WaterBriefs: WSP Environmental Strategies adds Ecosystem Science & Restoration unit
In other news below:
-- The Society for the Environment grows again
-- JEOL Technics ships 10,000th unit
-- Labtronics partners with VALcoa
-- Bayer Industry Services reaccredited to ISO 17025
-- New flood risk and drainage network to be launched at THINK07
-- UK Utilities set to follow their US counterparts
-- EA urges producers to continue to sign up for WEEE schemes
-- Diversified Energy Corporation and Evergreen Pulp Inc. create partnership
-- Connecticut Clean Energy fund selects 68 Megawatts of projects incorporating FuelCell Energy's ultra-clean power plants
-- Pennichuck Corporation announces proposed rate settlement with New Hampshire PUC
-- Environmental EPCs will spend over $60 billion this year
-- Research and development team captures mechanical engineering award
-- PROFIBUS nodes exceed 18 million
-- ASHRAE sponsors one-year Washington fellowship
• WSP Environmental Strategies adds Ecosystem Science & Restoration unit
RESTON, VA, March 15, 2007 -- Consulting firm WSP Environmental Strategies has formed a dedicated Ecosystem Science & Restoration group to help clients manage ecological issues related to site cleanup and development, natural resource damage, and ecosystem restoration.
"Public concern about society's ecological resources is high today and still rising," said WSP Managing Director Jan Chizzonite. "Our clients' need for effective, business-oriented solutions is growing and represents a significant growth opportunity in the global and U.S. markets. The decision to strengthen WSP's ecosystem science and restoration capabilities is a direct response to our clients' urgent need for integrated expertise in this area."
Three prominent professionals have joined the firm to lead the new group: Lyndon C. Lee, Ph.D., a nationally known waters/wetlands regulatory expert and founder of the U.S. EPA's National Wetlands Science Training Cooperative; Peggy Fiedler, Ph.D., a former biology professor at San Francisco State University and an authority on landscape-level waters/wetlands ecology; and Kevin L. Fetherston, Ph.D., an expert in design and construction of waters/wetlands ecosystem restorations and co-author of The Earth Sanctuary 500-Year Plan.
Services offered by the ES&R group will include natural resources assessment and management, ecosystem ecology, habitat assessments and valuation, endangered species studies, regulatory assistance/permitting, and ecological restoration design and construction supervision, among others.
WSP Environmental Strategies is a division of WSP Environmental, a multidisciplinary, 1,000-person global environmental consultancy providing a comprehensive range of marketleading, commercially oriented environmental consulting services.
Also see: -- "WSP Environmental Strategies brochure"
Among other recent headlines:
• The Society for the Environment grows again
WARWICKSHIRE, UK,March 22, 2007 -- Reflecting the growing awareness that environmental issues are crucial to the way that professionals work across all disciplines, two more organizations have joined the Society for the Environment (SocEnv)....
• JEOL Technics ships 10,000th unit
PEABODY, MA, March 28, 2007 -- JEOL USA, a leading supplier of scientific instruments in the Americas, is proud to announce that JEOL Techniques, one of the company's design and manufacturing branches in Akashima, Japan, has shipped its 10,000th Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)....
• Labtronics partners with VALcoa
GUELPH, ON, March 29, 2007 -- Labtronics is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership with VALcoa. With this partnership, mutual clients can benefit from the shared expertise of the organizations in meeting their laboratory informatics needs within regulated environments...
Also see: -- "Labtronics partners with Symbion Systems to enable LIMS connectivity"
• Bayer Industry Services reaccredited to ISO 17025
High quality of Technical Safety Laboratory confirmed
LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY, March 29, 2007 -- The methods of measurement employed by the Technical Safety Laboratory of Bayer Industry Services' (BIS) Process and Plant Safety Business Unit meet the strictest quality demands. This was recently confirmed once again by the German Accreditation Body for Chemistry (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Chemie = DACH). The awarding of the relevant certificate brings the time-consuming process of reaccreditation to ISO 17025 formally to a close, at least for the next five years. During the prior inspection, the auditors saw for themselves the procedures followed in the laboratory, conducted discussions with employees and reviewed the documentation. The certificate covers the entire performance spectrum of the laboratory...
• New flood risk and drainage network to be launched at THINK07
LONDON, March 29, 2007 -- CIRIA, the leading provider of best practice guidance and training for issues relating to the modern built environment, will be launching the Local Authority Network on Drainage and Flood Risk Management (LANDFORM) at this year's biggest new sustainability, regeneration and innovation exhibition, THINK07...
