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 JUNE 2009: ISSUE 51, NUMBER 6
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New Trace Capacity Test Method Needed for Future Activated Carbon Applications
by Henry Nowicki, George Nowicki, Wayne Schuliger, Shib Mookherjea and Barbara Sherman
Pages: 22-27
New test methods can facilitate scientific discoveries and lead to new commercial granular activated carbon (GAC) products. Also, a new or modified paradigm can result when advanced data acquisition is available to base decisions on.
Chlorine and Chloramine Removal with Activated Carbon
by Robert Potwora
Pages: 28-30
Municipalities routinely began using chlorine to treat drinking water starting in 1908 with Jersey City, NJ. Its use has helped to virtually eliminate diseases like typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery in the US and other developed countries.
The Facts About Bottle Water Regulation
by Angela Logomasini
Pages: 32-37
For decades, several environmental groups have claimed that US tap water presented a serious public safety hazard. Yet during the past several years, they have refocused efforts on attacking bottled water.
POU Carbon Filters: Special Tests for Special Products
by Mark T. Unger
Pages: 42-44
During my near decade of association with the drinking water treatment industry, many different types of water treatment products have passed through the Water Quality Association's Laboratory.
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| Features |
William B. Fritzsche Memorial Top 50 Awards sponsored by WC&P Magazine
Pages: 46-49
As part of our 50th 'Golden Anniversary' of service to the international POU/POE water treatment industry, WC&P is proud to announce its first annual Top 50 Awards, including the selected Person of the Year, for 2009.
Avoid Hostile Environments When Installing Water Conditioning Appliances
by Gary Battenberg
Pages: 50-51
For many years, I have been brought in to evaluate water conditioning installations to scertain the root cause of poor performance or remature failure of the treatment product(s), anging from a simple cartridge sediment filter to complex systems.
NGWA Summit: Water Scientists Come to the Desert
by Denise M. Roberts
Pages: 52
The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) hosted a large number of scientists, technical experts and water specialists at the 2009 Ground Water Summit and 2009 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, held in Tucson, AZ in April.
WC&P Historic Insights: Tips That Pay Off in Commercial Selling
by Jerome R. Peterson
Pages: 54
The fastest-growing area of water conditioning has been in commercial/industrial equipment, where sales over the last five years have doubled annually.
WC&P Historic Ads
Pages: 56
2009 Technical Review Committee Insights
by Jim Lauria
Pages: 58
Jim Lauria is Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Amiad Filtration Systems, a manufacturer of clean technology water filtration systems for agricultural, industrial and municipal applications.
Anniversary Wishes
Pages: 59
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Dealer Dynamics: Chlorine -- A Cheap and Efficient Killer
by Greg Reyneke
Pages: 14-17
The water that most of us drink is stored, treated and distributed to our homes by public and private water utilities. Algae, bacteria, fungi and viruses can often...
Dealer Profile: New Hampshire's Artesian Quality Water Specialists
by Denise M. Roberts
Pages: 38-40
Contoocook Artesian Well, started in 1936, was purchased in 1957 by Merle Patenaude with his son Wayne, who ran it until 2001.
Water Matters: Material Safety of Activated Carbon
by Rick Andrew
Pages: 60-62
Material safety under the NSF/ANSI water standards is based on exposure of the subject product to water under specified conditions and analysis of the resulting water for potential contaminants.
On Tap: Jumping the Species Barrier--How Animal Pathogens Invade Human Hosts
by Kelly A. Reynolds, MSPH, Ph.D.
Pages: 64-66
The recent emergence of H1N1 virus (aka swine flu virus) reminds us that microbes are ever-adapting to their environments. They often expand via new susceptible hosts and additional transmission routes.
Viewpoint: The Next 50 Years
by Donald A. Mounce
Pages: 6
All of us at WC&P have had a great time this past year planning and celebrating our 50th anniversary.
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July 04, 2009
