AguaClara Settling System Meeting Minutes

Spring 2009 Minutes

I began my assessment by looking into the Brentwood Co. which Monroe suggested. I found a local supplier in Liverpool NY called VARI TECH and wrote them an inquiry email. By Friday there was no response. On Friday I contacted another supplier in Rochester NY by phone. The person that I was talking to on the phone did not seem to be very knowlagable about the specifics of my inquiry so he is going to get me in contact with the Brentwood sales rep Dave Catchum by phone and email.

Next I began an internet search using the search term "plate settlers", which resulted in companies that make heavy duty steel industrial settling systems.

Next I used the term "plastic plate settlers", which resulted in Brentwood Co. again and more companies producing steel plate and tube settlers.

Then I looked into the company Siemens. It appears that they do make products that could be useful to us and they currently operate in Central America. I wrote an email to a rep named Alfred Lorenzo in Central America, but did not receive a response by Friday. I will write back again in Spanish. I also wrote to Larry Moser, the Siemens plate settlement specialist, but have not received a response.

I then looked into a company which operates in Texas called EIMCO water tech. I wrote them an email on Friday and am waiting for a response.

Next I contacted Chris Bordlemay of the Cornell Water Treatment Plant. He turned me on to a company called LEOPOLD. I sent them an email on Friday.