American Water Awarded Project With O'Brien & Gere To Study and Recommend New Decontamination Procedures for Water Infrastructure.Business Editors VOORHEES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2004 Project Sponsored by the American Water Works Research Foundation; Two-Year Study to be Conducted at American Water's Quality Control and Research Laboratory in Belleville, Illinois Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 41,410 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of St. Clair County,GR6 American Water is pleased to announce it has partnered with O'Brien & Gere, an engineering and environmental consulting Environmental consulting is often a form of compliance consulting, in which the consultant ensures that the client maintains an appropriate measure of compliance with environmental regulations. firm, on the American Water Works Association American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. It was founded in 1881 and, as of 2007, there are approximately 60,000 AWWA members world-wide. Research Foundation's (AwwaRF) project on "Standard Operating Procedures standard operating procedure Medtalk A technique, method or therapy performed 'by the book,' using a standard protocol meeting internally or externally defined criteria; a formal, written procedure that describes how specific lab operations are to be performed. for Decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. of Water Infrastructure." The principal investigator, O'Brien & Gere, sub-contracted with American Water, the largest water resources company in North America, to measure adsorption adsorption, adhesion of the molecules of liquids, gases, and dissolved substances to the surfaces of solids, as opposed to absorption, in which the molecules actually enter the absorbing medium (see adhesion and cohesion). of various contaminants to different types of water pipe and to evaluate procedures for contaminant contaminant /con·tam·i·nant/ (kon-tam´in-int) something that causes contamination. contaminant something that causes contamination. removal. "This important research is part of American Water's efforts to continue improving water utility industry procedures as it relates to potential security concerns," stated Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D., American Water's Chief Scientist of Innovation and Technology. "We are pleased to partner with O'Brien & Gere on this project, offering our combined expertise to better protect drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. supplies." The two-year study will be conducted at American Water's Quality Control and Research Laboratory in Belleville, Illinois. The laboratory, which is staffed by chemists, microbiologists, and other water quality professionals, is certified to perform a variety of water quality analyses with advanced scientific and diagnostic technology. "The goal for this American Water Works Association Research Foundation project is to develop an operating procedures guide for decontaminating water infrastructure. Having a standardized guide will significantly improve the ability of water utilities to respond to and mitigate any contamination event," stated principal investigator Gregory J. Welter, PE, DEE, O'Brien & Gere. About American Water: With a history of over 100 years, American Water provides high quality water, wastewater, and other related services. As part of RWE RWE Rot-Weiss Essen (Germann football club) RWE Ralph Waldo Emerson RWE Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke (German Power Supplier) RWE Read Write Execute RWE Right Wing Extremist Thames Water, the Americas Region serves 20 million customers in 29 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Chile. RWE Thames Water is the water division of multi-utility RWE and is the third largest water and wastewater services company in the world. It serves almost 70 million people in over 20 countries. Additional information can be found on the Internet at www.amwater.com. American Water and RWE Thames Water, through their combined expertise, continue the tradition of providing customers with superior quality service while gaining access to new technologies, research and development, and global experience in service, customer satisfaction and security. About O'Brien & Gere: O'Brien & Gere provides services to both public and private water agencies for every engineering and environmental aspect of water supply, transmission, treatment and distribution. The company, founded in 1945, provides engineering planning and design, construction, design/build, analytical and contract operations services to industrial, municipal and federal clients. About AwwaRF: The AwwaRF is a member-supported, international, nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that sponsors research to enable water utilities, public health agencies, and other professionals to provide safe and affordable drinking water to consumers. |
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