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Editor No pude utilizar otro, simplemente no pude. Es imperioso, es alarmante. Como puertorriqueos, como caribeos, como latinoamericanos, como vctimas agraciadas de nuestra circunstancia geogrfica, tenemos que despertar (igual que en tantos otros aspectos, lamentablemente). Ante las actividades y ceremonias internacionales realizadas durante el pasado mes de marzo, en conmemoracin del Da Mundial del Agua, el Secretario General de la Organizacin de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) Ban Ki-moon declar que el agua es vida, es fundamental para el bienestar de las personas y del planeta. Aadi tambin que el cambio climtico y una poblacin que crece en nmero y en prosperidad significan que debemos trabajar conjuntamente para proteger y gestionar este recurso frgil y limitado. Quiero tomar estas declaraciones y el marco de tiempo y espacio en el que nos encontramos para utilizarlos como pie forzao, como dice el jbaro. El manejo del agua que tenemos en Puerto Rico dista de ser costo-eficiente, quiz porque la percepcin general, no sin cierto argumento histrico / estadstico que lo respalde, es que en la Isla del Encanto abunda el agua. Fjese lectora y lector, si abunda el agua que llevamos aos desperdiciando ms del 40% de la que producimos y no hemos hecho mucho por corregirlo. La situacin se agrava al notar que la flcida industria agrcola puertorriquea no se incluye en la ecuacin, la actividad econmica que ms intensamente utiliza el recurso. Qu relacin existe entre el subdesarrollo de la industria agrcola y el desperdicio de agua en el Pas? Qu pasar el da que la agricultura se ponga de pie? Cuando haya que destinar 100 millones de litros diarios a los cultivos? Segn estadsticas de ONU Agua, hasta un 50% de la poblacin mundial podra afrontar escasez de agua para el ao 2030, es decir, dentro de poco ms de 15 aos. Ante potenciales situaciones de crisis alimentaria o de agua, nuestro carcter geogrfico isleo es simultneamente nuestra condenacin y nuestra salvacin. Los pases continentales comparten recursos continentales, como podran ser ros transnacionales, para los que tendrn que coordinar el uso de ese recurso. Sin embargo, es poco probable que todo un continente se quede sin precipitacin, as que un rea podra ayudar a otra en caso de enfrentar una sequa regional. El caso isleo, no tener vecinos contiguos, implica que el manejo de los recursos del Pas recaer exclusivamente en nosotros, que no haya que coordinar el uso del recurso con alguien, pero ante una sequa, la cooperacin con nuestros vecinos se har ms difcil. As que, ante el parcial aislamiento en una crisis, nos resta administrar nuestros recursos en el modo ms responsable y eficiente posible. La cooperacin ser clave para la supervivencia cuando la poblacin mundial alcance los 9000 millones de habitantes y nuestros sistemas actuales de produccin no den abasto, si no es que cambiamos nuestro modo de hacer las cosas, lase, aumentar la eficiencia y disminuir el consumo per capita. Es por tanto, necesaria la cooperacin de los pases para afrontar un problema para el que estamos inevitablemente encaminados, y que azotar sin clemencia. Miremos al futuro con esperanza, pero preparados para lo peor: es el mejor legado a nuestros descendientes.

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Amplio Dominio Del RUM En Competencias De La ASCE ........................................... Hoy con su logro quizs no salgan en primera plana de las noticias y se publiquen otras cosas ms negativas, pero realmente ustedes tienen que tener dentro de su corazn una gran satisfaccin por el logro alcanzado y por el sacrificio realizado, que realmente habla muy bien de su dedicacin, su competencia, su capacidad y principalmente del potencial que tienen para desarrollarse en el futuro. In Solar Power Lies Path To Reduce Water Use For Energy ........................................... The U.S. wind energy i ndustry, which generated 35,000 megawatts last year, and has been growing by more than 35 percent annually over the last five years, uses no water. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), a trade group, said in its annual report that wind generators prevented emissions of 62 million tons of carbon last year, and saved 20 billion gallons of water.

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Hctor J. Camareno Ojeda Editor Gabriel de Len de Len Arte Grfico / Diagramacin ................................. Colaboradores Rubn O. Alayn Gonzlez Odalis De La Vega Elpidio Gonzalez Rivera, PE Valerie Lpez Carrasquillo Lourdes Morales, PE Gretchen Gonzalez, EIT, et al

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Desarrollando Los Futuros Ingenieros, Arquitectos, Gerentes de Construccin de Puerto Rico .......................................... A travs de este programa nuestro equipo, compuesto por seis ingenieros con diversas preparaciones y con diferentes niveles de experiencia, ofrece mentora a estudiantes de escuela superior para inspirarlos y motivarlos a perseguir una carrera en los campos de la ingeniera, arquitectura y la gerencia de la construccin.

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Rubn O. Alayn Gonzlez, EIT Presidente, Comit de Estudiantes
Cerca de cuarenta estudiantes de ingeniera civil de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagez (RUM) participaron de la conferencia educativa Southeast Student Conference de la American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) del 14 al 16 de marzo. El evento se llev a cabo en Miami, FL, donde ms de veinte otras univesidades de la regin sur de EEUU estuvieron presentes. La edicin 2013 de la Conferencia estuvo marcada por la gran actuacin de los estudiantes del RUM, que coparon 18 premios de 15 eventos en total. Tan reciente como el pasado ao, los estudiantes del RUM fueron los campeones de la competencia y este ao, lo repitieron. El Dr. Hiram Gonzlez, consejero del captulo estudiantil de ASCE-RUM, mencion que tomaron el reto en serio, no solo lo lograron, sino que casi duplicaron los premios que recibieron el ao pasado. Dentro de los 18 premios obtuvimos siete primeros lugares en las categoras, prcticamente una barrida. Yo llevo 17 aos aos participando y nunca haba visto una universidad ganando tantos premios. Gonzlez fue asistido por los profesores Jos Guevara, Jos Flores, Felipe Acosta y Pedro Tarafa en la preparacin de los equipos. ste agreg que es la primera vez en la historia de la regin que una universidad gana dos veces consecutivas. El director del Departamento de Ingeniera Civil y Agrimensura, Dr. Ismael Pagn Trinidad, organiz un recibimiento el 19 de marzo en el anfiteatro del Departamento, reconociendo la gran hazaa de los estudiantes. Hoy con su logro quizs no salgan en primera plana de las noticias y se publiquen otras cosas ms negativas, pero realmente ustedes tienen que tener dentro de su corazn una gran satisfaccin por el logro alcanzado y por el sacrificio realizado, que realmente habla muy bien de su dedicacin, su competencia, su capacidad y principalmente del potencial que tienen para desarrollarse en el futuro.

