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June/July'95 Vol.8 No. 3

President STEVE DAVEY

CONTENTS

Issued June, 1995

Editor and Pubiistier TOM DAVEY Associate Editor SANDRA DAVEY

Sales Manager PENNY DAVEY (905) 727-4052 Western Canada and

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Technical Advisory Board Robert B. Baker, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. Totten Sims Hubicki Associates

Jim Bishop MDS Dr. Pierre Beaumler

NOVAMANN (Ontario) Inc. Alan Church, C.Chem.

Church & Trought George V. Crawford, P.Eng. Gore & Storrie Ltd. Dr. Howard Goodfellow Goodfellow Consultants Ltd.

Rod Holme, P.Eng. Proctor & Redfern Ltd.

Don Kemp, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. MacVIro Consultants

Peter Laughton, M.Eng., P.Eng., DEE R.V. Anderson Associates

Dr. Earl Shannon, P.Eng. CRA Consultants

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Pulp & Paper Industry Special Canada's first tertiary effluent treatment system in operation at Crestbrook B.C. Britain's puip & paper industry considers the environment State-of-the-art Thai P&P waste treatment plant passes performance tests Dioxans and furans - how dangerous are they?

Cooperation leads to concrete solutions What can industry use when methyl chloroform is phased out? ..

Reducing water treatment plant sewer discharges OWWA/OMWA meeting held on 50th anniversary of VE day Sustainable development and the state of the environment What criteria should measure safety?

Permanent flow monitoring system improves operations Deschambauit opts for septage treatment Global environmental market to be $391 biiiion by 1998 Could fibre optics locate your valve problem?

Largest automaking complex in North America uses a modified batch process to treat wastewater Turning used tires into frames for catchbasins and manholes

Water Environment Association of Ontario conference report Health & Safety Auditing Part il - practical considerations to improve effectiveness

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Editorial Comment

By Tom Davey

The utility of obiivion neers who designed improved drinking

Ottawa - An Ontario plan to prod municipalities into buying buses from a heavily subsidized bus maker has enraged rival manufacturers and prompted charges that the province is snubbing last year's much-hyped interprovincial free-trade deal - Globe & Mail May 3.

water and sanitation facilities.

But technology, and the goods and serv ices it produces,is also biodegradable. Even computers and software which aroused awe a mere decade ago are quickly overtaken by incredibly creative programs which are faster, better, more reliable and usually cheaper.

Politicians, unfortunately,seem congenitally blind to the inevitability - even the desirability - of periodic industrial fluctua

Biodegradability of organic matter

is fundamental to the cycle of life in our natural environment. Eight decades ago, Ardem,Lockett and Fowler harnessed this natural process when they built the world's first activated sludge facility which became a landmark in wastewater treatment technology. Now en larged, the plant is still working and pass ing motorists can observe it as they approach Manchester from an overhead motorway.

Few realize that they are viewing a work ing monument to environmental progress.

Biodegradibility also has a literary side.

John Updike once wrote an elegant Ode to Rot in which he examined the value of de

cay with poetic wit and scientific insight.

Jean Dubuffet, once said to be the most

important French visual artist of any kind since World War II, affirmed his beliefs in

tions which make obsolescent industries

tion of communism now tragically appar ent, Schumpeter's prediction is clearly more accurate than Marx's. Moreover, many in our arts communities, as Schumpeter pre dicted, become hostile to capitalism.

Schumpeter's theory of creative destmction cannot be denied. What was once

thought to be astounding conjecture a gen eration ago, is now commonplace to our children. And more than mere toys and luxuries are begat by this creative gale of destruction. Life expectancy, especially for children, rose dramatically with the devel-

his work. The Utility of Oblivion. M. Dubuffet passed into oblivion himself in 1985, but his statement, as well as his works

of art, will probably survive him. A com plex man, he also wrote eloquently on the defence of illiteracy, an area where he would have much to defend these days; but that's another story.

Biodegradability also applies to busi nesses, which have natural life spans. Un less industries evolve in changing times, it is normal for them to wither and die as de

velopments such as robotics, computers, fi bre optics and biotechnology create new goods and services at ever increasing speed.

But out of the wreckage emerge new markets which displace older, usually dirtier, energy intensive industries. Wooden hulls and sail,for example,gave way to steel and steam, which later yielded to titanium and jet engines.

Joseph Schumpeter once described capi talism as: A dynamic process of wealth creation and change, driven by technologi cal innovation. He argued that this would cause a perennial gale of creative destruc tion, adding that the social justification of capitalism would erode when intellectuals voiced hostility to cultural conditions in advanced capitalist societies. But Karl Marx said it would be the economic forces

which would destroy capitalism's political and social superstructure.

Schumpeter was bom in Vienna in 1893, the same year that the German-bom Karl Marx died and was buried in London. With the economic and environmental devasta

Discovery, Innovation and change are the very essence

wither, while encouraging vibrant new tech nologies to develop and prosper. In ecology it is called the balance of nature; in NDP politics, it is called corporate cruelty.

But the subsidized industries could in volve far more than economic waste. Com

menting on the bus company bail out, a sen ior federal official told the Globe that if

Ontario were to be consistent with the spirit of the inter-provincial trade deal - which Ontario spearheaded - Premier Rae would not be talking about giving subsidies to a dying industry. And industrial leaders have repeatedly stressed that true job security lies in a willingness to let the obsolete die.

Such wise counsel is invariably un heeded. Political courage, so necessary to stop the artificial resuscitation of ailing in dustries, is a scarce commodity these days.

Industries are propped up, sometimes at

of economic survival, as

$200,000 per job, often merely providing

well as being the best way of Increasing productivity, yet governments In many countries, continue to pour money Into Industrial geriatric cases.

temporary palliatives at the expense of fu ture employment.

Such actions will probably give shortterm security to today's workers, while en suring long-term unemployment for their sons and daughters. The sad spectacle of 25,000 people camping overnight outside a GM plant in sub-zero temperatures in Janu ary 1995 - merely for a chance to fill out

opment of technology. It has been estimated

job applications - could be a grim precur sor of future employment patterns.

Discovery,innovation and change are the

that in 1995, some 2.5 million fewer chil

dren will die from disease than perished in 1990.

But let's go back to 1665, when 6,000 people died every week during an outbreak of bubonic plague in the City of London.

Millions more have died around the world

from cholera, typhus, tuberculosis and a myriad of other diseases. While two World Wars brought forth millions of casualties,

few realize that 20 million people lost their lives in the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic alone. Tiny germs, viri and parasites, nur tured by primitive sanitation and unsafe drinking water, have proved to be far more lethal than the great engines of war.

While there is much to be done, much has been achieved. Polio has been curbed

and smallpox eradicated, thanks to medical science and the work of the pioneer engi

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very essence of economic survival, as well as being the best way of increasing produc tivity, yet governments in many countries, continue to pour money into industrial geri atric cases.

Government interventions in the job market are invariably disastrous. Heroic life-support measures are taken to prop up dying industries, while high-tech ventures, the key to our future,remain starved offunds or rendered anaemic by low-bid buying pro cedures which focus on price while being blind to quality, reliability or durability.

Unless we curb our mountainous debts

and unwillingness to confront economic and environmental realities, foreign banks will shortly teach us the oblivion of our political independence. Canada too, might also then become biodegradable.

Reader Feedback Dear Mr. Davey; I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I enjoyed the article by Adam Latawiec ("What would chemistry's historical giants think about our attitudes on chlorine and risk assessment?"), which appeared in the September, 1994 issue of ES&E. This thought-provoking discussion had the right mix of fact, opinion and hu mour to help people begin to think about the complex issues surrounding risk assess

Nations applies here - i.e. no power, etc.

Do you have any contacts in OWWA, BCWWA or WHO that may be able to share info/technology? All going well (I come back alive), I will supply applicable photos and technical write up for possible publica

1994 issue.

Ronald W.Brecher,PhD, C.Chem., DABT Principal, Global Tox

ments.

Brian Stevenson

5. Your attack on grant applications was interesting. It seems to me that scientific professionals are creative as well, tailoring their research proposals to make them more marketable, more often than not these days directly to large corporations themselves.

Crestbrook Forest Industries

P.O. Box 4600, Cranbrook, BC VIC 4J7

Dear Editor:

Your editorial of the May 1995 issue of Environmental Science & Engineering was, at the very least, provocative. I respond to a number of points in turn: 1. Your title for the article was a misnomer.

While the title (Art, language and the envi ronmental sciences should not be in con

Dear Tom:

Re: Mozambique article in ES&E

As a result of numerous inquiries from your readers, including consulting firms and col leagues who had read my article in your July issue outlining the AWWA work I under took in Mozambique, I have been busy giv ing talks and slide presentations to a vari ety of service clubs, church groups and or ganizations. I must admit I was amazed at the wide readership of ES&E, not just from those who subscribe to your periodical, but from those who read the magazine in busi ness reception areas and issues passed on to friends and family members,schools,etc.

The most interesting inquiry I received was from the superintendent of the Gananoque Public Utilities Commission.

Gord Palmer, who offered me two diesel

standby pumps - in excellent condition,each delivering 1950 U.S. gallons per minute,for use in a Third World water project. I have the pump rating curves, installation instruc tions and other pertinent data. If any of your readers can identify a recipient for those pumps I would appreciate their contacting me so these pumps can be put to good use.

I can be contacted directly at the Ministry of Environment and Energy, Investigations and Enforcement Branch, Box 820, 133 Dalton Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, K7L

4X6 or by phone at (613)546-1705.

Peter Milley Dear Tom:

I have enjoyed reading your editorials over the last few years and indeed ES&E is a great help to all in industry, such as my self.

My intent with this note is to do some networking. I am taking over three weeks this summer to be part of a team of people involved in a mercy mission to Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. My task is to come up with a cheap/effective means to treat well water for safe drinking water. As well, I am looking for means to treat domestic sew age (composting toilets come to mind).

All the rules of worst case Third World

what made them Renaissance men in the

first place. The fact that you quote them, then belittle the artistic community is in effect like belittling them and their achieve

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ment. As a consultant who is involved in

the IWA process,I also enjoyed reading your Editorial Comment, also in the September,

see any great difference between the pur suit of science or the pursuit of art. This is

flict) suggests a piece that would seek to unite various disciplines (arts and sciences) in some sort of concerted effort to deal with

environmental issues, the article instead

sought to ridicule and belittle the opinions of others; opinions that just happen (coinci dence?) to be in opposition to your own.

2. Your use of certain phrases (purposely vague and imprecise?) sought to foster and perpetuate divisions between various disci plines. For example,just who are the "plac ard-carrying demonstrators", or the "idle minds of a leisured class"??

Additional

phrases such as "engineers...found cast as participants in gang rape rather than praetorian cohorts of progress", I believe were meant as support for your position underscoring the hallowed status of the En gineer. I would remind the editor, however, that the so-called praetorian cohorts he in vokes (Roman no doubt) were usually in volved in the rape and pillaging of peoples following victory on the field of battle. Is this the metaphor you were looking for??

3. You speak of students in the humanities having a rather superior attitude vis-a-vis engineering students. In my experience it was the other way around. Engineers were the arrogant students who felt that they, by virtue of their pocket calculators, were bet ter than the so called Artsies. You also speak of snobbery, but what of your comment that "placard-carrying demonstrators...wouldn't understand what BOD means if presented in a kid's crayon book". No snobbery there?

No elitism? Statements like that certainly don't serve to foster cooperation between disciplines(an aim of your paper according to your title).

4. Your discussion of the great Renaissance men of the last few centuries(of which there are precious few today)seems almost apolo getic. You present your opinion, then state that "arts are every bit as important to hu manity". This does not fit with the rest of your article. It is like you are saying "here is my opinion but, please remember that some of my best friends are artists". It sounds suspiciously prejudicial. I would doubt that the great men you quoted would

Where is the exalted scientific methodol

ogy and impartiality there? But I guess since the grants would be for technological pur suits this would be okay. This belies an additional problem which your paper is rife with: your over emphasis on technical means to solve problems. Is technology a means to an end or an end in itself? Yes, technol

ogy can do wonders, but it has also done great harm (but that would be another let ter).

6. Just what is the "real world" you men tion? I would venture to say that environ mental scientists (of which I number) and engineers have also been in their own iso lation - not from the real world (whatever that is) but from the natural world. Thank fully this is changing, despite attitudes ex pressed in your editorial.

7.1 would agree that the advancements made by technology are worthy of great praise.

But to be balanced, which your paper is not, technology has had its costs as well. It is partly what has got us into the mess we are in. Implementation of 'better technologies' has been to blame, at least partially, for a great number of problems such as overfished stocks, and increased deforestation, for ex ample. Both these situations result in over simplified natural communities, the long term effects of which are unknown.

And finally, 8. Your statement that the word environment has been elevated to the level of divine is

interesting. I found it noteworthy that an other word in your piece seems to have be come hallowed and sacred. That word is

technology. Just what has been elevated to the status of divine??

Other than this particular editorial,I have enjoyed your magazine. It is usually, your piece notwithstanding, both informative and open to new ways and methodologies of dealing with environmental issues. Your article could have explored more positive aspects of other world views beyond the strictly technocratic "scientific" one. Per haps in concert with other approaches more of our problems could be solved. You do not even entertain this thought. Instead your diatribe sought to alienate and belittle other approaches fostering a negative and divi sive atmosphere. Perhaps you will do bet ter next time.

Yours Sincerely, Brian Roche, B.Sc., M.E.S.

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When asked if they are "considering making ISO 9000 registration a requirement of goods or services purchased in the future", the federal government, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New

Brunswick said yes, while Saskatchewan answered maybe.

Some governments,including the federal government,already require ISO 9000 com pliance of some purchasers. Perhaps most ambitious is the government of Quebec, which is requiring ISO 9000 compliance from a broad range of product and service providers.

On the other side of the issue, some re

spondents expressed concern about the im pact ISO 9000 might have on their smaller vendors, and worried that requiring the standards would favour large Ontario and Quebec companies over small local enter prises.

The survey also pointed to the need for improved education of the vendor commu nity to clear up misconceptions about the ISO 9000 series. For example, many still believe that ISO 9000 is strictly a manufac turing standard or only applicable to large organizations.

The ISO 9000 series is a collection of

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Call for papers for No-Dig '96

All industrial MISA regs are now in place Clean water regulations are now law in Ontario for all nine industrial sectors tar

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Final regulations targeting the iron and steel manufacturing sector are expected to reduce discharges of toxic chemicals of con cern by almost 81 per cent. Regulations targeting the electric power generation sec tor are anticipated to produce a 26 per cent reduction.

The other seven regulated sectors are: Petroleum, pulp and paper, metal mining, metal casting, industrial minerals, organic chemical manufacturing and inorganic chemicals.

Companies in the petroleum and pulp and paper sectors must comply with the lim its beginning January 1, 1996; compliance is required from iron and steel makers and electric power generating stations on April 13, 1998.

(contaminants and conditions): Aluminum, ammonia, biological oxygen demand, iron,

The iron and steel manufacturing sector regulation targets 12 contaminants: Ammo nia, benzene, benzo(a)pyrene, chromium, cyanide, lead, napthalene, nickel, oil and grease, phenolics, total suspended solids,

oil and grease, phosphorus, sulphide, total suspended solids, and zinc.

The number of parameters for each plant ranges from one at the Bruce Heavy Water Plant to five at nuclear power stations.

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Final effluents from the two sectors must

Sector plants are required, through daily, weekly and quarterly monitoring, to show compliance with discharge limits for these contaminants.

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Industry Update

Water safety challenged at BCWWA meeting The largest conference ever held by the BC Water and Waste Association took place in the lovely mountain resort of Whistler, BC, 100 miles north of Vancouver. Some 545

delegates attended the conference and trade show with the theme "Education & Com

munication Keys to the 21st Century".

BCWWA, now with 2,500 members, met

May 7-10, 1995; more than 50 papers were presented.

In President Prad Khare's opening re marks he pointed out that: "Incidents of waterbome diseases are higher in British Columbia than anywhere else in Canada, yet other provinces spend 50% more on drinking water treatment." He spoke on the challenges facing environmental profession

als, noting that it was ironic the conference was being held during "Safe Drinking Wa ter Week" in Canada and the US.

On a population basis, BCWWA has possibly the largest per capita membership of any environmental association in Canada.

Selected papers from this conference will be published in subsequent issues of ES&E.

BCW&WA 1995-1996 Executive Committee: left to right: Chester Merchant, Dave Swanson, Don Enns, Linda Humenluk,

Bob Jones, Doug Neden (President), Rick Corbett, Prad Khare (Past President), and Frank Belfry. Missing from photo: Dave Thiessen and Catherine Gibson.

(Right) Back row left to right: Dr. Shaun Peck, Deputy Provincial Health Officer, BC Ministry of Health, Brian Crowe, Chair of the Drinking Water Display Committee, and students of Carlsbrook Elementary School In North Vancouver. Photos by Inder Singh

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Industry Update Philip Environmentai acquires three chemical waste facilities Philip Environmental Inc. has announced that it has purchased two chemical waste treatment, storage and disposal (TSD) fa cilities and a transfer facility from Southdown Environmental Systems, Inc. The TSD facilities, which are fully permit

ted to receive and process a variety ofchemi cal and hazardous waste streams,are located

in Inglewood, California and Birmingham, Alabama. The transfer facility is located in Tijuana, Mexico.

The acquisitions expand Philip Environmental's North American network ofchemi

cal waste facilities into new strategic geo graphic areas. The TSD facilities provide a full range of chemical and hazardous waste

management services including the distil lation of solvents. The acquisitions will also enable Philip to provide new services to its existing industrial and commercial clients.

The Mexican transfer facility will provide direct access to the chemical waste streams

generated by United States manufacturing companies operating in the Maquiladoras industrial border zone of Mexico.

Mercury recycling program announced Dorothy Bell, Waste Reduction Commis sioner for the Province of British Colum

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extension of its collection, disposal and recycling program to Canadian consum ers and expected to have its program in place by the end of May,pending final US Government approval which is expected at that time.

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Last summer,L.A. Gear began replac ing the motion activated switch (which contains less than one half gram of mer cury) in two earlier models, L.A. Lights® and My L'il Lights™, with a more envi ronmentally-friendly ball-bearing switch.

Under the program,consumers can call a toll free number(1-800-786-7820)to re quest packaging for pre-paid shipment of the shoes containing mercury to a prop erly permitted recycler in the United States. Canada Post Corporation has ap proved the use of their services for the re cycling program.

DATEPAD August 30 - 31,1995. Bridging Markets, Media and Disciplines. A national work shop on business opportunities from envi ronmental technologies. Sponsored by Industry Canada and APRO. Ottawa, ON. Contact: Joanne Braaksma(613)692-4788, fax (613) 692-1348.

September 10 -12,1995. Atlantic Canada Section AWWA Annual Conference.

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September 11 - 14, 1995. Towards a Sus tainable Future - Waste Minimization -

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September 21 - 23, 1995. Metro Toronto Hazardous Materials Conference'95. North

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October 2 - 4, 1995. Achieving Success in Health & Safety. OSH'95 Conference and Trade Show. Toronto, ON. Contact: Conference Coordinator, (416) 442-2008,

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Industry Update CISTI joins PRISM Document Supply Program The Canada Institute for Scientific and Tech

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The collection grows by more than 1,000 items a day, and CISTI currently responds to some 1,800 requests for documents a day.

Subjects include engineering,chemistry,food science and technology, and many others.

Wilmot, Ontario enters 1995 Groundwater

Guardian program Groundwater Guardian is a US program

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Fifty-five very diverse communities from twenty-eight states and one Canadian prov ince have entered the 1995 Groundwater

Guardian program. The community populations range from under 400 in Keysville, Georgia to almost one million in

Hamilton County, Ohio. The geographical areas range from over 1,000 square miles to under one square mile. While a commu nity is often thought of as a town or city, a Groundwater Guardian community can be as small as a village, as inclusive as a cor porate entity or as large as two to three coun ties drawing from the same aquifer. Wilmot, Ontario is the Canadian community repre sented.

The diversity of the communities also comes through in the result-oriented activi ties they choose to implement. A commu nity may choose to begin the protection proc ess by building community awareness or to implement a completed Wellhead Protection plan. Whatever their groundwater protec tion need may be, the Groundwater Foun dation offers support, assistance and link ages to both local and national experts.

