

berta. The two(2)Primary Clarifiers are 52 metres in diameter and the two (2) Secondary Clarifiers 60 metres in dia meter.

The late Pat Bourgeois,left, with Stan Mason of BC in Vancouver.Dedicated engineers have been advancing the state ofthe art for generations through their professional associations. Countless hours of leisure time have been freely given bythese and other professionals in pursuit ofa t}etter environment.

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They will be installed this summer and form part of the overall environ mental control system of the mill. The contract is worth more than 1 million dollars.

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AWMA Conference Report

MOE's new strategic direction for muiti-media poiiution prevention

Pollution prevention is not a

radically new approach to en vironmental management, Gerard C. Ronan, MOE Assist

ant Deputy Minister told the Air & Waste Management Association's Spr ing Conference in Toronto. It has been used successfully in the past in many environmental programs. Early exam ples include the decision in the early seventies by the detergent manufac turers to phase out the use of phospho rus in their product. This action was taken because of the linkage of phos phorus with eutrophication, the resul tant algal blooms anad oxygen deple tion, and the negative impacts it had in our lakes, particularly Lake Erie.

Another extremely successful initia tive is the Countdown Acid Rain Pro

gram which commits the province to reduce its SO2emissions at the 1980 base

case level by 60% by 1994. The four ma jor SO2 generators which account for over 80% of Ontario's SO2 are regulated and have undertaken measures to re

duce their acid gas emissions, and they are on target.

An important illustration of the pol lution prevention principle was the re cent accomplishment of Northern Telecom in reducing their use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by changing their electronic board production pro cess, obviating the need to use a CFC solvent for cleaning purposes.

These examples graphically illustrate pollution prevention driven direct ac tion to alleviate a perceived environ mental threat. In a nutshell, they

represent what pollution prevention is all about.

Pollution prevention in a generic sense has always been a central princi ple ofsound environmental planning.It is an integral element of the environ mental assessment process. Proponents are required to assess all the down stream impacts of the proposed under taking to minimize environmental impairments.

'Ton may ask why all the hullabaloo about pollution prevention ifit is simply an old dog with a new coat? Some cynics see it as merely a new trendy mantra to be intoned at regular intervals as evi dence ofbeing environmentally correct.

Others see it as the ultimate bromide

that will finally cure all our pollution ills. The answer likely lies somewhere in the middle.

In Ontario we have primarily relied upon end-of-pipe controls to manage

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pollution. This has been achieved through a variety oflegislative and regu latory instruments, including control orders,regulations,guidelines and stan

rate air, water and waste programs. In the area of standard setting a multi media approach was adopted, and in special prgrams such as Acid Rain an integrated, inter-disciplinary process has been successfully followed. These programs however were the exception rather than the rule. It is fair to say that overall the ministry programs have lacked an integrated, multi-media perspective.

In Ontario we have experienced ex tremely widespread environmental stresses on air, water and land resources.

Consequently there is generally more urgency in achieving substantive reduc tions in pollution loadings to the dards, and abatement and enforce stressed ecosystem. ment activities.

Pollution prevention is not restricted The regulatory command and control to the industrial sector. The principles approach has provided an essential can be advantageously applied to nonbaseline for mounting an attack on pol point sources. The Ontario farming lution. There have been some substan community,on their own volition,are in tive successes. Inroads have been made the early stages of developing pollution in slowing down the rate of pollution, prevention plans for every farm in the and in reducing the pollution loading to province. the environment.

Ontario is committed to making pol Despite these successes, there is ge lution prevention work. We are looking neral consensus that the end-of-pipe forward to working as partners with in command and control approach has dustry and other governments to ensure not provided the needed level of envi the success of this important new pro ronmental protection. Current ap gram direction. ES&E proaches, with some notable exceptions, still primarily rely on treating wastes ANNOUNCEMENT after the fact, after they have been pro duced. The focus has been on costly, non-value added end-of-pipe treat ment technology.

What is significant about the move towards pollution prevention is both government and industry are in agree ment that it is potentially a much more cost effective way to reduce pollution.

Furthermore in many instances indus try is taking the lead in implementing Thorburn Penny is pleased to an pollution prevention in their plant nounce the opening of their new operations.There exists the opportunity branch office in Stoney Creek. for a partnership between government David Clancy will serve as the and industry in developing this strategy. manager.

Another major difference is that On tario Environment Minister,Ruth Grier, Opening date May 1, 1992. has been an outspoken advocate of pol Thorburn Penny lution prevention. She has changed the Consulting Engineers thrust and direction of Ontario's muni 903 Barton Street, Unit 21 cipal solid waste management program Stoney Creek, Ontario by placing major emphasis on reduc tion of waste.

Ruth Grier has also requested that all the key programs of the Environment Ministry be re-shaped to reflect pollu tion prevention principles. Traditional ly the ministry has functioned with a single medium perspective with sepa

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Industry update AWMA told of CFCs Phaseout

Rob Warren becomes OPCEA President

Ontario's program to control ozone de pleting substances has two major ele ments, the Air and Waste Management Association conference was told in To

ronto, April 26-29.

1. to eliminate the use of CFCs;

2. to capture and reuse existing CFCs. Gerard Ronan, Assistant Deputy Mi nister, MOF, said "legislation and re gulations are in plaee which provide for a ban on the manufacture and import of products that employ CFCs as propellants in aerosol sprays or as blowing agents in the manufacture of foam packaging.

'The phaseout from use of CFCs in the manufacture of flexible foam and

rigid insulation foam will be completed by the end of 1993. A mandatory recov ery/recycling program for mobile air conditioning systems and refrigerated vehicles was implemented in July/91.

"A recovery/recycling program for stationary refrigeration systems is under development, he said.

Rob Warren,left. Allied Colloids,is the 1992/3 President ofthe Ontario Pollu

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Fighting the zebra mussels with potassium permanganate

Zebra mussels haveinvaded the

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originally developed as a dis infectant in 1859 may adapt to the needs ofthe environment by dealing with the mussels.

Since the turn of the century, the che

mical potassium permanganate has

tems of power plants and utilities that use lake water, they not only attach themselves to well walls, piping, intake cribs and screens, but to each other,cre

ating layers upon layers that obstruct pipes and screens and block water flow.

Physical removal requires continual scraping or high pressure hosing. It is now a major problem in Canada and

been used by water treatment plants as an oxidizer(like chlorine). Through the years its use has expanded steadily, as water utilities recognized the power of potassium permanganate to destroy organics that cause taste, odor,color, and other water quality problems. Evidence

zebra mussels can be controlled by the

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use of the oxidizer chlorine, for exam

sider that potassium permanganate may be the answer to an otherwise long and costly fight to keep systems free of the newest water problem, zebra

ple, may lead to the formation of trihalomethanes (THMs). Potassium permanganate, however, has been used successfully without adverse reactions, it is claimed by the Cams Chemical Company, La Salle, Illinois.

During 1990, the sightings of zebra mussels in Lake Michigan had the staff of the Racine(Wisconsin)Water Utility

mussels.

The mussels, small freshwater mollusks native to Russia but now found

throughout Europe, are extremely pro lific. Quickly invading the intake sys

the U.S. Tests have shown that infestations of

use of various oxidizers.The problem is to control the mussels without con

taminating the water supply. Excessive

Commercial Diver with under water video camera for under ice inspection. concerned about the infestation. In

April 1991, Racine's intake system, in cluding 90 feet ofa 54-inch intake pipe,a 26-foot- and 10-foot-wide well and a

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Mike Kosterman, the facility's Water Resource Chemist and a trained biolo

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Mr. Kosterman then inspected the pipes and walls of the suction well and found no evidence ofbiological forms of any sort.

The staff believe the likely answer to the absence of mussels is the use of po tassium permanganate, which is fed into the small shore well via an 800-foot, Wi in. feed line. Mr. Kosterman found

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A similar experience has been repor ted by the Avon Lake Water Treatment Plant in Avon Lake,Ohio.In November

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Consistent monitoring and sampiing highiight success of EPA pretreatment reguiatory program

An EPA pretreatment program

in Tempe,Arizona,to regulate pollutant and toxic discharges

from commercial and indus

trial facilities, has grown from monitor ing 23 to 70 industries for a wide variety of substances, including BOD, COD, TSS. heavy metals, acids and caustics.

Although their primary function is to enforce federal and local standards for

water entering the publicly owned treat ment plant, the role of the Tempe De partment has expanded to include sur veying oflocal waterways for non-point runoff and control of hazardous waste

disposal.

A key factor in the success of the Tempe program has been their aggres sive sampling program, according to Industrial Waste Supervisor Alan Jen sen."We sample each industry we mon itor four times per year as a minimum.

Each sampling event consists of four full days of sampling,so we get a full 16 days of samples per year on each com plying industry. If the industry is in vio lation, the number of sampling events increases."

Samples are normally collected at the end ofthe processing cycle,just after the water has passed through the industry's pretreatment program and is on its way towards the public treatment works.

Sometimes, however, samplers will be placed upstream and downstream from the plant to monitor how successful the industry program has been in meeting specified standards and to detect illegal discharges, without alerting the indus try to the fact that it is being monitored.

The Department prefers to perform their own sample collection, rather than rely on the industry to take the samples.

They also prefer flow proportional sam pling methods using pH meters to mon itor sudden changes in pH which could contribute to odour problems and pipe corrosion.

Tempe uses American Sigma portable samplers for this program, selected for

reliability and flow-proportional sam pling capabilities and the capability to select discrete or composite sampling modes. The delay start option is also a significant feature, as it allows the De partment to install a sampler on Thurs day and set it to begin sampling on Saturday, when the industry is in opera tion and possibly issuing illegal dis charges.

Tempe has two employees committed

Industrial Waste Supervisor, Alan Jensen and Industrial Waste Technician, Michael Golden perform lab analysis of sample liquid. full time to the sampling operations who are responsible for installation of sam plers,sample collection,and tracking of sampling paperwork. Although the In dustrial Waste Department has its own preparatory lab, most analyses are per formed by outside labs to avoid bias against industries.

When violations are discovered, the

industry is notified immediately. If ne cessary,a representative from the Indus trial Waste Department will meet with representatives from the industry to dis

cuss the problem. The Department is strictly a regulatory agency, however, and does not get involved with consulta tion or solution of the problem. The in dustry is resampled after 45 days. If the problem has not been alleviated, charges may be laid and notices pub lished in local newspapers. If problems persist and the industry does not seem to be making sufficient effort to rectify the situation, sewer service may be ter minated. All money collected in fines is re-invested in the program for new equipment and training.

The Department is also responsible for monitoring six metering stations for billing purposes and for identification of potential problems by new industries or changes in existing industries.

In addition to industrial monitoring, the program has grown to include an extensive storm water (non-point) run off sampling schedule. Currently this includes collecting grab samples of

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runoffdischarges after every rain.These are tested for BOD, COD, TSS, heavy metals, herbicides, insecticides and

phenols. The Department is consider ing using a flow-proportional sampler which can be set to sample automati cally when water levels reach a given point.

The water sampling program also in cludes monthly sampling of several lakes located in the local park and golf course.These lakes collect surface water

runoff from the neighboring area. The Industrial Waste Department is con sidering using these lakes as a deposi tory for effluent water. By measuring the water quality now, they hope to estab lish baseline standards to compare to readings they will take after the addition of the effluent water. Determining the water quality will help the Department minimize effects of the effluent on the

area ecosystem.

Tempe's Industrial Waste Depart ment has also become actively involved in environmental protection concerns, such as hazardous waste clean up and emergency response to spills and fires.

The Department works very closely with the local police and fire departments to discuss which areas or industries are

being pressured to clean up hazardous waste.These target areas are kept under close surveillance for possible illegal acts, such as illegal dumping, illegal transportation or arson.

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Distribution System Management

Collingwood PUC makes successful switch to metering

Collingwood meter reader

John Palmer pauses briefly at each home. He places the tip

of a TouchRead System elec tronic reading gun to a remote TouchPad mounted on an exterior wall and

The TouchRead System has been used to read Collingwood's water and hydro-electric meters since January of 1990. When it was installed, it brought about a major change from just a few years ago when most of the town's 6,500

depresses a button on the gun's handle.

residential water services were not me-

In less than two seconds, the home's

tered at all. Back then,the hydro-electric meters were read visually using paper route-books,and the data was manually keyed into a computer following the reading process. It was also a process that sometimes produced billing

water meter reading data is transferred through the gun to a solid state interro gator (SSI) where it is automatically stored

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memory. Later, the data will be down loaded to a personal computer at the utility office.

Next, he utilizes the SSI's built-in

keypad to manually enter data from the home's hydro meter into memory. For both the water and electricity readings, the SSI automatically verifies that the data has been received and stored.

Although he is completely familiar with Collingwood's meter reading routes,the SSI can be programmed with route information to guide him along.

The program utilizes the SSI's LC dis play to show the exact location of each meter and its remote pad contact or other information, such as warnings about route hazards.It is also capable of alerting the meter reader whenever an abnormal entry is made, signalling a possible mistake or service problem.

errors.

