Growth and Greening of Water Purification

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• Growth and Greening of Water Purification
• 1) How Water Quality Dictates Options
• 2) Sustainable Technologies
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Workforce Realities Training Opportunities
(800 lbs.)
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• Contrast with Fossil Fuels
• WATER
• Conservation policies do lead to higher levels of
  awareness and
• participation
• Supply and Quality are the major issues
• Renewable resource the Hydrologic Cycle
• Opportunities for conservation and re-use!!!

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• What Constitutes Sustainable Water Purification?
• Prerequisites
• No salt required
• No backwashing required

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• Decision Pathway is Dependent on Water Quality
• City or well water?
• If a well, what geographic area?
• Recent water test data?
• Essential for determining proper solution
• Baseline for future changes in water chemistry
• Sign a disclaimer (every well is a wildcat)

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Are Sustainable Solutions Available? NO
Hardness ion exchange H2S (Hydrogen
Sulfide) Uranium and Radium
(naturally-occurring) Commitment use the
most sustainable conventional technologies
available where truly sustainable solutions not
applicable.
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Pojoaque
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Are Sustainable Solutions Available?
YES Arsenic removal Chlorine
removal Hardness (Anti-scalants
) Magnets (catalytic solutions) Iron
and Manganese staining Ultraviolet (UV)
for microbiological safety
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• Hardness (Scale) Reduction vs. Softening
• Salt-free Systems

Failure to Disclose
Sustainable
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CHLORINE REMOVAL VS. CONTAMINANT REDUCTION
NSF Certification Arsenic V Barium Cadmium Chromiu
m VI Cysts Fluoride Lead Nitrate Nitrite Ra-226
and Ra-228 TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) (Uranium)
Dishwashers and washing machines. This non-green
technology will see continued growth as consumer
education increases.
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• Where Will the Growth be in Water Purification?
• Anti-scalant technology
• (softening as a wasteful luxury)
• Other sustainable technologies
• Arsenic, Chlorine, Fe, Mn and UV (Ultraviolet)
• Technological breakthroughs (softener bans)
• Purification of catchment water

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The Two Major Challenges of Water
Purification Technology Seeking out and
applying science-based, sustainable solutions in
a generally wasteful, sales-based
industrygreening but not completely
green.
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The Two Major Challenges of Water
Purification Workforce The unavailability of
qualified, trained and committed local
technicians actually inhibits business growth.
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• Workforce Training Issues are not Unique to
• Santa Fe
• Baby Boomers
• Generation X
• Generation Y

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• What are the Greatest Problems with
• Finding Employees?
• HIRING (equivalents of pre-existing conditions)
• Driving record (DWIs)
• Court records
• Alcohol and drug abuse
• Criminal background and credit check
• Random drug testing required
• GPS surveillance
• Physical presentation

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• What are the Greatest Problems with
• Retaining Employees?
• RETENTION
• Physical presentation
• Use of personal cell phones
• Abuse of company cell phones
• Unexcused absences
• Ultimate consequence termination

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• Unemployment Claims
• Employee prevails in dispute, if violation and
  future disciplinary action were not documented in
  writing and signed by employee
• Employee replacement and training
• Costly and time-consuming
• Employer becomes more tolerant because of the
  difficulty of hiring a replacement

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• Recommendations to Staff, SFCC
• Sustainable Technologies Center
• Develop a curriculum for sustainable,
  water-related service industries.
• Teach water quality awareness and promote
  community support of water conservation
  technologies.
• Reach out to make SFCC programs known in high
  schools and even junior highsparticipate in
  career fairs
• Stage classes for prospective students to observe
  or audit.

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• Encourage Participation by Business Owners
• Tuition support
• Contribution of time to attend courses
• End of business day
• Employer provides added incentives for course
  completion
• Bonus
• Salary increase
• For many young people, careers in sustainable
  service industries can be very fulfilling and
  profitable.

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• Stephen Wiman
• goodwatercompany.com
• 471-9036

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Rainwater Harvesting
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What is Rainwater Catchment
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Rainwater Catchment System Components
1. Collect
2. Convey
3. Store
5. Distribute
4. Clean
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Why is it Important

• Reduces impact on natural resources
• Promotes sustainable practices
• Reduces peak flow runoff from storms
• Reduces reliance on surface and ground water
• Reduces need for investment in wastewater
  treatment facilities
• Allows for groundwater recharge
• Encourages water conservation

There is no new water! If we want to continue to
grow, then we need to be more efficient with our
given water resources.
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What is the Current State of Rainwater Harvesting?

• American Rainwater Catchment System Association
  (ARCSA) offering professional certification
• No federal standards on Rainwater Harvesting
  (RWH)
• Explosive growth of "Green" Building is driving
  RWH implementations
• LEED for Homes provides up to 16 points
• 2 points for reducing stormwater runoff (90
  capture)
• 4 points for capturing rainwater (2 inside, 2
  outside)
• 10 points for minimizing outdoor water demand
  (60 reduction to get all points)
• Clean Water Act is driving cities to implement
  Stormwater Runoff Plans including RWH
• Concerns about Climate Change driving individual
  interest

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New Mexico

• 8 15 inches of rain a year
• Rainwater harvesting promoted as a solution
• State green building tax incentives
• Albuquerque and Santa Fe both have water
  conservation programs in place
• Santa Fe County requires it on all new
  developments
• Hundreds of installations and growing rapidly
• State is publishing manual in July timeframe
• Very active vendor community, estimate over 60
  vendors
• City currently re-evaluating Water Conservation
  program

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How Low Can We Go?
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What is Wrong with This Picture
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What is Wrong with This Picture
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What is Wrong with This Picture
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What is Wrong with This Picture

• To qualify out of retrofit program in the city by
  installing Rainwater System requires an Option B
  worksheet
• Requires water use forecast by developer
• If over forecast
• Water service can be disconnected
• Requires brought into budget
• Payment of TRIPLE of original demand estimate
• Or
• Double the previously required retrofits
• Annual monitoring

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Texas Examples

• No Sales Tax on Rainwater Harvesting Systems or
  Components at the country/city level
• Many cities provide education classes for
  citizens
• Texas Rain Catcher Award, a rainwater harvesting
  competition, to promote the technology, educate
  the public, and to recognize excellence in the
  application of rainwater harvesting systems in
  Texas. Award is solely publicity.
• Published Guidelines and actively trying to get
  codified
• http//www.twdb.state.tx.us/iwt/rainwater/docs/Rai
  nwaterCommitteeFinalReport.pdf

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New Jobs, New Industry
Rainwater harvesting creates jobs for
installers, architects, irrigators, those who
install gutters, city/state specialists in water
conservation, people to maintain systems,
plumbers who install in-home parts -
potable/non-potable, sales people to provide
products and install bigger tanks Billy
Kniffen ARCSA Certification Trainer (2 Minute
Man)
New Mexico can choose to lead or choose to
follow. This growth industry is happening now!
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• Recommendations
• Awareness Training for End-Users
• What happened to Water Day?
• Educate/Certify Installers
• Hold local ARCSA training certification
• Recommend changes to Option B and inclusion of
  RWH as solution in new city Water Conservation
  program
• Educate Building Officials
• Push GBC-NM Local credits to be used for Water
  Conservation
• Local Competition and Awards
• Start Water Management/Water Conservation degree
  education program at SFCC

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• Stephen Wiman
• goodwatercompany.com
• 471-9036
• Doug Pushard
• doug_at_HarvestH2O.com