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Focussing on industrial/municipal wastewaters - hazardous wastes - air poiiution & drinking water treatment

Canada's top award-winning environmental magazine

May 1997

Recovering Cryptosporidium and Glardia from drinking water Legislation targets materials in contact with drinking water A requiem for lost environmental opportunities - an essay Rock -for ages, an essential commodity Back to odour control basics

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Portable instrumentation

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It offers menu directing setup and trend graphing on the display, simultaneous DO and temperature readout on the dis play, standard automatic sensor mem brane self-cleaning, digital and analog outputs, a sensor output voltage mode, and 4 programmable setpoint relays.

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Interface Level and DO These battery op erated portable Analyzers are rugged, water proof and com pletely submers ible. They are de signed for reli able remote op eration in wastewater treatment

The BUHLER 1023 is an all stainless steel

stationary wastewater sampler, and the new est offering from EPIC. Rated for -30°C ambient temperatures, this sampler is targeted for permanent installation in hoth indoor and

outdoor applications. The A.C. powered re frigerated unit can accommodate various size sample collection bottles in glass or plastic.

An intelligent programmer is provided which can he off site programmed for multiple sam pling; it can also transfer data to and from the sampler's data logger facility. The pro grammer can be connected directly to a se rial printer at site, for printing of data logged in the sampler. ISO 9001 produced.

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plants, rivers, lakes, etc. The Model 500 pH/ORP is available with an assortment of Sensor styles. The Model 900 PPM DO System with the reliable Royce Model 95 galvanic DO Cell, and Model 711 Portable Suspended Solids/Interface Analyzers are ideal for remote monitor ing in aeration basins, short term diurnal studies and laboratory applications. Each product features digital readout, micro processor based electronics with self-di agnostics. All models except for the 711 have analogue and RS232 digital outputs.

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April/May'97 Vol. 10 No. 2 Issued May, 1997

ISSN-0835-605X

CONTENTS President STEVE DAVEY Publisher TOM DAVEY

Managing Editor SANDRA DAVEY Saies Manager PENNY DAVEY (905) 727-4666 Sales Representative DENISE SIMPSON Circulation VIRGINIA MEYER Publisher's Asst. KATHLEEN CARIGNAN

May Day- now a requiem for lost environmental opportunities.

Essay by Tom Davey Composting curbside garbage made possible with award-winning biofilter Global environmental management:survival of the fittest in action New enzyme reduces paper bleaching costs and saves the environment

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

Jim Bishop Beak International Inc.

Alan Church, C.Chem., QEP.

Church &Troughtlnc.

George V. Crawford, P.Eng., M.A.Sc. CH2MG&S 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

Barry Loescher, Ph.D. Philip Anaiytical Environmental Science & Engineering is a bi-monthly business publication pub lished by Environmental Science & Engi neering Publications Inc. An all Canadian publication, ES&E provides authoritative editorial coverage of Canada's municipal and industrial environmental control sys tems and drinking water treatment and distribution.

ES&E's readers include consulting engi neers, industrial plant managers and en gineers, key provincial and federal envi ronmental officials, water and wastewater treatment plant operators and contractors.

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Environmental Economics

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Canada lifts PCB waste exports ban to United States Environment Canada -25 years of achievement Minimizing water supply costs in rural communities New legislation will target materials in contact with drinking water

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Back to odour control basics

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The new CEPA and its implications for the water and wastewater industry Rock - for ages, an essential commodity The environment and our impact on it- Part II Innovation in analysis of cyanide in wastewater Improving accuracy and reliability of explosive limit monitoring Study demonstrates clay's ability to isolate wastes in deeper cells Dry biofilter used to treat industrial wastewater Air & Waste Management Association 90th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Fire systems now threatened by Zebra and Quagga Mussels CWWA - decade of progress Vinyl lung breathes life into lakes Recycling - the statistics are astounding R. V. Anderson improves wastewater operations and maintenance in India

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New method to recover Cryptosporidium and Giardia from drinking water Expandable trailers widen to become mobile garbage transfer stations

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Philip Environmental and Ailwaste merge Do all businesses need a qualified environmental professional?

Federal ministries target over 100 substances in action plan

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Literature Reviews

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Product Review

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Classifieds

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R&D News

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Datepad Industry Update

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Reader Feedback

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Cover story; Canals played a vital role in the Industrial Revolution and our cover picture shows the longest flight of locks in Britain, totalling 29 operational locks(See page 52). This cover is doubly appropriate as Part II of David Sperling's essay- The environmentand our impact on it-(page 51)also touches on the Industrial Revolution and its role in environmental pollution.

Information presented in ES&E is collected from a variety of sources presumed to be accurate and complete. ES&E cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information presented. Readers are encouraged to contact authors, agencies and companies directly for verification and/or clarification. Material in ES&E only conveys information and should not be considered as legal or professional advice.

Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1997

Industry Update Stockholm Water Federation seeks

In Memoriam workers.

student nominees for

My wife Colleen and I have fond memories of the time we spent with Ron

science prize

and his wife Maxine, when we went to

The world's most prestigious water sci ence prize is now open to American, Canadian and Mexican junior and sen ior high school students. A student and his or her teacher will be selected to rep resent each country for the international

Vancouver for Globe '92.

We also spent a lot of time with Ron in Anaheim, California during the 1993 Water Environment Federation conven tion. He was a most enthusiastic tour

guide. I remember the three of us spent a glorious Saturday afternoon at Laguna Beach. The next day, we all went to

Stockholm Junior Water Prize to be

given in the Swedish capital in August.

The search for North American nomi

nees is being conducted by the Water Environment Federation(WEF)and ITT Industries, through the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) program conducted by Science Service

Universal Studios in Burbank. Like a

Ron Ganton, ES&E's Western Canada

Sales Representative, passed away on April 3 after a brief battle with pancre atic cancer. Ron was a valued part of

Inc.

the ES&E team since our second issue

A panel of Judges from the WEF membership will select the North

in 1988. His honesty and integrity were always appreciated by his clients and co-

couple of over-excited school boys, Ron and I kept going on the Baok to the Euture ride.

Over the years, we really got to know Ron well and I found his comments and

insights on the magazine to be valuable.

He will be missed by all of us.

Steve Davey, President

American nominees. Entries must be

water quality or conservation projects in written form supported by display material, and all projects will be as sessed on the basis of creativity, scien tific procedure, subject knowledge and presentation.

Nominees chosen to represent the US,Canada and Mexico will win the trip to Stockholm in August (with their

teachers), $500, a one-year student membership in the WEF and an en graved plaque. The Intemational Stock-

holm Junior Water Prize is approxi mately $4,500 US dollars.

ITT Industries, through its Fluid Technologies Corporation and ITT Flygt, has long been a participant in the Stockholm Water Festival and a sup porter of global water science. It is a founding sponsor of the International Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

Further information can be obtained

through the WEF Public Information Office at(703)684-2400 or through the Internet at www.wef.org.

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NOVAMANN International Inc. of

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occupational health services group into the newly acquired operation located on Resources Road in the Metro Toronto

City of Etobicoke.

Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1997

Industry Update Call for Papers

Editorlal Board Announcement

November 11-14,1997. Air & Waste Management Association - Pacific

activities included development of ana lytical methods in support of the acid rain program, contracting out of analytical services, and development of the ana lytical component of the MISA monitor ing regulations. He joined Zenon in 1987 as Business Development Manager and in 1988, headed the start up of Zenon's

Northwest International Section Annual

Conference. Vancouver, BC. Call For

Papers on Environmental Management: Managing Impacts or Managing the Environment.

Contact: Evan Jones

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British Columbia laboratory.

Returning to Ontario in 1989, he be came President of Zenon Environmen

tal Laboratories and opened a third labo ratory In Montreal in 1990. In 1993, he was one of the founding members of the environmental laboratory trade associa tion, lAETL Canada, becoming its first

Canada helped Uruguay's oil spill clean up Dr. Barry Loescher has joined ES&E's

President.

Environment Canada was part of an in ternational team responding to an oil spill of approximately 4,500 tonnes of crude oil off the coast of Uruguay. The slick from the spill threatened the Use de Lobus, the largest habitat of sea-li

organic Chemistry from the University of

ons in the world.

variety of responsible positions. Key

Services Corporation. Dr. Loescher is currently Vice President of Philip Ana lytical.

Gary Sergy, an internationallyknown expert on the clean-up of oiled

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coast of Montevideo. A Memorandum

The spill occurred February 8, 1997 when a Panamanian tanker, carrying 52,000 tonnes of crude oil, on its way to Brazil, grounded on a rock off the

of Understanding signed only months earlier between Canada and Uruguay, paved the way for Environment Cana da's participation in the spill response.

shorelines, worked in close collabora tion with other team members on the

assessment of damage and selection of countermeasures and cleanup tech-

Editorial Advisory Board.

Dr. Loescher received a PhD. in In

Toronto in 1973. He then spent 14 years at the Ontario Ministry of the Environ ment, Laboratory Services Branch in a

In 1995,Zenon Environmental Labo

ratories was purchased by Philip Envi ronmental and merged with Barringer Laboratories to form Philip Analytical

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Reader Feedback Dear Tom, Re: The pipes, the pipes are appalling.

March 1997 ES&E.

Your article will find great support, no doubt, from most professionals in the business. But how do we effectively (without scare tactics) get the message across to the general public and our elected officials?

I believe we have to create a National Standard for our towns and cities in terms of a set of minimum standards for

water and sewer piped systems. We need to draw the line on what has future

service life and what must be replaced or rehabilitated. The National Research Council has some mandate in this re

gard, but they are struggling themselves for research dollars.

In your article you state that 75% of utilities replace less than 1% of their systems on an annual basis. Our com mitment to correcting this funding prob lem seems to be proportional to the number of years we have to retirement.

Many of us have followed the Fed eration of Canadian Municipalities' mis sion for infrastructure renewal only to see a very small percentage of the re cent tri-level infrastructure program ex pended on pipe rehabilitation and re placement. Did we miss the target, again?

In an article by Ian C. Warren, Eng land spent 24 million pounds (almost $50 million dollars) in 1993/94 on epoxy lining pipelines; this number will reach 65 million pounds in 1996/97.

Maybe we could learn how they man aged to tap the public purse to such an extent?

Congratulations on another great edi torial; I anxiously await each issue of your magazine.

Ensor B. Nicholson, P.Eng., City of Moncton Engineering Dept.

Dear Tom, I have already got phone calls on my paper on Water quality trends in Quebec rivers, published in the last issue ofESE magazine! (March 1997). It seems to be raising quite a bit of interest indeed and I am very happy that I published the paper in your magazine.

I was wondering if you could send a few complimentary copies that I could

circulate within the Ministry. This would give exposure to both my work and your magazine within the Ministry and would anchor the magazine more firmly here.

It has been a real pleasure working with you and I am looking forward to

repeating the experience.

Jean Painchaud,Ph.D., Ministry of Environment & Wildlife, Quebec City Dear Tom, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your edi torial, The Greeks had a word for it expertise, (November '96 ES&E). You very astutely and eloquently dissect a trap that is becoming far too common in the era of 30-second sound bites and

sweeping pronouncements-the authori tative assertion based on false under

standing or even sheer ignorance.

I think we all owe you a debt of grati tude for reminding us of the dangers of letting key issues proceed to debate without the benefit of calm assessment

of the evidence and prudent examina

thought would be of interest only to a small niche market. Since this article

was printed, we have received more than two dozen leads from across Canada and

the US, along with a request for addi tional information from India. With

these leads, we have been actively mar keting this technology which hopefully will generate new business. The article was published in the March '96 issue of ES&E, but the feedback continued for

quite some time.

We would like to express our appre ciation for publishing our article. With out your support, we would have been unable to as easily market this technol ogy with any degree of success.

G. Baker, Director, Simcoe Engineering Group Limited

tion of credentials. I should note, how

ever, that my gratitude is tempered by the suspicion that you had even more fun writing the editorial than I did read ing it.

E.C.L. Muller, President and Managing Director, Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Dear Tom,

A belated congratulations on your Harvey Southam Editorial Career Award. It is a most fitting tribute hon ouring your continuing efforts and lead ership in environmental and publishing endeavours.

Jim Craig, P.Eng., Director, Water Utility, Peterborough Utilities Commission Dear Tom, I appreciated your article entitled What Garbage Crisis? Having read another of your articles, I get the impression that you have much in common with the German social theorist Jurgen Habermas in your views of the state, politics and technology.

Thanks for your attention and the well written article.

Mark Olson, Brothers Industries, Inc.

Dear Tom, Our article Coal Tar Contaminated

Croundwater Treatment Process,

Toronto, covered the engineering proc ess developed to contain a coal tar con taminated site in downtown Toronto.

We were proud of our success with this project and felt the experience obtained could be marketable.

The process we developed was ex tremely specialised and as a result we

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Taran Hewitt, Teal EMS, Niagara on the Lake, ON ....Good coverage ofissues.

Klaus Davis, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, ON ....Great educational magazine.

Harry Burton, Canadore College, North Bay, ON ....Excellent.

Gus Sutton, President, CCI Ltd., Toronto, ON ..../just love this magazine.

Keith Parrott, Town of Redcliff, Redcliff, AB ....excellent magazine.

Stewart K. Henry,SKH Consulting, Dalhousie, NB ....consider your magazine excellent and very informative.

Gordon Page,Page Technology Ltd., Kaslo, BC ...ES&E remains one ofthe best.

James W. Clark, UMA Engineering Ltd., Edmonton,AB ...Excellent Magazine John Crompton, New Mechanical Ltd., Milton, ON ...Keep it up.

Germain Cote,Les Consultants RSA, Alma, QC ...Thank youfor your service.

A. Wesolowski, CRA Consultants, Waterloo, ON

...I have been lucky enough to have a friend who works at ESSROC pass on this magazine.

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Essay

By Tom Davey

May Day- now a requiem for lost environmental opportunities

Remember May Day

parades in Red Square?

Who could forget the

fearsome lines of tanks,

artillery and intercontinental missiles, or the precision marching of legions of heavily armed, impeccably turned out troops?

This awesome blend of military hardware and rigorously drilled men annually sent a strong message to the outside world: here is a country with a powerful economy at the leading edge of technology.

But there was a Russian joke which told of an open truck filled with shabbily dressed men who brought up the rear of these parades of military might. Observ ing the stark contrast of the smart turn out of the troops with the scruffy men in the truck, one Western observer burst out laugh ing. A Russian caught his arm and whispered fearfully: "Don't laugh.

Those are the real wreckers, they are Soviet planners and econo mists."

And now that the ruins of the

Soviet economy are exposed to view, the joke must have a bitter taste to the population. The former USSR was a country with the largest land mass in the world,

its army took Berlin. The Soviets also pioneered space travel when they blasted Sputnik into orbit, followed by Yuri Gagarin, the first

ronmental disasters stretched right across the former Soviet Union and its satellite Warsaw Pact

incidently, held a doctorate in chemistry. Until fairly recently, its economy was second only to that

countries. Widespread air, water and soil pollution emerged as a macabre legacy, with Chernobyl topping it off as the ultimate environmental horror story.

It will take an army of philo sophers, historians and political scientists to analyse everything that went wrong in the Soviet Union but a few things are certain.

The system repressed human initiative, replacing what Adam Smith called, the invisible hand of self interest with collective farms

of the United States.

and centralized bureaucracies.

man to orbit the earth. This was

years before Allan Shepard made America's first sub-orbital space penetration from Cape Canaveral.

Russia also bred literary giants such as Tolstoy, Pasternak, Pushkin and Solzhenitsyn, as well as composers such as Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, RimskyKorsakov and Borodin who,

As the Soviet Union was driven

Moscow told farmers when to sow

by socialistic idealism that labour was for the benefit of the people, not profit, one might have thought that its citizens would enjoy increasingly high living standards following World War 11. Some expounded that the people under this regime could now reap the

and how to reap, oblivious to local Bureaucrats set industrial produc tion quotas where quantity took precedence over quality and consumer preferences and style were dismissed as capitalist frills.

Germany, devastated by WW II,

rewards of new industries which

then divided in two for decades,

would also have had stringent

provides an almost perfect labora tory to monitor the economic and

environmental controls.

Alas, it never happened.

Glasnost revealed a highly edu cated but forlorn and impoverished population whose record of envi

weather and soil conditions.

environmental records of two

distinct political regimes. When The Wall came down decades later.

West Germany had become one of

with far more water resources than

Canada. Lake Baikal, for example, is the largest and deepest lake in the world containing a water volume which perhaps exceeds that of the combined Great Lakes.

The Soviet Union also had vastly more timber than Canada, includ

ing one single forest which could blanket our landmass; and for

many years the USSR was the world's biggest producer of oil, gas, coal and iron ore.

Soviet human resources were

equally impressive. This was the nation which fought the German Army to a standstill at Moscow, then carried on with the war until

Changing of the guard at Lenin's tomb.

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Essay, cont'd. the most prosperous countries in

environmental problems with left wing nostrums. Many have stated

the world with workers' benefits

unmatched anywhere in the social ist Eden. This opulence was largely achieved initially by the

that the market forces are incom

patible with environmental goals and seek a structured economy in order to protect the environment.

excellence of its automobile

industry whose environmental standards are among the most stringent in the world.

The same cries were heard when

The collapse of the Iron Curtain has revealed hunger, poverty, lawlessness and a corrupted

poverty and hunger were the pressing problems of the day and socialism was hailed as the only antidote. Today, hunger is not a problem in Western countries. To the contrary, the West has a billion dollar industry of weight watching, dieting and health clubs, simply to control eating habits, a situation arising from an abundance of food unprecedented in human history.