Variety among the individual communi ties abounds, but they have one thing in com mon,all of them depend on groundwater for a portion of their drinking water, and are working towards protecting it more effec tively. If you would like further informa tion about any of these communities and their protection efforts, please call 1-800858-4844.

Computer interface design could improve nuclear plant safety An approach to computer interface design developed by a University of Toronto indus trial engineer could lead to improved safety and reduced human error in the nuclear

George Zukovs, President of W20 is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken J. Roberts,Ph.D.as Vice-President, leading the water treatment group.

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power plant control rooms of the future.

"Controlling a power plant is a very com plicated business. The interface should not contribute to the difficulty of the task," said Professor Kim Vicente, a specialist in in terface design in U of T's Department of Industrial Engineering. He developed the framework in cooperation with Professor Jens Rasmussen of Denmark.

"By incorporating 'smart instruments' that represent relevant information about the state ofcomplex systems to the control room operators who monitor them,our ecological interface design framework (EID) will re duce the opportunity for error and acci dents," he explained.

A major problem with complex systems, whether they be nuclear power plants or air traffic control areas, is that what is going on throughout the system cannot be directly observed by the human eye, said Vicente.

Each instrument tends to be presented indi vidually, and there is virtually no integra tion of display elements. This makes it dif ficult for the operator to perceive the over all state of the system, even if all the re quired information is in the interface, let alone decide how to respond to changes or faults in the system.

Those in charge of monitoring a nuclear plant, for example, typically sit in a control room filled with different analog meters or

digital numerical displays. One instrument may indicate temperature and another may indicate fluid level but none alone can be

used to answer the high level questions with which operators are concerned, such as "is the plant in its desired state?" To obtain the answer to such questions operators must identify the relevant information for the current context, collect the information on the various meters that are sometimes lo

cated far apart from each other, and then mentally integrate the information.

EID will provide the higher order infor mation needed for controllability, thereby eliminating the need for mental calculations.

In addition, that information is presented in a form that exploits the power of percep tion, thereby allowing operators to quickly and effortlessly extract the higher order in formation "at a glance".

Although EID is a relatively new ap proach to design, industry has become in terested. Mitsubishi of Japan has recently initiated a five-year research program solely on EID. Vicente's design framework has already been adopted by Toshiba Nuclear Engineering Laboratories in Japan as the basis to design a prototype advanced con trol room for the next generation of nuclear power plants. It has also been used by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Research and Honeywell as an example of state-ofthe-art advanced interface design.

Contact; Kim Vicente, Department of Industrial Engineering,(416) 978-7399.

Environmental Science & Engineering, July 1995

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Industry Update Auto firm teams with Laidiaw on waste

minimization program CAMI Automotive Inc. has teamed with Laidiaw Environmental Services and

Laidiaw Waste Systems through a singlecontact, on-site service initiative to advance

its drive to minimize waste at its Ingersollbased auto assembly plant in Ontario.

Laidiaw will assume responsibility for an in-plant team, for the next year, dedi cated to enhancing CAMI's waste minimi zation, recycling and residue management processes throughout its facility. The ini tiative also calls for the sharing of revenues

generated from the sale of recyclable mate

rials by Laidiaw Resources, the company's recyclables marketing group.

One of Laidiaw's main priorities will be to assist CAMI with the ultimate goal of eliminating the need to send any plant waste to landfill, said Jerry Matwey,Environmen tal Senior Specialist for the automaker.

"From the beginning ofour operation six years ago, we have been aggressive in re

ducing our solid waste to landfill output.

To date, we have achieved a reduction of 95

per cent through recycling. Now with Laidiaw's expertise and resources available on a day-to-day basis, I see no reason why we can't achieve our goals," said Matwey.

"The in-plant Laidiaw team, which in volves a 26-person labour pool, will take the lead in all our daily waste management activities and systems improvements, in cluding source elimination,regulatory com pliance, records keeping and auditing and the control ofoutgoing recyclables and waste residues," noted Matwey.

Matwey said CAMI is looking for both time and cost savings, as a result of its de cision to bring one company into the plant to reduce and manage its hazardous and nonhazardous wastes.

Firm fined $150,000 for confined space violation ESM Metallurgical Products Inc. of Nanticoke, Ont. was fined $150,000 in con nection with a workplace accident on June

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Bishop climbed down into the tank and Gilbert was standing by the entry hatch when

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and other criteria developed by the City.

Etobicoke is the first municipality in The C.M. DiPede Group of Toronto was the general contractor for the project. The contract for the project was awarded at a cost of approximately $2.0 million. Their expertise in constructing difficult projects using innovative and cost effective solutions was a value added asset to the

project. Proctor & Redfern Limited was the consulting engineer for this local improvement project. Waterloo Concrete Products of Cambridge produced the concrete sanitary and storm

Solutions to overcome dif icult site

sewer pipe as well as the precast concrete mh and catchbasins.

conditions encountered on a project in the Winchester Road area of

Whitby, Ont., demonstrate the ben efits of proactive communications and partnering between the owner, designer, contractor, and supplier. This collective co operation resulted in a system engineered underground infrastructure system that will benefit the municipality well into the next century.

The Regional Municipality of Durham called tenders for the Winchester Road area

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Metro Toronto to launch such an initiative.

Staff have been investigating the use of rain barrels to convey the message to the public that storm water should be managed as a resource. According to John Tran, Manager Storm Drainage, who helped launch the ini tiative, "The use of rain water for watering

tary sewer, watermains, and roadways.

Because of the depth required for the bur ied services, unique design alternatives were considered and approved.

The trunk storm sewer totalled approxi mately 300 m of 2100 mm diameter pipe consisting of 232 m straight pipe, 5 pieces

lawns and the like is a better alternative than

of 18.6" bends, 47.5 m of radius pipe, and 2 pieces of precast 1200 x 2100 mm mh tees

be reduced," he added.

complete with 375 mm secondary tee to re ceive the drop connection. The storm sewer pipe was designed as lOOD reinforced con crete pipe with maximum depth of bury of

discharging to storm sewers where it mixes with polluted runoff."

"In fact, in areas of combined sewers, it is possible that by disconnecting downspouts and redirecting the flow to rain barrels, the volume of overflow to lakes and rivers may

The project is being funded by Environ ment Canada's Cleanup Fund, a component of the $150 million Great Lakes 2000 Pro

5.8 m.

gram. The design and production of the prototype rain barrel were conceived in part nership with Stormceptor Inc., a local

The design altematives agreed to by the Region and the consultant included precast concrete mh tees with a secondary tee to

the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy.

Etobicoke firm. Environment Canada and

Environmental Science & Engineering, July 1995

Air Pollution

By Bernard Made*

\Nhat can industry use when methyl chloroform Is phased out? choosing an alternative.

If you use MCF as a cleaner or a

degreaser, and need to replace it with an other cleaner,examine the following aspects

of your operation: the necessary degree of cleanliness, the source and type of soiling and the potential for eliminating or reduc ing solvent use, the nature of the materials being cleaned, and space limitations.

For any potential substitute,consider the

:

following factors:

• occupational health and safety concerns, and how to address them

• environmental concerns, such as VOC

emissions or wastewater disposal, and how to remedy them • all associated costs (capital, energy, oper ating, waste management, training).

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MethylChloroform(MCF),also

known as 1,1,1-trichloro-

ethane, is a great chemical for cleaning metal and electronic components, and as a solvent in adhesives and coatings. However, like CFCs, it dam ages the ozone layer and is being phased

Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Systems a) Aqueous Cleaning Aqueous cleaning involves washing,

Before seeking a replacement for MCF, determine whether your current process can be changed so that the use of a solvent is no longer necessary. For example, the use of protective packaging may eliminate the need to clean. If the process cannot be changed,

rinsing and drying stages. Although water is the primary solvent in the aqueous clean ing process, water conditioners, detergents, surfactants, rust inhibitors and other agents

there are a number of factors to consider in

Continued overleaf

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apply to MCF that is a component ofa manu factured product. Solvent mixtures are not considered to be a manufactured product and

they are, therefore, regulated.

So far, nine provinces have adopted regu lations governing the use of MCF—British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mani toba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

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bility issue and VOC problem can be solved with proper equipment design.

Aqueous cleaning has several advantages over organic solvent cleaning. The sub stances used are not flammable or explo sive. Aqueous systems can clean particles and films better than solvents, and are par ticularly useful for cleaning inorganic or polar materials. They can also effectively remove organic films, oils and greases.

Depending on the specific cleaning ap plications, there may also be disadvantages.

b) Semi-aqueous Cleaning

c)Non-halogenated Organic Solvents

Semi-aqueous cleaning systems involve the use of an organic cleaning formulation, followed by water washing and drying. A surfactant is sometimes added to the organic formulation to improve wetting, emulsification and rinsing properties. It is a liquid cleaning process,either at ambient tempera

These solvents - petroleum distillates, synthetic hydrocarbon formulations, alcohols, ketones, esters, glycol ethers, Nmethyl pyrollidone - have good cleaning ability for a wide variety of soils, especially heavy grease, tar, waxes and hard-to-remove soils. These organic solvents are compat ible with most rubbers, plastics and metals, and they can be used for cleaning watersensitive parts. There is no wastewater stream to manage, and the solvents are re cyclable by distillation.

Flammability is a concern but it can be mitigated with proper equipment design. Dry ing times are slower than with chlorinated solvents, and VOC control may be required.

Parts with blind holes and small crevices

may be difficult to clean, and some aque ous cleaner residues can be difficult to rinse.

Drying certain part geometries with crev ices and blind holes may also be a challenge; drying equipment is often required. In some instances, aqueous cleaning equipment re quires more floor space.

The presence of metal ions in the aque ous system can cause corrosion or scaling of metal parts. Deionized water may have to be used in the final rinse stages and thor ough drying may be required. In some ap plications, expensive high-purity water is needed. Energy consumption is probably higher than solvent cleaning in applications that require heated rinse and diy stages, and wastewater treatment may be required prior to discharge, but the associated costs may be offset by the savings from not having to buy an organic solvent.

Aqueous cleaning is generally the most

ture or heated.

Semi-aqueous systems provide good cleaning ability, especially for heavy grease, tar, waxes and hard-to-remove soils. They are compatible with most metals and plas tics. The non-alkalinity of the process pre vents etching of metals, and a rust inhibitor can be included in the formulation to pro tect parts from rusting.

With semi-aqueous systems, rinsability problems may occur and drying equipment may be required. A semi-aqueous system can be a costly process because of recycling or disposing of wastewater.

Flammability is a concern with semiaqueous cleaning products that have a low flash point because these products become extremely volatile when sprayed in a con centrated form. Some cleaners are "vola

tile organic compounds"(VOCs),which can contribute to the formation of smog; emis sions of VOCs to the environment may, therefore, be subject to regulatory control in your region. However, both the fiamma-

d) Halogenated Solvents The halogenated solvents - trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, methylene chloride, perfluorocarbons and HCFCs have good cleaning ability for a wide vari ety of soils and are compatible with most substrates. The capital costs to switch from MCF are low; some halogenated solvents are"drop in"replacements for MCF,requir ing no new equipment. They can clean water-sensitive parts, and there is no waste water. Halogenated solvents can be recy cled by distillation.

Trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene and methylene chloride have been declared "toxic" under the Canadian Environmental

Protection Act(CEPA),and controls may be implemented on their use in the future. If you are considering switching to one ofthese substances, ensure that you minimize emis sions through recovery devices. Some halo genated solvents have low Occupational Exposure Limits and will require more de manding standards to be met. Trichloro ethylene and perchloroethylene are currently identified by Environment Canada as VOCs and some type of control may be required.

HCFCs have been suggested as possible substitutes for CFCs. They are less ozonedepleting, but they are not acceptable long-

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Air Pollution $US12 billion world FGD orders in next five years Over the next five years, the Americas will continue to operate more coal-fired boilers without flue gas desulphurization equipment than any other area of the world. At the sarrie time, the United States will spend more money for flue gas desulphurization systems than any other area of the world.

This phenomenon is explained in a new re port entitled World FGD Status and Fore cast 1995-2000. In this report, the

Mcllvaine Company predicts that $US12 billion will be spent for flue gas desulphuri zation systems. These are systems which remove the sulphur from power plant stack gases and generate products ranging from gypsum to ammonium sulphate.

The new worldwide forecast predicts that the Americas segment will only purchase 12% of the FGD systems this year. This

contrast, the assumption is made that many

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of the Asian countries will continue with

and reclamation services into their CFC

their very substantial retrofit plans. In the United States, utilities have the option to either switch coals or install flue gas desul phurization equipment to meet the acid rain reduction requirements. This forecast as sumes that most of the compliance in the United States will be made by coal switch ing rather than flue gas desulphurization.

On the other hand,the report points out that, if EPA and the US Congress truly want to achieve the particulate and air toxics as well as acid rain goals and do so at the least cost, then a much larger flue gas desulphurization program would be warranted.

Mcllvaine Company predicts that most of the orders placed for FGD systems in the next five years worldwide will be for sys tems that make wall board quality gypsum as an end product. However, there will be significant numbers of systems purchased which will result In other end products.

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Treating process solids from water treatment plants

Drinking water treatment proc

esses produce a variety of waste

streams. The nature of the waste

stream depends on the contami nants in the source water and the treatment

process used. Until the late 1970s, these process wastes were usually discharged back to the source. This practice is no longer al lowed in Ontario. Currently, about half of all water plant process waste is treated.

Perhaps the simplest approach to the treatment of these wastes is to let the near

est wastewater treatment plant handle the problem. The impact of these wastes on the sanitary system can be substantial and depends on two sets of factors: the waste type and the method used to add the waste to the sanitary system.

Waste types vary widely Most water plants in Ontario use aluminum sulphate as a coagulant. How

wastewater treatment plant's incoming ef fluent, its efficiency, when it is applied in this manner, varies with the water plant waste characteristics and will usually be low.

Both chemical and

disposal costs might be reduced An alternative approach is to equalize and thicken the process waste at the water plant and to haul or pump the waste to the wastewater plant for application in the aera tion tank effluent for phosphorus precipita tion.

The potential benefits of this technique are appealing. The total amount of chemi cal coagulant used for treating water and wastewater will be reduced along with the total volume of solids discharged to the en vironment. This will reduce both chemical

and disposal costs.

On the operational side, however, there

ever, the volume and characteristics of the

are a number of issues that need to be re

process wastes vary widely.

Great Lakes plants often use an alum dosage of 8-10 mg/L and produce a waste with good thickening characteristics. Plants that treat colored water often require alum dosages of 30-50 mg/L. These process wastes are high in organics and are difficult

solved. For example, there may not be enough usable aluminum available for phos phorus precipitation, compared to the total waste plant requirement. As a means of comparison, a typical wastewater plant could use 75 mg/L of alum to precipitate phosphorus to meet Provincial guidelines.

to thicken and dewater. Other colored

The annual volumes of wastewater treated

waters, with turbidity and high alkalinity, require dosages up to 100 mg/L and also

than 10:1 due to variations in the source

and drinking water produced are usually within 20 percent of each other. If the wa ter treatment process wastes contribute only 10 percent of the coagulant required for phosphorus precipitation,the added compli cations of two coagulant feed systems may

water quality.

not be worth the small benefit.

have wastes that are difficult to dewater.

Thus, the volume of waste solids generated in treating drinking water may vary by more

The benefits and costs of transporting, storing and feeding the water plant sludge at the wastewater plant may be outweighed by the benefits and costs of alternatives such as discharging to the sewer system, or dewatering to a landfillable solid.

The impact of the sludge on the dewatering processes at the wastewater plant may not be desirable, particularly when compared with the effects on dewatering of ferric chloride. Also, the sol ids volume at the wastewater plant that re sults from the inerts and organics in the wa ter process waste may upset the wastewater treatment process.

Given the wide variety of process waste characteristics, each case needs to be evalu

ated individually. The economics improve with larger alum users and municipalities whose water and waste plants are close to gether. One final factor to consider is the degree ofcooperation that would be required between the water and wastewater systems to realize a reduction in total costs.

Bench-scale trials at an Ontario

wastewater plant compared the use of colored water process wastes with commereial alum to precipitate phosphorus. These trials indicated that about half of the

aluminum used in the water treatment proc ess was usable in phosphorus precipitation.

Chemical costs and solids discharge re ductions are possible. The treatment of wa ter plant process waste by wastewater sys tems should be reviewed individually to minimize the costs attributable to both treat

ment processes.

How should the waste be added to the

sanitary system?

The simplest approach to the problem is to equalize the process waste flows at the water plant and discharge the waste into the nearest sanitary sewer of adequate capac ity. This approach has both regulatory as well as process implications.

On the regulatory side, the water plant waste will exceed the sewer by-law in sol ids concentration and in aluminum concen

tration, and probably also in iron and other compounds. In addition, the municipality may need compensation if the receiving sewer is subject to combined sewer over flows.

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Conference Report

By Tom Kelly

OWWA/OMWA meeting held on 50th anniversary of VE Day

The Ontario Water Works Association/Ontario Municipal

Water Association Joint Annual

by tax increases and, subsequently, by defi cit borrowing. Now that both taxes and defi cits have gone too high we have gone to non

well field from hazardous chemicals.

Conference attracted some 600

delegates at Toronto's Colony Hotel, May

That both of them were successful in

winning support is due to effective commu nications programs, as both men explained in their papers.

7-9, 1995.

Larry Grossman, a former Ontario cabi net minister, gave the keynote address im mediately after the awards presentations.

He said the fact that the public did not worry

Their actions demonstrated the benefits

of the improved communications that Karl Kohlhoff, president-elect of the AWWA,

about our water and wastewater infrastruc

said the water works community urgently needs. "We have not done a good job," he said in a luncheon address, and warned that

ture was a measure of the success of the

professionals in the audience. Referring to the award winners, he said that water pro fessionals were seldom recognized, except in the odd instance when something goes wrong. He said that people in the audience

poor communications can result in the im position of regulations based on public misperceptions of water quality.

cared deeply about their work, with public safety taking precedence over knocking off after eight hours on the job.

Noting that it was the 50th anniversary of VE Day, he outlined developments since

that year, beginning with the massive in creases in population and demands for all kinds of manufactured goods and services; this sparked a construction boom which con tinued for decades. Then,in the 60s and 70s, while these booms continued, we had the social entitlement boom when programs were built and extended beyond our capabilities.

Then came the government regulatory boom.

While these regulations were put in for the right reasons, he said, they required massive capital investment with not enough thought as to their cost-effectiveness.

All of these booms - capital infrastruc ture, social entitlement and regulatory were fed, initially and easily, by increasing government revenue. Then they were fed

Confusion around the Environmental

Dr. Ken Roberts

tax revenue such as licence fees, regulatory fees, applications fees and other sources.

For the first time none of the politicians seeking election in 1995 were saying they will build bigger and better projects. These days politicians were saying, I can give you more and better sooner, only if it is possible to maintain public services with no tax in creases. No longer can Canadians afford the best of everything.

Chris Webb, of the Meaford, Ontario,

Bill of Rights Following a paper on Options for the Expansion of Municipal Groundwater Sup plies, it became clear that confusion exists surrounding exemptions from the Environ mental Bill of Rights of the Ontario Minis try of the Environment and Energy. John A. Harris and Gary A. Kuehl, of Interna tional Water Supply Ltd., Barrie, Ont., who presented the paper, referred to the need for a municipality planning a new well to pro vide information to the Environmental Bill

of Rights at the time that an application is made to take water. Ed Gill, who heads up

Public Utilities Commission, had some

the office of the Environmental Bill of

tough questions to answer when the com mission proposed to install water metering at customers' expense,even though the town

supply in Georgian Bay. What he faced,

Rights, told Environmental Science & En gineering that the application and informa tion "must go on the Environmental Regis try for a minimum of 30 days for public comment. After the public comment period

though, was mild compared to the anger

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draws its water from an almost limitless

Pipe tapping excitement at Toronto City Hall. Ottawa was the winning team. ES&Ephoto.

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Douglas Dusty Hall endured from local in dustries in Dayton, Ohio, when he was launching a program to protect the city's

Rod Holme, left, AWWA Director with AWWA President-Elect Karl Kohlhoff. ES&Ephoto.

