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Representative
Events:
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National Groundwater Association
Conference
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May 26 and 27
San Francisco, CA
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"MTBE
and Perchlorate: Assessment, Remediation and Public Policy"
covers subjects ranging from costs and legal issues to risk
assessments and Superfund
cleanup levels and includes a Gannett Fleming presentation
entitled, "Using Data Analysis and Tightness
Testing to Transfer Regulatory Responsibility for
MTBE at an Operating Service Station in the Mid-Atlantic"
(see
Papers/
Presentations
for more information).
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www.ngwa.org
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Read our
Regs/Programs
section for information about a USEPA
Superfund
Site Management application.
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Contamination Monitoring Techniques
Seminar
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May 26 and 27
Bellevue, WA
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An AWWA-sponsored
event discussing the latest technologies and techniques
including the USEPA Response Protocol Toolbox, early warning
analysis, field testing and safety and source, distribution and
treatment monitoring sessions among other tracks.
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www.awwa.org |
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NAID/Association of Defense
Communities (NAID/ADC) Conference
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June 4-7
Denver, CO
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In light of the recent Defense
Department's Base Realignment and closure (BRAC) list, this
event, focusing "on the issues and impacts of BRAC 2005," will
cover BRAC process, planning, collaboration and redevelopment
issues while targeting communities with active or closed
military bases.
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www.defensecommunities.org
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Association
of State Floodplain Managers Conference
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June 11-17
Madison,
WI
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"No Adverse Impact: Partnering for
Sustainable Floodplain Management" will feature related
presentations, sessions and exhibits on "programs, resources,
materials, equipment, accessories and services" regarding a
community-based flood mitigation, watershed management
approach.
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www.www.floods.org/Conferences
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Read our
related
News
article on the Wissota,
WI,
FERC Hydroelectric Power Project.
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AWWA Annual Conference
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June 12-16
San Francisco, CA
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"The World's Water EventSM" is the premiere
water conference and exposition featuring the latest on
information management, industry security, financing, regulatory
proceedings and overall utility updates.
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www.awwa.org |
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Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities (PLCM) and
Pennsylvania Association of Township Commissioners (PSATC)
Conventions
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June 26-29
Lancaster, PA (PSATC)
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"Core Communities: Capitalizing On Our Assets" will provide
larger urban government officials with an annual update on the
latest "equipment, technologies and services."
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www.paleague.govoffice.com
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June
27-29
York, PA (PLCM)
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"Core Communities: Capitalizing On Our Assets" will provide
larger urban government officials with an annual update on the
latest "equipment, technologies and services."
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www.paleague.govoffice.com |
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Solid Waste
The Solid Waste
Association of North America (SWANA) contains divisions on topics ranging
from landfill gas and management (see
Papers/ Presentations) to waste-to-energy, reduction,
recycling and composting technologies.
SWANA member, Steve Krajcsik, PE, was recently named Gannett Fleming's national practice manager for the Solid
Waste Practice Leadership Team. Based in our firm’s Harrisburg, PA, corporate
office, Krajcsik served as a senior project engineer and manager in the Environmental
Resources Division prior to assuming his new position . . .
. . .
Sustainability
Sustainable
Pittsburgh endeavors to enhance "economic prosperity, social equity and
environmental quality" in the greater Pittsburgh, PA, region. Planner
Erica Kagle was recently invited to serve on the
organization's Advisory Board.
. . .
Water/Wastewater
Bob Adamski, PE, was
recently presented with the Board of Directors Service Award for his service as
a member of the Board of the New York Water Environment Association (WEF).
He has also received a WEF Quarter Century Operators' Club membership. . .
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Nutrient Removal Initiatives
Maryland
In 2002, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), in conjunction
with the USEPA and local government, initiated a study to investigate
opportunities for achieving greater nitrogen reductions at wastewater treatment
facilities. This effort is referred to as the
Enhanced Nutrient Removal (ENR) Program.
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reduction goals |
| The ENR study included an interim
nitrogen reduction goal of 6 mg/l, and further reduction of Total
Nitrogen to 3 mg/l. |
Our firm partnered with George, Miles, and Buhr, LLC, to complete this statewide study. The
partnership
assessed technical
alternatives and costs to implement nitrogen reductions and ENR at 66 targeted wastewater treatment systems.
