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From Arlington to Los Angeles<br />
OZONE NEWS <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>34</strong>, <strong>No</strong>. 5 • October, 2006
<strong>Ozone</strong> News <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>34</strong>, <strong>No</strong>. 5<br />
OZONE NEWS<br />
<strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>34</strong>, <strong>No</strong>. 5 October, 2006<br />
Editor: Barry L. Loeb<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> News (ISSN 1065-5905) is a bimonthly publication of the<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (IOA). Annual Subscription Rate<br />
$150.00. For editorial and advertising information, please contact:<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong>/Editorial Office<br />
9731 Pebble View Drive<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio 45252-2167<br />
Tel./ Fax: (1) 513.385.3906<br />
Email: blloeb@fuse.net<br />
Membership and Publication Information:<br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong> is a nonprofit educational and<br />
scientific organization dedicated to the collection and dissemination of<br />
information on, and to promote research in, any and all aspects of ozone<br />
and related oxygen species technologies. Membership is open to any<br />
individual, corporation, or organization having interest in the latest<br />
developments and advancements in ozone technology.<br />
As a member of the IOA, you will receive bimonthly issues of the <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
News newsletter, bimonthly issues of the technical journal <strong>Ozone</strong>: Science<br />
& Engineering (OS&E), a listing and copy of Who's Who in <strong>Ozone</strong>, and<br />
IOA's Publication Catalog which includes worldwide conference<br />
proceedings, monographs, and special reprints. In addition, members<br />
receive discounts on IOA worldwide publications and meetings.<br />
Website: www.io3a.org<br />
For membership and publication information, please contact the IOA<br />
office nearest you:<br />
Pan American Group (PAG)<br />
Mr. Paul Overbeck, Executive Director<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, Pan American Group<br />
PO Box 28873, Scottsdale, AZ 85255<br />
Tel: (1)480-529-3787<br />
Fax: (1)480-473-9068<br />
Email: PaulOverbeck@io3a.org<br />
European-African-Asian-Australasian Group (EA3G)<br />
Mr. François Mauvais, SecretaryTreasurer<br />
<strong>Association</strong> <strong>International</strong>e de l'<strong>Ozone</strong><br />
83 avenue Foch F-75116 Paris, France<br />
Tel: 33 (0) 1 53 70 13 56<br />
Fax: 33 (0) 1 53 70 13 40<br />
Email: francios.mauvais@astee.org<br />
Ms. Beatrice Bernard, Secretariat<br />
IOA-EA3G -ESIP-Plate-Forme Eaux, 40 av. du Recteur Pineau<br />
86022 Poitiers Cedex, France<br />
Tel: 33 (0) 5 49 45 44 54<br />
Fax: 33 (0) 5 49 45 40 60<br />
Email: ioa@esip.univ-poitiers.fr; Web: www.ioa-ea3g.org<br />
Nippon Islands Group (NIG)<br />
Mr. Hirofumi Takahara<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Homei Building, 8th Floor<br />
1-3-19 Akasaka<br />
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan<br />
Tel: (81) 03 3583 5210<br />
Fax: (81) 03 3583 1461<br />
Email: joa@mrh.biglobe.ne.jp<br />
INSIDE THIS ISSUE<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
See reports on successful Arlington<br />
Conference and upcoming Los Angeles<br />
World Congress. Stories on pp 19 and<br />
31.<br />
5 Editor’s <strong>No</strong>tes<br />
6 INDUSTRY NEWS<br />
6 -Disinfecting Mains with Ozonation<br />
8 -Bromate in Bottled Water<br />
8 -New In Situ Oxidation Technology<br />
9 - EPA Recommends Hach LDO®<br />
Method 10360 for Compliance<br />
Monitoring<br />
9 -Encyclopedia of Earth<br />
10 -Acquisitions and Consolidations<br />
11 -Walkerton Clean Water Centre<br />
Provides Drinking Water Professionals<br />
with Training Needs<br />
14 IOA NEWS<br />
14 -Visit the IOA Website<br />
16 -Willy Masschelein Prize<br />
17 -<strong>International</strong> Board Meeting<br />
18 -Pan American Group Board Meeting<br />
19 Report from Arlington Conference<br />
25 New IOA Members<br />
27 More from Arlington<br />
28 Meetings Calendar<br />
29 Consultants Page<br />
30 5th <strong>International</strong> Symposium on <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
Applications (Cuba)<br />
31 Call for Papers - Los Angeles World<br />
Congress<br />
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<strong>Ozone</strong> News<br />
<strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>34</strong>, <strong>No</strong>.5<br />
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS<br />
Please note that the Editorial Office<br />
has moved. The new address to mail<br />
materials for OS&E and <strong>Ozone</strong> News<br />
is:<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong>/<br />
Editorial Office<br />
Barry L. Loeb<br />
9731 Pebble View Drive<br />
Cincinnati, OH 45252-2167<br />
Tel/Fax: (1) 513-385-3906<br />
Email: blloeb@fuse.net<br />
Telephone and email contact<br />
information is unchanged.<br />
2 AirTree <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology<br />
13 Analytical Technology Inc.<br />
29 Best Sulfur Products<br />
29 Black & Veatch<br />
8,9 BMT Messtechnik GmbH<br />
12 Bodycare Environmental Technologies<br />
29 Bollyky Associates Inc.<br />
6 Eco Sensors, Inc.<br />
5 ENMET Analytical Instruments<br />
11 IN USA Inc.<br />
29 Innovative <strong>Ozone</strong> Services Inc.<br />
29 Kennedy/Jenks Consultants<br />
10 Mazzei Injector Corporation<br />
5 <strong>No</strong>buyoshi Kaiga, Dr. Sc.<br />
32 Ozonia <strong>International</strong><br />
4 Pacific <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology<br />
7 SeQual Technologies<br />
Copyright© 2006 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong>. All rights reserved. <strong>No</strong><br />
part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted, or<br />
disseminated in any form or by any means without prior written permission<br />
from the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong>. The publisher assumes no<br />
responsibility for any statements of fact or opinion expressed in the published<br />
papers.<br />
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<strong>Ozone</strong> News <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>34</strong>, <strong>No</strong>. 5<br />
Editor’s <strong>No</strong>tes<br />
Your editor has just returned from a very exciting<br />
trip to Arlington, Texas to attend the annual PAG<br />
conference. You will see a summary of this<br />
conference written up in this issue. It was an<br />
outstanding one.<br />
What impressed me most was the volunteer effort<br />
of so many IOA members to make the conference a<br />
success. Paul Overbeck assembled an outstanding<br />
team with the result that this should be one of the<br />
most successful regional conferences.<br />
It is very gratifying to see good progress with the<br />
various task forces. The Agri-Food Task Force and<br />
the Air Treatment Task Force are now posting user<br />
success studies on the IOA PAG website. This<br />
website is rapidly becoming a valuable resource for<br />
IOA members. I encourage you to visit the website<br />
and see how it is developing.<br />
Those who actually read <strong>Ozone</strong> News will have<br />
noticed a typographical error in the last issue. On<br />
page 10, in the Industry News section, the article<br />
indicates that ozone was ineffective in inactivating<br />
Cryptosporidiuim. The sentence should have<br />
stated “ozone was effective in inactivating these<br />
microorganisms whereby chlorine was not”. Thanks<br />
to J. (Hans) van Leeuwen for pointing out this error.<br />
Barry Loeb<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
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Industry News<br />
Disinfecting Mains with Ozonation<br />
The September 2006 issue of AWWA’s Opflow magazine<br />
has an article “Disinfecting Mains with Ozonation:<br />
Alternative Saves Time, Environment by Bruce Damm<br />
and Christopher R. Schulz.<br />
In this process, a trailer-mounted ozone system allows<br />
Denver Water field operators to disinfect mains and get<br />
them on line in one trip. This system was first reported in<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> News <strong>Vol</strong> 33 <strong>No</strong> 3, p 10 (June 2005). The process<br />
was a result of development by Denver and Camp,<br />
Dresser and McKee (CDM). A trailer mounted ozone<br />
system featured a 180 g/h Pacific <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Generator and a GDT system for gas dissolution.<br />
The project started in 2003 with construction of the<br />
trailer-mounted ozone system and has moved from field<br />
trials to routine disinfection of water mains in the<br />
distribution system. Due to the relatively short half life of<br />
ozone, a flow-through disinfection system is used. Excess<br />
dissolved ozone is removed by ascorbic acid. Denver has<br />
found that the effective limit for this process is<br />
approximately 1000 ft of 12 in diameter pipe. Fortunately,<br />
most of the pipelines in the Denver distribution system<br />
are 6 to 8 inches in diameter.<br />
For more details, see AWWA Opflow, September 2006, pp<br />
18-21.<br />
