Vol 34 No 5 text.qxp - International Ozone Association

From Arlington to Los Angeles 

OZONE NEWS Volume 34, No. 5 • October, 2006

Ozone News Volume 34, No. 5 

OZONE NEWS 

Volume 34, No. 5 October, 2006 

Editor: Barry L. Loeb 

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For membership and publication information, please contact the IOA 

office nearest you: 

Pan American Group (PAG) 

Mr. Paul Overbeck, Executive Director 

International Ozone Association, Pan American Group 

PO Box 28873, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 

Tel: (1)480-529-3787 

Fax: (1)480-473-9068 

Email: PaulOverbeck@io3a.org 

European-African-Asian-Australasian Group (EA3G) 

Mr. François Mauvais, SecretaryTreasurer 

Association Internationale de l'Ozone 

83 avenue Foch F-75116 Paris, France 

Tel: 33 (0) 1 53 70 13 56 

Fax: 33 (0) 1 53 70 13 40 

Email: francios.mauvais@astee.org 

Ms. Beatrice Bernard, Secretariat 

IOA-EA3G -ESIP-Plate-Forme Eaux, 40 av. du Recteur Pineau 

86022 Poitiers Cedex, France 

Tel: 33 (0) 5 49 45 44 54 

Fax: 33 (0) 5 49 45 40 60 

Email: ioa@esip.univ-poitiers.fr; Web: www.ioa-ea3g.org 

Nippon Islands Group (NIG) 

Mr. Hirofumi Takahara 

International Ozone Association 

Homei Building, 8th Floor 

1-3-19 Akasaka 

Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan 

Tel: (81) 03 3583 5210 

Fax: (81) 03 3583 1461 

Email: joa@mrh.biglobe.ne.jp 

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 

ON THE COVER 

See reports on successful Arlington 

Conference and upcoming Los Angeles 

World Congress. Stories on pp 19 and 

31. 

5 Editor’s Notes 

6 INDUSTRY NEWS 

6 -Disinfecting Mains with Ozonation 

8 -Bromate in Bottled Water 

8 -New In Situ Oxidation Technology 

9 - EPA Recommends Hach LDO® 

Method 10360 for Compliance 

Monitoring 

9 -Encyclopedia of Earth 

10 -Acquisitions and Consolidations 

11 -Walkerton Clean Water Centre 

Provides Drinking Water Professionals 

with Training Needs 

14 IOA NEWS 

14 -Visit the IOA Website 

16 -Willy Masschelein Prize 

17 -International Board Meeting 

18 -Pan American Group Board Meeting 

19 Report from Arlington Conference 

25 New IOA Members 

27 More from Arlington 

28 Meetings Calendar 

29 Consultants Page 

30 5th International Symposium on Ozone 

Applications (Cuba) 

31 Call for Papers - Los Angeles World 

Congress 

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Ozone News 

Volume 34, No.5 

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 

Please note that the Editorial Office 

has moved. The new address to mail 

materials for OS&E and Ozone News 

is: 

International Ozone Association/ 

Editorial Office 

Barry L. Loeb 

9731 Pebble View Drive 

Cincinnati, OH 45252-2167 

Tel/Fax: (1) 513-385-3906 

Email: blloeb@fuse.net 

Telephone and email contact 

information is unchanged. 

2 AirTree Ozone Technology 

13 Analytical Technology Inc. 

29 Best Sulfur Products 

29 Black & Veatch 

8,9 BMT Messtechnik GmbH 

12 Bodycare Environmental Technologies 

29 Bollyky Associates Inc. 

6 Eco Sensors, Inc. 

5 ENMET Analytical Instruments 

11 IN USA Inc. 

29 Innovative Ozone Services Inc. 

29 Kennedy/Jenks Consultants 

10 Mazzei Injector Corporation 

5 Nobuyoshi Kaiga, Dr. Sc. 

32 Ozonia International 

4 Pacific Ozone Technology 

7 SeQual Technologies 

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Editor’s Notes 

Your editor has just returned from a very exciting 

trip to Arlington, Texas to attend the annual PAG 

conference. You will see a summary of this 

conference written up in this issue. It was an 

outstanding one. 

What impressed me most was the volunteer effort 

of so many IOA members to make the conference a 

success. Paul Overbeck assembled an outstanding 

team with the result that this should be one of the 

most successful regional conferences. 

It is very gratifying to see good progress with the 

various task forces. The Agri-Food Task Force and 

the Air Treatment Task Force are now posting user 

success studies on the IOA PAG website. This 

website is rapidly becoming a valuable resource for 

IOA members. I encourage you to visit the website 

and see how it is developing. 

Those who actually read Ozone News will have 

noticed a typographical error in the last issue. On 

page 10, in the Industry News section, the article 

indicates that ozone was ineffective in inactivating 

Cryptosporidiuim. The sentence should have 

stated “ozone was effective in inactivating these 

microorganisms whereby chlorine was not”. Thanks 

to J. (Hans) van Leeuwen for pointing out this error. 

Barry Loeb 

Editor-in-Chief 

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Industry News 

Disinfecting Mains with Ozonation 

The September 2006 issue of AWWA’s Opflow magazine 

has an article “Disinfecting Mains with Ozonation: 

Alternative Saves Time, Environment by Bruce Damm 

and Christopher R. Schulz. 

In this process, a trailer-mounted ozone system allows 

Denver Water field operators to disinfect mains and get 

them on line in one trip. This system was first reported in 

Ozone News Vol 33 No 3, p 10 (June 2005). The process 

was a result of development by Denver and Camp, 

Dresser and McKee (CDM). A trailer mounted ozone 

system featured a 180 g/h Pacific Ozone Technology 

Ozone Generator and a GDT system for gas dissolution. 

The project started in 2003 with construction of the 

trailer-mounted ozone system and has moved from field 

trials to routine disinfection of water mains in the 

distribution system. Due to the relatively short half life of 

ozone, a flow-through disinfection system is used. Excess 

dissolved ozone is removed by ascorbic acid. Denver has 

found that the effective limit for this process is 

approximately 1000 ft of 12 in diameter pipe. Fortunately, 

most of the pipelines in the Denver distribution system 

are 6 to 8 inches in diameter. 

For more details, see AWWA Opflow, September 2006, pp 

18-21. 

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Industry News (cont’d) 

Bromate in Bottled Water 

A New York State-based grocery retailer recently recalled 

a bottled water product that contained levels of bromate 

in excess of the FDA standard of quality of 10 μg/L (10 

ppb). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration district 

office in Jamaica, New York is investigating the matter. 

The bottler, a member of IBWA (International Bottled 

Water Association), has worked with the agencies and 

IBWA staff to ensure an appropriate response to the 

matter. 

Also, another grocery retailer in Pennsylvania issued a 

recall of a bottled water product for bromate in excess of 

10 ppb. The Pennsylvania matter involves a different 

bottling company, which is not an IBWA member. 

IBWA is urging its members who use ozone as a 

disinfectant to be vigilant in monitoring bromide in 

source waters and bromate in post-ozonated source 

waters (e.g., in tankers) and the finished product. An 

activist group issued a press release on August 28 which 

stated that the bromate incident in New York State is 

evidence that FDA does not adequately regulate the 

safety of bottled water. The press release also claimed 

that bottled water is regulated less stringently than tap 

water. IBWA issued a statement that pointed out the 

fallacies in the press release. In 1999, the IBWA prepared 

a document, “Bottled Water D/DBP Resource Manual”, 

which educates the members on bromate and other 

disinfection byproducts. 