Before adding water meters, most re sidential and light commercial service water customers paid a flat rate. As the community grew and water consump tion steadily increased, it became clear that solving future water and environ mental problems would require new conservation measures and the addition

John Palmer using Touch Read

of meters. Flat rates for unlimited water

supplies were on the way out.

In 1983, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment had issued new guide lines directing all water utilities using surface sources to have filtration sys tems in operation within ten years. Col lingwood's raw water source was located at the southern end of Lake Huron's

Georgian Bay. Water quality had his torically been so good that filtration had

not previously been considered neces sary, but chlorination was used.

Officials began planning for the fil tration system addition. As a pre liminary step toward reducing sus pected unaccounted-for water losses and making billing for amounts used more equitable, the PUC began requir ing that water meters be included for all new or upgraded services.

The metering program also provided an opportunity for upgrading the uti lity's meter reading and billing process to an electronic system — one that would be capable of on-site reading for both the new water meters and existing

hydro meters. Also, it had to be one that could be compatible with the PUC's existing mainframe computer, so data from the meter readings could be easily

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industry capable of exporting value

fession of Ontario is urging the govern ment to licence chemists in the province.

The call was made repeatedly during ACPO's annual meeting. Various dele gates complained that chemists had enormous responsibilities for public health and safety; yet government agen cies had not responded to the pro fession's requests for licencing.

ES&E Publisher Tom Davey was lunchtime speaker. He said it was ridi culous that one could not sell hot dogs in Toronto without a licence — yet govern ments were deaf to the idea of licencing chemists. When he was a boy in Eng land. chemists were synonymous with healing. People went to the chemists shop — the drugstore — for a variety of healing potions. The chemist was a re vered figure, a person of science who ranked alongside the doctor in social rank and importance. Today the very

added services on the international market. Moreover we cannot restore our environment without a vibrant lab in

word chemical is seen as a noxious

word, a perjorative synonymous with toxic.

"Today your profession can routinely find toxins at parts per trillion with the capabilities of detection in the parts per quadrillion range — virtually NASAca-

dustry.

libre technology — yet various govern ment agencies and some purchasing agents are trying to buy these complex

"If South East Asians can ship cars and steel by the tonne across the Pacific, surely it should be possible to export analytical services in containers weigh ing a few grams. After all we can fly to most places in North America in a few hours. Put simply, a healthy lab indus try could help the economy while pro tecting the environment.

"But the lab industry is bleeding from vicious bidding wars. Government poli cies at many levels unwittingly are stifl ing this vital high-tech environmental business where quality of equipment

services with low bid tenders which are

and staff education count for little if

more appropriate for the purchase of sand and gravel.

price is the key determinant. Ironically, the cost of lab services is virtually petty cash compared to the capital costs ofthe

Incoming ACPO President Dr. Pierre Beaumier, Mann Testing, (left) v\/ith out going President Denis Bayley.

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"I know that Canadian chemists rate

highly around the world — except in Canada ofcourse. We have government programs which will rescue bankrupt sunset industries with massive bail outs,

sometimes valued at $200,000perjob.Yet with analytical chemistry we have a high-tech, knowledge industry; a clean

projects requiring analyses. It is idiotic

to quibblgpver a hundred bucks in sav ings on a toxic real estate deal,or even a treatment process, where the capital value of the project could run into mega millions. continued on page 78

CEiA hosts post Globe '92 meeting with international delegates

Apost Globe'92breakfast meet

ing in Toronto organized by the Canadian Environmental

Industry Association was a sell out affair. There were substantial

delegations from Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zea

land, all eager and willing to see what CEIA members could offer. Many dis appointed people were unable to attend the capacity breakfast meeting.

Drew Blackwell, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment Ontario, spoke of the problems affecting governments.

He said we did not expect to face the pre sent fiscal crunch, pointing out, that a little money spent upfront to change a process can save costly clean ups later.

Governments usually have to finance clean ups, he noted.

Touching on reuse and recycling, he noted that primitive societies were al ready extensively practicing the 3 Rs but noted ruefully that we were not such a society.

At an evening reception, Ed Philip, Ontario

Minister

for

International

Trade and Technology,stressed that en vironmental protection and job crea tion could and should go hand in hand; that ecological considerations can ac tually create new jobs.

The breakfast, and subsequent even

ing reception, gave CEIA members and government officials a chance to net work with these overseas delegates. The organizers of this successful meeting, Odette Corbu P.Eng., ISTC, David Reid, MITT and Bob McArtbur,City ofToron to, must be given full credit for planning this highly successful Globe '92 follow up.

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PCAO focusses on industry at 21st annual conference

The 21st PCAO Annual Con ference drew some 530 dele

gates along with a trade expo

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sition believed to be the best-

where the iron curtain lifted to reveal an

ever in terms of member flow through and quality of exhibits. This year the

infrastructure system that is well out of date, and a pollution problem that is beyond belief. There is also potential in the third world, where developing coun tries are looking to improve their stan dard of living with new sewage and

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designed to commercialize Ontario technologies. For example, SCIEX, along with its partners the University of Toronto and the Perkin-Elmer Corpora tion, has been given a five-year grant to design instruments for measuring minute amounts of chemical pollut

rio gave a sharper focus to industrial pollution problems. Norm Jamison, MPP told the plenary session that the Ontario environment industry employs nearly 30,000 people and generates over $2 billion in sales, playing a major role in creating high-value, high-wage jobs.

He was standing in for Ed Philip, Minis ter of Industry, Trade and Technology.

The environmentindustry has the po tential to undergo tremendous growth,

"Ontario's environmental protection industry enjoys an international edge in several service and niche-product mar

he told the Toronto audience.

one of seven Centres of Excellence, the

ation of the commercialization and fi

"There is potential here. Tough envi ronmental programs like Ontario's Municipal/Industrial Strategy for

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nancial plans and the managerial

search. The Centre is studying methods to prevent, control and clean up groundwater contamination caused by septic tanks, gasoline, industrial spills and agricultural chemicals." He poin ted out that the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's Lifelines program, will

components.

Abatement(MISA)are setting new stan dards for pollution prevention,generat

ing an increased need for new pollution prevention technologies. There is also potential in the US,where by the end of the decade pollution control will be an estimated $170 billion a year industry.

(Editor's note Lucien Bradet gave higher projections later, see Industry Update).

"There is potential in Western Europe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which currently accounts for onethird of the global market for environ mental technology. In fact, a couple of weeks ago our Ministry led a small trade

water facilities.

kets like water and wastewater treat

ment and control, sampling and moni toring equipment.

"The Ontario government created, as

invest one-third of a billion dollars over

the next decade in rehabilitating muni cipal water distribution and sewage systems.

"Another important part of Ontario's technological infrastructure is ORTECH International whose activities

include technology development re lated to wastewater treatment."

mission of Ontario wastewater firms to

Mr.Jamison focussed on Industry Re search Program (IRP), which provides

Italy. The participating companies had

up to 50 percent of the cost of research

ants.

Another program which is more di rectly focused on the environmental protection industry is the Environmental Technologies Program (ETP), he said.

"The program, which is delivered by the Ministry of the Environment, pro vides up to 50 percent of the cost of de velopment, refinement and demonstra tion of new products and processes.

MITT's role in the program is the evalu

"In keeping with our environmental and economic priorities, the program gives preference to technologies that emphasize pollution prevention and which can be marketed globally. The guidelines stipulate that the technolo gies must be commercialized by an Ontario firm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this is in keeping with

our "developing home-based com panies" fundamental.

"Two studies examining marketing opportunities and strategies in the United States and Europe 1992 for the Ontario environmental protection in dustry found that these two areas of the world will offer a combined environ

mental protection market of $275-billion dollars by the year 2000."

Left to right, Larry Madden, Control & Metering, one of the organizers of the conference exhibition; Erv Mclntyre, MOE,retiring PCAO President with Susan Macfarlane,winner of the 1 st place Masters Category,WEF Student Paper Competition; Conference Chair Dusanka Flllpovic, Halozone Recyling Inc. and Anton Davies, Rowan Williams Davles & Irwin Inc., President Air and Waste Management Association. Doug McTavlsh, MOE,won the Bedell Award with the Hatfleld going to Larry Edwards. Bob PIckett, Metro-Toronto, Phil Parry, G&S and ES&E's Tom Davey received the prized Gold Shovels from former PCAO President Peter Laughton. Elmco's Terry Mathews took over as President. TPD Photos 24

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Pollution Probe pulled no punches when he said that obtaining public ap proval is much more complex than ap provals from the Ministry of the Envi ronment. In many municipalities a two year lead time is turning into half a decade or more of lead time, and that

will only get longer in the future. Those bigger pumps, new wells, and longer pipes frequently come with an econo mic,if not environmental,cost that many communities are just not willing to pay, yet water remains on essential public service. Water conservation is finding its

way on to the public policy agenda in all kinds of new ways. Concerns about wa ter quality continue to arise, month after month, year after year, and they will not go away, he said.

User pay means that conservers save.

Only through a user pay system will the person who does the right thing for the environment be a winner, he said stress

ing that in many parts ofthe country,the small user is, directly or indirectly, sub sidizing the larger user.

"The joy of'true user pay' is that the less people pay the more the approach is doing its job. Failing to protect the envi ronment will cost jobs, because we can not support a healthy economy in a pol-

luted environment.On the positive side, today the world is industrializing at an

There are tremendous opportunities for

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cess fees, saleable permits, and many more in helping to shift our pattern of water use from an environmentally un sustainable to an environmentally sus tainable mode. Once the public sup ports the goal, the opportunities to achieve the goal are tremendous."

fers from even greater shortages ofclean water than we experience here in Cana da. Water wasting technology won't sell in the developing world or in Eastern Europe. If we want the opportunity to sell technology and know-how to help meet the incredible demands of a ra

pidly changing world, it is absolutely

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essential that we show that we have the

The Ontario Municipal Water Associa

most water conserving technology that is available world-wide. It is failing to

tion was in a militant mood over the Greater London Area Arbitrator's Re

take into account the needs of the envi ronment that will best ensure that we

have no jobs in the future," he said.

On metering, he noted that the public was cynical about almost everything that government does. "We have not done a good job of helping the public to understand why we must make more efficient use ofwater. When government goes out with programs to meter pre viously unmetered water, or to charge more for water,or to encourage reduced

water use, many in the public and small business fight back.

"Once we have got the public on side, once people are demanding water con servation programs, the principles of User Pay, Polluter Pays, and the use of economic tools to achieve environmen

tal goals become viable. Of course peo ple should be paying the full cost for every drop of water they use. Of course we should increase water and sewage

treatment pricing to realistic levels just as we have done with landfill tipping

*Ont. Section American Water Works Association.

use of economic instruments, water ac

fees. Of course discounts for bulk use

should be substantially eliminated.

port to abolish the London PUC.Letters have been sent from the Ont. Section AWWA and OMWA to Ontario Premier

Bob Rae, Municipal Affairs Minister David Cooke, Environment Minister

Ruth Grier and others â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including leaders of the Conservative and Liberal

Parties, asking that the draft legislation to abolish the PUC be withdrawn. The

Executive passed the following resolu tion during the '92 Annual Conference in Niagara Falls.

"The Ontario Municipal Water Associa tion opposes the abolition of the London PUC as recommended in the Greater

London Area Arbitrator's Report; on the ground that it was done without any stu dies as to the merits of abolishing the London PUG; without consultation of the London PUC; without any beforehand notice;

and further, that dismissing the London PUC Commissioners without public con sultation and approval of the local elec torate, has stripped the people of London of their inherent democratic right to elect those they wish to represent them."

I Left to right, Fuller awardee Marsh Rasberry of M M Dillon after his wife Brenda presented him with the covetted pin; Roger Tomlinson, Barrie PUC, winner of the Hatfield award. Herschel Guttman, Anderson Associates, newly elected Vice Chair of the Ont. Section AWWA received a membership award from AWWA Chair Dr. Ken Roberts. Rod Holme of Proctor & Redfern takes over the Chairfrom Dr. Roberts. Windsor won the Pipe Tapping Contest. Over 700 attended the joint AWWA/OMWA conference.

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Sparging can reduce VOC remediation costs in groundwater contamination

With50sitesin operation,50

soil and groundwater contamination had been reduced by 98%.

Brown acknowledged that there are still reservations within the industry over the use of air sparging. These fall

more projected for start up in 1992, and a regula tory closure already on the books,Groundwater Technology,Inc. claims that its air sparging used in con

into two areas of concern. The first is

junction with soil vapor extraction is now the primary treatment technology

that the accelerated vapour travel cre ated by sparging presents the potential

for vapours to be drawn into nearby re ceptors (e.g., basements). This problem is resolved by using venting systems in areas with potential vapour receptors.

A second concern is that, under spe cific conditions, a misapplied sparge system could actually push the con-

ofchoice for soils and groundwater con taminated with volatile organic com pounds(VOCs).

Richard Brown, Ph.D., Director of Remediation Technology for Groundwater Technology, Inc., says:"Sparging extends the effective volatilization prin

continued overleaf

ciples applied in soil vapour extraction (venting) to high zones of contaminant concentration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; adsorbed chemicals in the saturated zone or below the water table. These were inaccessible to vent

ing. This technology often makes it pos sible to reduce by as much as 50% the typical cost of treatment as well as the treatment period for sites contaminated with VOCs.