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Industry News (cont’d)<br />
Bromate in Bottled Water<br />
A New York State-based grocery retailer recently recalled<br />
a bottled water product that contained levels of bromate<br />
in excess of the FDA standard of quality of 10 μg/L (10<br />
ppb). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration district<br />
office in Jamaica, New York is investigating the matter.<br />
The bottler, a member of IBWA (<strong>International</strong> Bottled<br />
Water <strong>Association</strong>), has worked with the agencies and<br />
IBWA staff to ensure an appropriate response to the<br />
matter.<br />
Also, another grocery retailer in Pennsylvania issued a<br />
recall of a bottled water product for bromate in excess of<br />
10 ppb. The Pennsylvania matter involves a different<br />
bottling company, which is not an IBWA member.<br />
IBWA is urging its members who use ozone as a<br />
disinfectant to be vigilant in monitoring bromide in<br />
source waters and bromate in post-ozonated source<br />
waters (e.g., in tankers) and the finished product. An<br />
activist group issued a press release on August 28 which<br />
stated that the bromate incident in New York State is<br />
evidence that FDA does not adequately regulate the<br />
safety of bottled water. The press release also claimed<br />
that bottled water is regulated less stringently than tap<br />
water. IBWA issued a statement that pointed out the<br />
fallacies in the press release. In 1999, the IBWA prepared<br />
a document, “Bottled Water D/DBP Resource Manual”,<br />
which educates the members on bromate and other<br />
disinfection byproducts.<br />
For more information, visit bottledwater.org<br />
New In Situ Oxidation Technology<br />
Kerfoot Technologies, Inc. (KTI) announces an<br />
advancement in in situ oxidation technology - its patented<br />
Perozone® Modular System. Pulsed injection of<br />
peroxide-coated ozone/air microbubbles treats solvent<br />
and petroleum hydrocarbon spills in groundwater and<br />
soil. Both saturated and unsaturated soils may be treated<br />
in-situ, with site closure or barrier containment as<br />
realizable goals.<br />
According to Dr. William B. Kerfoot, President of<br />
Kerfoot Technologies, “This most cost-effective means of<br />
treatment for heavily-contaminated sites, particularly<br />
those with DNAPL, has experienced a cost of one-half<br />
that of other current processes. The combination of<br />
ozone and peroxide is the only chemox process, with its<br />
byproducts of water and oxygen when petroleum<br />
hydrocarbons are treated, as well as chlorides with the<br />
treatment of chlorinated solvents, that has been approved<br />
for use in primary withdrawal regions of public water<br />
supplies.”<br />
KTI’s new Perozone® Modular System allows ozone<br />
output ranging from .5 to 4.8 kilograms per day. It allows<br />
user choice of oxidative and air flow capacity, matched to<br />
site needs. Control is achieved with either PLC or manual<br />
controller that can be linked to mass reduction<br />
management programs. The Modular System may be<br />
installed in trailers, sheds, or negative-pressure isolated<br />
rooms. The unique chemox Laminar Spargepoints®<br />
provide delivery of microbubbles with radii of influence<br />
far exceeding conventional screened well points.<br />
Kerfoot Technologies assists engineering and consulting<br />
companies with their remediation projects by providing<br />
patented, innovative remediation technologies and<br />
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Industry News (cont’d)<br />
equipment including ozone and Perozone® (ozone gas and<br />
hydrogen peroxide) sparging. The technologies are capable<br />
of remediating soil and groundwater contaminants in situ<br />
without the need for costly excavations or water pumping<br />
systems.<br />
For more information, visit www.kerfoottech.com.<br />
EPA Recommends Hach LDO® Method 10360 for<br />
Compliance Monitoring<br />
In a letter dated July 26, 2006, the US Environmental<br />
Protection Agency's Engineering and Analytical Support<br />
Branch recommended Hach LDO Method 10360<br />
(Luminescence Dissolved Oxygen) for the measurement<br />
of DO and the determination of biochemical oxygen<br />
demand (BOD) in wastewater under the National<br />
Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program<br />
(NPDES).<br />
Hach Company claims they are the first to bring this new<br />
technology to market. The Hach LDO® method is a<br />
breakthrough in the measurement of dissolved oxygen.<br />
The LDO probe has no membranes to clean or replace,<br />
no electrolyte solution to replenish and does not require<br />
frequent calibration.<br />
For more information, contact Amy Alcorn at Hach,<br />
aalcorn@hach.com<br />
Encyclopedia of Earth (Call for Papers)<br />
The world's experts on the environment of Earth, and the<br />
interaction between society and the natural spheres of the<br />
Earth, are forming to produce a single comprehensive and<br />
definitive electronic encyclopedia about the Earth. The<br />
Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) will be free to the public<br />
and free of advertising.<br />
EoE seeks all qualified editors and authors to<br />
collaboratively develop:<br />
* A free, fully searchable, trusted source of articles<br />
about the Earth<br />
* A to Z coverage of topics describing the<br />
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Industry News (cont’d)<br />
environment of Earth that span the natural, physical,<br />
and social sciences, the arts and humanities, and the<br />
professional disciplines<br />
* An information resource that will be useful to<br />
students, educators, scholars, professionals, decisionmakers,<br />
as well as to the general public<br />
* An authoring site that combines the authority of<br />
peer review with the power of Web-based<br />
collaboration<br />
* A public reference site that is updated every 15<br />
minutes.<br />
*Editors: * Professor Cutler J. Cleveland of Boston<br />
University, Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning/<br />
Encyclopedia of Energy/ (Elsevier Science), is the Editorin-Chief<br />
of the/ Encyclopedia of Earth./ A distinguished<br />
<strong>International</strong> Advisory Board provides editorial<br />
oversight . For more information, visit:<br />
(http://www.earthportal.net/about/eoe/)<br />
Acquisitions and Consolidations<br />
Siemens’ Industrial Solutions and Services Group<br />
recently announced that it has completed its integration<br />
of USFilter, which as known as Siemens Water<br />
Technologies (Warrendale, PA).<br />
GE Water and Process Technologies (Trevose, PA) has<br />
completed its acquisition of Zenon Environmental Inc.<br />
Zenon’s hollow-fiber membrane technology provides<br />
solutions for numerous water and wastewater treatment<br />
applications including membrane bioreactors.<br />
Linde AG and the BOC Group, Ltd., have merged,.<br />
effective September 5, 2006 to create a world-leading<br />
industrial gases and engineering company. The new<br />
company will be called “The Linde Group”. BOC Gases<br />
and PCI-Wedeco provided the oxygen/ozone system for<br />
the Dallas, Texas East Side water treatment plant.<br />
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Industry News (cont’d)<br />
Walkerton Clean Water Centre Provides<br />
Drinking Water Professionals with<br />
Training Needs<br />
to provide operators and operating authorities with the<br />
information and education needed to operate broad<br />
water treatment technologies used in the water treatment<br />
systems, and to provide them with information on<br />
emerging issues and challenges in the industry. A major<br />
milestone was met when, in October 2005, the Centre<br />
began directly delivering training courses. As of<br />
September 1, 2006, more than 2700 individuals have been<br />
trained.<br />
An Interim Technology Demonstration Facility has been<br />
established. The facility is to be used as a practical<br />
training tool and an educational resource for water<br />
system owners, operators and the general public to make<br />
them aware of the variety of treatment deliveries available<br />
to them. Advanced water treatment technologies such as<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong>, UV, and Membrane systems, with a fully<br />
operation laboratory are available to provide a useful tool<br />
Following the tragedy in Walkerton in May 2000, the<br />
Ontario government established a public inquiry and<br />
appointed Justice Dennis O’Connor to lead it.<br />
Ten of the enquiry recommendations deal specifically<br />
with training and certification of operators of drinking<br />
water systems.<br />
In October 2004, the government of Ontario established<br />
the Walkerton Clean Water Centre to coordinate and<br />
deliver training programs to owners and operators of<br />
drinking water systems across the province. The Centre<br />
was officially opened on May 31, 2005.<br />
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre has identified a set of<br />
high priority goals to guide its management and<br />
operations, enabling it to move forward effectively and<br />
efficiently with its mandate.<br />
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre’s primary focus is to<br />
