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We have recently added Tom Wilson and Holli Underwood to our account management team to strengthen the company's sales and marketing strategies and efforts.
Tom brings to AllMax over 36 years of sales and sales management experience, with extensive experience in direct and channel sales approaches. Prior to joining AllMax, Tom worked in the technology industry, marketing business communication systems and computer networks. Over the years, he has consistently earned top honors in various sales capacities, and completed business, sales and marketing management courses from Ohio State and Purdue universities and other various institutions.
Previously, Holli was the director of the Logan County Convention and Tourist Bureau in Bellefontaine, Ohio, responsible for planning and managing all communications and events. She has a Bachelors Degree from Ohio Northern University, specializing in public relations and communication. Holli's knowledge and expertise, complemented by her inherent skills in relating to and servicing businesses as well as the public, will make her a valuable asset to our company.
We're confident that both Tom and Holli will provide the personable, professional care and responsiveness that is expected from an AllMax Software representative.
A strong earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of around 6.6 shook Hawaii early on October 15, jolting residents out of bed and causing a landslide that blocked a major highway. Ceilings crashed at a hospital, and aftershocks kept the state on edge. The quake caused widespread power outages, water pipes exploded at a large condominium resort, and phone communication was possible, but difficult. It was estimated that as many as 170 bridges on the Big Island could have suffered damage in the temblor. A disaster declaration had been issued for the entire state, saying there had been damage to buildings and roads.
Fortunately, facilities in the cities and counties of Maui and Honolulu said that aside from some power outages and minor inconveniences, they are all ok. In the County of Maui, there was some structural damage to a couple of bridges, but they were already on the bridge replacement list, so the earthquake simply increased the urgency.
All in all, our customers seem to be fine, and the infrastructures to their facilities seem to be intact and continued to work with minimal interruption.
OUTSIDE ALLMAX
Rural Water Projects
The Bureau of Reclamation continues to develop rural water projects in areas of the West where groundwater is of insufficient quantity and poor quality. Many of these projects are taking place on Indian Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. USDA's water and wastewater loan and grant program is used to develop water systems, including storm drainage and solid waste disposal facilities, in rural areas with 10,000 or fewer residents. Over the last three years, the Rural Utilities Service provided over $4.8 billion in assistance for this purpose, funding over 3,897 community infrastructure projects and benefiting approximately 1.3 million rural residents per year.
Source - U.S. Council on Environmental Quality
New Rule Boosts Protection of Underground Drinking Water
More than 100 million Americans will enjoy greater protection of their drinking water under a new rule issued October 12, 2006 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The rule targets utilities that provide water from underground sources and requires greater vigilance for potential contamination by disease-causing microorganisms.
The risk-targeting strategy incorporated in the rule provides for:
- regular sanitary surveys of public water systems to look for significant deficiencies in key operational areas
- triggered source-water monitoring when a system that does not sufficiently disinfect drinking water identifies a positive sample during its regular monitoring to comply with existing rules.
- implementation of corrective actions by ground water systems with a significant deficiency or evidence of source water fecal contamination
- compliance monitoring for systems that are sufficiently treating drinking water to ensure effective removal of pathogens
A ground water system is subject to triggered source-water monitoring if its treatment methods don't already remove 99.99 percent of viruses. Systems must begin to comply with the new requirements by Dec. 1, 2009.
Contaminants in question are pathogenic viruses - such as rotavirus, echoviruses, noroviruses - and pathogenic bacteria, including E. coli, salmonella and shigella. Utilities will be required to look for and correct deficiencies in their operations to prevent contamination from these pathogens.
Microbial contaminants can cause gastroenteritis or, in rare cases, serious illnesses such as meningitis, hepatitis, or myocarditis. The symptoms can range from mild to moderate cases lasting only a few days to more severe infections that can last several weeks and may result in death for those with weakened immune systems. The new ground water rule will reduce the risk of these illnesses.
Fecal contamination can reach ground water sources, including drinking water wells, from failed septic systems, leaking sewer lines, and by passing through the soil and large cracks in the ground. Fecal contamination from the surface may also get into a drinking-water well along its casing or through cracks if the well is not properly constructed, protected, or maintained.
Source - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ALERT! SOFTWARE UPDATES
Operator10 v8.16 and Antero v4.09 installs and updates are now available for downloading from our web site.
To download program updates, go to http://www.allmaxsoftware.com/download.php to begin the update process.
To download an evaluation version of Operator10, go to http://www.allmaxsoftware.com/operations.htm and click the "Get Operator10" button on the left hand side of the screen.
To download an evaluation version of Antero, go to http://www.allmaxsoftware.com/maintenance.htm and click the "Get Antero" button on the left hand side of the screen.
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
Powerful, User-Friendly Data Management Tools
New Operator10® v8.16 water, wastewater, biosolids and pretreatment data management software provides options for single, multi-user or client server, for any plant or treatment facility. Operator10 was designed to save time, provide maximum flexibility, enable users to streamline processes, standardize company data and concentrate information in one location for easy access, entry and manipulation. The applications are network ready, utilizing the most reliable and cost-effective SQL database available.
A new Sampling Event section tracks information that would appear on Chain of Custody and lab bench sheets. Date, location, sampler number, EPA method number, lab certification and analyst numbers are examples of data that can be logged and tracked.
The report section has been completely redesigned. Once calculations are performed, Operator10 eliminates reporting time by providing federal, state-specific forms and operating reports that satisfy reporting requirements for almost every state and agency.
Add-on options are also available, including Audit Trail, an application that automatically and permanently records changes in data for historical reference, and an OPC/DDE interface that enables users to link to SCADA or other applications, enter or collect hourly or daily values, summary information, set up entry limits and add formulas.
Operator10 applications can be purchased separately or as a suite. Biosolids data management software is also available, and can be purchased as a wastewater add-on module.
NOTE: For a list of Operator10 new features, go to allmaxsoftware.com/operations.htm
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