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OWWA/OMWA Report, cont'd. has expired, the Ministry looks at the pub lic comments that were received and places the decision on the Environmental Registry telling the public how many comments were received and how they impacted on the fi

tion and innovative incentives have changed the minds of industry leaders who were an gered by a well field protection program proposed seven years ago. The city is to tally dependent on a well field spanning 23

nal decision, and that information remains

acres of the city's most built-up area, con taining many plants using hazardous mate

on the Registry for a further 60 days."

Some delegates at the conference sug gested that this causes unnecessary delays, since, as Harris described in his paper, a municipality applying for a permit for a new well must go through an environmental as sessment process which includes public meetings. Patricia Lachmaniuk, drinking water program specialist with the ministry, clarified the situation by explaining that, as was confirmed by Gill to ES&E after the conference, exemptions can be provided under the Environmental Bill of Rights Act so that public participation processes car

rials.

From Hall's experience, he said the first step in the development of such a program is to survey not only the sources of contami nation, but the experience with those sources. One important lesson he learned was that "engineering people (in industrial plants) cannot be relied upon to provide unequivocal protection where public drink ing water is involved." A paint manufac turing facility which had been engineered to give a minimum of three hours of protec tion against fire was entirely engulfed in 20

ried out under an environmental assessment

minutes, "because of an incident that no-

are not duplicated under the Environmen tal Bill of Rights.

The conflicting perceptions among del egates suggested that there is a need for more communication from the ministry so that municipalities, or any organization in volved in any activity with an impact on the environment, will know the requirements and the possible exemptions.

Financial incentives help protect a

one envisioned could possibly happen," Hall said. He advised anyone protecting a well field to "assume that the engineering will

well field

In Dayton, said Douglas Hall, the city's environmental protection manager, educa

fail."

The next stage is to hold a meeting with all the people affected - "the people who can help you make decisions...and the peo ple whose ox is going to get gored by the regulations. You get everybody around a table to talk about what makes sense...to

protect your public drinking water supply.

Despite the complexity, some of the sim plest methods are most effective."

In Dayton's program,risks from new in dustries are controlled by land use zones, but opportunities are limited because the land is already 94% occupied. A new zon

ing approach tightly regulates the amount and types of hazardous materials that can be employed for new uses. Inventories of hazardous materials for existing uses can not be expanded and all inventories must be reported so that the city can track chemi cal uses and implement the zoning, and manage emergencies at industrial facilities.

The protection area extends beyond Dayton, but there was little problem in get ting adjacent jurisdictions and a U.S. fed eral military installation to join the program.

The stickiest problem was to convince in dustry. Dayton is offering grants and inter est-free loans to encourage "groundwaterfriendly" businesses to acquire and build on land presently occupied by industries pos ing a groundwater risk. As for the hazard ous industries,"we don't want to shut them down but have them move within the juris

diction to a location outside the protection area," Hall said. The long-term view is to keep existing business and attract new ones so that "Well field protection becomes in the next few years the single greatest eco nomic development factor in our commu nity."

Existing businesses can contract with certified auditors to assess the hazards they pose, and can apply for grants to address

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groundwater protection. The results of the audits do not need to be made public.

Hail has set up communication with emergency response authorities, so that a groundwater-knowledgeable person can,for example, help a fire department decide whether to flush a chemical spill into the ground or remove it with absorbents. Moni toring sites have been installed throughout the area so that State authorities can be given an early waming of contamination.

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Water metering in a small system

The Wastewater Technology Centre held an open house in Burlington In May to show off its range of pollution prevention,control and remediation services. Left to right, Stuart Smith, Presi dent, Philip Utilities Management Corporation, Dr. Bruce Jank and John Neate of WTC. Webb, general manager of the Public Utili ties Commission, said, was "to implement a user pay system" which would provide "a fairer approach to billing customers."

In Meaford, there did not seem to be

The PUC mounted a publicity campaign

compelling reasons for water metering.

Georgian Bay had no apparent limitation, the water treatment plant was far from ca pacity, there were no major distribution problems, and no plans to expand the sys tem. The major reason for metering, Chris

through the local media, advertisements, inserts with the electricity bills and direct letters, explaining the fairer method of bill ing and the advantages of water conserva tion, environmental benefits and potential reductions in long-term capital costs. Rates

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Since metering, average day flows and to tal annual flows have fallen by 37%, and maximum day flow average by 54%. Loss of water through leaks can now be moni tored, and dropped from 32 to 18%. Lawnwatering by-laws had been enforced mainly by the honour system but from a reduction in peak flows "it appears that the custom er's bottom line on the billing is mightier than honour," Webb commented.

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AWMA Conference Report

By Carole D. Burnham*

Sustainable development and the state of

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Meeting in Hamilton, the program departed from its traditional focus on technical topics in air and solid waste management. Instead the Con

an overview by Vic Buxton, Director, In dustrial Sectors Branch, Environment Canada, on how to go from rhetoric to re

sults with sustainable development. Eliza beth May of the Sierra Club persuasively presented several concems about the effec-

ference discussed the state of the art in assessment and measure

ment of environmental quality and presented practical examples of how sustainable development can contribute to the improve ment of environmental quality.

The Conference included a trade show with 15 exhibits as

well as workshops for science teachers, and a Student Poster Contest. Unlike other confer

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Remembering its technical roots, the Conference included one session on vari

ous innovative technical approaches to SOE monitoring.

The closing plenary consisted of a lively debate on the subject: Sustainable develop ment:saviour orscam? The panel was ably refereed by Jon Grant, Chair, Ontario Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.

The discussion was kicked off by Claude Andre Lachance, Dow, who noted the need for integrated resource planning and societal choices as important ingredients for achieving sustainable develop ment.

Beatrice Olivastri from Friends of the Earth followed

with a vision of sustainable de ences addressing these subjects at velopment as a journey requiring a policy level, concrete, working solid commitments, a strong examples of sustainable develop value base and a clear idea of ment in action in government and industry were presented. objectives.

Bob Slater, ADM, Environ From the opening session Carole Bumham and Peter Brand, Hatch Associates, at the AWMA table top exhibit. ES&Ephoto. ment Canada, presented a mov through to the close, the level of ing plea for sustainable development as the discussion by the speakers and intervention tiveness of voluntary programs. from the audience was animated, construc hope for preventing a wider and deeper foot Other sessions addressed state of the print of homo sapiens' activities as we grow tive and stimulating. environment reporting at the global, na Of particular note were plans by Xerox tional, provincial and municipal levels and from a global population of 5.7 billion to 10 to have waste free products and waste free the use of indicators for measuring state of billion by the year 2025 and as the develop ing world industrializes. streams by 1997 and the EPA's 'Common the environment and sustainable develop Sense Initiative' to make environmental ment. These included human health and Jim Higgins, Environmental Technolo rules less burdensome on business. Steve industrial indicators, as well as current glo gies Development Corporation, ended the Hart, President of the Canadian Environ introductory comments with a resounding bal trends in indicator development and ment Industry Association then discussed application. There were presentations and criticism of voluntary programs as the 'scam the role of Canada's Environment Industry discussions on corporate annual environ of sustainable development',expressing the Sector in global sustainability, highlighting view that lack of a strong regulatory regime mental reports; the role of full-cost account the substantial opportunities in the US, ing; the development and implementation would result in the demise of Canada's en Mexico, South America, the Asian coun of environmental management systems vironmental industry. tries, Taiwan, Mainland China, South Ko within corporations, many emphasizing the One of the most important issues that rea and Eastern Europe. importance of commitment from senior emerged from the Conference was the dif The theme of opportunities for Canada management and of partnerships for effec fering views over the role and value of vol in intemational projects was continued over tive implementation. untary programs in achieving environmen lunch with a presentation from Michael One session addressed effective ecosys tal objectives. 'Voluntarism' is clearly a Gundy of Gundy and Associates, Limited tem approaches including an explanation of highly controversial subject, which merits on the strengths and weaknesses of Cana ecosystem management, inclusion of eco further definition and discussion. Some in dians in the intemational marketplace. The nomics and modelling; and examples related dustries and government representatives see point made by Steve Hart on the need for voluntarism as a preferred and valuable to Hamilton: natural gas-powered buses and Canadian businesses to develop consortia the Hamilton Harbour remediation and res approach to achieving environmental objec and for government jurisdictions to harmo toration plan. tives in a cost-effective manner. Some nize their intemational activities was rein A session on global trade, competitive nongovernment representatives and indeed forced by Mr. Gundy. ness & sustainable development demon industries favour command and control ap Following the opening plenary, regis strated the competitive value ofenvironmen proaches as the best way ofensuring progress trants had a choice of attending one of three tal and sustainable development initiatives on meeting environmental objectives. parallel sessions. One session included; a in the global marketplace.

'Voluntarism' and a definition ofthe prin discussion of specific voluntary sustainable A single case study was the subject of ciples that should be followed in the devel development initiatives underway at Ontario opment of voluntary programs deserve to be Hydro; the pollution prevention initiatives one entire session. This included presenta tions on the experiences of an industry rep the topic of an entire workshop or confer underway at company members of the Mo resentative, a facilitator and a panelist, of a ence.

Judging from the level of lively dis tor Vehicle Manufacturers Association; and multistakeholder process to develop a cussion in the sessions and comments on sustainability measure for different product feedback forms, the conference was a re 'Dr. Bumham of Hatch Associates Ltd., sounding success. lines at Shell Chemical Canada. was Conference Chair.

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Australian Water and Wastewater Association Report

\NhaX criteria shouid measure safety?

How dean is dean enough?

The 16th Federal Convention ofthe

Australian Water and Wastewater

Association was held in Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW, April 26, 1995 with the theme Delivering the Vi sion for the Next Century. Some 980 del egates from eighteen countries attended the five days of technical sessions, workshops and tours, together with social events de signed to meet the wide variety of interests of the delegates and their guests. While the majority of delegates were Australian, the representation demonstrated broad interna tional interest in this conference, particu larly in the Asia-Pacific Rim. Canada was represented by Brian Walker from BC, and Peter Laughton and Geoff Scott from Ontario. Geoff had previously visited Australia when president of the

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Water Environment Federation while Peter,

a past president of WEAO, had helped to develop the curriculum at a new school of Environmental Engineering at Griffith Uni versity, Queensland, on previous visits.

Keynote Speaker was Margaret N. Maxey, Ph.D., Director, Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise and Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Texas. A diminutive but dy namic speaker. Dr. Maxey's erudite view points have been previously featured in ES&E (Jan/94).

She told her Down Under audience:"The

ancient belief that human beings have a

privileged place in nature as creatures with intrinsic value has been dismissed as

anthropocentrism and replaced with ecocentrism." According to this belief.

Earth is central, everything is equally valu-

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able, and there is a universal right to live and blossom. In short, rocks have rights, as do plants and animals on an equal footing with humans.

"The presuppositions of ecocentrism raise crucial ethical questions about the re lentless search among human beings for health and safety as well as an endless quest for certainty and truth. If all entities on earth are equally valuable, then what is health?

What criteria should measure safety? How safe is safe enough? How clean is clean enough? After two decades of experienc ing the aftermath of an explosion in envi ronmental laws and regulations, a taxpaying consumer has more than enough reason to ask: Have we been paying for certifiable health improvements and economic benefits, or instead, have we been paying for a costly legal system of regulations which relies on

Water Resources and Catchment Manage ment, Operations and Management of Wa ter Infrastructure, Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability, and Water Indus try Policy Management and Financing.

During the concurrent sessions over two days, 176 papers were presented. In addi tion, Poster Sessions were made on both days, each series involving 67 such presen tations. Two Specialists Breakfasts were also held on each day.

Eight workshops dealt with such topics as: Water Resources - Yours or Mine?,

Ocean Outfalls - Long Term Solution or Today's Convenience?, BNR Plants - De sign-Operations Interactions, Tertiary Envi ronmental Education in the Water Industry,

Drinking Water Quality - Guidelines and Standards, By The Time It Hits The Efflu ent It's Hit The Fan, Effluent and Residuals

aggressive enforcement activities which guarantee full employment for lawyers?

Moreover, with humans displaced from cen

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tral consideration and the focus of moral

the occasion to hold a Regional Meeting which was attended by representatives from Australia, New Zealand, British Columbia, Japan, Hong Kong and Ontario, together

concern, where is the touchstone for envi

ronmental quality and, in particular, for the quality of water?"

Dr. Maxey's presentation was a startling reminder that future environmental profes sionals will have to go outside the realms of technology to fulfill their mandate.

'Ozwater' was an integral part of the Conference, and the '95 exhibition was the

largest in the Association's history. One hundred and twelve manufacturers and con

sultants were on hand to present their ideas and technology.

Technical sessions were divided into six

streams, namely Wastewater Collection and Treatment, Water Supply and Treatment,

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The Water Environment Federation took

with the WEF President, Michael Pollen,

and Marsha Shutty from the Internal De partment at the WEF Office in Alexandria, Va. This was followed by a Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Rim Steering Committee which drew representatives from the areas listed above together with a delegate from the UK. The Australian Water and Wastewater

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In order to adequately manage septage

adequate septage receival and storage, the Deschambault Industrial Park which also produced in its immediate vicinity, the construction of a large single reservoir with treats the sanitary wastewater from the in municipality of Deschambault, a small proper agitation is planned. dustrial park. The filtrate flow constituted town located 25 miles from Quebec Sludge dewatering 30% of the total flow to the lagoons. To City, decided to promote the installation of The rotary press dewatering technology accommodate the larger flow and to main a centre for septage treatment in the spring was selected since it is not affected by the tain the required retention time, the lagoon of 1992. This facility was installed on a presence of small debris in the sludge flow, levels were increased by 12". Three aera temporary basis while a permanent instal and for its ability to obtain a dry sludge cake. tors were added to respond to the increase lation was planned.

The equipment is compact and requires lit in oxygen demand. tle operator assistance. A sin Table 1; Municipality of Deschambault: The performance of the lagoon system Average results from septage dewatering gle-channel press with a 48" was quite adequate. 97.2% of the BOD, Rotary Press Model: 1-1200/1250 wheel provided enough capac and 74.7% of the suspended solids were Percent Sludge Total solids Feed Cake Cake Capture ity at 55 to 59 GPM. removed. The effluent remained very sta Number o( o( total Flow production dryness %TS Rale samples The quality of the sludge ble throughout the season. The use of (Average) % GPM ibs/hr % %SS and the performances of the aquatic plants such as Lemna minor, at the 0.1 sTS<1.0% 35 59 123 90.6 40.5 36 (0.46) dewatering equipment for 1992 end of the third lagoon, will allow an in 1.0 sTS <2.0% 51 55 262 40.2 91.0 56 are presented in Table 1. The crease in the removal of suspended solids (1.05) average total solids of the feed and some nutrients, as experiments have IS i 2.0% 14 59 1067 36.9 91.1 15 (3.98) sludge for the sea shown during the 1993 season. The faecal The project consisted of the treatment son was 1.29%. The large vari of the septage received from various local ation of total solids is due to The ch aracteristics of the modified aerated lagoon haulers at the lagoon system of the waste- the presence of two types of system are as follows: influent to be treated: water treatment facility located at the feed sludge: holding tank Filtrate flow Deschambault Industrial Park. Dewatering sludge and septic tank sludge.

Ratio = 30% R atio Filtrate BOD5. of the sludge was to be accomplished with The average cake dryness ob Total flow Total BOD, a new technology incorporating the rotary tained was 40%.

Number of aerated lagoons: Three (3) press. The filtrate was to be treated with Tables 2 and 3 show BOD,, Aeration: Seven (7) 3.0 HP the existing lagoon system modified for this COD and chemical analysis of Aspireco aerators specific purpose. The cake was to be dis the raw sludge,filtrate and cake Total retention time after posed of at a landfill or a beneficial use was obtained during precommercial modification: Thirty-six (36) days to be investigated. dewatering trials for evaluation Sludge flow purposes. For the filtrate, in 1993 at the In 1992, from June 6th to October 31st, Deschambault facility, average values of bacteria count was far below the limit, in the centre received sludges from five dif BOD,, COD and suspended solids for the dicating excellent removal of pathogens. ferent haulers. A total of approx. 990,000 filtrate were 613, 1533 and 341.5 mg/L re Cake disposal gal. of sludge was treated. The principal spectively. During that same season, the The cake is discharged from the rotary hauler supplied 75% of the total vol press onto a conveyor which in turn Table 2: BOD,and COD Results ume while the remainder was supplied fills a roll-offcontainer. Lime is added COD Total BOOs BOD5 Cake COD Capture by the others.

Raw for odour control. A beneficial use of Raw sludge Solids Filtrate Solids Sam ple Filtrate Rate sludge mg4iter mg^iter mg/liter % % % The weekly sludge flow varied sig the cake is under consideration. mg/lller nificantly. The average amount was Conclusions 2.16% 7903 23.467 989 1408 98.3% 1 50% 17.280 96.7% 59,400 gal./week while the minimum 2 1.26% 6523 918 2176 54.5% During the 1992 and 1993 seasons, 5197 10,880 1464 92.4% 3 0.8% 858 45.3% and maximum were 21,500 and the septage treatment centre success 867 4 1.58% 8827 17.621 1856 50% 96.8% 115,000 gal./week respectively. In fully processed 2.09 million gallons 24% 0.79% 4566 10.432 391 1216 97.6% 5 1993, from May 23 to October 31, without major difficulties. Septage Mean 804 96.4% 1.31% 6503 15,936 1628 44.76% results 1,083,000 gal. of sludge were treated has been managed in an environmen and the weekly flows also varied sig tally sound manner and according to Table 3: Mean results of chemical analysis nificantly. This fluctuation posed par the provincial regulations.

Raw Sludge Filtrate Cake Element ticular challenges for the storage sys The rotary press has proved more mgA<g (PPM) mgAcg (PPM) mg/kg (PPM) tem. A systematic schedule for emp than adequate for the dewatering of 349.2 K (Potassium) 85.5 58.9 Nl (Nickel) 0.3 Not detected 10.9 tying septic tanks in the area would septage since it is not adversely af Cu (Copper) 5.2 0.12 152 result in a more consistent sludge flow fected by the presence of small debris Zn (Zinc) 12.3 326.4 0.3 and reduce capital investments and and also has a low operating cost. It P (Phosphorus) 36.8 71.5 1136.9 operation costs. has been selected as part of the per 2.56 55.34 Pb (Lead) Not detected Pretreatment and storage manent installation.

0.12 Not detected 2.26 Cd (Cadmium) A manual bar screen was installed

Total nitrogen Ammontacal nitrogen

to remove most of the large debris present in the flow for the protection of the lobe-flo pumps. Six cylindrical reservoirs of 5000 gallons each store the septage as it comes from the bar screen. A recirculation

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BOD,of the raw sludge ranged from 2560 to 18200 mg/L.

The soluble BOD,of the filtrate consti tuted more than 95% ofthe total BOD,. This indicates that a further reduction of BOD, is not possible through filtration.

The combined treatment of filtrate and wastewater from the aluminum

smelter in the existing lagoon system has been done without any problems.

Acknowledgements This paper was written using in part in formation, reports and work from a number of individuals and companies. The authors

Final treatment of the filtrate

would like to thank those individuals and

Filtrate was treated in the existing sys tem of aerated lagoons which are part of the

especially the municipality of Deschambault

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for their contribution.

35

Marketplace

Global environmental market to be $391

billion by 1998 tries. However, many developing countries are rapidly accelerating their environmen tal agenda for reasons of economic sustainability, security and access to the world trad ing system.

Market forecasts call for an average an

nual growth rate of 7 percent over the next few years. Many firms report aiming some 50 percent of their international marketing efforts at the United States, 20 percent at

the Pacific Rim, 18 percent at Western Eu rope and about 12 percent elsewhere. These targets are already changing as Canadian firms intensify sales efforts in Mexico,Latin

U

America and the Pacific Rim.

Many of Canada's missions abroad place The 1995 Toronto Environmental Tradeshow attracted several thousand delegates, an Indica tion of Canada's growing environmentaiprotection sector. from US $288 billion in 1993 to US $391 mental sector provides a wide billion by 1998 (Environmental Business Journal, 1994). Organization for Economic range of environmental conserva

Canada'srapidly growing environ

tion, pollution prevention,control, protection and enhancement products and services for governments, manufacturers, resource industries and others.