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De entre todos los primeros lugares que este grupo gan, algunos de ellos Overall, Wind, Balsa Tower y Visual Display, hay que destacar la labor de nuestros estudiantes del captulo estudiantil PRW&EA RUM, que sin lugar a dudas y literalmente, removieron los escollos en su camino para lograr el primer lugar en la categora de Environmental. La lder del equipo y presidenta del Captulo, Valerie Lpez Carrasquillo, nos coment que el evento consista en construir un filtro que removiera cierta cantidad de ortofosfato. Logramos remover un 100% del ortofosfato en la muestra! Mis compaeras William Cruz y Jennifer Aponte nos preparamos haciendo bastantes pruebas semanas antes de la competencia. Tengo que agradecer a nuestro consejero, el Dr. Pedro Tarafa por su ayuda y supervisin y a la compaa Industrial Scientific y a Hctor Camareno por su ayuda con las pruebas y el equipo que utilizamos para prepararnos. Sin ellos no habramos obtenido este triunfo, agreg Cruz. Durante su perodo de preparacin, encontraron varios contratiempos que pusieron en juego su actuacin en las competencias. Yo cre que no nos saldra. Hicimos muchas pruebas para encontrar los componentes correctos que debamos poner en el filtro. Tener un equipo que midiera ortofosfato con bastante precisin nos ayud mucho, mencion Jennifer. La delegacin colegial estuvo compuesta por: Ral Alexis Alicea Rivera, Jennifer Marie Aponte Rivera, Omar David Caraballo Morales, Sergio Andrs Cardona Gonzlez, Vernica Castro Soto, Delwin Miguel Coln Rivera, William Efran Cruz Montes, Elizabeth M. Cruz Ortiz, Francisco Javier Cruz Ortiz, Nrida H. De Jess Villanueva, Rubn F. Del Rosario Figueroa, Christian O. Figueroa Ocasio, Natalia Garau Bolvar, Rubn Alexis Garca, Joangelli Gonzlez Compr, Karib M. Gonzlez Rivera, Valerie Lpez Carrasquillo, Stephanie Nicole Lpez Cruz, Mayra Alejandra Martnez Daz, Yendeliz Martnez Ruiz, Mayra G. Mendoza Rodrguez,

Christian Ogando Reynoso, Melvin Joel Pars Torres, Carlos A. Pea Rivera, Oscar Rivera Almeyda, Xavier Arnaldo Rivera Hernndez, Eddie Rivera Olivencia, Jorge Jos Rodrguez lvarez, Hanniah L. Rodrguez Bartolomei, Edward C. Rodrguez Robles, Cynthia Marie Rodrguez, Jeyrick Ruiz Acevedo, Ren Omar Santiago Irizarry, Jorge L. Soto Lorenzo, Rubn Caleb Soto

Maysonet, Randolph Sebastian Stoddard Ramos, Ignacio Manuel Toledo Rodrguez, Yesenia M. Torres Castro, Angeliz Vargas Medina, Christopher Velzquez Melndez y Oscar A. Vlez Ramos

Primer lugar / Overall / Wind / Environmental / Balsa Tower / T-Shirt / Visual Display / Mystery /

Segundo lugar / Steel Bridge Display / Steel Bridge / Lightness / Steel Bridge Structural Efficiency / Concrete Canoe Womens Sprint / Concrete Canoe Coed Sprint /

Tercer lugar / Steel Bridge Overall / Geotechnical / Concrete Canoe Design Paper / Concrete Canoe / Final Product / Concrete Canoe Womens Endurance / Concrete Canoe Overall /

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WIFIA would lower the cost of local water infrastructure projects at little or no long-term cost to the federal taxpayer. The mechanism would borrow US Treasury funds to provide low-interest loans, loan guarantees or other credit support to local communities. Loan repayments with interest and guarantee fees would flow back to WIFIA and into the Treasury again, with interest. This strategy would have little or no long-term effect on the federal budget. The testimony highlighted AWWAs 2012 Buried No Longer: Confronting Americas Water Infrastructure Challenge report, which notes that restoring and expanding existing water systems as they reach the end of their usefulness would cost at least $1 trillion over 25 years. Arndt stressed that AWWA strongly believes the cornerstone of financing for this undertaking should be through local rates and charges. However, large investments are essential when, for example, a treatment plant or a pipe network reaches the end of its lifespan and major replacement or upgrades are necessary. To further offer support for WIFIA, next month AWWA will bring more than 100 water utility managers to Washington, D.C., for its Water Matters! Fly-In. Utility leaders will conduct more than 400 meetings

AWWA champions WIFIA before U.S. Congress

Calls for strengthening other water finance tools
AWWA org. Press On March 13, in testimony before a U.S. House Congressional Appropriations Subcommittee, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) called for strengthening existing water infrastructure finance tools and advocated for creation of a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority. Aurel Arndt, general manager of Lehigh County Authority in Allentown, PA, spoke on behalf of AWWA before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. The fact that the United States needs to invest much more in its water infrastructure is widely accepted these days, he said. The hard question centers on how to do that.

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AWWA is urging Congress to do the following:

Keep the current tax-exempt status for municipal bonds

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with senators and representatives to rally support of WIFIA. To help AWWA utility members assess their own local pipe replacement needs, forecast the consequences for water bills and tell their own infrastructure stories, AWWA has provided each with a Buried No Longer Pipe Replacement Modeling Tool. This tool will be used by members to make their cases for local water infrastructure investment and to advocate for WIFIA.

Eliminate the annual volume caps for private activity bonds for water infrastructure projects Maintain funding for robust drinking water and wastewater state revolving loan fund programs Enact WIFIA to offer meaningful assistance to communities in a modern, cost-effective way at the lowest possible cost to federal taxpayers

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Cafs and restaurants are joining forces in a new program aimed at promoting the benefits of good old fashioned tap water and making Melbourne the sustainable dining capital of Australia. Twenty foodservice businesses in Melbournes Northcote have signed up to the new Choose Tap program thats being run by the citys largest water utility Yarra Valley Water. As part of the program the businesses have pledged to offer tap water before bottled water to their patrons, provide drinking water in reusable Choose Tap bottles and have shop front stickers, to help reinforce the Choose Tap message. The Choose Tap program aims to engage the community on choosing tap water as a positive alternative to bottled water, and as part of a healthy lifestyle.

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Launching the program on High Street in Northcote, Australian nutritionist and Choose Tap ambassador, Lola Berry, said the Choose Tap program supports caf and restaurant owners and operators who want to make a difference to the environment, and also helps the wider community reduce their carbon footprint. The Choose Tap program is something Im passionate about because it not only supports the local traders who are pushing this sustainable movement, but its giving mother nature a helping hand, and were keeping ourselves healthy at the same time, Berry said. Owner of participating restaurant Two by Two, Ben Sanders said the program echoes the sentiments of the restaurant and its customers. Its quite popular and trendy these days to serve bottled water which is crazy when we have a fantastic product that just comes out of our tap, said Sanders who was previously assistant restaurant manager at Melbournes Press Club. Were a new business and when we opened up it was part of our ethos to buck the trend and serve just tap water and local bottled sparkling mineral water. In the kitchen its always about local, seasonal produce, so the natural progression is local water Melbourne has some of the best drinking water in the world so why not take advantage of that.

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A continuacin presentamos las compaas que estarn exhibindose durante nuestra Convencin. Esperamos que esta informacin les sea de provecho y contamos con su retroalimentacin para hacerlo mejor cada ao.

CIB Corporation B50 C.I.S.C.O. Inc. B43 Especializados en instrumentacin, diseo y manufactura en sistema de control automtico y procesos de agua potable y aguas usadas. San Juan, PR Control Power Solutions B40 System integrators, instrumentation, electrical services, chemical skid manufacturing, control panel builders, machine builders, engineering consultants. Cayey, PR Corts Industrial Organization B55, B56 Corts Industrial Organization, establecida hace 35 aos, se dedica a la reparacin y mantenimiento de motores elctricos, bombas y generadores de todos tamaos. La empresa rinde estos servicios en su planta de 50,000 pies cuadrados o en las facilidades de nuestros clientes. Adems, nuestra divisin, Corts Power Equipment distribuye reconocidas marcas de bombas, motores y generadores. San Juan, PR Engineering Parts and Services, Inc. B14 - B16 EPS te tiene la solucin completa para sistemas de agua potable y tratamiento de aguas residuales. Nos acompaarn representantes de E+H, Emerson, Vaughan, AWI y American Turbine. Vega Alta, PR Entech, Inc. B01

Montaas Electric Inc.