Air sparging is the highly controlled injection of air into contamination in the saturated zone. Air bubbles traverse

horizontally and vertically through the soil column, creating a transient airfilled porosity in which volatilization can occur.

Air sparging effectively creates a crude air stripper in the subsurface,with the soil acting as the packing. Air is in jected and allowed to flow through the water column over the "packing". Air

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sorbed-phase contaminants in the aqui fer cause the VOCs to volatilize.

The volatilized organics are carried by the air bubbles into the vadose zone, where they can be captured by a vapor extraction system. Moreover, the sparged air maintains a high dissolved oxygen content, which enhances natu ral biodegradation.

Air sparging also creates turbulence and increased mixing in the saturated

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He says that while the capital equip ment associated with a sparge system is often quite simple,compact, and low in cost compared to previous generations oftreatment systems,the evaluation cri teria, design tolerances and systems en gineering are far more exacting. There fore, implementation of sparge systems calls for a very sophisticated analysis of site hydrogeoiogy and careful engineer

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tamination away from the site. For example, a clay barrier above the zone of injection could cause this to happen.

Uncontrolled flow could also be caused

by pressurization of the system beyond the soil's capacity to accept a smooth flow of injected air. Therefore, restric tive geological conditions and optimal system operating pressures must be de termined by meticulous testing prior to system implementation. In the event that barriers and low permeable for

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It has also been observed that sparg ing results in mounding of the water table. Under normal hydrogeoiogicai conditions, mounding can accelerate the flow of groundwater and, hence,the spread of dissolved contamination.

However, with sparging, the mounding is typically caused by the displacement of water with air,resulting in a less dense

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The Global approach

thw economic initiatives are designed to protect the environment

With al the publicity over industry adopting a new "green" image one might think that most of the world's pollution problems were well on the way to being solved. This perception, however, is far from reality although it is tme that many companies, especially the larger public companies are beginning to realize the economic benefits of adopting a more positive approach to their waste management strategies. Others, however are stalled in their efforts due to the current economic recession. Others may be looking to relocate their manufacturing operations to third world countries such as Mexico where already lax environmental laws are at best only feebly enforced. Also for the smaU to medium sized companies, which are responsible for a major portion of all toxic waste generated, a green corporate image is a luxury they can rarely afford. In this poor economy, many of these smaller firms are already facing tough competition fiom companies in less environmentally sensitive regions which also enjoy the benefits of much lower labour costs.

However,the situation is not all doom and gloom. The last two decades have seen some major improvements in the quality of the environment. There is also a clear indication that the future shows

real promise for further gains in environmental quality and that this may be due in a large part to the adoption of more enlightened, or possibly even radical thinking on environmental economics.

In the past most environmental legislation was based on a command and control approach where regulations specified permissible emission or effluent limits and backed these up by the threat of legal enforcement action. This approach was devised to take care of large industrial generators which were relatively easy to police and control. But as we now know, the real environmental concems are quite different. First there are the large number of small companies or small quantity waste generators for whom the cost of enforcing compliance can often outweigh social and environmental benefits. Then there are the global, intemational issues such as ozone depletion and stratospheric climate change, acid rain, trans-border shipment of toxic wastes and the stripping of natural resources in third world countries, all of which carmot be controlled by the traditional regulatory processes.

In order to solve these complex problems some radical

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be introduced to support the existing policies and regulatory processes.

cost-effectiveness in the consistent application of the Polluter-Pays Principle and a more effective use of economic instruments in conjunction with regulations". The recent report of the working committee identified over 150 economic instruments that have been tested so far by the member countries [1].

Furthermore, in the introduction to a recent study by the US Environmental Protection agency (USEPA) on economic incentives; options for environmental protection, the director William K. Reilley admitted the limitations of the traditional command and control poUcies and pledged the agency's commitment to the wider use ofeconomic incentives [2].

Economic Incentives

Tbe use of economic incentives or economic instruments (El's)

either as an altemative to or to support existing environmental legislation is not a new phenomenon. Its origins can be traced to the beginning of the environmental movement in the mid-1960's.

It has been studied most seriously in Europe which has long followed the Polluter Pays Principle in environmental legislation.

North America,in contrast has taken a slightly different route. By enforcing strict legislation which defines technical solutions by way of best available technology industry is being forced indirectly to pay for its pollution. A number of different types of economic instrument have been studied, including charges, financial incentives, deposit/refund schemes and market creation.

Charges have included user fees, which are the most common type of economic instrument and effluent charges. Effluent charges have been studied as an incentive for improved water pollution control in the Netherlands and Germany. Basically, a fixed charge is established for a company to meet the permissible discharge standard. If the company can improve the quality of its effluent below the standard,the charge is proportionately reduced.

In the area of monetary incentives the most detailed study has been carried out by the State of California They have examined the use of grants, soft loans and tax incentives to assist the implementation of more effective waste management by industry.

Although this study is focussed on probably the most environmentally sensitive region in the world, the findings can be adapted to other less affluent, less sensitive areas.

Deposit/refund systems have been proposed for many areas of waste management including toxic wastes. It has been proposed for pesticide containers (of which the US uses over 10 million each year)and for cadmium/mercury batteries. The practicality of this approach is open to question due to the wide range of collection systems required to allow the user to be refunded.

At a meeting of the OECD Environment Committee in June 1985, environment ministers of the member nations agreed to "Seek to introduce more flexibility, efficiency and * Toxics Recovery Systems Intemational, Rexdale, Ontario and the University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry /Institute for Environmental Studies 30

Trading Pollution Rights The most controversial area of economic incentives is

imdoubtedly the concept of creating a maiket in pollution rights.

The provision of pollution rights, being seen as a right to pollute combined with charges being viewed as the price of pollution, automatically leads to the creation of a maiket where these Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1992

by Bernard Fleet, IVi.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R. and Nllima Sharma Fleet, B.A.* privileges can be traded. The trading in permits to pollute whereby a company can either buy or sell a license to pollute has caused widespread public concem. In principle, however, the approach has many attractive features including the ability of the generator to have a wider selection of treatment strategies.

Traditional command and control based policies can be viewed as stifling to the development of advanced pollution control technologies. In contrast, the market creation approach, since companies can actually gain a financial reward for reducing their pollution, should encourage the development of new resource recovery or minimal discharge treatment technologies.

Experience in market creation is almost entirely confined to the US where the main commodity exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, recently inaugurated a private market for rights to emit sulfur dioxide. This approach has its origins in the problems in implementing the Qean Air Act in 1970 when a large proportion of utility companies experienced problems in meeting emission standards. The Chicago commodity trading program could provide useful pointers for other jurisdictions considering similar initiatives in other waste management areas. California, for example, is considering setting up a computerized market for business permits to emit volatile organics compounds (VOCs).

Several other cities in the US, which are hard pressed to meet air quality guidelines are also exploring market based approaches to more effective regulation ofsmog producing pollutants.

Recently the UN proposed the creation of a global market in pollution permits. This plan aims to set national quotas on emissions and would,for the first time, set a price on one or more of the pollutants blamed for global warming. It is anticipated that the plan wiU be formally endorsed in June at the United Nations

Conference on Trade and Development in Rio de Janeiro.

Although the trading of pollution rights arguably does create possibilities for more innovative, cost effective pollution abatement options, the formidable problems of developing and administering these policies has caused governments and environmental agencies to move slowly and cautiously.

Supporters, however argue strongly that emissions trading has enabled economic growth to continue in areas of high pollution and that in several areas impressive air quality improvements have been reported. However, a large sector of the public and most environmental groups continue to oppose emissions trading on the fundamental argument that the availability of clean air is a basic inalienable right. They view trading in emission reduction credits as a light to pollute. More dispassionately, however, emissions trading is only marginally different from the present direct regulatory approach, which allows controlled pollution to take place via a permit.

Environmental Economics

There is no doubt that environmental economics is a complex area one where traditional government financial planners and the new breed of environmental economists have wide areas of

disagreement.

Consider the issue of industrial waste management. In managing industry's toxic wastes there are two sets of costs to consider, private and social. Private costs are those that industry bears and include the capital cost of waste management equipment and associated operating costs such as Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1992

Protesters at Globe '92 in Vancouver. New ways to measure 'green' economic activity are being developed. Missing are signs saying that Dupont has also developed CFC substitutes.

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labour and utilities. The second group of social costs are the costs which are met by society to support these waste management activities. These might include the subsidized costs of industrial water supply, sewage treatment and landfill disposal. Then there is a third, even more intangible group of social costs which

include public health care costs and lost productivity fiom pollution related diseases and the damage to the natural environment. These costs of consumption of environmental quality represent a major portion of the real costs of industrial pollution. The current argument is that industry should assume an

increasing portion of the social costs of environmental protection but the real difficulty emerges as how to measure and agree on these costs. There are now a number of economic arguments on this issue which attempt to solve the problem from both a national and an industry standpoint.

Traditionally, industry has evaluated its environmental projects using the same financial approach it has used for other projects.

This uses a standard financial analysis which considers readily quantifiable costs such as capital equipment cost, operating costs and any obvious cost savings or recoveries. These are then set out

in a typical finandal spreadsheet format over the time period of the project which might typically vaiy from five to ten years. The project value is then computed using financial indices such as net present value(NPV),return on investment(ROl) and break even

point However,this conventional approach ignores most societal costs and does not consider other intangibles such as future legal liability or corporate image.

Towards a "Green" GNP

At the national or intemational level, several European countries, lead by the Netherlands and Germany have started to develop a Green GNP which sets out an altemative approach to the traditional measine of economic activity by subtracting a figure for the harm that economic activity does to the environment [3]. Its proponents claim that by ignoring or disguising the cost of economic production on the environment, the gross national products of many countries have been distorted or grossly inflated.

They claim, for example, that the costs of measures which are

designed to protect the environment such as sewage treatment plants are incorrectly tallied as growth. The approach is an continued overleaf 31

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Economic Initiatives, cont'd scarce financial resources so that the a convincing cost benefit analysis has to be presented.

Most major industrialized countries have ambitious environ mental projects underway. Significant progress has also

A powerful new tool for the environmental manager is the use of a method known as full-cost environmental accounting. This approach, developed by scientists and economists at the General Electric Corporation, is based on a much more comprehensive analysis of environmental costs [4]. These include using a much longer 10-20 year window for environmental projects, anticipating the cost impacts of much stricter discharge standards and also attempting to quantify a range of less tangible social cost elements. These may include such issues as future legal liability costs and the real economic benefits of an improved environmental image. Employee health and morale and associated productivity benefits may also be measured.

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closely parallels the trends in national level environmental

ambitious one and involves first attempting to measure the costs for all toxic emissions and discharges along with the

disappearance of plant and animal life and other environmental changes. These figures will provide a set of costs for achieving sustainable economic development which will then be subtracted from the current GNP to attain the Green ONP.

That these arguments are taken seriously is evidenced by the fact that most of the major industrialized nations including Japan, the US, Germany, France, Norway and Sweden all now have ambitious projects under way to calculate the economic impact of environmental degradation. Although Canada in its recent Green Plan stresses the role of sustainable development and the links between the environment and the economy there is no evidence that it is adopting a Green GNP policy or that its thinking is anywhere near as advanced as its European partners.

Recent evidence has also shown that the level of pollution is

directly related to a country's economy. According to the study by Grossman and Krueger from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson Institute, air pollution is most severe for countries vvith an economic output of $4,000 to $5,000 per person and less severe

What we are seeing in full-cost environmental accounting economic policies. This reflects the need to make industry bear a larger share of the costs of damage to the environment. For example, a company may be using a cost effective but highly polluting manufacturing process. Altematively, it could consider the use of a less polluting but more costly manufacturing process.

The prediction of overall costs using the lull- cost environmental accounting approach are shown in Figure 1, where Process A is the lower cost, highly polluting process and Process B the more

environmentally benign, but more expensive production process.

The decision by a firm to switch from Process A to Process B is dependent first on the environmental legislation in force, and second on their ability to accurately predict their tme waste management costs.

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Full Cost Environmental Accounting

While concepts such as the Green GNP are all very interesting, there is the important question whether they have any real impact on grass roots industrial waste management decision makers.

Arguably they do - just as in the basic philosophy of the Green GNP,the underlying arguments supporting the wider acceptance of waste rrimimization, resource recycling and the adoption of clean technologies is that the current costs of industry's waste management practices are artificially low and do not reflect long term liabilities and other societal costs. Industry now seems to be accepting this challenge and maybe as the first step we are seeing the emergence of a new type ofenvironmental manager,often one with board level responsibility. In order for these managers to convince their management or their stockholders of the benefits of improved environmental policies, their arguments have to be presented in economic terms; serious waste management requires serious financial analysis. Furthermore, waste management investments may often be competing with other projects for Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1992

Environmental

Damage

Future Risk Cost

In this respect, environmentalists have long supported the claim that a more comprehensive analysis of waste management costs would convince indusOy that the modem approaches of waste elimination, waste reduction, resource recycling and the use of clean technologies would be both economically and environmentally beneficial. One interesting idea to emerge from this approach is the notion of afiUure risk cost. When attempts to work out a fiill environmental cost analysis are made it is evident that the various waste management strategies can be ranked on the basis of theirfuture risk cost. For example, one company may decide to handle its waste generation by a combination of waste reduction linked to onsite recovery and recycling. Such an approach would have a minimal risk cost in that the only 33

Economic Initiatives, cont'd possible risk might come from an accidental discharge. However, if a company relies on off site transport and land disposal for its wastes there is a real possibility for future legal liability resulting fiom landfill leakage causing a poOution of a public watercourse, etc. Such a strategy then should have a maximum future risk cost

Loss of Clients

The important breakthrough made by MacLean and his colleagues at GE is that they have developed a model which

A poOution infraction, by causing a plant shutdown whOe the problems are rectified,can lead to loss of production. In industries such as electronics manufacturing, where rapid deOvery of product is critical, it can even cause loss of key cOents.