The world market for environmental

products and services is expected to grow

Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries dominate the sector, with some 80

percent of the world market. Typically, en vironmental products and services account for 1 percent to 1.5 percent of the gross do mestic product(GDP)for most OECD coun

environment within the top three priority industrial sectors. Booming Asian growth in China, South Korea, Taiwan and the As sociation of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN) has been attracting many Cana dian firms.

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Marketplace gal, Spain and Greece, which are playing "environmental catch-up." For Eastern Europe,Canada will continue building trade and partnering with initiatives in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Canada has a solid environmental science and

technology base upon which to build...

Many developing countries still need support from international financial insti tutions (IFIs) and regional development banks. Strategic environmental planning and institution-building initiatives are pro vided by the Canadian International Devel opment Agency(CIDA). Capacity-building technical linkages are provided by Environ ment Canada research institutes. These sorts of initiatives serve as a basis for fol

low-up industry activity.

Canada is a significant financial con tributor to the World Bank and all regional development banks. As a result, Canadian

companies are eligible to bid on over $40 billion in projects funded annually in de veloping countries by these institutions. The vast majority of these contracts, which are all dominated by hard currencies, are awarded under a transparent system of in ternational competitive tendering.

Industry Canada's environment industry is com posed of some 4000 firms marketing a wide range of products and services. It represents 142,000 knowledge- and science-based jobs,

activities and projects supported by IFIs. Multidisciplinary environmental consulting, acquisitions and mergers,joint ventures and strategic alliances are increasingly being used to enhance corporate capabilities and to expand market share.

The Canadian Office for Technology Exchanges(COTE)helps developing coun tries sustain their resources and strengthen their economies. COTE activities in the past year, related to pursuing opportunities in international conventions and agreements, have also uncovered complementary, more conventional commercial prospects in new markets for many firms.

The primary challenge is to continue building momentum in international mar kets, including markets of the developing world, with a strategic planning approach supportive of market-responsive environ mental products and services. It is impor tant for the industry to establish its domi

have shipments of about $5 billion per year, while environmental services account for $4

billion in revenues. Exports amount to ap

proximately $ 1 billion annually, with almost 80 percent directed at the US market.

Canada has a solid environmental sci

ence and technology base upon which to build, including research and development facilities within companies,universities and federal and provincial governments. In ad dition, Canada has built a good reputation for monitoring and measurement instrumen tation; emission prevention and control tech

nologies; and solid and liquid waste-han dling equipment (specialty incinerators, shredders, compactors, recycling systems and equipment). Capabilities extend to the manufacturing of equipment components, including attachments for pumps and valves, separators and filters.

Environmental services industry firms have won many offshore engineering projects and have enjoyed success through

and improve the competitive position of the environmental sector, the Government has

developed with industry"A Strategy for the Canadian Environmental Industry," a more

complete "tool-kit" for exporters.

Contact: Industry Canada, Environmen tal Industries Directorate, Environmen tal Affairs Branch, 235 Queen St., 7th

Floor East, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H5, Tel.; (613) 954-3382, Fax: (613) 9543430/1894.

LIMA Engineering Ltd. Announcement

nance in the domestic market, and to be well

positioned internationally. During the past five years, active Canadian exporters have doubled to over 600 firms, with another 1200 export-ready.

Bonfiglioli North America appoints new president and sales manager

with output per worker at $130,000, some 25 percent higher than general manufactur ing.

This fast-growing sector is undergoing continuous definition in response to a chang ing environmental agenda. An estimated 65 percent of environmental firms provide services, and 35 percent are involved in manufacturing. The latter are believed to

Strategic direction To add to the existing strategic approach

BNABonfiglioli, one of Europe's largest gear drive manufacturers, has appointed Greg Jackson as president of its North American component, Bonfiglioli North America inc.(BNA). Since joining BNA, Mr. Jackson has appointed John Carney as sales manager.

Greg Jackson brings more than 20 years experience in gear drive sales and marketing to his new position. Report ing directly to senior Bonfiglioli manage ment in Bologna, Italy, his new respon sibilities include managing and oversee ing all aspects of the company's activi ties in the Canadian and US market

places.

Mr. Carney has been active in sales and applications support of gear drives and related products for more than a decade. As sales manager for BNA, Mr. Carney is responsible for servicing

Derek V. Doyle, P.Eng., M.B.A. R. H. Savage, REng., President and Chief Operating Officer, UMA Group Ltd., is pleased to announce the ap pointment of Derek Doyle, P.Eng., M.B.A., as Vice President and Ontario Regional Manager, UMA Engineering Ltd., effective April 21, 1995.

Derek Doyle has managed engineer ing, water resource and environmental organizations in the consulting and pub lic sectors. He has a decade of experi ence in the pulp and paper, steel and plastics industries. He has an accom plished track record in resolving conflict between jDroponents, public and govern ment agencies. Derek brings 33 years of innovative management and goal accomplishment to UMA's engineering operations in the Ontario Region.

UMA Engineering Ltd.'s services in clude municipal, planning, transporta tion, environmental, water and waste treatment, solid waste management, building services, and project/construc tion management. UMA Engineering is a member company of the UMA Group Ltd., an international group of compa nies offering engineering,consulting and

industrial contracting services. It was founded in 1911 and is an employee owned organization.

BNA's extensive account base as well

as expanding sales in North America.

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By Brad Casemore*

Water Infrastructure

Could fibre optics iocate your valve problem?

A situation arose where a out proper operation ofthese valves, the flow could not be throttled or stopped for main

There were a number of options: 1. Tear up the street or boulevard and re move the valves during a scheduled shut down. Replacement would probably be best, to minimize shut down time. This would take a solid day, per valve, and would involve a significant amount of machinery

tion to be done under pressure without leak age into the pipe chamber.

It was quickly determined that valve #1 was in an open position; therefore the posi tion indicator was showing correctly. The valve was then manually closed and the

tenance. Both valves were located in sub

and labour, and, therefore, cost.

divisions, at separate locations and down

2. Try and get a look inside the valves while still in service and diagnose the problem.

This would take a couple of hours, minimal labour and no machinery, and, therefore, a significant cost reduction.

Option #2 was chosen as the most costeffective way to get an immediate answer.

If the findings could be recorded on video tape this could be presented as proof of the reasons for the problems. With this proce dure in mind, an industrial endoscopic spe cialist was hired, to use a fibrescope to look inside the valves. Entry was made through two half inch nipples (with gate valves), on

evision monitor. The disc was operating properly. Just to make sure of this, the hold ing pins for the disc were filmed to make sure they were still intact. Once the valve

municipality had two valves on separate water mains that were not working properly. Our cus

tomer needed to know exactly why. With

inside a manhole with limited work area.

The information that they did have was: The first valve could not be completely closed to stop the flow. Could something possibly be jammed in it? Since this was a butterfly valve, there is a shaft or stem that is coupled to a disc using pins. When the shaft is turned (either by hand or motor) the disc turns to allow flow through it. If the pins had corroded away or sheared off, the shaft would turn but the disc would stay sta tionary. This was another possibility, or the position indicator on the outside of the valve was not indicating properly.

The second valve could not be operated at all and it was fully open. The possibili ties here were that the disc was seized or

something jammed in it.

either side of the valve, that were used to

take pressure readings on a gauge. Using a strain relief connector, the fibrescope was inserted through the connector and the gate valve then opened. This allowed the inspec-

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movement of the disc watched on the tel

was closed, the entire circumference of the disc was filmed. At this time it could be seen that the rubber seal around the disc

had tom away from its retaining ring, caus ing a significant leak by the disc.

The seal could clearly be seen hanging down from the top of the sealed disc. This situation was probably due to normal wear on the seal. This type of seal is bound to show fatigue after a number of years of use, depending on the frequency of use. There fore it is probably a good practice, in preventative maintenance, to set up a schedule for inspection of these seals.

The problem with the second valve was discovered immediately upon entering the pipe. It could be clearly seen that there was about 100 feet of hydraulic hose wrapped around the disc and trailing off in the direc tion of the flow.

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Upon completion of the inspections an immediate visual report was handed to the customer on a video tape. A comprehen sive written report of the inspection fol lowed. The video provided an immediate way of positively diagnosing these problems.

Using this information, the maintenance team could approach the problem knowing exactly what to expect. Therefore the amount of downtime,labour cost and mate rials could be very accurately estimated and a concise work plan formed.

Similar types of inspections have been done in the past using the CCTV (closed circuit television) equipment. This system has always worked fairly well but the two main flaws have been the resolution of the

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Industrial wastewater

Automaker chooses modified batch

process to treat wastewater

Proctor&Redfem wascontracted by General Motors of Canada to de

sign and supervise construction of a wastewater treatment plant for its car, truck and battery manufacturing plants at the South Autoplex in Oshawa, Ont. GM wished to replace the existing lagoon sys tem with a cost effective, state-of-the-art

treatment plant. The most advanced tech nology available would be used to meet and exceed discharge effluent limits permitted by municipal bylaws and federal and pro vincial legislation. A flexible process was necessary to handle the wide variety of waste streams received at the plant. Aesthetic considerations were incorporated into the

design, minimizing the impact of such ele ments as noise and odour on the surround

ing community.

P&R responded by designing an inno vative process for wastewater treatment - a modified batch process. This process uti lizes advanced instrumentation and control

to treat continuously, rather than using the batch flow process traditional in the auto motive industry. It also took into considera tion anticipated future reductions in allow able discharge limits, as well as potential influent changes, which would result from modifications to processes or materials.

The process, designed to treat all of the effluent generated by the largest auto com plex in North America,chemically removes phosphorus and heavy metals from the wastewater, reducing the load of chemicals and metals sent to the municipal treatment plant and ultimately discharged to the Lake.

The process also reduces the biological load discharged from the plant.

The process is fed by two 4500 cubic metre equalization tanks which altemately receive wastewater, thus covering a day's worth of discharge in two shifts. From the equalization tanks, the wastewater is con tinuously treated by; Chemical treatment

unaffected even were an emergency to oc cur. Spare tanks, designed to hold a full day's flow, would hold the contaminated ef fluent so that the treatment process could continue as normal while the problem was dealt with. Even in the unlikely event of a spill, the advanced containment facilities would ensure that nothing reached the en vironment.

This "continuous-batch" flow process is

only achievable through extensive use of process monitoring and control. The oper ating information is displayed by two com puter systems, one located in the control room and the second located on the treat

ment plant operating floor. The operator interfaces with the control software utiliz

ing an innovative, user friendly approach.

The Windows operating system used pro vides an open communication architecture, transferring data between several programs

that display plant information graphically and numerically. The computers provide some twenty major system graphical screens and several minor operator information dis plays which supply extensive plant operat ing information including alarms, system inhibits, operating modes, corrective meas ures, chemical dosing requirements, opera tor help and operating conditions quickly and in an understandable format.

This advanced system permits fine-tun ing of such aspects of the process as chemi cal dosing, further optimizing plant capac ity and reducing chemical costs. It provides ready identification of potential problems and supports quick response action to be

taken within the plant or from a remote lo cation. It also supports the collection of his torical data through advanced databases and integrated spreadsheet applications. This allows the operator to make intelligent de cisions based on trends and data rather than

feelings and experience, thus marrying the experience of a human operator with the analytical capabilities of a computer.

In addition to advanced instrumentation

and control systems, the plant is also equipped with special polymer preparation units. These offer precise dilution and mix ing as well as increased operator health and safety compared to conventional systems.

The inclined parallel plate clarifiers offer efficient and economical solid/liquid sepa ration and occupy very little space compared to the traditional clarifiers. Sophisticated on-line analyzers were installed to allow for spontaneous readouts of contaminant lev els which allow operators to react quickly to unexpected changes. The carefully de signed and completely enclosed pipe gal lery is also a rarity for a plant of this capac ity. Not only does it protect the piping sys tem from adverse weather conditions and

thereby lengthen its lifespan, it also in creases the efficiency of operators who would otherwise perform maintenance un der harsh weather conditions.

Due to the excellent cooperation and coordination between GM and P&R, com

missioning of the plant, which was com pleted in December 1992, progressed rap

idly to completion within a very tight time frame. Teamwork continues through P&R's provision of process optimization and other support functions as required.

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Ferric chloride is

added to combine with and precipitate the phosphorus. Sodium hydroxide is added to maintain an alkaline pH so that the heavy metals will form insoluble hydroxides, and anionic polymer is added to bind the recently formed insoluble solids into larger floe. The dosage and addition of these chemicals is done in a continuous process made avail able through recent advances in computer technology.

Separation. The insoluble floe is concen trated into a sludge (at 5% solids) which is separated from clear water in the inclined parallel plate separators. The clear water is discharged as effluent at a regulated flow rate.

Dewatering. The sludge is concentrated into a filter cake (>30% solids) using re 40

cessed plate filter presses. The solid cake is then shipped to a landfill site for safe dis posal.

The continuity of the process would be

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ber frame for maintenance holes

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The Enviroframe is said to reduce the

deterioration of pavement that often occurs around the frames on busy streets. The rub ber frames also act to reduce the bump in the road effect, (differential settlement), caused by wheel impact loads that acceler ate the deterioration of masonry below the

Rubber from about seven tires is used in

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Over 100 Quebec cities have installed about 1500 frames in the past two years and three Ontario communities,Hawksbury,and

frame.

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the towns of Caledon East and Alfred have

installed or are completing new construc tion with Enviroframes.

street must be excavated and re-set to the

Demonstration installations have been

correct elevation using masoniy or concrete rings. With the Enviromax system an Enviro-levelling ring of the desired thick ness and slope if necessary is simply bolted

mm diameter hole around the structure.

successfully conducted in the City of North York, City of Mississauga, City of Scarborough, City of Etobicoke, Regional Municipality of Sudbury and the Regional Municipality of Peel. The Regional Mu nicipality of Halton is planning an installa tion as is the City of Thunder Bay. The Shaw group in Nova Scotia has cast frames to be installed for the City of Hali

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R&D News Performance of UASB Reactors

A study investigating the effects of tempera ture and organic loading on the performance of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors was carried out by ADI Systems Inc. scien

application of step-loading reduction and a modification of the internal recycle ratio. As described by these University of British

tists S. Grant and K.C. Lin of the Univer

kinetics and efficiencies were evaluated for

this boundary represents the base of indus trial sediment as shown by an accompany ing increase in both PAHs and trace metal content. This suggests that the completely non-destructive measurement of magnetic susceptibility offers a tool for mapping the

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sity of New Brunswick. Laboratory-scale reactors were semicontinuously fed syn thetic substrate at temperatures ranging from 10 to 40° C and organic loadings of 2

to 30 kg COD/(mLd). Steady-state process

As described in the Journal of Great Lakes Research, these scientists confirmed that

distribution of contaminated sediments in Hamilton Harbour.

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Model for Screening Remedial Options

Association Canadienne sur la

McMaster University scientists I.K. Tsanis and J. Wu, together with J. Marsalek of the

the various conditions. As described in the

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, a design and operating chart was constructed

Qualite de I'Eau

National Water Research Institute, have as

based on the kinetic coefficients determined

from the experimental data.

sessed the feasibility of modelling remedial measures for microbiological pollution. A regular grid finite difference hydrodynamic

Columbia scientists in Environmental Tech

Two Phase Anaerobic Digestion Research undertaken by R Fongsatitkul, D.S. Mavinlc and K.V. Lo demonstrated the

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McMaster University scientists J.K. Versteeg and W.A. Morris, together with N.A. Rukavina of the National Water Re

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Arsenic Uptake by Fish National Water Research Institute scientist

McMaster, demonstrate the removal of 97.8% BOD,96.1% TSS, and 99.5% fecal

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Using propagation of error analysis and a simple loading model, R.M. Hoff has made an estimate of the budget errors involved in making an atmospheric loading prediction for toxic chemicals to the Great Lakes. As

up to 98% as well as an appreciable reduc tion in phosphorus(52%) and volatile sus pended solids (40-50%). In addition, the sludge was rendered odourless.

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R&D News These included contaminant transport modes, short-term temporal and seasonal variability, the relationship between dis solved and particulate contaminant concen trations and discharge, and spacial variabil ity in the cross-section. The data obtained by these National Water Research Institute scientists, published in Environmental Sci ence and Technology, emphasizes the im portance of understanding the complete transport/loading regime of a sampling sta tion, defining the required end products of the monitoring program, and defining the accuracy required to meet specific program needs before implementing or evaluating a monitoring program.

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ants RSA found that, when the organic load ing is relatively low, efficient suspended ing subsurface horizontal flow units. When BOD is high, it is usually preferable to in

and feeding habitats for a variety of shore birds and waterfowl, and lower trophic lev els in these lakes could be adversely affected by agricultural pesticides. Following the severe drought of 1988 in Saskatchewan,

stall vertical treatment units ahead of the

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exposure may affect the subsequent sensi tivity of the animals. In most cases, prior

synthetic pyrethroid insecticides and DDT by rainbow trout was studied by Department

A significant fraction of the biodegradable material in municipal wastewater is com prised of macromolecular carbohydrates.

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exposure (24h) to a number of such chemi

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Muir, B.R. Hobden and M.R. Servos using filtered lake water, simulated (synthetic)

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Modelling Chemical Dynamics in a Lake Ecosystem D. Mackay and colleagues from the Univer sity of Toronto,Simon Eraser University, and the International Joint Commission have

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The effects of various short- and long-term concentrations throughout the lake ecosys tem can be assessed. Emphasis is placed on developing a complete and uniform quan tification of all processes thus providing a decision support tool to improve manage ment and remediation of aquatic systems by linking loading to concentration.

Effect of Organic Chemicals on Daphnia magna A.V. Consultants Ltd. scientist A.V.Pawlisz

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M. Chartier and G. Mercier describe the

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Several records were set at the '95

of WEAO, then called the Pollution Con trol Association of Ontario, he was also the first President of OPCEA,25 years ago.

Steve Davey, President of Environmen tal Science & Engineering became the youngest ever WEAO President as the con ference concluded. He had been surprised earlier when the consultants brought in a

Water Environment Association of

Ontario (WEAO) Conference in Toronto April 2-4: - Almost 900 delegates attended.

- Ontario Pollution Control Equipment As sociation (OPCEA) table top exhibition spaces were sold out long before the dead

large birthday cake at their reception.

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Dr. Joe Macinnis, a world renowned

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He held his audience spellbound as he re counted a remarkable underwater expedi tion to the Titanic. Using two research sub marines, a joint force from the former So viet Union, Canada and the United States

went down and explored the huge sunken vessel. He screened remarkable footage when the subs probed deep in the North Atlantic, ironically in the area where the present turbot skirmishes are going on.

On a sombre environmental note, he

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now lay at the bottom of the oceans. Even more alarming, he said, were the 50 nuclear missiles at the bottom of the oceans.

Dr. Macinnis said there were some six

thousand shipwrecks to explore in the Great Lakes system making it the world's largest aquatic museum and a priceless resource.

Showing a zebra mussel infested wreck, he said the mussels were everywhere in Lake Erie, and listed their rapid progress in North American waterways. He screened footage of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald which sank with a load of iron ore some

decades ago. He noted the vessel was only

1995/96 President Steve Davey about 25 feet shorter than the Titanic.

He stressed the responsibilities of envi ronmental professionals in protecting our waterways. His presentation concluded with graceful footage of whales diving as if in some aquatic ballet with a wonderful musical score. Even without a narrator, the

footage evoked a powerful message that these magnificent mammals must not be mindlessly hunted to extinction. It was a tragic irony that the talks about our fisher ies becoming extinct were going on in the European Community while this thought provoking film was being shown.

The Bedell Award went to Bob Pickett, Metro Toronto Works Department, the Hatfield to Bob Hutcheson, OCWA Lakeview, and the Water Environment Fed eration Director's Service Award to George Powell, President, Gore & Storrie. Larry Madden, Control & Metering, was Confer ence Chair. Peter Nicol, Conference Tech

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OPCEA President Penny Davey presented a $2,500 cheque to Biil Girard of PWOD, enabling the winning team to compete in the WEF Operations Chalienge in Miami this Faii.

