Rhodia Inc., Cincinnati, is the winner of the 2008 Karl G. Voelkel Industry Award . The award was presented at the 19th Annual Industrial Pretreatment Seminar on January 17th. Rhodia was nominated by their regulatory agency, the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Division of Industrial Waste. The company, formerly known as Grace-Davidson, was selected for outstanding environmental achievement in pretreating multiple and variable process flows and wastestreams for pH compliance. The award, by the SWOWEA Executive and Industrial Pretreatment committees, goes to a southwest section company for their efforts to improve Ohio's water environment.
The 19th Annual SWOWEA Industrial Seminar was Thursday, January 17, 2008, at the Great Wolf Lodge Conference Center in Mason. Everyone enjoyed the good food served throughout the day. And we set a January seminar record by drinking 24 gallons of coffee, plus 375 sodas and bottled waters at one seminar. A very thirsty crowd, and we hope you enjoyed it. Most important, all six presentations were great, and all dealt with current environmental issues, and all of the speakers did a great job with their slideshows.
We had a very good turnout at the new Great Wolf Lodge. There were 15 technical and 2 educational exhibitors with 31 exhibitor personnel. The technical program included 7 speakers, with 114 pre-registered and 6 walk-in attendees. The total attendance for the day was 158. We certainly hope you all enjoyed the day, as that was our plan. And SWOWEA certainly thanks you for your continued support of our efforts. Please try to be with us again next year, on Thursday, January 22, 2009. We'll let you know where later.
If you are interested in joining us, please contact any of the committee members for the next monthly meeting location. You are invited to attend a meeting to see if it's a good fit for you.
We have members from the US EPA, wastewater consulting and engineering firms, laboratory services, potw's, and industry. As long as your area of expertise is industrial wastewater, you will have something in common with everyone on the committee.
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