The ArrowMaster Pro-Line solar-powered arrow board is designed to direct traffic around work zones. The board is powered by a 210-amp marine, deep-cycle battery storage bank that charges by a top-mounted, shadow-free solar panel. The solar panel is positioned for maximum charging capabilities in both the operating and travel modes. The battery can last up to 30 days of continuous operation without a solar charge.
Work Area Protection Corp.
St. Charles, IL
Tel: 800-327-4417
Web: www.workareaprotection.com
Seawater desalination
The American Water Works Association has published AWWA Manual M61, Desalination of Seawater. The book provides essential information that water utility managers and design engineers need to understand desalination and to make informed decisions on everything from planning to treatment plant construction. Topics include treatment technologies, water quality, environmental impacts, residuals management, site development and co-location with existing plants and costs.
American Water Works Association
Denver, CO
Web: www.awwa.org/bookstore
Rugged laptop
Panasonic has announced a series of upgrades to its Toughbook® 31 fully-rugged laptop. The updated device features new Intel® Core™ i5 and i3 processors, increased RAM and hard drive capacity as well as speed, up to 20 hours of battery life, a brighter sunlight-viewable screen and more. With these improvements, the MIL-STD-810G and IP65 certified laptop continues to be suited for field workers. The availability of discrete graphics from an ATI Radeon™ HD6750 card also delivers significant improvements in 3D graphics, important for GIS and other graphic-rich applications.
Panasonic Solutions Co.
Web: www.panasonic.com/toughbook
Water loss reduction
Bentley Institute Press has released a new book, Water Loss Reduction. Written by a group of water loss experts from around the world, the book addresses the needs of water utility managers, a wide range of engineers (including water resources, hydraulic, and environmental), as well as teachers and students of the water engineering disciplines. It covers in detail everything from the basics of water loss to almost every method of reducing it, including conventional device-based approaches, data management, simulation and optimization analysis, online monitoring, pressure management, and pipeline condition assessment and renewal planning.
Bentley Institute Press
Exton, PA
Web: www.bentley.com/bentleystoreWL
Data management
Telog Instruments has released Telogers Enterprise 5.0, the latest version of its data collection and information management system. The new version includes a runtime version of Crystal Reports application software. Users can run Crystal Reports .rpt files natively from within the Telog Enterprise Client (TEC), whether the files are created by Telog or by users with their own copy of Crystal Reports.
Telog Instruments
Victor, NY
Tel: 585-742-3000
Web: www.telog.com
Hydraulic mixing
The JetMix™ hydraulic mixing system agitates sludge within the anaerobic digestion process, optimizing digestion and methane production. The latter can be captured and used as energy within a wastewater treatment facility. The system allows operators to schedule mixing times, which can reduce power usage by 60 - 80% without decreasing gas production or negatively affecting volatile solids reduction.
Siemens Industry, Inc. - Water Technologies
Tel: 978-614-7111
Web: www.siemens.com/water
Stormwater filtration
Retenu, now available from StormwateRx, is a new stormwater roughing filtration system that is ideal for heavy industrial sites where sediment is prevalent in stormwater runoff. It is fully automated and chemical-free and can be used as a pretreatment to Aquip® or Purus® stormwater filtration systems or as a stand-alone filter to remove sediment from stormwater runoff. The treatment process uses filtered stormwater for back-washing, flushing out accumulated dirt and concentrating the solids.
StormwateRx
Portland, OR
Tel: 800-680-3543
Web: www.stormwaterx.com
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