·        Lots of Water Related Conferences in the Nine Weeks Through June

·        Power Industry to Spend More than $22 Billion for Water Flow and Treatment Next Year

·        Cross-flow Membrane Market Revenues in 2014 will exceed $10.4 Billion

·        “Fossil-fired Power Industry Water Flow and Treatment Issues and Markets” is “Hot Topic Hour” on May 2 (Free registration)

·        Headlines for the April 19, 2013 – Utility E-Alert

·        McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

Lots of water related conferences in the nine weeks through June

There will be more than 30 conferences directly on water issues and conferences on industrial applications where water technology is important in a nine week period.

Residuals and Biosolids 2013: Emerging Opportunities for Sustainable Resource Recovery

Sedimentation /Centrifugation suppliers exhibiting at Biosolids Residuals

Alfa Laval / Ashbrook Simon-Hartley

Booth: 303

Phone: (800) 362-9041

11600 E Hardy Road
Houston, TX 77093-1098
 
Expanded solutions for a cleaner environment. Ashbrook Simon-Hartley is now a part of Alfa Laval. Together, we deliver a market-leading portfolio of products and solutions for municipal and industrial water and wastewater applications.

Andritz Separation

Booth: 418

http://www.andritz.com/separation.htm
Phone: (817) 465-5611

1010 Commercial Blvd S
Arlington, TX 76001-7130
 
ANDRITZ Separation, a global market leader, specializes in the manufacturer of solids/liquid separation technologies such as screening, dewatering, thickening, filtering and drying equipment.

Centrisys Corporation

Booth: 401

http://www.centrisys.us
Phone: (262) 654-6006

9586 58th Place
Kenosha, WI 53144-7805 
 
USA Manufacturer of dewatering and thickening centrifuges for municipal/industrial wastewater.  Focused centrifuge innovation includes 2/3 phase technologies; global service/repair capabilities; new THK thickening technology.

Flottweg Separation Technology, Inc.

Booth: 601

http://www.flottweg.com
Phone: (859) 448-2310

10700 Toebben Drive
Independence, KY 41051-9418
 
Flottweg is an ISO 9001 and EU manufacturer of high quality thickening and dewatering centrifuges sold worldwide. Designs include energy efficient independent scroll and bowl VFD drives with the latest advancements in decanter centrifuge design.

GEA Westfalia Separator

Booth: 218

http://www.wsus.com
Phone: (201) 767-3900

100 Fairway Court
Northvale, NJ 07647
 
GEA Westfalia Separator offers centrifugal technology for the treatment of water and wastewater, including decanters for dewatering and thickening sludge volumes, and treatment of drinking water.

Infilco Degremont

Booth: 311

Phone: (804) 756-8423

8007 Discovery Drive
Richmond, VA 23229
 
Infilco Degremont (SUEZ Environment) provides high performance technologies to the municipal and industrial markets with a broad suite of trusted and reliable treatment solutions for drinking water, wastewater and sludge management.

JDV Equipment Corporation

Booth: 520

http://www.JDVEquipment.com
Phone: (973) 366-6556

1 Princeton Avenue
Dover NJ 07801-2514
 
JDV Equipment Corporation is a leading manufacturer and provider of safe, environmentally friendly processing equipment and services for water treatment, wastewater treatment, industrial and agricultural applications.

Kruger, Inc.

Booth: 210

http://www.krugerusa.com
Phone: (919) 677-8310

4001 Weston Parkway
Cary, NC 27513
 
Kruger supplies solutions and technologies for wastewater and drinking water treatment. Through years of extensive research and development, Kruger provides integrated solutions that optimize energy and operating costs. 

Noxon North America Inc

Booth: 200

http://www.noxon.com
Phone: (416) 843-6500

4-470 North Rivermede
Concord, ON L4K 3R8 
Canada 
 
Noxon manufactures decanter centrifuges in up to 30 different configurations; the Lamella screw option is especially suitable for dilute sludges like MBR sludge.

Ovivo

Booth: 400

http://www.ovivowater.com
Phone: (512) 834-6047

2404 Rutland Drive
Austin, TX 78758-5201
 
Aerobic Digestion, Dewatering, Biological, MBR Systems, Anaerobic Digestion. 

