1,900 Active Municipal Wastewater Treatment Projects in the U.S. and Canada
Municipalities in Canada and the U.S. will construct new sewage treatment plants
to supply a growing population. They will also replace and upgrade existing
facilities. These projects are tracked biweekly in the McIlvaine
North America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Sewage Treatment |
U.S mgd x 1,000 |
Canada mgd x 1,000 |
||||
Treatment Type |
2014 |
Increase |
2015 |
2014 |
Increase |
2015 |
Transport |
44 |
- |
44 |
4.2 |
0.1 |
4.3 |
Primary |
41 |
1 |
42 |
3.2 |
0.1 |
3.3 |
Secondary |
39 |
1 |
40 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
Even though the U.S. capacity will increase by only the equivalent of twenty 50
mgd secondary treatment plants, there are hundreds of projects under way at the
4000 existing plants with more than 1 mgd of capacity and many more projects
underway at the 12,000 smaller plants. This results in more than 1,900 active
projects. This includes a number of membrane bioreactor systems which make
small remote plants economically and environmentally attractive. Canada
has a much smaller number of projects in planning and construction.
However, there is substantial activity in Western Canada due to the expansion of
energy related activities.
Each project is tracked on a biweekly basis. Information includes project size,
timing, architect engineer and contacts at the municipality and A/E.
For more information on
North America Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People,
click on:
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Huge Site Remediation Needs in Asia
There is extensive contamination of water and soil throughout Asia. Remediation
efforts are underway. However, in some countries the rate of new contamination
is still exceeding the remediation efforts. This is the conclusion reached by
the McIlvaine Company in Site Remediation and Emergency Response Newsletter.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
China is one country which is at least pursuing a clean-up effort. The Ministry
of Environmental Protection has outlined a plan for China to cut heavy metal
pollution in key areas 15 percent by 2015. The plan identifies fourteen
provinces and regions as major monitoring targets, along with 4,452 companies,
including mines, smelters and battery manufacturers. Local officials have been
made accountable for the reduction targets.
With a shortage of land for development in China’s cities, there is an urgent
need to clean up brownfields sites, remediation. Contaminated brownfields
are impeding urban development. Large industrial enterprises are being
moved outside of cities, leaving behind highly polluted sites. Examples of
the relocation of industrial enterprises from major Chinese cities include:
The most commonly used remediation approach is excavation followed by ex-situ
treatment, such as disposal of contaminated soil in a landfill or incineration
in a cement kiln. In-situ remediation technologies are being developed.
Vietnam has the additional challenge of cleaning up the contamination from
decades long warfare. During the Vietnam War (1962-71) the U.S. military dumped
an estimated 75 million liters of Agent Orange and other herbicides on
approximately one quarter of the territory of former South Vietnam. Agent Orange
was discovered to be contaminated with 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, an
extremely toxic dioxin compound. The Da Nang Airport is a dioxin hotspot because
of the highly contaminated soil and sediment discovered there. Tetra Tech of
Pasadena, California is carrying out a contract from the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) to remediate the Da Nang Airport site at a
cost of $84 million, using in-pile thermal desorption (IPTD) technology.
IPTD has been found to be the most effective method to date to destroy dioxin.
Tetra Tech’s work includes construction of the IPTD treatment structure and
excavation, transport and placement within the structure of dioxin-contaminated
sediment and soil.
Pakistan is one of a number of Asian countries which is not curbing its soil and
water contamination. One study notes that of 6,634 registered industries,
1,228 are considered highly polluting. Manufacturers of textiles, leather,
food, ceramics, steel, oil refineries and oils, pharmaceuticals and chemicals
industries in Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Multan, Hyderabad and Rawalpindi are
contributing to soil and water contamination. North Korea is the worst
offender in the region.
For more information on Site Remediation and Emergency Response Newsletter,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=74
Headlines for the May 31, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1127 – May 31, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
§
Court of Appeals Maintains Decision stopping 600 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in
Subic
GAS/OIL – WORLD
NUCLEAR
§
Czech Government still supports Extension of Temelín Nuclear Power Plant
§
South African Consortium gets Contract for Koeberg Water Tanks
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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2013 |
|
DATE |
SUBJECT |
|
June 13 |
Monitoring and Optimizing Fuel
Feed, Metering and Combustion in
Boilers |
Power |
June 20 |
Dry Sorbent Injection and
Material Handling for APC |
Power |
June 27 |
Power Generation Forecast for
Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables |
Market Intelligence |
July 11 |
New Developments in Power Plant
Air Pollution Control |
Power |
July 18 |
Measurement and Control of HCl |
Power |
July 25 |
GHG Compliance Strategies,
Reduction Technologies and
Measurement |
Power |
August 1 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP
Issues and Standards |
Power |
August 8 |
Improving Power Plant Efficiency
and Power Generation |
Power |
August 15 |
Control and Treatment Technology
for FGD Wastewater |
Power |
August 22 |
Status of Carbon Capture and
Storage Programs and Technology |
Power |
August 29 |
Pumps for Power Plant Cooling
Water and Water Treatment
Applications |
Power |
Sept. 5
|
Fabric Selection for Particulate
Control
|
Power |
Sept. 19 |
Air Pollution Control for Gas
Turbines |
Power |
Sept. 26 |
Multi-Pollutant Control
Technology
|
Power |
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