VIP1 Provider of water quality instrumentation and remote control and monitoring packages for potable water and wastewater sites and distribution systems. Naguabo, PR

Allied Moulded Products, Inc. B10 Allied Moulded Products, Inc. manufactures a complete line of corrosion and UV-resistant NEMA Type 4X and IP66 nonmetallic (fiberglass and polycarbonate) enclosures for indoor and outdoor industrial applications. Ohio, USA Aqua Mechanics Corp. B36 Fourteen years of experience in sales, installation, and services of pollution control equipment for the water resources. We provide the best assistance to our customers from project conception, design, construction and operation of their facilities. San Juan, PR Aqua-Pak Systems, Inc. B44 Especializados en manufactura, venta e instalacin de equipos para tratamiento de agua potable, residuales, municipales e industriales. San Juan, PR AquaTech Industrial, Inc. B11, B12 Un nuevo concepto para la industria de aguas. Contamos con la ms reciente tecnologa y equipos ms eficientes para la solucin de problemas de agua. Bombas ABS sumergibles con motor PremiumEfficiency. Servicio es nuestro mejor producto. Canvanas, PR

Badrena & Prez, Inc. B18 Is a local manufacturers representatives firm with over sixty years of providing service to industry and government in Puerto Rico. Carolina, PR Brentwood Industries B51 Accu-Pac biological media, tube settlers, evaporative cooling, VOC stripping, aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment, biological nitrogen removal. Pennsylvania, USA Caribbean Electric Service, Inc. B61 Distribucin, venta y reparacin de equipo elctrico industrial, generadores, motores elctricos y todo tipo de bombas de agua. Balance dinmico computadorizado y machine shop. Se recoge en toda la Isla. Mayagez, PR Centrysis Corporation B62 High performance dewatering centrifuges skid or trailer mounted. Pennsylvania, USA CH Caribe / CH2M Hill B17 For cost-effective, full-spectrum strategy, planning, design, designbuild, operations and maintenance, forward-thinking, program management services and innovative solutions to all your project needs. San Juan, PR

ETAG Corporation B20, B21 Operation and maintenance services for drinking water and wastewater treatment plants. Contract operations, process control and optimization specialists. Caguas, PR Excellent Engineering Equipment, Inc. B34, B35 Representantes y distribuidores de equipos e instrumentacin: medicin de flujo, presin, nivel y anlisis de agua potable, crudas y alcantarillados. Medicin de cilindros e inyeccin de cloro, bombas de agua, dosificacin de qumicos lquidos y slidos. Vlvulas de control y seguridad, recorders / data loggers. Detectores de fugas, sistemas de calibracin, gerencia de seales remotas. Mayagez, PR Florida Aquastore B60 Bolted glass-fused-to-steel and epoxy-coated tanks, turnkey package wastewater treatment plants. Florida, USA Green Innovation Technologies B09 Ayudar a nuestros clientes a tener mejor control de su proceso, reducir sus costos operacionales y conservar el recurso agua. Guayama, PR Gulbrandsen Puerto Rico, Inc. B13 En Gulbrandsen ofrecemos soluciones tcnicas con productos y servicios especializados en el rea de Control de Procesos y Tratamientos. Adems con tamos con diez localidades adicionales de manufactura que les garantiza una respuesta inmediata a las necesidades de nuestros clientes. Dorado, PR

Herpla Engineering Corp. B25 Huber Technology B64 Rotomat screens, screening treatment, complete plants, grit treatment, screw thickener, rotary filters. North Carolina, USA Industrial Scientific Corp. B46 Empresa proactiva dedicada por ms de 40 aos a proveer soluciones a la industria de alimentos y purificacin / tratamiento de aguas a travs del suministro efectivo de aditivos y qumicos que cumplen con las reglamentaciones de orden global, y que le permiten al cliente sostener la calidad y costo competitivo de su producto final. Catao, PR Ineco B65 JP Industrial Sales Company, Inc. B02 Micro Tech Systems and Controls, Inc. B07 Micro Tech is a manufacturers representative firm dedicated to serving multiple industries for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, especially water and wastewater. As a premier supplier for these industries, we provide high quality sales, services and training. Our full range of products includes flow, analytical gas and liquid, instrumentation, controls and automation. San Juan, PR

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VIP2 Solucin para manejo de lodo. Venta de equipo e instalacin. Mantenimiento preventivo y correctivo. Nuestras lneas: Spirac (silos, clasificadores, conveyors), Fluid Dynamics (sistemas de polmeros), Golden Harvest (compuertas), Infilco Degremont (incineracin), PCM Pumps (bombas progresivas), Alfa Laval (centrfugas). Bayamn, PR Accurate Solutions & Designs, Inc. B32, B33 A leading business providing services, products, solutions and consulting services on automation, electrical systems, process control, control panel manufacturing, renewables and energy conservation to the industry and utilities. Share your needs, as a team we will develop the Accurate Solution. Mayagez, PR Aireko Trenchless Solutions B28v Aireko Trenchless Solutions is a total rehabilitation pipelining and pipe bursting solution firm that offers its clients sustainable environmental infrastructure rehabilitation services through the use of innovative trenchless technologies. Guaynabo, PR

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New Technology Systems B08 NTS con ms de 10 aos de experiencia dedicados a ventas, instalacin y servicio de equipos para tratamiento de agua, enfocados a procesos de conservacin de energa, proteccin del ambiente y cumplimiento con las agencias reguladoras, utilizando tecnologas verdes costo-efectivas. San Juan, PR Performance Chemicals Company, Inc. B45 Our company is synonymous of customer confidence, service, reliability and quality. It is one of the main providers in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in specialty chemicals and products such as ion-exchange resins, pharmaceutical and paint raw materials, biochemicals, electroplating chemicals and filters, among others. Catao, PR Phoenix Industrial Sales, Inc. B66, B68 Puerto Rico Alum Corporation B24 PRAC es una empresa puertorriquea con 25 aos de experiencia en el servicio, distribucin y manufactura de productos certificados NSF para el procesamiento de agua potable y usada, adems y servicio para torres de enfriamiento y aguas residuales. Peuelas, PR Rafael Bentez Carrillo, Inc. B59 Distribuidor de partes y repuestos tales como motores elctricos, mangas acoples, herramientas, filtros, correas, rodamientos, lubricantes, controles, cilindros neumticos e hidrulicos, bombas de agua y mucho ms. San Juan, PR

