February 2003 Volume 45 Number 2
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	WQA Unveils New Format in Show Promises to be More Dealer-Friendly by John B. Ferguson The 29th Annual WQA Educational Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas will feature significant revisions to both the educational conference (March 18-22) as well as the exhibition (March 20-21)...   read more   Six Sigma How It Can Improve Your Trade Show Results by Charles M. Monroe and Chuck Cox When WC&P suggested we de-scribe Six Sigma and discuss its application to trade shows, we did our homework by jumping on a plane and visiting the Computer Dealers Exposition (Comdex) in Las Vegas...   read more   A Strategic Vision for the WQA? More Views from the Trenches by Carlos David Mogollón, WC&P Executive Editor Following is the second installment of our series allowing Water Quality Association (WQA) members to express themselves on repositioning of the association. Here, we include the views of Ed Fierko, Tony Frost, Evan Koslow and Peter Cartwright.  read more
Features
	Waterborne Contaminants: Emerging Issues—Copper, Chloramines and Water Conditioners by Dick Chmielewski and Peter Meyers Recently, a handful of PEDI operators in California were cited for excessive discharges of copper. Here’s an explanation on how and why this could happen, as well as some suggestions...  read more   Perchlorate Contamination and Current Treatment Options by Angela Wheland Fearful of human health risks, perchlorate has been studied by many organizations, including the AWWA, in recent years...  read more   Wastewater: Membrane Technologies for Wastewater and Chemical Processing Applications by Peter S. Cartwright, PE, CWS-VI Arguably, the greatest potential for membrane separation technologies is in wastewater treatment and chemical processing applications, yet they’re the least publicized...  read more   Wastewater: Nanofiltration in DI Rinse Recycle—A Case Study by James A. Hunt This article is based on a paper presented at the 20th Membrane/Separations Technology Planning Conference, November 2002, Newton, Mass. The author thanks event organizer BCC Inc. for permission to reprint it here...  read more   WQA Recertification Quiz As another winter winds down, we offer you the first opportunity in 2003 to recover from New Year’s resolutions and post-holiday doldrums for some bookworm mania...  read more   Bioterrorism Prevention: Awareness, Planning & Preparedness—The Key to ‘Normalcy’ after 9/11 by Robert Graham The following information was provided by the chief of the Lake Bluff, Ill., Fire Department, who is a member of a state anti-terrorism task force and gave a presentation on this topic...  read more   Investing in Water—A Long-Term Profitable Endeavor by Debra G. Coy You may have seen her column in the last issue of the USFilter magazine "Wave." Here the author, vice president of Schwab Capital Markets L.P.'s Washington Research Group, lends her perspective to WC&P readers...  read more   New Test Methods for the Activated Carbon Industry by Mick Greenbank, Henry Nowicki, Homer Yute & Barbara Sherman During the last 10 years, many activated carbon (AC) suppliers and users have been confronted with new challenges for their AC applications...  read more   Where in the Well It All Starts: Residential Water Pumps by Tom McDermott & Dave Greisinger Over 1.5 billion people use water wells as their primary source of drinking water. In the United States, 10 million private water wells supply drinking, washing, bathing and irrigation water...  read more   How Mold Can Ruin a Business—What Steps You Need to Take by John Larkin This article—based on one that ran in the WQANewsFax in January—discusses mold, insurance and how claims against water treatment dealers like you can cause serious financial and business hardship...  read more   Eight Steps to a Smart Legal Document Retention Policy by James G. Derouin As a sign of the times, none other than Time magazine named “Whistleblowers” as its People of the Year in 2002. Whether it’s Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, Adelphia, etc., the issue of corporate scandal has risen...  read more
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Columns
	Viewpoint: 2002—A Year of Challenges and Progress read more   Where a Big Gamble Paid Off: Truckee Meadows Water Systems, of Reno, Nev. read more   World Spotlight: Russia—Battling Waterborne Contaminants with UV read more   Cleaning Up with Harmsco’s Lee Smith read more   Driving Safer Cars, Drinking Safer Water read more   Concerns of Indoor Mold: What can be done? read more   Website of the Month: One for the Money, Two for the Trade Show—Looking for Dates on the World Wide Web read more