Santayana's warning that: those who ignore the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them might be an object lesson to Canadian

environment which is unmatched

environmental activists. We

in the West. All are legacies of Soviet rule, yet many activists and bureaucrats seem to ignore this record as they seek to redress our

'economists' and note that May Day, appropriately, is also known

When the Iron Curtain fell, West Germany was confronted with East Germany's answer to the Volks

wagen - the twin cylinder, 2 cycle Trabant. Derisively known as 'the blue smokers', the Trabants were

slow, unreliable, expensive and uncomfortable. They were also significant polluters until 4 cyhnder VW engines and other improve ments were installed in 1990.

Amazingly, in spite of this dismal record, our political left has managed to assert a territorial imperative over environmental

issues, commanding a moral high ground over market economies

which is quite unsubstantiated by

St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, the facts.

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Industry Update Keeping oil out of groundwater The Pine Ridge sub-division in Guelph, Ontario, is located in the middle of a

gravel outwash plain of glacial origin, presenting some unique challenges to the developer.

With no stream in the immediate vi

cinity to handle storm runoff, rainfall tended to either evaporate, infiltrate or evapotranspire. Since infiltrated groundwater in the area feeds the headwaters

of a nearby cold water stream, and at least one municipal well, a stormwater installation would have to both minimize

the potential contamination of groundwater and prevent any sediment clogging of the infiltration measures.

After assessing several alternatives, consultant Gamsby and Mannerow Limited recommended the installation

of Stormceptor units, based on three factors:

•Efficient performance of the units,con firmed through extensive testing; • Limited space required (not land-con sumptive), due to the Stormceptor sys tem's vertical design; and • Ease of implementation and installa tion. The pre-cast concrete constmction, employing standard concrete compo-

nents, enables the units to be used in place of traditional structures.

A total of seven Stormceptor units, strategically located within the Pine

Ridge development, were used to pro tect the 14 hectare (34 1/2 acre) site.

Through the entire construction phase

of the development when sediment loads in runoff water are typically at their highest - the Stormceptor units operated to expectations. The system continues to function extremely well.

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Industry Update CPPA honors individuals, groups during 25th Anniversary celebration In 1996,3R$ installed Canada's larg

The Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe Association (CPPA) honoured key in dividuals and organizations for their out standing contributions to the polyethy lene pipe industry at its 25th annual meeting, March 2-5, on Marco Island,

est composting and recycling biofilter system at Three County Recycling & Composting's facility in Aylmer, On tario. In total, the site installation in

cludes nearly 1,500 feet of perforated and solid 30" corrugated polyethylene pipe and 5,600 feet of 8" pipe manufac tured by Big 'O', Canada's largest manu facturer ofcorrugated polyethylene pipe.

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A Canadian agrologist who devel oped a new method for eliminating odours and hazardous fumes from

recycling and solid waste composting facilities, was recognized with the

The Canadian Standards Association

Innovative Use Award.

The unique biofilter system,designed

by Marsun Lipsit, P.Ag., of the 3R$ company in London,Ontario, makes ex tensive use of corrugated polyethylene pipe, which is virtually impervious to the corrosive gases generated by com posting materials.

"At its most basic, this biofilter sys tem uses stainless steel fans to draw fresh air into and fouled out of com

posting and recycling facilities through corrugated polyethylene pipes," Lipsit explained. "Then the air is pumped through a 50-foot-wide by 400-foot-long area of buried corrugated polyethylene

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drainage pipes, where it filters through layers of stone and organic material and becomes oxygenated and naturally sweet smelling before it is released into the atmosphere."

Lipsit chose polyethylene pipe for the system which had to be non-corrosive, because the composting process gener ates both gases and water vapours. "The exhaust fans are stainless steel and

polyethylene pipe is virtually unaffected in that caustic environment," he said.

(CSA)was also recognized by the CPPA for Significant Regional Specification.

Through the development of innovative consensus standards, CSA has been pro viding the manufacturing and engineer ing sectors with quahty specifications hke CAN/CSA B 182.6 Profile Polyethylene Sewer Pipe and Fittings for five years.

Water-recycling building performs well A government office building in Sooke, a Vancouver Island community, has al ready saved more than 75,000 gallons of water by reusing treated wastewater to flush toilets. The building boasts a

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Industry Update state-of-the-art, wastewater-recycling system designed and built by Hill, Murray & Associates, a Victoria-based environmental engineering company.

The Sooke building was opened in April 1996. The offices are located in

Announcement Energy and Environmental Research Corpo ration(EER)is pleased to announce the appoint ment of Dusanka Filipovic, P.Eng., as President of EER Canada. Ms. Eilipovic brings over 20 years of professional experience in engineering and project management and technology devel

an area without sewers and the lot was too small to accommodate a conven

tional sewage disposal field. The treat ment equipment is located in a small room in the basement of the building.

opment.

Prior to joining EER Canada, Ms. Filipovic held positions with Union Carbide Canada(now known as Praxair) and was founder and senior executive of Halozone Technologies Inc. She

Wastewater from sinks and toilets is

passed through a membrane-bioreactor system, a charcoal filter and ultraviolet sterilizer, and then reused in the toilets.

Water consumption has been reduced by 95 percent. The entire building uses only 17 gallons of potable water a day.

Canada-US protection for the environment announced Canada's Environment Minister Sergio Marchi and Carol Browner,Administra tor of the US Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA), agreed during a recent meeting in Washington, to take action to provide a healthier environment: a) To develop a joint plan of action for

pioneered the development of the Blue Bottle® technology to recover and recycle the ozone de pleting halogenated hydrocarbons. Ms. Eilipovic's achievements have been rec ognized through numerous awards from academia, professional associations, busi ness leaders and policy-makers.

EER Canada (also known as CanadEER Limited), established in Markham,

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will emphasize pollution prevention.

The strategy sets measurable reduction targets and timelines for each toxic sub

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c) To address the problem of climate change, by cooperating on ways to re duce greenhouse gases, while stimulat ing economic growth. Canada and the

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b)Marchi and Browner signed the Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy, which

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Industry Update US will work together to develop and encourage the adoption of cleaner, more

SOPREMA wins Environmental Achievement Award

It is the first altemative fuel to be rec

better understand the impacts ofclimate change.

SOPREMA, manufacturer of water

ognized as a Clean Air Act compliance tool. Made of soybean oil and other veg etable oils, it is a clean-buming altema tive to diesel fuel that offers significant

proofing and air barrier membranes for

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Switching the US's entire regulated bus fleet of approximately 56,000 buses

e)To improve Canadian-US cooperation in environmental research and develop

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efficient transportation. They will also collaborate on research in the Arctic to

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Spills down in Great Lakes system Ontario Environment Minister Norman

Sterling has released the 1995 Spills Action Centre Summary Report, which confirmed a downward trend in spills to the Great Lakes system. In 1995, there were 229 spills - down from a high of 549 in I99I.

Thirty-one percent of the 5,000 total spills reported to the Spills Action Cen tre in 1995 had no effect on the envi

ronment and 25 percent were less than 10 litres. Ofthose spills that had a con firmed impact, nearly two-thirds in volved soil contamination and one-fifth

involved water pollution. Containment and clean-up measures are instituted where such impacts occur.

The Spills Action Centre operates a 24-hour Ministry of Environment and Energy hotline which provides emer gency response for environmental spills.

The centre can be reached by calling (416)325-3000,or 1-800-268-6060 out side Toronto.

vation in environmental protection with the marketing of its brand new product, ENVIRONAP geomembranes. These bitumen geomembranes are designed to waterproof sanitation ponds and drink ing water reservoirs, and to serve as en vironmental protection screens for landfill sites containing contaminated soil and toxic water.

The geomembranes cover an average surface area of 100 m2. They are com posed of refinery bitumen mixed with SBS(styrene-butadiene-styrene), which provides them with elasticity and lon gevity. Their high chemical resistance to chlorine make them particularly at tractive for use in snow dump sites.

They have also been officially certified as nontoxic and appropriate for use in drinking water reservoirs.

The geomembranes are manufac tured at SOPREMA's Canadian plant in Drummondville,Quebec. Recently,the largest aerated sanitation ponds ever built in Quebec were waterproofed us ing ENVIRONAP geomembranes.

Envlrodlesel® receives first EPA alternative

to Envirodiesel® fuel would eliminate an

estimated 238,000 tons of air-polluting emissions annually. Since biodiesel can be used in existing diesel engines, it eliminates the need to purchase costly new vehicles and undertake the expen sive re-training required to use other al temative fuels.

According to a recent study con ducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC)on the health

effects of vehicle emissions, particulate matter emissions cause an estimated

56,000 deaths annually in the United States. Since the use of biodiesel re

duces bus emissions by 25-45%,it might prevent thousands of deaths each year.

Alberta wins

greenhouse gas reduction award The Govemment ofAlberta was the only province to receive Canada's Voluntary Challenge and Registry Program(VCR) award for its action plan to reduce green house gas emissions.

The award, which recognizes Alber ta's leadership in taking steps that di rectly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from govemment operations, was pre

The report can be obtained from the Public Information Centre, Ministry of Environment and Energy, 135 St. Clair

EPA's certification of Envirodiesel® fuel

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VCR,launched in early 1995 to en courage private and public organizations to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gases from their operations, is a comerstone of the National Action Program on Climate Change. The Alberta govem ment played a leadership role in gain ing support for this initiative with indus try and other governments across Canada. Alberta was the first govem ment in Canada to develop and submit its own action plan to VCR. The Alberta govemment has set a tar get for itself of 14.7 percent reduction in greenhouse emissions from 1990 lev els by 2000. The source of carbon di oxide emissions in govemment opera tions is energy used in buildings, mostly gas and electricity (88 percent); trans portation and travel (nine percent); and waste (three percent).

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Alberta plant uses biological aerated filters A new sewage treatment plant in Canmore, Alberta, which was inaugurated February 4, 1997, has been operating since December 1996. The anticipated average daily flow is 9,658mVd. The plant has a peak capacity of 33,384mVd. The core process of the Canmore treatment facility is the Degremont Infilco BIOFOR* Biological Aerated Filters. This is an upflow biological system which has been developed to take advantage of aspects of fixed-film biomass.

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June 8-13, 1997. Air & Waste Man agement Association 90th Annual Meet ing and Exhibition. Toronto, ON. Con tact: Maureen Brown (412) 232-3444, ext. 3122, Fax:(412)232-3450.

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Industry Update Will we still have clean air in the millennium?

Scientists from Leeds University in the UK,have developed special equipment to discover whether air is self-cleansing and will be still fit to breathe by the mil lennium.

To collect the data. Dr. Dwayne Heard and his colleagues have been tak ing readings from air samples collected from Scottish, Yorkshire and Irish

shores. Here air carried by the prevail ing westerly winds is believed to be purer than that passing over Europe where it gathers pollutants. Dr. Heard is trying to find out if the atmosphere

the tropospheric production and destmction of polluting ozone.

However, measuring reactions be tween trace compounds and other con stituents is complex as the atmosphere is driven by sunlight generating highly reactive, but short-lived intermediates

known as radicals. They have low con centrations and a short life-span. Dr. Heard and his team have invented a new

technology called Fluorescent Assay by Gas Expansion (EAGE), to take read ings of the radicals. Consisting of a mobile laboratory, an air-conditioned can cleanse itself of trace chemicals, box with vacuum pumps and electrical notably in the troposphere. By measur equipment, EAGE searches for the elu ing the oxidising capacity of the atmos sive chemicals including the hydroxyl phere, it may be possible to determine (OH)radical comprising linked oxygen

and hydrogen atoms.

FAGE's detection system draws in an air sample which is illuminated by ultra violet laser. This excites the free radi

cals into a higher energy state produc ing a faint fluorescence. EAGE takes a snapshot of this which, when processed by computer, reveals the fingerprint of the hydroxyl radicals. By calibrating their instrument using standard samples, the Leeds scientists can work out how

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been imported over the years from Cobalt, Port Hope and as far away as

human health, and would be considered toxic as defined in Section 11 of the Act.

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The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy has developed a multi-year plan to contain and manage hazardous wastes at the abandoned Deloro mining and refining site on the Moira River north of Belleville. The plan includes health and safety protection on the site, as well as for its neighbours and people who live downstream along the river and on the Bay of Quinte.

Stage one of the cleanup includes a final site investigation,engineering stud ies and approvals, and will be completed

by March 1988.

questing chemical/operating data for municipal water and wastewater sys tems (and road maintenance deicing, dust suppression).

These questionnaires were prepared

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mately $9.23 million has been spent to date on improving the site's condition.

Assessment of each Priority Sub stance will be conducted by some 16 interdepartmental task groups in Envi ronment Canada and Health Canada

National survey targets treatment chemicals Municipal clerks are receiving question naires from Environment Canada re

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CWWA will monitor and arrange appropriate representations to the as sessment process for the key water/ wastewater chemicals involved. The results will be used to determine whether

regulatory or other controls are required.

Limited has been selected to undertake

Giant holding tank officially opened

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The largest combined sewage overflow facility in the province of Ontario was opened in Hamilton on November 14, 1996. The dual compartment structure, built at a cost of $25 million, will hold 75,000 cubic metres of waste during rainstorms. The facility became fully operational early in 1997.

Quality Committee and relate only to chemicals designated under the Cana the engineering work, which will posi tion the project for the next stage of dian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) as Priority Substances. cleanup and containment.

Under CEPA, such substances must A century of handling hazardous materials has left the Deloro site with be assessed to determine if any of them substantial safety and environmental are entering the environment in a quan problems. In addition to locally mined tity or concentration or under conditions that are harmful to the environment or

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Industry Update 'Sand-pile physics' could solve contamination

problems The United States Department ofEnergy (DOE), is just completing a joint grant awarded to the University ofDenver and Wier International Earth Remediation,

Inc. The purpose of the grant is to in vestigate how new "sand-pile physics" concepts apply to Wier's RaDEiX "Har monic Compaction" process.

This process may be used for the stabilization and volume reduction of

decontaminated hazardous soils, and

recycling of unused industrial waste products. The RaDFiX process safely solidifies waste materials such as soils,

ashes, heavy metals and other contami nated granular materials at production rates while minimizing the cost of

be in a wide range of sizes and shapes, thus transported easily; requirements for water or chemical bonding are mini mal; and, waste loading can be as high as 80-90%.

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granular materials takes place through vibration and mechanical shock waves.

Contaminants within the materials are

completely immobilized. The hazard ous waste effectively attaches to the fine particles and is mechanically and chemi cally bonded within the solidified struc ture. The RaDFiX process is quite flex ible, allowing choice of chemical bind ers or heat treatment depending on the application.

Grant recipients, Keith Wier and Robert Amme, professor of physics at the University of Denver, note that their research indicates several advantages of using the RaDFiX method of changing the character of contaminated materials.

The advantages include: no residual or secondary waste streams are created; it produces safe,clean end-product for low cost disposal or reuse; end-product can

cubic metres of waste.

The project will be in three phases, with design work continuing until 1999, followed by a three-year construction period. The final phase will cover op erations, treatment and disposal of the waste.

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Billion dollar US

nuclear waste clean-up A consortium led by the British Nuclear Fuels company (BNFL) has won a bil lion dollar contract to clean up former

weapons program material for the US Department of Energy.

The BNFL consortium, one of four

international groups that bid for the work, was able to draw on extensive

experience built up over many years of decommissioning work at Britain's Sellafield nuclear plant. The US project will involve the design, building and operation of a waste treatment facility at one of America's former weapons re search and design sites, the Idaho National Energy Laboratory.

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The methane is already producing electricity and direct fuel for facilities such as cement plants, gypsum board manufacturers, recycling facilities and greenhouses. To encourage more such uses. Environment Canada has devel

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Municipalities top list of polluters British Columbia's local municipalities

are proving more frequent and chronic polluters than industrial sources, accord ing to the non-compliance report re leased by the environment ministry. The report, covering the period from April I to September 30, 1996, listed 50 indus trial operations in violation of regula tions or their permits, but found 57 municipalities, native bands or trailer parks in breach.

Of the repeat offenders, the Greater Vancouver Regional Sewage and Drain age District has the longest list of 13 past citations. "One area we need to con

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Aeration

By Veso Sobot, P.Eng.

Vinyl lung breathes life Into lakes

The Chesley Lake Lung, is a

pioneering effort in lake remediation, by Friends of Chesley Lake, Ontario Min istry of Environment and Energy (MGEE)and my company IPEX Inc., a PVC pipe manufacturer. It has shown a capability to dramatically raise oxygen levels and virtually stop blue-green algae pollution which has traditionally im paired many lakes throughout

water quality problems have been a re sult of extensive cottage development over the years, resulting in a build-up of organic matter and sediment on the lake bottom. The settling of this decom posing organic material at the bottom, resulted in the depletion of oxygen by

Specialist with the Environmental Moni toring and Reporting Branch of the MOEE, in a search for the right prod ucts to build the Lung. The harsh freezethaw conditions faced by the Lake Lung in an open lake setting necessitated the need for a product with structural integ rity and longevity.

IPEX recommended Ultra-

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through a process known as hypolimnetic aeration, while maintaining the lake's stratifi cation. The oxygen is gener ated on shore and distributed

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The proof is the water.

Oxygen levels have been re vived. Beach closures due to

PVC lung being assembled.

throughout the lake through the Lake Lung's PVC ducting system. The Lung itself is suspended over the deepest ba sin of the lake.

The Lake Lung will be installed for the 1997 season in Chesley Lake where

early summer. With no available oxy gen,the aquatic food chain and fish habi tat were severely impacted.