ensure that training, education and information is<br />
available and accessible to owners, operators and<br />
operating authorities of Ontario’s drinking water systems,<br />
especially those serving small, remote communities,<br />
including First Nations. Flexibility in service, technology<br />
demonstration, correspondence courses and online<br />
learning will ensure access to operators from all over<br />
Ontario. The Centre provides training courses that are<br />
mandated by the Ministry of the Environment, and<br />
delivered by professional trainers experienced in the<br />
drinking water industry. The Centre also delivers courses<br />
on advanced water treatment and advanced technologies<br />
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Industry News (cont’d)<br />
for training, technology demonstration, and research.<br />
The facility was opened in June 2006.<br />
The Centre is committed to promoting research in<br />
drinking water quality. It works with leading drinking<br />
water experts on identifying and promoting research on<br />
water quality issues.<br />
The Centre awarded 3 scholarships to graduate students<br />
at three different universities in Ontario to contribute to<br />
the advancement of research and technology<br />
development in the field of drinking water quality.<br />
The Centre is sponsoring and participating in a research<br />
project in partnership with the Ministry of the<br />
Environment, and two universities in a study to<br />
“Investigate the Removal of Endocrine Disruptors<br />
Compounds using Nanofiltration Membrane”.<br />
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre has approved<br />
sponsorship for the AWWARF research proposal “Low<br />
Dose Risks from Bromate: The Relationship between<br />
Drinking Water Concentrations and the Actual Dose to<br />
Susceptible Organs in Rats and Humans”.<br />
For more information, contact Saad Jasim, Ph.D., P.Eng.<br />
CEO, Walkerton Clean Water Centre at<br />
SJasim@wcwc.ca.<br />
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IOA News<br />
Visit the IOA Website<br />
• User Success Reports of Installed, Commercial<br />
Applications of <strong>Ozone</strong> in Agriculture and the<br />
Treatment of Foods<br />
Case Study Summaries<br />
Garlic Processing Plant – Spray Bar Rinse System<br />
All three groups of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
have and maintain their own websites for the benefits of<br />
the membership. If you haven’t visited the websites<br />
recently, you should do so as there are continuing<br />
improvements.<br />
The Pan American Group website www.io3a.org has<br />
made a major effort to include applications information.<br />
To access this information, pull up the website and then<br />
highlight the Applications section. This will lead you to a<br />
page of numerous applications for ozone. The<br />
applications for which information is available are<br />
indicated with a (*).<br />
A summary of some of the available information in this<br />
website follows.<br />
Agriculture<br />
This section is the IOA/PAG Agri-Food Task Force<br />
Website. The website contains the following items of<br />
information, all dealing with the use of ozone for the<br />
treatment of agricultural and food products for one or<br />
multiple purposes.<br />
• Statements by the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Concerning Food Treatment with <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
• Uses for <strong>Ozone</strong> in Treating Agricultural Products and<br />
Foods<br />
• Criteria for Evaluating User Success Reports<br />
A garlic processor used to spray clove garlics with<br />
solutions of sodium hypochlorite by means of a spray<br />
bar. Numerous maintenance problems were encountered<br />
with hypochlorite, including pitting of the stainless steel<br />
rollers, and the high total dissolved solids plugged the<br />
spray bar holes, corroding the feed pump and plumbing.<br />
Finally, sodium hypochlorite was leaving a residual in the<br />
wastewater pond, which is located directly over a source<br />
water aquifer. Granular activated carbon (GAC)<br />
scrubbing of air was required, to remove and destroy<br />
odors from 100-125 ppm sodium hypochlorite solutions.<br />
Also, sodium hypochlorite reacts with organics, causing a<br />
strong ammonia odor, and has the potential for imparting<br />
a hypochlorite (or reaction product) residual on the plant<br />
product.<br />
Replacement of the hypochlorite system by an<br />
ozone/water system eliminated the maintenance costs of<br />
hypochlorite, eliminated pitting and corrosion of<br />
equipment, eliminated the need for BAC scrubbing of<br />
odors, and lowered processing costs significantly. Other<br />
applications for aqueous ozone are being investigated at<br />
this plant as a result.<br />
Midwestern Food Processing Plant Chiller Water<br />
Treatment for Reuse<br />
Prior to installing ozone to treat 5,000 gallons of water in<br />
a chiller loop, the water had to be drained and the loop<br />
refilled anywhere between 1 to 7 days, due to excessive<br />
microbial contamination. Ozonation systems were<br />
installed in several of the firm’s food processing plants,<br />
and the drain/refill time was extended to up to 6 months.<br />
Annual process water consumption prior to ozone<br />
treatment was an estimated 1,123,000 gallons, but that<br />
has been reduced to 72,000 gallons with ozonation. Labor<br />
costs have been lowered, along with process downtime,<br />
since ozonation was installed.<br />
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IOA News (Cont’d)<br />
Bulk Storage and Curing of Harvested Onions<br />
Onions were stored in ozone-containing air (1~2.5 ppm)<br />
for many months, during which time “neck rot”(a funguscaused<br />
disease) did not spread from the few infected<br />
onions to other onions, thus extending the shelf life of the<br />
entire crop. A capital cost for ozone equipment of<br />
$116,000 (and negligible operation cost) resulted in an<br />
additional income to the onion grower of $166,500 for the<br />
single crop stored. The equipment is being used on<br />
subsequent crops.<br />
Storage of Potatoes – Potato Grower (#1), Idaho Falls,<br />
Idaho, USA– 2003 Crop<br />
Potatoes are harvested, and then a large percentage of the<br />
crop is stored for future sales. Many harvested potatoes<br />
are infected with Phytophthora erythroseptica, or “Pink<br />
Rot”, a fungus-causing disease that spreads rapidly to<br />
uninfected potatoes, and these cannot be sold. Storage of<br />
harvested potatoes under gaseous ozone does not cure<br />
Pink Rot on infected potatoes, but does prevent the<br />
spread of the infectious disease to other potatoes. This<br />
farmer purchased a novel ozone treatment system to treat<br />
his 2003 potato crop, thereby saving much of his harvest<br />
from Pink Rot, and returning a financial benefit of<br />
$240,000 for that single year. The ozone equipment,<br />
which cost $116,000, is being used to increase the<br />
marketable output of subsequent potato crops by this<br />
farmer.<br />
Storage of Potatoes – Walker Farms, Menan, Idaho,<br />
2002 Crop<br />
Potatoes are harvested, and then a large percentage of the<br />
crop is stored for future sales. Many harvested potatoes<br />
are infected with Phytophthora erythroseptica, or “Pink<br />
Rot”, a fungus causing disease that spreads rapidly to<br />
uninfected potatoes, and these cannot be sold. Storage of<br />
harvested potatoes under gaseous ozone does not cure<br />
Pink Rot on infected potatoes, but does prevent the<br />
spread of the infectious disease to other potatoes. This<br />
farmer purchased a novel ozone treatment system to treat<br />
his 2002 potato crop, thereby saving much of his harvest<br />
from Pink Rot, and returning a financial benefit of<br />
$306,000 for that single year. The ozone equipment,<br />
which cost $116,000, is being used to increase the<br />
marketable output of subsequent potato crops by this<br />
farmer.<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> for Treatment and Storage of Grain – Harvest<br />
States Amber Milling, Huron, OH, USA<br />
Mold and bacteria in grain traditionally are addressed by<br />
the use of chlorinated water. However, this technique<br />
frequently is inadequate for removing these harmful<br />
materials allowing tempering bins, holding containers,<br />
and processing lines to become contaminated and have to<br />
be cleaned. This requires complete shutdown of the plant<br />
and results in production and financial losses. Elevated<br />
bacterial and mold counts sometimes cause final products<br />
to fail to meet client microbial standards. Returned<br />
shipments can cost up to $5,000 per rail car plus<br />
reprocessing costs. Chlorine also causes corrosion in<br />
metal parts in the mixing and grain transfer equipment<br />
and is a hazardous chemical to store and handle.<br />
Furthermore, chlorine chemically reacts with some<br />
materials and organics, and the resulting chlorinated<br />
compounds sometimes remain in the final product as<br />
contaminants. A project sponsored by the Electric Power<br />
Research Institute (EPRI) at Harvest States Amber<br />
Milling demonstrated that ozone and ultraviolet<br />
radiation overcame the problems encountered with<br />
