Thirty New Municipal Wastewater Projects Per Week in North America

There are more than 30 new municipal wastewater projects initiated per week in the U.S. and Canada according to the McIlvaine Company who tracks these projects in North America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

Many of these projects are active for five years or more. This results in thousands of active projects at any one point in time.  These projects range from modifications to small plants to construction of new large 400 mgd facilities.   The new facilities are generally located in the south and west and are to meet the population expansion.  However, new plants are being slated to replace older plants in regions where the population is not growing.

One major project is to replace a plant which is more than 100 years old and has only been modified to extend its life.  In general, replacing old plants with new ones results in the lowest overall cost. Many old plants do not have the modern digital controls which can provide greater efficiency.  Newer equipment designs such as membrane contactors have only been available for the last twenty years.

Odor control is another aspect which is much more cost effectively accomplished with a new plant.  The cost of odor control is more a function of the air volume treated than the concentration of contaminant.   Older plants require much more capture air than new ones which are designed with air minimization as a goal.

In the future there will be more projects directed at reusing municipal treated wastewater.  There are at least ten current projects where combined cycle power plants are being built with the intention of using the discharge from the local MWTP.

One area where the projects are mostly at a small scale is the analysis and removal of contaminant of emerging concern (CEC). There is work going on to evaluate pharmaceuticals and personal care products.  Southern California is concerned about the environmental impact of more than one billion gallons of treated wastewater which  is discharged daily into the ocean from municipalities.

For more information on North America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People: click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71#62ei.

 

 

Cleanroom Hardware Sales to Exceed $4.3 Billion Next Year

Sales of modular cleanrooms, walls, floors, filters, devices and other cleanroom hardware will exceed $4.3 billion in 2014. This is the most recent forecast appearing in World Cleanroom Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

($ Millions)

Subject

2014

 Total

 4,349

 Devices

 756

 Engineering & Design

 449

 Floors

 318

 HVAC

 1,587

 Monitoring

 290

 New & Prefilters

 289

 Replacement Filters

 372

 Walls

 288

 

The market for devices is growing faster than the other segments. The reason is that mini-environments are continuing to take market share away from the ballroom cleanrooms. There is considerable penetration in the semiconductor industry and a growing interest for this concept in the pharmaceutical industry.

The minienvironment encloses the product.  The cleanroom workers are outside the enclosure and, therefore, are not a source of contamination.  The result is a much cleaner space and the use of less air and energy.

The limitations of this approach are the requirements to automate the process, so that the worker does not have to be in contact with the product during processing.

For more information on World Cleanroom Markets, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73.

 

Controlling Dissolved Gases in Power Plant Water Systems with Gas Transfer Membranes Webinar on August 28, 2013

 

Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactor technology can optimize water processes in power plants by cost-effectively controlling dissolved gases. Fred Wiesler, Global Sales Director at Membrana will be discussing performance, operating costs, efficiency and other key benefits of using Liqui-Cel® Contactors compared to traditional technologies.

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT (8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PDT)

Key Take-Aways:

For more information, click on:
http://www.globalspec.com/events/upcomingevents

 

 Headlines for the August 16, 2013 – Utility E-Alert     

UTILITY E-ALERT 

#1138 – August 16, 2013 

 

Table of Contents 

COAL – US

 

COAL – WORLD

§  MoU signed to set up 6,000 MW of Power Plants in the Sindh State, Pakistan

§  Alstom involved in Plan to build Polish 2 x 900 MW Opole Power Plant

§  300 MW Bhushan Energy Power Plant in Odisha, India shut for Environmental Reasons

§  GRDA approved $357 Million 400 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant near Chouteau, OK

§  Russian Firm ready to invest in 500-600 MW Coal-fired Projects in Pakistan

§  Fortum to shutter Inkoo Coal-fired Power Plant in Finland

 

GAS/OIL – US

GAS/OIL – WORLD

BIOMASS

NUCLEAR 

BUSINESS

HOT TOPIC HOUR

 

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2013

 

DATE

SUBJECT

 

August 29

Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology     

Power

Sept. 5

Fabric Selection for Particulate Control

 

Power

Sept. 19

Air Pollution Control for Gas Turbines

Power

Sept. 26

Multi-Pollutant Control Technology

 

Power

Oct. 3

Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards     

Power

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President
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rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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