RECENT NEWS

 

July 2010
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. Purchases Swiss Company

July 2010
Aqua-Aerobic Featured on 21st Century Business Television Series

February 2010
Diamonds are San Antonio's Best Friend

November 2009 
Aqua V.P. Joins Purdue University Industrial Advisory Board

October 2009 
Aqua Donates $10,000 to the WateReuse Foundation

May 2009
Aqua's Our Green is Blue Community Supports the WateReuse Foundation

July 2010

Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. Purchases Swiss Company

Acquisition follows corporate vision of international growth and global expansion


Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of water and wastewater treatment equipment and systems, announces its purchase of Mecana Umwelttechnik Ag of Reichenburg Switzerland.  Since 1989, Mecana, the original inventor of cloth media filtration, has served the municipal, commercial and industrial sectors specializing in biological, compact sewage treatment systems and cloth media filtration technology. The company currently has systems installed throughout Switzerland, Germany, Korea and Spain.

                                                                                                                              

Founded in 1969, Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. has provided the water and wastewater treatment industry with aeration and mixing equipment, biological treatment, filtration systems, membrane systems and process monitoring and controls. According to Robert Wimmer, President of Aqua-Aerobic Systems, "This purchase follows our corporate vision and strategic plan for growth in global water and wastewater markets through geographic expansion, internationally."

The acquisition provides Aqua-Aerobic Systems with worldwide control of proprietary cloth filtration technology and further advancement of the company's filtration capabilities. Mecana will continue to operate from its facility in Reichenburg Switzerland serving the water and wastewater treatment needs of its customers with its proven technologies.

 

July 2010

Aqua-Aerobic Featured on 21st Century Business Television Series

An interview discussing Revolutionary Wastewater Treatment Solutions


Communities worldwide are facing water supply challenges. The most forward-thinking believe it is time for a paradigm shift—from treating wastewater for discharge into watersheds….to treating wastewater to use as a renewable resource, through recovery and re-use.

In this segment, Lloyd Johnson, Vice President of Research & Development for Aqua-Aerobic Systems, explains their revolutionary wastewater treatment solutions with additional interviews from Plant Superintendent, Doug Smedley and City Engineer, Chris Pappas from the City of Calera, Alabama.

"Aqua-Aerobic Systems is proud to be involved in an industry and a business that allows us the opportunity to do good things for people around the world," stated Robert J. Wimmer, President and CEO, Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.

                                                          

JL Haber, Vice President of Programming at Multi Media Productions, added, “Aqua-Aerobic Systems is an exciting company with a unique mission. We are excited to have them as a guest on our program.”

To view this segment, please click the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/21CBTV#p/search/0/embkgk3t8EY

21st Century Business is an award winning business series independently produced by Multi-Media Productions. The show provides its business viewers in-depth industry solutions from top business leaders from across the world. From energy to the financial circuit, from telecom to product development, 21st Century Business covers all corners of industry and innovation.

 

February 2010

Diamonds are San Antonio's Best Friend

Cloth media filter technology will soon treat the city's wastewater - increasing plant efficiency and reducing energy and operation and maintenance costs

Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. has partnered with San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS) on two wastewater treatment plant expansions that will replace aged, traveling bridge sand filters with new more efficient pile cloth media filter technology. Ten AquaDiamond® pile cloth media filters will be installed at the Dos Rios plant increasing the average capacity from 50 million gallons/day (MGD) to 120 MGD. Three additional AquaDiamond® filters will also be installed at the Leon Creek plant increasing its average capacity from 15 MGD to 36 MGD. The AquaDiamond® filters at both plants are scheduled to be operational by the 4th quarter of 2010. This project is one of the largest wastewater filtration projects in Texas. The project solution is a collaboration between Aqua-Aerobic Systems, CP&Y, Inc. (San Antonio, TX) consulting engineers and construction by Pepper Lawson Construction (Houston, TX).