Furthermore, many companies wOI avoid suppUers with a questionable environmental record forjust these reasons. Another key consideration is that for public companies, adverse publicity resulting from a pollution incident can have a negative impact on

allows the risk cost to be calculated for a wide range of waste

their stock price.

management strategies [5]. As an example, in the disposal of toxic heavy metal sludges fiom electroplating and electronics plants, fftsfuture risk cost of disposing of these wastes in one of the rapidly dwindling landfill sites is estimated at $380(US) per

...adverse publicity resuiting from a pollution

assigned to it.

ton. When this cost is added to the current disposal costs ranging from $200 to $600 per ton, then the higher capital costs of recovery and recycling waste management options appear much more attractive.

It is also possible to extend these arguments to estimate the real cost benefits of a positive coiporate environmental image. Any company convicted of a pollution offence now faces various penalties ranging from fines, to temporary or permanent plant shutdowns, or even jailing of chief executives. Intentional poOution in the US which was formerly a civO offence is now a criminal offence and some chief executives of convicted

companies are now facing felony charges. This has led to a new definition of chief executive officers, or CEO's as CJO's or chirf jailable officers!

incident can have a negative impact on their stock price.

Conversely, many companies have now realized the increased sales potential of taking a positive stance on environmental issues.

One of TRSI's clients for example, a major California electronics company, has replaced the background music on its telephone system with a 2-minute message describing the benefits it has achieved from its million dollar investment in a state-of-the-art

waste management system.

Qearly,the impact of these various cost factors wiU vary widely depending on the size of a company,its location and the nature of its business. However, a major feature of full cost environmental accounting is that in addition to providing hard costs on many of these factors, it also allows a company or waste generator to apply

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Economic Initiatives, cont'd models,in various forms, have been fairly widely used to estimate environmental costs [5, 7-9]. Most of these studies have been

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generation practices. Electroplaters as well as gold mining companies fell into this category. Since the optimum waste management strategy for many firms is often critically dependent on intemal decisions on corporate environmental policy, the authors concluded that a better solution might result from the use of an expert systems approach [10].

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their own weighting on the relative importance of the various cost elements.

Small Business Problems

While most large companies will probably have the technical and management resources to invest in a full cost environmental accounting approach, what of the small or even medium sized

firms? The majority of these companies invariably lack the qualified environmental engineers or even the financial expertise to adequately measure their waste management costs. One solution to this problem is provided by the many environmental advisory agencies which have been set up by over 30 US states and the four or five groups here in Canada. The best of these such as the State of California Department of Health Services (Toxic

Control Division), the Mirmesota Technical Assistance Program or the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources can provide technical advice on practical waste management issues including capital equipment and operating costs [6]. In addition

these groups can often assist in directing a company towards sources of finance to meet the costs of new waste treatment

equipment, including grants, subsidies and state guaranteed, low interest or long term loans. The authors can provide additional information and contacts.

Computer Models and Expert Systems Yet another approach is the use ofeconomic models. Computer

Applications

The application of expert systems in environmental engineering decision making has recently become very popular and there are now close to 100 proven examples and case studies [11]. Expert systems are computer programs which allow a body of knowledge compiled by experts in the field to be intelligently accessed by a relatively uninformed user. They typically consist of two parts, a knowledge base which contains aU of the relevant information on the given topic and the inference engine which is an interactive program allowing the user to input some basic information on their problem and then leads through a series of questions and answers to reach one or more solutions. In the case

of toxic waste management strategies, the knowledge base would consist of a compilation of proven waste treatment systems and industry case studies covering a wide range of waste streams, industries and sizes of company. The inference engine would first reqirire the irser to input data on their varioirs waste sources, the

size and profrtabUity of the plant and the permissible local discharge standards. Further questions would allow the user to apply their own weighting to factors such as potential for plant expansion, corporate environmental image or the importance of

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future risk cost factors. The output fiom the system would then consist of one or more examples or case studies of appropriate waste management options.

Debt-for-Nature Swaps

Environmental economics also offers hope for solving some of the environmental problems of the third world including the environmentally ravaged regions of the former Soviet Union and

government action.

This wide gulf between perceived environmental risk and reality was most clearly demonstrated by the situation in Times Beach, Missouri. After a dioxin scare in the

mid-1960's, the whole township of Times Beach was evacuated and the area designated as a major toxic waste Superftmd site.

However, as EPA officials recently admitted, the toxicity of dioxins, which was admittedly made on the best scientific evidence available at the time, now seems to have been wildly

Eastem Europe. Most of these countries now face massive pollution problems but lack either the financial or the technical

overestimated.

resources for their solution. Deht-for Nature Swaps is an innovative financial mechanism for leveraging conservation funds which provides a mechanism for the developed nations to apply their uncollectible third world debts to some practical purpose [12]. Typically, what happens is that an investor or donating agency purchases a debt instrument of the debtor nation, usually

have cost at least several hundred million dollars.

The US EPA has now established a major program to develop a coherent,long term assessment of environmental risk in relation to economic factors.

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for a fraction of its value. The investor, or a local environmental

Once the current projects are off the ground, it should start to eradicate some of the biiiions of dollars In debts owed to the World Bank and the

International Monetary Fund. agency then exchanges this asset with the government of the debtor nation in exchange for a commitment to implement some environmental remediation program. So far these programs have been quite small and targeted at conservation projects such as the protection of Mexico's and North America's last remaining rain forest.

However, the US Environmental Protection Agency

recently announced that it was adopting the plan and claimed that as much as $12 billion in foreign aid loans could fiee up as much as $100 million per year for environmental conservation projects.

More importantly, if successful the approach could be used as a model for other governments, notably fixrm Europe and Japan which also hold large amounts of debt to third world countries.

Some serious barriers still remain, especially the widely differing tax, accounting and regulatory regimes faced by the world's commercial banks which place several obstacles on the cheap sale or charitable donation of debt. Also,few examples of swaps aimed at industrial pollution projects have been put in place. One exception is the program financed by the Bank of the Netherlands to fund a study on cleanup of Poland's badly polluted

It is clear that the use of economic initiatives or market-based

incentives to provide more effective options for environmental protection shows tremendous promise. Both the recent OECD report and the EPA study on economic incentives indicate a clear national commitment to this type of program. Since Canada, the US and most industrialized countries are projecting that the proportion of GNP devoted to environmental protection will grow dramatically from its current 1-1.5% to around 3% by the year 2000 and that most of this money will come from the private sector, it is desperately important that new,innovative solutions to these problems be identified.

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regarded as the most serious environmental risk were often quite different than those that excited the public and thus stimulated Environmental Science & Engineering. May 1992

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B. Fleet, "The Economics of Resource Recycling, Zero-Discharge,

Waste Management Technologies and Strategies for the Heavy Metal Generating Industries", in Waste Minimization and Clean Technology; Moving Towards the 21st Centuiv. ISWA-EPA Conference Proceedings, Geneva, pp 534-543, 1989.

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in debts owed to the World Bank and the Intemational Monetary

Fund. If the optimists are right, the only limitation will be finding environmental projects that meet the basic constraints of

J. B. Opschoor and H. B. Vos, "Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection". OECD,Paris 1989.

rivers.

Despite the problems, debt-for-nature swaps are gaining widespread acceptance. Once the current projects are off the ground, it should start to eradicate some of the billions of dollars

This mistake, based on an incoirect risk

assessment and fuelled by public pollution phobia, is estimated to

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Hushon (ed), "Expert Systems for Environmental

Applications", ACS Symposium Series #431. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.(3., 1990.

12. S. Fidler, "Trade-off of a Heavy Burden", Financial Times(UK), May 22nd, 1991.5

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From a technical perspective,it is inter esting to note that all of Greater Van couver's water is collected from three

closed mountain water sheds, which to

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District, a division ofGVRD,began dis tributing water in the 1880"s. It now con sists of 500 kilometres of supply mains up to 2800 mm in diameter, 18 pump stations, and 21 storage reservoirs of up to 135 million litres in size. Water

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FewAWNA host cities can match Vancouver's scenic grandeur. With its boating facili ties and snow capped mountains, the city is a paradise for outdoor sporting facilities.

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Vancouver was favoured by the

arts and crafts not to mention bushels of

mountains overlook the blue,

fresh Eraser Valley fruit and vegetables, and seafood caught practically at the doorstep. Or travel to the Steveston docks, where fishermen sell the day's

white-capped harbour, lead ing to the Pacific Ocean.Seagulls swoop and soar over fishing boats, sea lions sunbathe on the shore, and whales may be seen from ferries to Victoria, capital of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island.

It has a laidback L.A. lifestyle — without the smog,and the metropolitan excitement of New York City — without the crime. One of the most beautiful

cities in the world, Vancouver reflects

both the natural grandeur of its sur roundings and the friendliness of its inhabitants.

Even Vancouver's downtown core re

flects the city's open, friendly atmo sphere. Glass and steel buildings reach skyward, sparkling with reflected sun light and lush green parks are crowned by the 1,000 acre Stanley Park, North America's largest city park.

There's so much to see and do in Van

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don't know where to begin. There's plenty to explore just in the city core.

The CNIMAX theatre at Canada Place

offers indoor sights as spectacular as those overlooking the sculpted sails.

From there,stroll down the cobblestone streets of old Vancouver in Gastown.

Further along is the vibrant activity of Chinatown,the second largest in North America. Explore the limits of your imagination at Science World on the old Expo site. The public market at Gran38

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gods. Imposing snow-capped

catch from their boats.

There are five botanical gardens in Vancouver, including the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens,an oriental fairyland.And of course, there's Stanley Park, a play ground for all ages. Nestled in these 1,000 acres of forest and fields are a zoo,

an Aquarium, a miniature railway, an outdoor theatre,and a seawall stretching nearly five miles.

Cross Lions Gate Bridge to the North Shore and your eyes will be drawn to Grouse Mountain. A popular ski hill in winter,the skyride to the summit offers a panoramic view of the city and ocean year-round that will leave you breath less. While on the North Shore,test your courage crossing the Capilano Suspen

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Getting places in Vancouver is half the fun. Cross Burrard Inlet on the Sea-

bus. Glide through the city on the Skytrain,Vancouver's rapid transit system as clean and safe as the city. For a real treat, sail up Howe Sound on the M.V. Brittania. You can take the trip home on the Royal Hudson, an old-fashioned

tions servicing three areas in the system.

GVWD is currently undertaking predesign and planning studies for pro posed water treatment facilities for im proved disinfection, corrosion control and possible filtration plants.

GVRD also collects sewage via 400 kilometres of mains and 35 pumping stations. Although primary treatment is presently utilized at all four facilities,an upgrade by 1997 will result in the con struction of one of the largest secondary treatment plants in Canada.

Transportation around Vancouver is best accomplished via the public transit system. Skytrain, North America's lon gest fully automated rapid transit sys tem, forms the backbone of this inte

grated land-sea-rail approach. Seven teen stations along the 24.5 km Skytrain route link four municipalities stretching from Waterfront Station in downtown

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from point to point at speeds of up to 80 km/h.From the terminus at Skytrain the Seabus departs for the 20 minute jour ney across Burrard Inlet to the North Shore.

The conference was 12 years in plan ning. ES&E would like to thank Don Enns of Cantest, Doug Neden of GVRD and Debbie Reynolds of Tourism Van couver for providing copy, photos and other data. Our thanks are also due to

many other Canadian AWWA members for their generous assistance in obtain ing exhibition data and other material for this special issue. Exhibition details were the latest available at press time.

For more information on the

steam locomotive.

conference contact American

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CO 80235. Tel:(303) 794-7711

The metropolitan population of 1.6 million is spread over 18 municipalities.

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AWWA Exhibitors

Guide to AWWA Exhibitors 114

Armtec

Asdor, Edwards and Jones

A, B, C

1422

Association of Boards of Certification 414

Autocon Industries Inc.

AVK Holding A/S

Booth #

3M Sample Preparation Products 3M Telecom Systems Group A.O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc. A Y McDonald Mfg. Co. Action Threaded Products, Inc.

AWWA Research Foundation

602

Badger Meter, Inc. Utility Division Badger Meter, Inc. Industrial Division Bailey Division of CMB Industries

1411

1121, 1123

2212

726,728 1311, 1313

Bingham & Taylor

2306

Bristol Babcock

2220, 2222

Byron Jackson Pumps Calgon Carbon Corporation Cambridge Brass Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.

