Recent News
The latest news from Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. provides you with an insight into Aqua's involvement with new product development, solutions provided to our customers and news related to our water and wastewater treatment community.
Industry Professional Assumes Chairman Position for WWEMA - First woman in 103 Year History
Aqua-Aerobic Systems to Receive Prestigious Innovative Technology Award from WEF
Aqua-Jet Aerator Model SS-PW Received Editor's Choice Award in Pollution Engineering Magazine
City of Round Rock Received Water Reclamation Award from AWWA
Aqua-Jet Aerator Approved for TTHM Stipping in Potable Water Applications
Cloth Media Filters at D.C. Tillman Wins Research Achievement Award
Aqua-Aerobic Systems Partners with Middle East Representative
January 2012
Industry Professional Assumes Chairman Position for WWEMA
First Woman Chair in 103 Year History
The Board of Directors of the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturer’s Association (WWEMA) has elected Deborah LaVelle to assume the
position of Chairman for its 2011-2012 term. LaVelle is the first woman to serve as Chairman in the organization’s 103 year history. Her role as Chairman includes serving on the Strategic
Planning and Executive committees and providing leadership to the organization. Deborah
brings over three decades of experience in the water and wastewater industry to the
organization where her knowledge and expertise will continue to complement the association’s
mission and meeting its future goals.
Ms. LaVelle is currently employed by Aqua-Aerobic Systems Inc. (Loves Park, IL) as the Vice President of Marketing & Application Engineering.
LaVelle has been with the company since
1986, serving in various management positions.
About WWEMA
WWEMA is a non-profit trade association founded in 1908 to represent the interests of companies who
manufacture products that are provided to the water and wastewater treatment industries. Its mission is to
inform, educate and provide leadership on the issues that affect the worldwide water and wastewater
equipment industry. WWEMA provides a vital link between its members and governmental and private
trade organizations, banking systems and utilities worldwide.
August 2011
Aqua-Aerobic Systems to Receive Prestigious Innovative Technology Award from WEF
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. will receive the prestigious Innovative Technology Award from the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international not-for-profit technical and educational water quality organization. The award will be presented during a ceremony at WEFTEC® 2011, the organization’s 84th annual technical exhibition and conference October 15-19 in Los Angeles, California.
The Innovative Technology Award, which includes the collection systems, instrumentation, process equipment, and solids handling & disposal categories, are presented annually to WEF associate members who have introduced new innovative products or services related to the construction, operation, or maintenance of treatment facilities.
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. is being recognized in the instrumentation category for its BNR IntelliPro® process monitoring and controls system. The system provides an essential link between operations, equipment and treatment goals with the added benefits of reduced energy consumption and operator time savings. The system’s enhanced features include automatic adjustment capabilities for biological nutrient removal (BNR), and chemical addition. Process support is provided for operators through the online BioAlert™ notification and guidance program, as well as other integrated operation and maintenance (O&M) support tools.
For more information, visit www.weftec.org.
July 2011
Aqua-Jet® Model SS-PW Received Editor's Choice Award in Pollution Engineering Magazine
The Aqua-Jet aerator model SS-PW was chosen for the 2011 Pollution Engineering Editor's Choice Awards for being a top, most innovative product released for sale between June 2010 and June 2011. The aerator was recognized for being a lower cost aeration solution for TTHM stripping applications in potable water treatment systems. All recipients of the Editor's Choice Awards were published in the July issue of Pollution Engineering.
May 2011
City of Round Rock Received Water Reclamation Award from AWWA
The city of Round Rock, Texas received the Bob Derrington Reclamation Award from the Texas Section, American Water Works Association for their development of a new water reuse system. The system will be utilized at the Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and constructed in five (5) phases. The reuse water will meet the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Type I criteria for unrestricted reuse and will provide landscape irrigation for the Old Settlers Park (Phase 1), the Higher Education Campus (Phase 3), and Stony Point High School (Phase 5). The park irrigation should begin in spring of 2012 and will reduce potable water demand by approximately 6 MGD. Following completion of the reuse system, the potable water demand is projected to be reduced by approximately 12 MGD. The new reuse system will prevent the growing city’s predicted water supply shortage and provide an alternative to more expensive conservation strategies.