An official project award was presented to Aqua-Aerobic Systems' at the Pepper Lawson's corporate office in Houston with local Aqua-Aerobic representative, Hartwell Environmental also in attendance. Aqua-Aerobic Systems is pleased to have partnered with the City of San Antonio and is proud to have the opportunity to serve this region with a robust, high efficiency, low energy wastewater filtration system. This technology will provide exceptional treatment for the communities it serves with the ability for future expansion at the lowest cost of ownership over the life of these plants.

 

November 2009

Aqua V.P. Joins Purdue University Industrial Advisory Board

Chris Korab, V.P./Human Resources of Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. has been invited to join the Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University.  The Industrial Advisory Board assists the department in enhancing the Computer Graphics Technology undergraduate and graduate programs by providing advice, counsel, and support on various aspects of departmental programs.  Korab is scheduled to join the board at their next meeting on December 3, 2009.


October 2009

Aqua Donates $10,000 to the WateReuse Foundation

On Tuesday, October 14th, Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. presented a check to the WateReuse Foundation during WEFTEC '09 in the amount of $10,000 to be used for future research projects and educational initiatives by the Foundation. This is the result of Aqua-Aerobic's 6-month campaign dedicated to educating and promoting the importance of clean, reusable water through an on-line, interactive community named Our Green Is Blue at www.ourgreenisblue.com which generated a membership of nearly 1,000 supporters from around the world.

The goal of the campaign was to obtain 10,000 supporters of Our Green Is Blue consisting of a diverse group of people who share a common interest in sustaining the world's number one resource - water. Supporters simply provided their name and e-mail address, and in return received informative e-newsletters relating to water reuse. Aqua would then donate $1.00 on behalf of each supporter to the WateReuse Foundation. Aqua is pleased to have reached 10% of its supporter goal and was proud to donate the full $10,000 representing the current and anticipated future membership of Our Green is Blue. A check presentation by Aqua-Aerobic Systems President and CEO, Bob Wimmer was made to Wade Miller, Executive Director of the WateReuse Association during a WateReuse hospitality event on Tuesday, October 14th.

 

May 2009

Aqua's Our Green Is Blue Community Supports the WateReuse Foundation

Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. has initiated an "Our Green Is Blue" community to provide the wastewater treatment industry with education, support, and Total Water Management Solutions. Since Aqua-Aerobic Systems has been "Going Green" for 40 years, it is more about "Going Blue", hence the "Our Green Is Blue" community.  Aqua-Aerobic is dedicated to continuous research and development, environmental preservation, and sustainability.  This is evident throughout the entire organization, from employees to customer solutions.  Aqua-Aerobic's onsite recycling programs and state-of-the-art facility designed with energy-efficient heating, cooling, lighting and water conservation technologies provide a daily eco-friendly environment.  Aqua-Aerobic helps its customers achieve "green" initiatives by providing them with "blue" solutions that are not only energy-efficient but provide Total Water Management at the lowest lifecycle cost.

One of the main goals of the "Our Green Is Blue" community is to support the WateReuse Foundation in its research efforts to preserve water resources and protect public health.  For every person that joins the "Our Green Is Blue" community (at no charge) Aqua-Aerobic Systems will donate $1.00 on their behalf.  Members of the community will receive industry news, water and wastewater research updates, wastewater treatment solutions information.  To learn more visit www.ourgreenisblue.com.

Rockford, IL, March 6, 2009 - Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. has partnered with the Colorado School of Mines' Advanced Water Technology Center (AQWATEC) and Mines' Small Flow Program to conduct field testing on the Aqua-Aerobic® MBR decentralized wastewater treatment system. The system consists of a full-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR), coupled with Koch PURON™ membranes. The main objective of the research project is to assess the performance of the decentralized system by treating one of the campus' housing community domestic wastewater sources (about 400 apartments). The focus of the testing is on the optimization of the treatment process for biological nutrient removal (BNR), membrane operation, and process adjustment for constant and seasonal flow patterns.