For more information, visit bottledwater.org 

New In Situ Oxidation Technology 

Kerfoot Technologies, Inc. (KTI) announces an 

advancement in in situ oxidation technology - its patented 

Perozone® Modular System. Pulsed injection of 

peroxide-coated ozone/air microbubbles treats solvent 

and petroleum hydrocarbon spills in groundwater and 

soil. Both saturated and unsaturated soils may be treated 

in-situ, with site closure or barrier containment as 

realizable goals. 

According to Dr. William B. Kerfoot, President of 

Kerfoot Technologies, “This most cost-effective means of 

treatment for heavily-contaminated sites, particularly 

those with DNAPL, has experienced a cost of one-half 

that of other current processes. The combination of 

ozone and peroxide is the only chemox process, with its 

byproducts of water and oxygen when petroleum 

hydrocarbons are treated, as well as chlorides with the 

treatment of chlorinated solvents, that has been approved 

for use in primary withdrawal regions of public water 

supplies.” 

KTI’s new Perozone® Modular System allows ozone 

output ranging from .5 to 4.8 kilograms per day. It allows 

user choice of oxidative and air flow capacity, matched to 

site needs. Control is achieved with either PLC or manual 

controller that can be linked to mass reduction 

management programs. The Modular System may be 

installed in trailers, sheds, or negative-pressure isolated 

rooms. The unique chemox Laminar Spargepoints® 

provide delivery of microbubbles with radii of influence 

far exceeding conventional screened well points. 

Kerfoot Technologies assists engineering and consulting 

companies with their remediation projects by providing 

patented, innovative remediation technologies and 

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equipment including ozone and Perozone® (ozone gas and 

hydrogen peroxide) sparging. The technologies are capable 

of remediating soil and groundwater contaminants in situ 

without the need for costly excavations or water pumping 

systems. 

For more information, visit www.kerfoottech.com. 

EPA Recommends Hach LDO® Method 10360 for 

Compliance Monitoring 

In a letter dated July 26, 2006, the US Environmental 

Protection Agency's Engineering and Analytical Support 

Branch recommended Hach LDO Method 10360 

(Luminescence Dissolved Oxygen) for the measurement 

of DO and the determination of biochemical oxygen 

demand (BOD) in wastewater under the National 

Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program 

(NPDES). 

Hach Company claims they are the first to bring this new 

technology to market. The Hach LDO® method is a 

breakthrough in the measurement of dissolved oxygen. 

The LDO probe has no membranes to clean or replace, 

no electrolyte solution to replenish and does not require 

frequent calibration. 

For more information, contact Amy Alcorn at Hach, 

aalcorn@hach.com 

Encyclopedia of Earth (Call for Papers) 

The world's experts on the environment of Earth, and the 

interaction between society and the natural spheres of the 

Earth, are forming to produce a single comprehensive and 

definitive electronic encyclopedia about the Earth. The 

Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) will be free to the public 

and free of advertising. 

EoE seeks all qualified editors and authors to 

collaboratively develop: 

* A free, fully searchable, trusted source of articles 

about the Earth 

* A to Z coverage of topics describing the 

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environment of Earth that span the natural, physical, 

and social sciences, the arts and humanities, and the 

professional disciplines 

* An information resource that will be useful to 

students, educators, scholars, professionals, decisionmakers, 

as well as to the general public 

* An authoring site that combines the authority of 

peer review with the power of Web-based 

collaboration 

* A public reference site that is updated every 15 

minutes. 

*Editors: * Professor Cutler J. Cleveland of Boston 

University, Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning/ 

Encyclopedia of Energy/ (Elsevier Science), is the Editorin-Chief 

of the/ Encyclopedia of Earth./ A distinguished 

International Advisory Board provides editorial 

oversight . For more information, visit: 

(http://www.earthportal.net/about/eoe/) 

Acquisitions and Consolidations 

Siemens’ Industrial Solutions and Services Group 

recently announced that it has completed its integration 

of USFilter, which as known as Siemens Water 

Technologies (Warrendale, PA). 

GE Water and Process Technologies (Trevose, PA) has 

completed its acquisition of Zenon Environmental Inc. 

Zenon’s hollow-fiber membrane technology provides 

solutions for numerous water and wastewater treatment 

applications including membrane bioreactors. 

Linde AG and the BOC Group, Ltd., have merged,. 

effective September 5, 2006 to create a world-leading 

industrial gases and engineering company. The new 

company will be called “The Linde Group”. BOC Gases 

and PCI-Wedeco provided the oxygen/ozone system for 

the Dallas, Texas East Side water treatment plant. 

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Walkerton Clean Water Centre Provides 

Drinking Water Professionals with 

Training Needs 

to provide operators and operating authorities with the 

information and education needed to operate broad 

water treatment technologies used in the water treatment 

systems, and to provide them with information on 

emerging issues and challenges in the industry. A major 

milestone was met when, in October 2005, the Centre 

began directly delivering training courses. As of 

September 1, 2006, more than 2700 individuals have been 

trained. 

An Interim Technology Demonstration Facility has been 

established. The facility is to be used as a practical 

training tool and an educational resource for water 

system owners, operators and the general public to make 

them aware of the variety of treatment deliveries available 

to them. Advanced water treatment technologies such as 

Ozone, UV, and Membrane systems, with a fully 

operation laboratory are available to provide a useful tool 

Following the tragedy in Walkerton in May 2000, the 

Ontario government established a public inquiry and 

appointed Justice Dennis O’Connor to lead it. 

Ten of the enquiry recommendations deal specifically 

with training and certification of operators of drinking 

water systems. 

In October 2004, the government of Ontario established 

the Walkerton Clean Water Centre to coordinate and 

deliver training programs to owners and operators of 

drinking water systems across the province. The Centre 

was officially opened on May 31, 2005. 

The Walkerton Clean Water Centre has identified a set of 

high priority goals to guide its management and 

operations, enabling it to move forward effectively and 

efficiently with its mandate. 

The Walkerton Clean Water Centre’s primary focus is to 

ensure that training, education and information is 

available and accessible to owners, operators and 

operating authorities of Ontario’s drinking water systems, 

especially those serving small, remote communities, 

including First Nations. Flexibility in service, technology 

demonstration, correspondence courses and online 

learning will ensure access to operators from all over 

Ontario. The Centre provides training courses that are 

mandated by the Ministry of the Environment, and 

delivered by professional trainers experienced in the 

drinking water industry. The Centre also delivers courses 

on advanced water treatment and advanced technologies 

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for training, technology demonstration, and research. 

The facility was opened in June 2006. 

The Centre is committed to promoting research in 

drinking water quality. It works with leading drinking 

water experts on identifying and promoting research on 

water quality issues. 

The Centre awarded 3 scholarships to graduate students 

at three different universities in Ontario to contribute to 

the advancement of research and technology 

development in the field of drinking water quality. 

The Centre is sponsoring and participating in a research 

project in partnership with the Ministry of the 

Environment, and two universities in a study to 

“Investigate the Removal of Endocrine Disruptors 

Compounds using Nanofiltration Membrane”. 

The Walkerton Clean Water Centre has approved 

sponsorship for the AWWARF research proposal “Low 

Dose Risks from Bromate: The Relationship between 

Drinking Water Concentrations and the Actual Dose to 

Susceptible Organs in Rats and Humans”. 

For more information, contact Saad Jasim, Ph.D., P.Eng. 

CEO, Walkerton Clean Water Centre at 

SJasim@wcwc.ca. 