The seriousness of the problem at Chesley Lake was brought to IPEX's attention by Andy Gemza, Inland Lake

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Odour Control

By Paul Yaremko*

Composting curbslde garbage made possible with award-winning biofliter

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ing and recycling facility, now owned and operated by Three Counties Recycling and Composting Inc., was constructed in 1994 on the edge of Aylmer, Ontario.

The most innovative feature of this

facility is its newly constructed biofilter to eliminate all odours emanating from the operation. This biofilter is believed to be the largest in Canada.

The Aylmer facility is one of only a handful of operations licensed by the MOEE to compost municipal solid waste(MSW), more commonly known as curbside garbage. The license allows them to accept MSW from across Ontario and run up to 24 hours a day, six days a week. Not only are they composting the MSW from the Town of Aylmer, but also receive curbside gar bage collected in the City of Strathroy, Town of Tillsonburg and Malahide Township.

At present the materials recycling facility (MRP) is processing about 50 tonnes of MSW a day. The MSW is delivered to the MRF building and processing begins. The first step is to separate the recyclable and non-compostable materials. This is done through the use of a conveyor belt which has a magnet to pick out as much metal as possible. Plastic recyclable materials, metals not picked up by the magnet and any other non-compostable materials are then hand-picked off the conveyor belt.

About 60% of the MSW finally makes it into the composting building. The remaining 40% of the MSW consists of about half recyclable materials and half

Marsun Lipsit, P.Ag., with a model of the biofilter he designed which was installed In Aylmer, Ontario. pipes used to control the temperature, moisture content and oxygen levels of the compost heaps. A 900mm diameter corrugated HOPE header pipe is used to supply air to 250mm perforated laterals under the piles. Corrugated HOPE pipes were chosen due to their resistance to the highly corrosive gases and water vapours created by the com posting process. The pipe and custom manufactured fittings were supplied by Big 'O' Inc., Canada's largest manufac turer of corrugated HDPE pipe products.

Composting operations were per forming well until some complaints started coming in from the community.

There were concerns about odours waft

ing from the operation into town. The facility was looking at a possible legis

ardous fumes created from the recycling and composting operations. This par ticular biofilter system has since been recognized with an industry award from the Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe As sociation (CPPA)for the most innova tive use of corrugated HDPE pipe in North America for 1996.

One of the most attractive features

of the biofilter installed by Nethercott Excavating Ltd. of Dorchester, Ontario, is its "green" qualities. The system uses no chemicals and is an all natural proc ess. Biofilters are living ecosystems which need the right moisture content, oxygen level, temperature, and food.

One unique green feature of this biofilter's design, is its ability to collect, store and reuse rain water which falls

residuals which are sent to a landfill.

lated shutdown due to a contravention

onto it. The rainwater is stored in a cis

About 80% of the MSW is being di

of Regulation 347 of the Environmen tal Protection Act. The composting was spoiling the quality oflife of neighbours due to the odours. Something had to be

tern and is used to supplement the mois

verted from local landfills.

The remaining compostable materi als are transferred into the connecting composting building. The composting operation is performed in batches which are kept separate by concrete retaining walls; this allows for staggered stages of the process. Under normal operating conditions, the composting process is completed after 21 days.

Underneath the composting building is a series of corrugated HOPE sewer 'Product Manager - Pipe, Big 'O' Inc. 22

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ture content of the biofilter media. This

feature not only eliminates runoff from the site but reduces the demand for mu

nicipal water.

"At its most basic, the biofilter sys

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tively. Time was running out when the biofilter system was given serious con sideration. Marsun Lipsit, P.Ag., an

composting and recycling facilities through corrugated HDPE pipes," Lipsit explained. "Then the fouled air is pumped through a 50-foot-wide by 400foot-long area of buried corrugated HDPE drainage pipes, where it filters Continued overleaf

agrologist with the 3R$ Company in London, Ontario, was contracted to de

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According to Lipsit, "The entire biofilter system had to be non corrosive, because the composting process gener ates both gases and water vapours". Offgasing is an inherent side effect of composting. Decaying materials pro duce methane, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide gases, which are dangerous and corrosive in high concentrations.

"HDPE pipe is virtually unaffected in that caustic environment," he said.

The biofilter was put into service in November of 1996 and has completely eliminated the odour problem. At present the system is cleansing 35,000 cubic feet of air every minute, which is only 25% of its capacity.

Although the biofilter is working perfectly, Lipsit is still improving his system. Currently the biofilter has been divided into four quadrants with differ ent filter media in order to determine any differences in their effectiveness. The

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During a recent expedition to Kenya, my horizons about what is an environ mental problem and how this ties into agricultural, economic, and cultural de velopment were further widened. It was a reminder that the ongoing efforts the human animal undertakes to success

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However,it is mere seconds on the evo

Exaggerated Sense of Importance One person I met in Kenya reminded me that we, Westemers, have an exag gerated sense of importance when we try to answer the questions related to environmental sustainability. Many en vironmental protection measures that we have developed over the last few mil

ably, yet these measures do not neces sarily consider the damage we do to our habitat or the dent we make in our nonrenewable resources. Sometimes we act

as if we are completely separate from our ecosystem. Perhaps our technol ogy has the danger of making us live out of touch with fife's natural processes.

This tunnel-vision is likely at the root of many of the environmental problems

lennia in our modern societies are

strictly to protect us from ourselves or against the natural dangers around us.

It has made us as a species quite suc cessful, live longer, and more comfort

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biggest obstacle in our quest for sustain able development;"We have a basic in

lutionary time scale and long after many other species had arrived on this planet.

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Having been deprived of the short rains, large parts of Kenya were dry and many inland lakes had started to dry up under the pressures exerted on them by nature and human civilization. Lake Nakuru,

a lake that used to be known for its huge flamingo population, has turned into a sand plain and the flamingos have flown to nearby lakes.

The impressive plains of Amboseli National Park were crowded with mag nificent herds of elephants, wildebeests, and zebras looking for food and water in the swamps at the base of Mount Kili manjaro. This is also the place where the Masai tribe lives in relative harmony with a harsh environment without any of the technological advances to which we have grown accustomed.

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ability to live in harmony with our natu ral environment, we have this urge to control without replacing what we take," according to Mr. Bram Weijland, who makes a living in Kenya by exporting vegetables to Europe.

This point that nature was making

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gave me renewed vigour to tackle the environmental problems that we are try ing to solve and prevent. To a certain extent it gave me the reassuring feeling that life goes on, even if we manage to spoil our environment and/or undermine the basis of our civilizations. We may think we are very important and quite fun damental for the earth, yet when it all

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If we collectively decide that envi ronmental protection and sustainable development is of low priority, then future generations will be overwhelmed by the size of the global environmental problems we have created. Dealing with our environmental problems once they have overwhelmed us may ironically come at a very high social, economic, and cultural price.

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Infrastructure

Ontario Concrete Pipe Association turns 40

Sewagedisposal methods did not improve until the early 1840s

when the first modem sewer

was built in Hamburg, Ger many. It was modem in the sense that houses were connected to a sewer sys tem, and for the first time, sanitary sew ers were separate from storm sewers.

Paris officials had begun to design sew ers at the start of the 19th century to pro tect its citizens from cholera. The chol

era epidemics that later ravaged England in 1854, led London authorities to de

sign and construct a sewer system in 1859.

Many of the early sewers in North America were built in small towns, and financed with local funds. Details of

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concrete pipe sanitary sewer installation was in 1842 at Mohawk,New York. The

initial conception of engineered sewer systems in America has been credited to Julius W. Adams who designed the sewers in Brooklyn, New York in 1857.

The growing concern for public health peaked in North America with the yellow fever epidemic that broke out in Memphis,Tennessee in 1873. It caused more than 2,000 deaths. In 1878 there were 5,150 deaths from this disease.

These epidemics were largely responsi

concrete pipe installations, precast con crete pipe manufacturing in Ontario be came a recognizable industry sometime in the late 1890s. There are photo graphic records of a concrete pipe manu facturer in the Kitchener area circa 1898.

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There was unprecedented growth in residential and industrial development, in the early 1900s, as people migrated to the cities to work. It was during this time that engineers began the task of building water supply and treatment sys tems, as well as sewage collection and treatment systems for Ontario's towns and cities. Sanitary and storm sewers were constructed for public health re quirements and transportation, just as

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Lower costs and reduced emissions of environmentally harmful bleaching agents are said to be possible using an en zyme which does not affect the taint or strength of the paper pulp.

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Environmental Economics

Americans will pay $1400 per year in personal environmental costs in year 2000

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401,500 Pulp & Paper Water Treatment - gal./yr.

8,760 Petroleum Water Treatment - gal./yr.

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Allowing for the export of Canadian

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the United States for disposal.

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environmental controls. The new PCB

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tions and ratified the Basel Convention,

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which is a global convention dealing with the control of transboundary move

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1995 Interim Order under the Canadian

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ing a US decision to open its border to Canadian PCB wastes.

Under the Basel Convention, which

Canada ratified in August 1992,Canada is legally bound to ensure that exported PCB wastes are managed in an environ mentally sound manner. The decision to allow exports to the US for specified destruction only follows the agreement last November by provincial, territorial and federal environment ministers to put in place a Canada-wide ban on landfilling wastes with a concentration of PCBs in excess of 50 parts per million.

What the new regs will do The new regulations will ensure that PCB wastes exported to the US are treated as rigorously as they would be in Canada. The regulations ensure that Canadian PCB wastes exported to the US cannot be landfilled, but must be sent

to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved facilities for thermal,

ment of hazardous wastes. The Con ments such as the 1986 Canada-USA Movement of Hazardous Waste. The Basel Convention has not been ratified

by the US. •December 1994,the US EPA proposed What is the difference between to amend its PCB regulations to allow Canadian and US requirements? limited PCB waste import/export; the Both Canada and the US routinely anticipated border opening was midship hazardous wastes (other than PCB 1996 for PCB waste imports. wastes)across the border for destruction • October 26, 1995, without notifying under the 1986 Canada-USA Agree Canada, the US EPA pre-empted its ment. Since 1980, and until recently, regulatory amendments by beginning to the US EPA had a PCB waste import/ grant discretionary permission to some export ban.

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tive November 15, 1995.

• November 20, 1995, Canada made an Interim Order under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to amend

the 1990PCB Waste Export Regulations to stop PCB waste shipments to the US. The Interim Order provided time for Canada to assure itself that PCB wastes,

if exported, would be managed in an en vironmentally sound manner.

•February 26,1996,Canada announced that it was waiting for the finalization of new US rules governing the import of PCB wastes. The new US rule open ing their border to PCB waste imports was issued in March 1996. Following a

use of waste manifests and certificates

50 ppm of PCBs. Each jurisdiction is in the process of incorporating this ban in their respective legislation.

PCB waste exports Polychlorinated biphenyls were never manufactured in Canada. They were imported from the US in the 1930s and used extensively in electrical equip ment, such as transformers and capaci tors, as well as in hydraulic fluids. Fed eral jurisdiction over PCBs includes transboundary movement of PCB wastes and the management of PCB

of disposal,including any residues from

wastes at federal facilities. Provincial

decontamination of these wastes that

jurisdiction includes intra-provincial shipment and the disposal at provincial

• October 5, 1996, PCB Waste Export Regulations, 1996 setting out the crite ria for PCB waste exports were pub

facilities.

lished in Canada Gazette, Part I. A 60-

chemical or other forms of destruction,

including new technologies which de stroy PCBs as effectively as chemical or thermal destruction, provided that these methods are EPA approved dis posal operations.

The regulations also set out a more efficient and effective tracking system for PCB wastes going to the US. This will be accomplished through prior no tification and consent and requires the

still meet the definition of PCB waste.

There is also a requirement to make al ternative arrangements should a ship ment not be able to be destroyed as set out in the approved notice.

The regulations also ensure that Canadian standards for handling PCB wastes are applied to exports. For in stance, electrical transformers must be

Milestones

careful evaluation of the US rule, the

Minister of the Environment, on Sep tember 26, 1996, announced that the Canadian/US border would soon be

opened to the export of Canadian PCB wastes.

day period for public review and com

• 1990, PCB Waste Export Regulations

ment followed. The Canada Gazette,

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tection Act (CEPA) were put in place banning PCB waste exports to all coun tries except the US. The exception was made to allow US government-owned

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Environmental History

Environment Canada -

25 years of achievement June 11, 1996 marked the 25th anniversary of Environment Canada as a federal department; it was established on June 11, 1971. Canada was the second country in the world (after France) to establish a formal Ministry of Environment.

The Department of Environment, as it was then known, began operation with five services drawn from several government departments; Atmospheric Environment Service; Environmental Protection Service; Fisheries Serv ice; Lands, Forests and Wildlife Service; and Water Management Service.

Some of the past achievements include the introduction of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement with the US, the Montreal Protocol for ozone layer protection, the St. Lawrence Action Plan and the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.

In 1996, Environment Canada also marked 125 years of weather services to Canadians, providing a wide range of environmental information including daily forecasts, storm warnings,smog advisories and the UV index.

Important dates in the history ofEnvironment Canada 1971

June 11 - Hon. Jack Davis is appointed Minister of tlie Envi ronment. Robert P. Shaw named Deputy Minister of the En vironment. Elements of other departments are transferred to the new department, i.e., Canadian Meteorological Service from the Department of Transport; air pollution control divi sion from Health and Welfare; water sector from Energy, Mines and Resources; Canadian Wildlife Service from In dian and Northern Affairs.

Weather Service introduces bilingual weather forecasts for Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.

Weather Service provides wind chill readings for Saskatch ewan as a pilot project.

December 31 - Blair Seaborn named Deputy Minister.

1975

January - Treasury Board authorizes Environment Canada to enter into agreements with provinces to carry out water quality surveys.

June 11 - Department of the Environment begins operation with five services: Atmospheric Environment Service(AES), Environmental Protection Service(EPS),Fisheries Service,Land, Forest and Wildlife Service, Water Management Service.

June 23 - Clean Air Act receives Royal Assent.

December 2 - Environmental Contaminants Act receives

October 20 - Jack Davis tells Chemical Institute of Canada

January 22 - Jean Marchand named Minister of the Environ

that,"The polluter must pay." (Joe Greene had said that much earlier.)

October 29 - AES Headquarters building(Downsview)offi cially opened.

1972

March - Canadian Environmental Advisory Council is

Royal Assent.

December 15 - Ocean Dumping Act regulates dumping of hazardous and toxic wastes.

1976 ment. Romeo LeBlanc remains Minister of State for Fisheries.

September 14 - Romeo LeBlanc named Minister of Fisher ies and the Environment.

Pilot project to establish VHF weather broadcast services in Montreal and Vancouver. This is the start of the Weatheradio

system.

formed to advise the Minister on the state of the environment

May 5 - Opening of the new Canada Centre for Inland Wa ters at Burlington, Ontario.

June 5-16 - Minister Jack Davis leads Canadian delegation to United Nations Conference on Human Settlement,at Stock holm. Declaration on the Human Environment sets out 26

principles of international behaviour and responsibility.

1973

January 1 - Reorganization of Environment Canada into two major resource sectors: Fisheries and Marine Service and Environment Services.

December 3 - Dr. Fred Roots named Science Adviser.

December 20 - The federal government establishes Canada's first environmental assessment process to ensure environmen tal effects are taken into account at an early planning stage of projects initiated by or sponsored by the federal government.

1974

April 1 - The government creates the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel under the chairmanship of Dr. Reed Logie.

August 8 - Jeanne Sauve replaces Jack Davis as Minister of the Environment. Romeo LeBlanc is appointed Minister of State for Fisheries.

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1977

January 1 - Canada extends Canadian Fisheries jurisdiction

and threats to it.

to 200 miles.

February - Changes to the environmental assessment proc ess permit the Minister of the Environment to appoint panel members from outside the public service.

August - Forest Pest Management Institute established at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

September 29 - Len Marchand named Minister of State (Environment).

1978

April 24 - Canadian Climate Centre formed in response to growing concern about the impact of climate on food pro duction, water resources, land use and other concerns.

1979

April 1 - Canadian Forestry Service becomes a full service with its own Assistant Deputy Minister. Eastern and Western Forest Product Laboratories become non profit Forintek Canada Corporation funded jointly by federal, provincial gov ernments and the private sector.

April 2 - Government Organization Act 1979 creates Depart ment of Fisheries and Oceans by removing Fisheries and Ma rine Service from Department of Fisheries and the Environment.

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Environmental History April 2 - Len Marchand named Minister of the Environment.

Duties, powers and functions of Minister are revised to in clude, "undertake programs...to ensure that new federal projects... are assessed early in the planning process for po tential effects on the quality of the natural environment and

realistic pricing of municipal water supply and opposes large scale water exports.

November - Revised Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is signed with the US.

the results thereof taken into account."

June - $110 million, five year Action Plan to restore the St.

June 4 - John Eraser named Minister of the Environment.

June 5 - Parks Canada transferred to Environment Canada.

1980

March 3- John Roberts named Minister of the Environment.

August 11 - Reorganization: Environmental Management Service becomes Environmental Conservation Service.

1982

June - Minister John Roberts takes Acid Rain caravan on

tour of Ontario, Quebec and the US to educate the public about the need to stop acid rain.

December 20 - Jacques Gerin named Deputy Minister.

1988 Lawrence River.

June - Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) is proclaimed.

August 23 - PCB fire in St. Basile le Grand leads federal and provincial governments to agree to phase out use of PCBs in Canada by end of 1993.

September - Federal, provincial and territorial wildlife min isters agree to a strategy for the Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife(RENEW).

1989

January 30 - Lucien Bouchard named Minister of the Envi ronment.

1983

August 12 - Charles Caccia named Minister of the Environ ment.

1984

June 21 - Federal government issues Environmental Assess

Marcb - Canada signs global convention on transboundary movement of hazardous wastes. Nations agree to treat wastes as near to source as possible.