124, 126 315,317

723,725 918,920

Canadian Environmental Protection

1921, 1923 Canron Pipe 1011, 1013 Capco Pipe Company Inc. 1204, 1206 Carus Chemical Company 2113 Cascade Waterworks Mfg. Co. 2019 Cathodic Protection Services, Water Works DIv. 1817,1819 Chicago Bridge & Iron Company

122

1621, 1623 219 517 319

Arka Stainless Bolt Inc.

911,913

BW/IP International —

1310 1308

Anglian Water Apac Products Apco Valve & Primer Corp.

Applied Biochemists Inc. Aqua Data Inc. Consultant Aqua Freed Inc.

610 515

Brooks Products, Inc.

1005

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825

1920, 1922 2003, 2005

BIF Products

1928 2102 222

Ames Company, Inc. Ametek, Inc. Plymouth Products Division Ametek, Microfoam Division

2123 2203 2014 2017

Bibby-Ste. Croix Foundries

1018, 1020

Ameron

1110

Bennett & Williams Bermad Inc. Bermex Inc.

525

Ads Environmental Services Inc.

1112, 1114

BOA Industrial Controls Limited

2025

Advance Products & Systems Inc. American AVK Company American Cast Iron Pipe Company American Chemicai Corp.

American Concrete Pressure Pipe Assoc.

American Norit Company Inc. American Pipe Lining Inc.

724

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Data West Corporation DBS Manufacturing Inc. Degremont Infiico Ltd.

1818, 1820 316

223, 225

803

1002 706 113 801 2201

CLA-VAL Company

1012, 1014 618,620

Conbraco Industries, Inc.

812,814

E.l.T.

2312

Control Microsystems, Inc.

1602

Eimco Process Equipment Co. EMA Services, Inc. Emery-Trailigaz Ozone Company Enmet Corporation

823 2309

Cornell Pump Company CPC Engineering/Microfloc Products

1512, 1514

Ecometrics Inc.

717,719

Controlotron

1907 2224

EBAA Iron Inc.

2108 707

Continental Ind.

2010, 2012

Eaglebrook East Jordan Iron Works, Inc.

2004

Conservatek Industries Inc.

704

Dezurik, A Unit of General Signal 612,614 Digitech Systems 604 Dowell Schlumberger 1318, 1320 Dresser Manufacturing Div., Dresser Ind. 1807, 1809 Drew Industrial Div, Div of Ashland Chemical 213 Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association 519 Dyk Incorporated 2305 E H Wachs Company 1319, 1321

813

Click & Go Ltd. Clow Con-Tech Industries Inc. Future Flush

1919 1604 702

Dense North America Inc. Dense North America Inc.

1302

C.I.M. Industries Inc. CLA-VAL Canada Ltd.

1108

1826, 1828

415,417 2027

922,924 2002

General Filter — Envirex

1626, 1628

CRC Press/Lewis Publishers

1301

Environetics, Inc.

2223

Crescent Pipe Tongs, Inc. Cretex Specialty Products Crispin-Multiplex Culligan International Culligan International

2210 802

Environmental Flealth Laboratories Envirotrol Inc.

216 2321

F.B. Leopold Company, Inc. F.S. Brainard & Company Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation Febco, Div. of CMB Industries Fischer & Porter Company Fisher Research Laboratory Flomatic Corp.

Fluid Conservation Systems

1208 2105

921,923 1509, 1511 1507

D,E,F

1811,1813 2121

418,420 1417 824 914

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AWWA Exhibitors Footage Tools

1523

Force Flow Equipment The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. Pipe Formulabs, Inc. — Water Management DIv. Piqua, OH

713 1225, 1227 1223

1927

Heath Consultants Limited DFW/HPI

Henry Pratt Company Hersey Products HF Scientific, Inc.

G,H,I GA Industries, Inc. Gardiner Equipment Company, Inc. General Chemical Corp.

General Chemical Corp.

General Filter Company — Envlrex

1824 701 2112, 2114 2110 1622, 1624

Geotelec Inc. GIrard Industries — Flow Services

1924

Gladwall Engineering Svc.

116

Gore & Storrle Limited Consulting Engineers 2128 GPK Products, Inc. 1711,1713 Great Lakes Instruments, Inc. 2106

Grid SystemsA/Vestech Information Systems 2327 Griffin Pipe Products Co. 1126,1128 Gundle Lining Systems, Inc. 1802 Hach Company 1219,1221 Hancor Inc.

1528 1424

Hays/Lee Brass Company Head Manufacturing Co., Inc. Heath Consultants Incoporated

HIac/Royco Particle Counters Honeywell Limited HSQ Technology Hydra-Shield Manufacturing, Inc. Hydra-Stop, Inc.

2218 2109

1518,1520 1205, 1207 1021, 1023 1421, 1423 2107 326

1722, 1724 1017

926,928

In USA Inc.

318

Industrial & Environmental Analysts Inc. Inflico Degremont Inc.

320

1610,1612 1723 2205

International DIoxclde Inc.

International Flow Technologies, Inc. International Ozone Association

Int'l Assoc. of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials IPSCO (International Piping Services Co.)

118 1413

1001,1003 1519, 1521

Ionics, Incorporated Itron, Inc.

J, K,L

2026

Handy Chemicals Ltd.

2303

Hansen Software Inc. Harco Waterworks CP

1101,1103 1618

Harmsco, Inc. Upflow Cartridge Filtration The Harrington Corporation The Harza Companies

224 1614 2008

J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. Jaeger Products, Inc. James Jones Company JCM Industries, Inc.

1118,1120 1701,1703

Jones & Henry Engineers, Inc./J&H Software Inc.

1517 1028

721

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AWWA Exhibitors JPS Elastomerics Corp.

2301

1201,1203

Kent Meters Inc.

Kinetico Incorporated The Kjell Corporation Knapp Polly Pig Inc. Koch Engineering Company, Inc. Kop-Coat Division of Carbollne KoppI Company Krofta Engineering Corporation Kupferle Foundry Company Kvaerner Hydro Power Inc. Landmark Structures, Inc. Layne & Bowler Layne-Western Company, Inc.

1925 1410 1117 1917

2124,2126 2308

1304,1306 1717,1719 325 822

919,917 818,820 426

Le-Ron Plastics Inc.

2007, 2009

Leeds & Northrup

Liquid Metronlcs DIv. Milton Roy(LMI) Lowell Corporation

1526 215

622,624

Clow

M,N, O,P

Michigan State University Mid-States Plastics Co. Inc.

1904

Miller Pipeline Corporation Mllltronlcs, Inc. Milton Roy Company —

1419 1727

Flow Control Division

Hersey Products — Mueller Co. Multl Fittings Nappco Natgun Corp.

National Automated Clearing House Assoc.

M3I Systems Inc. Marsh McBlrney Inc. McCrometer DIvlslon/Ketema, Inc.

Metal Samples Co. Inc. Metrltape Inc. Metron Technology Metrotech Corporation

1125, 1127 214 2314 1709 1822 2304

Neo Valves

Niagara Conservation Corporation American Norit

314

Northwest Filter Company Northwest Pipe & Casing Company

902

NSF International NSS Industries

1119

NSW Corporation Nusonlcs, Inc.

1705

712 1814

OCV Control Valves

218, 220 1825, 1827 1007, 1009 1810, 1812

McGard inc. Special Products Division (SPD) Memtec America Corporatlon/Memcor Division Met One Inc.

1821 1102

National Lime Association

1913, 1911 1903, 1905 1606, 1608

Orcom Systems Madison Chemical Industries Inc.

1522, 1524 1025, 1027

1901 2208

Orec Ozonia North America

626,628

Clow

Palmer Environmental Services

608

Parkson Corporation PCI Ozone & Control Systems, Inc. Peabody Floway, Inc. Peabody Techtank, Inc.

115 1513

2023 1910 321

Paico Linings, Inc.

819

2323

2021

P A C Pumps/Dlv. of Pacific Alloy Castings P A C Pumps

2407, 2409 2111 2228 1022

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AWWA Exhibitors Philadelphia Mixers Corporation Phillips 66 Co. Phillips Driscopipe Inc. Phllmac Valves and Fittings Phlpps & Bird Phox Systems Inc. Pipeline Inspection Co. Inc.,(SPY) Pipeline Pigging Products Inc. Pipeline Products Pipeline Seal and Insulator, Inc.

1808

Reed Manufacturing Company Inc.

1603

Reeves Rubber, Inc. Resources Conservation, Inc. Rexa Corporation

1607,1605 313 1202

2207, 2209

RJN Computer Services, Inc. Robar Industries Ltd.

2117

PItt-Des Molnes, Inc.

1407, 1409

PIttsburg Tank & Tower Co., Inc.

2405

Plastic Trends Inc.

606 1707

Plastics Pipe Institute

2119

PLCS Inc.

Plexco/Splrollte

1501, 1503

Pollution Control Inc.

2028

Poly Pipe Industries Inc. Polyken Technologies

2204

Preload Inc.

Price Brothers Company

1008, 1010 1024, 1026 1426, 1428

Prominent Fluid Controls Inc.

722 1217

Public Works Publications

Purac Engineering, Inc. PW Pipe

Rio Linda Chemical Co.

2213 2001

2311,2313

2003, 2005 826,828

Q,R,S, T, U,V, W,X, Y,Z Raco Manufacturing and Engineering Co., Inc. 425 Radlodetectlon Corporation Radix Corporation 1019 Hydro Group, Inc. — 1212, 1214 Ranney Method Western Hydro Group, Inc. — Ranney Method Western 1210

2024 805

2020, 2022

Rice Hydro Equipment Manufacturing

2211

PItometer Associates

1111,1113

2401

1502, 1504 804,806

Roberts Filter

1906,1908 709,711

Roll Seal Valve Co. Romac Industries

1406, 1408

811 521

Rosemount Analytical Inc. Ross Valve Mfg. Co., Inc. Roy F. Weston, Inc. Royal Pipe Co.

1427

718,720 708,710 413

Rustrak Instruments S & B Technical Products

Floyd S. Salser, Jr. and Associates, Inc. Sanmar Corporation

Scepter Manufacturing Company Limited Schlumberger Industries Schlumberger Industries, Inc. Schlumberger Industries, Inc. Schonstedt Instrument Company

422,424 1912, 1914 2325

1617,1619 1322

1324

1326, 1328 1712

2104

Schott/Great Lakes Instrumentation

Water & Wastes Digest Sensus Technologies, Inc. Serpentlx Conveyor Corporation

901,903 925,927

Severn Trent PLC Sierra MIsco Inc.

906,908

727 423

SIgma/Nappco Singer Valve Inc. Smith-Blair, Inc. Sonoco Products Company Star Pipe Products Speed Shore Corporation Splnlello Construction Co.

1104, 1106 322, 324 1714

1725 1401 2006

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AWWA Exhibitors Stanley Hydraulic Tools Star Pipe Products

2225, 2227 1403,1405 1107, 1109

Steel Plate Fabricators Association Sternson — Water Treatment Chemicals

217

Stiles — Kem Division, 1303, 1305 Met-Pro Corporation 910,912 Stoner Associates, Inc. Suburbia Systems Corp. — "A Unifilt Company" 905 Synex Systems Corporation 1726, 1728 1708, 1710 T T Technologies, Inc. Tank Industry Consultants, Inc. 1609 TOW Services, inc.

808,810 1525, 1527 Technical Products Corp.

Tek-Rap Inc. 2101, 2103 1412, 1414 Temcor 2214 Terminal City Iron Works Ltd. Thane-Coat, Inc. 2018 821 The PQ Corporation 1004, 1006 Thompson Pipe & Steel Co. 904 Thor Enterprises, Inc. 523 Thuro Services(Western) Ltd. 1718, 1720 Tnemec Company, Inc. Tokheim Automation Corporation, Houston TX 2307 419

Trac-Vac

2411, 2413 1402, 1404

Traffix Devices, Inc. Transmate/Division of Romac Industries Trenchless Replacement Systems Trojan Industries inc.

Troy Valve Trumbuli Industries, Inc.

2226 2403 714

807,809 226

Trusco Tank Inc.

Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. U S Environmental Protection Agency United States Pipe and Foundry Go. United States Pipe and Foundry Co.

1312, 1314 1220, 1222

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association Uni-Flange Corp.

Unifilt Corporation Unimin Corporation U.S. Filter Corporation Utility Service Assoc. Inc. Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corp.

Vaico Technology, Inc. Vanguard Plastics, Inc. Vulcan Rivet & Bolt Corp.

Wachs Canada Ltd.

Wallace & Tiernan, Inc. Waltron Ltd.

Warminster Fiberglass Company Water Company of America Water Quality Assoc.

Certainteed Water Works Manufacturing American Flow Control Div. of Amer. Cast Iron

1620

1804, 1806 1926

907,909 323

2125, 2127 2310

1508,1510 2317 1902 1627

1317

1418, 1420 817 1505 2206 513 221

1307, 1309

Watersaver Company, Inc.