Red Flint Sand & Gravel, LLC B23 Filtration media: full line - sand, gravel, anthracite, garnet and greensand plus. Producers of sand and gravel since 1917. Specializing in low uniformity coefficients and custom sizing exceeds AWWA and ANSI / NSF specs. Package - 50-lb bags to supersacks. Ship worldwide, shortest lead time. Wisconsin, USA Roberts Filter Group B49 Gravity filters, residuals and pretreatment, sludge collectors, sludge dewatering, instrumentation and controls. Pennsylvania, USA Sena Corporation B52 Severn Trent Services B47 Siemens Industry - Water Technologies B05 Siemens Water Technologies designs and manufactures a broad range of membrane products, delivering reliable water and wastewater treatments to municipal, industrial, commercial and institutional customers. Pennsylvania, USA Toms Cuerda, Inc. B41, B42 TCI provides WTP and WWTP instrumentation sales, calibration, validation & integration along with technical knowledge, training and startup services for distribution water control valves, nonrevenue water consulting (as per the AWWA Water Audit method) and leak detection equipment and services. San Juan, PR

Tonka, Charlatte B67 Universal Steel Trading B27 USA Blue Book B03 Ventor Corporation B30 Founded in 1984 as a family owned and operated business, providing wholesale commercial, industrial and municipal plumbing supplies. Today, the company has evolved into a full service plumbing supplier (residential, commercial and industrial) and distributor to the utility and cosntruction industries, with branches in Carolina and Ponce. Ponce, PR Viatek Corporation B22 Fabricante, diseador, instalador y operador de sistemas de alcantarillado sanitario a vaco Viavac. San Juan, PR

Wachs Utility Products B06 E.H. Wachs equipment is used to isolate, exercise and analyze water distribution valves to address valveturning requirements. Vacuums for valve box excavation, extended reach machines to operate valves and software to manage distribution system assets. Illinois, USA WACO Products B53 Aluminum slide crates, hatches, aluminum-fabricated specialties. Maryland, USA Waste Environmental Technologies B39 WesTech Engineering, Inc. B54 WesTech Engineering celebrates 40 years as a recognized leader in the manufacture of liquid-solids separation equipment for municipal and industrial process applications. Surface waters, groundwater, water reuse, drinking water, wastewater treatment and industrial process equipment technologies, ISO9001certified. Utah, USA Xylem Water Solutions - FLYGT Products B63 Xylem Water Solutions - FLYGT Products is the leader in submersible solids handling, grinders and axial flow pumps as well as submersible and top entry mixers and agitators. North Carolina, USA

VWR International B19 VWR is a distributor for the pharma, biotech, industrial and academia markets in laboratory supplies, consummables, chemicals, equipment, laboratory furniture, safety and production supplies and water treatment and analysis products. VWR also provides technical services, calibration and storage space. Manat, PR

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It is time again for the Puerto Rico Water & Environment Association 2013 Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition. It is time again for the Puerto Rico Water & Environment Association 2013 I would Annual like Conference to extend and each Technical of you an invitation to join Exhibition. hundreds of water quality professionals from the public and private sector for the best seminars and technical exhibitions I would like to extend each of you an invitation to join in Puerto Rico from from May the 22 through 24 at the Puerto Rico hundreds of water quality professionals public and Convention Center. This is an excellent private sector for the best seminars and technical exhibitions opportunity to stay up-to-date on the latest technologies, in Puerto Rico from May 22 through 24 atregulations, the Puerto upcoming Rico and research related issues as well as catching up with water Convention Center. This is an excellent opportunity to stay quality professionals. up-to-date on the latest regulations, upcoming technologies, and research related issues as well as catching up with water SCHEDULE The technical program consists of several workshops quality professionals. PRW&EA 2013 and seminars for water, wastewater and environmental professionals in the public and private sectors as well technical program consists of several workshops AnnualThe Conference PRW&EA 2013 as concerned citizens and other interested groups. The and seminars for water, wastewater and environmental & Technical program designed to sectors allow you to switch between the public isand private as well Annual Conference professionals in the Exhibition concurrent sessions in order groups. to maximize as concerned citizens and other interested Theyour exposure to the & Technical program is designed to being allow you to switch between the topics covered. Exhibition concurrent sessions in order to maximize your exposure to the topics being covered. The PRW&EA 2013 Technical Exhibition will allow you to Puerto Rico develop quality business relationships with key professionals Convention Center 2013 The PRW&EA Technical the Exhibition will allow you to and environment throughout drinking water, wastewater Puerto Rico develop quality business relationships with key professionals Convention Center 100 Convention throughout the drinking water, wastewater and environment Boulevard Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to take part in 100 Convention San Juan, PR 00907 the largest environmental services and equipment focused Boulevard Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to Rico. take part in technical exhibition in Puerto All booths will be assigned San Juan, PR 00907 the largest environmental services and equipment focused 787-641-7722 technical exhibition in Puerto Rico. All booths will be assigned your space. 787-641-7722
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AEMEAD
AEMEAD

Email: [email protected]

HOTEL HOTEL EXHIBITION HOURS: REGISTRATION EXHIBITION HOURS: SEMINAR HOURS: REGISTRATION
May 22 8:00am to 5:00pm May 23 8:00am to 5:00pm May 24 8:00am - 3:00pm

or calling directly the resort at (787) 993-3500. Make sure mention that you will be attending the PRW&EA Annual or calling directly to the resort at (787) 993-3500. Make sure Conference to obtain the special group rate. The special rate to mention that you will be attending the PRW&EA Annual applies only togroup participants of the PRW&EA Conference and Conference to obtain the special rate. The special rate applies only to participants of the PRW&EA Conference their companions. Reservations areand subject to availability. their companions. Reservations are subject to availability.

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SEMINAR HOURS:
May 21 8:30am to 4:45pm May 22 8:30am to 4:45pm May 23 8:30am to 4:45pm May 24 8:30am to 4:45pm

May 22 May 21 8:00am to 5:00pm 8:30am to 4:45pm May 23 May 22 8:00am to 5:00pm 8:30am to 4:45pm May 24 May 23 8:00am - 3:00pm 8:30am to 4:45pm May 24 8:30am to 4:45pm

PUERTO RICO CONVENTION CENTER, SAN JUAN, PR WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 2013 - DAY 1
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM REGI STRATI ON OPEN 19TH DRINKING WATER SEMINAR PRELIMINARY CONFERENCES SCHEDULE ROOM A PUERTO RICO CONVENTION CENTER, SAN JUAN, PR 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM W ELCOM E/ SEM I NAR OVERVI EW WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 2013 - DAY 1 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM (1) REGULATI ON UP DATE REGI STRATI ON OPEN

SCHEDULE

Eng.J .Al an Rober s on Di r ect orofFeder alRel at i onsAW W A DEM I OLOGI C TRENDS I N DRI NKI NG W ATE R (2) EPI W ELCOM E/ SEM I NAR OVERVI EW OUTBREAKS Dr .E.Garc a UPR-RCM
(1) REGULATI DATE ROOM ON B UP Eng.J .Al an Rober s on Di r ect orofFeder alRel at i onsAW W A

ROOM A

9:45 AM -10:30 AM
SCHEDULE

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

ROOM 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM A

9:45 AM -10:30 AM

10:30 AM- 11:15 AM

TOOL FOR PU BLI C HEALTH ( 4) OA &M OF U V SYSTEM S ROOM ROOM B PROTECTI ON Eng. S.J e co at , CH 2 M Eng.J .Al an Rober s on Di r ect or ofFeder alRel at i onsAW W A
10:30 AM- 11:15 AM