May 15 - Len Good named Deputy Minister.

ment and Review Process Guidelines Order and creates the

October 16 - Five year, $125 million program announced to

Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office.

deal with health aspects of pollution, toxic contamination and clean up in Great Lakes basin.

September 17 - Suzanne Blais Grenier named Minister of the Environment.

November 6 - Alex Chisholm named Science Adviser.

September 17 - Canadian Forestry Service transferred to Agriculture Canada.

December - In a judgment on the Rafferty Alameda Dam project in Saskatchewan, the Federal Court of Canada rules

1985

that the Environmental Assessment and Review Process

August 19 - Genevieve St. Marie named Deputy Minister.

August 20 - Tom McMillan named Minister of the Environ

Guidelines Order is no longer discretionary but is a law of general application and enforceable by the courts.

ment.

Canada agrees to Vienna Convention for protection of the ozone layer.

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1986

May - North American Water Fowl Management Plan signed by Canada and the US, a 15 year plan to restore water fowl populations by protecting habitat.

May 13 - First coastal weather buoy is deployed in Douglas Channel, BC. May 15 - First State of the Environment Report for Canada issued by Environ ment Canada and Statistics Canada.

June - Canada is first nation to ratify Vienna Convention for protection of the ozone layer.

October 3 - National Hydrology Re search Centre opened in Saskatoon.

December - Proposed Canadian Envi ronmental Protection Act released for

public discussion.

1987

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Environmental History 1990

1994

Marcli 21 - ECOLOGO program unveils first 10 products to earn the environmental seal of approval, including insulation from recycled wood, cloth diapers and recycled plastic fenc

May - Regulations announced for new chemicals being in troduced to Canada. Chemical companies required to submit

ing.

full information on environmental and health effects.

International Arctic Science Committee to promote coopera tion and environmental protection in the north.

May 9 - Mel Cappe named Deputy Minister.

June - More than 50 countries and international agencies take part in first international environmental assessment summit in Quebec City.

June - Canada signs Oslo protocol to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions. Canada has reduced emissions by almost one third

September 20 - Robert de Cotret named Minister of the

since 1980.

June 18 - Minister of the Environment tables the proposed Canadian Environmental Assessment Act(Bill â&#x201A;Ź78).

August 30 - Canada and seven other countries establish an

Environment.

October 6 - Minister Copps announces list of regulations

November 2 - Eederal panel on tanker safety recommends double hulls for oil tankers and stiff penalties for tanker own ers who break pollution laws.

under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, which

December - Canada's Creen Plan is released. Government

require environmental assessment of projects submitted to a federal department for licence, or authorization, or projects funded or proposed by a federal agency.

commits $3 billion over six years for improvement of the

November - Environment Canada launches The Creen Lane

environment.

on the Internet.

1991

November - Pacific Environmental Science Centre opens in

February 25 - Canada, US and 23 European countries sign treaty to assess environmental impacts of any project that may negatively aifect a neighbouring country.

March 13 - Canada United States Air Quality Accord is

December 22 - Eederal government establishes the Cana dian Environmental Assessment Agency and appoints Michel Dorais as its first president.

signed.

April 21 - Jean Charest named Minister of the Environment.

June 1 - $100 million Eraser River Action Plan announced.

1992

February - Federal Budget cuts eliminate Canadian Envi ronmental Advisory Council.

March - Globe '92 attracts bnsiness and governments from 74 countries to the second biennial conference and trade fair

in Vancouver. Environmental protection is now a $10 billion industry employing between 50,000 and 100,000 in Canada.

May 27 - Start of UV Advisory program. Daily Ultra Violet Ray index helps Canadians decide how much time they can safely spend in the sun.

Vancouver.

1995

January 19 - Proclamation of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act brings the Act and its regulations into force.

February 20 - Environment and Energy Ministers approve climate change action program.

April - Policy on Greening Government Operations is ap proved.

April 13 - Ozone layer at near record low.

April 30 - G7 Environmental Ministers meet in Hamilton.

December 21 - Canada BC agreement combines delivery of federal and provincial laboratory science under Environment Canada.

June - Code of Environmental Stewardship adopted.

Council of Federal Libraries institutes the Agatha Bystram Award to honor leadership role of former departmental li

June - Rio Summit United Nations Conference on Environ

brarian of Environment Canada.

ment and Development at Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Canada signs Biodiversity Convention.

January 25 - Sergio Marchi named Minister of the Environ

1993

March - Environment Canada announces National Pollutant

1996 ment.

June 11 - Environment Canada 25th Anniversary as a federal

Release Inventory to track emissions of 178 substances that

department established on June 11, 1971.

threaten health or the environment.

July 30 - The Barge Irving Whale successfully raised 26-

March - Canadian Meteorological Centre in Montreal ob

years after sinking to the bottom of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

tains a $43.6 million super computer for use in weather fore

September 19 - Canada signed with eight Arctic members,

casting and study of air quality.

the Declaration on the establishment of the Arctic Council.

October 1 - Environment Minister announces new low sul

June - First Weather Services Office in Canada opens at Kelowna, BC. June 25 - Pierre Vincent named Minister of the Environment.

phur diesel regulations to improve air quality.

Nick Mulder named Deputy Minister.

dangered Species Protection Act, the first-ever federal legis lation to give comprehensive protection to endangered spe

June 25 - Parks Canada transferred to the new Department of Canadian Heritage.

July - Environment Canada signs agreement with Hewlett Packard for transfer of technology developed by scientists at River Road Environmental Technology Centre. Royalties will fund further research by DOE. November 4 - Sheila Copps named Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment.

December - Environment Canada and partners establish three regional technology centres,including Canadian Environmen tal Technology Advancement Corp. in Winnipeg.

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October 31 - Environment Minister tables the Canada En

cies from coast to coast.

November 20 - The Canadian Council of Ministers of the

Environment approve in principle, a Canada-wide Accord designed to harmonize environmental protection across Canada.

December 10 - Environment Minister introduces a bill to

modernize and strengthen the Canadian Environmental Pro tection Act(CEPA) to better protect the health and environ

ment of Canadians from the threat of pollution.

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Carlsbad Springs is located approxi mately 20km from the RMOC's central water supply system. It has a long his tory of well-water quality and quantity problems. Several conventional system altematives(an extension of the regional system, a communal well system and private connections) were initially in vestigated for providing water to the area. However, all these options were found to be prohibitively costly.

In 1993, a study was undertaken to assess the feasibility of providing pota ble water to the area from the central

supply using a "trickle-feed" or"steadyflow" system. The steady-flow system design is unique in that it requires a small storage tank (or cistern) and pres sure pump to be installed in each indi vidual dwelling. The tank, which pro vides "balancing" storage inside each home, is filled at a steady rate from the distribution system. Also, since inhouse plumbing fixture pressure is pro vided by the pressure pump,higher than normal pressure losses can be tolerated in the main distribution system. By re ducing peak flows and allowing higher velocities in the distribution system, watermains can be sized smaller than

The Chain Trencher with a 200mm HOPE pipe in the chute with the chain and chute exposed. tion costs can be reduced significantly.

watermain materials, and an assessment

This construction method is limited to

of the material and appropriate jointing methods was required. HDPE pipe has a number of advantages over other pipe

smaller diameter pipes, probably less than 300mm diameter,and requires long continuous pipe sections such as those which may be provided by high density polyethylene(HOPE)pipe material with butt-fused joints. The production rates for this installation method are much

higher than a conventional open-cut method, with a corresponding reduction in construction costs. It is noted that

during construction of the Carlsbad Springs system, over 1200m of watermain was installed in a single day using the chain trencher.

By combining the steady-flow water supply technology and the chain trencher installation method, it was es

timated that capital costs for Carlsbad Springs could be reduced by up to 66% from conventional water supply instal

materials in that it is flexible, resistant

to corrosion and very smooth-walled.

Butt-fusing watermain sections and electro-fusing service saddles eliminates all gasket-type joints, providing a leakfree system, which can significantly re duce unaccounted-for-water in long lengths of piping.

To ensure that the chain trencher rep resented a feasible method for install

ing watermains to the necessary depth, a field test installation was undertaken in the fall of 1994. Watermains were

successfully installed 2.4m beneath the road shoulder between the paved road way and a 2m deep ditch. Because the excavated trench was only 380mm(15") wide, this resulted in minimal distur

lations.

bance to the paved road surface or the

The steady-flow water supply tech nology used in Carlsbad Springs is new to Ontario, although it has been success fully used for water supply systems in

ditch.

western Canada. As such, the Province

This test did, however, point to the need for implementing construction methods and restoration methods which

would normally be the case for a con ventional system.

By using a chain-trenching excava

of Ontario provided partial funding for this alternative water supply system.

tor, similar to that often used to install

The remainder of the costs were borne

agricultural drains, watermain installa-

directly by the home-owners benefitting from the system. It is also noted that high density polyethylene is not in

would minimize the impact to the road surface. This required special needs in different areas, depending on the local soil conditions. During the construction of the Carlsbad Springs system, it was found that directional drilling also proved to be a feasible and cost-effec

cluded in the RMOC's standards for

tive method for installation of the HDPE

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Drinking Water, cont'1 pipe, particularly in areas where ground

and water efficient fixture in

conditions and surface restoration re

stallations. The sensitivity analysis compared the cost per home for the various al ternatives. The preferred design flow rate was deter

quirements did not suit the trencher in stallation method.

During the development of the steady-flow system for Carlsbad Springs, several alternative design cri teria were considered. The system is designed to provide each home with

mined based on the esti

mated demand of a six-per son household, and the as

water at a constant rate over a 24-hour

sumption that each indi

period. The water is stored in the cistern and pumped to fixtures when needed. As

ing to the project should re

vidual household contribut

water is drawn from the tank,it is refilled

ceive identical water flow.

continuously, day and night as required.

To establish the optimum combination of flow rate and storage tank size,a detailed analysis of in-house water uses was first undertaken. Water consumption and us age rates were initially estimated for dif

Smaller storage tanks were ÂĽ preferred, as these are less costly, may be moved through doorways more easily and The Chain Trencher installing a 250mm HDPE pipe lessened the potential for long

ferent fixtures, such as toilets, showers,

in the road shoulder.

retention times in the tanks

laterals was $2.9M, or $86/m for the

narios were then assessed, based on vari

which could impact water quality. The selected flow rate, required to meet the demands of a six person home with a 550L cistern, was found to be 2700L/day.

ous numbers of uses and times of uses

Recommended tank sizes for smaller

were as low as $50/m for 150mm diam

for the different fixtures, which vary by the number of persons living in a house

homes varied from 450L to 550L.

eter pipe. In-house component costs, including the storage tank, meter set, flow controls and pressure pump varied from $1200 to $1500 per home.

To ensure that the steady flow sys tem functions as designed, a year long monitoring program has been initiated.

This includes monitoring of the water levels in the in-house storage tanks to ensure that the supply rate and tank sizes are adequate to meet the individual user needs. A water quality monitoring pro

baths, dishwashers and clothes washing machines. Alternative water demand sce

hold. The assessment also evaluated the

impacts of existing fixtures versus the newer fixmres designed to reduce water use.

Since the steady-flow system for Carlsbad Springs was developed to

Within each home, several simple components are required so the steadyflow system can function as designed.

The supply pipe requires a pressure re ducing valve and flow regulating valve to maintain a constant in-coming flow.

The storage tank includes high and low

minimize the risk to health, it was de

water cutoff switches, set to shut off the

signed to provide potable water for inhouse use only. Outdoor uses and fire protection are not considered in the de sign. Home-owners are, however, per mitted to maintain their existing private wells for outdoor use, provided they are

incoming supply when the tank is filled, and set to shut down the pressure pump when the tank level drops below a speci fied minimnm.

disconnected and isolated from the in

The Carlsbad Springs project in volved the installation of approximately 33.5km of HDPE watermain ranging

door plumbing.

from 75mm to 200mm diameter. Over

Because of the variables involved,

550 service laterals were also installed

sensitivity analyses were undertaken to determine the optimum combination of incoming flow rates, storage tank sizes

as part of the project. The total cost for supply and installation of all watermains, appurtenances and service

IN-HOUSE STORAGE TANK VOLUME Typical Weekday Usage

entire system. Watermain installation costs alone, using HDPE pipe and the chain trenching excavation method,

gram has also been initiated, which will measure specific water quality param eters to ensure that the consumers are

receiving high quality water at-the-tap.

The biggest advantages of the steadyflow system are likely to be realized in areas where long lengths of distribution piping are required to service sparsely developed areas. Aside from the saving in smaller diameter watermains (in stalled by means of a chain-trencher), other high-cost items such as booster

pump stations and reservoirs may also be avoided in these cases. In view of

the potentially high costs of servicing rural and/or remote areas with potable water, this technology could be ex tremely beneficial in reducing costs to feasible levels. Since the steady-flow

system offers the potential for signifi cant cost savings when compared to

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New legislation wiii target materials in contact with drinking water

Health Canada has proposed

Drinking Water Materials Safety Legislation which

sumer to operate and maintain these devices safely.

would set national health-

based performance standards for drink ing water materials, water treatment

ance of water treatment devices and the

safety of additives and of system com ponents marketed in Canada, whether manufactured domestically or imported

devices, water treatment additives, and

water supply system components. These materials would be certified by accred ited third-party organizations.

Q. Why is it required?

A.The purpose of the Act is to prevent unsafe drinking water materials from being sold in or imported into Canada.

Some drinking water materials may con taminate drinking water, e.g. by leach ing lead, or they may fail to destroy micro-organisms - this could put the health of Canadians at risk.

There is no federal law mandating the safety of drinking water materials. Cur rently, only 30% of product models of components and devices sold in Canada are certified to accepted North Ameri can health-based standards.

Q. What are they?

A. Drinking water materials under this proposal, are products that touch our drinking water. Under the Drinking Water Materials Safety Act, these prod ucts fall into three categories: treatment devices,treatment additives, and system components.

•Treatment devices are used by consum ers to treat water, for example, water pitcher filters.

ter material industry.

Q. Where will it apply?

A.Mandatory standards will, where nec essary, regulate the safety and perform

from abroad.

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A. Implementation of this legislation will be phased in over two to five years.

Consultation will be held with stake

Q. Who will benefit?

A.This initiative will provide enhanced health protection for all Canadian con sumers. Consumers will also be pro tected from false or misleading health and safety advertising and promotional claims. Government action will ensure

harmonized standards resulting in a level-playing field for the drinking wa

holders throughout the process.

Q. What will companies have to do?

A. Manufacturers wishing to sell prod ucts in Canada will have them tested and

certified that they meet the health stand ards referenced in the regulations. Cer tification will be granted by a third-party organization accredited by the Standards Council of Canada.

Peterborough well drilling company fined $10,000 A Peterborough well drilling company was fined $10,000 in December 1996, and placed on probation for two years after pleading guilty to 18 counts involv ing environmental discharges,improper well construction and faulty reporting practices. The company,Faulkner Well Drilling Co. Ltd., was charged in May

porting information on the well records or in improperly testing the well yield.

Faulkner Well Drilling was fined $4,000 under section 14(1)of the Envi ronmental Protection Act for discharg ing silt and sandy water that was likely

1996 with 77 counts under the Ontario

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Water Resources Act and the Environ

Ontario Water Resources Act and its

to harm the environment.

The remainder of the fine was im

regulations, including: Charges were laid following an in • using improper methods to test well • Treatment additives, such as chlorine, vestigation by the Ontario Ministry of water yield; are used at municipal treatment plants Environment and Energy of about 220 • failing to properly case wells; and in private wells. wells built in 1994 and 1995 by Faulkner • providing false information on well •System components range from house Well Drilling. The investigation was records; hold plumbing and faucets to municipal spurred by complaints from owners of •failing to notify the ministry or the well pipes, pumps and storage tanks. wells constructed by the company owner of natural gas being encountered; Q.Is our tap water safe?

•failing to install a flow device. throughout south eastern Ontario.

A.Health Canada says yes,in most cases Many people living in Ontario de The investigation found that: Canadians enjoy reasonably high qual • A small portion (one to two percent) pend on wells as their source of drink ity tap water. The purpose of this legis ing water. There are approximately of the audited wells had construction lation is to ensure that it does not be violations that led to water quality and 750,000 water wells across the province. come contaminated by the materials it environmental problems. Owners with Each year about 10,000 to 20,000 new comes into contact with. identified water quality problems were wells are reported. These include Q.Is my treatment device unsafe? drilled, bored and dug wells. notified during the investigation.

A. If not used or maintained correctly, Once the well is constructed, it is the • In another 10 to 12 percent of the au water treatment devices may become well owner's responsibility to monitor dited wells,improper construction prob breeding grounds for potentially harm and maintain it to prevent contamina lems were identified that could lead to ful bacteria. The Act will ensure that tion of the well or the aquifer. Well an increased risk of well supply con appropriate labelling and maintenance tamination. owners can have their water tested by instructions, from a health perspective, • In ninety-five percent of the audited local health units or send samples to a are provided with these products. How private laboratory for analysis. wells, there were problems either in re mental Protection Act.

ever, the onus would still be on the con

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Back to odour control basics

Odour is perhaps the most

pressing of all air quality problems. The presence of odour in ambient air may or may not represent a health risk but no other air pollution problem will provoke such an immediate response. People in the wake of an odorous source are quick to respond to facility managers and regu latory agencies.

The key to controlling odour sources is to be able to quantify them. Often it is possible to control odour sources with simple and inexpensive methods but the level of control required cannot always be easily judged.

A response to odour is a subjective

strate the typical scatter of results asso ciated with odour panel testing.

