New Product of the Year 2010

Environmental Protection 2010 New Product of the Year Our judges have identified the winners in Environmental Protection's New Product of the Year awards.

The award honors the outstanding achievements of industry manufacturers whose products are considered particularly noteworthy for making environmental professionals’ jobs a little easier.

The winning products and their respective categories are:

  • ● Air quality ─ Ecosorb Spray Gel, OMI Industries;
    ● Cleanup ─ Spills & Skills: Non-Emergency HazMat Spill Response DVD, Excal Visual;
    ● Stormwater ─ Filter-POD, KriStar;
    ● Wastewater ─ C3500™D Ultraviolet Disinfection equipment, Calgon Carbon;
    ● Water ─ City Guard Virtual Command Center, Hach Homeland Security Technologies.

For more details on the winners, see the product information below.


Calgon Carbon Corp.

UV Disinfection System

Calgon Carbon Corp.'s C3500™D Ultraviolet Disinfection system is designed specifically for water reuse applications. Computational Fluid Dynamics were used to optimize the germicidal efficiency of the reactor by varying the device's lamp spacing as well as the size, shape, and quantity of its delta-shaped mixing devices. The patent-pending design increases the hydraulic efficiency of the reactor by uniformly exposing the water to the required UV dose while minimizing head loss.

    Excal Visual LLP

    Hazmat Spill Training

    Excal Visual LLP's Spills & Skills: Non-Emergency HazMat Spill Response training video package is designed to show personnel the correct response and cleanup procedures for non-emergency (non-HAZWOPER) releases of hazardous materials and wastes. The package includes a CD and an 18.5 minute DVD, a trainer's guide, and employee quiz, SiteCast™, a PowerPoint template for site-specific training, and a Spill Locker Poster that summarizes procedures and contains a spill locker inventory list.

      Hach Homeland Security Technologies

      Water Command Center

      Hach Homeland Security Technologies' CityGuard Virtual Command Center is a security network portal, command center, and real-time water distribution monitoring system. This device provides a bi-directional monitoring and control system that integrates the sensor data from water quality monitoring points that are strategically located throughout a community's distribution system, allowing water utility personnel to minimize their response time by simultaneously viewing critical real-time water quality data from any Internet browser at any location.

        KriStar Enterprises Inc.

        Media Filter

        Designed for use in areas where landscape-based treatment isn't practical, KriStar Enterprises Inc.'s FILTER-POD is a media filter that is integrated with a subsurface water storage system. Flow capacities are set by selecting the appropriate quantity of modules and placing them within the footprint of the water storage system. Decentralizing the treatment components eliminates or reduces the need for additional pipe, large concrete vaults, and a crane to set the vault.

          WesTech

          WWETCO FlexFilter

          The WWETCO FlexFilter is a simple gravity system with a robust design as a high-rate compressible media filter. The influent liquid applies a hydrostatic force to the compression bladder causing the media to compress. It uses a synthetic compressible media to capture solids in the high-rate filtration process. The combination of tapered media compression, porosity gradient with the media bed and a low flow backwash system make the WWETCO a versatile filer.

            EOS Remediation

            Vadose Organic Substrate (VOS)

            The Vadose Organic Substrate features bioremediate chlorinated solvents in the unsaturated soils. The technology allows the thixotropic gel to form a stable oil/water suspension that remains in situ after injection. This suspension provides an anaerobic environment in the vadose zone with the appropriate nutrients for the microbes to remediate recalcitrant compounds, such as chlorinated compounds.

              OMI Industries

              Odor Absorbing Gel

              OMI Industries' Ecosorb™ SprayGel is a broad spectrum odor neutralizer that can be sprayed directly onto the surface of the odor-generating area, such as sludge and landfill materials. The gel combines the powerful odor neutralizing capability of the standard liquid Ecosorb product with a low molecular weight polymer matrix that evaporates over several days. Total elimination of odors coming out of undigested sludge has been seen through this capping process.

                Forston Labs

                MultiCal ISE

                The Multi-Cal ISE system allows the user to store multiple calibration ranges in the laboratory and then retrieve them for use as needed in the field. The Multi-Cal kit provides from two to four calibration ranges and the LabNavigator monitors up to four ISE's simultaneously. The handheld LabNavigator with Multi-Cal for ISE provide multi-range, immediate, spot-on, field chemical analysis. Multi-Cal kits are available for Nitrate, Ammonium, pH, Calcium, and Chloride with others on request.

                  Adventus Group

                  EHC-L

                  EHC-L by Adventus, is a cold-water soluble formulation of EHC that is specially designed to be emplaced via existing wells and/or hydraulic injection networks for the treatment of a wide range of groundwater contaminants. . EHC-L is a stable, buffered, micro-emulsion of slow-release, food-grade carbon (lecithin), ferrous iron and a redbox buffer (cysteine). EHC-L is designed for on-site dilution with cold water and subsequent application via screened wells or direct push technology for the treatment of compounds amenable to reductive transformation, including chlorinated hydrocarbons and some dissolved heavy metals. It generates both biotic and abiotic reductive mechanisms and capitalizes on synergies between the two.

                    ANDalyze Inc

                    AND1000 Fluorimeter

                    The AND1000 Fluorimeter enables field testing in two short steps, eliminating or significantly reducing test expenditures, complexity and wait times experienced in traditional heavy metal water testing. ANDalyze's proprietary catalytic DNA sensors use a DNAzyme reaction that fluoresces in the presence of a target contaminant substance such as lead, uranium, copper and mercury. The fluorescence of the reaction is dynamically measured to determine the concentration of the target heavy metal at levels in the low parts per billion (ppb).

                      110 Gallon Trapper

                      EXAIR's 110 Gallon Chip Trapper removes solids such as chips, swarf and shavings out of used coolants and other liquids with its compressed air power. It vacuums the dirty coolant or liquid into the included 110 gallon drum; while trapping all the solids in a reusable filter bag. There are no motors or impellers to clog or wear out. It features a built-in pressure/vacuum relief and an automatic safety shutoff to prevent spills or overfilling.