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 APRIL 2008: ISSUE 50, NUMBER 4 |
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Dear Visitors, Welcome to our updated website! We invite you to take a look around and let us know what you think. Send your comments to info@wcponline.com. |
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| Cover Stories |
Kinetic energy + hydrodynamic cavitation + chemical equilibirum = cooling-tower water treatment
by Abby Harris
Treating cooling-tower water to prevent biological fouling, scale and corrosion is a complex, highly monitored process. Most such treatment in the US is accomplished with biocidal, dispersant and scale-inhibiting chemicals.
Non Chemical Devices: Thirty Years of Myth Busting
by Timothy Keister
Non chemical devices (NCDs) have been marketed for control of scale, corrosion, deposition and biological growth in boiler and cooling tower systems for over 50 years.
Harnessing Bacterial Luminescence for Determination of Water Quality
by Nirit Ulitzur
The drinking water community is placing emphasis and urgency on security. An early or real-time warning system (EWS) is critical to address both naturally occurring and purposeful contamination of drinking water supplies.
Membrane Separation Process--Technology and Business Opportunities
by G. Srikanth
This article addresses different membrane products and processes in terms of their state of development and technical and economic relevance.
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| Features |
The Perils of IP: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Today's Global Marketplace
by Karen R. Smith
American and European companies in the water industry have been reporting that foreign manufacturers are knocking off their products, patents and technologies for quite some time; in fact, as the number of firms being victimized has risen, so has the search for effective solutions.
Just Add Water
by John Addis, with reporting by Mary Peterson and Tom Costanza
In West Africa, poverty assumes many guises. Take the village of Kpalang in northern Ghana. Here, both children and adults suffer regular bouts of typhoid, cholera and diarrhea and often play unwilling host to a debilitating parasite known as Guinea worm.
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| Columns |
April 2008
Dealer Dynamics: Long Term Care Insurance
by Richard A. Aubrey
'Every one of us here can tell a story which would have the rest of us sobbing,'the Long Term Care Insurance (LTCI) seminar instructor began.
Dealer Profile: From DJ to Dealer--Headlining a Water Company
by Denise M. Roberts
On the surface, broadcasting doesn't appear to be the path to water treatment. Robert 'Bob' Hoey has proven otherwise.
Water Matters: Water China 2008
by Rick Andrew
Water China, held in Guangzhou from March 4 to 7, 2008, continues to grow in size, quality and the number of point of use (POU) and point of entry (POE) manufacturers exhibiting.
On Tap: Concern of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
by Kelly A. Reynolds, MSPH, Ph.D.
The topic of pharmaceuticals in drinking water is not new and was even addressed in a previous issue of On Tap (June 2003). In fact, as long as pharmaceuticals have been in use, they and their metabolites have contaminated the environment.
Executive Insight: Growing Up in a Family Business
by Karen R. Smith
When Larry Gottlieb was a senior in high school, his father Mike took the plunge and started
his own resin business, ResinTech, Inc.
Viewpoint: Meeting the competition
by Karen R. Smith
Dealers across the country have had to adjust their pricing and practices to competition from new sources over the past decade-notably big box stores and the Internet.
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