It is possible to collect odour sam ples from nearly any source either by direct sampling from ducts and stacks or by using a flux chamber which can quantify the odorous off-gasing from any solid or liquid surface.

It is not always necessary to make measurements of specific odour sources since odour emissions can frequently be estimated using published data. This is possible if the chemical emission rates are known or can be easily estimated with standard methods. Odorous emis

Operational changes are often over looked since they tend to cause prob lems with production or personnel or they may simply not be possible. They include techniques such as replacing odorous solvents and chemicals with

alternative compounds. Rescheduling certain odorous processes so they do not coincide with one another may be ben eficial. It may not be any one specific process that triggers odour complaints but a cumulative effect of two or more processes.

Dilution is usually the least expen sive method of dealing with odorous

sions which are a result of one particu lar compound are easily quantified in

sources from enclosed structures. If it

matter and varies from individual to in

this manner.

emissions from a facility via fumehoods

dividual. Odour strength can be meas ured in an objective manner based on the statistical analysis of a group re sponse to a specific odour. The concen tration of an odour is typically expressed in terms of odour units(OU)per cubic metre of air. An odour unit is the quan tity of odorous substance that, when dis persed in one cubic metre of odour-free air, becomes just detectable by a 'nor mal' human observer whose sensitivity to the odorant represents the average of the population. The threshold of odour

fectively quantified, wind tunnel testing or numerical modelling may show that the off-site impact of the odour is not serious enough to require any controls at all. This will not likely be the case however,if a facility has an odour com plaint history.

If an odour source is emanating from a building or enclosed structure via stacks, windows, vents or other aper tures in the building, it is always possi ble to mitigate the problem. Outdoor or

with enough non-odorous air before they exit the building, the odour problem is solved. This can often be accomplished with a few simple changes to existing mechanical systems. Low flow odour sources, such as small paint booth ex hausts, can be ducted into high flow air

detection is thus defined as 1 OU/m'.

uncontained sources such as landfills,

pact.

Odour strength is determined by col lecting samples of odorous emissions in sampling bags and submitting them to a test panel. These panels are typically made up of six to nine members, all of whom have been screened through a standardized test for olfactory sensitiv ity. This ensures that the results are con servative since odour panels are made up of individuals with "better noses" than the general population. The panelists are given increasing concen trations of the odour sample through one randomly selected 'smelling' port in a two or three port system.

The panelists are requested to choose the port from which they believed the sample was coming. The other port(s) contain pure odourless air. When all the panelists have detected the odour, the responses are plotted up and a curve is fitted through the points. Some typical odour response curves are depicted in Figures 1 and 2. The figures demon

sewage treatment plants or composting facilities present a much greater prob

Regulatory agencies may have a problem with simply diluting an emis sion source if it also represents a chemi cal hazard as well as an odour impact.

Once an odour source has been ef

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exhausts, such as waste heat vents, and

completely eliminate an odour problem.

Redesign of the exhaust system to throw the exhaust plume higher into the air can also be effective in reducing odour im

Sources from buildings can be typi cally mitigated in one of three ways: operational changes, dilution, or instal

In this case, control methods that reduce

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By John DeYoe* mitigate odour sources fall into three categories: adsorbent collectors, wet

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scrubbers and thermal destruction.

Adsorbent collectors are typically composed of activated charcoal(or simi

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landfills, sewage treatment plants and composting facilities are frequently

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more difficult to deal with. Odour emis

sions from these types of sources gen erally have to be handled through modi fying operational activities.

One method of dealing with these sources is to limit the off gasing surface area to as small an area as possible. The

site odour impact. This method is par ticularly effective when dealing with the odour problems emanating from the working face of landfills.

Many unenclosed odour sources are caused by biological activity and cover ing the odorous surface may limit the oxy gen available. The restriction of oxygen may trigger a change in the biological ac tivity from aerobic to anaerobic (without air) activity. This can have disastrous ef fects in terms of odour impact since the byproducts of anaerobic biological activ ity often include reduced sulphur com pounds which are extremely odorous. In composting operations, and other similar

surface odour flux should be determined

activities, odour can sometimes be con

to find the largest practical area which can be exposed without having an off-

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not simply a masking of them. They may also require that you demonstrate that there is no adverse impact as a re sult of emissions caused by the deodor ant. Nevertheless,these deodorants may provide effective short-term solutions for specific cases.

In summary, the first step in odour control is proper characterization. Fol lowing the characterization, an appro priate control technique may be devel oped,based on the odour strength,chemi cal composition, and type of source.

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Environmental Law

The new CEPA and its implications for the water and wastewater industry

The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) was passed in 1988. In order to

provide for new develop ments, the 1988 Act stipulated that within five years of enactment, a Par liamentary Committee would undertake a review of its provisions. In June 1994, the House of Commons Standing Com mittee on Environment and Sustainable

Development began a comprehensive review of CEPA,including public hear ings across Canada. Based on the re sults of that Committee's report,the fed eral goverment has developed the new Canadian Environmental Protection

Act, which was presented in Parliament for first reading on December 10,1996.

Built on the foundations of the origi nal CEPA, the new legislation encom passes four major areas of change: • pollution prevention; •controlling toxics, pollutants and waste;

•improved enforcement; and •greater citizen participation.

A number of the changes in each of these areas have the

ing and implementing controls to man age toxic substances within three-anda-half years of their being found to be toxic. Regulations governing the assess ment and testing of new substances en tering Canada will be extended to sub stances whose use or volume of use has

changed dramatically.

One quarter of Canadians place wa ter quality as a priority item on the govemment's environmental agenda. The new CEPA responds to this with provi sions to protect the marine environment from airborne and land-based pollution.

The legislation also specifies what can be disposed of at sea, and specifies that the disposal of waste at sea must be shown to be the environmentally pre ferred and practical option.

Biotechnology (the use of living or ganisms or parts of living organisms for

To resolve environmental infractions

more quickly and economically,the new Environmental Protection Alternative

Measures Program (EPAM) permits some violators to negotiate with the fed eral government to correct the violation.

Those who cause serious or irreversible

harm to the environment, or who are

repeat offenders, are not eligible for EPAM.

CEPA will continue to provide au thority to make certain offences ticketable and to establish fines for these of

fences. The Act also permits Environ mental Protection Compliance Orders, legal orders used to stop illegal activi ties or to require action to correct a vio lation.

Public participation and right to sue The new CEPA offers greater opportunity than ever to participate

The new legislation provides expanded powers for inspectors, including the use of inspection warrants, and creates a new category of officer with additional powers of investigation.

potential to affect the water and wastewater industry.

Pollution prevention The priority approach adopted in the

assessed under the new CEPA for both

health and environmental risks before

is, an anticipate-and-prevent approach from the beginning of a process. It at tempts to ensure a shift from reactive to proactive, preventative thinking. The new CEPA provides the authority to re quire pollution prevention plans for sub

entering the Canadian marketplace. It provides the authority to develop regu lations addressing the safe and effective use of biotechnology. This provision has the potential to affect wastewater treat ment plants in the future, as living or ganisms are incorporated into waste-

stances declared toxic under CEPA

(Chlorinated Municipal Effluents are one such substance). In addition, vol untary pollution prevention planning is recognized with an awards program for industry, and a national pollution pre vention clearing-house is established.

Industry can share knowledge of pol lution prevention technologies through this clearing-house.

Controlling toxics, pollutants and waste

In the new CEPA, changes to the process of identifying, screening and assessing toxic substances have been incorporated in order to make the assess ment process more efficient and timely.

The new CEPA provides for develop

in decisions made under

CEPA. Canadians will have

the right to sue for damage to the environment when the

government does not enforce its laws, and have greater rights to take action against violators. There is also the

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provision to create a new comprehen sive public registry ofenvironmental in formation published under CEPA. Assessment

such as the sudden release of a hazard

The original CEPA had a number of provisions which applied to the wastewater industry in particular. The new CEPA changes the focus of some of these provisions, emphasizing pre vention of pollution, taking into account advances in technology, and improving enforcement of CEPA provisions. The water and wastewater industry should remain attentive to CEPA requirements, and be prepared to meet all the implica

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tions of these.

legislation will now cover prevention, preparedness,response and recover, and provide authority to adopt regulations, standards, guidelines, and codes of prac tice related to environmental emergen

It is also important to note that the new CEPA provides greater access for

water treatment processes.

The new CEPA addresses concems

about how government and industry re spond to environmental emergencies,

cies.

Improved enforcement The new legislation provides ex panded powers for inspectors,including the use of inspection warrants, and cre ates a new category of officer with ad

consultation, review and comment on

action taken or proposed under CEPA. The water and wastewater industry may wish to take advantage of the increased opportunity to contribute to environ mental decision-making, and to moni tor CEPA initiatives.

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operations usually in volve de-watering and may also interfere with surface water resources.

Quarries which ex tend below the ground

well as for residential,commercial and in

water table are de-

watered to maintain dry operating conditions.

A portion of the accu mulated water may be used for aggregate processing.

Dewatering of an excavation usually re sults in a lowering of the ground water table around the quarry. The

Greater Toronto Area. As namral depos its of sand and gravel are depleted, the emphasis shifts to the quarry for meeting our growing demand.

The siting and/or expansion of a quarry, be it for aggregate or for other uses, can be a daunting affair for the pro fessional. Not only are there numerous approvals required to address planning and environmental legislation in many jurisdictions, but there are also the public

water table is lowest at the face of the excava

tion and generally recovers exponentially with distance from the face. Based on

studies at various quarries in Ontario, the measurable changes in the ground water table are usually limited to a distance of 500 to 1,000 m away from the face of the

concerns that must be resolved. Quarries

excavation.

can be almost as controversial as landfill

It is noted that physical features such as the Niagara Escarpment, lakes and large rivers can represent major hydrogeological boundary conditions which would normally limit the extent of the cone ofinfluence. The following sections discuss the effects of typical quarry op

sites. Public opposition can be as intense.

However, with a knowledgeable and ex perienced team of professionals, the is sues can be addressed and the necessary approvals obtained.

One of these issues is environmental

protection. Although the environment is broadly defined, the principal areas of in terest with respect to quarries are noise, dust, odour/emissions, vegetation/habitat including wetlands, wildlife, water qual ity, and water quantity associated with both ground water and surface water resources.

The impact of a quarry on the envi ronment depends in part on the nature of the physical setting and the type of quarry 'Principal, dagger Hims Limited 48

balance in the wetland. However, this

type of a feamre may be affected hydraulically by loss of surface water run-off.

This aspect can be determined in advance and mitigated if necessary.

crease in order to ex

dustrial buildings, most of which require some form of aggregate.

Based on a report prepared by The Oak Ridges Moraine Aggregate Committee, the projected annual production of aggre gate in Ontario for the period 1996 to the year 2000 is 192 million tonnes, of which 72 million tonnes will be consumed in the

wetland is separated from the ground wa ter table, a lowering of the water table should not measurably affect the water

erations on natural and man-made features

which must be addressed as part of the approvals process.

1. Wetlands can occur as a.perched fea ture or as a ground water discharge fea ture. A perched wetland consists of an isolated water system usually in a topo graphic depression, the bottom of which is covered by a low permeability soil. It is sustained by surface water run-off and is separated from the underlying natural ground water table. Since the perched

A wetland which receives ground wa ter discharge as input to the water balance may be more sensitive to a lowering of the ground water table. A lowered water table would reduce the ground water dis charge to the wetland and thus alter the water balance. The magnitude of the al teration can be estimated, based on de

tailed hydrogeological investigations. If necessary, remedial measures such as a ground water recharge system or a cut off wall, can be incorporated into the site plans to provide protection to a wetland.

2. Watercourses can occur as both influ

ent and exfluent streams/rivers depend ing on their position with respect to the local hydrogeological setting. An exfluent water course occurs above the surround

ing ground water table, and thus should not be significantly influenced by a low ering of the water table.

However,the change of watershed area can alter the flow characteristics. For an

influent water course, which receives

ground water discharge, the lowering of the ground water table will result in a

Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1997

By Douglas E. Jagger, P.Eng. diminution of water from discharge, and may ultimately result in leakage from the water course through the bottom

through a ground water recharge system.

5. Water wells are the principal source of

sediments. The amount of water loss

dustrial development in rural areas. Most quarries are also located in rural areas.

needs to be assessed with respect to the

water for residential, commercial and in

low flow characteristics of the water

The limestone and dolostone rock forma

course and to changes in the aquatic en vironment. The significance can be de termined through detailed hydrogeological studies and, if necessary, remedi

tions that are mined in quarries for aggre gate in southern Ontario are often ground water aquifers and thus also represent the water source for many wells.

Where this situation exists, ground water lowering may affect the water sup ply of wells in the following ways:

ated as discussed under wetlands.

3. Lakes and ponds are features that are important to the environment. Ponds are

• Close to the excava tion where the draw

down is the greatest, shallow wells could

become dry, and deeper wells may lose capacity.

respect to ground water movement.

• Pumping test or tests to simulate the drawdown effects of the quarry. A typical test may have a duration of several weeks.

•Ground water level and chemistry moni toring.

• Surface water monitoring.

Based on these data, the quarry can be conceptually or numerically modelled to assess potential impacts on the ground water and surface water resources. Part

of the assessment would include a water

budget to account for water accumulation in the base as the quarry expands, and water use for processing and discharge.

Water accumulates in the quarry from ground water discharge and precipitation.

In Ontario, for situations where more

than 50,000 litres per day of water are • Further from the ex used, a Pennit To Take Water is required. cavation where the Likewise,any water that is removed from drawdown is much less the quarry requires a Certificate of Ap pronounced, shallow proval for discharge. and deep wells may Rehabilitation is probably the singleboth lose some degree most important measure to minimize the of capacity. However, long-term environmental impacts associ the effects may not be ated with the development of a quarry. By noticeable to the well its nature, a quarry could seldom be re owner, particularly in turned to its original use or condition. the case ofdeeper wells. Thus, a new land use is often planned.

In most cases, the Some possible after-uses include: water supply can be re • Aquatic, that is a lake. stored by deepening the • Fill. Some quarries are suitable and can well. Other remediation be approved as "inert fill" sites or as methods such as artifi landfill sites. An example is the Glenridge cial recharge, trucked Quarry Landfill Site in St. Catharines, water stored in a cistern

or a communal system

more sensitive to quarry dewatering than lakes, mainly due to their smaller size.

Aside from aquatic resources, ponds can also act as reservoirs that regulate re charge into the ground water system.

During wet periods, water is retained in ponds and then released gradually into the ground water system during drier periods.

Ponds are similar" to wetlands in that they can occur as either a perched feature or as a ground water discharge feature.

Lakes, on the other hand, are potentially sensitive to the loss of surface water run

off through the reduction of the catchment area and loss of ground water discharge.

Effects can be determined in advance and

remediated if necessary.

4. Springs occur as a result of ground water discharge often near the contact between two rock formations, at bedding planes or major fractures in the rock on an exposed rock slope or escarpment. A quarry operation could reduce the ground water flow to the springs. The degree to which a spring is affected is site specific.

This effect can be remediated if necessary

are available.

As part of the approval process in many jurisdictions, the quarry site must be studied to determine the potential en vironmental effects. Even without con

trolling legislation, a prudent owner will conduct such studies to limit future liabil

ity. The nature and level of detail of hydrogeologic studies to address the types of concerns noted above are site specific.

However, some of the methods available are discussed below.

• Geologic mapping of surficial features to determine the degree and nature offrac tures, the presence of anomalies such as sinkholes or karst topography, and other pertinent features.

• Borehole drilling for stratigraphic con trol. Core samples can be used for qual ity testing. A ground water monitor or monitors can be installed in the borehole.

• Surface and downhole geophysics to provide additional structural and stratigraphic data.

• Pressure packer hydraulic conductivity testing to provide a profile of the rock with

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Ontario.

• Passive.

• Enhanced.

Buschart Gardens in

Victoria, British Columbia is an example of an enhanced land use.

• Natural environment. Rehabilitated

quarries can provide valuable habitats for unique plant and animal communities and may act as havens for rare or endangered species. An example is the Kerncliff Quarry in Burlington, Ontario.

The quarry will continue to be an im portant source of building materials for generations into the future. The quarry can also co-exist with the environment

when properly planned, developed and operated. There may be some short-term impacts, though many, if not all, can be mitigated. Proper rehabilitation can pro vide a unique and valuable environmen tal resource for future generations to en joy. What a thrill to stand on the brow of an abandoned quarry carved into the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, watching a red-tailed hawk soar along the face in search of food!

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Environmental Perspective

By David J. Sperling, Dipl.T., B.Sc.

The environment and our impact on it - Part a In Part I, the author linked our

fluorine in their bodies and as a result

environmental problems with

develop fluorosis which causes occur rences of poor health and associated lower animal value or poor survival ca pability in animals such as cows and sheep {Moroz, 1989).

As well as attacking living things, atmospheric pollutants also affect ma terials. Sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere form acidic compounds

the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. In Part II he takes a

multldisciplinary approach to the various factors influencing environmental deterioration,

beginning with air pollution.

Air pol utants are defined as

being substances that, when present in the atmosphere, adversely affect the health of humans, animals, plants, or microbial life; damage materials; or interfere with the enjoyment or use of property {Moroz, 1989). The earliest anthropo genic air pollutant was smoke. Manmade air pollution started when our an cestors first used fire for warmth and

cooking.