chlorine use, and resulted in significant cost savings to the<br />
plant as well.<br />
Air Treatment<br />
This site is the IOA/ PAG Air Treatment Task Force<br />
website.<br />
The website contains the following items of information,<br />
all dealing with the use of ozone for the treatment of air<br />
for one or multiple users.<br />
• Statements by the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Concerning Air Treatment with <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
• Uses for <strong>Ozone</strong> in Treating Air<br />
• Roles for <strong>Ozone</strong> in Air Treatment<br />
• Criteria for Evaluating Case Studies<br />
• Case Studies of Installed, Commercial Applications<br />
of <strong>Ozone</strong> for the Treatment of Air.<br />
Case Study Summaries<br />
Bingo Hall HVAC System<br />
A 20,000 sq ft bingo hall opened in 1994 and included a<br />
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traditional HVAC system. Almost immediately,<br />
complaints were received by management from visitors<br />
about tobacco odors. Installation of exhaust fans did not<br />
rectify the problem nor were complaints reduced. <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
was installed to treat in-duct air with great success. <strong>No</strong>t<br />
only were tobacco odors eliminated, but total VOC levels<br />
also were reduced. An alternative technology, granular<br />
activated carbon, which would have cost $25,000<br />
annually in replacement carbon, did not have to be<br />
installed. <strong>Ozone</strong> costs were $22,000 and resulted in less<br />
maintenance, less makeup air, and energy savings of<br />
$250/month.<br />
Cold Storage<br />
The user is redirected to the agricultural section for case<br />
studies<br />
Food Processing, Food Preservation, Food Storage, Grain<br />
Treatment<br />
The user is redirected to the Agricultural section for case<br />
studies<br />
Mold, Room Air<br />
IOA News (Cont’d)<br />
The user is directed to the Air Treatment section for case<br />
studies.<br />
The PAG has made an excellent start in making the IOA<br />
website relevant to its members and also the scientific<br />
community. If you have information or data on ozone<br />
applications which could be included in the website,<br />
please forward your information.<br />
For more information on these and any other<br />
applications submitted, visit www.io3a.org.<br />
Willy Masschelein Prize<br />
CALL FOR CANDIDATES<br />
Willy Masschelein Prize 2007<br />
Prize for Research of the European-African-Asian-<br />
Australasian Group of the<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
This prize was created in 1985 to encourage further<br />
developments in the field of ozone and its application. It<br />
is usually awarded every two years during the IOA World<br />
Congress. Its name, formerly "Jean Hallopeau Prize" was<br />
changed in 2004 into "Willy Masschelein Prize" as<br />
recognition of the outstanding work he has made for the<br />
<strong>Association</strong>.<br />
The European African Asian Australasian Group of the<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> association offers this prize with the<br />
aim to encourage further developments in the field of<br />
ozone and related oxidants.<br />
This award is presented after examination by a Scientific<br />
Board of papers on a level similar to a thesis or a<br />
dissertation for a Doctorate degree.<br />
Recipients of the Prize are:<br />
1985 Dr. Johannes Stahelin, Switzerland<br />
1987 Dr. Claus Heuser, France<br />
1989 Dr. Coscun Yurteri, USA<br />
1993 Dr. Mohammed Siddiqui, USA<br />
1995 Dr. Charles Labatiuk, Canada<br />
1997 Dr. Berhard Etrich, Germany<br />
2001 Dr. Franck de Smedt, Belgium<br />
2005 Dr. Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Poland<br />
Regulations<br />
•Objective<br />
The Willy Masschelein Prize is an award for original<br />
research revealing some unprecedent knowledge on any of<br />
the fundamental aspects of the industrial generation and<br />
the applications of ozone and derived oxidants.<br />
This award will be given in 2007 during the 18th IOA<br />
World Congress at Los Angeles (USA) and will be<br />
presented to one of the candidates whose papers must be<br />
submitted before December 31, 2006.<br />
•Value of Prize<br />
The winner will receive the sum of 4,000 €. (four thousand<br />
Euros) and will be registered for free to attend the 18th<br />
World Congress. The Prize cannot be divided among<br />
several candidates. This sum covers the costs for travel to<br />
and stay at the location of the World Congress.<br />
•Contributions<br />
Dissertations submitted must be a thesis or dissertation<br />
accepted by a University or by a public research<br />
institution for a Doctorate degree. Prospective candidates<br />
should fill an application form available at IOA-EA3G<br />
Secretariat upon request and return it with three hardcopies<br />
of the dissertation by December 31, 2006.<br />
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IOA-EA3G Secretariat - Bat. ESIP - 40, av. du Recteur<br />
Pineau - 86022 POITIERS Cedex - France<br />
Tel. 33(0)5 49 454 454 Fax. 33(0)5 49 454 060 - E-mail:<br />
ioa@esip.univ-poitiers.fr<br />
The material must be the work of one person. Joint<br />
papers will not be accepted. The <strong>text</strong>s of dissertation must<br />
be a thesis submitted to a University or to a public<br />
research institution during the four years preceding the<br />
IOA World Congress. Former publication of the results of<br />
the thesis in full or in part will not disqualify candidates<br />
from competing, providing it is duly established that the<br />
thesis is related to research by the candidate. On<br />
completion of adjudication of the Prize only one copy of<br />
the dissertation is to be retained, the others will be<br />
returned to the candidates who so desire. The winner<br />
makes a commitment to attend the World Congress in<br />
order to receive the Prize except for exceptional<br />
circumstances.<br />
•Official Languages<br />
The thesis can be submitted in English, French or<br />
German. If any other language is used, a 10,000 words<br />
abstract must be provided summarizing the purpose and<br />
the aspects of the research. This abstract must be<br />
submitted in one of the three official languages referred to<br />
above.<br />
•Candidacy<br />
The competition is open to University graduates<br />
regardless of their nationality. Candidates must have been<br />
enrolled at a University during the period when the<br />
research for the thesis took place.<br />
•Examining Board<br />
The examining board will be chaired by the President of<br />
the European-African-Asian-Australasian Group of the<br />
I.O.A. acting in an advisory manner. The examining<br />
board will comprise four members appointed by the<br />
Board of the European-African-Asian-Australasian<br />
Group. Supervisors of research works submitted will be<br />
excluded. If necessary, the examining board can engage<br />
expert linguists for the assessment of dissertation – thesis<br />
if written in a language other than English, French or<br />
German. The decision of the examining board will be<br />
taken as final. If the examining board cannot reach a<br />
clear decision the President of the European-African-<br />
Asian-Australasian Group can be asked to vote with the<br />
examining board.<br />
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The notification about the outcome of the selection<br />
process will be made before May 2007.<br />
•Circulation<br />
These Regulations are circulated by the I.O.A.<br />
•Publication<br />
If necessary, the I.O.A. will assist candidates to get their<br />
research work published in scientific journals in order to<br />
ensure the widest possible diffusion. Such assistance will<br />
only be given at the candidate's request. Publication will<br />
not necessarily have to be confined to the <strong>text</strong> of the<br />
Prize-winning thesis.<br />
•Competency<br />
The Board of Directors of the European-African-Asian-<br />
Australasian Group of the I.O.A. will settle, without<br />
further appeal, all matters arising that are not covered by<br />
these regulations.<br />
For further information, please visit http://www.ioaea3g.org/news.asp<br />
Or contact Ms Béatrice Bernard, IOA-EA3G Secretariat<br />
Bat. ESIP - 40, av. du Recteur Pineau - 86022 POITIERS<br />
Cedex - France<br />
Tel. 33(0)5 49 454 454 Fax. 33(0)5 49 454 060 - E-mail:<br />
ioa@esip.univ-poitiers.fr<br />
<strong>International</strong> Board Meeting<br />
The Directors of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
held their semi-annual Board meeting on September 17,<br />
2006 in Arlington, Texas, USA in conjunction with the<br />
PAG conference at the same location. Following are<br />
some highlights of the meeting.<br />
Group Reports<br />
EA3G<br />
The EA3G held three seminars in 2006<br />
• Air Treatment (France) 20 attendees<br />
• <strong>Ozone</strong>/UV (Wasser Berlin) 50 attendees<br />
• <strong>Ozone</strong>/Sludge (Zurich) 90 attendees<br />
The group also attended the IWA AOP4 conference, two<br />
weeks after the Wasser Berlin conference. This conference<br />
was well attended with 182 attendees from 38 countries.<br />
EA3G will investigate the feasibility of participating in<br />
this conference in the future.