• UK Utilities set to follow their US counterparts
BRISTOL, UK, March 29, 2007 -- Whether it's preparing for compliance with new regulations, ensuring service delivery from outsourcing agreements, minimizing 'internal' losses to gain ground in a market price war or simply improving the efficiency of internal processes, effective contract management is critical for any utility company. In a sector where outsourcing agreements are commonplace, many utility companies in North America have taken advantage of new contract management procedures spawned by the stringent US regulations that resulted from major commercial scandals such as Worldcom and Enron...
Also see: -- "Removing uncertainty in Contract Management: New System ensures consistency and compliance"
• EA urges producers to continue to sign up for WEEE schemes
LONDON, UK, March 29, 2007 -- The Environment Agency today urged companies that produce, rebrand or import electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), such as televisions and toasters, to make sure they are signed up with an approved WEEE compliance scheme...
• Diversified Energy Corporation and Evergreen Pulp Inc. create partnership to offset mill's natural gas usage with renewable energy
GILBERT, AZ, March 29, 2007 -- Diversified Energy Corporation and Evergreen Pulp, Inc today announced they have formed a partnership and submitted a proposal to pursue a renewable project being funded by the state of California. The Public Interest Energy Research Natural Gas (PIER-NG) Program, a part of the California Energy Commission, is seeking research, development, and demonstration of technologies capable of replacing natural gas usage with renewable resources...
• Connecticut Clean Energy fund selects 68 Megawatts of projects incorporating FuelCell Energy's ultra-clean power plants
DANBURY, CT, March 30, 2007 -- FuelCell Energy, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high efficiency ultra-clean power plants using a variety of fuels for commercial, industrial and utility customers, today announced that the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) has screened and selected six energy projects, incorporating 68 megawatts (MW) of the company's fuel cell products...
• Pennichuck Corporation announces proposed rate settlement with New Hampshire PUC
Would replace temporary rate increase in effect since July 2006
MERRIMACK, NH, March 30, 2007 -- Pennichuck Corporation today announced that its Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. subsidiary ("Pennichuck Water") has reached a settlement with the staff of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission regarding Pennichuck Water's request for rate relief. The terms of the settlement, which will not become effective unless approved by the New Hampshire PUC, provide for an annualized increase in Pennichuck Water's revenues of approximately $5.2 million, or 31.43%. This would replace an annualized temporary increase of $2.4 million, or 14.41%, that has been in effect since July 2006. The New Hampshire Office of Consumer Advocate joined in the settlement...
• Environmental EPCs will spend over $60 billion this year
NORTHFIELD, IL, March 30, 2007 -- Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors of environmental and contamination control systems will spend more than $60 billion in 2007 for components and services. Recipients of these purchase orders are the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). They will in turn spend $40 billion for components and services. Information on more than 10,000 of these companies is supplied in the McIlvaine online OEM Networking Directory. While these 10,000 companies represent only 10 percent of an estimated 70,000 companies which purchase environmental components or services, they represent more than 90 percent of the total purchases...
• Flowserve joint venture wins R&D honor in India
Research and development team captures mechanical engineering award
DALLAS, TX, March 30, 2007 -- Audco India Limited (AIL) has won the prestigious "National Award for Research and Development Efforts in Industry" for 2006, awarded by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of India. AIL is a joint venture of Flowserve Corporation, a global provider of fluid motion and control products and services, and Larsen & Toubro Limited...
Also see: -- "Flowserve awarded order for Olkiluoto nuclear plant"
• PROFIBUS nodes exceed 18 million
On track to exceed 20 million by 2008
SCOTTSDALE, AZ, March 30, 2007 -- Annual sales of PROFIBUS nodes reached a new high of 3.4 million in 2006 according to figures just released by PI (PROFIBUS and PROFINET International), the umbrella organization representing 25 regional PROFIBUS offices around the world and over 1400 member companies. This brings the total number of PROFIBUS nodes installed worldwide to 18.8 million. PROFIBUS remains on track to easily surpass the milestone of 20 million nodes by 2008 forecasted at the start of 2004...
• ASHRAE sponsors one-year Washington fellowship
Applicant to work in government advisory role
ATLANTA, GA, March 30, 2007 -- Forget Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. This year, Mr. or Ms. HVAC Engineer is going as well. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is sponsoring a one-year fellowship in Washington, D.C., that will allow the participant to work in the federal government in a technical advisory role. Possible placement areas include the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Congress or a federal agency such as the Department of Energy or the General Services Administration...
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