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The collection system event involves a simulation of a PVC sewer pipe in service which develops a leak. Teams are required to replace the damaged area with a piece cut from another pipe with a saddle attached to it. The repair is then pressure tested, and penalties are assessed for any leaks, or for improper procedures, or procedures omitted.

In the process event teams must answer process questions, and do mathematical cal culations in four process topics: sludge dewatering/thickening; activated sludge; anaerobic digestion; and plant effluent dis infection.

The maintenance event involves taking

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Health & Safety Auditing Part II -Practical considerations to Improve effectiveness n Part I of these two articles (Environ mental Science and Engineering, May 1995) 1 covered the whole process in sequence. Now I'll comment on how to make the wheels turn

more smoothly - make these steps more effective.

There is a minefield of

possible problems facing every auditor. You might look at the following as the auditor's own manage ment measures to help the audit process run more faultlessly.

If you are an external auditor, arrange a written confidentiality agreement with the company to be audited before you start reviewing documents, preaudit, so there are a mini

ity control, shipping/receiving, office, man agement and maintenance. Ask for a brief written summary of training given to work ers and supervisors. Finally, ask for a para-

to wear protective gear; should leam about facility safety rules and emergency proce dures, especially those pertaining to visi tors; and should be medically certified as able to wear the respira tors provided at the site.

Do your regulation and company policy home work. Before entering the site, know all the applica ble legal requirements for the jurisdiction of the fa cility which would apply to the sector under audit.

Leam, ahead if possible, all corporate rules which apply to the activity or site being audited. Tailor the audit protocol to reflect these external and internal

compliance requirements.

Review the overall au

dit program of the com pany being audited, and any prior audits and con iron out ahead of time, in Safety training is an important goal ofthe Water EnvironmentAssociation ofOntario's sultant reports relating to writing, with contracting annual Operations Challenge. the activity or site you will management whether you may speak to graph of the history and main activities of be auditing. Information on the company's worker representatives of your choice - and the Joint H&S Committee and contact auditing program in place, including full whether any limitations are to be put on such names and telephones of the Joint Chairs. reports of past audits, should be provided communication, especially if there is a un Before you leave for the facility site, by the company ahead of time, as part of ion. contact the facility manager, to verify the the scope of your audit. If possible, talk to In the name of both industrial peace and time and place of the opening meeting, the parties who conducted past audits or effectiveness of your audit, negotiate ahead consultant studies (with top management safety indoctrination and initial tour; to sug of time with the management contracting gest who should be present; and to confirm permission). the audit for sufficient time to interview a who your primary site contact will be.

Have checklists ready,for each phase of large enough sample of employees, so that Have along calculators at least, better a the protocol, of the people to be interviewed important findings cannot be traced to a laptop computer. If possible, pre-arrange (set up appointments ahead, to the extent particular employee "blowing the whistle" access to a compatible printer for your possible), and of the documents to be re - with potential for recrimination. laptop(s) or bring along a portable printer, quested for review or copy.

General Pre-Audit Arrangements Assign accountability among the audit/ along with disks, toner, printer paper and Send the management contracting for stationery supplies. It can be helpful to have assessor team in writing. your audit a questionnaire asking the ba along overhead transparency blanks, At the Audit Site sics ahead of time - with a deadline for re prechecked to be compatible with the fa Begin with the opening meeting. The sponse. For example, ask who is account cility's photocopiers. opening meeting has two goals: on the one able for site H&S, the percentage of their Arrange to have the host company pro hand, to inform key facility staff about the time spent on H&S,and their H&S creden vide a floor plan to scale of the facility to be objectives and techniques of the audit, and, tials. Ask for the supervision structure of audited, plus specifications and plans of the on the other hand,to give the auditors a brief the facility - identification of the key play ventilation system, at the outset of the open overview of the facility, its product(s) or ers, name,title, telephone, whether they will ing meeting. service(s) and the H&S programs in place. be on site during the scheduled audit. Ask Get prior permission to take site photo Seating: intersperse auditors/assessors for site background information, such as whether it is leased or owned (by whom), graphs; be clear if any restrictions apply to and local staff, to avoid a feeling of"us ver photography of sensitive processes, the dis sus them". Keep the meeting brief and care age of the facility, major renovations or ad ditions and when they occurred, floorspace position of the photographs, who pays for fully structured. Don't try to accomplish allotted to production and warehouse. Ask the photography costs, and who owns the too much.

Refer to preceding telephone contact(s) for brief description and flow diagram for photographs. Photographs are exceedingly materials and process flow, including where valuable, both as memory jogs to auditors to build rapport. Introduce auditors/asses and as evidence. sors, their background and their responsi products and wastes are created. Ask for Some precautions for the health and bilities during the audit. summary information on numbers of salary Provide a brief, pithy introduction to the and hourly employees, work shifts, and safety of the auditors are advised, both preaudit and on site. Pre-audit, before enter audit process by describing the purpose, whether there is a union. Ask for staff ing the site, auditors (or assessors) should scope, approach, format of deliverable (fi breakdown by production, laboratory/qual arrange to have provided and be prepared nal report), distribution of final report, and mum of barriers to timely provision of the necessary documents to you. Try to

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By Dr. David A. Whaley, ROH,CIH* the time period of operation being audited.

Briefly verify the basics of their opera tion as summarized in their answers to your pre-audit questionnaire. Fill in essential missing information. Be unobtrusive, but take notes.

Determine who at the audit site is re

sponsible for advising and facilitating ar rangements for the health and safety of au ditors/assessors, themselves, while on site.

I'll call this person the "audit safety advi sor".

Finally, provide the intended schedule for the remainder of the audit, and schedule

a tentative time for the exit meeting.

Following the opening meeting check scheduling, to determine that resources and work assignments are reasonable for the time allotted. It is a good idea to review the progress at several points.

Keep a record of each document re ceived, who provided it, when, where, and why. This list ofevidence documents should be updated daily. Record any changes in audit scope occurring during the process, with reasons.

The protocol (game plan) and the audi tor's working papers are separate. A sepa rate page should be used in the working papers for each separate topic, and should refer to the protocol phase and item number.

Use a bound (not loose leaO book for work ing pages; make sure pages are numbered.

Several times a day, on site, pause to re view your field notes, making sure that you have recorded what you did, and how you did it, for each protocol item. Prepare a brief interim summary at the end of each proto col topic, while on site.

It is best to keep a separate running list of preliminary observations of exceptions (findings), to aid in identifying the full list when preparing for the exit meeting. If there is no time for this, at least make a specific kind of marginal mark (e.g., a red asterisk).

Regularly compare working field notes with other audit team members, to deter

mine that topics were adequately covered and that findings agree.

Before site work in production areas,

arrange for the audit safety advisor to brief the audit team regarding any restricted ar eas, and any specific chemical, biologic, radioactive or process risks which may be unfamiliar. Only enter restricted areas with permission, accompanied by a designated facility employee and wearing appropriate protective equipment.

Interview techniques are a key process by which you identify problems lurking be neath surface appearance. The rapport you build and the doors opened will be strongly affected by your success in interviews. *Dr. Whaley is a Registered Occupational Hygienist(Canada)and a Certified Industrial Hygienist,Toxicology Specialty(American Board).

He is currently Assistant Professor of Environ mental Health, Indiana State University,Terre Haute.

Before meeting your interviewee, define the desired outcome, then organize the is sues you wish to ask about, in the order you will ask. Select the best setting you can near the interviewee's work area, one-onone, quiet, no interruptions. Open the in terview by introducing yourself, state the

purpose of the overall audit and of the in terview. Ensure you have enough time for the process. Explain how the information obtained will and will not be used. Try to get the interviewee to do most of the talk ing.

Make it clear that specific sources will not be identified, other than by process or activity area, when that is necessary.

Get a quick overview of the interview ee's responsibilities relating to the audit topic. IJse open-ended questions; try to avoid questions that can be answered in one word. Keep an open mind, and sound like your mind is open. Avoid questions which try to influence the answer. Accept periods of silence, as the interviewee is trying to organize his/her thoughts and answers. Take notes only of key points; do not create a ver batim transcript(which may be threatening).

Keep to the agreed time-limit. End the

Avoid extreme language.

Rather than use alarmist

words, use matter-of-fact words. The facts will

speak for themselves. interview on a positive note. Summarize your understanding of the key points to the interviewee, asking that they confirm accu racy.

Once the interviewee has left, immedi

ately summarize the interview points and overall conclusions. Be sure to allow time

between activities for this important wrapup process, while memory is fresh.

Remember that subjective impressions may be useful in guiding you to another source of information, but cannot serve as evidence for a verifiable assertion. There

is no harm in noting your subjective impres sions on your working papers only - but iden tify them as such.

Once you have gathered enough evidence and evaluated your findings, you are ready to conduct the exit meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to report all deficiencies discovered during the audit to facility man agement, in context of the overall facility performance, as you see it. Be sure to state the limitations in your investigation, as qualifiers to the findings.

Again, intersperse seating of auditors with auditees. Ease into the discussion; do

not charge in abruptly. Notice verbal and non-verbal signals from facility employees in attendance(make any notes later). Project a feeling of comfort and trust; regularly

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make eye contact with all participants in the room. Again, describe the purpose and scope of the audit, the intent of this meet ing and the overall reporting process.

If possible, distribute a typed (computer printed) list of point findings. Start with the more significant, non-controversial find ings. Discuss each finding; clarify as ques tions arise. Be willing to discuss all find ings to the degree necessary to convey un derstanding. Do not argue; make notes on any disagreements with your findings. Keep your cool and stay friendly.

Close the exit meeting with an account of the timing of the process phases. Close on a positive note. You are sure that, in the long run, everyone can benefit from audits of this kind. Acknowledge the help and cooperation of facility staff. Do not linger socially.

Post-Site Activities

It is prudent to follow certain conscious guidelines in reporting findings, both dur ing the preceding exit meeting at site, and in the preparation of the final written re port, post-audit.

The wording used in both an exit meet ing and in the final report is very important.

Following are some guidelines: First, state only what is deficient; do not generalize, which suggests such deficiency

extends beyond what was observed. State the type of finding exactly, giving specifics.

Second, state all findings directly, not suggestively - which is less precise and may be misleading.

Third, give not only the exception (defi ciency) finding, but also its significance, possible consequences.

Fourth, do not state compliance or noncompliance. Give only the finding (which breaches law). Let lawyers state whether the law has been broken.

Fifth, avoid extreme language. Rather than use alarmist words, use matter-of-fact words. The facts will speak for themselves.

Sixth, avoid acronyms, unless defined in the text. Your audience is likely to include

a range of persons of different experience and training. Specialized jargon is a bar rier to communication with a heterogene ous audience.

Seventh, do not identify persons as sources. Leave all specific identification in your field notes. "We understand that...; we were informed that...; we observed staff from the department..." is sufficient.

Eighth,refer to specific statutory require ment or company policy. When an external or internal requirement is breached, refer to the specific section of the breached regu lation or rule, in describing your finding.

Perspective In my experience, taking the time to tend to these practical matters, and budgeting for such time in the cost estimate for the audit,

are well worth the extra effort. It is usually

in management's best interest to obtain a credible, solid audit.

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Air Pollution

Seeing how Incinerator emissions stack up

When Laidlaw Environmental undertakes comprehensive annual testing of stack

emissions from its Lambton

Facility's high-temperature incineration system, there are three major objectives: • To demonstrate the incineration system is

Laidlaw Environmental and the MOEE

take steps to ensure the integrity of the sam pling and analysis process.

"We used the services of a third-party

Particulate

interim standards.

Permit limits maximum emissions to 50

• To demonstrate compliance with special

milligrams per cubic metre.

Test Result* - 1.57miiligrams/c.m.

conditions attached to Laidlaw Environmen-

tal's certificate of approval.

• To evaluate the incinerator's capability to

destroy and remove contaminants in the wastes treated.

The annual stack emission testing pro

compliance," says Rob Gumming, process engineer at Lambton Facility. "With metal emissions, for instance, we averaged less than one-fifth of one percent of the allow able concentrations among the 30 metals measured."

He notes that testing is conducted dur

ing three consecutive days, with the incin eration system operating at its full permit ted capacity -an average feed rate of more than 200 litres per minute for combined rich (oil-based) and lean (water-based) wastes.

The testing program is conducted under contract by Ortech International of Mississauga.

Jim Suddaby, man ager, incineration sys tems, notes the annual emission testing pro gram is conducted under extreme conditions.

'To evaluate destruc tion and removal effi

ciency, we raise the con centrations of the tested

compounds being fed into the incinerator far

beyond normal content.

"The

computer-

based dispersion calcu lations, used by the MOEE to assess incin

erator emissions, simu late atmospheric condi tions more severe than

we are ever likely to en counter in our normal

operations."

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ground level.

The testing program is comprehensive, analysing emission gases for 30 metals, 15 inorganic and organic compounds, and 16

average.

Permit requires minimum of 8% concentration in stack gases.

onstrate the incinerator remains well within

late the concentrations that could reach

250 parts per million over a 10-minute

ergy (MOEE).

A major focus of the testing and analy sis is ground-level impingement-point con

of compounds that could reach the ground under unfavourable atmospheric conditions.

"In each area of analysis, the results dem

Once the concentration of these com

pounds in the stack gases is known, compu ter programs specified by the Ministry of Environment and Energy are used to calcu

Permit limits maximum emissions to

Test Result* -84 parts per million

centrations - the theoretical concentration

compounds.

Carbon Monoxide

gram is required under Laidlaw Environmental's certificate of approval issued by the Ontario Ministry of Environment and En

sions at ground level.

Samples of stack gases are analysed for the presence of various compounds, includ ing particulate and metals, combustion

gases, and semi-volatile and volatile organic

Stack gases

in compliance with Ontario Environmental Protection Act Regulation 346 standards and

mine the theoretical effect of stack emis

volatile organic compounds.

over a 10-minute average.

Oxygen

Test Result* - 10.4% concentration.

Total Hydrocarbon

Testing the destruction and removal ef ficiency (DRE) of Lambton Facility's hightemperature incineration system is not a le gal requirement, says Rob Cummings.

But achieving a high level of DRE is important for the comfort of the facility's neighbours, customers and the community.

"Our goal is to achieve as close to com

Permit limits maximum emissions of 100

plete destruction as possible," he says. "The

parts per million over a 10-minute

over a 10-minute average.

annual stack emission testing program gives us an ideal opportunity to evaluate the sys tem's effectiveness in achieving this objec

* Results calculated from emission

tive."

average.

Test Result* - 24 parts per million

For the 1994 stack emission testing pro

samples taken over three days.

auditor to monitor and audit the 1994 proc ess from beginning to end. In addition, rep resentatives of the MOEE are frequently onsite monitoring the testing program," said Mr. Suddaby.

One of the most detailed aspects of the annual stack emission testing program at Lambton Facility are the computer-gener ated dispersion calculations, used to deter-

gram, the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy approved four Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents (POHCs) which are known to be among the most difficult to destroy, he adds.

"If the incinerator can destroy those com

pounds to a high level, then it is doing an even better job with other compounds." The POHCs selected for the 1994 testing pro

gram were benzene, tetrachloroethene, tolu ene and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene.

How do emissions stack up?

Excellent

DREs

were achieved in 1994 for the four POHCs.

stack emission samples were

analysed for the presence of particulate and metals, combustion gases, and semi-volatile and volatile

METALS • Silicon

2.408%

▲ Lead

<0.001%

According to Jim Suddaby, the DRE for benzene is slightly lower than typically expected,

organic compounds. Using computer-

COMBUSTION GASES

generated dispersion calculations, analysts can theorize the concentra tion that would reach ground level

• Hydrogen Chloride 3.85%

1991 and 1993 estab

▲ Carbon Monoxide 0.06%

lished levels greater than 99.99 percent.

under unfavourable atmospheric

VOLATILE ORGANIC

conditions. These results are then

COMPOUNDS

since evaluations in both

"We believe there

compared to concentrations allowed under provincial regulations designed to protect health and the environ

• Vinyl Chloride 0.039% ▲ Remaining 15 contaminants sampled were less than detec

was an inadequate vol ume of the compound in the waste going to the incinerator to provide an

ment. The results are calculated as a

tion levels.

accurate measurement at

percentage of allowable concentra tions. Chart indicates highest (•) and lowest (▲) concentrations of each grouping, presented as a percentage of allowable concentrations.

the stack.

"However, we will

be looking to the upcoming 1995 test for clarification," he added.

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Ash is no longer exempt from US hazardous waste disposal regulations Last year, the United States Supreme Court

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Under RCRA, the incoming wastes are ex empt from classification as a "hazardous waste." The residual ash, however, may contain contaminants such as lead or cad

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Prior to this decision, waste-to-energy facilities relied upon a provision in RCRA

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ard spreadsheet and transferred to a PC. The analyzer consists of two sets of re actor vessels, each set containing four ves sels connected in cascade so that one vessel

feeds into the next. A sample of the waste water is fed into one of the sets of vessels

and sludge is fed into both. A sensor meas ures oxygen in the last vessel in each set, so that one measures BOD of the sludge and the other of both sludge and water to give a final reading of the water BOD. Biodegradation is faster in the cascaded vessels than

in a single vessel, for a faster reading, and compounds which are difficult to degrade are broken down more efficiently. Oxygen is measured from the air in the final ves

sels, which eliminates the fouling of sen sors.

Similar ease of use was demonstrated in

a Johnson Yokogawa pH meter and OR? analyzer exhibited by CB Engineering. In this EXA PH400 meter, a set of six push buttons and a liquid-crystal display are pro tected by a sealed window which is flex ible so that, for day-to-day operations, an operator can press the buttons without open ing the instrument. The display shows the measurement values as well as messages to prompt the operator which buttons to press 56

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Self-cleaning is a feature of a new se ries of EchomaX ultrasonic level transduc

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and foam, and a built-in temperature sen sor corrects for shifts in the velocity of the ultrasonic signal due to temperature changes, saving the wiring costs of external temperature compensation. A seamless housing allows the transducers to be totally submerged under flood conditions without damage.

The Sure Shot XPS models in this se

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Waste treatment is among the applica

tions of level measurement by microwaves developed by Endress + Hauser for use on liquids, sludges, pastes and bulk solids. The Micropilot FMR 130 can measure in high temperature and pressure and in the pres ence of gas blankets, dust and steam, and can measure the top level of foam on liq uid, as in a digester. Microwave energy is at a low level so that it can be used in metal

and plastic vessels.

Turbidity of water is of growing interest in water treatment and industrial applica tions, according to Richard Lewandowski, REng., of Endress + Hauser who demon strated several models of turbidity meters.

The CUS 1 model, whose applications in clude sewage and waste water treatment, measures turbidity with a beam of infra-red light which is reflected by an optical assem bly on to a reference photodiode and is di rected into the process stream where it is reflected by particles on to a measurement photodiode. The measurement signals are processed digitally to remove interference caused by big air bubbles or by large parti cles, to give a high resolution over a wide range.

Flow of liquids with high levels of en trained solids or gas bubbles, such as raw sewage, sludge, and mixtures of oil, water and gas, can be measured with an innova tive ultrasonic technology shown at ISA by

Environmental Science <& Engineering, July 1995

By Tom Kelly Panametrics. This company's TransFlection technique uses a pair of ultrasonic transduc ers. One transmits an ultrasonic signal into the flowing liquid while the other receives the reflected echo. At any instant, the dis tribution of solids and bubbles in the liquid will result in a unique pattern of reflected ultrasonic energy. This pattern is detected by the electronics in the receiving transducer which measures the distance travelled in a

period of time by the section of the liquid giving the unique reflection.

The company displayed two models each of which can be switched to use either

method: the DF868 is for permanent instal lation and the PT868 is portable. Both can use transducers which can be clamped on the outside of pipes or mounted on open chan nels, can compare flow rates in dual pipes or channels, and can feed data to a PC. Valves and actuators

The convenience of commissioning and operation evident among instruments at the ISA show extended to some valves and ac tuators as well.

Rotork Controls displayed what it de scribes as "the world's first actuator that you can commission and interrogate without re moving electrical covers," which can speed maintenance operations and is especially beneficial in bad weather. Its IQ range of actuators uses a hand-held push-button unit it calls a "Setting Tool" which is linked to the electronics inside the sealed actuator by

infra-red. This is used to set values such as

torque levels and position limits, and to switch a display on the actuator to show actuator status, alarms, torque settings, valve position in 1° increments, and codes to diagnose faults. To preserve the double seal of the actuator, two control knobs- one

to select valve open or closed and the other for local, remote or stop operation - are linked to the internal circuitry magnetically.