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A ozone/food conference will be held in June 2007 in<br />
Valencia, Spain. Sydney, Australia wishes to host an IOA<br />
conference, and there are funds residing in Sydney to<br />
support this.<br />
contribute $50,000 over a two-year period to this project.<br />
Prof. Gilbert Gordon will be the IOA liaison to this<br />
project.<br />
Pan American Board Meeting<br />
Currently, EA3G has 208 paid memberships.<br />
Nippon Islands Group (JOA)<br />
The 16th Annual Conference on <strong>Ozone</strong> Science &<br />
Technology was held on June 8-9 in Tokyo and was very<br />
successful, with 230 in attendance. A second seminar is<br />
schedule in Tokyo on October 26-27.<br />
Membership for NIG remains relatively stable at about<br />
130,<br />
The NIG announced that the 19th <strong>Ozone</strong> World<br />
Congress will be held August 31- September 2, 2009 in<br />
Tokyo, Japan including a technical tour to Kyoto.<br />
Pan American Group (PAG)<br />
The drop in membership has been stopped and<br />
membership increased from 576 at the end of 2005 to 632.<br />
Several additional members have joined up as they<br />
registered for the Arlington Conference.<br />
PAG presented a half-day session on ozone at the March<br />
WQY/Aquatech conference. Several similar sessions are<br />
planned for 2007. PAG is investigating how to continue<br />
the <strong>Ozone</strong> IV which was held in Fresno in 2005. The longtime<br />
organizer of the conference is no longer putting this<br />
on, leaving an opportunity for IOA to pick it up.<br />
Relations with IUVA<br />
Ongoing discussions are occurring on how IOA can<br />
develop a long term relationship with IUVA and what<br />
form this relationship will take. IOA is working very<br />
closely with IUVA on the planning for the Los Angeles<br />
World Congress<br />
Bromate Research Proposal<br />
AWWARF has authorized a research study to study the<br />
chemistry of bromate once it enters the human body. The<br />
total project cost is $450,000. The IOA has agreed to<br />
The Directors of the Pan American Group of the<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong> held their semi-annual<br />
Board meeting on September 17, 2006 in Arlington, Texas<br />
in conjunction with the PAG annual conference.<br />
Following are some highlights of the meeting.<br />
PAG will face a $50,000 shortfall through 2007. This is<br />
due to the sharing of the World Congress Income in 2007<br />
with three groups, and the lack of a PAG conference in<br />
the same year. A membership dues increase is being<br />
considered. PAG will need some outside support in<br />
funding the bromate project approved by the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Board.<br />
All task forces (Municipal, Air Treatment, Agri-Food,<br />
Web) are active. Case studies are being developed for<br />
posting on the IOA webside. (See related article in this<br />
issue).<br />
New officers were nominated by the Board and then<br />
elected at a General Assembly of the PAG. These officers<br />
will serve a three-year term, to be in line with the timing<br />
of the World Congresses.<br />
Chair – Jeff Neemann, Black & Veatch<br />
Treasurer – Brian Johnson, Pacific <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology<br />
Secretary – Neal Spivey, Gwinnett County Water<br />
Authority<br />
Chair Elect – Saad Jasim, Walkerton Clean Water<br />
Centre<br />
Vice Chair – John Overby, <strong>Ozone</strong> Water Systems<br />
Vice Chair – Mohamed Gamal El-Din, University of<br />
Alberta<br />
Past Chair – Bob Jarnis, Metcalf & Eddy<br />
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Report from Arlington Conference<br />
On September 17-20, 2006, 252 attendees gathered at the<br />
Wyndham Resort Hotel in Arlington, Texas for an IOA<br />
Pan American Meeting, entitled “<strong>Ozone</strong>: Delivering<br />
Multiple Benefits”. This was near a record number of<br />
attendees for a Pan American Group meeting.<br />
PAG Chairman Bob Jarnis opened the conference and<br />
welcomed the attendees. He then introduced Arlington<br />
Mayor, Dr. Robert Cluck.<br />
Blake Atkins, EPA Region 6 Chief<br />
Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck addresses conference<br />
Dr. Cluck also welcomed the attendees to Arlington. As<br />
a medical doctor, he was familiar with ozone and its use<br />
in medical applications. He summarized the experience of<br />
Arlington and its water treatment with ozone and<br />
commented on the noticeable improvement in their water<br />
quality in the eyes of the consumer.<br />
Bob Jarnis then reviewed the mission of the IOA and how<br />
ozone is effective in response to a changing environment.<br />
The role of regulations on the fate of ozone, UV light and<br />
chlorine dioxide were summarized.<br />
IOA <strong>International</strong> President Mike Dimitriou then<br />
summarized the regulations affecting allowable bromate<br />
limits in drinking water. The EPA is leaving the current<br />
bromate level of 10μg/L while other research is being<br />
conducted. He outlined the AWWARF research project<br />
on bromate reactions in the human stomach. The IOA is<br />
providing financial support for this research.<br />
Blake Atkins, EPA Region 6 Chief then addressed the<br />
group. He summarized the EPA role in drinking water<br />
quality and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Multiple threats<br />
require a multiple barrier solution. It is necessary to<br />
balance the threat of pathogens vs. disinfection<br />
byproducts. Mr. Atkins gave a very good summary of the<br />
advantages of ozone along with concerns. Much work<br />
still needs to be done to address problems with the<br />
distribution systems, some of which are very old.<br />
The opening session concluded with a utility panel<br />
consisting of Frank Crumb, Fort Worth water<br />
department; Julie Hunt, Director of Utilities- Arlington;<br />
Bill Smith, Tarrent Water Authority; Charles Springer,<br />
Assistant Director of Operations, Dallas Water Utilities.<br />
They were asked to address the question “Why did you<br />
use ozone?” and then “Is ozone expensive?”. Arlington<br />
received a big benefit in the reduction of consumer<br />
complaints regarding taste and odor. They also saw a<br />
reduction in treatment cost of $8/Mgal. Fort Worth saw<br />
longer filter run times and less wash water required. The<br />
Dallas East Side plant had increased power consumption,<br />
but lowered costs of treatment chemicals. Overall, they<br />
had slightly increased costs but better water quality.<br />
Technical Program<br />
The technical program, held in cocurrent sessions, was<br />
over two days and covered a wide range of technical and<br />
practical topics.<br />
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Joseph Huang, CDM, summarized the design,<br />
construction and startup of the ozone facilities at the<br />
Dallas Water Utilities East Side Water Treatment Plant,<br />
the largest ozone generating facility in the world dedicated<br />
to the treatment of drinking water.<br />
efficiency than nitrogen addition. This phenomena is now<br />
well known in the industry, but the reasons for the effect<br />
are still not completely understood.<br />
Rip Rice and Chuck Sopher summarized successful<br />
studies using ozone to treat produce and in catfish<br />
processing. Henrik Steffens, Pacific <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology,<br />
gave a fascinating review of the uses of ozone in the wine<br />
industry in the Americas. This session was an Ag-Food<br />
Forum and part of the activities of the Agri-Food Task<br />
Force.<br />
This is just a sampling of the papers presented. For more<br />
details, refer to the conference proceedings.<br />
Technical Tours<br />
Those remaining in Arlington on Wednesday visited two<br />
area water treatment plants, featuring ozone systems.<br />
Fumitake Nishimura, Ehime University, Japan, reported<br />
on the applicability of ozone treated activated sludge for<br />
wastewater treatment which contains biorefractory<br />
materials.<br />
Shane Snyder, Southern Nevada Water Authority,<br />
reported on preliminary work on the oxidation of<br />
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in<br />
Reuse water. <strong>Ozone</strong> treatment generally removes > 70%<br />
of the contaminants. <strong>Ozone</strong> plus hydrogen peroxide has<br />
an increased initial reaction rate, but the final removal<br />
result is the same as with ozone along. UV is insufficient<br />
for most EDCs. Chlorine removes about 50%.<br />
Past IOA President Joop Kruithof summarized the use of<br />
UV/H 2 O 2 for organic contaminant control and primary<br />
disinfection for a Netherlands water supply. The situation<br />
with bromates led them to the UV approach.<br />
John F. Kubala WTP <strong>Ozone</strong> Generators<br />
Jonathan Park, Gas Tran Systems, reported on ozonation<br />
of water using the Gas Tran unit as the contactor. This<br />