Parkson Corporation

Booth: 202

http://www.parkson.com
Phone: 1 (888) PARKSON

1401 W Cypress Creek Road
Suite 100
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-1969 
 

With 25,000 installations in its over 50 years of existence, Parkson Corporation is a leading provider of advanced solutions in water recycling and treatment and is committed to providing clean water for the world.

SH+E Group

Booth: 421

http://www.she-group.com
Phone: (262) 764-3645

9535 58th Place
Kenosha, WI 53144
 
The SH+E GROUP ranks amongst the world leading suppliers in the field of municipal waste water treatment, industrial water treatment, waste to energy concepts, packaging and process technology.  Based on its global presence, the SH+E GROUP has completed projects in more than 160 countries.

Siemens Industry

Booth: 702

http://www.siemens.com/water
Phone: (724) 772-0044

10 Technology Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086
 
Siemens combines the industry's broadest portfolio of technologies with technical expertise and proven installation experience to help consulting engineers develop best treatment options for municipalities.

WesTech Engineering

Booth: 501

http://www.westech-inc.com
Phone: (801) 265-1000

3665 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
 
WesTech Engineering designs, engineers and manufactures water and wastewater treatment process equipment for municipal and industrial applications worldwide. WesTech is employee-owned and ISO 9001:2008 certified. 

World Water Works Inc.

Booth: 518

http://www.worldwaterworks.com
Phone: (405) 943-9000

P.O. Box 892050
Oklahoma City, OK
 
A global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative water and wastewater treatment technologies including: DEMON®, MBBR/IFAS, DAF, Nikuni, Screens, and Polypropylene Tanks.

Inge has big contract for UF as desalination pretreatment in Ghana

Inge GmbH, secured a major contract in Spain for a large-scale desalination project in Ghana.  Spanish plant constructor Abeinsa EPC has been commissioned by Ghana's state-run Ghana Water Company Ltd. (GWCL) to build a seawater desalination plant producing drinking water for Ghana's capital Accra and the surrounding areas. Abeinsa picked Inge^® as its preferred project partner to equip the plant with a total of 10 ultrafiltration lines as a pretreatment stage for reverse osmosis. Inge^® is offering an extended package for this project also including the complete central header pipe and valve units provided in collaboration with the subcontractor Bauer Water GmbH.

 The project is a build–operate–transfer (BOT) arrangement with a concession of 25 years. During this period, the company Befesa Desalination Developments Ghana Ltd. will operate the facility on behalf of Ghana's public water utility GWCL, which will be responsible for supplying the water to consumers. At the end of the concession period, the ownership of the plant will be transferred to the public water utility – one of the key reasons why the client has insisted on top-quality UF technology, consulting and engineering services. The client specifically requested an expanded package of services from Inge^® for this project:

"For this major project, Inge^® will not only provide its high-performance, pressure-optimized ultrafiltration racks with their patented Multibore^® membrane fibers, but also an expanded package including the central header pipe and valve units for the ten UF lines, furthermore including the support for the planning and installation stages. By offering this comprehensive, top-quality package, we successfully convinced the client that we are the best partner," says Inge^® CEO Bruno Steis. "We truly stood out as a turnkey supplier of complete ultrafiltration systems for large-scale plants." The ultrafiltration lines will feature more than 1,400 dizzer^® XL modules, and the complete UF system is designed to supply 135,000 cubic meters per day of pre-filtered water to the reverse osmosis stage. The modules and rack components will be delivered to Ghana by mid-year and installed by year's end. The seawater desalination plant is scheduled to start operation in early 2014. "We are proud that we've been awarded a contract for a project where the client sets such high standards for product quality, package scope and engineering services," says Ralf Krüger, the sales manager who is responsible for the project, summing up an undeniable success story for Inge^®.

BASFcombines water solutions and oilfield and mining solutions

BASF combined water solutions and oilfield and mining solutions effective April 1, 2013, to increase efficiency and support its growth strategies. The new global business unit will be located in Ludwigshafen, Germany. 

