The California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA) returns with its Spring Conference on April 11-14, 2022, at the Disneyland® Hotel in Anaheim, CA. The conference reaches skilled distribution operators, treatment operators, engineers, and field professionals from the world of drinking water. We’re delighted to confirm that Todd S. Webster, Ph.D., P.E., Read More
Neville Fowler, Technical Manager, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London explains how a scoping project undertaken by the Trust, identified the need for a backup sterile processing department (SPD), to provide cover and security for potential breakdowns within the hospitals current facilities. Whilst the current facility at St Thomas’ Hospital could meet existing demand, Read More
The City of San Fernando, California has awarded Envirogen Technologies, Inc. with a contract for a new, next generation SimPACK™ regenerable ion exchange (IX) treatment system to be used to remove nitrate contaminants from water from its Well 3 groundwater extraction well. As part of the award, Envirogen Technical Support staff will be onsite for Read More
Paul Togna, Ph.D. and Todd Webster, Ph.D., P.E. of Envirogen Technologies, Inc. recently presented at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Selenium Summit 2021, hosted virtually by EPRI on October 26-28. Presentation Abstract: An Evaluation of Treatment System Options for Treatment of Selenium. There are a number of technologies available for treatment of selenium, including Read More
Envirogen is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert “Bobb” Campbell as Chief Operating Officer, North America, responsible for Operations and Services. The appointment of Bobb follows the addition of Joe Higgins as Group Chief Executive, which was announced in September. Bobb will be responsible for strengthening Envirogen’s regional service lifecycle and support functions, within Read More
Envirogen announces the appointment of Joe Higgins as Group Chief Executive. Joe’s appointment is one of several management changes within the group’s leadership team signalling the next stage of Envirogen’s growth strategy and value creation. According to Joe, Envirogen is ideally positioned to benefit from the global water and wastewater market: “The global water and Read More
Musgrove Park Hospital embarked on a site-wide improvement program to streamline and modernize its processes. Under this initiative the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) launched a review of its department infrastructure and water treatment processes. As well as conducting its own analysis, the department asked Envirogen for efficiency improvement ideas. An extensive risk assessment process identified Read More
Hospitals are under increased pressure to meet the needs of a growing and ageing population. This trend is seen in endoscopy as preventative medicine spearheads a non-invasive approach, but it is a trend seen across departments. Increased numbers and types of operations are putting more pressure on centralized Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs) and Endoscopy Reprocessing Read More
Viewing the impressive new endoscope reprocessing department at St Helens Hospital and learning how the technical group and its suppliers worked together to deliver a resilient, future-proof facility exceeding current design standards, it’s no surprise to learn that the trust is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. Central to its success is a new Read More
When the reverse osmosis plant (RO) supplying the endoscope reprocessing unit at Good Hope Hospital, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), began to produce poor total viable count (TVC) results and with the existing plant becoming difficult to repair, UHB faced the dilemma of requiring a permanent replacement unit, while needing to Read More