The actuator can also transmit a record

of the valve's operations over an infra-red link to another hand-held device, a compu ter called the IQ Communicator which can feed the data into a spreadsheet in a PC to build up statistical records to reveal changes in operating conditions.

Two devices which can improve valve performance and help in predictive mainte nance of valves, especially for critical ap plications where valve failure cannot be tol erated, were exhibited by Neles-Jamesbury.

One, the Intelligent Signal Modifier or ISMO, measures the operation of a valve, actuator and positioner and stores the data as a record of performance. It uses this data in several ways; it modifies input valve con trol signals to compensate for friction and mechanical linkages to speed response to control inputs and increase accuracy of valve positioning; it produces an output for continuous monitoring of the valve; it gen erates an alarm when the valve behaviour

ing of the need for maintenance; and it can feed data to a PC for fault diagnosis.

The other device, the Nelscope, is a combination of a portable computer and measuring instrument for analysis of valve performance. It can be used during commis sioning and operation to set up,troubleshoot and predict maintenance needs of valve con trol loops.

Data acquisition and control by software Computer graphics can make even the most complex set of measurements easy to understand, as shown on several booths.

Fluke Electronics Canada demonstrated

some new Windows-based software,Trend-

Link, which can process signals from vari ous Fluke data acquisition instruments.

The software will plot traces of up to 32 variables on a screen as an electronic strip chart, with the width of the screen repre

senting a period which can be selected by the user to span from seconds to days or weeks. It allows the user to scroll back in

time to see past events and trends, to ex pand a section around an event, and to com pare traces by superimposing one on another.

Precise readings can be taken with a verti cal line or cursor which can be moved across the screen so that the value of each trace

and the date and time will be displayed at the point where the cursor intersects each.

The software can do some basic analysis, or the data can be loaded into a spreadsheet

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uted around a plant on a network with one operating as a main supervisory control and data acquisition server. Remote operation is possible with a FIX terminal that can be used to dial into a plant system.

A Windows-based multi-media system capable of storing and displaying text, im ages, photographs of equipment, schematic diagrams, video and sound was demon strated by Wonderware. Its InSupport soft ware contains an expert system for trouble shooting which can guide a technician through the most cost-effective strategies to fix faults in a process or plant. Maintenance documentation for all equipment in a plant can be stored on-line for instant access, and

data base.

Similar Windows-based software,

National Instruments showed a series of

known as FIX, was demonstrated by

signal conditioning and digitizing modules which can connect monitoring instruments and controllers to any of various makes of computer - Windows PCs, Macintosh, Sun

Intellution, which boasts the water treatment

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SPARCstations and Hewlett-Packard HP

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protection communities.

The software provides a library of graphic symbols,displays and measurement and control functions, including PID algo rithms. These can be used by a process en gineer to design, on a computer screen, a process control and data acquisition system which can then be operated through the com puter, using the familiar Windows pointand-click mouse operations. Programma ble logic controllers and set-point process controllers can be operated from the com puter and their actions depicted on the screen. Animated graphics can display the operation of mechanical objects such as con veyor belts. Measured variables can be plot ted in various strip-chart or graphical forms.

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Groundwater protection

Research alliance pays off for Sollnst

New technology makes it pos ible

to take samples from many iso lated zones in a single borehole, cutting costs and reducing distur bance to the sub-surface. University re searchers and manufacturing companies need to work more closely together to over come language barriers, foster more univer sity-industry cooperation and speed the transfer of ideas to the commercial sector.

Research cooperation with the Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research is paying off for Solinst Canada Ltd. The company manufactures and markets a number of in

strumentation products used to measure the properties of soil, rock and groundwater, in cluding half a dozen spun off from research carried out at the University of Waterloo.

Chief among these is the Waterloo Multilevel Groundwater Monitoring system, commonly referred to as the "Waterloo Sys tem." It is being marketed internationally.

Systems have been sold in the United States, Mexico, Norway, the United Kingdom and Malaysia, as well as Canada. The Univer sity patented the Waterloo System about eight years ago; Solinst has exclusive rights for 25 years.

The Waterloo System offers advantages in studying such phenomena as the move ment of contaminants through groundwater, by providing a way to take samples from many isolated zones in a single borehole.

Multilevel monitoring is economical and it

to its static level. If a dedicated sampling pump or pressure transducer is used, it at taches to the port stem. Sampling pumps, activated at the surface, are suitable for sam

pling many types of contaminants includ ing Volatile Organic Carbons (VOCs). Al ternatively, an open tube may be attached to each port to maximize flexibility and al low more zones to be monitored in each sys tem. A third option is to choose a mix of open tubes and dedicated sampling pumps.

If water sampling is not needed, the Waterloo System can comprise numerous pressure transducers for multilevel pressure monitoring. The System can be adapted for use in overburden or bedrock applications.

It is extremely flexible. Some of its appli cations include: defining groundwater flow patterns, determining aquitard leakiness, pump test monitoring, performance moni toring of pump-and-treat systems, and iden tification and determination of spatial dis tribution of contaminants.

Projects on which Waterloo Systems have been used include: monitoring landfills, tailings storage, dam leakage, tun nels, pipeline leaks, underground storage tanks, salt water intrusion, deep well injec tion impacts, industrial site cleanups and organics plume delineation.

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needed some redesign if it was to be com mercially successful. This we did, working closely with university researchers."

He sees this kind of cooperation as some thing that "certainly needs to be extended," to involve many other Canadian companies and university researchers, if this country's economic future is to be improved.

"Instrumentation devices such as those

we manufacture and market are expensive to develop," he notes. "University people have the talent to come up with the ideas, but they are not usually trained in manufac turing and thus they may,for example,fail to realize that a small change in design could permit a manufacturer to reduce the price of a component or instrument so substantially its success would be much more likely."

Additional items jointly developed by Solinst, the University of Waterloo and WCGR and currently being marketed by the former include a soil-core sampling device (Soil Core Sampler), a drive-in piezometer (to measure groundwater levels or pres sures), a saturated sand sampling device, and a triple-tube sampler.

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reduces disturbance to the subsurface.

The Waterloo System uses modular com ponents with specially designed joints to form a sealed casing string, made up of pack ers, ports, various casing lengths, a base plug and surface manifold. It allows accurate

placement of groundwater entry ports at the zones to be monitored.

A monitoring tube, attached to the stem of each port, individually connects that packed zone to the surface. Monitoring tubes(piezometers)are like miniature wells contained and protected within the sealed casing string.

The packers use a water-activated ex pansion sleeve fitted over a length of wellscreen. A rubber/Kevlar/rubber sheath

envelops the expansion material, the Kevlar providing strength to bridge across large fis sures, and the rubber moulding to small fis sures, ensuring that water does not leak around the packer.

Packers are inflated after installation, when water is added to the inside of the

sealed casing string. This water passes into the expansion sleeve, causing it to swell.

Expansion continues until a permanent seal is formed against the borehole wall.

Port modules are of stainless steel or

PVC. Formation water enters the port di mesh filter, into the stem, up into the moni

The complete system can be quickly Installed. Each system is site and application specific.

The standard installation is in a 75mm borehole and comprises packers, a 50mm PVC casing string,stainless steel ports and polyethylene tubing. The Soil Core Sampler Is ready for driving.

toring tube attached to that stem, and thus

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Groundwater protection

By Rene A. de Vries*

Subsurface remediation - a comparison between the Netheriands and Ontario

An old proverb tel s us that a fool

learns from his own mistakes but a wise man learns from others.

It makes sense to look around to

see how other jurisdictions are handling their environmental issues and learn from it.

This is of particular relevance to the topic of subsurface remediation, since vast

amounts of resources are expended on this environmental issue by both government and industry. The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute recently indicated that their mem

bers alone have spent more than $250 mll-

veloped as part of the IBS are known as the A-B-C criteria and have been used in many jurisdictions outside The Netherlands. The criteria in the WBB have been simplified to just an A and C value where the C (or "intervention criteria") can be more site specific and tailored to the existing envi

will have to be remediated within "one gen eration". Based on discussions with vari

ous environmental specialists within the petrochemical industry (Shell, Fina, Mobil, Elf, and BP)the consensus was that the law maker's view amounts to wishful thinking.

These industry representatives believe that the remediation costs of contaminated lands

ronmental risks.

Ontario Earlier environmental laws were amal

to multi-functionality within one generation are too extensive or simply not practical in

gamated into the Ontario Environmental

some instances where industrial use of land

Protection Act (EPA) of 1971 which is broadly directed towards the protection and

remains to be seen whether the Dutch soci

will not change in the foreseeable future. It

ety is willing to strictly enforce its own laws Population (1991) Land surface area (sq. km) GDP/Capita(Cans,1992) Life Expectance(Male/Female, 1986,1989) Cancer as tfie cause of death(% of total, 1990) Cost of a litre of gasoline(Can$, 1994)

Ontario

The Netherlands

10,084,885 891,190 27,511

15,200,000 37,330 17,600

73/80

74/80

27

23

0.50

1.40

on this issue.

In the proposed guidelines, the Ontario counterparts of the Dutch lawmakers have conceded to more site specific criteria de pending on current land use, while also hav ing a regard for the specific risk posed by the contaminant. The Ontario approach is clearly more cost-effective in areas where

lion on voluntary subsurface remediation activities to date. The clean-up of the Expo

conservation of the natural environment.

lands in Vancouver has cost the BC taxpay

tario government developed two soil clean up guidelines (1989 and 1993) which pro vide recommended practices for the clean up of contaminated sites.

With the exception of the requirements of the Gasoline Handling Act, there are no specific legislative requirements for the rou tine initiation of investigation or remediation of soil and groundwater unless an emergency or adverse effect is noted and reported.

The Ontario government is presently fi nalizing new soil clean-up guidelines that

ers more than $70 million to date. The de

velopment of the infamous Toronto Ataritiri housing project did not get off the ground, primarily due to expected costs for soil remediation (possibly in excess of $300 million).

Three undergraduate environmental sci ence students from the Prof. H.C. van Hall

Instituut in Groningen, The Netherlands,

recently completed a study for Central Projects Group Inc. The study compared the approaches of Ontario and The Nether lands with respect to dealing with the issue of soil and groundwater contamination.

Regulatory regimes, investigative tech niques and remediation technologies were compared. This article uses the findings of this study and compares the regulatory re gimes of both jurisdictions.

The Netherlands The first environmental law in the Neth

erlands was the Hinderwet (Nuisance Law)

of 1871 where municipalities were empow ered to impose restrictions on industrial developments and/or require industry to implement control measures with respect to

the discharge of contaminants. Starting in the early 1970s, various compartmental (ie. soil, water, and air) environmental laws were developed.

The Interim Soil Remediation Act(IBS) was introduced in The Netherlands in 1983

and set the stage for the initiation of soil and groundwater investigation and remediation programs. The IBS was changed in May 1994 into the Soil Protec tion Act(WBB). This act provides the regu latory authorities(primarily provincial gov ernments) with extensive legislative ammu nition to initiate investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater pollu tion. The soil and groundwater criteria de60

Within the framework of the EPA, the On

are intended to further standardize and

streamline the recommended practices uti lized by industry for environmental site in vestigation and remediation work.

Comparison The students concluded that the Dutch

governments developed more legislative instruments to cover soil and groundwater contamination issues than their Ontario

counterparts. They feel that, in Ontario, the responsibility for the investigation and remediation of subsurface contamination

primarily lies with the individuals or com panies owning contaminated lands and con trolling industrial processes.

The Dutch governments have taken on a

more prominent role in setting and enforc ing standards with respect to soil and groundwater investigation and remediation.

It was felt that, since the legislative require ments in Ontario are not very specific, there is more room for a site specific approach that also leaves room for economic consid erations.

Further it was felt that the Dutch law

makers are attempting to hold on to the con cept of multi-functionality of land (e.g. in

land is not a scarce commodity or where the land use will not change in the foreseeable future. However, In densely populated ar eas, the use of site specific criteria based on current land use without long term land

use planning may result in the "using up" of land by (primarily) industrial/commer cial development. This may place major restrictions on alternative land use of these sites and/or result in excessive costs once

these lands are to be redeveloped.

Unfortunately, it is hard to produce any

tangible statistics on whether society has benefited because of these different ap proaches.

What can we leam from the comparison?

1) It is important for a society to have a long term vision of the issues of soil and groundwater impairment. An analysis of costs versus benefits (including those cre

ated by possible health and safety issues) to society should be the focus.

2) Long-term land use planning with a re gard for potential environmental risk asso ciated with its use is important, specifically in densely populated areas.

3) The benefits to society of environmental

soil and groundwater protection laws,guide lines, and industry standards require quan tification in order for decision makers within

governments and industry to defend their priorities.

4) If a society has to choose between spend ing its money on prevention measures or the remediation of existing non-emergencies, society is likely better offto spend its money on prevention. The paradigm shift in mod em society from the short-term "end of the pipe" approach to a longer term, processintegrated approach indicates that this shift is presently taking place.

dustrial lands should meet the environmen

tal requirements for alternative land use) and that lands with contaminant concentra

"Central Projects Group Inc.,

tions that exceed the intervention or C-value

Markham, Ontario

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Groundwater protection

Microbial "Biofilter" used to clean up contaminated groundwater A successful demonstration of an under

ground "biofilter" that uses living microor ganisms to clean up solvent-contaminated groundwater has been accomplished by re searchers from the Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory.

In a test at a Northern Cali

partially impeded the filter's effectiveness."

The microbial water scrubbers are a type of natural nonpathogenic bacteria that con sumes methane for energy and growth.

Though the bacteria cannot gain nourish ment from TCE, enzymes in the bacteria

infusion of nutrients caused the contamina

tion to be pushed away from the microbes.

Also, the injected nutrients stimulated growth of other kinds of bacteria in the area, causing proliferation of types not helpful in the clean-up. A further difficulty was try ing to get just the right distri

fornia site having groundwater

bution of nutrients. In some

contaminated with the common

cases, the nutrients caused foul

solvent trichloroethene (TCE),

ing of the wells because of a blooming of bacteria around the

Lab scientists used an under

ground filter of harmless soil bacteria to reduce dramatically contaminant levels from around

400 parts per billion (ppb) to less than 10 ppb.

The test was conducted at

well bore.

"Ours is a revolutionary concept because we inject bac teria without nutrients," said

Knapp. "We rely on these starving bacteria to destroy sig

the Chico Municipal Airport,

nificant amounts of contami

where TCE contaminates a

nants before the microbes be

groundwater aquifer some two kilometers long by half a

come inactive and more have to be introduced. This field test

kilometer wide. The environ

proves our concept. It's the first time anyone's accomplished

mental engineering firm of Brown and Caldwell, which is

this kind of bioremediation of

cleaning up the site, contacted the Laboratory about the biofilter technology after hear ing of a test of the filter at the Kennedy Space Center in

TCE in groundwater."

Florida. The Chico test is be

ing conducted by the Labora tory in partnership with Brown and Caldwell.

At Chico, Lab researchers injected about 13 pounds of the common bacteria Methylosinus trichosporium 0B3b into the Chico contaminant plume, lo cated about 90 feet beneath the surface. The microbes adhered

Chico Site Ideal for Biofilter

At the Kennedy Space Center initial tests determined

that, while the biofilter would

have worked,the degree ofcon tamination and the soil condi tions at the site were such that

the filter technology would not have been able to restore the

groundwater to regulatory re quirements.

At the Chico site, though, the type and amount of con tamination and the soil condi

to surrounding soil particles, tions-oxygen content, pH bal forming a spherical microbial Initial tests ofthe biofilter were conducted at the Kennedy Space Center. ance and soil permeability and mass roughly a meter in diam porosity - were conducive to break down the compound, nonetheless. eter around the end of the injection well. effective bioremediation.

The microbes used at Chico were grown Scientists then began drawing on the Lab researchers hope that biofilters well, pulling contaminated groundwater in a special bioreactor facility at Livermore, employing various kinds or suites of bacte from the surrounding area through the mass and should continue to degrade contami of microbes, into the well bore and up to nants for a number of weeks before they ria, depending upon the contaminants in either die or go into an inactive state. To question and subsurface conditions - could the surface. As the contaminated water continue the clean-up process thereafter, reduce the cost of cleaning up sites with con passed through the mass of bacteria, en taminated groundwater problems - and, in new microbes would have to be introduced. zymes within the organisms began break some cases, also speed it up. Current clean Revolutionary Concept ing down the TCE into harmless aqueous up methods center around the slow and Bioremediation of contaminated sites is carbon dioxide and water. costly process of pumping water from the "We were able to achieve 98 percent not new. However, prior efforts usually in degradation of the contaminants in the volved simply injecting nutrients into the ground and cleaning it using chemical proc groundwater," said Richard Knapp, a ground to stimulate the growth of bacteria esses at the surface.

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Pulp & Paper Section

By Brian Stevenson* & Sean Smyth*

Canada's First Tertiary Effluent Treatment System In Operation at Crestbrook, B.C. storage tanks are sized for rail and truck off loading.

Clarifier System Isometric

Site preparation began in August. Ex isting buried pipe was re-used in place for the majority of the required wastewater line

To Outfall From

to and from the clarifier. Service lines from

Sccondar>'

the mill and sludge return lines were bur

Treatment

ied in a 700 metre trench. Three stainless

steel pipelines (weak black liquor, sludge return, and a spare) were wrapped together in a bentonite blanket for security against leaks. Monitoring wells were installed along

Dissolved Air

Flotation Clarifier^

From

the pipeline to provide early detection of

Coagulant System

leaks.

Sludge Removal

Sludge scrapers, which are connected to the bull gear in a spoke-like fashion, dis charge colour sludge from the clarifier sur

From"

face onto two beaches located 180 degrees

Floceiilant

from each other. Sludge from the south side

System

of the clarifier slides down a chute to a small

Sludge to Weak Black Liquor Tank

In 1994, Crestbrook Forest Industries completed its $300 million mill revitalization program which included Kamyr digester improvements,an oxy

gen delignification plant, new lime kiln and recausticizing plant, an upgrade of the pulp drying machine, chip thickness screening, new recovery boiler island and the installa tion of Canada's first tertiary effluent treat

ment plant on kraft mill effluent. The terti ary system was designed to remove colour from the mill's secondary treated effluent stream. Process water for the mill is drawn from Skookumchuck Creek and wastewater

is discharged to the Kootenay River.

The process which was developed by Stone Container Corp. of Atlanta, Georgia, involves the creation of colour floes by con

ditioning effluent from the secondary treat ment system with polymers and removing the resulting colour sludge with a dissolved

tank where it is collected and pumped to

the main sludge blend tank located on the

ing rate of 100 to 150 ppm to form a pin point floe from the colour colloid. Flocculant is added (at 3 to 6 ppm dosage) as the efflu ent enters the second mix tank to gather the floe into a larger, more stable form.

The second mix tank is connected to the centre well of the 100 foot DAF clarifier. A

pressurized recycle stream of clarified liq uid containing dissolved air is added to the

north east side of the clarifier. Sludge from the bottom of the clarifier is also pumped to this tank. The blended sludge is mixed with

weak black liquor from the mill to reduce viscosity and is pumped back through the 15 cm underground return pipe to the weak black liquor storage tank. Twenty to fifty BDtpd of sludge, at 3 to 6% consistency, are returned for evaporation and incinera tion in the recovery boiler.

centre well zone where contact is made with

Operator Training and Start Up A Bailey PV View distributed control

the incoming flow of conditioned effluent

station at the colour removal plant shares a

from the second mix tank. The combined mixture flows over the centre well wall where the colour floe is floated to the clari fier surface with the aid of effervescent air

room with the operators' laboratory. The steam and recovery field engineer operates the plant along with his other steam plant duties.

bubbles from the recycle stream. The clear

The clarifier was put on line March 5,

liquid exits through upflow boxes to dis charge and cascade to an external launder.

The launder flows by gravity to a collection tank before entering the buried pipeline

1994 with an effluent flow of 38,000 M3/

day and a colour of 720 cu.(colour units).

