Hydro International's Andoh to Speak at New England Water Environment Association Conference

Portland, Maine - Hydro International today announced that Director of Innovation Robert Andoh will deliver a  paper at the New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) annual conference being held Jan. 29 in Boston.

Dr. Andoh will deliver his paper during a Tuesday afternoon session addressing wet weather planning and analysis. The paper focuses on the Hydro International Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) solution deployed in Saco, Maine, and carries the title “Optimal CSO Control and Treatment at the Saco Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Advanced Vortex Technology.”

A Hydro International exhibit booth at the conference will showcase the company’s grit-removal solutions and its full line of products addressing CSO treatment, CSO screening and wet-weather flow control solutions.

The NEWEA conference is the largest wastewater environment conference held in New England. It features more than 170 exhibitors and attracts more than 1600 regulatory officials, wastewater utility engineers, consulting engineers, treatment plant operators and other interested parties. The 2008 show is being held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel.

Hydro’s exhibit booth will include displays highlighting its industry-leading Grit King® process for removing grit from wastewater streams. The Grit King device is an advanced hydrodynamic separator that augments gravitational forces to separate grit from water. The Grit King System consists of the separator unit and a grit washer/classification unit. Valving, grit classifiers, grit pumps, dewatering decanters, and control systems are available as part of a comprehensive grit-removal package.  The exhibit will also focus on Hydro’s full range of CSO solutions, which includes equipment to treat CSO outflows to primary treatment equivalence to accessory technologies for designing deep tunnel separation and storage schemes.