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IOA News 

Visit the IOA Website 

• User Success Reports of Installed, Commercial 

Applications of Ozone in Agriculture and the 

Treatment of Foods 

Case Study Summaries 

Garlic Processing Plant – Spray Bar Rinse System 

All three groups of the International Ozone Association 

have and maintain their own websites for the benefits of 

the membership. If you haven’t visited the websites 

recently, you should do so as there are continuing 

improvements. 

The Pan American Group website www.io3a.org has 

made a major effort to include applications information. 

To access this information, pull up the website and then 

highlight the Applications section. This will lead you to a 

page of numerous applications for ozone. The 

applications for which information is available are 

indicated with a (*). 

A summary of some of the available information in this 

website follows. 

Agriculture 

This section is the IOA/PAG Agri-Food Task Force 

Website. The website contains the following items of 

information, all dealing with the use of ozone for the 

treatment of agricultural and food products for one or 

multiple purposes. 

• Statements by the International Ozone Association 

Concerning Food Treatment with Ozone 

• Uses for Ozone in Treating Agricultural Products and 

Foods 

• Criteria for Evaluating User Success Reports 

A garlic processor used to spray clove garlics with 

solutions of sodium hypochlorite by means of a spray 

bar. Numerous maintenance problems were encountered 

with hypochlorite, including pitting of the stainless steel 

rollers, and the high total dissolved solids plugged the 

spray bar holes, corroding the feed pump and plumbing. 

Finally, sodium hypochlorite was leaving a residual in the 

wastewater pond, which is located directly over a source 

water aquifer. Granular activated carbon (GAC) 

scrubbing of air was required, to remove and destroy 

odors from 100-125 ppm sodium hypochlorite solutions. 

Also, sodium hypochlorite reacts with organics, causing a 

strong ammonia odor, and has the potential for imparting 

a hypochlorite (or reaction product) residual on the plant 

product. 

Replacement of the hypochlorite system by an 

ozone/water system eliminated the maintenance costs of 

hypochlorite, eliminated pitting and corrosion of 

equipment, eliminated the need for BAC scrubbing of 

odors, and lowered processing costs significantly. Other 

applications for aqueous ozone are being investigated at 

this plant as a result. 

Midwestern Food Processing Plant Chiller Water 

Treatment for Reuse 

Prior to installing ozone to treat 5,000 gallons of water in 

a chiller loop, the water had to be drained and the loop 

refilled anywhere between 1 to 7 days, due to excessive 

microbial contamination. Ozonation systems were 

installed in several of the firm’s food processing plants, 

and the drain/refill time was extended to up to 6 months. 

Annual process water consumption prior to ozone 

treatment was an estimated 1,123,000 gallons, but that 

has been reduced to 72,000 gallons with ozonation. Labor 

costs have been lowered, along with process downtime, 

since ozonation was installed. 

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IOA News (Cont’d) 

Bulk Storage and Curing of Harvested Onions 

Onions were stored in ozone-containing air (1~2.5 ppm) 

for many months, during which time “neck rot”(a funguscaused 

disease) did not spread from the few infected 

onions to other onions, thus extending the shelf life of the 

entire crop. A capital cost for ozone equipment of 

$116,000 (and negligible operation cost) resulted in an 

additional income to the onion grower of $166,500 for the 

single crop stored. The equipment is being used on 

subsequent crops. 

Storage of Potatoes – Potato Grower (#1), Idaho Falls, 

Idaho, USA– 2003 Crop 

Potatoes are harvested, and then a large percentage of the 

crop is stored for future sales. Many harvested potatoes 

are infected with Phytophthora erythroseptica, or “Pink 

Rot”, a fungus-causing disease that spreads rapidly to 

uninfected potatoes, and these cannot be sold. Storage of 

harvested potatoes under gaseous ozone does not cure 

Pink Rot on infected potatoes, but does prevent the 

spread of the infectious disease to other potatoes. This 

farmer purchased a novel ozone treatment system to treat 

his 2003 potato crop, thereby saving much of his harvest 

from Pink Rot, and returning a financial benefit of 

$240,000 for that single year. The ozone equipment, 

which cost $116,000, is being used to increase the 

marketable output of subsequent potato crops by this 

farmer. 

Storage of Potatoes – Walker Farms, Menan, Idaho, 

2002 Crop 

Potatoes are harvested, and then a large percentage of the 

crop is stored for future sales. Many harvested potatoes 

are infected with Phytophthora erythroseptica, or “Pink 

Rot”, a fungus causing disease that spreads rapidly to 

uninfected potatoes, and these cannot be sold. Storage of 

harvested potatoes under gaseous ozone does not cure 

Pink Rot on infected potatoes, but does prevent the 

spread of the infectious disease to other potatoes. This 

farmer purchased a novel ozone treatment system to treat 

his 2002 potato crop, thereby saving much of his harvest 

from Pink Rot, and returning a financial benefit of 

$306,000 for that single year. The ozone equipment, 

which cost $116,000, is being used to increase the 

marketable output of subsequent potato crops by this 

farmer. 

Ozone for Treatment and Storage of Grain – Harvest 

States Amber Milling, Huron, OH, USA 

Mold and bacteria in grain traditionally are addressed by 

the use of chlorinated water. However, this technique 

frequently is inadequate for removing these harmful 

materials allowing tempering bins, holding containers, 

and processing lines to become contaminated and have to 

be cleaned. This requires complete shutdown of the plant 

and results in production and financial losses. Elevated 

bacterial and mold counts sometimes cause final products 

to fail to meet client microbial standards. Returned 

shipments can cost up to $5,000 per rail car plus 

reprocessing costs. Chlorine also causes corrosion in 

metal parts in the mixing and grain transfer equipment 

and is a hazardous chemical to store and handle. 

Furthermore, chlorine chemically reacts with some 

materials and organics, and the resulting chlorinated 

compounds sometimes remain in the final product as 

contaminants. A project sponsored by the Electric Power 

Research Institute (EPRI) at Harvest States Amber 

Milling demonstrated that ozone and ultraviolet 

radiation overcame the problems encountered with 

chlorine use, and resulted in significant cost savings to the 

plant as well. 

Air Treatment 

This site is the IOA/ PAG Air Treatment Task Force 

website. 

The website contains the following items of information, 

all dealing with the use of ozone for the treatment of air 

for one or multiple users. 

• Statements by the International Ozone Association 

Concerning Air Treatment with Ozone 

• Uses for Ozone in Treating Air 

• Roles for Ozone in Air Treatment 

• Criteria for Evaluating Case Studies 

• Case Studies of Installed, Commercial Applications 

of Ozone for the Treatment of Air. 

Case Study Summaries 

Bingo Hall HVAC System 

A 20,000 sq ft bingo hall opened in 1994 and included a 

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traditional HVAC system. Almost immediately, 

complaints were received by management from visitors 

about tobacco odors. Installation of exhaust fans did not 

rectify the problem nor were complaints reduced. Ozone 

was installed to treat in-duct air with great success. Not 

only were tobacco odors eliminated, but total VOC levels 

also were reduced. An alternative technology, granular 

activated carbon, which would have cost $25,000 

annually in replacement carbon, did not have to be 

installed. Ozone costs were $22,000 and resulted in less 

maintenance, less makeup air, and energy savings of 

$250/month. 

Cold Storage 

The user is redirected to the agricultural section for case 

studies 

Food Processing, Food Preservation, Food Storage, Grain 

Treatment 

The user is redirected to the Agricultural section for case 

studies 

Mold, Room Air 


The user is directed to the Air Treatment section for case 

studies. 

