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June 2001 Edition Could the Supreme Court rule against the Supreme Being? Nasdaq has flatlined; Nortel has plummeted along with my other high-tech stocks, so why am I not downhearted? Because the immutable laws of physics indicate that when high-tech sectors fall, opportunities for low-life stocks such as my Rent-a-Mob companies will rise. Rent-a-Mob did particularly well when I launched it in Canada during the first flush of environmental activism. In those early days, I offered a full range of protest teams, from blue-collar rednecks, observed in bars during losing streaks at Maple Leaf hockey games (a protracted recruiting season), to tweed-clad academics who could spout polysyllabic nonsense with affected English accents, especially during television interviews. See Tom's full commentary Also in this issue: Drinking water in the post Walkerton era Web of life seminar captivated audience Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from landfill sites Site remediation contractor reuses concrete pipe Québec bridge restoration uses innovative approaches to environmental considerations New headworks at Napanee facility Ontario tackles US and domestic air pollution sources CAEAL and SCC help to bring potable water to Latin America PCBs -- still a potent problem New Brunswick P&P company achieves breakthrough by using reverse osmosis Single-Stage UF Pilot Plant for P&P processes When the chips are down at P&P mills Industry Update

National media listens when OWWA speaks Reporters from radio, TV and national newspapers crowded around speakers following the opening session of the 2001 Ontario Water Works Association/Ontario Municipal Water Association annual conference in Toronto, May 7-9. Hershel Guttman, P.Eng., a Director of R.V. Anderson Associates, a past OWWA Chair and AWWA Director, gave the keynote address, Drinking Water in the Post Walkerton Era. Later he fielded questions from a bevy of reporters on the implications of the Cryptosporidium outbreak in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and, of course, the Walkerton E.coli issues. The interviews were broadcast on CBC Radio and covered in the Globe & Mail, and other newspapers. Click here to see the full article. Equipment Specifiers' Guide Spotlight On: Storage Tanks

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