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September 18, 2006 1 (703) 684-2400
Water Quality Professionals Team up to Receive Top Water Quality Award
Alexandria, Va. - Howard Weinberg, Steven Cook and Phil Singer will receive the prestigious Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal from the Water Environment Federation (WEF), a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of water quality professionals. The award will be presented during ceremonies at WEFTEC®.06 - the Federation’s 79th annual technical exhibition and conference – in October.
Weinberg, Cook and Singerwere selected for their article “Insights to False Positive Total Cyanide Measurements in Wastewater Plant Effluents” featured in Water Environment Research. The article described how interferences in wastewater could produce false positive results for cyanide and could cause some publicly-owned treatment works to exceed their cyanide limits. The authors set out to understand the scenarios that may contribute to higher levels of cyanide in the wastewater using newly-introduced analysis. They identified scenarios that lead to the formation of cyanide in wastewater and those that lead to false bias during sample processing and handling. The authors’ workhas directly contributed to improved sample analysis of wastewater for cyanide.
The Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal honors research that makes a vital contribution to the existing knowledge of fundamental wastewater treatment principles or processes, as comprehensively described and published in a WEF periodical. “This award not only recognizes the excellence and contribution of noted individuals but of a whole community of public health and environmental professionals,” said WEF Executive Director Bill Bertera.
Weinberg, Cook and Singer will be honored during WEFTEC.06,the largest water quality event in North America, scheduled for October 21-25, 2006at the DallasConvention Centerin Dallas, TX. More than 16,000 of the world’s leading water quality experts and 900 companies featuring the latest in water quality technology are expected for this major event.
Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) – - is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 79 Member Associations in over 30 countries.
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