Colour sludge began forming within min utes of introducing effluent and polymer into the mix tanks. Effluent leaving the clarifier was 150 cu for a removal efficiency of ap

which leads to the river.

air flotation (DAP)clarifier. The new treat

Engineering and Construction

ment facility replaces the mill's ground in

Crestbrook negotiated a license agree ment with Stone Container in the spring of 1993 for the use of the above process.

Sandwell of Vancouver, which was retained

proximately 80%.

as the prime engineering firm for the mill revitalization, began preliminary design work on the colour removal plant in March '93. A total budget of approximately $12

to 1300 cu. Removal efficiency has ranged from 60 to 80% depending on effluent con

million was set.

shown to reduce other effluent constituents

filtration basins which had been in service

for over 12 years.

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ent is pumped from the existing lift station to a splitter tank where a portion of the flow can bypass tertiary treatment. Effluent to be treated is directed into the first mix tank

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Besides removing colour,the process has such as BOD,suspended solids, and AOX. As well, the final effluent has remained nontoxic.

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most of its pulp and relies heav ily on recycling waste paper. The United Kingdom's four pulping mills use mechanical - as opposed to chemi cal - processes, and dioxin from elemental chlorine bleaching is not a problem. Al though Kraft pulping by Britain's overseas suppliers is moving into the use of alterna tive bleaching methods, the environmental benefits mean a less white product that may not meet customer needs. The United King dom industry considers that, within certain essential environmental criteria, the custom

ers must decide what they want.

The paper industry is energy intensive, but dramatic savings over the decade have

indirectly contributed to improving Britain's environmental impact in terms of power sta tion flue gas emission. Therms consumed for each gross tonne of paper or board pro duced fell from 260 in 1981 to just under 210 in 1991.

Environmental priorities

Discharge to a salmon river attracts se vere constraint whereas discharge to an in dustrial estuary enjoys more relaxed limits.

Although the NRA is moving towards trans parency in the criteria it uses in allowing discharge permits, a single, national emis sion limit approach is unlikely.

The measurement of the content of dis

charges is load-based by biochemical oxy gen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen de mand (COD) and solids. Today the paper industry would find it almost impossible to discharge to a United Kingdom river with out secondary effluent treatment at two lev els. The first settles the fibre, the second

alters the effluent chemical composition.

An alternative approach, involving anaerobic treatment by bacteria to transform a large proportion of effluent into water and methane, is becoming more accessible.

With research opening the working param eters of the anaerobic phase, the United Kingdom industry sees this as the optimum treatment of the future.

Risk Assessment

Water-based effluent dominates British

paper mills' environmental priorities. Dis charges to surface waters vary considerably from place to place because each requires the consent of the National Rivers Authority (NRA)or its Scottish equivalent. Environ mental absorbency establishes the criteria.

Like many other industries, Britain's paper and board manufacturers want to work with regulators and the public to minimize waste and emissions, but it is the responsi bility of the industry to decide how they do

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Trade effluent discharges from the paper industry comprise a high-volume, low-toxicity cocktail of substances which make en vironmental control complex to implement.

Over the past five years some $20 mil lion a year has been invested in improving the environmental impact of the industry in the UK in terms of effluent treatment alone.

Over the past decade the industry has in vested about $2 billion in upgrading its proc esses and the advanced technology means that discharges have decreased because gen erally less water is required.

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plant passes performance tests

Protection of the environment is a

prime objective of Thai Paper Co. which operates four fine paper machines. The fourth one was

started up in April, 1994 and has a capacity of 96,000 t/y of coating base fine papers.

The existing waste treatment system con

Eimco undertook, from conception to start-up, a complete turnkey solution guar anteeing both cost, project schedule and ef fluent quality. The team combined the proc ess design capabilities of H.A. Simons of Canada,the construction management serv ices of Oxidation Co. of Thailand and the

problems encountered during the commis sioning of a new paper machine.

A post-installation performance evalua tion was contractually agreed to, to demon strate compliance of the plant with discharge limits, chemical consumption and power usage. The seven day test was conducted in November, 1994 and the final analytical

1993 for a complete effluent treatment plant to process the combined waste stream of the four fine paper machines.

The factory is located in the pulp and paper complex of Ban Pong,80 km west of Bangkok, and shares the facilities with Siam Kraft(packaging and industrial papers) and Siam Pulp & Paper(bleached bagasse pulp).

The system supplied incorporates the latest available technology to meet the re cent stringent Thai effluent discharge stand ards. It utilizes a high-rate activated sludge treatment based on jet aeration technology:

know-how of Eimco Process Equipment for the supply of major equipment and for proc ess responsibilities at the plant.

The activated sludge treatment system was completed on time and came smoothly on line in April, 1994. Project life through the entire contract was just over 13 months -from process concept, detail engineering, project management, to equipment fabrica tion and delivery, site erection, operators' training and finally plant start-up. Given Thai Paper Co.'s goal of total compliance for effluent discharges, the environmental project presented some unique challenges for plant design, for expedited equipment fabrication, shipment and customs clearance and for fast-tracking methods during instal

- A solids contact Reactor-Clarifier™ with

lation.

chemical addition is used for primary treat ment due to the expected fines carry-over from the new paper machine.

- The aeration basin has submerged jet aera

The effluent treatment plant has been designed to meet all current and foresee able environmental requirements. The al lowable pollutant discharge limits for ex isting paper mills in Thailand are currently

95% actual without flocculating aids vs the 90% figure estimated for design condition with alum and polymer addition. The contractual guarantees were also easily

20 mg/1 for BOD,, 30 mg/1 for suspended

- The effluent flow rate averaged 104% of the design value with daily average peaks up to 111%. The contractual capacity of the plant is 12,500 m3/d.

sists of a series of anaerobic and aerobic

lagoons which occupy one-third of the mill complex and was not able to handle the ad ditional load. Eimco received the order in

tors for high BODj removal, an oxidationditch configuration for greater shock load absorption and an 8.5m deep tank for a com pact installation.

- The secondary clarifier is of the sludge suction design to ensure rapid collection and return of the active biomass to the aeration tank.

solids, 2000 mg/1 for dissolved solids and pH value in the 6 to 9 range. Results from the first eight months of operation after start up have been excellent. The effluent treat ment plant has consistently exceeded or met the design parameters despite the usual

results were received in December, 1994.

A report summarizing the performance test was submitted to Thai Paper Co. in Janu

ary, 1995. The acceptance certificate was released in March, 1995.

For the test run. Thai Paper Co.'s tech nical department was mandated to system atically collect and analyze the samples for

BOD,,COD,pH, total dissolved solids and total suspended solids. The tests were meas ured with the appropriate procedures de scribed in Standard Methods (APHA, AWWA,WEF).

During the performance test run, sus pended solids removal efficiency of the pri mary Reactor-Clarifier™ unit was substan tially better than expected, averaging over

achieved:

- BOD, emissions averaged 9 mg/1 (98% BOD, removal), a value considerably beContlnued on page 70

- A tertiary flocculating Reactor-Clarifier™ with further chemical treatment is installed

to ensure that colloidal fines from the paper machines do not pass through the system and violate the suspended solids limit. It normally operates in series with the second ary unit, but can also run in parallel during

SECONDARY CLARIFIER

COOLING TOWER

0

upsets.

- All three clarifiers incorporate a large cen tral chamber equipped with thickening pick ets. This internal sludge thickener eliminates the need for a separate sludge thickener.

- An emergency spill basin is incorporated into the flowsheet to handle accidental spills and other process upsets. The contents of this basin are pumped to the aeration tank at a controlled rate so as not to upset the biological process.

- A cooling tower is added to ensure the in fluent temperature to the aeration basin is always lower than 37 degrees C. - Excess secondary sludge is blended with the primary and tertiary sludge and dewatered on a screw press. The solids are subsequently incinerated in a fluidized bed power boiler for energy recovery.

NUTRIENT

SPILL TANK

PRIMARY CLARIFIER

POLYMER

TERTIARY CLARIFIER

•00

I SPLITTER BOX

FROM PUMPING STATION

AERATION AIR BLOWERS (3)

FROM EXISTING SEWERS I

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FLOCCULATION TANK ROTARY THICKENER SCREEN SLUDGE DEWATERING PRESS STEAM

SLUDGE TRANSFER POLYMER

CONVEYOR EXISTING POLISHING POND

TO MAE KLONG RIVER

<^3—<-j SLUDGE BLEND TANK

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Dioxins and furans - how dangerous are they?

Figure 1:

Chlorinaled Dibenzo-g-dioxins(Dioxins) and Dibenzofurans(Furans): Structure and Numbers of Isomers

6

"

4

such as PCBs and PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).

The dioxins and furans can be destroyed but only by using very harsh methods such as high temperature incineration, cata lytic hydro-dehalogenation and photolysis with powerful UV lamps. In the laboratory when standards of dioxins and furans are prepared, the conditions used are relatively rigorous. These compounds could be considered equally as hard to make as they are to eliminate.

Dlbenzo-g-dioxin

Dibenzofuran

NUMBER OF CHLORINES

NUMBER OF COMPOUNDS

Dioxins 1 2

Furans

2

4

10

16

3

14

28

4

22

38

5

14

28

6

10

16

7

2

4

8

1

1

In 1991,the U.S.EPA began a long and involved process to

reassess the risks that dioxin and related compounds pose to humans. Later this year, a final report on their findings will be released. It is widely anticipated that they will conclude that these risks are greater than originally proposed. Certainly, no one person in government,in industry or in the scientific com munity can accurately predict the full, eventual impact of the EPA's

Analytical History Even though the first synthesis of dioxin was reported in the scientific literature over a century ago, it would seem that most, if not all, of the chemical and toxicological data has been gener ated in the last 20 to 30 years. This is largely due to the vast improvements in analytical methods and instrumentation and concurrent developments in methods used to test the toxicity and biological effects ofchemicals. It should be recognized that dioxins and furans, if they are present in an environmental or chemical sample, are usually at concentrations that are very much lower than other organic constituents and contaminants. It is now pos sible to isolate and positively identify dioxins and furans at very low levels and there are toxicological methods (eg. bioassays) that are essentially dioxin or furan specific and quite sensitive.

Using these techniques, it became more and more evident that dioxins and furans were widespread, environmental contaminants and they could be linked to deleterious effects in living organ isms including humans. The amount of scientific data generated increased dramatically in the 1970s and every so often it would seem that certain events (eg. industrial accidents, scientific dis coveries, reports) would serve to spark renewed interest in these compounds.

Some of these 'events' are listed in Table 1. It should be

reassessment.

This August, the annual international conference on chlorin ated dioxin and related compounds, DIOXIN '95, is to be held in Edmonton. Since its inception, this conference has attracted the world's experts on dioxin chemistry and toxicology. Considering these events, it is appropriate and timely to summarize what we

noted that this table is not meant to be definitive. For example, there were industrial accidents involving chlorophenols prior to 1950 which likely involved dioxins. It should also be noted that the end result of some of these events is still unknown.

Figure 2:

The Sevenieen Toxic" Dioxins and Furans and Toxic Equivalent Factors

know about these chemicals.

What are they?

One often hears or reads the term 'dioxin' to describe this

group of compounds; although universally accepted, this is scien tifically incorrect and sometimes misleading. Most often, they are referring to chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins which is a series of 75 different compounds (see Figure 1). This group has also been given the aliases PCDDs and CDDs. The same applies to 'furans' which are more properly termed chlorinated dibenzofurans(PCDFs, CDFs) and are comprised of 135 distinct organic compounds (also see Figure 1). Rather than confuse, the terms 'dioxin' and 'furan' will be used in this arti

OT TO 2,3,7.8-Telrachlorodibenzo-B-dioxin (2378-TCDD)

COMPOUND Dioxins:

2.3,7.8-TCDD

1.0

1.2,3.7,8-PeCDD

0.5

1.2.3.4.7.8-HxCDD 1.2.3.6.7.8-HxCDD 1.2.3.7.8.9-HxCDD

0.1

cle.

Out of this total of 210 compounds, 17 receive more attention due to their potential human toxicity. These are the chlorinated dioxins and furans that contain 4 or more chlorines per molecule with these chlorine atoms in the 2,3,7 and 8 positions. These 17 are listed in Figure 2; at one time there was a smaller group, affectionately known as the 'dirty dozen', until the heptachloro (3) and octachloro (2) dioxins and furans were added.

The individual pure dioxins and furans are white, crystalline solids at room temperature and atmospheric pressure and look somewhat innocuous. They are very stable in the environment and readily bioaccumulate in fatty tissue. What is disturbing, is that the 17 listed in Figure 2 are generally the most stable and lipophilic.

In the environment, they are almost always found adsorbed onto particulate such as soil, sediment and ash. They are very insoluble in water and are only sparingly soluble in most organic solvents. They usually coexist with structurally similar compounds 68

0.1 0.1

1.2.3.4,6,7,8-HpCDD

0.01

OCDD

0.001

1.2.3.7.8-PeCOF 2,3.4,7.8-PeCDF

0.05 0.5

1.2.3.4.7.8-HxCDF 1.2.3.7.8.9-HxCDF 1.2.3,6,7.8-HxCDF 2.3.4.6.7.8-HxCDF

0.1

1.2.3.4.6.7.8-HpCDF 1.2.3.4.7.8.9-HpCDF

0.01 0.01

0.1 0.1 0.1

' NATO/GGMS

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By Brock G. Chittim* Table 1;

Chronology of DIoxIn/Furan Events

DATE

EVENT: INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT/SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY/REPORT

1957

Ghloracne In German chemical workers linked to

dioxin In 2,4,5-tetrachlorophenol 1957

Millions of chickens In the U.S. died due to

consumption of dioxin contaminated feed 1965 Yusho: Human RGB poisoning In Japan due to consumption of contaminated rice oil 1970-present Vietnam: Use of Agent Orange (2,4-D/2,4,5-T) as a defoliant caused dioxin contamination of the

environment,the Vietnamese people and armed forces personnel 1970

Furans found in RGBs

1971

Dioxin found In 2,4,5-T and determined to be potent teratogen

that require dioxin/furan testing on new and existing chemicals that have the potential to contain these contaminants.

P&P Industry

Another significant source of dioxins and furans was the pulp and paper industry. In the late 1980s, it was determined that the chlorine bleaching processes used in the manufacture of bleached pulp and paper resulted in the dioxin/furan contamination of these products and the effluents and wastes from these mills.

To its credit, the pulp and paper industry responded quickly and effectively. By changing its processes and the chemicals and quantities it uses, the industry plans to eliminate dioxins and furans in their effluent by 1996. The industry has already voluntarily begun to virtually eliminate dioxins/furans in its paper products.

1972

DIoxins found in chlorinated phenols

In addition to these sources, there are many others that have been identified. Some of these could be included in the catego ries discussed above, some have been eliminated and some are

1973

Dioxins determined to be cause of chick edema

very minor, but interesting contributors.

(see 1957) Furans found In rice oil from Yusho poisoning (see 1965) Seveso;Accidental release of dioxins from plant In Italy that produced tetrachlorophenol

1976 1976 1977

Dioxins and furans found in incinerator ash and flue

1977 1979

Ferrous and nonferrous metal smelting

TEFs proposed Yu-Gheng; Human RGB poisoning InTaiwan, again due to consumption of a contaminated edible oil; Furans later found in human autopsy tissue

Wastewater/sewage treatment facilities (likely due to input from

Dioxin found in Great Lakes fish

1981

Binghamton, NY: Office fire involving RGBs caused furan (and RGB)contamination of building Times Beach: Improper disposal of dioxin-containing chemical wastes caused extensive contamina tion of a number of sites in Missouri

1980-1984 (1942-1952)

Love Ganai: improper iandfiliing of chemical wastes caused dioxin contamination of surrounding area and Niagara River

1987/1988

Dioxins and furans found in effluent, wastes and

1988

products from puip bleaching l-TEF factors proposed(NATO-GGMS)

1990

Dioxins and furans found in wastewater from

1990/1991

petrochemical catalyst regeneration systems First reports linking dioxins to increased occur rences of cancer and other illnesses in chemical workers

1991

Forest fires

gas

1980

1981 (1972)

Other Sources of Dioxins and Furans

Goal and wood combustion including residential fireplaces Internal combustion engines(using leaded fuels) Gigarette smoke

Beginning of dioxin reassessment Sources

A disturbing fact about dioxins and furans is that they are not made intentionally, except in small quantities for research and chemical analysis. It is now well-accepted that the major source of these compounds is combustion, in particular waste incinera tion. It has been estimated that 95% of all the known dioxin

emissions to the global ecosystem come from incineration. The crude rule-of-thumb is that some supply of chlorine is all that is needed for a combustion source to become an emitter of dioxins and furans.

Incineration has been heavily studied since the 1970s in order to determine where and how the dioxins and furans are formed.

At this point, the exact mechanisms whereby these compounds are created remain theoretical and there are no known methods to

completely stop their formation and ultimate emission.

TTie second major source in terms of quantities of dioxins and furans that have been released to the environment is chemical sources. Dioxins and furans have been found as contaminants in

chlorinated phenols(eg. pentachlorophenol),chlorinated phenoxy acid herbicides (2,4-D: 2,4,5-T; Silvex), PCBs, hexachlorophene and a variety of related chemicals and formulations.

This source is largely controllable as the synthetic processes can, or have been changed to eliminate or reduce dioxin/furan formation. Moreover, certain chemicals such as 2,4,5-T, Silvex and PCBs are no longer produced and regulations are in place â&#x20AC;˘President, Vi/eilington Laboratories, Guelph, Ont.

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other sources) Wire reclamation facilities Gement kilns Ghlorobenzenes

Ghlorinated aliphatic hydrocartaons RVG production

How toxic are they?

When reading the literature available,including the U.S.EPA's Draft Reassessment of Dioxin, one often encounters the words

'likely', 'infers', 'suggests','may','possible' and so on, partieularly when the authors are referring to the human toxicological impact of dioxins and furans. By no means is this a criticism of the research or reports, it merely shows that no one is completely certain.

A considerable amount of toxicological data has been gener ated using experimental animals that clearly shows that these compounds, in particular those listed in Figure 2, cause a number of adverse effects, including cancer, at low doses. Obviously,

similar experiments cannot be performed on humans. Thus, un certainties arise and debates begin when this (animal) data is used to predict what may happen in humans and estimate the dose required. For example, it has been shown that some species of animals are more sensitive to these compounds and the ques tion becomes,'What animal are humans most like?' For some

effects, we may be like a rat, for others, a guinea pig.

Unfortunately, there have been cases where humans have been exposed to relatively high levels of dioxins. It has been reported that there is a correlation between exposure of groups of chemi cal workers to dioxins and increased cancer mortality and other illnesses. However, certain groups contend that this association is weak and does not adequately consider the contributions of other agents (eg. asbestos, cigarette smoking).

We know of no human death that has been directly and solely attributed to dioxins or furans. But, there is no argument that these chemicals are toxic and pose a threat to human health.

The extent to which the public is at risk is still under debate.

To this date, as stated by the U.S. EPA, 'there is currently no clear indication of increased disease in the general population attributable to dioxin or dioxin-like compounds'.

Toxic equivalents The concept of Toxic Equivalents was first introduced in 1977 as a method of relating the toxicity of the 210 dioxins and furans to what is considered the most toxic dioxin, 2,3,7,8-

tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or 2378-TCDD. In its current form, each of the 17 dioxins and furans listed in Figure 2 have been

assigned weighting factors which express their toxicity in terms 69

Pulp & Paper Industry Report, cont'd. of an equivalent amount of 2378-TCDD. Multiplication of the concentration of a dioxin or furan by its toxic equivalent factor (TEF) gives a toxic equivalent (TEQ) concentration. One then merely sums these TEQs to arrive at a total TEQ for the sample.

Although the factors(TEFs)are still under debate, this method simplified the reporting of data and affords a procedure whereby different matrices with different dioxin/furan patterns can be com pared to one another.

The most widely accepted TEFs are also given in Figure 2.

Should I eat the food or the packaging?

Table 2 lists some of the regulatory limits or guidelines that are currently applied to dioxins and furans. If one scans down this list and compares the limits assigned, it is easy to become confused. For example, it could be concluded that effluent from

a pulp and paper mill must be cleaner than drinking water. Or, it might be safer to eat the box instead of the fish it contains.