In London, England, coal smoke combined with the fog to create what is now known as smog. From the late 1880's to the mid-1950's, smog-related deaths were quite prevalent. In 1952, the London smog disaster occurred. On Thursday, December 4,1952,a tempera ture inversion formed over the city of London resulting in the formation of a

fog. Since there was a high usage of coal-fired heating and power production systems, the levels of particulates and sulphur dioxide increased, resulting in high levels of pollution in the air. This sulphur dioxide-laden smog irritated human respiratory passages and was the

that attack metals. These acid com

pounds are commonly termed "acid rain". Oxidants, such as ozone cause synthetics such as plastics, and rubber

water vapour, but there are 20 green house gases which also contribute to the greenhouse effect. These gases include

carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide (N^O), methane, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, many CECs and low altitude ozone. Methane is 20-30 times more

effective than carbon dioxide at trapping radiation, and CECs are up to 20,000 times as effective as carbon dioxide

{Barrow, 1995). This is the process that has kept our planet warm for millions

of years. The CO^, water vapour,ozone, and several other naturally occurring

to undergo accelerated aging which af

gases absorb some of the heat which

fects both the strength and colour of the materials {Moroz, 1989).

radiates from the earth's surface and re

The Greenhouse Effect

When people hear the term air pollu tion, the phrase 'Greenhouse Effect' comes to mind and with it the phenom ena of global warming. Solar energy passes through the atmosphere where some wavelengths are absorbed by water vapour,dust, and gases, and some is reflected away by clouds. The remain ing incoming radiation reaches the earth's surface and 70 percent is reradiated back at a longer wavelength. It is a portion of this longer wavelength energy which is 'trapped' in the lower atmosphere by water vapour and green house gases, which maintains global temperatures. About 90 percent of the natural greenhouse effect is due to

flects it back. Since fossil fuel emis sions have resulted in an increase of

these greenhouse gases in the atmos phere, this process of trapping and re flecting heat has increased and has been seen as a potential cause of global tem perature increases.

Ever since the start of the Industrial

Revolution in the 1750's, the threat of

global warming has increased, but glo bal warming is a natural process which human action has speeded up. Paleoecology studies of ice cores and sealevel changes indicate that the global mean temperature and atmospheric gas composition varied along with regional climates well before humans started

polluting the world(Barrow, 1995). Vol canic activity, similar to the 1991 Mt.

cause of death for 4,000 elderly people and those with chronic respiratory prob lems by the time the fog lifted 5 days later (Peavy et. ai, 1985).

Later,fuel sources include more than

just coal. Oil, gasoline, and natural gas are other fuels, each of which add new

pollutants into the atmosphere. Sulphur

mn-i"

dioxide (SO^), nitrogen oxides (NO^), carbon dioxide(CO^),and carbon mon oxide(CO) are all released into the air we breathe.

Airborne pollution also affects plants.

An example is fluorine, which affects plants at concentrations several orders of magnitude lower than the concentra tions of fluorine which affect human

Canals were the arteries of the early Industrial Revolution. Pack horses, limited to

health. In some plants, low concentra tions of fluorine are taken up by the

100 kg. loads, could now transport loads of 100 tonnes when towing barges. Sin gle cylinder diesels later displaced the horse. Today, the canals are used mainly for

plants which are then eaten by herbiv

pleasure craft. George Orwell visited this area where he wrote "The Road to WIgan

ores. These herbivores concentrate the

Pier". Photo - T. Davey.

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51

Environmental Perspective Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines has caused climatic changes to occur at many points in the earth's history. The atmosphere is composed of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen,0.9 percent argon, and 0.1 percent trace gases which are involved in global warming. The amounts of these trace greenhouse gases have varied before humans appeared on the earth as a result of volcanic activity, fluctuations in biogeochemical cycles, or climatic changes {Barrow, 1995).

A large majority of the greenhouse gas-related climatic change is caused by carbon dioxide, about 55 percent in 1993. Since the beginning of the Indus trial Revolution,carbon dioxide concen trations have risen from 250 ppmv (parts per million by volume) in 1750, to 315 ppmv in 1957,to 346 ppmv in 1985,and to 350 ppmv in 1989. The predicted carbon dioxide concentration for the

year 2000 is about 560 ppmv unless ac tion is taken to reduce emissions {Bar row, 1995).

Methane levels are thought to have risen from 800 ppbv (parts per billion by volume) in the 1750's to 1700 ppbv by the late 1980's. Methane emissions are generally the result of the decompo sition of organic material by micro-or ganisms under anaerobic conditions (i.e. rice paddies,swamps,coal mines,land fills, and animal digestive tracts). Ap proximately one-fifth of the anthropo genic sources of methane emission are the result of inefficient combustion of

hydrocarbon fuels,charcoal making,and leakage from oil and gas fields and pipe lines {Barrow, 1995).

Man-made air pollutants such as

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which are pend on comes from the aquifers sup found in aerosol propellants and refrig plying freshwater lakes and rivers which eration coolants also play a role in en provide a total of about 7,000 cubic kilo hancing the greenhouse effect. These metres or less and one five-thousandth of all the world's water {McMichael, compounds, when released into the at mosphere react with the ozone layer 1993). present in the stratosphere. This ozone The list of pollutants that have en layer forms when solar ultraviolet(UV) tered the water is vast and varied. Be radiation breaks molecular oxygen(O^) fore the operation of sewage treatment into atomic oxygen(O), which combines plants, raw sewage was dumped directly with molecular oxygen to form ozone into the nearest surface water body, (O3). Through a cycle offormation and which usually doubled as the local decay of ozone, a continuous layer of water supply. This usually promoted the spread of diseases such as the cholera The amounts of these trace epidemic which occurred in 1854 in greenhouse gases have varied London, England {Peavy, et. al, 1985).

As industrialization increased, espe before humans appeared on cially during and after World War II, the the earth as a result of contaminants entering the water did so volcanic activity, fluctuations at high levels since it was erroneously in biogeochemical cycles, thought that nature could handle what or climatic changes. we dumped. ozone is formed which reduces the Water pollution comes from two amount of harmful U V radiation reach source-types: direct discharge and indi ing the earth's surface. The CFCs in the rect discharge. atmosphere, upon entering the strato Direct discharge or point sources are sphere, break up to release chlorine sources that are stationary and include which attacks ozone and strips it of its such facilities as refineries, industries, third oxygen atom. This loss of ozone sewage treatment plants, etc. Indirect results in increased levels of solar discharges include surface runoff offer radiation reaching the earth. Not only tilizers and pesticides from farmland, is this a health risk for organisms, but it and runoff from parking lots. Indirect also increases the amount of heat in the discharges are hard to locate and control. atmosphere. This could lead to shifts in If sufficient nitrogen and phospho climate and increased flooding {Hare, rous enter a water body, the algal com 1989). munity explodes to form enormous al Water Pollution gal blooms which leads to the occur Of all the water present on the earth, rence of eutrophication in the water 98 percent is saltwater and most of the body. This algal growth can do many remaining 2 percent is present as polar things: it makes lakes aesthetically and glacial ice. The freshwater we de unpleasing in both odour and appear-

Cover Story

Pumping keeps historic canal locks open Canals played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution and this engi neering heritage is being preserved in the UK. This flight of 29 canal locks in western England - the longest in Britain -built more than 180 years ago, is working better than ever, thanks to modern engineering and pumping techniques.

Two electric pumps now recycle the huge amounts of water used by the locks and the result is that they can be open to boats every day.

When working together,the pumps can raise 5,(X)0 gallons(over 22,700 litres) a minute to the top of the flight, two and a quarter miles away (about 3.6 km)from the pumping station. This equals filling a lock with 55,000 gallons (nearly 250,000 litres) of water every 11 minutes.

The new British-designed backpumping system resolves a long standing problem of inadequate water supply that reduced the use of the locks to only three days a week to conserve water.

Installing the backpumping system at Devizes,Wiltshire, is the start of a projected multi-million pound restoration scheme that would in clude engineering works, refurbishment of historical structures and improvement of access to the canal environment.

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Environmental Perspective ance, it can be toxic to cattle, affect the

started. Unfortunately, a similar initia

taste of the water, clog filters, and in crease the amount of chemical usage needed to treat the water {Henry, 1989).

tive for the control of emissions into the

In addition to nutrients, we have al

air did not survive long enough to do any good. While effective legislation is a good start, we need the commitment to

lowed toxins to enter our waterways.

adhere to it. In order to follow the laws,

The most insidious of these are the com

all of us have to change our attitude.

There is legislation, in the form of the Environmental Assessment Act(EA Act), which requires very in-depth ex aminations of all positive and negative environmental impacts, altemative tech-

pounds that do not break down, but ac cumulate in the environment instead.

Some, like mercury and cadmium are naturally occurring,others such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) are not.

Between 1953 and

%

ronment? One option is to have an "en vironmental impact tax": the greater the impact a product has on the environ ment, the greater the tax.

Embracing the practice of sustainability and the sustainable environment is another solution. In this practice, more care is taken regarding the use of natural resources and undertaking man agement practices that better use exist ing resources. These practices include a greater emphasis on reusing and re claiming materials, and on farming practices that use fewer chemical

1983, Japanese indus

pesticides and fertiliz

tries released effluents

ers.

high in methyl mercury into Minimata Bay. These methyl mercury compounds entered and

the residents. Between

Sustainable manage ment is the process of using materials (i.e. trees, only cutting what can be replaced) with out creating surpluses.

In any ecosystem there

1953 and 1969, 111

is a built-in mechanism

accumulated in the fish

used as a food supply by

cases of mercury poi soning were recorded {Heinke, 1989b). The regular consumers of mercury-tainted fish

called the carrying ca pacity. This is the maxi mum population of a particular species that a given habitat can sup suffered what became port over a given period known as 'Minimata of time. This also ap disease' which results in plies to our ecosystem, nerve damage, anemia, and we have to recog and birth defects due to While the London cholera epidemic was a tragedy In the mid 1800s, the nize just what the car the accumulation of incident gave rise to an important step in epidemiology. Suspecting the rying capacity is. mercury in their bodies. source of disease was contaminated drinking water, John Snow deliber In order to prevent ately broke the handle of a water pump in Broad Street, preventing its use There were 43 deaths at further environmental and firmly linking cholera to contaminated drinking water. tributed to mercury poi problems, we need to be soning {Barrow, 1995). nologies, etc., for all new projects and able to determine the potential problems modifications to existing facilities. This before they arise. The dependence on Remedies/Solutions legislation is designed to allow the pub technology to fix a problem later is no Now, many people are busy finding fault with each other, passing the blame lic an opportunity to contribute in the longer a viable and acceptable solution. back and forth, instead of realizing the protection of the environment, but, in We engineered a 'solution' to the gar obvious, we are all to blame for the order to be effective, legislation like the bage issue; now we have landfills which present state of the environment. There EA Act needs public participation. require an engineered solution to the problem of leachate. are also people who just find the faults There is also a need for more environ In most environmental legislation and broadcast them without effectively mental legislation which addresses the working towards solutions. A case in myriad of sub-units that make up the there is the clause due diligence which essentially requires those in positions of point is Greenpeace whose members environment. pull stunts such as hanging from bridges We have to consider the full cost of responsibility to do everything possible or tying themselves to vehicles or trees the things we need. This includes the to ensure that events that can have nega tive impacts on the environment are pre to highlight various issues. But they costs to the environment from the ex vented. If a person is found not to have present them in a manner that isn't al traction and processing of the raw ma ways taken very seriously by the public terials; the manufacture of products; the been duly diligent in the performance of their duties, they can be charged. The and industry. transport at all stages; and the final im Some progress has been made to pact when the product is disposed of. same due diligence can be applied to eve clean up our act. In Ontario, through These costs involve the impacts made ryone,so as to ensure that we take every the Clean Water Regulations, formerly on air and water quality and the effects step possible to ensure a safe, clean en vironment for future generations. called the Municipal/Industrial Strategy of any wastes or by-products. A prod for Abatement (MISA) the process of uct may only cost a few cents to pro These are a few, but by no means all, setting strict discharge limits on all in duce, but how do you put a price on the of the possible solutions we need to dustries and municipalities has been impact that item has on the whole envi undertake to protect the environment.

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Analytical Innovation

By Russell O. D'Souza*

Innovation in analysis of cyanide in wastewater

Many industries generate wastewater with some

concentration of cyanide, which, if not prop erly monitored by the industry, may result in pollution, sewer-by-law violations, heavy sur charges and possibly fines. Results of interlaboratory testing and client concerns about the accuracy ofcyanide results gen erated by many labs, have been the main motivating factors in the development of a new improved method for cyanide analysis. The method vastly improves on standard lab proce dures since its quickness and accuracy translate to greater accessibility to cyanide testing and cost savings.

Thiocyanate (SCN)removal is an important sample pre paratory step in cyanide(CN)analysis since its presence skews the results. The SCN ion reacts with Chloramine-T to give a positive error equivalent to its concentration, and,if not prop erly treated prior to analysis, can make the final cyanide re sults appear to be much higher than they actually are.

Thiocyanate can also decompose to sulphide and cyanide ions when exposed to strong acids and ultraviolet irradiation.

Sulphide gives a positive interference in the test as well. For industries that tend to have SCN present in their waste streams, this preparatory step can mean the difference between com*CG&S Research Centre

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Removal of sulphide is done by precipitating the sulphide with lead carbonate and is a relatively simple procedure which is outlined in most methods for CN analysis. SCN removal is usually achieved by the addition of tartaric acid to the sam ple prior to distillation. The tartaric acid reacts with the SCN to prevent it from breaking up and being distilled off as Hy drogen cyanide (HCN). The conventional distillation step, however, is an expensive and lengthy process. In addition, the apparatus occupies valuable fumehood space and requires delicate glassware, driving the operating costs up.

Several laboratories use a screening method to detect the presence of SCN, and employ the removal step (by distilla tion) only when its presence has been detected. The biggest drawback of the screening method is that it does not always detect concentrations of SCN below 1 ppm,its typical range being between 1 and 10 ppm. It therefore assumes that SCN is not present below 1 ppm.

The results of an interlaboratory round robin analysis of CN standards prepared with a SCN spike, show that of the laboratories that participated, 60% did not remove the SCN interferrent sufficiently to provide results of the analyte(CN).

This inconsistency between laboratories could be due to (a) inaccuracy of the screening technique,(b)inability of the au tomated analyzing system to remove the SCN, or (c) the omission of the tedious distillation step.

CG&S Research Centre's preferred method for cyanide analysis uses the traditional distillation step followed by au tomated colorimetric analysis. The method uses a block heater that holds multiple microdistillation tubes, and occupies the space that a single conventional distillation apparatus would utilize. A distillation time of 30 minutes in the presence of tartaric acid prevents the SCN from decomposing into sul phide and cyanide ions. The use of a Technicon AA II Autoanalyzer assures the analyst of 40 unattended CN determinations in a two hour run, with a detection limit of at

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dramatically improved ac curacy and reliability in monitoring the lower explo sive limit (LEL) of noncondensible gases that are collected from around the mill and burned in the power boiler. In the past, the mill used an in-situ type catalytic bead cell to monitor these gases. This instrument was susceptible to poisoning which caused unreliable readings and made it necessary to vent gases to the atmosphere. Switching to a drawn-sample gas detection sensor has eliminated these difficulties. The new

instrument runs hot enough to eliminate condensation and particulate clogging it has not failed since it was installed.

Howe Sound is one of the oldest pulp mills in British Columbia. It is located 13 miles north of Vancouver on the

banks of the Howe Sound. Six years

ago, the mill underwent a $1.3 billion modernization that made it one of the

most advanced pulp mills in the world.

It is owned by a joint venture between Canfor Ltd., a Canadian company, and Oji of Japan. The mill is one of only

View of Howe Sound, one of the oldest pulp mills In British Columbia. It Is located 13 miles north of Vancouver on the banks of the Howe Sound. Six years ago, the mill underwent a $1.3 billion modernization that made It one of the most advanced pulp mills In the world. that their concentration in the digester management ordered that the monitor

can approach or even exceed the LEL. This could cause an explosive condition in the system.

When the collection system was first installed, Howe Sound used an in-sItu

sistent success selling into the Japanese newsprint market which has the most demanding quality standards in the

type catalytic sensor to monitor the LEL of noncondensible gases in the collec tion system. This instrument used a catalytic bead sensor that increases its electrical conductivity when it comes

world.

into contact with combustibles. The

two in North America that has had con

Located in one of the most beautiful

and environmentallyconscious areas of the world,the Howe Sound mill several

years ago installed one of the world's most advanced effluent systems. The kraft cooking process applies heat to a mixture of chips and white and black liq uor in digesters. Noncondensibles are produced by the chips during the cook ing process. After cooking is completed, the concentrated non-condensible gases are sent to the kiln or power boiler for destruction. The low concentration

gases which are collected from tank vents are driven by a fan through a 30 inch stainless steel pipe into the power boiler where they are used as an air source for combustion.

Under normal conditions, the con centration of noncondensibles is under

12% LEL. Occasionally a surge of noncondensibles may be produced so *Howe Sound Pulp Mill, Vancouver, British Columbia 56

problem was that moisture and particu late contamination in the gas stream would frequently react with the catalyst and coat the sensor, a phenomenon known as poisoning. This caused the sensor to "go to sleep" or continue to give low readings regardless of the ac tual LEL. This made it necessary to fre quently calibrate and repair the sensor.

ing system be upgraded.

A consultant recommended purchas ing a sampling system that would avoid any possibility of the instrument becom ing a source ofignition and also improve reliability by allowing the instrument to be placed in a controlled environment.

The consultant further recommended a

Model ETA flame sensing system from Control Instruments Corporation, Eairfield, New Jersey because it runs at higher temperatures than any other type of monitoring system,avoiding problems with condensation and clogging. Based on this recommendation, Howe Sound

it necessary to release gases into the at mosphere. Local regulatory authorities must be notified whenever a gas release of more than one hour occurs. In prac

purchased the gas detection sensor.