“By combining the strengths of these businesses, sharpening our focused market approach and at the same time increasing operational and innovation excellence, we are in a good position to advance innovative solutions to the water, oilfield and mining industries,” said Hans W. Reiners, President of BASF’s Performance Chemicals division.

BASF offers a wide range of products for key processes of industrial and municipal water treatment, products for the drilling and completion of oil wells and mineral processing reagents for the mining industry. All three businesses include parts of the polyacrylamide (PAM) value chain. With the combination of these businesses BASF is taking various steps to increase efficiency and operational excellence in its PAM operations. Significant investments are planned to upgrade the performance of existing production plants, create additional capacity, strengthen R&D efforts and establish a new bio-acrylamide process for further cost optimization. 

As part of its world -wide operational improvement program for its water solutions business, the company expects to reduce its workforce by about 215 positions worldwide. Most of the planned job reductions will occur at the Bradford and Grimsby, UK sites. “The planned comprehensive measures are needed to achieve cost competitiveness. These efforts will be backed by considerable investments in new technologies in Europe as well as in North America and in R&D,” said Reiners. BASF expects to complete the planned measures at the latest by end of 2015.

Within the future setup, the PAM product line and the respective operations will be jointly managed for all three businesses following an integrated PAM strategy covering both, cationic and anionic PAM in order to generate additional value. 

BASF’s water solutions business will in future fully concentrate on providing innovative chemical solutions to the water market. To this end the company is planning to divest its service-oriented industrial water management business, located in Lyon, France, to a strategic partner capable to further expand the business and giving the current 61 employees a long-term perspective.

Power Industry to Spend More than $22 Billion for Water Flow and Treatment Next Year

The power industry will spend over $22.8 billion in 2014 for equipment and chemicals to transport, treat and control water and wastewater. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine through aggregating forecasts in nine of its market reports.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

These expenditures will be generated by coal, nuclear, gas and hydro plant operators. The biggest expenditures will be made by generators firing coal. They have the largest cooling, feedwater and wastewater quantities. Coal plants use more water than all the other industries combined.  The intake water from rivers, lakes and wells must be treated before being used for cooling.  Further treatment to make it ultrapure is needed for the smaller portion used as boiler feedwater.  Where the dust and bottom ash are sluiced, there are additional water needs. When scrubbers are used for SO₂ capture, large quantities of water are needed. The resultant wastewater has substantial contaminants including metals.  There are regulations in most countries requiring treatment of this wastewater. These rules are becoming more stringent.  In the U.S., a new proposal would replace a rule issued in 1982.

Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a range of options to help reduce pollutants including mercury, arsenic, lead and selenium that are released into America’s waterways by coal ash, air pollution control waste and other waste from steam electric power plants. Compliance with the proposed regulation would be economically achievable, with an associated annual cost for the proposed options between $185 million and $954 million.  One of the options will be zero liquid discharge systems.  These systems purify and return all the wastewater for reuse in the power plant.  The waste is reduced first to concentrated slurry.  Evaporators then drive off the water resulting in a dry waste product.

China will be the leading purchaser of power plant water transport, treatment and control products. This is due to the continuing rapid expansion of its coal-fired capacity as well as its continuing nuclear program.

Valves will be the leading product category with revenues of just under $8 billion.  Water and wastewater treatment chemical sales to the industry will exceed $5 billion. This includes corrosion inhibitors, biocides, flocculants and many other types. Pump sales to the industry will be $3.4 billion.  This includes the large recirculation pumps which move limestone slurry to SO₂ scrubbers. Monitoring and control purchases of $2.6 billion include analyzers for contaminants, pH, flow and other physical and chemical parameters as well as the DCS, SCADA, PLC and advanced process optimization systems which control flow and chemical additions.

