Vol 33 No 4 Text - International Ozone Association

Ozone News Volume 33, No. 4
IOA News (cont’d)
Young Innovator Award will Finance Water
Research
Dr. Mohamed Gamal El-Din of the University of
Alberta is the recipient of this year’s Petro-Canada
Young Innovator Award, which provides $20,000
towards his research into water treatment.
The Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award Program
was created in 1995 to recognize and help support the
work of outstanding and innovative young faculty
researchers at Canadian universities, colleges and
major research institutes. Grants are made to
universities who select recipients of the award.
At the University of Alberta, the award is designed to
recognize, promote and support outstanding and
innovative faculty researchers whose academic work
impacts positively on the learning environment of the
department in which they work and whose research
has potential to be of significance to society at large.
This program is intended to articulate the
commitment of Petro-Canada and the University of
Alberta to support these researchers in the launch of
their scholarly careers and enable them to carry their
research forward.
Dr. Gamal El-Din is a frequent contributor to IOA
Conferences and serves on the Editorial Board of
Ozone: Science & Engineering.
Congratulations, Dr. Gamal El-Din!
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Ozone Usage Database
The Pan American Group IOA Municipal Water
Treatment Task Force is assembling a database of
ozone installations in the US and Canada. This
includes the use of ozone for both municipal drinking
water and wastewater. This database is currently in
the process of being posted on the IOA website for use
by members. In order to complete the database and
ensure that the data included are current, an ozone
questionnaire has been developed.
All water treatment plant operators and engineers are
requested and encouraged to fill out this
questionnaire. It is available at the following website.
http://kjweb1.kennedyjenks.com/ioasurvey
The above chart shows some of the information that
will be generated from this questionnaire. In 1975,
there was one drinking water plant using ozone,
treating 4 mgd water, with an ozone capacity of 50
lb/day. In 2005, there are more than 204 water
treatment plants using ozone treating 9,200 mgd water
with 340,000 lb/day ozone (installed capacity). In
2010, 220 plants are anticipated, treating 12,600 mgd
water with 420,000 lb/day ozone. The charges also
illustrate the increase in size of individual ozone
installations.
The report will be summarized in its entirety in a
future issue of Ozone News.