Business News Round Up - Aug. 23, 2019

Editor's Note: Each week, Water & Wastes Digest will post an aggregate of business news briefs and networking news items to keep you informed on facility openings, business mergers and purchases, changes in personnel and award notifications, among others in the water and wastewater treatment industries. If you have business news briefs you would like included in this weekly round up, please email the press release, photo and a link to the post on your website to [email protected] with the subject line "Business News Round Up." One news item per company per week will be posted.

Three MFG Chemical Plants Win ‘Award of Excellence’ 

MFG Chemical received three ‘Awards of Excellence’ for workplace safety at each of its three Dalton, Ga., area plants, from the state of Georgia’s Department of Labor.

To qualify for this award, a location or facility must have achieved at least 250 work days during the previous calendar year with no days away from work due to workplace injuries or illnesses.

Filanc & Brown and Caldwell Joint Venture Selected for Agriculture Water Supply Project

A joint venture between Filanc and Brown and Caldwell is the design-builder for the City of Escondido’s Membrane Filtration Reverse Osmosis Facility for Agriculture (MFRO Facility) project.

The MFRO facility is considered a sustainable and cost-effective measure in alleviating Escondido’s stressed wastewater infrastructure while providing local agriculture growers with a new, high-quality irrigation supply.

Abstracts for AWWA ACE20 Due Aug. 29

The American Water Works Assn. (AWWA) is accepting abstracts for its Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE20) until Thursday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. MT. ACE20 will be held June 14 to 17, 2020, in Orlando, Fla.

AWWA is soliciting presentations for the conference's professional program, which will also be included in the conference proceedings. AWWA is also accepting poster submissions, pre-conference workshops and special topic sessions.

American Institute of Hydrology Recognizes Christopher Burke with Linsley Award

The American Institute of Hydrology named Christopher B. Burke, PhD, P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, NAC and president of CBBEL, the recipient of the 2019 Ray K. Linsley Award for surface water hydrology. Surface water hydrology includes the study of above-ground water, such as storm water, flood waters, rivers and reservoirs and the impact that these waters have on the environment around them.

The Linsley Award, named after surface water hydrologist and author Dr. Ray K. Linsley, is a national award established in 1986 to recognize those “who have made outstanding contributions in surface water hydrology.”