For more information on the reports, click on:

Air & Water Pollution Monitoring World Markets  http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106extsup1.asp

Cartridge Filters: World Market

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n024

Industrial Valves: World Markets

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71#n028

Liquid Filtration and Media World Market

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n006

Pumps World Markets

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=75

RO, UF, MF World Market 

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n020

Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/water#n005

Ultrapure Water World Markets

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n029

Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/449-n026-water-and-wastewater-treatment-chemicals

Cross-flow Membrane Market Revenues in 2014 will exceed $10.4 Billion

Sales of cross-flow membranes and equipment will exceed $10.4 billion in 2014, according to the latest projections in RO, UF, MF World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

($ Millions)

Desalination is the biggest segment and is growing at 11 percent per year compared to 6 percent for the industry in entirety. This growth rate is exclusive of inflation. The market in China is growing faster than in any other nation. China plans to more than triple its production to 2.2 million cubic meters a day by 2015.  China is also the largest purchaser of cross-flow membranes for the power industry.  The boiler feedwater must be ultrapure.

Reverse osmosis is utilized in desalination, boiler feedwater, injectable pharmaceutical fluids and for purification of wastewater for reuse. Ultrafiltration is used for purification of water and wastewater and separation of products in the food and beverage industry. Microfiltration is edging out granular media filters as a method for purifying water for drinking purposes. A process for combining membrane filtration and biological treatment in one vessel is being widely used. Membrane bioreactors (MBR) are used to purify wastewater where the distance to the city wastewater treatment plant is high.

A further use of membrane technology is in sewer mining.  A golf course can extract sewage from the pipeline and process it in a cross-flow membrane system.  The product is then used to water the golf course while the reject is returned to the sewer line. The biotechnology industry uses microfiltration to separate products.

For more information on RO, UF, MF World Market, click on: 

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=71#n020

Here are the Headlines for the April 19, 2013 – Utility E-Alert 

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1121 – April 19, 2013

Table of Contents 

COAL – US 

• NAES receives Contract for DSI and ACI at Midwest Coal-fired Power Plant
• Wisconsin PSC approves ReACT for Weston 3
• Ameren Sued for More than 1,000 Particulate Violations at E. D. Edwards

COAL – WORLD 

• Alarko receives License for 1,320 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Turkey
• DM Consunji will build 135 MW Batangas Expansion in the Philippines
• FDC to build 405 MW Power Plant at the Phividec Industrial Estate, Philippines

GAS/OIL - US

• Xcel Energy plans to add up to Three Natural Gas-fired Units to Fleet
• Alstom secures Steam Turbine Generator Contract for Tampa Electric Polk Power Station

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• GDF planning New 2,500 MW Al-Khiran Power and Desalination Plant in Kuwait
• 300 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant to be constructed in Shahjibazar, Habiganj, Bangladesh
• WorleyParsons to design 2x1,650 MW Power Plant in Saudi Arabia
• Decision to relocate Mississauga (Ontario, Canada) Natural Gas-fired Power Plant will cost Ontario Taxpayers $275 Million
• Tauron does not rule out Halting 850 MW Blachownia Combined Cycle Power Project in Poland
• J&P-Avax to build 590 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Lebanon

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

§  Yokogawa receives Control System Order for Shoaiba II in Saudi Arabia

§  Yokogawa to Supply Control System for Yeosu Power Plant in Korea

CO₂ 

• EPA delays Rule Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Power Plants in the United States
• Intent to Sue over Failure to Finalize NSPS for New Power Plants

NUCLEAR 

• Ghana looking towards Nuclear Power for Industrialization

BUSINESS

• Energy Future Holdings considering Bankruptcy
• Dominican Government calls for Tenders for Two 300 MW Power Plants, One Gas-fired, One Coal-fired
• Tender for 300 MW of IPP Capacity in Botswana
• More Than 11,000 Control System Projects at Fossil-fired Power Plants Next Year
• How to Cope with Retirement of Experienced Power Plant Environmental Engineers
• Using McIlvaine Recorded Webinars for Permanent Training Program
• Marine Market for Flow Control and Treatment is Growing at Double-Digit Rates

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

• Mercury Measurement and Control Part 3 was Hot Topic Hour Yesterday, April 18^th 
• “Particulate and Condensable Removal” is the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour on April 25, 2013
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System, click on: 

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72

“Fossil-fired Power Industry Water Flow and Treatment Issues and Markets” is “Hot Topic Hour” on May 2, 2013 (Free registration)

The coal-fired power industry around the world is faced with issues involving water withdrawal, contamination with heat and pollutants in wastewater, ash pond safety, scrubber slurry requirements and feedwater purity improvement needs for ultrasupercritical boilers.