The ETA sensor contains a carefully metered pilot or sensing flame. This flame bums continuously inside a small chamber of the sensor housing. Elammable vapors are drawn from the sam ple point into the chamber where they are incinerated by the flame. A tempera ture detector measures the resulting change in flame temperature and trans

tice, Howe Sound notifies the authori

mits this information to a control moni

The resultant continual downtime made

ties for any release lasting longer than

tor where it is displayed in standard 0%

one hour.

to 100% LEL format.

Another concern was that the cata

lytic system might be a possible source of ignition itself. This concern intensi fied when a mysterious explosion oc curred in a heat exchanger in the line leading to the kiln. This explosion did not injure anyone but caused a consid erable amount of damage. Howe Sound

From a safety standpoint, the sens ing flame technology has no equal.

Should a problem of any kind arise, a loss of fuel, air, sample flow or powerthe flame temperature will change and the control monitor will immediately respond. By contrast, catalytic sensors Continued overleaf

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Maintenance hole frames

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Ferric chioride soiution

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New portable laboratories

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Product and Service Showcase New test kit for silver

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The new Royce Model 9100 DO Analyzer is an economically priced sys tem that was designed to provide the specifications normally required for the typical applications for continuous moni toring and control of DO. It is a digital readout,fully automatic instrument with

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Package potable water treatment plant

The Degremont Infilco Pulsapak®, a package potable water treatment plant, produces a very high quality of water, utilizing technology equivalent to that used in large installations. The Pulsapak proven Degremont technologies: the Pulsator® Flocculator-Clarifier,equipped with tube settling modules; and the sand and anthracite dual media gravity filter.

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chlorinated compounds are emitted. The Odorgard system is especially suited for removing odours associated with sewage plants, fine chemicals, paint resins, metal foundries, food processing, and chemi cal and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

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Pipe rehabilitation

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As the demands placed upon utilities and municipalities increase, more and more customers are looking for turnkey solu tions for their operations and mainte nance needs. Schlumberger can provide total turnkey capabilities and responsive ness, through single source representa tion of all meter products, meter related services including: reading and billing, project management, and financing through public-private partnerships.

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Before the introduction of propeller pumps for the Biological Nutrient Re moval process, many systems featured conventional pumps, installed in spe cially constructed sumps, with civil en gineering costs and, also the need for large volumes of fluids to be raised un necessarily. ITT Flygt's 4600 propeller pumps need no special sumps. With low head, installation is simple. The pump is

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ing wall between two basins, or in front of a transport pipe. ITT Flygt For more information,

Insituform Technologies,Inc. specializes in repairing and rehabilitating pipes which are underground, submerged or located in hard-to-reach places. Using our advanced technologies, we repair pipes from the inside,in most cases with out man-entry or excavation. Our solu tions, which are proven, nondisruptive and cost-effective, address many of in dustry's most serious pipe problems.

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Sludge Dryers

Area velocity flow meter American Sigma's Doppler technology advancements are

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Chemical metering

Tokstrip is a pre bitumen strip that provides watertight flex iblejoints to pre

Duske rotary drum dryers convert waste

sludge into environmentally desirable products of value. A new Duske/Cemen Tech CSD-3000 Rotary Dryer in Leam ington, Ontario, produces 2-3 TPH of NVlro Soil-a patented,lime-stabilized fer tilizer. The Duske dryer reduces drying time from days to minutes, simplifies odour control and reduces space required by windrows.

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Secondary containment systems

Regenerative catalytic

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monitor specific toxic and flammable gases, and oxygen.

Alarms are programmable for instanta neous and OEL readings. An internal pump option offers diffusion or pumped operation in ambient and remote sam pling modes. Cancoppas

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It is a simple process to convert a regen erative thermal oxidizer to a regenerative catalytic oxidizer with the DynaCycle® Catalyst. It only takes from 1 to 2 days from shutdown to start-up. Fuel costs can be reduced by up to 95%,or the flow rate can be increased by up to 30%. NOx and CO formation is reduced, as is wear and

tear on the equipment.

Monsanto Enviro-Chem Systems

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Odour Control

Treating odours with Sodium Hypochiorite (JAVEX-12) is

Zebra Mussels

A "Soiution''for ZEBRA MUSSELS

detailed in a technicai bulletin.

Systems are discussed that dis pense a hypochiorite spray to oxidize organic odours. Other topics include: storage and air

To help control zebra mussels, one solution involves the use of

JAVEX-12 sodium hypochiorite, which kills the larvae. We are

Canada inc.

consulting with experts to estab lish dosage levels and techniques best suited to help control their spread. If you'd like to discuss this problem, or be kept informed of the latest information, please

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collection needs.

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CYANID REMOVA

Cyanide Removal Using sodium hypochiorite (JAVEX-12) to effectively and quickly remove cyanide wastes

Canadian Environmental

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Environmental

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ages, equipment,as well as stor age, safety and handling data.

Particularly applicable to metal recover or refining operations.

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Managing hazardous waste in the 1990s demands a multifaceted ap proach. Responding to business' wide-ranging needs with an array of services and technoiogies has gained Laidlaw Environmental Serv ices a prominent position within the waste management industry. This service profile presents a number of key management opportunities avail able to waste generators, in addition to providing an overview of the com pany's capabilities.

Laidlaw Env. Services

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Drier cake at higher hydraulic loading rates than two-belt dewatering filters

Specialty Gas Suppliers Catalogue

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Whatever your requirements in specialty gases and gas mixtures, you can find it all in this catalogue.

Air Liquide Canada, one of the largest specialty gas suppliers, presents a spectrum of products

eral extrusion. The EimcoSDP™

and useful technicai information.

filter solves this dilemma by cou pling a compact two-belt dewatering filter with a separately driven, fourteen-foot gravity belt thickener(GBT).

You will also find typical and inno vative applications such as cali bration standards for environmen

tal monitoring. To order, call your nearest Air Liquide Canada sales representative.

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Utilities Management Philip Utilities Management Corpo ration (PUMC) provides municipal

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treatment to meet all regulatory requirements.

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Unlock the Mystery of Activated Sludge Monitor bioactivity at critical loca tions in activated sludge during wastewater treatment and know

what's happening during treatment from start to finish. ArthurTechnolo-

gy's unique respirometry technology provides anticipatory information used to avoid influent toxicity, shock loads and non-compliance. The in formation maintains stable opera tion, simplifies troubleshooting and saves big on energy use and opera tion costs.

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StrainPress® SludgeCleaner

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Reusing sludge means cleaning it first, and Parkson has a unique product for doing just that. The StrainPress SludgeCleaner removes from primary or secondary sludge etc., the nonorganic solids, e.g. plastics, papers, rags, that may settle or float In dowrnstream processes. These trash solids are then compressed and extruded as a dry product that can be disposed of with trash and screenings from other sources In the facility. The cleaned sludge can then be processed further to produce what the EPA has defined as "Class A sludge".

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Air Purification Machines

New municipal applications

Designed for offices or large Indus trial settings where the removal of heavy-duty partlculate is necessary.

Units produce and control negative or positive ions which, when intro

brochure A new brochure from JWC Environ

duced into the air flow remove

mental covers municipal applications served by its solids reduction equip ment. The six-page brochure fea tures photographs of various appli

smoke, dust, feather dust, offset

cations, as well as schematic draw

powder, oil particles, paper dust, fiberglass or anything small enough

ings to illustrate the use of Muffin Monster grinders® and Channel Mon ster® screening systems in munici pal wastewater treatment plants.

The Muffin Monster line of products reduces raw sewage and other sol ids into fine particles.

to be airborne. The MI-1500B and the MI-1500C are also effective in

controlling extreme static electricity.

They are also capable of eliminat ing both the gaseous and particulate phases of tobacco smoke.

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Askarel transformer

replacement A new approach to askarel trans former replacement Is discussed as a safer and faster alternative to using the perchloroethylene method. In coop eration with the transformer manufac

turer, PCB Disposal can now offer a turn-key process to replace askarel transformers with dry-type orsilicone-

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Pat McGrenere Executive Vice President

Brampton, Ontario

Head Office

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Proposed Secure Landfill

Study demonstrates clay's ability to isolate wastes in deeper ceils

Operational and design changes have been incorpo

rated into Laidlaw Environmental's EA for the continu

ation of hazardous waste landfill serv

ices at its Lambton Facility in Ontario.

"But the strength of the proposal con tinues to be the site's natural capacity for isolating hazardous wastes from the en vironment," says Blake Nesbitt, techni cal manager for Laidlaw Environmental.

A massive watertight deposit of clay, known as the St. Clair Clay Plain, lies beneath the Lambton Facility, becom ing thicker as one moves from east to west in Lambton County.

The most significant change between the proposal and existing operations is that the cells would be built to a depth of 24 metres(80 feet), about six metres (20 feet) deeper than the existing landfill.

Smaller waste placement zone Changes to the continuous trench landfilling method,to produce a smaller waste placement zone, are also pro posed. The proposal would see the con tinuation cell divided into subcells, with

waste placement operations conducted from side to side, rather than the cur

rent end-to-end approach.

The deeper cells also required design changes to ensure stability of cell walls.

In the new cells, the sidewalls will not

be as steep, and a level bench will be constructed at the 13 metre (40 foot)

Cross-section of proposed continuation Celi 18, shows the modified, continuous trench iandfiliing concept in deeper subcelis, beside the iandscaped, boundary screening berm. level to further stabilize the slope.

This design change resulted from extensive testing and analysis to confirm that the site's massive clay deposit will provide a comparable level of environ mental protection to that demonstrated by existing operations.

Through computerized groundwater

Announcement Monsanto Unit acquires Netherlands-based ClairTech Monsanto Enviro-Chem Systems, Inc., a wholly owned unit of Monsanto Com

pany has acquired ClairTech B.V. of Woudenberg, The Netherlands.

ClairTech is an industry leader in bio logical filtration with over 70 systems designed and sold throughout the world over the past eight years, representing approximately five million dollars of sales per year. ClairTech's Bioton™ systems are used on industrial and municipal applications to remove VOCs and eliminate odours.

Monsanto

Enviro-Chem Systems Inc. provides en gineering, construction and proprietary

equipment for a variety of industrial processes and environmental systems.

The proprietary ClairTech biofilter technology complements EnviroChem's present air pollution control sys tems. These systems include Brink'® fiber bed Mist Eliminators,DynaWave® engineered scrubbing systems, Calvert Collision Scrubbers, Calvert Mist

Scrubbers, DynaCycle® regenerative catalytic oxidizers, wet electrostatic precipitators, Odorgard™ scrubbers and Enviro-Chem's own DynaZyme® biofilters.

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modelling, Laidlaw have projected the potential impact of the proposed landfill on the underlying groundwater for up to 10,000 years. The studies were ex tensive and used the latest technology to ensure they were the best available.

The analysis confirms that the advanced design will continue to provide a high level of environmental protection.

Independent review Independent experts, funded by Laidlaw Environmental on behalf of in

terested intervenors,including area resi dents, reviewed all aspects of the de tailed reports.

The analyses indicated that chlorides (salt) would not reach the aquifer for 600 to 800 years and that Boron and fluo rides would not reach the aquifer for 3,000 to 5,000 years.

"Even though the levels predicted are extremely low,our proposed design will include measures to ensure the materi

als remain on site," says Blake.

Groundwater from the site would be

restricted by a series of pumping wells, which will maintain a slightly negative pressure at subsurface levels.

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Wastewater Treatment

By David G. Ledingham, REng.*

Dry biofliter used to treat Industrial wastewater

Industrial wastewater in the food

cleaning or replacement without a sys

conditions required to maintain an

industry, with its high BOD^ lev

tem shutdown.

aerobic environment.

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•A unique design to allow the user to install the system in relatively small

damentally different is its answers to

derived wastes, fats and pro teins, poses costly treatment problems along with potential

What also makes the DBF so fun common conventional trick

ling filter problems. For ex ample, trickling filters may have trouble working in cold climates. The new DBF sys

environmental risks.

In the summer of 1988, a

large duck farm was experi encing serious air and water pollution problems. The farm was discharging wastewater with bird manure and organic

tem can be winterized and be

supplied with warm air to maintain an optimal tempera ture in the filter core.

Another of the more diffi

waste which overloaded the

existing aerated open pond

cult problems plaguing con ventional trickling filters is core clogging. Clogging and the resultant "ponding" nor mally requires a system shut down for cleaning. This is both difficult, time consuming and often results in damage to the delicate and expensive fil ter media. This problem is eliminated in the DBF system.

Whenever any module shows signs of clogging:

wastewater treatment system.

While adequate in summer, during colder weather the ponds became septic, creating a strong objectionable smell.

The farm was facing growing sewer surcharges as well as en vironmental complaints from the local community.

A Mississauga based R&D Company, Front Wave Inc., was approached for assistance in rectifying the problems.

• it is isolated, • removed from the stack,

Front Wave conceived a modi

fied, all-season trickling filter design as a solution. When the new system was commis

•the clogged filter cartridge is removed and replaced in a matter of one or two hours

with a clean cartridge.

Only one stack is isolated duced from 4,000 mg/L to at any one time and the balance One set of columns in DBF system. about 15 mg/L in summer and of the system continues to op 50 mg/L in winter. The odour prob increments. l/8th, 1/4 or 1/2 of the erate normally. Removal of one stack lems disappeared as well as the threat system will work until the balance is from a small 16 stack system would of large sewer use fines. installed. result in a temporary reduction of6% The duck farm episode was the first •Air injection into each module makes to 7% in the system's treatment effi step in the development of the Dry it possible to install a vertical column ciency.

Biofilter(DBF)which is the patented, 20,30 or even 40 feet high when there With the DBF system, a plant op third generation refinement ofthe well is shortage of floor space but a lot of erator can effectively respond to ma proven waste treatment process gen headroom. This would be impossible jor changes in contamination levels erally known as the "trickling filter". with conventional trickling filters be without making changes in hydraulic The DBF is now patented in the US cause even at a 12 to 14 foot filter core loading or suffering the effects of a (Patent #5,609,753) with patents pend depth there would be an acute short shutdown by; a)increasing the number ing in Canada, UK and Poland. DBF age of oxygen, thereby removing the of modules, thereby improving the has a number of key features setting it apart from conventional trickling fil Table 1 ters. The chief patent claims are: Stage/Stack# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 •A system with modular design where BODj influent mg/L 3200 2300 1800 1350 1020 760 540 320 individual sections can be removed for BODj removed mg/L 900 500 450 330 270 220 210 110 sioned in 1990,the annual av

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residence time in each column, or b)

changing the developed surface of the filter packing and/or increasing the recrrculation rate. Other responses to wastewater fluctuations include alter

ing the number of individual columns or adding a complete new line of col umns, giving operators complete flex ibility and control.

PIRANHA For years, the voracious Piranha

Since the success at the duck farm,

has struck fear into the hearts of South

the DBF has undergone further devel opment and testing. A major "Proof ofthe Concept" test took place in 1993 with the cooperation of several univer sities. A typical set of results is shown

American natives. Its reputation for shredding its prey is rivaled only by the ABS Piranha Grinder Pump.

The shredding action of the cutting rotor and bottom plate is so complete, that large solids are barely discernible when discharged.

We've introduced a new high horsepower series Piranha that outperfomis traditional non-clog pumps. If your application calls for an oversized, more costly non-clog pump, call us. Our new models produce heads to over 200 feet at low capacities.

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The food processing industry is the chief target client for the DBF. Wastewaters generated from this industry contain large amounts of organic material and companies must often pay large surcharge fees or fines levied by municipalities.

A commercial sized 30-50 m^(8,000 - 13,000 usg/day) DBF wastewater treatment system commenced operation

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A&WMA Convention Preview

Air & Waste Management Association

90th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Ontario - June 8-13,1997

A&WMA's Annual Meeting & Exhibition will attract en

David Crombie, a leading Canadian policymaker and former Mayor of

vironmental professionals

Toronto.

year's meeting in Toronto marks the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the Association by a group of Canadian and American smoke inspectors. By hold ing the meeting in Toronto on this momentous occasion,the Association is

confirming the strong bond that endures

Waste Issues

Technical Program

from around the world. This

• Program Administration • Pollution Prevention

• Hazardous, Radioactive & Mixed

Air issues

Waste

•Critical Review: Ambient Particles and

• Municipal & Medical Waste

Health: Lines That Divide, presented by

• Site Remediation & Closure

Dr. Sverre Vedal,Professor of Medicine,

Business Risk Management

University of British Columbia.

• Biogenic Nonmethane Hydrocarbons in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer.

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members, says Richard Baldwin,

To provide opportunities for attendees to participate in ethical di

A&WMA President.

lemma discussions. Ethical Mo

between American and Canadian

In addition to celebrating its an niversary,the meeting will continue to present cutting-edge environ mental papers and exchange of

ments will be scheduled into ses

sions where open time periods are available again this year.

These are only a few of the pa pers and subjects to be discussed and debated at this large interna

critical technical information. The

1997 Technical Program Commit tee, headed by John Martin of

tional conference.

Highlights include: International Workshop which

NOVAMANN International Inc.,

has prepared a program of nearly 1,100 papers that will provoke dis cussion and present accounts ofen vironmental issues and programs in

deals with Innovative Environmen

dozens of countries.

The Annual Meeting offers an opportunity to strengthen profes sional relationships, deepen knowl edge of advancements in the field, and participate in discussions ofen vironmental issues.

Photo courtesy CH2M G&S.

• Recent Developments in Air Quality This year's theme,Science and Tech nology: The International Language, Modeling. reflects the spirit of the air, waste and • Residential Indoor Air Quality environmental management fields, and Emissions and Exposure. the opportunities that lie within.

