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U of Windsor teams sweep competition

The focus of faculty and students, cou-pled with support from the community,helped three teams from the University ofWindsor finish atop a national designcompetition.

David Penny, of the Corrugated SteelPipe Institute, which created the contest,was on campus recently for a formalpresentation of the awards to the winningteam members. First prize, with a cashaward of $2,500, went to Matt McColl,Daniel Nunn, and Yefu Zhang. Secondprize, with a cash award of $1,500, wentto Fadi Darsa, Jorge Silva, Yue Wang, andYangFeng Yu. Third prize, with a cashaward of $500, went to Christina Govas,Jeff Lerch, Russel Mailloux, and PatriciaWilbur.

The entries were conducted by the stu-dents as their fourth-year capstone proj-ects. Govas said the capstone project isthe closest thing to conducting profes-sional practice. "You have to apply every-thing you have learned in class, plus youhave to do research, plus you have to talkto people," she said. "It pushes you to un-derstand the entire scope of the project.There is a lot of responsibility."

Civil and Environmental Engineeringprofessors Barbara Budkowska, Shao-hong Cheng, and Sreekanta Das acted asfaculty advisors to the teams.

Former OWWA Chair receives Wolman Award

Jim Craig, a past Chair of the OntarioWater Works Association (OWWA) hasreceived the prestigious 2009 Abel Wol-

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(Back row from left) Russel Mailloux,Christina Govas, Jeff Lerch, and Patri-cia Wilbur; (middle row) Fadi Darsa,YangFeng Yu, and Jorge Silva, (miss-ing: Yue Wang); (front row) Matt McColland Yefu Zhang (missing: Daniel Nunn).

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ICJ hearings begin

The International Court of Justice in TheHague, The Netherlands, is hearing threeweeks of final arguments in a closelywatched dispute over sustainable devel-opment between the nations of Uruguayand Argentina over a paper mill on theUruguay River. The case is only the sec-ond environmental dispute to be decidedby the ICJ, and the first since the 1990s.

Arguments will be heard by 17 judgesfrom around the world, who are expectedto issue a decision sometime next spring.Argentina first brought the case in May2006. The Uruguay River forms part ofthe border between the two nations, andArgentina argues that the mill, inUruguayan territory, releases harmfulcontaminants into the river as part of theproduction of pulp used in the manufac-ture of paper.

Uruguay contends that the mill, ap-proved through a thorough permittingprocess and built by a Finnish company,is a model of eco-responsibility that hasnot damaged water quality or aquatic life.

Uruguay won the first round beforethe ICJ, which by a near-unanimous votein July 2006 refused to order that con-struction of the mill be halted. The facil-ity opened in November 2007 and hasbeen operating for nearly two years.

The mill, funded through the Interna-tional Finance Corporation arm of theWorld Bank, was also subject to a rigor-ous environmental review and approvalprocess at the IFC. The mill is the largestforeign-investment project in Uruguay’shistory.

Water reuse identified asgrowth opportunity

Water industry leaders met July 20 on theshores of Lake Michigan at Water Sum-mit III: The True Costs and Opportunitiesof Water, hosted by the Milwaukee 7Water Council.


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Assaf Barnea, CEO of Kinrot Ven-tures, Israel’s leading seed investor inwater and clean-tech related technolo-gies, was the Water Summit’s keynotespeaker. He reflected on how the staidwater industry was suddenly and dramat-ically transformed by the compellingevents of 2004.

“The race started when General Elec-tric purchased Ionics and Zenon Environ-mental of Canada, and Siemens purchasedUS Filter,” said Barnea. “These giants de-clared water is here to stay and companiesoutside of the industry took notice. In2008, water was a $450 billion industry. Itis the fifth largest industry in the world andit is growing between 7% and 8% a year.”

Barnea explained that world demandfor freshwater is increasing at an evenfaster rate than global population growthand it is creating severe water shortagesin many regions. Water scarcity will drivechange to many accepted practices preva-lent throughout the water industry.Reusing wastewater will become muchmore common and the new technologiesthat make it possible will be adopted andgrow.

“Reuse of water averages only 5%worldwide,” said Barnea. “In spite of itswater shortages, the City of Los Angelesreuses only 1% of its water. However, inIsrael we’ve been using 75% of our waterfor our agriculture.”

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Dan McCarthy, President and CEO ofBlack & Veatch’s global water business,advocates continued international collab-oration and cooperation by the water in-dustry despite protectionist approachesadopted by the United States which are be-coming more prevalent in other countries.

“As industry leaders, we didn’t start thefight,” McCarthy said. “But we must winit by continuing to promote a global per-spective that moves beyond isolationism.”

In his paper, McCarthy notes that eco-nomic problems have fueled protectionistattitudes not only in large water andwastewater markets like the United Statesand China, but also in smaller markets

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like Canada. He expresses concern thatthe American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act of 2009 (ARRA) may havedone more harm than good for the USwater/wastewater industry by providingmuch less stimulus money than needed toaddress infrastructure needs and madeless than by what may be lost as othercountries respond to the “Buy American”legislation.

McCarthy points out that increasingprotectionist measures and potential re-taliation threaten to undo the industry’sstrides to look beyond borders in address-ing water and wastewater issues.

The paper includes additional infor-mation and insights about ARRA and re-lated waivers, the recent “Buy Chinese”edict, and retaliatory protectionist actionunder consideration in Canada. Mc-Carthy calls for water industry leaders to“refuse to resurrect barriers that it hastaken years to break down.”

McCarthy’s white paper “Water Didn’tStart the Fight: Potential Impact of Pro-tectionist Attitudes on Water/WastewaterIndustry,” is available at www.bv.com/Downloads/Resources/Reports/20090831_WaterDidntStartTheFight

OCWA to continue partnership with Peel

The Ontario Clean Water Agency(OCWA) will continue to operate, main-tain, and manage the South Peel Waterand Wastewater Treatment System undera renewed 10-year agreement valued at$447 million.

OCWA has been managing the SouthPeel system since the 1950s. In 1999,OCWA was the successful respondent toPeel Region’s competitive process for op-erations and maintenance managementservices. Since then, the four Peel facili-ties and the distribution system have beenextensively expanded and upgraded toaccommodate regional growth. Advancedtechnologies have been introduced in allthe facilities in response to industrychange and to meet new legislative de-mands.

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Temcor, Inc. acquired byCST Industries

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