The Brushy Creek plant will utilize one (1) 12-disk AquaDisk® cloth media filter for the tertiary treatment NTU objective, preceding disinfection. The filter system is designed for an average design daily flow of 3 MGD and peak flow of 6 MGD. Aqua-Aerobic Systems looks forward to the expected outstanding plant performance the reuse system will achieve and the benefits it will provide the City of Round Rock.
April 2011
Aqua-Jet® Aerator Approved for TTHM Stripping in Potable Water Applications
The Aqua-Jet surface mechanical aerator has been approved by Underwriters Laboratory (UL) to meet ANSI/NSF STANDARD 61 requirements for use in potable water applications. The approval includes seven horsepower sizes from 1 through 15. These units are designated as model SS-PW and can be utilized for TTHM stripping applications or circulation in potable water treatment systems and reservoirs with a minimum volume of 100,000 gallons.
The UL approval is a result of a one-year testing program conducted by UL per ANSI/NSF 61 protocol for the use of the Aqua-Jet aerator in potable water applications. In addition, the aerator was tested for the removal of disinfection by-products (DBPs). One specific DBP tested, Total Trihalomethane (TTHM), represents a group of volatile organic compounds formed by the interaction of organic precursors in raw source water and free chlorine added for disinfection. Since the removal of organic precursors can be difficult and costly, the objective was to research a lower cost aeration solution for TTHM removal. Testing confirmed that TTHMs can be effectively removed by various methods of aeration once the reaction with chlorine takes place. The Aqua-Jet surface mechanical aerator is one of the successful aeration methods.
The Aqua-Jet aerator model SS-PW will offer substantial savings from the perspective of capital, installation and operating cost when compared to diffused, or other spray forms of aeration for TTHM stripping applications.
February 2011
Aqua-Aerobic Systems Partners with Middle East Representative
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. announces a partnership with SupplyCore Middle East (SCME), a Riyadh based service and solution provider of advanced technology to support critical infrastructure needs. The partnership offers wastewater solutions to Saudi Arabia, the largest economy in the Arab world, as well as the rest of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council). This establishes a Middle East presence for design, sales, installation and service of Aqua Aerobic Systems, Inc. wastewater solutions and provides customers in the Middle East region with the design expertise and equipment solutions needed to meet the ever growing demands of wastewater treatment.
“We are excited to begin our partnership with SCME and provide our wastewater solutions to businesses and government entities in the Middle East region,” said Robert Wimmer, President and CEO of Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. “The partnership demonstrates Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ commitment to the region and better positions us to support growth in this rapidly expanding market.”
“The movement toward effective water use management has gained momentum in the last few years and will remain a challenge moving forward”, said Sattam Al-Suwailem, President and CEO of SupplyCore Middle East. “This partnership will put SCME in a position to positively affect the way water is treated and re-used in the Gulf”
Aqua-Aerobic Systems currently has 20 projects in the Middle East and looks forward to expanding its clients in that region of the world.
February 2011
Cloth Media Filters at D.C. Tillman Wins Research Achievement Award
The AquaDiamond cloth media filter project at D.C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant (DCTWRP) won the 2010 Research Achievement Award from the California Water Environment Association (CWEA). The project is the largest Title 22 cloth media filtration system installation in the United States. The plant has an average daily flow of 80 MGD but the eight (8) filter system has a design flow capacity of 176 MGD to accomodate for future needs. The filters consistently produce effluent turbidity less than 2 NTU and suspended solids less than 3 mg/l. The cloth media filters went into operation in December 2009, replacing the existing shallow bed sand filters. The filtration system was recognized for its innovative technology, low construction budget and accelerated design-build schedule.