RECENT NEWS

March 2008  
Aqua Received 2008 Manufacturer of the Year Award

March 2008  
80 Delegates from India Attended Aqua's SBR and Cloth Media Filtration Seminar

October 2007 
Changsha's 54 MGD Upgrade Will Utilize Aqua MSBR® System

February 2007 
Terry Reid, Awarded Patent for AquaPASS® Phased Activated Sludge System

 

March 2008

Aqua Received 2008 Manufacturer of the Year Award

Aqua received the 2008 Manufacturer of the Year award from Rockford Chamber of Commerce at an appreciation dinner held on March 13, 2008 in Rockford, Illinois.  A certificate of Special Congressional Recognition and a trophy were presented to Aqua by Illinois Congressman, Donald Manzullo, for Aqua's significant contribution to Rockford's manufacturing community.  Aqua's use of innovative technology and technical training programs for its employees and customers has made it a competitive manufacturer, producing a 52% growth in sales, with only an 18% growth in staff, in the past five (5) years.

 

March 2008

80 Delegates from India Attended Aqua's SBR and Cloth Media Filtration Seminar

Aqua's rep, Crystal Industrial Syndicate Pvt., and Process Plant Manufacturer's Association of India held a one-day seminar on March 5, 2008 in Belapur, India titled Biological Processes (SBR) & Cloth Media Filtration of Wastewater.  The seminar was hosted by two presenters from Aqua's USA headquarters and it attracted 80 engineers and owners from India's wastewater industry.  Comprehensive information was presented on the quality parameters for reuse and discharge effluent limits as it relates to treatment plants in India.  The importance of controls and process monitoring were also discussed to inform attendees of available process flexibilty and energy savings.  Following each of the session topics was an interactive session between attendees and the presenters to discuss wastewater problems being experienced.  The seminar was a great success and Aqua looks forward to working with professionals in India's wastewater treatment industry.

October 2007

Changsha's 54 MGD Upgrade Will Utilize Aqua MSBR® System

Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. (Rockford, IL) and Corstar International Corporation (Shanghai, China) were awarded the contract by Changsha, Capital of Hunan Province in South Central China.  Changsha has a population of 6.1 million and is the center of a rich agricultural region amid the Hunan plains.  Changsha also borders the Xiang River so high levels of biological nutrient removal for both phosphorus and nitrogen are required.  Aqua-Aerobic Systems and Corstar International will design and supply a 54 MGD upgrade to the biological treatment process at the Changsha KaiFu Wastwater Treatment Plant.  The upgrade encompasses the installation of an Aqua MSBR® Modified Sequencing Batch Reactor system to meet the plant's biological nutrient removal requirements.  The upgrade, already underway will take approximately 18 months to complete.  The project is planned to start-up in March 2008.

February 2007

Terrence Reid, Awarded Patent for AquaPASS® Phased Activated Sludge System

Terry Reid, P.E., Product Manager at Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. is awarded his first patent.  He invented the AquaPASS® Phased Activated Sludge System which utilizes time-managed nutrient removal in a continuous flow configuration.  The system offers agressive reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus in an efficient and compact system.  Other advantages include: flexible tank design and equipment options, Load-proportioned power savings mode, and simple, yet flexible operation.  The first AquaPASS® installation will go into operation at the Salisbury Township Wastewater Treatment Plant in Pennsylvania.      

                                                                                                        

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