January 2005 Volume 47 Number 1
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	Water Desalination Processes and Associated Health and Environmental Issues by Joseph A. Cotruvo More than 11,000 desalination plants are in operation throughout the world, producing more than 20 million cubic meters (m3)—roughly six billion gallons—of water per day...  read more
Features
	WC&P’s 2005 Technical Review Committee: Setting the Industry’s Standard of Excellence by Karen R. Smith One of the nicest aspects of being the Executive Editor here at WC&P is the privilege of working with the Technical Review Committee...  read more   A $1.3 Billion Shift in the Industry: GE Buys Ionics by Nate F. Searing Ionics Inc., the desalination heavyweight with a 50-year history designing, installing, operating and maintaining water and wastewater treatment systems, has been acquired by GE Infrastructure, a unit of General Electric Company...  read more   Pool and Spa Trade Shows and New Business Opportunities by Thomas M. Lachocki, Ph.D. Surrounding your customer with a more diverse group of products usually results in greater business security...  read more   New from WQA: National Consumer Research Study by Margit Fotre and John Ferguson The Water Quality Association has published the result of a precisely defined, groundbreaking consumer survey specifically targeting the POU/POE industry...  read more
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Columns
	Viewpoint: Timeline redux read more   Give Your Customers Something to Roar About by Nate F. Searing read more   Are You That Jacuzzi? A Conversation with Paul Jacuzzi of Waterite Technologies by Nate F. Searing read more   Cyst Reduction, Turbidity Reduction, Nominal Particulate Reduction, Class I by Rick Andrew read more   Underground Storage Tanks in the U.S. by Kelly A. Reynolds read more   Tech Talk: Mobile Services Meet Variable Demineralized Water Requirements in the Power Industry by Robert T. Taylor, Jr. read more