Waterman Engineered Water Control Products for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Hydropower/Dams, Industrial, Drainage/Flood Control, and Irrigation

Waterman is a recognized leader in water control products for water treatment, wastewater, high-volume agricultural and rural surface water delivery, hydro-power, and flood control management.

Waterman is a leading provider of water control gates, valves, automated controls and accessories to these markets and key customers such as government agencies (water districts, utilities, flood control districts) and agricultural water users (growers, cooperatives).

Waterman products include: Slide & Sluice Gates, Large Custom Gates, Water Treatment Specialties, Drainage Flap Gates, Canal Gates, Line Gates, Riser Valves & Hydrants, Air & Pressure Relief.

Waterman has over 100 years in the control gate and valve business, developing custom-engineered solutions for thousands of critical projects throughout the world.

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For more information on Waterman products in Virginia, contact Automatic Controls of Virginia. Call them at (804) 752-1000 or visit them at https://acva.com.

Installation and Startup for the Quest-tec Magne-Trac Magnetic Level Gauge

The Quest-tec Solutions Magne-Trac utilizes a non-magnetic pipe chamber mounted directly to a vessel. The process connections from the chamber to the vessel act as an inlet and outlet that allow the liquid level in the pipe chamber to match the level in the process vessel. Inside the chamber, a custom designed float rises and falls with the level of the liquid in the chamber. A 360º magnet array within the float projects a magnetic field through the pipe chamber to an externally mounted indicator to provide a visual read out of the liquid level within the vessel.

The Magne-Trac™ level indicator is easy to install, low maintenance, and easy to view. Accessories include point level switches and transmitters to provide integration into plant control systems.

The Quest-tec Solutions Magne-Trac Plus combines the Magne-Trac magnetic level gage with the Bridle-Trac by pass chamber. It may be used with our VAR Partner E&H GWR or customer specified radar for redundant level measurement. The Magne-Trac Plus is recommended in applications that require both visual and electronic level viewing.

For more information on Quest-tec products, contact Automatic Controls of Virginia. Call us at (804) 752-1000 or visit our website at https://acva.com.

Flowrox Valve Solutions for Demanding Shut-off and Control Applications

Heavy Duty Pinch Valves

Flowrox heavy duty pinch valves are “The pinch valves”. They are made to last and are ideal where shut-off and control applications involve abrasive or corrosive slurries, powders or coarse substances.

General Line Pinch Valves

Flowrox general line pinch valves are robust and cost- effective valves with simple, single-sided closing mechanism. PVG valves have a strong valve body and opening tags in the sleeve as standard. PVEG valves have a corrosion resistant and light-weight plastic body. They are ideal for low cycle applications involving abrasion, corrosion and aggressive slurries. Through the reliability and structure, they offer substantial savings based on improved performance, long service lifetime and low total cost of ownership.

Slurry Knife Gate Valves

Flowrox Heavy Duty Slurry Knife Gate Valves isolate flow, even in the most demanding process conditions. The complete valve is built around an ease-of-maintenance concept. The designs of Flowrox Slurry Knife Gate Valves are based on the years of experience Flowrox has gained, providing reliable solutions for abrasive and corrosive process applications.

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For more information, contact Automatic Controls of Virginia. Call them at (804) 752-1000 or visit https://acva.com.

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The EIM TEC2 Electric Valve Actuator

The EIM TEC2 is the next step in reliable high-performance digital valve control to make your work easier and safer. The TEC2 includes a robust and compact design that are widely used on valves for marine, oil and gas, chemical, power, and water and wastewater applications. Accurate torque sensing is accomplished using a rotary Hall-Effect encoder directly connected to torque pinion kept active in both motor and manual operation. The TEC2 has a compact profile, patented, Remote Display Module that puts local controls within easy access for safe operation, diagnostics, configuration or monitoring for hard to reach locations or limited access areas.

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Wastewater Treatment Facilities as Early Warming Sentinels for Coronavirus

New studies show that SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, is shed in human feces and is collecting in our city sewers.  If the pandemic continues in waves as the latest estimates believe, wastewater treatment plants could provide early warnings to prevent ICUs and hospitals from being swarmed.

It needs to be mentioned that experts believe, based on previous coronavirus research, that SARS-COVID-2 is effectively removed through traditional water treatment processes. The focus on these public health surveillance efforts track virus levels before treatment.

Environmental microbiologists have studied pathogens in sewage for decades. In 1989, Israel set up a Polio virus sewage surveillance system. The use of sewage pathogen monitoring in wastewater treatment facilities as a public health surveillance tool, however, is a fairly new area of study. 

Biobot, Somerville, MA company who specializes in wastewater epidemiology, is establishing protocols to test sewage for SARS-CoV-2. If successful, this data will give communities a dynamic map of the virus as it spreads to new places.

Data from sewage will enable communities to:

1. Measure the scope of the outbreak independent from patient testing or hospital reporting, and include data on asymptomatic individuals,
2. Provide decision support for officials determining the timing and severity of public health interventions to mitigate the overall spread of the disease,
3. Better anticipate likely impact on hospital capacity in order to inform hospital readiness and the necessity of public health interventions,
4. Track the effectiveness of interventions and measure the wind-down period of the outbreak, and
5. Provide an early warning for reemergence of the coronavirus (if it does indeed have a seasonal cycle).

To learn more about their program, visit the Biobot website.

Other useful links about the effort to use wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 tracking:

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/03/26/understanding-spread-covid-19/

https://news.engin.umich.edu/2020/03/a-sewage-surveillance-effort-to-track-covid-19/

Automatic Controls of Virginia is Now the Authorized CCS DualSnap Distributor in Virginia and Washington D.C.

Automatic Controls of Virginia is very pleased to be appointed the Authorized Distributor for Custom Control Sensors, also known as CCS DualSnap, in the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as in Washington, D.C.

CCS DualSnap is a leader in providing pressure and temperature sensing products for the Aerospace, Defense, Industrial and Energy industries. CCS’ designs utilize the proven, rugged “Dual-Snap®” disc spring and advanced sensing technologies to provide their customers superior solutions for pressure and temperature applications.

For more information, contact Automatic Controls of Virginia. Call them at (804) 752-1000 or visit their website at https://acva.com.