contacting system uses a rotor to shear gas, and can<br />
handle up to 250 gpm liquid. Mass transfer efficiencies of<br />
>90% were reported.<br />
Akira Murai, The Kansai Electric Power Company,<br />
Japan, reported on the effects of nitrogen aiding the<br />
efficiency of ozone generator from pure oxygen feed gas.<br />
Argon gas as a “boost” provides a better generator<br />
Dallas East Side WTP<br />
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The John F. Kubala Water Treatment Plant is designed<br />
for 65 MGD, with room for expansion to 97 MGD.<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> is added in two stages. A small amount of ozone is<br />
added in the preozonation contactor for aid in<br />
coagulation /flocculation and for taste and odor control.<br />
1.5-3 mg/L ozone is added in the Intermediate <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
contactor for disinfection. The plant has (3) 980 lb/day<br />
ozone generators, produced by Ozonia, capable of<br />
producing 8-10% ozone. Feed gas is liquid oxygen, with<br />
supplemental nitrogen injection.<br />
Social Program<br />
A complete social program started with the opening<br />
reception and closed with the conference banquet. In the<br />
middle of the conference, an exhibitors’ reception was<br />
held, prior to attendees walking to the nearby stadium of<br />
the Texas Rangers, where the home team won.<br />
The Dallas East Side Water Treatment plant is designed<br />
for 550 MGD and has (9) 4000 lb/day ozone generators<br />
supplied by Wedeco, producing 8-10% ozone. Feed gas is<br />
oxygen produced by a BOC Gases vacuum swing<br />
adsorption plant. <strong>Ozone</strong> is introduced via fine bubble<br />
dome diffusers in the first three cells of the ozone<br />
contactor.<br />
For the ladies a special day was planned with lunch at<br />
Lincoln Square, a spa treatment, antique shopping and<br />
afternoon tea. All were impressed with the pampering<br />
and the Texas hospitality.<br />
Dallas East Side WTP <strong>Ozone</strong> Generators<br />
Dallas East Side VSA Oxygen Generators<br />
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Exhibition<br />
This was a very successful exhibition, with one of the<br />
largest number of companies participating. All coffee<br />
breaks and social gatherings were held in the exhibit area.<br />
Oxygen Generating Systems <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Technology, Inc.<br />
Ozonia <strong>No</strong>rth America<br />
Pacific <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology, Inc.<br />
Rosemount Analytical, Inc.<br />
Sequal Technologies, Inc.<br />
Municipal Operations Workshop<br />
A half- day Municipal Operations Workshop was held at<br />
the Rolling Hills Water Treatment Plant, City of<br />
Arlington, TX. The Workshop was conducted by Glenn<br />
Hunter, and Kerwin Rakness of Process Applications,<br />
Inc., Fort Collins, CO and Michael Kennedy, City of<br />
Wilmington, NC. 46 attended the Workshop. At the<br />
Workshop, attendees were exposed to practical<br />
operations of ozone facilities, measurements and flow<br />
and performance calculations.<br />
Sponsors<br />
The Pan American is able to hold very nice conferences<br />
thanks to the financial support of the sponsors who<br />
support the conference from the opening reception to<br />
tickets to the Texas Rangers baseball game. Sponsors of<br />
this conference were:<br />
Platinum<br />
CDM<br />
Ozonia <strong>No</strong>rth America<br />
ITT/Air Products<br />
Companies exhibiting were:<br />
AirSep Corporation<br />
Analytical Technology Inc.<br />
Astro Pak Corporation<br />
Best Sulfur Products<br />
Clearwater Tech, LLC<br />
Eco Sensors Inc<br />
Filtros Ceramic Products<br />
Fuji Corporation of American<br />
IN USA Inc.<br />
ITT Water Treatment<br />
Mazzei Injector Corporation<br />
Mitsubishi Power Products Inc.<br />
OSTI, Inc.<br />
Gold<br />
Black & Veatch<br />
Metcalf & Eddy<br />
Silver<br />
Pacific <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology, Inc.<br />
Carollo Engineers, P. C.<br />
Mitsubishi Power Products, Inc.<br />
Bronze<br />
Air Sep Corporation<br />
American Development Corporation<br />
Best Sulfur Products<br />
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Credits<br />
Thanks are due to a number of individuals responsible<br />
for making this conference a success. Paul Overbeck,<br />
Executive Director of the PAG group was responsible for<br />
overall coordination and promotion of the conference<br />
and the attendance proved the benefits of his efforts.<br />
Major Committees were:<br />
Technical Program Committee<br />
Mohamed Gamal El-Din (Chair)<br />
Keisuke Ikehata<br />
Zhimin Qiang<br />
Rip Rice<br />
Charles Sopher<br />
Kevin Abbott<br />
Glenn Hunter<br />
Saad Jasim<br />
Kerwin Rakness<br />
Mark Simon<br />
Roger Crane<br />
Host Organizing Committee<br />
Chuck Vokes, Arlington Water Utilities<br />
David Vallejo, Black & Veatch<br />
Jim Gallovich, Carollo Engineers<br />
Danny Shannon, CEM<br />
Jennifer Cottingham, City of Dallas Water Utilities<br />
Gerald McMillion, City of Fort Worth<br />
Wesley Lobo, ITT Water Treatment<br />
Bill Nezgod, Ozonia<br />
Jody Zabolio, Upper Trinity River Water District<br />
Also, we thank Ron Zegers and his team at Southern<br />
Nevada Water Authority for producing the CD ROM<br />
conference proceedings.<br />
• Neal Spivey, Award of Gratitude for his work in<br />
hosting the 2005 PAG conference in Lanier, GA.<br />
• Mohamed Gamal El-Din, Service Recognition<br />
Award for his work in coordinating the technical<br />
program at this and the Lanier conference.<br />
• Kerwin Rakness, Glenn Hunter and Michael<br />
Kennedy, Service Recognition Award for their work<br />
in conducting the Municipal Operations Workshop<br />
• Gerald Mc Million, City of Fort Worth, Certificate of<br />
Appreciation for supporting this conference<br />
• Chuck Vokes, City of Arlington, Certificate of<br />
Appreciation for supporting this conference<br />
• Larry Robinson, City of Dallas, Certificate of<br />
Appreciation for supporting this conference<br />
The IOA appreciates the contribution of these individuals<br />
and all those who worked so hard to make this<br />
conference a success.<br />
Neal Spivey<br />
Proceedings<br />
Proceedings of the conference on a CD ROM are<br />
available from the IOA PAG office. Contact:<br />
PaulOverbeck@io3a.org<br />
Special Awards<br />
At the awards banquet, several special awards were<br />
presented by Jeff Neemann and Paul Overbeck<br />
recognizing special contributions to this conference and<br />
the IOA.<br />
Mohmamed Gamal El-Din<br />
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Kerwin Rakness, Glenn Hunter, Michael Kennedy<br />
Larry Robinson<br />
Gerald McMillion<br />
Opening Reception<br />
Chuck Vokes<br />
The Ever Busy Registration Desk<br />
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NEW IOA MEMBERS<br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong> takes great pleasure in welcoming our new members<br />
CANADA<br />
Frank Cichon<br />
West Coast Reduction, Ltd.<br />
105 <strong>No</strong>rth Commercial Drive<br />
Vancouver, BC V5L 4V7<br />
Tel: (604) 255-9301<br />
fcichon@wcrl.com<br />
Paul Faber<br />
West Coast Reduction, Ltd.<br />
105 <strong>No</strong>rth Commercial Drive<br />
Vancouver, BC V5L 4V7<br />
Tel: (604) 255-9301<br />
pfaber@wcrl.com<br />
Keisuke Ikehata<br />
University of Alberta<br />
3-076 NREF<br />
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2<br />
Tel: (780) 492-6197<br />
kikehata@ualberta.ca<br />
Ken Ingram<br />
West Coast Reduction, Ltd.<br />
105 <strong>No</strong>rth Commercial Drive<br />
Vancouver, BC V5L 4V7<br />
Tel: (604) 255-9301<br />
kingram@wcrl.com<br />
Roger Wiens<br />
Shur Lok Homes<br />
630 Ireland Rd<br />
Simcoe, ON N3Y 4K2<br />
Tel: (519) 426-6161<br />
Fax: (519) 426-8869<br />
rwiens@shurlokhomes.ca<br />
Greg Wu<br />
University of Regina<br />
2876 Sunninghill Cr.<br />
Regina SK S4V 0N2<br />
Tel: (303) 525-2787<br />
Fax: (303) 630-6709<br />
wugang101@yahoo.com<br />
Jianping Zhang<br />
University of Waterloo<br />
315-350 Columbia Street West<br />
Waterloo, ON N2L 6P4<br />
Tel: (519) 888-4567<br />
Fax: (510) 746-7499<br />
jpzhang@engmail.uwaterloo.ca<br />
COSTA RICA<br />
Humberto Gonzalez<br />
Exportaciones Comerciales<br />
Latinoamericanas S.A<br />
Lourdes, Collados del Este<br />
Montes de Oca, San Jose 112085-100<br />
Tel: +506 224-0014<br />
Fax: +506 253-6725<br />
expocolat@yahoo.com<br />
MEXICO<br />
Flavo Hernandez<br />
Cryoinfra/Air Products<br />
Felix Guzman <strong>No</strong> 16-1 Col. El Parque<br />
Naucalpan, Estadso De Mexico 53390<br />
Tel: +52 55 53 59 08 43<br />
Fax: +52 55 5 359 0643<br />
fehernandez@cryoinfra.com.mx<br />
Jose Ocata<br />
Universidad Automa de Sinaloa<br />
Angel Flores Pte S/n, Centro<br />
Culiacan, Sinaloa 8000<br />
Tel: +52 667-716-1154<br />
Fax: +52 667-716-1154<br />
llaneso@cln.megared.net.mx<br />