These issues are of the highest importance because:

·         Use of coal is increasing rather than decreasing

·         Fossil-fired power plants withdraw and process more water than all other industries combined

·         There are major opportunities to reduce use and better  treat water and wastewater

On Oct. 19, 2012 EPA informed the federal district court that it will not be able to finalize the rule on coal combustion residuals (CCR’s) within six months and requested an additional year. CCR’s include bottom and fly ash, boiler slag and SO2 scrubber residues and are often referred to collectively as “coal ash”. More than 130 million tons are generated each year. The EPA's original proposal outlined two options for regulation: one approach would regulate coal ash as a "hazardous waste" under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, while the other approach would involve regulating coal ash as a nonhazardous waste under RCRA Subtitle D. Both the Senate and House have stepped in and with bills to either block EPA from regulating CCR’s or force EPA to mandate that each state will have the authority to regulate them. The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation that would establish a state-permitting program for coal ash and prescribe certain requirements that would apply to all disposal sites. The Senate has not been able to move the rule along to a vote. Many people consider these delays simply election year ploys.

However, in spite of the regulatory and congressional delay, an avalanche of lawsuits by environmental groups, states and localities is putting strong pressure on operators of coal-fired power plants to drain and shut down their coal ash impoundments. The environmental groups are particularly opposed to any congressional action that would allow states to create their own rules without a strong enforceable federal regulation.

The net result of all of this activity has been to create great uncertainty for plant operators and increased cost while reducing options for disposing of CCR’s. All of the discussion about regulating CCR’s as hazardous waste has attached a stigma to beneficial re-use. After growing for ten years to a level where in 2009 44.3 percent of CCR’s were recycled to industry as raw materials, the rate is now declining.  At the same time, water discharge permits have become increasingly stringent, allowing for the release of only very low concentrations of pollutants in plant effluents making it more difficult to drain ponds. The EPA is also currently developing revisions to the Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent guidelines and standards. These regulations address plant generated wastewater in the form of chemical pollutants and thermal pollution (heated water) from their water treatment, power cycle, ash handling and air pollution control systems, as well as from coal piles, yard and floor drainage, and other miscellaneous wastes.

Bob McIlvaine of the McIlvaine Company will review the issues and discuss the market opportunities for pumps, valves, filtration/separation and instrumentation in this market. As can be seen below, the market is large. Coal-fired power plants will spend more than $14 billion on flow control and treatment this year.

Flow Control and Treatment Revenues 2013 ($ Millions)

Some of the drivers and issues shaping the market will also be discussed. They include:

·         The projected use of coal and gas for power in coming years

·         Dry cooling vs. wet cooling

·         Cogeneration and district heating

·         Zero liquid discharge of wastewater

·         Combining sewage treatment and coal-fired power plants

·         Preventing heavy metals from entering the wastewater

·         New technologies in treatment and purification of wastewater and feedwater

Amy Antoniolli, Staff Attorney and Daniel J. Deeb Partner at Schiff Hardin LLP, will discuss USEPA’s new effluent guideline limitations rulemaking applicable to steam electric power plants released by USEPA on April 19 and how it overlaps with the coal combustion residual rulemaking.  Significantly, USEPA stated in the ELG rulemaking that the pollution reduction anticipated under that rule and other aspects of the rule, including various best management practices and incentives to close ash ponds and eliminate discharges to surface waters, would likely tip the scales in the CCR rulemaking towards regulating coal ash as nonhazardous waste under RCRA Subtitle D.  They will also discuss trends we have recently seen in citizens’ suits relating to wastewater discharges from power plants focusing on mercury. 

This webinar is free-of-charge.  To register for the “Fossil-fired Power Industry Water Flow and Treatment Issues and Markets” on May 2, 2013 at 10 a.m. (DST), click on:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm

McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration

On Thursday at 10 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. The cost is $125.00 for non-subscribers. Market Intelligence webinars are free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are $400.00 for non-subscribers.

To register for the Hot Topic Hour, click on:

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.

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