DEM I OLOGI C TRENDS I N DRI NKI NG W ATE R (2) EPI OUTBREAKS (3) REVI SED TCR: A HELPFUL Dr .E.Garc a UPR-RCM

11:15 AM -11:30 AM 11:30 AM -1:30 PM

Almuerzo

EXHI BI T HALL OPEN

(3) REVI SED TCR: A HELPFUL TOOL FOR PU BLI C HEALTH ( 4) O &M OF U V SYSTEM S PROTECTI ON Eng. S.J e co at , CH 2 M Eng.J .Al an Rober s on Di r ect or ofFeder alRel at i onsAW W A

AW ARDS LUN CHEON ROOM 11:15 AM -11:30 AM A ROOM B OPEN EXHI BI T HALL

Almuerzo

Break

1:30 PM -2:00 PM

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(6) DEM OSTRATI NG DUAL AW ARDS LUN CHEON 11:30 AM -1:30 PM USE. U SI NG SECURI TY (5) DEVELOP. OF COST M ONI TORI NG TECH. TO EFFECTI VE AND SUSTAI NABLE ROOM A ROOM B ENHACE OPERATI ONS AND TECH (6) DEM OSTRATI NG DUAL Q UALI TY I N THE DI ST. USE. U SI NG SECURI TY Dr .I . Padi l l a, UPRRCM (5) DEVELOP. OF COST SYSTEM M ONI TORI NG TECH. TO 1:30 PM -2:00 PM EFFECTI VE AND SUSTAI NABLE K.Cr ai g, HACH ENHACE OPERATI ONS AND
TECH

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Q UALI TY I N THE DI ST. (7) DOI NG M ORE W I TH LESS: Dr .I . Padi l l a, UPRRCM SYSTEM HOW SM ALL SYSTEM S CAN (8) SECURI TY I SSUES AND BP K.Cr ai g, HACH SOLVE W ATE R NEEDS & FOR W / W W FACI LI TI ES (7) DOI NG M OREJ W I TH es LESS: COM PLI ANCE . Hay , Bei j erEl ec. HOW SM ALL SYSTEM S CAN (8) SECURI TY I SSUES AND BP Eng.J .Tor r es , RCAP 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM SOLVE W ATE R NEEDS & COM PLI ANCE (9) FREQ UENCY OF SELFEng.J .Tor r es , RCAP FOR W / W W FACI LI TI ES J . Hay es , Bei j erEl ec.

FEMA
FEMA

2:30 PM -3:00 PM

REPORTED ACUTE G I (10) STAGE 2 D/ DBP I LLNESSES I N NON P RASA COM PLI (9) FREQ UENCY OFANCE SELF- AT LOW COST REPORTED ACUTE G I Bel (10) STAGE 2 D/ DBP Eng. K. l , CDM SYSTEM S 2:30 PM -3:00 PM I LLNESSES I N NON P RASA COM PLI ANCE AT LOW COST Dr .J . Arc e, UPRCayey
SYSTEM S Dr .J .Arc e, UPRCayey Eng.K. Bel l , CDM

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

REFRESHM ENT BREAK

ROOM A

REFRESHM ENT BREAK

3:30 PM-4:15 PM

(11) PRASA I NI TI ATI VES: COST REDUCTI ONS, SUSTAI NABI LI TY (11) PRASA I NI TI ATI VES: COST REDUCTI ONS, SUSTAI NABI LI TY AND ENVI RONM ENTAL RESPONSI BI LI TY 3:30 PM-4:15 PM AND ENVI RONM ENTAL RESPONSI BI LI TY Eng.L.Ram r ez, P RASA Exec ut i ve Di r ect orof I nf r as t r uct ure

ROOM A

Eng.L.Ram r ez, P RASA Exec ut i ve Di r ect orofI nf r as t r uct ure

4:15 PM-6:00 PM

NETW ORKI NG I N EXHI BI T HALL NETW ORKI NG I N EXHI BI T HALL 4:15 PM-6:00 PM

19TH DRINKING WATER SEMINAR Wastewater and Environmental Seminar Preliminary 19TH DRINKING WATER SEMINAR Wastewater and Environmental Seminar Preliminary PRELIMINARY CONFERENCES SCHEDULE Conferences Schedule PRELIMINARY CONFERENCES SCHEDULE Conferences Schedule PUERTO RICO CONVENTION CENTER, SAN JUAN, PR Puerto Rico Water Environment Association PUERTO RICO CONVENTION CENTER, SAN JUAN, PR Puerto Rico Water Environment Association THURSDAY MAY 23, 2013 - DAY 1 Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Day 1 THURSDAY MAY 23, 2013 - DAY 1 Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Day 1
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM REGI STRATI ON OPEN 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

ROOM A
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

REGI STRATI ON OPEN

(12) W ATER:ENERGY FOR LI FE 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Mr .J am esCha e, Pr esi dent El ect AW W A 20122013 (12) W ATER:ENERGY FOR LI FE Mr .J am esCha e, Pr esi dent El ectAW W A 20122013

ROOM A

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE

RegistraLon
RegistraLon

9:30 AM -10:30 AM

(13) PLAN DE RECURSO DE AGUA EN LOS P ROXI M OS 4 A OS (13) PLAN DE RECURSO DE AGUA EN LOS P ROXI M OS 4 A OS Hon.Car m en Guer r er o -S ecr et ar i a DRNA 9:30 AM -10:30 AM Hon.Car m en Guer r er o -S ecr et ar i a DRNA ROOM A ROOM B

Dioxide
Dioxide

Coral
ROOM A ROOM B

Coral

10:30 AM- 11:00 AM

(14) W HERE ARE W E NOW W I TH (15) NEW U SEPA GU I DELI NES FOR (14) W HERE ARE W E NOW W I TH THE LT2? W ATER OF U V 10:30 AM- 11:00 AM REUSE AND ROLE THE LT2? Eng.J avi erTor r es,Di r ect or Eng.K. Bel l , CDM Eng. J avi erTor r es,Di r ect or PRDOH Dr i nki ng W at erDi vi si on PRDOH Dr i nki ng W at erDi vi si on (16) CORRECTI VE ACTI ONS (16) CORRECTI VE ACTI ONS (17) SELECTI NG, SI ZI NG & REQUI REM ENTS U NDER G W R AND REQUI ENTS U NDER G W R AND DESI NGN I NG REM U V SYSTEM S TCR Eng.J .Al an Rober son Di r ect or 11:00 TCR Di r ect orofFeder al AM - 11:30 AM J . Al an son Di r ect or co at , CH Eng.S. J e Eng. 2 MRober Di r ect orofFeder al Rel at i onsAW W A Rel at i onsAW W A EXHI BI TORS 11:30 AM -12:00 PM LUN CH &EXHI BI TORS 12:00 PM -1:30 PM ROOM A ROOM B
ROOM A

(15) NEW U SEPA GU I DELI NES FOR

W ATER REUSE AND ROLE OF U V Eng.K.Bel l ,CDM

Exhibitors
(17) SELECTI NG,SI ZI NG & DESI NGN I NG U V SYSTEM S at ,CH 2 M Eng.S.J e co