827

Waterworld News

416

Watts Automatic Control Valve

Watts Regulator Company

1213

1209, 1211

Wedron Silica/Best Sand

1823

West Bay Instruments Inc. Westcoast Hydrant Services Ltd. Westvaco — Carbon Department

2319 2302

Wheeler-Rex

120

1122, 1124

Wilkins Regulator Div., Zurn Industries Inc. 1721 1625 Apco/Willamette Co. Water Specialties Corporation 1611,1613 Water & Wastewater Equip. Manuf. Assoc. WWEMA X-Pando Products Company 1909

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30. Aid to Developing Countries: An Update to NCO Activities

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33. Energy Management and Conservation

34. Small Water System - Alternative Solutions

35a. Conservation Potpourri 35b. Conservation: ULVs

36. Organics Removal: Adsorption and Biodegradation 37. Utilize Your Surface Water Supply

Do We Want To? 9. Product Information Forum I

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Automation and Computerization

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10. Upgrading Water Treatment Plants

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Lead/Copper Regulations 39. The Role ofEducation in Achieving

Compliance With the Safe Drinking Water Act 40. Drinking Water and Health in 2000

11. Public Officials Session:

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Regionalization Policy Issues 12. Regulatory Update

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43. Particle Removal/Conservation

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44. Water Resources — Implementing Projects 45. Optimization of Water Treatment

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AFTERNOON

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18. Section Officers' Forum

19. The Management Approach to

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Poster Session

26a. Conservation: Plumbing Retrofit 26b. Conservation: Evaluation and

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28. Alternative Water Supplies — Desalting and Reuse 29. Citizen Monitoring: Building

Operations 53. Safe Drinking Water Act Implementation Issues 54. Innovative Treatment for

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Inhibition of Methanogenic Consortia W.J. Parker and colleagues from the University of Waterloo and the Waste-

long-term average ammonium, nitrate, total organic nitrogen, and total phos phorus export offorested streams in the

water Technology Centre completed a systematic investigation of the inhibi tion exerted by kraft pulp mill bleach plant effluents on a methanogenic con sortium. A significant portion of the

Muskoka-Haliburton

cribed in the Journal of Environmental Quality, these scientists employed ma thematical transformations of geology, physiography, hydrology, and annual

inhibition, which correlated with the

meteorological data.

area. As

des

areas, the one receiving sludge pro duced a significantly greater quantity of oats than that which did not. Conven

tional equipment could be effectively used for sludge spreading. The paper published in Sciences et techniques de I'eau discusses the economic benefits for

the City and for the farmers. The City of Jonquiere has decided to continue im

wastewater AOX,was present in the per

plementation ofthis process for the next

meate from ultrafiltration. As described

several years.

in a paper accepted for publication in Water Research, treatment of the was

tewater with powdered activated carbon prior to biomass exposure removed its inhibitory effects on the biomass. A methanogenic consortium was found to acclimate to a wastewater volumetric

fraction of80% v/v. The wastewater vol umetric fraction did not affect the over

all time required for acclimation. lAWPRC

Phosphorus and Nitrogen Export

The ability to predict export ofalgal nut Land Application of Wastewater Siudge

rients from forested stream catchments

is essential to estimate background levels of nutrients in lakes and therefore

gauge the effects of anthropogenic acti vities on the trophic status of Ontario lakes. Ontario Ministry of the Environ ment scientists P.J. Dillon and W.A.

Schneider, together with York Univer sity researcher L.A. Molot have devel oped empirical regression models of

In the spring of 1990, the City of Jonquiere, Quebec conducted tests on the use of biological wastewater sludge for spreading on agricultural land. As des cribed by municipal scientists A. Laluminere and G. Gagnon,this method of disposal was both feasible and benefi cial. Comparing two oat producing

Treatment of Dairy Process Waste D.Thirumurthi and colleagues from the Technical University ofNova Scotia,the Farmers Co-operative Dairy Ltd., and UMA Engineering Ltd. investigated the process used to treat a dairy waste which had been plagued with problems. The facility consists of an equalization tank and two lagoons aerated by surfacemount, aspirating type units. As des cribed to delegates attending the Cen tral Canadian Symposium on Water Pollution Research, the study con cluded that the treatment problems were the result of insufficient oxygenat ing capacity to reduce the BODs to the required effluent standard. New higher capacity surface-type aeration equip ment corrected the problem and con trolled odour generation due to im provement in mixing and oxygen input.

Determination of Biomass

M.R.Gray and colleagues at the Univer sity of Alberta evaluated a thermogravimetric analysis method for the determination of biomass in the pre

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amounts of Escherichia coli or phenol degrading anaerobic sludge were mixed with activated carbon and samples of these were pyrolysed at 550°C under a nitrogen atmosphere in a thermogravimetric analyzer.The amount of

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Biosorptlon of Chlorophenols University ofOttawa scientists K.J. Ken nedy, J. Lu and W.W. Mohn studied the

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Activated Sludge Kinetic Model

non-aerated reactors.The model correc

tion in Water Research, most chloro-

A generalized activated sludge kinetic model with the capacity for modelling the biological processes of car bonaceous energy removal, nitrifica tion, denitrification, and excess phos phorus removal has been published in Sciences et techniques de I'eau by McMaster University researcher P.L. Dodd.

The model merges modifications of the

tly simulates the organism mass dis tribution and tracks the changes in cer tain key parameters such as soluble phosphorus and nitrate concentra

phenols had linear sorption isotherms which were defined by simple distribu tion coefficients. Sorption of two chlorophenols was highly reversible, but it was not for a third chlorophenol tested.

Impact of Wastewater Soil Infiltration E.A.T. Environnement Inc., scientists J-

P. Dube and C. Roy, together with J. de Villiers of Hydro-Quebec, are monitor ing wastewater treatment systems in volving soil infiltration in the James Bay area where permafrost is present. As described in Sciences et techniques de

lAWPRC model and the Wentzel polyP

organism culture model. The model provides acurate simulation of a range of activated sludge system con figurations incorporating aerated and

tions.

Organochlorine Contaminants in Southern Ontario Lakes

Hydrophobic organochlorine con taminants were surveyed in net plank ton from 33 lakes in southern Ontario by University of Waterloo scientist W.D. Taylor and colleagues from the Nacontinued overleaf

I'eau, the wastewater was distributed to

the soil infiltration surface by a low pre ssure distribution system. After eight months the water table can rise to very high levels under certain conditions. A zone of biological growth had become established which effectively purified the wastewater. Insulating the infiltra tion systems with polystyrene to main tain the temperature above 5°C proved to be successful in normal operating conditions, although the temperature was significantly affected by the vents installed to bring fresh air into the bio logical growth zone.

Removal of Phenols in Sequencing Batch Reactors

IMPORTANT NOTICE for USERS OF INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS If you use any of tfie following cfiemicals as solvents: 1,1,2-trlchloroethane (Beta 7) 2-ethoxyettianol (Dowanol, Cellosolve, Oxitol, Poly-solo) 2-nitropropane (Ni-Par, S-20, S-30)

you sfiould know about a proposed categorization as fiazardous waste by the Ministry of the Environment.

Regulation 309 made under Ontario's Environmental Protection Act, states the requirements for the handling and disposal of wastes as scheduled.

Schedule 11s a list of some of the processes in which hazardous chemicals are used. In the case of the chemicals listed above fhese would be processes in which thev were used as solvents.

J.A. Oleszkiewicz, A. Janeczko and W.

Trebacz investigated the removal of simple phenolics in aerobic and denit rifying sequencing batch reactors.

These University of Manitoba scientists used orthochlorophenol as a model phenolic together with combinations of other substrates. The addition of cosubstrate had no effect on the ortho

chlorophenol removal rate in fully aerated reactors but enhanced the per

Schedule 2 Is a list of the hazardous chemicals themselves.

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Regulation 309 provides for a careful review of any proposal to add to these schedules, first by specialists in waste management within the Ministry, and finally by an external Hazardous Waste Advisory Committee.

This Committee seeks input from interested parties. This notice offers an opportunity for you to contribute your views on the proposal.

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R&D News tional Water Research Institute and

attributed

York University. The relative concen

biomass.

to

variable

planktonic

up to 5 minutes were required for inac tivation in natural waters. As described

in a paper accepted for publication in

trations of twelve common organo-

chlorines were generally similar suggesting that they derive from a com mon source, probably atmospheric transport. The results, discussed in the Canadian JournalofFisheries andAquatic Sciences, indicate that lakes with low

plankton biomass had high organochlorine concentration in that biomass,

suggesting that a large proportion ofthe variation among lakes in the concentra tion ofcontaminants in plankton can be

Inactivation of Giardia muris

Water Research, it was found that resi

Cysts with Ozone Factors influencing the inactivation of Giardia muris cysts using ozone were examined by C.W. Labatiuk, M. Belosevic and G.R. Finch using 48 indepen dent,experimentally designed trials in a bench-scale batch reactor.In laboratory trials, these University of Alberta scien

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R&D News con't sity of Quebec in Rimouski describe their studies on the adsorption of trace metals and phenolic substances on sus pended clay minerals. C. Gagnon, M. Arnac and J.-R. Brindle found that there

were interactive effects between the pol lutants when more than one was present in the system.Thus,cadmium ion would compete with nickel for the same ad sorption sites. Although less vanillic acid was adsorbed than eugenol, the phenolic compounds generally enhan ced the sorption of metallic cations on the clay minerals studied, while the pre sence of metallic cations increased the

sorption of phenolic compounds.

Properties of Aerobic Biofilms University of Toronto scientists T. Oga, S. Suthersan and J.J. Ganczarczyk stu died the attachment properties of nit rifying and heterotrophic biofilms in laboratory rotating biological contac tors by measuring the development of biofilm thickness, biofilm density, acti vity, and detachment caused by shear stress. As described in Environmental

Technology, it was found that the nitrify ing organisms formed denser and thin ner biofilms.They also exhibited poorer attachment properties and were more easily detached than the heterotrophic microorganisms.

Treatment of a Sulphuric Acid Spill In February 1986,fifteen tanker cars ofa southbound CP Rail freight train de railed near Beer's Lake in northern On tario. The tanker cars each contained 86 tons of96% sulfuric acid. The total esti mated acid loss was about 300 tonnes.

Gartner Lee scientist T. O'Neill des cribed the neutralization and remedia tion measures taken at the Water Pollu tion Control Foundation conference.

This included neutralization of acid on land as well as in the lake. Within one

month,all known areas ofdepressed pH had been successfully neutralized. Ex tensive follow-up monitoring of water quality, sediment, fish, and aquatic in vertebrates confirmed that no signifi cant long term impact had occurred.

Measurement of

leased when the iron is reduced. Typical results for the Trent River suggest that

about fifty percent of the ferric iron in riverine particulates is in the hydrated oxide form. The particles were found to release considerable concentrations of

phosphate into the water column after they settled into the anoxic Bay of Quinte sediments.

MIcroblal Leaching of Metals

R.D. Tyagi and F.T. Tran studied microbial leaching of metals from digested municipal sludge in a continuously fed bioreactor using an adapted strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. As described by these INRS-Eau scientists in Environmental Technology,the pH of the feed sludge was adjusted to 4.0 and leaching was conducted at 30°C. Acceptable levels of metals in the sludge were reached with a residence time of five

Redox-Sensltlve iron National Water Research Institute sci

entist P.G. Manning has completed a comparative study of techniques for measuring the amount of hydrated fer ric oxides in sediment particles. As des cribed in Canadian Mineralogist, the techniques ranged from simple chemi cal extraction to analyzing Mossbauer spectra obtained at liquid helium tem peratures. This type of iron forms com plexes with phosphate which are re

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Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1992

Legal Issues

By Jonathan W.Kahn*

New legal decision on Bata case highlights officers'and directors' responsibilities policies be implemented. He had placed

nifying the two directors for the pay ment of their fines. The implications of the site for its day-to-day management, this decision on the relationship bet and he always inspected the operation ween corporations and their officers an experienced director and officer on

when he was on site. The Court found

and directors should be considered.

that this was a sufficient "system" upon which he was entitled to rely.

The Ministry ofthe Environment has routinely been charging officers and directors, as well as corporations, with environmental offences. The statutory provisions under which the Bata direc tors were charged and the reasons in the case itself will not only increase the fre

However,the other two directors were

not as fortunate. The president, who vi sited the site approximately once a

month, had the chemical storage pro

Arecent Ontario case has high Jonathan Kahn

lighted the fact that corporate

mental

blem brought to his personal attention.

He appears to have given instructions that the problem be dealt with, but the

court found that"due diligence requires him to exercise a degree of supervision

officers and directors can no

and control that demonstrate he was

longer ignore the environ consequences of the cor

exhorting those whom he may be nor

poration's actions,and are personally at risk ofbeing prosecuted and convicted if they fail to take pro-active steps to pre vent environmental problems.

The case,R. v. Bata Industries Limited et

mally expected to influence or control to an accepted standard of behaviour. He

had a responsibility not only to give in structions but to see to it that those in structions were carried out in order to

minimize the damage." He was conse

al, involved charges of illegal waste storage and of permitting a discharge of

quently convicted.