The PAG has made an excellent start in making the IOA 

website relevant to its members and also the scientific 

community. If you have information or data on ozone 

applications which could be included in the website, 

please forward your information. 

For more information on these and any other 

applications submitted, visit www.io3a.org. 

Willy Masschelein Prize 

CALL FOR CANDIDATES 

Willy Masschelein Prize 2007 

Prize for Research of the European-African-Asian- 

Australasian Group of the 


This prize was created in 1985 to encourage further 

developments in the field of ozone and its application. It 

is usually awarded every two years during the IOA World 

Congress. Its name, formerly "Jean Hallopeau Prize" was 

changed in 2004 into "Willy Masschelein Prize" as 

recognition of the outstanding work he has made for the 

Association. 

The European African Asian Australasian Group of the 

International Ozone association offers this prize with the 

aim to encourage further developments in the field of 

ozone and related oxidants. 

This award is presented after examination by a Scientific 

Board of papers on a level similar to a thesis or a 

dissertation for a Doctorate degree. 

Recipients of the Prize are: 

1985 Dr. Johannes Stahelin, Switzerland 

1987 Dr. Claus Heuser, France 

1989 Dr. Coscun Yurteri, USA 

1993 Dr. Mohammed Siddiqui, USA 

1995 Dr. Charles Labatiuk, Canada 

1997 Dr. Berhard Etrich, Germany 

2001 Dr. Franck de Smedt, Belgium 

2005 Dr. Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Poland 

Regulations 

•Objective 

The Willy Masschelein Prize is an award for original 

research revealing some unprecedent knowledge on any of 

the fundamental aspects of the industrial generation and 

the applications of ozone and derived oxidants. 

This award will be given in 2007 during the 18th IOA 

World Congress at Los Angeles (USA) and will be 

presented to one of the candidates whose papers must be 

submitted before December 31, 2006. 

•Value of Prize 

The winner will receive the sum of 4,000 €. (four thousand 

Euros) and will be registered for free to attend the 18th 

World Congress. The Prize cannot be divided among 

several candidates. This sum covers the costs for travel to 

and stay at the location of the World Congress. 

•Contributions 

Dissertations submitted must be a thesis or dissertation 

accepted by a University or by a public research 

institution for a Doctorate degree. Prospective candidates 

should fill an application form available at IOA-EA3G 

Secretariat upon request and return it with three hardcopies 

of the dissertation by December 31, 2006. 

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IOA-EA3G Secretariat - Bat. ESIP - 40, av. du Recteur 

Pineau - 86022 POITIERS Cedex - France 

Tel. 33(0)5 49 454 454 Fax. 33(0)5 49 454 060 - E-mail: 

ioa@esip.univ-poitiers.fr 

The material must be the work of one person. Joint 

papers will not be accepted. The texts of dissertation must 

be a thesis submitted to a University or to a public 

research institution during the four years preceding the 

IOA World Congress. Former publication of the results of 

the thesis in full or in part will not disqualify candidates 

from competing, providing it is duly established that the 

thesis is related to research by the candidate. On 

completion of adjudication of the Prize only one copy of 

the dissertation is to be retained, the others will be 

returned to the candidates who so desire. The winner 

makes a commitment to attend the World Congress in 

order to receive the Prize except for exceptional 

circumstances. 

•Official Languages 

The thesis can be submitted in English, French or 

German. If any other language is used, a 10,000 words 

abstract must be provided summarizing the purpose and 

the aspects of the research. This abstract must be 

submitted in one of the three official languages referred to 

above. 

•Candidacy 

The competition is open to University graduates 

regardless of their nationality. Candidates must have been 

enrolled at a University during the period when the 

research for the thesis took place. 

•Examining Board 

The examining board will be chaired by the President of 

the European-African-Asian-Australasian Group of the 

I.O.A. acting in an advisory manner. The examining 

board will comprise four members appointed by the 

Board of the European-African-Asian-Australasian 

Group. Supervisors of research works submitted will be 

excluded. If necessary, the examining board can engage 

expert linguists for the assessment of dissertation – thesis 

if written in a language other than English, French or 

German. The decision of the examining board will be 

taken as final. If the examining board cannot reach a 

clear decision the President of the European-African- 

Asian-Australasian Group can be asked to vote with the 

examining board. 

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The notification about the outcome of the selection 

process will be made before May 2007. 

•Circulation 

These Regulations are circulated by the I.O.A. 

•Publication 

If necessary, the I.O.A. will assist candidates to get their 

research work published in scientific journals in order to 

ensure the widest possible diffusion. Such assistance will 

only be given at the candidate's request. Publication will 

not necessarily have to be confined to the text of the 

Prize-winning thesis. 

•Competency 

The Board of Directors of the European-African-Asian- 

Australasian Group of the I.O.A. will settle, without 

further appeal, all matters arising that are not covered by 

these regulations. 

For further information, please visit http://www.ioaea3g.org/news.asp 

Or contact Ms Béatrice Bernard, IOA-EA3G Secretariat 

Bat. ESIP - 40, av. du Recteur Pineau - 86022 POITIERS 

Cedex - France 

Tel. 33(0)5 49 454 454 Fax. 33(0)5 49 454 060 - E-mail: 

ioa@esip.univ-poitiers.fr 

International Board Meeting 

The Directors of the International Ozone Association 

held their semi-annual Board meeting on September 17, 

2006 in Arlington, Texas, USA in conjunction with the 

PAG conference at the same location. Following are 

some highlights of the meeting. 

Group Reports 

EA3G 

The EA3G held three seminars in 2006 

• Air Treatment (France) 20 attendees 

• Ozone/UV (Wasser Berlin) 50 attendees 

• Ozone/Sludge (Zurich) 90 attendees 

The group also attended the IWA AOP4 conference, two 

weeks after the Wasser Berlin conference. This conference 

was well attended with 182 attendees from 38 countries. 

EA3G will investigate the feasibility of participating in 

this conference in the future.



A ozone/food conference will be held in June 2007 in 

Valencia, Spain. Sydney, Australia wishes to host an IOA 

conference, and there are funds residing in Sydney to 

support this. 

contribute $50,000 over a two-year period to this project. 

Prof. Gilbert Gordon will be the IOA liaison to this 

project. 

Pan American Board Meeting 

Currently, EA3G has 208 paid memberships. 

Nippon Islands Group (JOA) 

The 16th Annual Conference on Ozone Science & 

Technology was held on June 8-9 in Tokyo and was very 

successful, with 230 in attendance. A second seminar is 

schedule in Tokyo on October 26-27. 

Membership for NIG remains relatively stable at about 

130, 

The NIG announced that the 19th Ozone World 

Congress will be held August 31- September 2, 2009 in 

Tokyo, Japan including a technical tour to Kyoto. 

Pan American Group (PAG) 

The drop in membership has been stopped and 

membership increased from 576 at the end of 2005 to 632. 

Several additional members have joined up as they 

registered for the Arlington Conference. 

PAG presented a half-day session on ozone at the March 

WQY/Aquatech conference. Several similar sessions are 

planned for 2007. PAG is investigating how to continue 

the Ozone IV which was held in Fresno in 2005. The longtime 

organizer of the conference is no longer putting this 

on, leaving an opportunity for IOA to pick it up. 