Gilberto Romero<br />
Cryoinfra/Air Products<br />
Felix Guzman <strong>No</strong> 16-1 Col. El Parque<br />
Naucalpan, Estadso De Mexico 53390<br />
Tel: +52 55 53 59 08 43<br />
Fax: +52 55 5 359 0643<br />
gromero@cryoinfra.com.mx<br />
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA<br />
Robert Ahern<br />
Dallas Water Utilities<br />
1440 Whitelock Lane<br />
Carrolton, TX 75006<br />
Tel: (214) 670-0906<br />
Fax: (972) 389-6008<br />
rahearn@dallascityhall.com<br />
Iraj Asgharzadaeh<br />
City of San Diego<br />
600 B Street #700<br />
San Diego, CA 92101<br />
Tel: (619) 533-5105<br />
Fax: (619) 533-5278<br />
Iasgharzadeh@sandiego.gov<br />
Jack Bebee<br />
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.<br />
1525 Faraday Ave.<br />
Carlsbad, Ca 92008<br />
Tel: (760) 602-3816<br />
Fax: (760) 602-3838<br />
jbebee@pirnie.com<br />
Bob Chance<br />
Nytrox Systems Inc.<br />
1618 Carse Dr.<br />
Boulder City, NV 89005<br />
Tel: (702) 399-6400<br />
Fax: (702) 399-6445)<br />
rchance@nytroxsystems.com<br />
Zaid Chowdhury<br />
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.<br />
4646 E. Van Buren, Suite 400<br />
Poenix, AZ 85008<br />
Tel: (602) 241-1770<br />
Fax: (602) 231-0131<br />
ZChowdhury@pirnie.com<br />
Jennifer Cottingham<br />
Dallas Water Utilities<br />
2121 Main Street<br />
Dallas, TX 75201<br />
Tel: (214) 948-4563<br />
Fax: (214) 243-1118<br />
j.cottingham@dallascityhall.com<br />
Ray Denkewicz<br />
Vortex Corporation<br />
10 Westfield Dr.<br />
East Greenwich, RI 02818<br />
Tel: (928) 830-6227<br />
ray@vortexpurewater.com<br />
Rolf Englehard<br />
Vortex Corporation<br />
400 Presott Lakes Parkway<br />
Prescott, AZ 86301<br />
Tel: (928 899-0654<br />
rolf@vortexpurewater.com<br />
Christopher Garner<br />
1195 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd.<br />
Arnold, MD 21012<br />
Tel: (410) 544-6100<br />
chrisg@spwgroup.com<br />
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New IOA Members (cont’d)<br />
Carlos Giraldo<br />
Gases & Equipment<br />
P. O. Box 278173<br />
Miramar, FL 33027<br />
Tel: (954) 392-7237<br />
cgiraldo@gasesyequipos.com<br />
Adam Graves<br />
Nytrox Systems Inc.<br />
1618 Carse Dr.<br />
Boulder City, NV 89005<br />
Tel: (702) 399-6400<br />
Fax: (702) 399-6445)<br />
agraves@nytroxsystems.com<br />
Gamaliel Guzman<br />
Dallas Water Utilities<br />
1440 Whitelock Lane<br />
Carrolton, TX 75006<br />
Tel: (972) 389-6012<br />
Fax: (972) 389-6008<br />
gguzman@dallascityhall.com<br />
Herbert Hamilton<br />
Agrosistemas, S. A.<br />
PO Box 26<br />
Crumpton, MD 212628<br />
Tel: (410) 778-6697<br />
Fax: (410) 778-6695<br />
springlanding@hotmail.com<br />
Rob Hoffman<br />
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.<br />
12400 Colt Rd., Suite 1200<br />
Dallas, TX 75251<br />
Tel: (972) 663-2153<br />
Fax: (972) 9<strong>34</strong>-3662<br />
rhoffman@pirnie.com<br />
Robert Hoolahan<br />
All Water System Inc.<br />
1475 Airbrake Ave<br />
Turtle Creek, PA 15145<br />
Tel: (412) 824-6560<br />
Fax: (412) 824-6573<br />
bhoolahan@allwatersystems.com<br />
Ted Kilpatrick<br />
Dallas Water Utilities<br />
2121 Main Street<br />
Dallas, TX 75201<br />
Tel: (214) 670-8585<br />
Fax: (214) 670-0914<br />
ekilpatrick@dallascityhall.com<br />
Ron Martin<br />
Vortex Corporation<br />
25 Biscayne Drive<br />
Chelmsford, MA 01824<br />
Tel: (928) 830-7976<br />
ron@vortexpurewater.com<br />
Sid McCain<br />
Trinity River Authority<br />
11201 Trinity Blvd<br />
Euless, TX 76009<br />
Tel: (817) 267-4226<br />
Fax: (817) 267-8773<br />
nullg@trinityra.org<br />
Anne Miller<br />
SonVent Inc.<br />
111 <strong>No</strong>rth Calvin Park Road<br />
Rockford, IL 61107<br />
Tel: (815) 387-1025<br />
Fax: (815) 387-1035<br />
aehardy@sonivent.com<br />
Gerald Null<br />
Trinity River Authority<br />
11201 Trinity Blvd<br />
Euless, TX 76009<br />
Tel: (817) 267-4226<br />
Fax: (817) 267-8773<br />
nullg@trinityra.org<br />
Mark Patrick<br />
Nytrox Systems Inc.<br />
1618 Carse Dr.<br />
Boulder City, NV 89005<br />
Tel: (702) 399-6400<br />
Fax: (702) 399-6445)<br />
mpatrick@nytroxsystems.com<br />
Alan Petrasek<br />
Carter and Burgess, Inc<br />
7950 Elmbrook Dr.<br />
Dallas, TX 75247<br />
Tel: (214) 638-0145<br />
Fax: (214) 638-0447<br />
al.petrasek@c-b.com<br />
Alan Pryor<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Process Consultants, Inc.<br />
2736 Brentwood Place<br />
Davis, CA 95616<br />
Tel: (530) 758-5173<br />
Fax: (530) 758-5173<br />
ozone21@att.net<br />
Ken Regno<br />
Dallas Water Utilities<br />
1440 Whitelock Lane<br />
Carrolton, TX 75006<br />
Tel: (972) 389-6002<br />
Fax: (972) 389-6008<br />
kdregno@mail.ci.dallas.tx.us<br />
Howard Robins<br />
The Healing Center<br />
200 West 57th Street<br />
New York, NY 11590<br />
Tel: (212) 581-0101<br />
howardrobins@verizon.net<br />
Laurence Robinson<br />
Dallas Water Utilities<br />
2605 Shore Crest Dr.<br />
Dallas, TX 75235<br />
Tel: (214) 670-6584<br />
Fax: (214) 670-6586<br />
lrobins@dallascityhall.com<br />
Greg Rondy<br />
SoniVent, Inc.<br />
777 West Smith Road<br />
Medina, OH 44256<br />
Tel: (330) 721-9600<br />
Fax: (330) 271-9139<br />
grondy@sonivent.com<br />
Richard Schulz<br />
SoniVent, Inc.<br />
777 West Smith Road<br />
Medina, OH 44256<br />
Tel: (330) 721-9600<br />
Fax: (330) 271-9139<br />
dshultz@sonivent.com<br />
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New IOA Members (cont’d)<br />
Mark Simon<br />
Dallas Water Utilities<br />
2121 Main Street<br />
Dallas, TX 75201<br />
Tel: (214) 948-4324<br />
Fax: (214) 243-1118<br />
mark.simon@dallascityhall.com<br />
More from Arlington<br />
Bill Smith<br />
Trinity River Authority<br />
11201 Trinity Blvd<br />
Euless, TX 76009<br />
Tel: (817) 267-4226<br />
Fax: (817) 267-8773<br />
smithb@trinityra.org<br />
David Timmerman<br />
Black & Veatch<br />
9441 LBJ Fwy<br />
Dallas, TX 75243<br />
Tel: (214) 893-1195<br />
Fax: (214) 570-7049<br />
timmermannda@bv.com<br />
David Vallejo<br />
Black & Veatch<br />
9441 LBJ Fwy<br />
Dallas, TX 75243<br />
Tel: (214) 570-7067<br />
Fax: (214) 570-7049<br />
vallejodf@bv.com vallejodf@bv.com<br />
KB Witenburg<br />
Griswold Water Technologies<br />
4747 Research Forest Drive<br />
The Woodlands, TX 77381<br />
Tel: (281) 296-7957<br />
Fax: (775) 806-1377<br />
kipw@griswoldwatertechnologies.com<br />
Robert Velazquez<br />
Metropolitans Water District of Los<br />
Angeles<br />
700 Moreno Ave<br />
LaVerne, CA 91750<br />
Tel: (626) 825-0018<br />
Fax: (213) 576-5330<br />
rvelazquez@mwdh2o.com<br />
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<strong>Ozone</strong> News <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>34</strong>, <strong>No</strong>. 5<br />
Meetings Calendar<br />
Upcoming IOA Meetings<br />
2006<br />
October 26-27,2006, 24th Japan <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Seminar on <strong>Ozone</strong> Technology, Tower Hall Funabori<br />
or Gate City Osaki East Tower, Tokyo, Japan. For<br />
more information: contact joa@mrh.biglobe.ne.jp.<br />
2007<br />
June, 2007, EA3G Seminar on <strong>Ozone</strong> for food<br />
processing, Valencia, Spain. This seminar, lasting up<br />
to three days will be held in cooperation with Ainia<br />
Centro Technologico. See future issues of <strong>Ozone</strong> News<br />
for more details.<br />
August 25-30, 2007, World Congress on <strong>Ozone</strong> and<br />
Ultraviolet Technologies comprising the 18th <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
World Congress and the 4th <strong>International</strong> Congress on<br />
Ultraviolet Technologies (sponsored by the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Ultraviolet <strong>Association</strong>), Hyatt Regency<br />
Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California .<br />
This will be the first joint Congress on Ultraviolet and<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Technologies. There will be sessions on <strong>Ozone</strong><br />
Technologies, UV Technologies, and the combining of<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> and UV technologies and advanced oxidation.<br />
The congress will include three full days of technical<br />
presentations followed by a day of local technical<br />
tours. Topics presented will include:<br />
• <strong>Ozone</strong> pretreatment to enhance the performance<br />
of UV disinfection systems<br />
• Combined ozone and UV treatment of food and<br />
beverages<br />
• Combined ozone and UV treatment of air to<br />
remove pollutants<br />
• Emerging water and wastewater contaminants<br />
• Regulatory update<br />
A call for papers is included this issue of <strong>Ozone</strong> News.<br />
For more information visit www.io3a.org.<br />
2009<br />
August 31- September 2, 2009, 19th <strong>Ozone</strong> World<br />
Congress, Tokyo Japan. The congress will end with a<br />
technical/sightseeing tour to Kyoto. See future issues<br />
of <strong>Ozone</strong> News for more information.<br />
Upcoming Meetings of Other Organizations<br />