The vice-president was based at the

liquid industrial waste. Three directors of the corporation — the Chief Execu

site and was directly responsible for its operation. The court found that he had an obligation to ensure that the site operated within environmental laws and the company policy.The Judge held

tive Officer, the President and a Vice-

President — were charged personally under the Ontario Water ResourcesActfor

failing to take "all reasonable care to prevent the corporation from causing or permitting an unlawful discharge."Two of them — the President and the Vice-

President — were convicted, and sen

tenced to pay fines of $12,000.00 each.

Further, Bata Industries, which was fined a total of $120,000.00, was ordered

not to indemnify the two directors with respect to these fines. Bata Industries was also ordered to publish the fact that the company and the two directors had been convicted on the front page of its international newsletter.

This was the first significant decision which interpreted provisions in the On tario Water Resources Act and the Envi-

ronmental Protection Act which impose a duty on officers and directors to take"all reasonable care"to prevent the corpora tion from causing or permitting the un lawful discharge of contaminants.

The court acquitted the Chief Execu tive Officer because of evidence that he was aware of and had fulfilled his en

vironmental responsibilities. He had is sued written directions through a com pany newsletter which had been dis tributed to Bata companies throughout the world directing that environmental *Member of Black Casells & Graydon's Environmental Law Group In Toronto.

that if the Vice-President made the deci

sion to delegate, he had a responsibility to ensure that his delegate received the training necessary for the job and that he received detailed reports from that delegate. The court was critical of costcutting measures imposed by the Vice-

quency of such charges, it will also put officers and directors who do not have

"hands-on" responsibility at risk. Po tential penalties against individuals un der environmental legislation include very large fines, imprisonment and ex pensive restoration orders. Consequen tly, directors and officers, as well as less senior agents or employees of cor porations, must take steps to ensure that their business is operated with a view to preventing environmental problems.

Boards of directors should adopt policy statements establishing a commitment to protect the environment and the health and safety of the corporation's employees. Management should be di rected to take all reasonable steps to comply with relevant laws and to de velop programs to implement the direc tors' policies. A system ofreporting must be instituted to ensure that officers ad

vise directors on the implementation of the environmental policy; directors may not simply issue a policy without rea sonably following up on its implemen

President, which "overloaded" one of

tation.

his more junior officers and left him

The development and implementa tion of appropriate environmental poli cies is the key to avoiding or defending against environmental charges. The Bata case highlights the costs of failing to have effective environmental pro

insufficient time to deal with environ mental issues.

The sentencing decision is unusual, both in the relative severity of the fines and particularly in the fact that the cor poration was forbidden from indem

grams in place.

BC resident jailed under Waste Management Act A resident of Courtney, Randy T. for.

DeMacedo,has become the first person As a result. Randy DeMacedo was to receive a prison sentence for offences charged with a total of 29 counts for under the province's Waste Management incidents that took place on southern Act(WMA).

Vancouver Island between November

He received a 90-day sentence Feb ruary 28,following an investigation into the unlawful transport of waste oil, which is defined as a Special Waste under BC's Waste Management Act.

1990 and May 1991.

Ms.Tetarenko said that 18,000 gallons of oil was involved, some of which was later traced to local greenhouses, where

it had been used as heating fuel. Ap

Diane Tetarenko, Enforcement Offi proximately 10.000 gallons ofoil remain cer with BC Environment in Nanaimo, unaccounted for.

said the investigation started in January Local greenhouses are permitted to 1991, when a survey oflocal garages and use waste oil as a heating fuel only ifthe auto repair shops revealed that a large fuel meets strictly-regulated content re quantity of waste oil was unaccounted

quirements for lead.

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Pumping Systems

By Bob Pitchers and Ernie Pelham

Avoid extravagant pumping costs with proper maintenance programs

Asenergy and waste manage

ment becomes increasingly more important and tighter

fiscal controls reduce funds

for new equipment and maintenance, both suppliers and end users must examine their responsibilities in the selection and maintenance of pump ing installations.

The supplier, or design engineer, has a responsibility for selecting the best pump for the application. For example, a pump that is larger than is required might be selected. This pump might re quire a large reduction in impeller size to meet the pumping conditions. As a result it will not be running at peak per formance efficiency. Consequently, it will require more power which is added operational cost and may require a higher capital outlay.

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Sometimes,the choice of materials to

be used in pump construction may be made with the purpose of reducing ini tial costs of units. While this purpose may be achieved, the long term result could mean accelerated wear causing frequent downtime and higher main tenance costs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perhaps even a much shortened working life.

Until recently, pumps used in muni cipal and plant service on water were of Some service companies have extensive machine shopfacilitiesfor pump reclamation. cast iron construction with bronze inter

nals. Today, because of the changes in the pH values of intake water brought about by toxic substances getting into rivers,lakes and streams,pumps are now often made with stainless steel.

Another possible alternative to stain

head requirements resulting in lower pump efficiency. More importantly, clogged intake screens and suction strainers could cause cavitation to oc

cur, resulting in rapid erosion of the pump impeller and casing volute.

Routine maintenance of the pump

brought back to design standards.

Changes in ammeter and pump dis charge pressure gauge readings could also be a result of a falling off of pump performance due to internal wear.

In all of the cases mentioned,compe tent service facilities have the expertise

less is cast iron construction coated with

can be divided into three main areas.

stainless steel. The capital cost is mini mized while needed metallurgical pro perties are maintained.

For existing installations it is the res ponsibility of the maintenance staff, with help from the supplier,to introduce maintenance programs in an attempt to

1. Monitoring of instruments.

Following start-up and after a suit able running in period, all instrument readings should be noted and used as a base for comparison.Changes in instru ment readings usually denote some

reduce the amount of downtime and to

change in the pump performance and

2. Pump stufTing boxes/gland packaging.

Pump stuffing boxes are usually sealed by use of mechanical seals or gland packing, with the latter being most com monly used except where a fire or toxic hazard could be caused by the leaking

should be investigated before the situa

fluid. In such cases mechanical seals are

tion becomes critical. An increase in

always used.

be aware of new technology which could extend the life of the pumping plant.

Routine maintenance programs are es sential for good performance and long life of pumping equipment. Such pro grams should also cover associated equipment which could affect pump performance.

For example, clogged intake screens or suction strainers will adversely affect the performance of the pump,reducing flow rate while increasing the discharge

to carry out on-site investigation and make recommendations.

bearing temperature or vibration could be an indication of faulty lubrication or bearing wear which, if corrected quic kly, would stop possible damage to shaft journals. A reduction in suction pres

The correct installation and main

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strainers and early rectification of this condition would stop the possibility of cavitation and resulting erosion of the impellers and casing. High shaft or cas ing vibrations may indicate increased internal clearances at the wear ring areas requiring the pump to be taken out

tenance of gland packing is vital. When fitting new packing rings, the joints of the rings should be staggered a mini mum of 90° apart. Rings of packing should be pushed into the stuffing box using pushing rods and not by using the packing gland and tightening the ad justing nuts. A regular drip of fluid should be observed through the packing when the pump is running and the gland adjusting nuts should only be finger tight. Over tightening of glands

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causes excessive wear on shaft sleeves

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sure could be the result of blocked

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and an increase in horsepower re quirements with increased power costs.

Worn packing causes increased leakage and waste and could spray water into the bearing housings causing bearing failure.

3. Bearings.

Bearings usually will be of either the sleeve or anti-friction type â&#x20AC;&#x201D; oil or grease lubricated. Oil lubricated bear ings will be fed from either a separate lubricating system or an integral oil bath. With the separate lubrication sys tem, pressure drop across the filters should be monitored regularly as well as the system pressure.An increase in pres sure drop across the filters indicates the filter requires cleaning or renewal. A reduction in system pressure usually in dicates wear in the system oil pump and this pump should be checked. With an integral oil bath, the oil level should be regularly checked.Low oil levels reduce the amount of oil picked up by the oil ring and will result in overheating and premature failure of the bearing. When grease lubrication is used with anti-fric tion bearings, the most common cause of overheating is over greasing. After initial packing of the bearing with grease and commissioning ofthe pump, two shots of grease per week from a grease gun are usually sufficient for the bearing but check the manuals for par ticular pumps. Oil company or lubrica tion systems suppliers can easily calcu

this overhaul is carried out in-house or

rates.

at a reputable service facility.

In-house overhauls are usually limited to replacing worn components by new parts and putting pumps back into service. Where pumps have given good working life and the conditions for which they were originally designed have not changed,this type of overhaul is generally sufficient. However,experi ence over almost a century as a service company has shown us that often con ditions for which the pumps were de

When we consider components such as shafts, impellers, or sleeve bearings, reclaimation is sometimes appropriate.

This is usually carried out by applying weld overlays, modern spray coating technologies, chrome plating or the rebabbitting of bearings.

In summary,a sound in-house main tenance program can reduce down time, extend service life ofthe equipment and reduce the chance of catastrophic fail ure, reducing plant operating costs.

The role of the repair facility is to service, repair, rebuild and upgrade the pumping plant using the kinds of equipment, technologies and special skills that few plant maintenance shops possess.

The role of the repair facility is to ser vice, repair, rebuild and upgrade the pumping plant using the kinds ofequip ment, technologies and special skills that few plant maintenance shops

signed have changed. A competent ser vice facility is usually able to carry out some redesign to improve the wear life of the pump. Also, sometimes a major service facility is able to reclaim worn components that a maintenance shop might replace with new components.

The redesign work would normally be in the area of metallurgical changes to wear parts. New materials can enhance service life by combatting the effects of corrosion and erosion. Additionally, hard coatings can be used in those areas subject to exceptionally high wear

possess.

The knowledgeable blend of sound in-house maintenance programs with a competent service facility that offers a wide range of technology,expertise and dependable 24-hour service is a key to keeping your plant operational costs at the optimum level.

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late the exact amount of lubricant re

quired for any bearing service.

Water from badly sealed stuffing boxes is not usually a problem for grease lubricated bearings but it can get into the oil bath of oil lubricated bearings.

This becomes apparent when the oil begins to turn white in colour or takes on the look and consistency of mayon naise. Then oil should be changed and new packing fitted into the stuffing

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Vertical pumps, if they are of an ear lier vintage, could have oil lubricated bearings fed from tubing inside the ver tical casing. This arrangement some times allowed trace oil to get into the pumped fluid, causing environmental

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concern.

A change to selflubricated bearings is often a sound recommendation to sur

mount this problem.

Routine maintenance programs will ensure that the time between major overhauls will be kept to a maximum.

However, major overhauls requiring pumps to be taken out of service and completely dismantled will eventually become necessary. This should be a planned outage, not a breakdown situa tion, provided proper instrument mon itoring and routine maintenance pro grams have been followed. At this time the decision has to be made whether

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Direct discharge management

By Steve Whitney*

Hydrocarbons in cooling water now detected in ppb range

To detect hydrocarbons in the

dryer and into the gas chromatograph where the analysis is performed. A sam ple analysis takes about 15 minutes.

The system software package oper ates the analyzer, sparger and sample system.It also includes on-line diagnos

parts-per-billion (ppb) range, the Shell Canada refinery in

Sarnia, Ontario, has installed an on-line process gas chromatograph.

The chromatograph monitors cooling water discharge to the St. Glair river for benzene, toluene, xylene and ethyl

tics, a user maintenance interface and a

variety of user-definable alarms. The system also has a data reporting package.

benzene.

The ability to rapidly identify even trace amounts of hydrocarbons means that corrective actions can be taken im

How the system was chosen Shell Sarnia has considerable experi

mediately. Monitoring cooling water streams of up to 20,000 gallons per minute,the system can detect as little as 0.00002 gallons per minute of possible contaminant. This is comparable to the level ofanalysis to which drinking water is subjected.

The previous detection method,use of lab chromatographs to analyze grabsamples, was too slow. Results took as much as 24 hours.

The gas chromatograph analyzes three separate streams of cooling water discharge. The sample points are lo cated just prior to two oil-water separa tors and a clean water outlet. The

chromatograph is housed in an envi ronmentally controlled building. The maximum distance from a sample point to the chromatograph is 100 ft. The minimum distance is 30 ft.

From the shelter, a digital highway runs about 2500 feet to the operators' control room.In the control room,a per sonal computer (PC) dedicated to the plant chromatograph system monitors the instrument's performance.

There are actually 5 chromatographs linked together on the highway loop. *Shell Canada

ence with process chromatographs and has standardized with a preferred ven dor. The vendor has an established in frastructure in North America that af

fords easy access to replacement parts and service capabilities. For the cooling water application an important point was that the unit was designed for Divi sion 1. Class I environments.

The Optichrom Advance Gas Sparging Chromatograph

The other four units perform process control. The chromatograph com municates the analyzer results to the plant mainframe computer through an interface unit.

How it works

The gas chromatograph sparging sys tem (or sparger) is designed to strip a repeatable percentage of hydrocarbon volatiles from a liquid stream. The li quid stream is directed through the sparger vessel at a constant flow and controlled temperature. An inert gas bubbled through the liquid carries with it a portion of any volatile hydrocarbon present and some moisture. The en riched inert gas stream is fed through a

Meters Made Easy Meters Made Easy was prepared by the CWWA to help system owners and operators determine whether the intro duction of meters is likely to produce long-term savings in their community.

It is a tool that permits system owners or operators to analyze the costs and benefits ofinstalling meters in their sys tems. It is intended for use in com-

munitites that vary greatly as to the number and mix of customers served

some data are not available from local sources.