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Lunch

Exhibitors Lunch

11:30 AM -12:00 PM 12:00 PM -1:30 PM

EXHI BI TORS LUN CH &EXHI BI TORS ROOM B

1:30 PM -2:00 PM

(19) BEST OPERATI NG P RACTI CES (18) A NEW OPERATI ONAL (18) A NEWPU OPERATI ONAL FOR POTA BLE W ATER MP STRATEGY TO HELP U TI LI TI ES PM ON TROUBLESHOOTI STRATEGY TO HELP TI LI TI ES LOW ER DBP' S 1:30 PM -2:00 STATI NG U LOW ER DBP' S Eng.O.Koel m an,PAX M r.J .Gonzl ez Eng.O.Koel m an,PAX
(20) ADVANCES I N U V (21) M ONI TOR SOURCE W ATER U VI (20) ADVANCES N U V TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY 254 TO ENHANCE OPERATI ONS TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY CONSI DERATI ONS 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM M s.N.Cce r es, P RASA CONSI DERATI ONS Eng . K.Bel l ,CDM Eng . K.Bel l ,CDM

(19) BEST OPERATI NG P RACTI CES

FOR POTA BLE W ATER PU MP STATI ON TROUBLESHOOTI NG M r.J .Gonzl ez

Exhibitors

Exhibitors

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

(21) M ONI TOR SOURCE W ATER U V 254 TO ENHANCE OPERATI ONS M s.N.Cce r es, P RASA

Cocktail

2:30 PM -3:00 PM

(23) UN NACCOUN TED FOR W ATER (22) EUTROPHI CATI ON TOA (23) UN NACCOUN TED FOR W ATER EVALUATI AND CATI (22)ON EUTROPHI ON TOA VACA LAKE RESTORATI ON CASE EVALUATI ON AND I M PLEM ENTATI ON OF CONTROL VACA LAKE RESTORATI ON CASE STORY C. Gonzl ez,GI T 2:30 PM -3:00 PM I M PLEM ENTATI ON OF CONTROL M EASURES-EL YUNQC. UE P ROJ ECT STORY Gonzl ez,GI T M EASURES-EL YUNQ UE P ROJ ECT Eng. A.Ayuso,CSA Eng. A.Ayuso,CSA
REFRESHM ENT BREAK 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
REFRESHM ENT BREAK

Cocktail

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

ROOM A
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM (24) CEPD P RESENTATI ON 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CEPD

ROOM A
(24) CEPD P RESENTATI ON CEPD

4:15 PM-6:00 PM

NETW ORKI NG I N EXHI BI T HALL 4:15 PM-6:00 PM

NETW ORKI NG I N EXHI BI T HALL

Wastewater and Environmental Seminar Preliminary Wastewater and Environmental Seminar Preliminary Registration Form Registration Form Conferences Schedule Conferences Schedule Puerto Rico Water Environment Association Puerto Rico Water Environment Association PRW&EA & PRW&EA & Non IIAM-CIAPR IIAM-CIAPR Seminars and Workshops include lunch) Member Quantity Total Events: include (All lunch) Quantity Events: (All Seminars and Workshops Friday, May Friday, May 24, 2013 - Day 2 24, 2013 - Day 2 Member Member
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE

Drinking Workshop: TOC Removal: All Inclusive Drinking Water Workshop: TOC Removal: All Water Inclusive $ 100.00 $ 150.00 Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Wastewater Workshop: Taller Prctico Interactivo del Wastewater Workshop: Taller Prctico Interactivo del Sistema de Control de Procesos para Aguas Usadas $ 150.00 Sistema de Control de Procesos para Aguas Usadas $ 100.00 Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Tuesday, May 21, 2013

$ 100.00 $ 100.00 $ 150.00 $ 150.00 $ 150.00

IIAM

$ 150.00 $ 150.00 $ 200.00 $ 200.00 $ 200.00 $ 200.00 $40.00 $ 70.00 $ 50.00 $55.00

RegistraKon APERTURA

RegistraKon APERTURA

Drinking Water Seminar Day One: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Drinking Water Seminar Day Two: Thursday, May 23, 2013

Drinking Water Seminar Day One: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Drinking Water Seminar Day Two: Thursday, May 23, 2013

$ 150.00 $ 150.00

$ 200.00 $ 200.00 $ 200.00 $ 200.00 $40.00 $ 70.00 $ 50.00 $55.00

PRWEA

Wastewater Wastewater & Environmental Seminar Day One: & Environmental Seminar Day One: $ 150.00 Thursday, May 23, 2013 Thursday, May 23, 2013
PRWEA IIAM Wastewater Seminar Day Two: Wastewater & Environmental Seminar Day Two: & Environmental $ 150.00 Friday, May 24, 2013 Friday, May 24, 2013

$ 150.00 $40.00 $ 70.00 $ 45.00 $55.00

Hydrolysis MPPR)

Hydrolysis MPPR)

Exhibitor Hall Pass Only

Exhibitor Hall Pass Only

$40.00

Operator (Provide Employer Certification as operator) Operator (Provide Employer Certification as operator) $ 70.00

Student (Provide valid ID) Lunch Pass Only

Smith) Exhibitors Lunch
Smith) Exhibitors Lunch

Student (Provide valid ID) Lunch Pass Only

$ 45.00 $55.00

Total payment

Total payment

Registration Instructions:

Registration Instructions:

Registration be accepted without payment. after No refund available Registration cannot be accepted without payment.cannot No refund available for cancellations May 1, 2013. for cancellations after May 1, 2013. Name: __________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________________________________________ Title: _________________________Title: _________________________
President Exhibitors
President Exhibitors

Company name: ___________________________________________ AWWA/WEF or CIAPR ID #: ______________ Company name: ___________________________________________ AWWA/WEF or CIAPR ID #: ______________ Address: _______________________________________________________ City:___________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ City:___________________________ State: _______, Zip Code: _____________, Phone: _______________________ Cell:_________________________ State: _______, Zip Code: _____________, Phone: _______________________ Cell:_________________________ Email:___________________________________________________________ Fax:__________________________Fax:__________________________ Email:___________________________________________________________ Company Authorization Signature: __________________________________________________________________ Company Authorization Signature: __________________________________________________________________ Visa Master Card ____ Check #: _________________ PO #:__________________ Payment: Credit card: Visa ____ Payment: Master CardCredit ____ card: Check #: ____ _________________ PO #:__________________

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MONTAAS ELECTRIC INC PRIMAVERA ZERO CORP.
ENTECH INC JP INDUSTRIAL SALES CO., INC USA BLUE BOOK PRIME CONTROLS SIEMENS INDUSTRY WACHS UTILITY PRODUCTS MICROTECH SYSTEMS & CONTROLS, INC. NEW TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM GREEN INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ALLIED MOULDED PRODUCTS, INC. AQUATECH INDUSTRIAL INC GULBRANDSEN PUERTO RICO ENGINEERING PARTS AND SERVICES, INC. CH CARIBE ENGINEERS PSC BADRENA & PEREZ INC. VWR INTERNATIONAL ETAG CORPORATION VIATEK CORP RED FLINT SAND AND GRAVEL LLC PUERTO RICO ALUM CORPORATION HERPLA ENGINEERING CORP. UNIVERSAL STEEL TRADING AIREKO TRENCHLESS SOLUTIONS VENTOR CORP ACCURATE SOLUTIONS & DESIGNS, INC EXCELLENT ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES CONTROL POWER SOLUTIONS TOMAS CUERDA, INC. C.I.S.C.O. INC. AQUAPAK SYSTEMS, INC. PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS COMPANY, INC. INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC CORP. SEVERN TRENT SERVICES ROBERTS FILTER GROUP CIB CORPORATION BRENDTWOOD INDUSTRIES SENA CORPORATION WACO PRODUCTS WESTECH ENGINEERING CORTES INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION RAFAEL BENITEZ CARILLO INC. FLORIDA AQUASTORE CARIBBEAN ELECTRIC CENTRYSIS CORPORATION FLYGHT-XYLEM BRAND HUBER TECHNOLOGY INECO PHOENIX INDUSTRIAL SALES INC TONKA, CHARLATTE AQUA MECHANICS CORP.