Relations with IUVA 

Ongoing discussions are occurring on how IOA can 

develop a long term relationship with IUVA and what 

form this relationship will take. IOA is working very 

closely with IUVA on the planning for the Los Angeles 

World Congress 

Bromate Research Proposal 

AWWARF has authorized a research study to study the 

chemistry of bromate once it enters the human body. The 

total project cost is $450,000. The IOA has agreed to 

The Directors of the Pan American Group of the 

International Ozone Association held their semi-annual 

Board meeting on September 17, 2006 in Arlington, Texas 

in conjunction with the PAG annual conference. 

Following are some highlights of the meeting. 

PAG will face a $50,000 shortfall through 2007. This is 

due to the sharing of the World Congress Income in 2007 

with three groups, and the lack of a PAG conference in 

the same year. A membership dues increase is being 

considered. PAG will need some outside support in 

funding the bromate project approved by the 

International Board. 

All task forces (Municipal, Air Treatment, Agri-Food, 

Web) are active. Case studies are being developed for 

posting on the IOA webside. (See related article in this 

issue). 

New officers were nominated by the Board and then 

elected at a General Assembly of the PAG. These officers 

will serve a three-year term, to be in line with the timing 

of the World Congresses. 

Chair – Jeff Neemann, Black & Veatch 

Treasurer – Brian Johnson, Pacific Ozone Technology 

Secretary – Neal Spivey, Gwinnett County Water 

Authority 

Chair Elect – Saad Jasim, Walkerton Clean Water 

Centre 

Vice Chair – John Overby, Ozone Water Systems 

Vice Chair – Mohamed Gamal El-Din, University of 

Alberta 

Past Chair – Bob Jarnis, Metcalf & Eddy 

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Report from Arlington Conference 

On September 17-20, 2006, 252 attendees gathered at the 

Wyndham Resort Hotel in Arlington, Texas for an IOA 

Pan American Meeting, entitled “Ozone: Delivering 

Multiple Benefits”. This was near a record number of 

attendees for a Pan American Group meeting. 

PAG Chairman Bob Jarnis opened the conference and 

welcomed the attendees. He then introduced Arlington 

Mayor, Dr. Robert Cluck. 

Blake Atkins, EPA Region 6 Chief 

Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck addresses conference 

Dr. Cluck also welcomed the attendees to Arlington. As 

a medical doctor, he was familiar with ozone and its use 

in medical applications. He summarized the experience of 

Arlington and its water treatment with ozone and 

commented on the noticeable improvement in their water 

quality in the eyes of the consumer. 

Bob Jarnis then reviewed the mission of the IOA and how 

ozone is effective in response to a changing environment. 

The role of regulations on the fate of ozone, UV light and 

chlorine dioxide were summarized. 

IOA International President Mike Dimitriou then 

summarized the regulations affecting allowable bromate 

limits in drinking water. The EPA is leaving the current 

bromate level of 10μg/L while other research is being 

conducted. He outlined the AWWARF research project 

on bromate reactions in the human stomach. The IOA is 

providing financial support for this research. 

Blake Atkins, EPA Region 6 Chief then addressed the 

group. He summarized the EPA role in drinking water 

quality and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Multiple threats 

require a multiple barrier solution. It is necessary to 

balance the threat of pathogens vs. disinfection 

byproducts. Mr. Atkins gave a very good summary of the 

advantages of ozone along with concerns. Much work 

still needs to be done to address problems with the 

distribution systems, some of which are very old. 

The opening session concluded with a utility panel 

consisting of Frank Crumb, Fort Worth water 

department; Julie Hunt, Director of Utilities- Arlington; 

Bill Smith, Tarrent Water Authority; Charles Springer, 

Assistant Director of Operations, Dallas Water Utilities. 

They were asked to address the question “Why did you 

use ozone?” and then “Is ozone expensive?”. Arlington 

received a big benefit in the reduction of consumer 

complaints regarding taste and odor. They also saw a 

reduction in treatment cost of $8/Mgal. Fort Worth saw 

longer filter run times and less wash water required. The 

Dallas East Side plant had increased power consumption, 

but lowered costs of treatment chemicals. Overall, they 

had slightly increased costs but better water quality. 

Technical Program 

The technical program, held in cocurrent sessions, was 

over two days and covered a wide range of technical and 

practical topics. 

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Joseph Huang, CDM, summarized the design, 

construction and startup of the ozone facilities at the 

Dallas Water Utilities East Side Water Treatment Plant, 

the largest ozone generating facility in the world dedicated 

to the treatment of drinking water. 

efficiency than nitrogen addition. This phenomena is now 

well known in the industry, but the reasons for the effect 

are still not completely understood. 

Rip Rice and Chuck Sopher summarized successful 

studies using ozone to treat produce and in catfish 

processing. Henrik Steffens, Pacific Ozone Technology, 

gave a fascinating review of the uses of ozone in the wine 

industry in the Americas. This session was an Ag-Food 

Forum and part of the activities of the Agri-Food Task 

Force. 

This is just a sampling of the papers presented. For more 

details, refer to the conference proceedings. 

Technical Tours 

Those remaining in Arlington on Wednesday visited two 

area water treatment plants, featuring ozone systems. 

Fumitake Nishimura, Ehime University, Japan, reported 

on the applicability of ozone treated activated sludge for 

wastewater treatment which contains biorefractory 

materials. 

Shane Snyder, Southern Nevada Water Authority, 

reported on preliminary work on the oxidation of 

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in 

Reuse water. Ozone treatment generally removes > 70% 

of the contaminants. Ozone plus hydrogen peroxide has 

an increased initial reaction rate, but the final removal 

result is the same as with ozone along. UV is insufficient 

for most EDCs. Chlorine removes about 50%. 

Past IOA President Joop Kruithof summarized the use of 

UV/H 2 O 2 for organic contaminant control and primary 

disinfection for a Netherlands water supply. The situation 

with bromates led them to the UV approach. 

John F. Kubala WTP Ozone Generators 

Jonathan Park, Gas Tran Systems, reported on ozonation 

of water using the Gas Tran unit as the contactor. This 

contacting system uses a rotor to shear gas, and can 

handle up to 250 gpm liquid. Mass transfer efficiencies of 

>90% were reported. 

Akira Murai, The Kansai Electric Power Company, 

Japan, reported on the effects of nitrogen aiding the 

efficiency of ozone generator from pure oxygen feed gas. 

Argon gas as a “boost” provides a better generator 

Dallas East Side WTP 

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The John F. Kubala Water Treatment Plant is designed 

for 65 MGD, with room for expansion to 97 MGD. 

Ozone is added in two stages. A small amount of ozone is 

added in the preozonation contactor for aid in 

coagulation /flocculation and for taste and odor control. 

1.5-3 mg/L ozone is added in the Intermediate Ozone 

contactor for disinfection. The plant has (3) 980 lb/day 

ozone generators, produced by Ozonia, capable of 

producing 8-10% ozone. Feed gas is liquid oxygen, with 

supplemental nitrogen injection. 

Social Program 

A complete social program started with the opening 

reception and closed with the conference banquet. In the 

middle of the conference, an exhibitors’ reception was 

held, prior to attendees walking to the nearby stadium of 

the Texas Rangers, where the home team won. 

The Dallas East Side Water Treatment plant is designed 

for 550 MGD and has (9) 4000 lb/day ozone generators 

supplied by Wedeco, producing 8-10% ozone. Feed gas is 

oxygen produced by a BOC Gases vacuum swing 

adsorption plant. Ozone is introduced via fine bubble 

dome diffusers in the first three cells of the ozone 

contactor. 

For the ladies a special day was planned with lunch at 

Lincoln Square, a spa treatment, antique shopping and 

afternoon tea. All were impressed with the pampering 

and the Texas hospitality. 