Contact Project Manager,
Stephen Gerlach, PE, for
study details and read our related
regs/programs article for more background.
Pennsylvania
Thanks to a Gannett
Fleming-designed biological nutrient
removal (BNR) process, the Borough of Hanover Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)
has reached total effluent nitrogen concentrations as low as
5 mg/l. Nitrification and denitrification were achieved simultaneously
within the Hanover WWTP's existing oxidation ditch activated sludge treatment
units.
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Preferred BNR
Consultant |
| Our firm
was awarded 3 out of 6 state BNR contracts during the latest round
of Pennsylvania DEP Growing Greener grants. |
Other similar Pennsylvania facilities under construction or
recently completed by our firm include enhanced biological phosphorus removal
for the Lewisburg Area Joint Sewer Authority and New Hanover Township.
An MLE
(Modified Ludzack-Ettinger) nitrification/ denitrification activated sludge
process was designed for Greencastle Borough.
Contact Project Manager,
Dale Shope, PE, for more BNR information
and stay tuned to the next issue. Read our
regs/programs section for more on related
Chesapeake Bay initiatives.
Hydroelectric Power Project:
FERC Re-licensing First
As reported last Fall, the Wissota, WI, Hydro Project was
the first pilot exercise to implement FERC's new potential failure modes analysis (PFMA) requirement.
Gannett Fleming Midwest Dam and Water Resource Manager, Terry Hampton, PE,
authored the PFMA report and the related Part 12D consultant safety inspection
report for this project. . .
Maryland Water Milestone
Scheduled for completion in the spring of 2008, the Fullerton Plant is planned
as a 120 mgd facility which will be the largest new water treatment plant
constructed in the Baltimore, MD, region in 50 years . . .
Chesapeake Bay BNR Funding
In 1985, as one of the Chesapeake Bay Program initiatives,
the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) implemented a cost share grant
program for the express purpose of reducing nitrogen in the effluent at 66
targeted wastewater treatment plants. These plants were defined as Publicly
Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) in the state of Maryland designed with a treatment
capacity of 0.5 MGD or greater.
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Pennsylvania funding |
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As previously reported, Hanover, PA, is one of
several
municipalities to receive Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Growing Greener funding in order to reduce nitrogen
loadings to streams and to the Chesapeake Bay through BNR treatment. |
Defined as the Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Program,
this effort has been recognized nationally for its results both in terms of
state/local partnerships and in achievements in total pound reductions.
Thanks to an adaptable overall nutrient removal plan (see "Nutrient
Removal Initiatives" under
News), Maryland has made
significant progress towards achieving the Chesapeake Bay Program 40 percent
nitrogen reduction goal.
Surf the
MDE or
PADEP web sites and stay tuned next issue
for more nutrient removal information.
Facilitating Superfund Management
The Environmental Protection Agency Knowledge
Management Application (EPAKMA) is a license-free, cutting-edge geospatial
application that allows EPA Superfund Site managers to track the status of
reports on individual sites. It dynamically pulls information from
historic reports as well.
Developed by our
GeoDecisions®
division, this application greatly increases the efficiency of the EPA's
business process by providing the agency with
enhanced decision-support tools, greater availability of spatially-enabled
information for decision-making and presentations and more effective utilization
of the information gathered through the Superfund Program.
Contact Atlanta, GA, Office Manager
Jack Sulima, Ph.D., PG,
for more information.
MTBE Service Station
Remediation
The source of increased MTBE
concentrations at service station sites may be small volume
liquid or vapor releases from operation of the current
underground storage tank system.
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MTBE |
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MTBE is on a list of contaminants under USEPA consideration for
regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Regulatory agencies with
jurisdiction over these sites require convincing, technically
defensible evidence that the current operator is contributing MTBE to the shallow aquifer before they will consider a change
in the allocation of responsibility.
Read our
Papers/ Presentations section for more information.
Landfills
A landfill gas pipeline and mining and
reclamation are the subjects of two recent Gannett Fleming solid waste paper
presentations.
Site Remediation
A Gannett Fleming co-authored paper serves as a case study for
an operating retail leaking underground storage tank (LUST).
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Waterpower
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Maryland
Department Of The Environment: Biological Nutrient Removal Program
» Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Bay Program
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Solid Waste Association of North
America
» USEPA:
MTBE
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