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In Solar Power Lies Path to Reduce Water Use for Energy

Nicholas L. Cain Circle of Blue Californias Mojave Desert, which drivers cross on Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, encompasses 20 million acres of land and three national parks, hosts 2,500 species of plants and animals, is shadowed by mountain ridges that rise to nearly 12,000 feet, and has the largest collection of solar thermal power plants in the world. Between 1984 and 1991, Luz International Ltd., a Los Angelesbased engineering company, developed and built nine solar electricity generating stations in the Mojave that produce a total of 354 megawatts, about the same amount as a small coal-fired utility. Six years ago Arnold Goldman, the founder of Luz, formed BrightSource Energy, moved the company to Oakland, and got busy modernizing the design and preparing for the biggest dash for cash ever seen in the solar thermal industry. Developers have presented the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which oversees almost all of the Mojave, with 75 applications to build solar facilities in the desert that could affect 647,000 acres, according to Here Comes The Sun, a March 2009 study by Oregon State University graduate students. The California Energy Commission is close to final decisions on the first five solar thermal plantsincluding one proposed by BrightSourcethat together would span 22,000 acres, generate 2,470 megawatts and cost roughly $15 billion. The BLM is reviewing 33 other solar power plant applications in Arizona that cover 452,000 acres of federal land in the Sonoran Desert, mostly in the south and southwest sections of the state, according to a 21-page report released in July by Senator John Kyl (R-Ariz.). Of those proposed plants, 29 would use some form of solar thermal technology. Ten more applications for solar plants are under review by state environmental authorities in Arizona. Southern Nevada is the focus of 63 utility-scale solar plants, according to the BLM.

Solars Water Risks, Alternatives Tens of billions of dollars are on the table for steam generator builders like Siemens and General Electric Co., for contractors like Bechtel Corp., and thousands of skilled workers anxious to earn paychecks building big showcases of whats possible in the emerging clean energy economy. But also in play is the credibility of the Obama administration, which is issuing billion-dollar loan guarantees and fast tracking projects on federal land, as well as whether utility-scale solar plants can significantly reduce environmental risks and still provide southern California home and business owners competitivelypriced electricity. On that last point there is some dispute. In the competition between energy and water, none of the market-ready energy alternatives are free of environmental risks, and only a handful eliminate concerns about water withdrawals from lakes, rivers and aquifers, as well as water consumption from evaporation. Solar photovoltaic power, which generates energy directly from sunlight, uses virtually no water.

Six utility-scale solar PV plants were put online last year in the United States, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a trade group. The U.S. wind energy industry, which generated 35,000 megawatts last year, and has been growing by more than 35 percent annually over the last five years, uses no water. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), a trade group, said in its annual report that wind generators prevented emissions of 62 million tons of carbon last year, and saved 20 billion gallons of water. Also coming online is energy generated from wave power that does not use fresh water. The countrys first utility-scale wave power project is the 1.5-megawatt wave energy park located 2.5 miles off the Oregon coast near Reedsport. It uses PowerBuoys, manufactured in Oregon, that move up and down with wave motion, causing an internal piston-like structure to drive an electrical generator. Solar thermal designs that focus sunlight on water to generate steam to power turbines eliminate climate-changing emissions. They also eliminate the need to produce coal, natural gas and uranium, all of which are significant sources of land damage, as well as air and water pollution. But utility scale plants cover thousands of acres. The Center for Biological Diversity and the local chapter of the Sierra Club assert that the big solar plants, photovoltaic or concentrated solar power (CSP), will damage sensitive plants and put more pressure on the endangered desert tortoise. More significantly, researchers at several federal agencies and in Congress have expressed concern about supplies of water that the concentrated solar plants use for cooling, water that is already scarce in the desert regions of California, the Southwest and the Rocky Mountain states. Solar thermal plants that use conventional cooling technology withdraw 98 percent less water from aquifers and rivers than coal and nuclear plants, and 90 percent less than natural gasfired power plants, according to the Department of Energy. But they consume through evaporation from cooling three times as much water

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limited water supply and put its water resources to their highest and best use, said the authors of the Kyl report. Using Arizonas water supplies to produce conventional CSP that will most likely be exported out of state does neither. Despite the seriousness of water constraints, the report added, solar power companies have largely ignored water concerns and continue to propose water-intensive conventional CSP plants in Arizona. Solar photovoltaic power plants use virtually no water In California, the state energy commission has responded to such concerns by requiring waterconserving air-cooled systems. BrightSources proposed 370-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electrical Generating System plant will use 100 acre-feet or 32.5 million gallons of water a year, or about what a similar-size coal-fired plant consumes in a few days. One hundred acre feet of water is not a lot of water, but given the arid location, project developers and regulators must ensure there are no irreversible local impacts, said Peter H. Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, one of the nations foremost water research organizations and Circle of Blues parent. Indeed, say authorities, when compared to conventional coal and nuclear powered thermal plants, the BrightSource solar generating station by itself is a water miser. The same is true for the $6 billion, 1,000-megawatt Blythe Solar Power Project in Riverside County that is nearing final federal and state approval. It will use 196 million gallons of water a year. The nearly same size 995-megawatt Cholla

Power Plant in northeastern Arizona near Holbrook, withdraws and uses nearly 43 million gallons of water a day. California, according to the Energy Information Administration, is home to 1,102 megawatts of utility-scale solar generating capacity, which is most of the solar generating capacity in the U.S. The next highest state is New Jersey, with 128 megawatts of solar generating capacity. Last year, according to the Energy Department, 25 new solar thermal and photovoltaic plants came on line or began construction, and will add 145 megawatts of generating capacity. This year, 13 more solar plants are scheduled to come online or begin construction, and add 468 megawatts of capacity. When compared to development in the fossil fuel sector, solars additional capacity is tiny. In 2009 and 2010, utilities added 25 new coal-fired plants that have a generating capacity of 11,000 megawatts, said the Energy Department. And 186 natural gas-fired plants were under development during the same period that generate over 21,000 megawatts. The sun, in other words, accounts for well under one percent of all electricity in a country that has over 1 million megawatts of electrical generating capacity, according to the Energy Department. California authorities are anxious to change that. On August 25, the California Energy Commission approved the construction of the proposed 250-megawatt Beacon Solar Energy Project, the first solar thermal power project permitted in 20 years. The last solar thermal power plants that the Energy Commission approved were Luz Solar Electric Generating Systems (SEGS) IX and Luz SEGS X in February 1990.