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was found to be too low to allow the self-

cleaning filters to perform correctly.

After the flow was increased, the system performed as specified. The Optichrom Advance gas sparger was supplied by Westech-Applied Automation.

On-line operation Calibration is the most significant system maintenance task and is per formed every few weeks. A known mix ture of volatile hydrocarbons in water must be pumped through the system. A

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master calibration blend of a thousand

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Installation took approximately four weeks, with Shell Sarnia personnel per forming most of the work. The start up. which was essentially uneventful, took approximately three days with the assis tance of vendor service personnel. The system, including the software, was fac tory-configured.

The supplier's sample conditioning system, installed between the sample delivery system and the sparger, filters out very fine sediments found in what was essentially river water. Initially, the flow to the sample conditioning system

Shell Sarnia can now confirm and

document just how good it is in detect ing hydrocarbon leaks into cooling water.Ifa leak were to occur,a sewer sys tem can divert cooling water discharge to holding ponds until the situation is normalized. Water in the holding pond can then be reprocessed. ES&E

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Product Review HALOZONE RECYCLING INC.

Chopper pumps

Michael D. Hirtenstein, Ph.D. has joined Halozone Recycling Inc. as Vice Presi dent and Chief Operating Officer. He Is a businessman with 20 years of experi ence In developing technology, with an end product and markets In mind. He obtained his doctorate In biochemistry In England and worked In the food and brewing Industries for 5 years while stu dying for his MBA, which he completed In 1976.

Byjoining Pharmacia AB In Sweden In 1977, he expanded his horizons to the International field and was a key player In the development of the Biotechnology

market place In the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Mike progressed to become a senior vice president of the company, holding Important posts In Sweden and with their subsidiaries In France and In Canada

from 1983 through 1987.

Mike left Pharmacia In early 1988 to start up a new high technology company In Toronto, Canada, which he combined with building up a thriving consulting business together with his wife, who also has an MBA In International marketing.

He has worked on a number of signifi cant environmental projects. Including alternative power sources for northern.

Ontario, and non Invasive methods to measure Impairment due to drugs or

"Two Machines in One", Vaughan Chopper Pumps,successfully chop and pump heavy solids.

Items such as: trash, rope, plastic, gloves, bones,jeans,feathers, hair, hide, scum and metal strapping are just some of the heavy solids that Vaughan Chop per Pumps handle.

Heavy industries such as Chemical, Pulp and Paper,Steel, Aluminum.Petro Chemical, Food Processing, Automo tive, and Hazardous Waste, as well as

alcohol.

Mike met Dusanka Flllpovic, P. Eng. when he was working with one of the major venture capital groups. He recog nised the business potential of the Blue

many municipal wastewater treatment facilities have solved their most difficult

pumping problems using Vaughan Chopper Pumps. Vaughan For more information, Circle reply card No. 162

Bottle™ technology and decided to work with Dusanka to build a new com

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The complementary experience and skills of the partners has resulted In the

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rapid development of Halozone Recycl ing Inc. to where It Is today, a fledgling company which will shortly be starting to

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This makes the zero-submergence

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Continuous Emission

Monitoring Whether you require a simple single component system or a complete multicomponent package with data acquisi tion and mass flow, Westech provides a single source for all C.E.M. needs: • Applications Staff Training Engineering Qualified Service Installation • Systems Design Testing • Assembly

Sierra-Misco's ground water tracking. Because sometimes divine guidance just isn't enough.

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Consultants

Product ReviewBreakthrough in Gas Detection New range of Gasurveyor instruments uses the latest in microprocessor tech nology to produce a lightweight gas de tection/monitoring unit that is easy to operate yet gives better field utilisation than previously available.

Built from modular components,the Gasurveyor is portable, rugged and of fers low individual capital and main tenance costs. It can be automatically checked and re-calibrated in the field

which greatly extends its utilisation time in operation.Combining this with sensi tivities of 10 ppm to 100% gas, it could make the Gasurveyor the single instru ment for utility operations.

Second generation instruments now provide Oxygen and Carbon Monoxide detection capabilities. Heath

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New submerged probe flow meter Isco 3220 Flow Meter uses a submerged

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New open channel flow

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transmitters New Isco 3000 Series flow transmitters

provide economical flow monitoring in a variety of applications with a choice of two different models.

The 3010 Ultrasonic Transmitter is

ideal for applications where a non-con tacting sensor is required. A stream lined,low-profile probe makes the 3020 Submerged Probe Transmitter ideal for locations where wind, steam, foam, or

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Both models feature a backlit LCD and built-in conversions for weirs and

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Sierra-Misco. How to avoid those annoying little surprises that are always just around the comer.

Sierra-Misco Sierra-Misco Inc., 10461 Oltl Placerviile Road,Suite 110,Sacramento, California U.S.A. 95827 Tel:(916)363-4271 Fax;(916)363-1886 Sierra-Misco Environment Inc., 850-999 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6C 2W2 Tel:(604)684-7754 Fax:(604)684-8099

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lection needs.

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Using Sodium Hypochlorite(JAVEX12)to effectively and quickly remove cyanide wastes is detailed. Bulletin reviews dosages,equipment,as well as storage,safety and handling data.

Particularly applicable to metal re covery or refining operations.

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Professional Products Division

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Dow CorningÂŽ 561 Silicone

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Portabie Water Treatment Plants Graver Monoplant packaged water treatment systemsfrom Ecodyne are pre-englneered and factory built, readily transportable and quickly in

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Efficient WEMCO Depurator

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Compact, high capacity units have low operating and

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—Product Review

Consultants

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The housing is made from corro sion resistant single piece aluminum alloy. Internal reinforcements pro vide additional strength and rigidity.

Unicase construction eliminates oil

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Minicase is filled with synthetic lub ricant and permanently lubricated for life.

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There is a generous selection of speed reducers to accommodate a variety of application needs. MiniCase speed reducers are available with an input cover for belt, chain or direct coupled input. Customers can

solid shaft or hollow shaft. For direct

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Information is presented about the several types of Rex circular collectors and their mechanisms, including half and full bridge designs, floc-clarifiers, gravity thickeners, and surface skim ming.

Design concepts and parameters such as inlet energy dissipation, sludge settling characteristics and effluent col lection are discussed. Application pho tos and detailed drawings for each are also included.

The brochure discusses the variety of ways access bridges,influent dispersion wells, sludge scraper arms, scum ports and skimming and effluent weirs can be arranged for each circular design, and some of the options available to the designer.

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Ground Breaking Technology Shunned

Badly deteriorated sewer rehabilitation using continuous folded polyethylene liner

Innovative engineering does not al

ways mean ground breaking tech nology. In fact Hamilton-Wentworth engineering deliberately avoided breaking ground to rehabilitate a 250mm sewer under Herkimer Street

in Hamilton, Ont. Instead, trenchless

technology was successfully used to re condition the 80 year old clay pipeline.

In a 134 metre stretch, the combined

sewer exhibited just about all the pro blems that can plague old municipal sewer infrastructure. TV inspection clearly revealed root intrusion, dis placed joints, extensive cracking, broken pipe, soil voids and collapsing sections of clay pipe. In one location, entire sidewall segments ofthe pipe had vanished. The resulting void was lead ing to accelerated failure of the sewer.

Analysis of the video report made for the Region by Uniflo Enviro-Tech Inc.

ated to aid decisions on replacement

installation via a small bore hole from

versus rehabilitation elsewhere.

Key Engineering Considerations The most pressing considerations were: structural strength of the liner, hydraulic capacity of the lined sewer,

the road surface. The hole position was verified with the TV camera positioned in the old pipe and scanning the void.

The diameter change, from 250mm to 300mm was solved by inserting short

soil voids and an undocumented dia

PVC sections from the downstream

meter change. This last point, a size in

manhole prior to insertion of the liner.

These provided an even backstop for the expansion of the liner.

crease from 250mm to 300mm occurred about 6 metres from the downstream manhole.

Structural & Hydraulic Considerations The 250mm pre-fold polyethylene

line(U-Linerâ&#x201E;˘ System)can be provided in various wall thicknesses from 7.6mm

(DR 32.5) to 14.7mm (Dr 17) with a cor responding increase in stand alone structural load capacity. Increasing the

wall thickness needs to be weighed against reduction in the final inside diameter of the sewer and hence re

was undertaken very soon, major dis ruption to homeowner services would occur.The problem section ran between

duced flow area. After reviewing video tapes, assessing loading conditions and reviewing similar installations else where, Samuel Pipe Liners (the Cana

two manholes, a distance of some 134 metres. An initial evaluation concluded

a DR 26 liner with a wall thickness of

indicated that unless remedial action

that rehabilitation using a pre-folded polyethylene liner was both technically and economically feasible.

The Herkimer Street sewer, although an especially severe case, represented a cross section of problems that are typi cal of the city's older sewers. Informa tion gathered, and in particular, as sessment of the salient technical con

siderations for this project could be generalized to other sewers needing at tention. Useful information was gener

dian U-Liner distributor)recommended 9.7mm. It was expected that the high flow co-efficient ofthe polyethylene and

the absence ofjoints would compensate for the reduced diameter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and this turned out to be the case.

Soil Void & Size Change Uniflo Enviro-Tech Inc., who installed

the liner in conjunction with Samuel Pipe Liners, proposed innovative me thods for solving both problems without excavation. The void was to be grout filled simultaneously with the U-Liner

Project Installation Since 34 house laterals would be tem

porarily out of service,(downtime was estimated at 15-20 hours), the Region issued notices to all residents advising the timing and nature of the work to be performed. The notice also requested that water use be minimized on the day of installation. Because this is a combined

sewer, provision was made to delay the installation only in the event of rain.

The project work fitted into three stages. Stage 1 was to prepare the line, removing debris, roots and any obstruc tions that would impede the liner. Care was taken not to dislodge loose sections of pipe that were collapsing down or deflected inward. The liner in its folded

shape would have enough clearance to be inserted, while its expansion was ex pected to push the hanging clay sections back into position. Stage 2 was to winch the liner into position and expand it using low pressure steam. Stage 3 was to restore the house connections by boring out the liner at each service lateral using the internal, TV guided cutter. Hamilton-Wentworth Engineering Techni cian, Palmo Stumpo, on site during the installation, monitored the work and

assured that any inconvenience to the residents was minimal.

Actual installation of the liner com

menced on Thursday, November 21, 1991. Because upstream flow was quite low, no over pumping was required.

Flow continued to pass the folded liner during the one hour winching process as the continuous reeled liner was

pulled in through the upstream man hole, through the 250mm clay pipe and out at the downstream manhole. Low

I U-Llner ready for Installation.

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pressure steam from a mobile boiler was immediately injected into the liner. The steam heating, expansion and cool down process was controlled by a tech nician provided by Samuel Pipe Liners.

The processing lasted just under three hours and followed a specific program worked out for this project.

At the completion of cooling, the ex panded liner was opened to upstream flow and the TV camera was sent in to

Environmental Science & Engineering. May 1992

By Otka Hudoba* inspect the initial results. The video pic HERKIMER ST.. HAnilTON

tures showed a smooth liner, formed

DEFORHFD POI VFTHYI FNF 5FWFR 1 INFR INSTAI I ATION

tightly to the inside surface of the old clay pipe.The desired restoration objec tives had been achieved and the pipe was ready for opening service connec

U-Lmer DeSivereC from

factory on Reel

tions.

Restoring house services was a two step operation. First, each lateral was Hanbo

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Conference Report

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AQTE celebrates 30th Annual Conference The Association quebecoise des tech niques de I'eau (AQTE) celebrated its 30th anniversary with record atten dance at its annual conference in Mon

treal April 8-10. Conference chair Johnny Izzi, said some 1,300 had atten ded the conference and exposition.

Federal Environment Minister Jean

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meeting. Mr. Charest took the oppor tunity to make a major policy announ cement on the state of the Canadian

environment simultaneously with the results of a significant federal report.

He said Canada's freshwaters were

threatened from coast to coast by pol lution. He said large areas of eastern Canada were exposed to destructive

Quebec Environment Minister Pierre Paradis with Marie Meunier. dards and current economic, social and climatic trends could cause water

second woman to become President of the association. She took over from

acid rain, despite the Canada/US air

quality standards to drop further.

quality pact.

Other highlights from his report in

• In the Great Lakes, more than 360 chemical contaminants have been

Michel Lalonde who completed his term at a high point of the association.

As always, the AQTE meeting attrac ted great attention from the media with

clude;

• Pesticide contamination had been found in wells from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia. In New Brunswick alone,500 wells have been

found with studies suggesting that ex posure to a mix of toxic substances may be more damaging than the ef

radio and television coverage compet

contaminated by petroleum tanks.

• Water quality in the Prairies at many

Quebec Environment Minister Pierre

ing with front page newspaper headlines in both Erench and English papers.It is true to say that AQTE wields more poli tical clout than any comparable body in

Paradis congratulated the incoming

Canada. Environment ministers who

locations is close to minimum stan-

AQTE President, Marie Meunier, the

ignore AQTE do so at their peril.

Chemists demand licencing

fects of individual toxins.

After a brief speech at the exposition,

Announcement

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