• US/Canadian Acid Rain Update: Some 450 exhibitors of environmen Trends in Emissions and Deposition. tal services and equipment are expected. • Recent Developments in Computer Professional development events in Programs for Noise Impact Assess clude continuing education courses, the ments.

QEP certification exam, and a number • Relationships between Indoor and of technical tours to nearby facilities.

Outdoor Air Quality.

The guest program this year will fea •Atmospheric Chemistry: Emerging Is ture a dinner cruise, winery tours,a visit sues. to Niagara Falls, and of course, the cul • Current Research in Atmospheric Vis turally diverse nature of the host city. ibility.

The Annual Meeting officially begins Other areas to be discussed include: in the Metro Toronto Convention • Emission Control Technology Centre at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, June 9, • Optical Sensing with the Opening Session,including the • Sources Association's Annual Business Meeting • Toxic Air Pollutants and comments from Association Presi dent Dick Baldwin and First Vice Presi

• Measurement

dent Bill Zegel. Following the Business Meeting will be the Keynote Address by

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Environmental Management • Industrial Processes

tal Technologies from a Regulatory Perspective, Tuesday, June 10.

Government Employee Forum gives an opportunity for government employees to discuss important air and waste manage ment issues, Sunday, June 8, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. "The forum will be open to government officials only and will be led by a panel of Cana dian and US government agency lead ers who will facilitate discussions on

issues such as permitting, enforcement, and training.

International Forum will discuss

International Environmental Agree ments and Business-What's Happened and What's Next, Wednesday, June II, 7:00 p.m. This is a special forum, or ganized by the Canadian Global Change Program (CGCP)of the Royal Society of Canada.

Is the Air Killing Us? a public fo rum will be held Wednesday, June II, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Brownfields Redevelopment Workshop,Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8. Recent brownfields initiatives seek

to unleash the power of the marketplace to turn a societal problem into a benefit.

For more information, contact the

Association at Tel:(412)232-3444,Fax: (412)232-3450.

Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1997

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Mollusk Control

By Daniel J. Butts^ and Donald P. Lewis^

Fire systems now threatened by Zebra and Quagga Mussels

The introduction of the zebra

mussel (Dreissena polymorphd)to North America in 1986 has had a dramatic im

pact on water users throughout the con tinent. This non-indigenous bivalve is thought to have been introduced to Lake St. Clair from transoceanic ballast dis

charge. In ten years it has colonized the entire Great Lakes system, the Missis sippi River and associated tributaries, and now threatens inland waterways throughout North America.

More recently, a second ex otic dreissenid, the quagga mussel {Dreissena bugensis), was identified in the Great Lakes, (May and Marsden, 1992).

As a result of the mus

sels' ability to block indus trial and municipal water intakes and service water

piping, significant sums of money have been expend ed to develop methods of controlling infestation.

Methods have included

mechanical cleaning,chlo rine, thermal treatments,

ultraviolet light, cathodic protection, and molluscicides, among others. Tra ditional methods of chemi

These systems were initially considered

dergo treatments during busy summer

to be immune to mussel colonization

months.

because of their stagnant nature, how ever, recent data has shown otherwise.

Scientists have developed a method to assess fire protection systems using dissolved oxygen as an indicator. Many surveys have shown that,in fact, signifi

The potash solution A new approach to treating semistatic systems has been developed us ing potassium (K-i-) in the form of com mercially available potash. Initially used to optimize the effects of oxidants cant amounts of fresh water are moved (i.e., chlorine), experiments found that potassium alone worked better and faster through these piping networks as a re than oxidants and, at low levels, ap sult of intermittent use (i.e., dust con trol, cooling water, vehicle washing) peared to be relatively selective as a molluscicide. The low cost,

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Fire systems at risk Following the discovery of potassi Systems that are semi-static in nature, established, and are maintained by these sporadic infusions of fresh water. um's toxic effect on the zebra mussel, such as closed-loop cooling or fire pro Semi-static water systems have been bench scale testing was undertaken to tection distribution systems, present dif determine the lowest effective concen ferent challenges in terms of control and difficult to effectively treat using tradi trations for acute and chronic control. monitoring strategies and have recently tional methods, such as oxidants, be Results showed that potassium concen become a major focus of zebra mussel cause it is necessary to maintain con control. Fire systems in particular are tinuous chemical injection and flow trations of 30 ppm on a continuous ba sis were sufficient to prevent primary easily disrupted by infestation since only through these systems to ensure suffi cient residual levels for the duration of settlement, while 40 ppm would cause a small amount of shell material is re acute mortality within two weeks at quired to obstruct a fire hose nozzle or treatments. In addition, treatment us sprinkler head during emergency use. ing oxidants or non-oxidizing biocides water temperatures above 15°C. In is only an economical solution when creasing the concentration to 100 ppm produced 100% zebra mussel mortality used under warm water conditions ^Assistant Manager, Biofouling Div., in 48 hours under the same water tem (>15°C). In many cases it is not con ^Manager, Consulting Services, perature conditions. venient for industrial water users to un Aquatic Sciences inc.

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Biobox monitors were placed at the system extremities and were used to as sess the effectiveness of the treatment.

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A predetermined flow was then in duced at the system extremities through the operation of fire hydrants. Potas sium solution was metered into the sys tem at a concentration known to cause

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At water temperatures of 5°C, 100% mussel mortality was achieved in only eight days. Use of an oxidant at these temperatures would require six to eight weeks of treatment to induce this high mortality figure.

Perhaps the most important benefit of potash use is that at low concentra tions it is environmentally benign. The product is selective as a molluscicide and in one study was even used to pre vent mussel infestation within fish

hatcheries and also to prevent dispersal of veligers during fish transport, (Waller, 1996). It has also been reported that chloride salts were generally the most

get organisms at 100 ppm, elaborate detoxification strategies are not required in order to preserve the well-being of the receiving water body's aquatic en vironment. To date, potash has not been used in once-through systems. Treated fire water has therefore not been dis

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Cy\l\NA - decade of progress

The Canadian Water and

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In 1985, Health and Welfare Canada and Environment Canada commissioned

across Canada which own and manage water supply and wastewater systems.

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ties(FCM)should arrange for a work shop among interested people in the in dustry for the purpose of determining the best course of action to reshape FACE or develop a new association.

The Directors of FACE were very supportive of the process and with the help of Environment Canada,organized a meeting in Montreal in Eebruary 1986.

Members of the FCM staff and repre sentatives from the suppliers of water and wastewater services were in attend

ance, and subsequently took a leading role in the development ofCWWA. The

a Report titled Canada's Water and Wastewater Industry and its Associa tions. The report was prepared by Brian

or "owner members" would control the

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The trailer was developed in response to customer requests for a way to reduce the amount of refuse that is spilled when a packer transfers its load into the trailer.

The refuse can be loaded well ahead of the rear threshold and then carried for

ward by the live floor.

Four Models The X-Series comes in four standard

models: 45-ft, 48-ft, 50-ft, and 53-ft, With these standard lengths, these trail ers have capacities ranging from 117 to 138 cubic yards.

To widen the rear of the trailer, the operator first unhooks the header of the rear door frame. This frees the rear section of the sidewalls so

The steel Load Runner trailer is made

of corrugated high-strength (50,000 psi yield) 14-gauge material. The corruga tions provide a two-inch sidewall, com pared with a standard three-inch or fourinch sidewall when conventional sheet-

and-post construction is used. The thin ner sidewalls increase the capacity of a 45-ft. trailer by five cubic yards.

To reduce the amount of drag on the

that they can move

sidewalls as the live floor moves the

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movement

of the

load, inserts are used to seal gaps in the corrugations. The inserts - steel strips with flanges that rest against the inside of the corrugation -are welded in place to form a smooth,snag-free interior wall.

A tapered design helps the unloading process by making the rear of the trailer

one on either side of the trailer. The con

trol levers are in

four inches wider than the nose, the live

stalled just ahead of

floor is better able to unload the cargo.

"Slippage is a factor with live floor systems," says Jerry Lesmeister, Broth ers vice-president. "The tapered side-

the rear section of the sidewall.

While the hydrau lics can be powered from the tractor, as an option. Brothers of

walls reduce the friction between the

walls and the load. By reducing slip page, we reduce wear. And if we can

fers a trailer-mounted

reduce wear, we can extend the life of

auxiliary gas or diesel engine. Other options

the live floor."

include lift axles, a

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In addition to the X-Series, the com

pany offers conventional transfer trailer designs made of steel or aluminum.

outward.

sidewalls is regulated hydraulically from two control panels -

X-Series Trailer can be loaded from the top, rear or both.

and heights are offered.

choice ofsuspensions, and mobile loading ramps. A variety of trailer lengths, widths.

The expandable trailer has drawn at tention internationally, too. The firm is negotiating license agreements to manu facture the trailer in Europe.

For more information, circle reply card No. 127

Environmental Science & Engineering, May 1997

Environmental Business

Philip Environmental and Aiiwaste merge

Philip Environmental Inc. and

mental. "Aiiwaste significantly expands our industrial service capabilities and offers a strong infrastructure. Its 130

Aiiwaste Inc. jointly an nounced March 6, that they have signed a definitive agreement to merge, creating the larg est integrated resource recovery and in dustrial services company in North America. The combined company will

locations can collect materials which can be forwarded to our network of metals

and by-products processing and recov ery operations. This is a classic oppor tunity for two companies with limited overlap of customers and an array of complementary services and specialized industry focus to combine forces.

Together, we will exploit our strengths in serving industrial companies that rec ognize the value of third-party solutions to their non-revenue producing activi

have annualized revenue in excess of

$1.6(US)billion, approximately 8,000 employees and 215 operating locations throughout North America, Western Europe and South America.

Philip is a fully integrated Hamiltonbased resource recovery and industrial services company providing metals processing and mill services, solid and liquid by-products recovery and indus trial and remediation services to all

major industry sectors. Aiiwaste is a

Allen FracassI fielded a host of complex questions from publications across North America during a conference call the day of the merger. ES&E was part of this unusual press conference.

Houston-based, diversified industrial

resource and services company with 130 locations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Under the terms of the agreement,

factured or processed product.

The newly combined company will organize into two major operating divi sions: Metals Recovery and Industrial

each share of Aiiwaste stock will be

Services. The Industrial Services divi

exchanged for 0.611 shares of Philip

sion will be comprised of the operations of Aiiwaste and Philip's existing By products Recovery and Environmental Services Groups. The Metals Recov ery division will encompass all of Philip's steel, copper and aluminum processing and mill services activities.

An integration team comprised of key management from both companies has been formed to steer the integration

Environmental, based on a fixed ex

change ratio. Based on the closing price of Philip stock on March 5, 1997, the transaction values Aiiwaste at approxi mately $540(US)million including the assumption of an estimated $133(US) million in debt. The transaction is ex

pected to close in June, 1997,and is sub ject to, among other things, US and Canadian regulatory approval and share holder approval of both companies.

The merger blends complementary operational strengths and creates a port folio of services to respond to the grow ing trends for outsourcing and supplier reduction in the industrial marketplace.

Both companies expect significant op erational synergies for the combined company and increased earnings in the first year following the consummation of the transaction.

from the traditional environmental serv

ices sector to respond to the needs of large industrial companies which are under pressure to operate in the most cost-competitive and efficient manner.

This has led to increased outsourcing of services that are non-revenue producing, but essential to companies whose pri mary source of revenue is a manu-

"Our companies are a perfect fit. There are powerful synergies in combining our respective core competencies, markets and geographic strengths. Allwaste's strength in industrial services and dis tribution is supported by Philip's tech nology leadership and operating strength in the recovery and reuse of industrial by-products."

Philip Environmental and Serv-Tech also announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement. In 1996, Serv-Tech generated revenue in excess of $140(US) million and provided in dustrial and environmental services

from twenty operations, situated mainly in the Gulf Coast region of the United States.

company that will be a powerful force in providing a broad range of industrial and resource recovery services," said

Serv-Tech provides innovative spe cialty industrial and environmental serv ices and products to the hydrocarbon processing, oil production,food, power, and pulp and paper industries primarily

Allen Fracassi, President and Chief

concentrated in the Gulf and West Coast

Executive Officer of Philip Environ

regions of the United States.

process.

"With this transaction, we create a

Philip Environmental's recent purchases Annual revenue

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Company

Purchase date

City

Aiiwaste inc.

Serv-Tech Inc. Conversion Resources Warrenton Resources RMF Global inc.

March 6, 1997 March 6, 1997 February, 1997

$382

February, 1997 February, 1997

Flouston, Tx Flouston, Tx Cleveland, Oh Warrenton, Mo Toledo, Oh

February, 1997 January, 1997

Richmond, Va

Allied Metals Ltd.

Britain

Luntz Corp.

Alcan Alloys Instel SW Partnership

December, 1996 December, 1996 October, 1996

85 120 175 125 130

The industrial services market is es

timated by industry sources as approach ing $50 (US) billion. It has emerged

ties," he said.

Robert Chiste, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aiiwaste, stated,

Reynolds' Metals Ltd. (processing facility only)

Enviwnmental Science & Engineering, May 1997

Canton, Oh

Guelph, Ont. Flouston, Tx

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Guest Comment

By Alan Church, C.Chem., QER*

Do all businesses need a qualified environmental professional?

In their attempts to unshackle industry and relieve tax

burdens, governments the world over are resorting to programs of self-regulation. Good news you say, for surely these will mean a more measured and efficient approach to such areas as environmental control. I agree, but with the following highly significant caveat. If government personnel are not to be directly involved in permitting and auditing processes, who, in industry, will authorize and stand responsiblefor such activities as appropriate and adequate safeguards to the environment on an ongoing basis?

As we have been regulated, plant personnel have had the warm comfort of knowing that as long as all their applica tions were complete and truthful, when accepted by the gov ernment, they would often be partnered at the front line in defending any subsequent accusations of polluting. The gov ernmental agency, having been responsible for accepting the permitting, was often tacitly responsible for defending their action.

When we are self-regulated, this partnership is much less likely to materialise,leaving industries alone in the dock with their accusers.

*Church & Trought Inc.

Considerable dialogue has occurred over the last few years in an attempt to identify and certify those individuals most qualified to assist industry in establishing creditable and defendable environmental programs. For instance, associations for auditors have been formed, and standard practice codes such as the ISO series are growing in acceptance.

Unfortunately, because detailed and widespread environ mental concerns are relatively new to our society, until re cently there have been few accredited courses offered, and those that were, tended to be rather narrowly focused on cer tain disciplines. Industry needs to know that its key environ mental watchdogs are capable of seeing the big picture as well as understanding the detailed technical events occurring.

As an analogy to the now mature world of financial control, most industry expects its accounting expertise to be able to do much more than just understand the bookkeeping, and would be poorly served by a CFO(CA) whose only outlook on life was the accurate summing of the ledger.

And so, too, with the world of environmental control.

Internally, and for its consultants, industry must pick well both its front line troops and its generals. No longer can the key environmental person in the operation be selected from the boiler house staff because he "knows the plant" and has the time to add environmental responsibilities to boiler con trol, lawn maintenance and snow clearance.

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To answer the call for the identification and regulation of experienced,dedicated and knowledgable environmental pro fessionals, the Institute ofProfessional Environmental Prac tice has been founded. It operates out of Pittsburgh, PA and provides the designation QEP(Qualified Environmental Pro fessional) to its members. Although only four years old, the Institute claims over 650 fully qualified members and is grow ing very rapidly, doubling within the last year. Membership already has an international flavour with examination cen tres in the US, Canada, Mexico and the middle east.

Acceptance to the Institute requires a technical degree plus a minimum offive years of environmental experience,capped by a six hour written examination, or for selected senior pro fessionals, by oral examination.

Key to acceptance is that individuals must demonstrate not only mastery in their areas of technical specialization, but also in-depth knowledge of all major areas of environ mental technology. Qualified QEPs are "big picture" envi ronmental professionals. Further,the designation,once earned is not for life. QEPs must re-certify every five years to re main in good standing. In this way, fossil environmentalists will not be formed as they pursue subsequent careers as say stockbrokers, to the detriment of the practising profession als, and most specifically, our clients and employers.

And so I believe, all you out there in industry and com merce, do or will need the service of Qualified Environmen

tal Professionals, and to ensure proper selection, an excellent discriminator is the QEP logo, that can be worn only by cur rent and dedicated individuals in the environmental field.

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Government Update

Federal ministries target over 100 substances in action plan

The Chlorinated Substances

Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents

policies show a trend toward effluent

Action Plan is part of an over (CWWE) and the Polyvinyl Chloride all federal strategy to protect (PVC)sector.

dechlorination and alternative forms of

human health and the environ

ment. This science-based action plan includes both regulatory and nonregulatory measures, targeting over 100 chlo rinated substances of concern. The

Canadian Water & Wastewater Associa

tion reports that the Action Plan has five components:

•targeting critical uses and products; •improving scientific understanding; • studying public health and socio economic effects;

• better informing the Canadian public;

Recent discussions centre around the

Canada released a second Progress Report in October, 1996, describing the

development of federal-provincial agreements under which each province would outline a plan of action for mu nicipalities to reduce or eliminate their discharges of chlorinated effluents. The agreements would establish a time frame for implementation and would require a periodic progress review.

Polyvinyl Chloride Sector A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been drafted between the Vinyl Council of the Society of the Plas tics Industry of Canada, Environment Canada and Industry Canada. The MOU

current status of the Chlorinated Sub

stances Action Plan. The following is an update (taken from the Progress Report) of the targeted actions involv ing Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents and the PVC sector.

Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents

Chlorinated effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants and indus trial sources were assessed and declared toxic under the Canadian Environmen

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