Earlier, on Aug. 3 a three-member panel of the California Energy Commission recommended that the full five-member board grant BrightSource a construction permit for the Ivanpah plant. The BLM must also approve construction. But that decision is expected to be a formality. The BLM earlier this month released a favorable environmental impact statement, and in February, the Obama administration awarded BrightSource a $1.37 billion loan guarantee to build the $3 billion plant. The BrightSource design could set a new industry standard for electrical generation and water conservation. It uses a power tower surrounded by curved mirrors to focus solar energy on a boiler. In filings with the state, BrightSource said it will obtain the water needed by the facility from on-site wells. Water will be filtered before being used to rinse mirrors or added to the generation process. Runoff from mirror-washing will be used to irrigate landscaping. One of the significant advantages of power tower technology, according to Keely Wachs, the companys senior director of communications, is the ability to produce superheated steam, which reduces the efficiency impact to the overall plant when dry cooling. Weighing the Environmental Costs, Benefits Ileene Anderson, a biologist and public lands director for the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a wildlife conservation group, still worries about overdrawing groundwater aquifers in the Mojave and nearby regions and that the Ivanpah project is in the wrong location. Springs in the Clark Mountains are just south and west of the project

as a coal-fired power plant. A conventionally cooled solar thermal plant uses 740 to 890 gallons to generate one megawatt hour of electricity. A conventionally cooled coal plants uses 200 to 300 gallons, according to the Energy Department. In May, Sen. Kyl issued a report on water supplies and solar thermal plants that further clarified these concerns. The Energy Departments National Renewable Energy Laboratory, said the report, estimated that by 2050 CSP plants could produce 53 gigawatts of electricityenough to power tens of millions of homes in states like Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service estimated that the total water use for these projects, using conventional cooling methods, would be 164 billion gallons of water a year. Thats roughly the same amount of water that the entire U.S. coal-fired utility industry consumes in 50 days. Arizona, California Set Solar Pace

In Arizona, the CSP plants would consume about a third an estimated 53 billion gallons of water a year representing the largest percentage of any states water requirement to produce solar power, according to the Kyl report. National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis warned the BLM in a formal memorandum last year that federal approval of dozens of solar plants in southern Nevada could affect water supplies across the region. Arizona lawmakers have an obligation to protect the states

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site, Anderson said. Were very much in favor of solar energy and getting off fossil fuels, but the projects must be sited appropriately. BrightSource, in response, noted that it selects sites that are near roads and existing transmission lines. The Ivanpah project is within five miles of an existing natural gas power plant and is bisected by a transmission corridor containing three power lines, said the company in an email message. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in a January 2009 letter to the energy commission, noted that other area users of groundwater, including a neighboring golf course, had suffered from brackish water intrusion to their wells. Brackish water often contains salt or other minerals and is thus not usable for irrigation. As to concerns raised by the NRDC that an increase of groundwater pumping could harm the Primm Valley golf course, Gleick noted that, If I had a choice of where to spend my water in the desert, and we do, as a state, Id far rather see it go to producing solar energy than lush golf greens. Indeed, in the competition between energy and water, other states are also grappling with the solar tradeoffs. Solar Millennium AG, a developer of utility scale solar projects, recently decided to change the design of a large solar thermal project it planned for Nevada from wet to dry cooling.

Environmentalists are mixed about whether the affects of solar-thermal outweigh the benefits. Sierra Club supports the most efficient power generation technology, but we look at individual projects on a case-by-case basis, noted spokesman David Graham-Caso. Were looking for anything that can help utilities move off coal. Anderson of the Center For Biological Diversity notes that although the scale and potential affects of planned solar-thermal projects are a concern, in the appropriate places the projects should go forward because species will be affected by climate change as well, even in the Mojave area. Nicholas L. Cain is an environmental researcher who is studying for a PhD in political science at Claremont Graduate University. He is a former employee of the Pacific Institute. Read more of our Choke Point: U.S. coverage on Circle of Blue.

Desarrollando a los Futuros Ingenieros, Arquitectos y Gerentes de Construccin de Puerto Rico

Lourdes Morales, PE Gretchen Gonzalez, EIT Jorge Rodrguez, EIT Melissa Pomales, PE Emeliz Torres, EIT Orlando Snchez En agosto de 2012 MP Engineers of Puerto Rico (MPPR) comenz su participacin en el ACE Mentor Program. A travs de este programa nuestro equipo, compuesto por seis ingenieros con diversas preparaciones y con diferentes niveles de experiencia, ofrece mentora a estudiantes de escuela superior para inspirarlos y motivarlos a perseguir una carrera en los campos de la ingeniera, arquitectura y la gerencia de la construccin. Este es nuestro primer ao participando en el programa y hemos tenido la dicha de trabajar con seis estudiantes de 12mo grado de la Escuela Especializada en Ciencias y Matemticas University Gardens High School (UGHS) localizada en Ro Piedras, San Juan. Como parte de los trabajos del programa, los estudiantes deben identificar y trabajar un proyecto que les permita desarrollar destrezas y aplicar conceptos relacionados a estas tres profesiones. Luego de evaluar diferentes alternativas, el equipo de MPPR-UGHS escogi un proyecto enfocado en el rea de tratamiento de agua potable. El proyecto consiste en evaluar posibles alternativas para mejorar el servicio de agua potable en el sistema de agua pblico (nonPRASA) de la comunidad Pepe Hoyos localizada en el municipio de Cayey. Los estudiantes completaron la planificacin conceptual para dos alternativas: (1) mejoras al sistema existente operado por la comunidad y (2) conexin al sistema existente de agua potable de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de PR (AAA). El pasado viernes, 1 de marzo, se realiz una visita tcnica a la comunidad Pepe Hoyos y a dos instalaciones de la AAA. Personal de la AAA y del Departamento de Salud (DS) nos acompa durante el da. El personal de la AAA ofreci detalles sobre el monitoreo remoto, los parmetros que se recopilan, y los anlisis que se ejecutan para optimizar la operacin de las plantas con el objetivo de proveer agua potable segura a todos sus clientes. Por otra parte, el personal del DS ofreci una charla sobre los conceptos bsicos incluidos en la reglamentacin de agua potable, y sobre la importancia del buen uso del agua y de la proteccin de las fuentes de abasto para evitar la contaminacin. La visita tcnica continu con un recorrido y levantamiento de datos en la comunidad Pepe Hoyos. All los estudiantes tuvieron la oportunidad de inspeccionar los distintos componentes del sistema comunal, incluyendo la fuente de agua cruda y el tanque de distribucin, y de entrevistar a miembros de la comunidad. Los estudiantes tomaron medidas, distancias y puntos de

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georeferenciacin para el desarrollo de las alternativas. Concluimos la visita tcnica en la Planta de Filtros (PF) Cayey Urbana donde el personal de la AAA brind una orientacin sobre el proceso de tratamiento convencional tpico en las PF y luego se llev a cabo un recorrido por las instalaciones. Esperamos completar el desarrollo de las alternativas y planificacin conceptual para mayo de 2013. Los estudiantes tendrn la oportunidad de presentar su anlisis y sus recomendaciones a un foro multisectorial. Los estudiantes con el mayor desempeo y dedicacin durante el programa sern elegibles para obtener becas para sus estudios universitarios. Queremos agradecer al personal de la AAA y del DS que nos dieron el apoyo durante este esfuerzo; al Sr. Jorge Burgos de la Comunidad Pepe Hoyos; val Sr. Norberto Hernndez maestro de matemticas de UGHS; y sobre todo a los estudiantes que forman parte de este gran equipo de trabajo.

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La mejor agua es de Guzmn

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La planta de tratamiento de agua potable Guzmn Arriba de Ro Grande fue la ganadora en una cerrada contienda en el tradicional Tap Water Taste Test, celebrado el pasado 22 de marzo en Plaza Las Amricas. Aqu les dejamos con algunas imgenes del evento.

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