Dallas East Side WTP Ozone Generators 

Dallas East Side VSA Oxygen Generators 

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Exhibition 

This was a very successful exhibition, with one of the 

largest number of companies participating. All coffee 

breaks and social gatherings were held in the exhibit area. 

Oxygen Generating Systems International 

Ozone Technology, Inc. 

Ozonia North America 

Pacific Ozone Technology, Inc. 

Rosemount Analytical, Inc. 

Sequal Technologies, Inc. 

Municipal Operations Workshop 

A half- day Municipal Operations Workshop was held at 

the Rolling Hills Water Treatment Plant, City of 

Arlington, TX. The Workshop was conducted by Glenn 

Hunter, and Kerwin Rakness of Process Applications, 

Inc., Fort Collins, CO and Michael Kennedy, City of 

Wilmington, NC. 46 attended the Workshop. At the 

Workshop, attendees were exposed to practical 

operations of ozone facilities, measurements and flow 

and performance calculations. 

Sponsors 

The Pan American is able to hold very nice conferences 

thanks to the financial support of the sponsors who 

support the conference from the opening reception to 

tickets to the Texas Rangers baseball game. Sponsors of 

this conference were: 

Platinum 

CDM 

Ozonia North America 

ITT/Air Products 

Companies exhibiting were: 

AirSep Corporation 

Analytical Technology Inc. 

Astro Pak Corporation 

Best Sulfur Products 

Clearwater Tech, LLC 

Eco Sensors Inc 

Filtros Ceramic Products 

Fuji Corporation of American 

IN USA Inc. 

ITT Water Treatment 

Mazzei Injector Corporation 

Mitsubishi Power Products Inc. 

OSTI, Inc. 

Gold 

Black & Veatch 

Metcalf & Eddy 

Silver 

Pacific Ozone Technology, Inc. 

Carollo Engineers, P. C. 

Mitsubishi Power Products, Inc. 

Bronze 

Air Sep Corporation 

American Development Corporation 

Best Sulfur Products 

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Credits 

Thanks are due to a number of individuals responsible 

for making this conference a success. Paul Overbeck, 

Executive Director of the PAG group was responsible for 

overall coordination and promotion of the conference 

and the attendance proved the benefits of his efforts. 

Major Committees were: 

Technical Program Committee 

Mohamed Gamal El-Din (Chair) 

Keisuke Ikehata 

Zhimin Qiang 

Rip Rice 

Charles Sopher 

Kevin Abbott 

Glenn Hunter 

Saad Jasim 

Kerwin Rakness 

Mark Simon 

Roger Crane 

Host Organizing Committee 

Chuck Vokes, Arlington Water Utilities 

David Vallejo, Black & Veatch 

Jim Gallovich, Carollo Engineers 

Danny Shannon, CEM 

Jennifer Cottingham, City of Dallas Water Utilities 

Gerald McMillion, City of Fort Worth 

Wesley Lobo, ITT Water Treatment 

Bill Nezgod, Ozonia 

Jody Zabolio, Upper Trinity River Water District 

Also, we thank Ron Zegers and his team at Southern 

Nevada Water Authority for producing the CD ROM 

conference proceedings. 

• Neal Spivey, Award of Gratitude for his work in 

hosting the 2005 PAG conference in Lanier, GA. 

• Mohamed Gamal El-Din, Service Recognition 

Award for his work in coordinating the technical 

program at this and the Lanier conference. 

• Kerwin Rakness, Glenn Hunter and Michael 

Kennedy, Service Recognition Award for their work 

in conducting the Municipal Operations Workshop 

• Gerald Mc Million, City of Fort Worth, Certificate of 

Appreciation for supporting this conference 

• Chuck Vokes, City of Arlington, Certificate of 


• Larry Robinson, City of Dallas, Certificate of 


The IOA appreciates the contribution of these individuals 

and all those who worked so hard to make this 

conference a success. 

Neal Spivey 

Proceedings 

Proceedings of the conference on a CD ROM are 

available from the IOA PAG office. Contact: 

PaulOverbeck@io3a.org 

Special Awards 

At the awards banquet, several special awards were 

presented by Jeff Neemann and Paul Overbeck 

recognizing special contributions to this conference and 

the IOA. 

Mohmamed Gamal El-Din 

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Kerwin Rakness, Glenn Hunter, Michael Kennedy 

Larry Robinson 

Gerald McMillion 

Opening Reception 

Chuck Vokes 

The Ever Busy Registration Desk 

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NEW IOA MEMBERS 

The International Ozone Association takes great pleasure in welcoming our new members 

CANADA 

Frank Cichon 

West Coast Reduction, Ltd. 

105 North Commercial Drive 

Vancouver, BC V5L 4V7 

Tel: (604) 255-9301 

fcichon@wcrl.com 

Paul Faber 




Tel: (604) 255-9301 

pfaber@wcrl.com 

Keisuke Ikehata 

University of Alberta 

3-076 NREF 

Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2 

Tel: (780) 492-6197 

kikehata@ualberta.ca 

Ken Ingram 




Tel: (604) 255-9301 

kingram@wcrl.com 

Roger Wiens 

Shur Lok Homes 

630 Ireland Rd 

Simcoe, ON N3Y 4K2 

Tel: (519) 426-6161 

Fax: (519) 426-8869 

rwiens@shurlokhomes.ca 

Greg Wu 

University of Regina 

2876 Sunninghill Cr. 

Regina SK S4V 0N2 

Tel: (303) 525-2787 

Fax: (303) 630-6709 

wugang101@yahoo.com 

Jianping Zhang 

University of Waterloo 

315-350 Columbia Street West 

Waterloo, ON N2L 6P4 

Tel: (519) 888-4567 

Fax: (510) 746-7499 

jpzhang@engmail.uwaterloo.ca 

COSTA RICA 

Humberto Gonzalez 

Exportaciones Comerciales 

Latinoamericanas S.A 

Lourdes, Collados del Este 

Montes de Oca, San Jose 112085-100 

Tel: +506 224-0014 

Fax: +506 253-6725 

expocolat@yahoo.com 

MEXICO 

Flavo Hernandez 

Cryoinfra/Air Products 

Felix Guzman No 16-1 Col. El Parque 

Naucalpan, Estadso De Mexico 53390 

Tel: +52 55 53 59 08 43 

Fax: +52 55 5 359 0643 

fehernandez@cryoinfra.com.mx 

Jose Ocata 

Universidad Automa de Sinaloa 

Angel Flores Pte S/n, Centro 

Culiacan, Sinaloa 8000 

Tel: +52 667-716-1154 

Fax: +52 667-716-1154 

llaneso@cln.megared.net.mx 

Gilberto Romero 

Cryoinfra/Air Products 

Felix Guzman No 16-1 Col. El Parque 

Naucalpan, Estadso De Mexico 53390 

Tel: +52 55 53 59 08 43 

Fax: +52 55 5 359 0643 

gromero@cryoinfra.com.mx 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Robert Ahern 

Dallas Water Utilities 

1440 Whitelock Lane 

Carrolton, TX 75006 

Tel: (214) 670-0906 

Fax: (972) 389-6008 

rahearn@dallascityhall.com 

Iraj Asgharzadaeh 

City of San Diego 

600 B Street #700 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Tel: (619) 533-5105 

Fax: (619) 533-5278 

Iasgharzadeh@sandiego.gov 

Jack Bebee 

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. 

