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EARTH TECH RECOGNIZED BY INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
The Scarborough wastewater treatment plant acknowledged for contributions to sustainable development
LONG BEACH, Calif. - January 21, 2003 - Earth Tech was recognized by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) with the association's Edmund Hambly Medal for the company's work on the $40 million Scarborough Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) plant, in North Yorkshire, England.
The Edmund Hambly Medal is an award for the creative design of an engineering project that makes a substantial contribution to sustainable development. The award emphasizes the important contribution that civil engineering makes to the well being of mankind and the environment.
The new wastewater treatment plant for Scarborough was a key element of the Yorkshire Water Company's CoastCare program aimed at providing the highest levels of sewage treatment along Yorkshire's coastline. The plant was initiated in order to comply with the European Union's UWWTD. Earth Tech was responsible for the feasibility design, obtaining planning permission, project management and supervision of construction. The site that eventually gained planning approval was located along the Heritage Coast, near the North York Moors National Park.
In order to blend the wastewater treatment works into the local landscape, the development was designed to resemble a traditional farm, with all the treatment processes either contained within the buildings or situated out of sight within a central courtyard. A further environmental benefit of the plant is the pioneering use of the NViro sludge treatment process to produce a pasteurized end product, which has a beneficial use as a lime rich agricultural fertilizer meeting U.S. standards for sludge treatment, which are in excess of the European requirements.
The Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent engineering institution. It was established in 1818, and today represents over 80,000 professionally qualified engineers worldwide and the civil engineering industry. Its principal membership is in the United Kingdom but the ICE also has an expanding international membership; with interests in China, including Hong Kong, Russia, India and 140 other countries.
About Earth Tech
Founded in 1970, Earth Tech (www.earthtech.com) is an international provider of global water management and transportation, engineering and environmental services. Earth Tech is headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., and employs more than 8,000 people in nearly 200 offices worldwide.