2006<br />
October 21-26, 2006, WEFTEC 06, 79th Annual<br />
Exhitibion and Conference, Dallas, TX. Information:<br />
www.weftec.org<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember 1-2, 2006 <strong>Ozone</strong> Design, Operation and<br />
Optimization, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.<br />
Information: www.wcwc.ca<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember 5-9, 2006, AWWA Water Quality and<br />
Technology Conference & Exposition, Denver, CO.<br />
Information: www.awwa.org<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember 12-17, 2006, American Institute of Chemical<br />
Engineers Annual Meeting 2006, San Francisco,<br />
California.. Information: www.aiche.org<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember 28-December 1, 2006, <strong>International</strong> Pool and<br />
Spa Expo, Las Vegas, NV. Information:<br />
www.poolandspaexpo.com<br />
2007<br />
January 22-24, 2007, Water Middle East 2007<br />
Exhibition and Conference, Manama, Kingdom of<br />
Bahrain. Information: www.wme2007.com<br />
February 6-10, 2007, ENVIRON Water World Expo<br />
2007 (in conjunction with CHEMTECH+PHARMA<br />
World Expo 2007), Mumbai, India. Information:<br />
www.chemtechwe.com<br />
March 4-8, 2006, AWA Ozwater Convention and<br />
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Upcoming Meetings (cont’d)<br />
Exposition, Sydney, Australia. Information:<br />
www.awaozwater.net<br />
March 27-31, 2007, WQA Aquatech 2007, Orlando,<br />
FL. Information: www.wqa.org.<br />
April 23-26, 2007, 5th <strong>International</strong> Symposium on<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Applications, Plaza America Conference Center,<br />
Varadero Beach, Matanzas, Cuba. Call for papers:<br />
Due January 15, 2007. For more information: visit<br />
www.ozono.cubaweb.cu<br />
June 17-20, 2007, Micropol & Ecohazard 2007. 5th<br />
IWA Specialised Conference on Assessment and<br />
Control of MIcropollutants/Hazardous Substances in<br />
Water, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt/Main, Germany.<br />
Information: www.dechema.de/micropol<br />
June 17-21, 2007, AWWA Annual Conference and<br />
Exposition, Toronto, Canada. Information:<br />
www.awwa.org<br />
October 13-17, 2007, WEFTEC 07, 80th Annual<br />
Exhitibion and Conference, San Diego, CA.<br />
Information: www.weftec.org<br />
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<strong>Ozone</strong> News <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>34</strong>, <strong>No</strong>. 5<br />
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT<br />
5 th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OZONE APPLICATIONS<br />
The <strong>Ozone</strong> Research Center of Cuba is pleased to invite you to take part in the 5th <strong>International</strong> Symposium on<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Applications.<br />
The symposium will be held in the "Plaza America" Conference Center at the beautiful Varadero beach, Matanzas<br />
from April 23rd to 26th, 2007.<br />
PLAZA AMÈRICA<br />
The main subjects in the Symposium will be: Water Purification and Waste Water<br />
Treatment with <strong>Ozone</strong>; <strong>Ozone</strong> Therapy: Animal Models and Human Treatment;<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Chemistry; Ozonized Vegetable Oils; <strong>Ozone</strong> Generation System Design and<br />
Other <strong>Ozone</strong> Applications and its Evaluation. All work sessions will comprise lectures,<br />
oral presentations and posters.<br />
With the aim to achieve abroad promotion of the papers, persons that are interested to<br />
participate must submit abstracts (with no more than 250 words) in English language,<br />
which includes the title of the paper, author's name(s), institution, city and country where<br />
the work was carried out indicating the subject in which they will participate.<br />
A broad scientific program has been<br />
organized with the topics tackled at present<br />
by our Center as well as those developed in<br />
collaboration with other Cuban institutions<br />
during these 30 years of scientific work.<br />
A broad scientific program has been<br />
organized with the topics tackled at present<br />
by our Center as well as those developed in<br />
collaboration with other Cuban institutions<br />
during these 30 years of scientific work.<br />
We hope the Caribbean warmth, which<br />
characterizes our country, welcomes you in a<br />
nice environment like our Varadero Beach at<br />
140 km from Havana City only. You will<br />
spend days of fruitful scientific exchanges<br />
and amusements including but not limited to<br />
social activities that will contribute to<br />
strengthen even more our ties of friendship<br />
and cooperation.<br />
The author who presents the work should be marked with an asterisk (*). The deadline for<br />
the presentation of the abstracts will be .January 15, 2007 and they should be sent by e-<br />
mail to the attention of the Scientific Secretary, Dr. Frank Hernandez Rosales<br />
frank.hernandez@ cnic.edu.cu and the Organizing Secretary, Dra. Silvia Menendez<br />
Cepero silvia.ara(chinfomed.sld.cu. The acceptance or not of the papers will be<br />
communicated before February 10, 2007. Accepted complete papers must be sent by e-<br />
mail, written in Word (Time New Roman, 12 point size, single spaced, margin of 2 cm at<br />
right, left and top), before February 28, 2007 , in order to be included in electronic format<br />
for the Symposium Proceedings.<br />
Participants will pay a registration fee of 300.00 CUC at the arrival at "Plaza America"<br />
Conference Center. This fee includes a CD-ROM with the Symposium Proceedings,<br />
participation in all scientific sessions and the welcome and farewell cocktails.<br />
The official languages will be Spanish and English.<br />
The hotels that offer accommodation to participants are:<br />
Social activities, for the enjoyment of<br />
participants and guests, will also take place<br />
during the event.<br />
In order to obtain more details about the<br />
event please contact:<br />
Melia Las Américas<br />
Sol Palmeras<br />
Melia Varadero<br />
Acuazul<br />
Dra. Silvia Menendez Cepero<br />
Organizing Secretary<br />
<strong>Ozone</strong> Research Center<br />
Calle 230 <strong>No</strong>. 1313 esq. Avenida 15,<br />
Siboney, Playa,<br />
Apartado Postal 6412, Ciudad de La<br />
Habana, Cuba.<br />
Phone: (53-7) 271-9264, 271-2089<br />
Fax: (53-7) 271-0233<br />
E-mail: silvia.menendez@ cnic.edu.cu<br />
silvia.gra@infomed.sid.cu<br />
Website: http://www.ozono.cubaweb.cu<br />
Accommodation fees in these hotels, as well as the complete tourist package will be<br />
informed in the Second Announcement.<br />
The CUC is the official money in Cuba and it can be bought at the airport, hotels,<br />
convention center, bank and exchange bureaus (CADECA).<br />
"Viajes Cubanacan" is the Travel Agency that facilitates your trip to Cuba, accommodation<br />
and transfer. For due contact:<br />
"Viajes Cubanacan"<br />
E-mail: com.eventos4©avc.cyt.cu<br />
Phone: (53-7) 208-4879,<br />
Fax: (53-7) 204-4791<br />
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2007 Joint World Congress<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> Ultraviolet <strong>Association</strong><br />
27-30 August 2007<br />
Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA.<br />
INITIAL CALL FOR PAPERS<br />
The <strong>International</strong> Ultraviolet <strong>Association</strong> and the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Group requests Abstracts for<br />
both Oral and Poster Presentations for an exciting joint 2007 World Congress to be held in Los Angeles, California,<br />
USA. The conference is intended to provide information to engineers, scientists, and end users of UV and ozone systems.<br />
Topics would include, but not be limited to:<br />
•Disinfection<br />
•Advanced Oxidation<br />
•Emerging Contaminants<br />
•UV Reactor design/validation<br />
•Chemical and Biochemical Reactions •Food and Agricultural Applications<br />
•Bromate Formation and Control •Air Treatment<br />
•<strong>Ozone</strong> Generation/Contacting •Industrial Applications<br />
•Waste Water Treatment<br />
•<strong>Ozone</strong> Solubility Workshop<br />
•Remediation<br />
•Spa/Pool/Aquarium<br />
Abstracts (up to 500 words) are due by <strong>No</strong>vember 30, 2006.<br />
Abstracts currently should be sent by e-mail to the IOA at the following address:<br />
Abstract Submittal<br />
Visit our Websites<br />
Prof. Daniel Smith, Ph.D.<br />
University of Alberta<br />
IUVA www.iuva.org<br />
Dept. Civil & Env. Engineering IOA www.io3a.org<br />
Edmonton, AB Canada<br />
Telephone: 780-492-4138, Fax: 780-492-0249<br />
e-mail: dwsmith@ualberta.ca
ISSN 1065-5905<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Ozone</strong> <strong>Association</strong>/Editorial Office<br />
P. O. Box 28873<br />
Scottsdale, AZ 85255<br />
Tel: 480-529-3787<br />
Fax: 480-473-9068<br />
Email: info@io3a.org