• Professor Robert Andoh to discuss ways to implement integrated stormwater management in urban environments and address combined sewer overflow issues at day-long event July 16 in Edison, NJ
PORTLAND, ME, July 11, 2008 -- Hydro International, a leading provider of environmentally sustainable products and innovative solutions that control and treat stormwater, announced that Director of Innovation Robert Andoh will conduct a free, day-long seminar about urban water management issues Wednesday, July 16, in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Andoh will lead both sessions of the "Innovations and Paradigm Shifts for Integrated Urban Water Management Seminar," at the EPA's offices in Edison, N.J.
The morning session, from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern Time, will focus on "Integrated Stormwater Management in Urban Environments." Andoh will discuss a variety of topics including technologies and paradigm shifts in stormwater treatment and control, and the importance of preventing pollution "washout."
The afternoon session, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., is entitled "Addressing CSO Challenges with Innovation." Andoh will cover different approaches to wet-weather management, issues relating to flow control and satellite treatment, the application of computational fluid dynamics in development of wet-weather treatment devices, and the Saco, Maine, wastewater treatment plant's use of advanced vortex systems for the treatment of combined sewer overflows.
• Who: Robert Andoh, Director of Innovation, Hydro International
• What: "Innovations and Paradigm Shifts for Integrated Urban Water Management" Seminar
• When: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
• Where: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Building 205 Conference Room, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, N.J.
For further information, refer to the EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/ednnrmrl/events/07162008.htm
Hydro International, based in Portland, Maine, is a leading provider of environmentally sustainable products and innovative solutions that control and treat stormwater, wastewater and combined sewer overflows.
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