1525 Faraday Ave. 

Carlsbad, Ca 92008 

Tel: (760) 602-3816 

Fax: (760) 602-3838 

jbebee@pirnie.com 

Bob Chance 

Nytrox Systems Inc. 

1618 Carse Dr. 

Boulder City, NV 89005 

Tel: (702) 399-6400 

Fax: (702) 399-6445) 

rchance@nytroxsystems.com 

Zaid Chowdhury 


4646 E. Van Buren, Suite 400 

Poenix, AZ 85008 

Tel: (602) 241-1770 

Fax: (602) 231-0131 

ZChowdhury@pirnie.com 

Jennifer Cottingham 


2121 Main Street 

Dallas, TX 75201 

Tel: (214) 948-4563 

Fax: (214) 243-1118 

j.cottingham@dallascityhall.com 

Ray Denkewicz 

Vortex Corporation 

10 Westfield Dr. 

East Greenwich, RI 02818 

Tel: (928) 830-6227 

ray@vortexpurewater.com 

Rolf Englehard 


400 Presott Lakes Parkway 

Prescott, AZ 86301 

Tel: (928 899-0654 

rolf@vortexpurewater.com 

Christopher Garner 

1195 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd. 

Arnold, MD 21012 

Tel: (410) 544-6100 

chrisg@spwgroup.com 

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New IOA Members (cont’d) 

Carlos Giraldo 

Gases & Equipment 

P. O. Box 278173 

Miramar, FL 33027 

Tel: (954) 392-7237 

cgiraldo@gasesyequipos.com 

Adam Graves 




Tel: (702) 399-6400 

Fax: (702) 399-6445) 

agraves@nytroxsystems.com 

Gamaliel Guzman 




Tel: (972) 389-6012 

Fax: (972) 389-6008 

gguzman@dallascityhall.com 

Herbert Hamilton 

Agrosistemas, S. A. 

PO Box 26 

Crumpton, MD 212628 

Tel: (410) 778-6697 

Fax: (410) 778-6695 

springlanding@hotmail.com 

Rob Hoffman 


12400 Colt Rd., Suite 1200 


Tel: (972) 663-2153 

Fax: (972) 934-3662 

rhoffman@pirnie.com 

Robert Hoolahan 

All Water System Inc. 

1475 Airbrake Ave 

Turtle Creek, PA 15145 

Tel: (412) 824-6560 

Fax: (412) 824-6573 

bhoolahan@allwatersystems.com 

Ted Kilpatrick 




Tel: (214) 670-8585 

Fax: (214) 670-0914 

ekilpatrick@dallascityhall.com 

Ron Martin 


25 Biscayne Drive 

Chelmsford, MA 01824 

Tel: (928) 830-7976 

ron@vortexpurewater.com 

Sid McCain 

Trinity River Authority 

11201 Trinity Blvd 

Euless, TX 76009 

Tel: (817) 267-4226 

Fax: (817) 267-8773 

nullg@trinityra.org 

Anne Miller 

SonVent Inc. 

111 North Calvin Park Road 

Rockford, IL 61107 

Tel: (815) 387-1025 

Fax: (815) 387-1035 

aehardy@sonivent.com 

Gerald Null 




Tel: (817) 267-4226 

Fax: (817) 267-8773 

nullg@trinityra.org 

Mark Patrick 




Tel: (702) 399-6400 

Fax: (702) 399-6445) 

mpatrick@nytroxsystems.com 

Alan Petrasek 

Carter and Burgess, Inc 

7950 Elmbrook Dr. 


Tel: (214) 638-0145 

Fax: (214) 638-0447 

al.petrasek@c-b.com 

Alan Pryor 

Ozone Process Consultants, Inc. 

2736 Brentwood Place 

Davis, CA 95616 

Tel: (530) 758-5173 

Fax: (530) 758-5173 

ozone21@att.net 

Ken Regno 




Tel: (972) 389-6002 

Fax: (972) 389-6008 

kdregno@mail.ci.dallas.tx.us 

Howard Robins 

The Healing Center 

200 West 57th Street 

New York, NY 11590 

Tel: (212) 581-0101 

howardrobins@verizon.net 

Laurence Robinson 


2605 Shore Crest Dr. 


Tel: (214) 670-6584 

Fax: (214) 670-6586 

lrobins@dallascityhall.com 

Greg Rondy 

SoniVent, Inc. 

777 West Smith Road 

Medina, OH 44256 

Tel: (330) 721-9600 

Fax: (330) 271-9139 

grondy@sonivent.com 

Richard Schulz 

SoniVent, Inc. 

777 West Smith Road 

Medina, OH 44256 

Tel: (330) 721-9600 

Fax: (330) 271-9139 

dshultz@sonivent.com 

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New IOA Members (cont’d) 

Mark Simon 




Tel: (214) 948-4324 

Fax: (214) 243-1118 

mark.simon@dallascityhall.com 

More from Arlington 

Bill Smith 




Tel: (817) 267-4226 

Fax: (817) 267-8773 

smithb@trinityra.org 

David Timmerman 


9441 LBJ Fwy 


Tel: (214) 893-1195 

Fax: (214) 570-7049 

timmermannda@bv.com 

David Vallejo 


9441 LBJ Fwy 


Tel: (214) 570-7067 

Fax: (214) 570-7049 

vallejodf@bv.com vallejodf@bv.com 

KB Witenburg 

Griswold Water Technologies 

4747 Research Forest Drive 

The Woodlands, TX 77381 

Tel: (281) 296-7957 

Fax: (775) 806-1377 

kipw@griswoldwatertechnologies.com 

Robert Velazquez 

Metropolitans Water District of Los 

Angeles 

700 Moreno Ave 

LaVerne, CA 91750 

Tel: (626) 825-0018 

Fax: (213) 576-5330 

rvelazquez@mwdh2o.com 

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Meetings Calendar 

Upcoming IOA Meetings 

2006 

October 26-27,2006, 24th Japan Ozone Association 

Seminar on Ozone Technology, Tower Hall Funabori 

or Gate City Osaki East Tower, Tokyo, Japan. For 

more information: contact joa@mrh.biglobe.ne.jp. 

2007 

June, 2007, EA3G Seminar on Ozone for food 

processing, Valencia, Spain. This seminar, lasting up 

to three days will be held in cooperation with Ainia 

Centro Technologico. See future issues of Ozone News 

for more details. 

August 25-30, 2007, World Congress on Ozone and 

Ultraviolet Technologies comprising the 18th Ozone 

World Congress and the 4th International Congress on 

Ultraviolet Technologies (sponsored by the 

International Ultraviolet Association), Hyatt Regency 

Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California . 

This will be the first joint Congress on Ultraviolet and 

Ozone Technologies. There will be sessions on Ozone 

Technologies, UV Technologies, and the combining of 

Ozone and UV technologies and advanced oxidation. 

The congress will include three full days of technical 

presentations followed by a day of local technical 

tours. Topics presented will include: 

• Ozone pretreatment to enhance the performance 

of UV disinfection systems 

• Combined ozone and UV treatment of food and 

beverages 

• Combined ozone and UV treatment of air to 

remove pollutants 

• Emerging water and wastewater contaminants 

• Regulatory update 

A call for papers is included this issue of Ozone News. 

For more information visit www.io3a.org. 

2009 

August 31- September 2, 2009, 19th Ozone World 

Congress, Tokyo Japan. The congress will end with a 

technical/sightseeing tour to Kyoto. See future issues 

of Ozone News for more information. 