However, one must realize that some of these are regulated

limits, some are guidelines and some are voluntary industry ini tiatives. In addition, the full text of the regulations should be read and understood to appreciate the limits imposed.

of diverse groups including various govemment agencies(domestic and foreign), several interest groups and the industries who must

respond to the regulations. When one truly considers all of these hurdles, it is much harder to be critical of the end result.

Table 2: Regulatory LImlts/Guldellnes for Dioxins and Furans Matrix Regulated Limits/Guidelines Agency Effluent

Effluent Air

Fish Tissue

Drinking

5 ppqTCDD,50 ppqTCDF (TEQ =10) Not Measurable*(TEQ 35) 15 pgTEQ/m3** 15pptTEQ 15ppqTEQ

Water

lOpptTEQ Soil (After Landfarming of Sludge) 1-2pptTEQ Food Packaging

Environment Canada Ontario MOEE/MISA Ontario MOEE

Guide to Eating Ontario Sports Fish(MOEE) Ontario Drinking Water Objectives(MOEE) U.S. EPA

U.S. Pulp and Paper Industry

To be fair to the persons responsible, they have the unenvi able task of setting limits that are scientifically sound, and within reason, achievable. These people first have to determine; (i) the potential for a human to be exposed to the dioxins or furans

* Less than method detection limits

in the matrix,

(ii) the uptake of these compounds into the exposed humans, and, (iii) the risk that such an exposure will cause an adverse health

As previously noted. It is expected that the U.S. EPA will conclude that dioxins and furans pose a greater health risk than originally thought and that emissions from existing sources should

effect.

be reduced.

The lack of significant amounts of human data requires that they use certain assumptions, estimations and probabilities and, in the end, build in safety factors to allow for potential errors.

They also have to take into account the ambient/background lev els of dioxins and furans and that the average human already has a body burden of these compounds. Is this exposure significant

They consider that incineration/combustion is the major cul prit and thus we can expect more stringent and demanding air emission regulations. Unfortunately, all combustion sources, no

relative to what already exists?

Secondly, they have to consider the limitations of the current analytical techniques. Can the average analytical chemist analyze the matrix for dioxins and furans at these levels with a high de gree of confidence in the final data?

Thirdly, and finally, the eventual limits must satisfy a number

Thai pulp & paper treatment continued from page 67 low the 20 mg/1 limit allowed by the mill control permits.

- Suspended solids emissions were always below the legal 30 mg/1 and averaged 15 mg/1(98% removal efficiency) with mini mum addition of chemical aids despite process upsets.

- Effluent pH was kept within discharge limits (6-9) in spite of consecutive paper machine cleaning. The existing plant must rely on the spill tank and the hydraulic absorption of the plant to absorb any pH shock load occurring upstream.

- Effluent temperatures were controlled by the cooling tower at approximately 33 degrees C, below the acceptable 35 degrees C. - Power consumption was over 80% lower than the guaranteed figure. At the process loading conditions experienced across the biological plant during the test, the jet aeration system demon strated its flexibility to meet oxygen demand by throttling the air flow and/or shutting down one of the two blowers in operation.

This resulted in major energy savings during the test conditions.

- No polymer was added in the primary and tertiary clarifiers, while a small alum dosage was applied on the tertiary unit during the process upset.

Innovative approaches, coupled with engineering judgement produced an effective and economical wastewater treatment sys tem. The aeration system showed an extremely good resistance

** At point of Impingement The horizon

matter how small or how clean, will be initially caught in the same net.

This will be a boon to firms involved in combustion technolo

gies, emission control systems and monitoring. More than likely the U.S. EPA will be looking for technologies that reduce the for mation of dioxins and furans as opposed to end-of-pipe remedies.

The EPA's reassessment will also have an impact on other

regulations and, if anything, the limits will be lowered. Whether the current analytical techniques can achieve the sensitivity re quired and whether industry can respond, remains to be seen.

On top of this, the EPA has added dioxin-like compounds to its reassessment. This includes certain PCBs and other com

pounds that have similar properties(TEFs have already been pro posed for some of these compounds). How these compounds will be regulated and at what levels is unclear at present.

If there is a bright side, new emissions of dioxins and furans to the environment have been reduced. But,considering the natu ral and household sources of these compounds,they certainly will not be eliminated in the near future.

Suggested Reading - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;

• Estimating Exposure to DIoxIn-LIke Compounds, Vol. I; Executive Summary • Estimating Exposure to DIoxIn-LIke Compounds, Vol. 11; Properties, Sources, Occurrence and Background Exposures • Health Assessment Document forTCDD and Related

Compounds, Vol. Ill -Available from U.S. Printing Office, Washington - Chemosphere: All Issues, especially those devoted to the DIOXIN conference - World Health Organization (lARC); Environmental Carcinogens; fvtethods of Analysis and Exposure Measurement Volume II -

Polychlorinated Dioxins and DIbenzofurans,C. Rappe et al eds., lARC Scientific Publications, No. 108, Oxford University Press, New York, 1991.

to caustic or toxic shock loads and has overcome extreme BODj load variations, prolonged high pH conditions and nutrients defi ciency.

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Another interesting fact is the amount

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Gravity sewers flow only partially full and the level depends on a diurnal varia tion in flow rate. The gases within a sewer are normally drawn down the sewer by the flow of sewage,but there is also an exchange of gases for air resulting from the rise and fall of the sewage. Manholes and building vents are generally adequate to keep sew ers sufficiently ventilated and gases within a sewer are typically not odorous when there

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A history of the system must be devel oped before a preventative maintenance pro gram can be designed and implemented. An understanding of the make up of the sew age in the sewer system must be developed.

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By Byron Day*

Economical weight loss program for PCB light ballasts leaking capacitor terminals, or simply PCB was an original ingredient in the tar. What ever the reason, environmental regulators have clearly identified it as a PCB mate rial. Several studies have been performed

on the tar pitch and all show that the tar is well above regulated limit of 50 ppm. of PCB. Concentrations range from 1 to 26,000 ppm. and have averages around 4,000 ppm.

The ConTech Ballast Reduction Process

disassembles the ballast back to its original components. The metal components are cleaned of all PCB contamination caused

by the contaminated tar and recycled. The two PCB components are collected sepa rately and packaged as tightly as possible to reduce the number of full drums requir ing destruction.

In 1993,PCB Containment Technology Inc. was introduced to Public Works Canada

to perform a pilot project on 9000 PCB bal lasts. The project was Initiated by both

PotentialPCB-containing bal asts are

Environment Canada and Public Works

Recycled components from a light ballast.

present In the housings of fluores cent, mercury vapour, and high in tensity discharge light fixtures manufactured prior to 1980. Once

decommissioned from a fixture and identi

fied as PCB containing, ballasts must be handled and treated as PCB material in ac

cordance with Provincial or Federal regula tions. Although each on its own is very small in size, collectively they accumulate to enormous weights and volumes. In turn, the storage, handling, transportation and fi nal destruction costs are comparatively enor

Canada. Public Works Canada (National

Alberta. This facility is fully approved to incinerate PCBs safely and is the only such facility in Canada.

It is important first to understand the ballast and Its PCB components. The com monly known component of the ballast that contains PCBs, is the capacitor. The ca pacitor is a small completely sealed con tainer with a shell made of aluminum or a

similar composite metal. Within this ca pacitor shell Is a thick dielectric fluid ab sorbed in several layers of paper. It is this thick fluid that is highly concentrated

Capital Region) had an ever increasing number of ballasts in storage and were seek ing a method to reduce ballasts in order to save on storage space. The pilot project offered Environment Canada a first hand look at the ConTech Ballast Reduction Proc

ess, with an opportunity to develop a feasi ble testing and inspection protocol for fed eral inspectors. In October of 1993, the project was completed and considered a huge success by all parties involved.

On a provincial level, ballast reduction technologies now require approvals from the

mous. How can such costs be reduced?

PCB Containment Technology Inc. from Cambridge, Ontario has developed a mo bile process to reduce PCB lighting ballasts

The concentration ofPCB in ballast capacitors

is as high as 750,000 ppm.

down to their smallest PCB contaminated

components. The process isolates the bal last's two PCB components and cleans the remaining components to an acceptable level for recycling. No part of the ballast enters landfill and reusable resources are

not needlessly destroyed. PCB waste own ers benefit by reducing the amount of PCB material requiring storage, handling, trans portation and destruction. Not only Is the volume of the ballast material reduced by up to 70%, but the fee to destroy the re

(Askarel) PCB oil. The concentration of PCB in ballast capacitors is as high as 750,000 ppm. A typical capacitor from a standard 4 foot light fixture will contain about 23 grams(17 mL.) of PCBs, equiva lent to ab)out a tablespoon full. Capacitors from larger industrial use ballasts can con tain as much as 100 grams.

The second component of the ballast

sidual PCB material is also reduced.

which also contains PCBs and has been

Once the material is reduced,PCB Con tainment Technology Inc.can co-ordinate the waste for destruction to the Alberta Special

overlooked in the past, is the tar potting material. The tar pitch material in the bal last Is poured in the ballast during the manu facturing stage in order to set its compo nents in place. But why would a potting

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provincial Environment Ministries. It is the intention of these approvals to ensure that proper control measures are being imple mented to control potential contamination or wrongful disposal of PCB ballast com ponents. In the past, ballast reduction was being performed without consideration for the tar component or for the personal pro tection of the persons performing the work.

In summary, ballast reduction offers a cost effective alternative to bulk incinera

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PCBs, the media and AQTE

Why there's no room on the bandwagon

Wehave many examplesofgreat authors creating fantastic sce narios to emphasize the stupid ity of officialdom. There is

Thomas Moore's Utopia, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and,ofcourse,

There are other advantages. By using PCB-contaminated liquid wastes during ce ment manufacture, toxic liquids are trans formed into valuable fuel - giving substan tial economic as well as ecological benefits.

The system worked equally well in destroy-

improved through research and development, had the technology been implemented.

It has been estimated that a single cement plant might dispose of all the liquid PCB con taminated wastes in Ontario in a six months

period and all the PCBs in Canada in two

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. These renowned

years.

authors created their worlds of

the Environment, George Kerr,

fantasy to satirize and warn of

once told me that the cement

man's follies. The failure of en

vironmental professionals to communicate the foUy of certain environmental policies has had

A former Ontario Minister of

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kiln technology was indeed su perb - but the testing experi ments caused a furore at both

public meetings and in the Ontario Legislature. Mr. Kerr said: "Some Not In My Back Yard proponents have a worse

serious economic consequences.

PCBs are a good example.

Imagine a preposterous world where Canadians spend tens of

effect on the environment than

many industrial polluters." In this case they killed a solution to a serious problem. The ce ment company also wearied of

millions to bum off PCBs and

other waste chlorinated hydro carbons. Yet, by using these wastes as fuel in cement kilns,

we could stop spending millions on American coal while safely disposing of the toxins. It is a continuing scandal that millions

the furore and withdrew from

further experiments.

Following emotional con frontations and legal skirmishes with citizens' groups in of litres of PCB-contaminated Mississauga, where the test wastes still remain untreated The lime kilns at the Lafarge Canada inc. cementplantin Richmond,B.C. bums occurred,the kiln technol when this viable disposal tech ogy was abandoned- a remark nology exists. Over 20 years ago utilize iandfiiigas from the former Richmond municipal iandfiii. able retreat in the face of overwhelming sci I edited the first two reports for the Federal ing many other toxic waste-chlorinated-hy drocarbons which still pose serious disposal entific evidence. One Environment Ontario Government which contained studies on ce ment kiln waste technology, at a time when problems. They can also bum old tires expert repeatedly stated that alternative tech which may contain the equivalent of five nology offered no better safeguards to the Canadians were leaders in this field. problems of PCB disposal. He was backed This nascent technology resulted from a litres of fuel oil. In short, these wastes con brilliant symbiosis of federal and provincial tain high value thermal properties which are up by Environment Canada scientists who now being wasted. spoke up vigorously in support of the tech scientists, working with private sector engi Private waste treatment firms could play a nology at various technical meetings. But, neers and scientists from the Ontario Re somehow, technical experts managed to search Foundation, now ORTECH. But this role in the collection, pretreatment and ship truly innovative scheme was stifled over 20 ment of such wastes prior to incineration in snatch defeat out of the very jaws of victory. years ago when the project was abandoned the kilns, transforming an expensive environ Apparently, in the appeasement business, in response to pressures from Mississauga mental problem into an economic solution. complete destruction of toxins while saving City Council and citizens' protest groups.

Today, people cannot believe that such a vast amounts of energy was not enough; so The studies I edited reported on experi promising technology was abandoned, if in the cement kiln technology was put in limbo.

ments which proved that PCB-contaminated wastes could be safely incinerated when used as fuel for rotary kilns during cement manu

facture. Now burning PCBs can be a risky business. The chemical must be incinerated

at extremely high temperatures before it is safely destroyed. But rotary cement kilns operate at extremely high temperatures which greatly exceed those required for safe dis posal. Moreover, the PCBs are detained in the kiln, well in excess of the time needed to ensure total destmction. This combustion

deed it was both effective and safe. Let us examine the facts. Environment Ontario's

own scientists said that disposal by the ce ment kiln process destroyed some 99.986 percent of PCBs. The remaining chemicals were broken down into low molecular weight solids which were harmlessly absorbed into the cement. During the experiments, scien tists could find no trace of PCBs in the flue

gases,the cement clinker products,or the dust collected from the flue gases.

When I visited a sophisticated treatment

residence time is especially important; par tially burned PCBs can form dibenzofurans which are extremely hazardous when re leased into the atmosphere as particulates

complex in France not long ago, I enquired how liquid PCB contaminated wastes were disposed of. "In cement kilns" was the reply.

from accidental fires such as the St-Basile-

nadian engineer to say this was 'an engineer ing marriage made in heaven'; incineration of PCBs in cement kilns actually had a ben eficial effect on the cement being produced, the limestone acting as a scrubber. Unques tionably the process could have been further

le-Grand catastrophe.

'Excerpts from addresses to the Metropwlitan Toronto Board ofTrade and the Canadian Concrete PipeAssociatlon, February and April 1995.

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There is a final bonus which led one Ca

Mississauga had its little Munich - no PCBs in our time - but for several years millions of litres of untreated PCBs have piled up all over Canada,sometimes with tragic consequences.

None of the political parties are without blame for the PCB fiasco, except the Reform Party which was not around at that time. But the NDP in particular loathes incineration with a passion.

It is ironic that the engineers, chemists and scientists - the original environmental ists - usually so good at math, are so inept at demographics. Demos being the Greek word for people. In media battles for the hearts and minds of people, the engineering frater nity has been glaringly inept. They are pay ing dearly for this now.

I have been reporting on the cement kiln fiasco for over two decades. On this issue I

have broadcast nationally on radio as well as written for the Globe and Mail, the King ston Whig Standard, the Fraser Institute

Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1995

By Tom Davey* Forum as well as Environmental Science

& Engineering. I have also debated the is sue at setninars at Queen's University and the University of Toronto. None of these data were ever seriously disputed. At one time I really thought political common sense would prevail but the cement industry, while spending millions on coal annually, was par simonious in mounting ad campaigns.

Can things be changed?

But can opinions be formed and shaped?

Can the political pendulum be swung to fa vour common sense? Look at AQTE**.

This is an association of engineers and sci entists which began over three decades ago when there was virtually no sewage treat ment in Quebec. When Ontario had 95 per cent of urban communities on sewage treat ment systems, Quebec had a mere five per cent. But AQTE,from the very first, courted the media. There was always

mately led to legislative changes. But mostly, media opportunities have been squandered by professional associations; this was while the activist bodies warmly embraced the press.

Qne friend of mine, an award-winning journalist who has written several books as well as countless articles, is often commis

sioned by several magazines. He attended one conference with his assistant where he

was pointedly told that, while he could get press registration, his assistant would have to pay $250 to register. As he related to me later,"how could I cover concurrent sessions

on my own?" I replied that only an engi neer could work that one out. This journal ist wrote for magazines which charged

go inside the Odeon Cinema to unplug the toilets while a film was being screened.

Journalists, by the way do not need or want free lunches. But they resent the de liberate snub in invitations which pointedly exclude them. Then organisers wonder why the awards presentations are never covered.

In their disciplines, engineers and chem ists perform like Errol Flynn. With the me dia, they often perform like Woody Allen.

It has all been a very expensive farce so far for the Canadian public, but the environ mental professionals have suffered the most.

There is, tragically, little room on the envi ronmental bandwagon they began to build 150 years ago. **Association quebecoise des techniques de

$2,500 per page for ad space, ten times the

I'environnement. For over three decades,

registration fee. I wondered if such confer ence organisers would charge a plumber to

AQTE has been the leading group of engi neers, scientists and operators in Quebec.

a media room with coffee and

typewriters. Later FAX and phone facilities were added; these days there are computer facilities. Today AQTE is the

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Morever, no Quebec politician dares to ignore AQTTE. They used to say that trade follows the flag. Political power fol lows the press.

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It is common for invitations to be issued to attend technical

meetings which pointedly stress that lunch is not in cluded. The economics of this

attitude are astounding. A lunch might have cost $20 and

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FlowView® - Open Channel Pipe Flow Calculator

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Product Review New digital iine tracer

New liquid end for diaphragm metering pumps of flow. Formation of gas, in the case of sodium hypochlorite is attributed to the de crease in the stability of the chemical solu tion. ProMinent Fluid Controls has intro

duced a new liquid end which automatically vents gas bubbles. If a gas bubble forms, a special bleed valve in the self-deaerating pumps opens at low pressure to allow the gas to be evacuated on each discharge stroke.

The bleed valve closes at high pressure, as when fluid is present, causing the fluid to be discharged out of the pump's discharge valve.

Geneq Inc., representing Fisher Research Laboratory, is introducing a new digital depth-reading line tracer - the TW-770. It will combine state-of-the-art digital signal processing with Fisher time-tested, turn-onand-go technology to offer a fast, accurate and easy way to locate underground pipes and cables.

Other than a turn-on switch, a single button controls all functions of the TW-770.

When this button is pushed, a numerical readout of line depth appears on the TW770's large liquid crystal display (LCD).

When the button is not pushed, the LCD

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Ultrasonic level transducers

It is difficult to dose gassing liquid chemi cals using positive displacement diaphragm metering pumps. If gas bubbles form, this can interrupt delivery and reduce dosing quality.

Many fluids, such as sodium hypo chlorite or hydrogen peroxide, out-gas as they are drawn into the suction line of a metering pump. The gas accumulates in the liquid end and is compressed with each dis charge stroke, causing vapour lock and loss

Milltronics new Echomax™ Series trans

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Powder coating technique Automatic Coatings Limited has developed Specification AC-70-GO1, a powder coat ing technique to combine the superior cor rosion protection properties of 3M's Scotchkote family of epoxy resins with an integrated top coat of polyester resin. The .system provides users with a wide choice of colours for the polyester top coat, while, at the same time, offering excellent ultra violet protection to weathering.

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100% cellulose absorbent ducers extend the use of ultrasonic level

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CW 20 are used for water purification.

Silcarbon granular carbons have a very large specific surface area (usually more than 1,000 m7g).

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and safety.

The heart of the Rennel pump is its "S" transfer tube which, acting as a valve, al ternates between two ports to allow the com pressed sludge to be evacuated into the pipe line. John Mennier Inc.

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John Meunier performs tests with its mo bile demonstration of the Actiflo® system, an accelerated settling process for potable water plants. The demonstration unit con sists of a 40 ft trailer, fully equipped to treat a design flow of up to 160 USgpm. The unit is self-contained and the client only has to provide the raw water to be treated, a drain and a power source. Tests are usually performed over a period of two weeks.

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Activated carbons Silcarbon Canada offers a range of activated carbons. Silcarbon K 835 and K 814 are

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The Rennel sludge pump is a positive dis placement piston pump, capable of moving sludge at more than 2625 cu. ft/hr, and at pressures in excess of 2200 psi. Displaced in a pipeline, dried sludge (as much as 45% dryness)can be conveyed over considerable distances and at elevations needed by an incinerator or dryer. This can solve any prob lems with odour control, a clean workplace.

Triple deck screens

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The Derrick triple deck screening machines are available in Models A, C or D. Vibra

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tors are either 1200 or 1800 RPM. All the

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