Water. Desalination + reuse
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May-June 2015 | Desalination & Water Reuse | 23 | SHOWCASE CH2M Hill rebrands Infrastructure engineering frm, CH2M Hill, has changed its branding to one that "refects the energy and passion of the frm" and renamed itself CH2M. "Our refreshed brand goes much deeper than just a new logo and shortened nickname," said CH2M chair and chief executive offcer, Jacqueline Hinman. She said it "combines our client- centric mindset with our commitment to technical excellence and innovation". The company has shortened its name to CH2M and redesigned its logo from its twenty-year old block capitals design to a lower-case script-style typography. Hinman added: "Our distinctive new look refects the energy and passion of the frm and its zest for bringing the smartest approaches to the markets and industries we serve." The company said its leadership believed that the rebrand and new logo, coupled with a changed business strategy launched in January, will help to deepen the relationships between clients and CH2M's sales and project delivery teams. "In the past year, the company has focused its strategy on strengthening the culture of collaboration and sharing across its fve business groups and around the world," it said in a statement. sterliteCH Offers new UltrafiltratiOn MeMbranes Laboratory products and membrane testing frm, Sterlitech, is offering Synder Filtration's recently developed ultrafltration membranes, the PX, PY, and PZ polyacrylonotrile (PAN) membranes, as pre-cut test coupons, sheets, and disks. The membranes are designed for oil removal in wastewater treatment applications. They can, according to Sterlitech, fll critical process requirements where the presence of oils in industrial effuent hinder downstream processes. "New regulations on industrial wastewater discharge and quality requirements for water reuse make it increasingly necessary for companies to fnd an effcient and cost-effective method to separate emulsifed oils from wastewater," said Sterlitech president Mark Spatz. The new PAN membranes have molecular weight cut-offs of 400 kDa (PX), 100 kDa (PY ), and 30 kDa (PZ). In addition to excelling at oil removal, the membranes are more hydrophilic and have a lower fouling propensity than PVDF membranes in wastewater treatment said Sterlitech. HydranaUtiCs releases Update On MeMbrane prOjeCtiOn sOftware Membrane solutions company, Hydranautics, has released the latest version of its membrane projection software sizing tool, Integrated Membrane Solutions Design 2015 (IMSDesign-2015) and ROData XL program which integrates proven normalization equations with Microsoft Excel. IMSDesign-2015 was developed using Microsoft's .Net technology, and it includes, according to Hydranautics, improved graphics and features which enhance the user's ability to design and analyze membrane-based systems quickly and accurately. New features in IMSDesign-2015 include a multiple-language user interface with easier membrane data entry. Screen previews and quick calculations can be performed while other membranes are being selected says the developer. a grand COnferenCe is aMta's fOUrtH One thousand attendees took the trip to Orlando, Florida for the fourth Membrane Technology Conference (MTC) hosted jointly by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) in March. Next year's MTC on 1-5 February 2016 will be in San Antonio, Texas. The conference technical chairman will be professor Andrea Achilli of Humboldt State University and Ben Movahed of Watek Engineering will be the technical vice chairman. AMTA named its directors for the coming year as: president, Scott Freeman, Black & Veatch frst vice president, Christine Owen, Tampa Bay Water; second vice president, Lynne Gulizia, Toray Membrane; treasurer, Greg Wetterau, CDM Smith; and secretary, Karen Lindsey, Avista Technologies. Awards AMTA and the AWWA announced their award winners at their Membrane Technology Conference. Michael Vernon of Indian River County Utilities, Florida was the Robert Vernon Operator of the Year. The award recognizes signifcant, long-term improvement in water production and/or water reuse. San Elijo Water Reclamation Facility, California picked up the Membrane Facility of the Year award for use of membrane technology with high effciency in an environmentally friendly approach. Water Quality Person of the Year was Jorge Arroyo, former director of innovative water technologies, Texas Water Development Board. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to water supply improvement. Hydranautics won the Membrane Exhibit of the Year awarded for the exhibition stand that best highlights the importance of membrane technology. AMTA Member of the Year was Julie Nemeth-Harn, Harn RO Systems. Dave Grunau, Aqua Design; Frank Leitz, Bureau of Reclamation; Melvin Lew, Offce of Saline Water; and Bill Katz, Ionics were inducted into the AMTA Hall of Fame. Awards were presented for the best poster presentation and paper at the MTC conference. The best paper, best poster and best student paper winners each received US$ 1,250. Best Paper was "Groundwater replenishment performance and operations: lessons learned during clearwater's one-year pilot" by Jennifer Roque, Tetra Tech. Best Poster was by Wayne Bates, Hydranautics: "Energy reduction at a municipal water plant in Florida using RO/NF membrane technology." The best student paper was shared by Marjolein Vanoppen, University of Ghent for "Properties governing the transport of organic pollutants through ion exchange membranes using desalination of complex waste streams in ED" and James Liu, University of Washington, for "Moving fouling away from the membrane: microgranular adsorptive fltration and fouling isolation." The best student poster award of US$ 500 went to Amira Abdelrasoul, Ryerson University for "A mechanistic fouling attachment model for homogenous and heterogeneous membranes in ultrafltration of latex solution."