Upcoming Meetings of Other Organizations 

2006 

October 21-26, 2006, WEFTEC 06, 79th Annual 

Exhitibion and Conference, Dallas, TX. Information: 

www.weftec.org 

November 1-2, 2006 Ozone Design, Operation and 

Optimization, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. 

Information: www.wcwc.ca 

November 5-9, 2006, AWWA Water Quality and 

Technology Conference & Exposition, Denver, CO. 

Information: www.awwa.org 

November 12-17, 2006, American Institute of Chemical 

Engineers Annual Meeting 2006, San Francisco, 

California.. Information: www.aiche.org 

November 28-December 1, 2006, International Pool and 

Spa Expo, Las Vegas, NV. Information: 

www.poolandspaexpo.com 

2007 

January 22-24, 2007, Water Middle East 2007 

Exhibition and Conference, Manama, Kingdom of 

Bahrain. Information: www.wme2007.com 

February 6-10, 2007, ENVIRON Water World Expo 

2007 (in conjunction with CHEMTECH+PHARMA 

World Expo 2007), Mumbai, India. Information: 

www.chemtechwe.com 

March 4-8, 2006, AWA Ozwater Convention and 

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Upcoming Meetings (cont’d) 

Exposition, Sydney, Australia. Information: 

www.awaozwater.net 

March 27-31, 2007, WQA Aquatech 2007, Orlando, 

FL. Information: www.wqa.org. 

April 23-26, 2007, 5th International Symposium on 

Ozone Applications, Plaza America Conference Center, 

Varadero Beach, Matanzas, Cuba. Call for papers: 

Due January 15, 2007. For more information: visit 

www.ozono.cubaweb.cu 

June 17-20, 2007, Micropol & Ecohazard 2007. 5th 

IWA Specialised Conference on Assessment and 

Control of MIcropollutants/Hazardous Substances in 

Water, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt/Main, Germany. 

Information: www.dechema.de/micropol 

June 17-21, 2007, AWWA Annual Conference and 

Exposition, Toronto, Canada. Information: 

www.awwa.org 

October 13-17, 2007, WEFTEC 07, 80th Annual 

Exhitibion and Conference, San Diego, CA. 

Information: www.weftec.org 

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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 

5 th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OZONE APPLICATIONS 

The Ozone Research Center of Cuba is pleased to invite you to take part in the 5th International Symposium on 

Ozone Applications. 

The symposium will be held in the "Plaza America" Conference Center at the beautiful Varadero beach, Matanzas 

from April 23rd to 26th, 2007. 

PLAZA AMÈRICA 

The main subjects in the Symposium will be: Water Purification and Waste Water 

Treatment with Ozone; Ozone Therapy: Animal Models and Human Treatment; 

Ozone Chemistry; Ozonized Vegetable Oils; Ozone Generation System Design and 

Other Ozone Applications and its Evaluation. All work sessions will comprise lectures, 

oral presentations and posters. 

With the aim to achieve abroad promotion of the papers, persons that are interested to 

participate must submit abstracts (with no more than 250 words) in English language, 

which includes the title of the paper, author's name(s), institution, city and country where 

the work was carried out indicating the subject in which they will participate. 

A broad scientific program has been 

organized with the topics tackled at present 

by our Center as well as those developed in 

collaboration with other Cuban institutions 

during these 30 years of scientific work. 

A broad scientific program has been 

organized with the topics tackled at present 

by our Center as well as those developed in 

collaboration with other Cuban institutions 

during these 30 years of scientific work. 

We hope the Caribbean warmth, which 

characterizes our country, welcomes you in a 

nice environment like our Varadero Beach at 

140 km from Havana City only. You will 

spend days of fruitful scientific exchanges 

and amusements including but not limited to 

social activities that will contribute to 

strengthen even more our ties of friendship 

and cooperation. 

The author who presents the work should be marked with an asterisk (*). The deadline for 

the presentation of the abstracts will be .January 15, 2007 and they should be sent by e- 

mail to the attention of the Scientific Secretary, Dr. Frank Hernandez Rosales 

frank.hernandez@ cnic.edu.cu and the Organizing Secretary, Dra. Silvia Menendez 

Cepero silvia.ara(chinfomed.sld.cu. The acceptance or not of the papers will be 

communicated before February 10, 2007. Accepted complete papers must be sent by e- 

mail, written in Word (Time New Roman, 12 point size, single spaced, margin of 2 cm at 

right, left and top), before February 28, 2007 , in order to be included in electronic format 

for the Symposium Proceedings. 

Participants will pay a registration fee of 300.00 CUC at the arrival at "Plaza America" 

Conference Center. This fee includes a CD-ROM with the Symposium Proceedings, 

participation in all scientific sessions and the welcome and farewell cocktails. 

The official languages will be Spanish and English. 

The hotels that offer accommodation to participants are: 

Social activities, for the enjoyment of 

participants and guests, will also take place 

during the event. 

In order to obtain more details about the 

event please contact: 

Melia Las Américas 

Sol Palmeras 

Melia Varadero 

Acuazul 

Dra. Silvia Menendez Cepero 

Organizing Secretary 

Ozone Research Center 

Calle 230 No. 1313 esq. Avenida 15, 

Siboney, Playa, 

Apartado Postal 6412, Ciudad de La 

Habana, Cuba. 

Phone: (53-7) 271-9264, 271-2089 

Fax: (53-7) 271-0233 

E-mail: silvia.menendez@ cnic.edu.cu 

silvia.gra@infomed.sid.cu 

Website: http://www.ozono.cubaweb.cu 

Accommodation fees in these hotels, as well as the complete tourist package will be 

informed in the Second Announcement. 

The CUC is the official money in Cuba and it can be bought at the airport, hotels, 

convention center, bank and exchange bureaus (CADECA). 

"Viajes Cubanacan" is the Travel Agency that facilitates your trip to Cuba, accommodation 

and transfer. For due contact: 

"Viajes Cubanacan" 

E-mail: com.eventos4©avc.cyt.cu 

Phone: (53-7) 208-4879, 

Fax: (53-7) 204-4791 

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2007 Joint World Congress 


International Ultraviolet Association 

27-30 August 2007 

Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. 

INITIAL CALL FOR PAPERS 

The International Ultraviolet Association and the International Ozone Association Group requests Abstracts for 

both Oral and Poster Presentations for an exciting joint 2007 World Congress to be held in Los Angeles, California, 

USA. The conference is intended to provide information to engineers, scientists, and end users of UV and ozone systems. 

Topics would include, but not be limited to: 

•Disinfection 

•Advanced Oxidation 

•Emerging Contaminants 

•UV Reactor design/validation 

•Chemical and Biochemical Reactions •Food and Agricultural Applications 

•Bromate Formation and Control •Air Treatment 

•Ozone Generation/Contacting •Industrial Applications 

•Waste Water Treatment 

•Ozone Solubility Workshop 

•Remediation 

•Spa/Pool/Aquarium 

Abstracts (up to 500 words) are due by November 30, 2006. 

Abstracts currently should be sent by e-mail to the IOA at the following address: 

Abstract Submittal 

Visit our Websites 

Prof. Daniel Smith, Ph.D. 

University of Alberta 

IUVA www.iuva.org 

Dept. Civil & Env. Engineering IOA www.io3a.org 

Edmonton, AB Canada 

Telephone: 780-492-4138, Fax: 780-492-0249 

e-mail: dwsmith@ualberta.ca

ISSN 1065-5905 

International Ozone Association/Editorial Office 

P. O. Box 28873 

Scottsdale, AZ 85255 

Tel: 480-529-3787 

Fax: 480-473-9068 

Email: info@io3a.org

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