May 2002 Volume 44 Number 5
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	Commercial/Industrial: Ion Exchange for Water Recycling in Semiconductor Manufacturing by Alex Lebrijas When factoring economic and environmental concerns, companies looking to get into ultrapure water applications are encouraged to seek a water recycling program...  read more
Features
	WQA New Orleans 2002: Organized Chaos Leads the Way for a Year of Strategic Planning by Carlos David Mogollón, WC&P Executive Editor A number of things seemed in disarray as the 28th annual WQA Convention & Exhibition got under way. For one, attendance was down sharply...  read more   A Virtual Tour of the WQA Convention by Carlos David Mogollón and Ronald Y. Pérez, WC&P Editors A day-by-day account of select committee and task force presentations at the 2002 WQA Convention, March 5-9, in New Orleans...  read more   Respiratory Protection in Drinking Water Plants by Henry G. Nowicki, Ph.D., and Barbara Sherman OSHA's most cited health and safety violation in water utilities is poor respiratory protection, regardless of whether it's a small system or a large one...  read more   TTHMs, TCE & PCE: Drinking Water Contaminants & Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Frank Bove Considerable public concern exists on effects of exposure to drinking water contaminants on the health of infants, children and expectant mothers...  read more   DBPs: Optimizing and Applying Activated Carbon for Trihalomethane Removal by Kimberly Thompson Drinking water is often made safer by chlorination but with this disinfection method come other residuals, such as THMs, with negative health consequences...  read more   Water Quality Association Recertification Quiz -- May 2002 by Mark Rowzee, WQA Education Director Three times a year, the Water Quality Association and WC&P team up to provide you a chance to earn CWS recertification credits.  read more   Planning to Succeed in Commercial Reverse Osmosis by Walt Crandall Residential water treatment dealers may be daunted by resources and work required for commercial RO markets, but the rewards are worth the effort...  read more   A Dealer Perspective: Awarding Fun in the Workplace by Christine P. Fletcher A New Hampshire water treatment dealer tells how her staff embraced a more lighthearted approach to making the workplace more enjoyable and productive...  read more
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Columns
	Viewpoint: What a Difference a Year Makes -- New Orleans, Indianapolis, Paris & Cuba read more   Fighting an Uphill Battle in the Rocky Mountain State: Clear Choice Water Conditioning of Lamar, Colo. read more   Drinking Water Dollars: Mergers & Acquisitions in the Water Industry, Part 3, After the Deal is Done -- How to Make the Acquisition Work read more   World Spotlight: Looking to the Future of Jamaica -- Making Water Everyone’s Concern read more   Keeping an Eye on Erie Controls’ Kopacz read more   New ANSI/NSF Draft Standard for Shower Filtration Systems read more   Eureka for Eukaryotes -- The Problem with Protozoa read more   Website of the Month: Checking Out the Affairs of States -- Sizing Up WQA Regional Associations read more