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Hello, and welcome to “Business World News.”

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In August of 2003 a massive power grid failure in the northeastern United States shut down the lights in nearly a quarter of the nation's homes. What's alarming is that this power grid failure came without warning, and cost the public billions of dollars.

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Even more disturbing is the fact that America 's infrastructure problems don't end with the power grid. The country's water system — much of it installed one hundred years ago— is crumbling, too. REPORTER NAME is in Raleigh , North Carolina with a report on what one company is doing to help solve the problem.

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REPORTER

STANDUP:

Thanks, ANCHOR. America 's next infrastructure crisis appears to be just around the corner. Broken pipes flood subways, sewage systems overflow during rainstorms, in turn contaminating rivers, lakes and underground drinking-water supplies.

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REPORTER
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And thanks to ancient treatment plants, pesticide runoff, and the thoughtless dumping of home chemicals down storm sewers, our home tap water is murkier than we'd like to believe, too.

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-WIDE SHOT OF A RIVER OR STREAM,

-CLOSER SHOT ON NATURAL WATERS,

-SHOT OF STORM SEWER DRAINAGE ON A CITY STREET WITH WATER FLOWING INTO IT, OR LARGE WATER DRAINAGE PIPE,

-WIDE SHOT WATER TREATMENT PLANT,

-CLOSER SHOT OF TREATMENT PLANT…

REPORTER VO:

The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, estimates that taxpayers will need to spend at least $500 billion over the next 20 years to rescue the water grid in America . That breaks down to $250 billion to replace pipes, tanks, valves and treatment plants in the water infrastructure, and $250 billion more to upgrade the sewage system.

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CG: Name, title, and professional association.

WATER INDUSTRY ANALYST OR EPA SPOKESPERSON:

•  COMMENTS on how fragile the water grid is right now because of under-investment for the past several decades.

•  Confirms the monetary resources necessary to renovate the water grid.

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REPORTER VO:

There are two major considerations that need to be addressed as the massive reconstruction of the U.S. water grid gets underway. Cost is certainly the overriding issue, but the environment figures heavily into the picture as well.

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REPORTER VO:

One of the few companies with proven technology designed to address both the economic and environmental concerns in helping rebuild the water grid is HYDROFLO, based in Raleigh , North Carolina .

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REPORTER VO:

Hydroflo's patented aeration technology increases the capacity of existing wastewater treatment plants, using the pipeline infrastructure already in place. And, the HydroFlo process is natural and cannot damage the environment because no chemicals are involved in the treatment.

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DOUG ROGERS,

INDUSTRY ANALYST:

•  COMMENTS on Hydroflo's oxygenation technology; that it is 100 per cent more EFFICIENT than competing technologies within wastewater treatment plants—and—60 per cent more ECONOMICAL than alternative technologies in the collection and conveyance sytems.

•  Hydroflo is environmentally sound meets the EPA's intent for treatment without harming the environment.

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REPORTER VO:

To better understand how HYDROFLO's patented technology works, it's helpful to understand what aeration is in the first place, and why how it affects the wastewater cycle.

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REPORTER VO:

For hundreds of years, man has known that oxygen was necessary to help eliminate harmful bacteria and noxious odors from wastewater. However, since water is rather resistant to oxygen absorption under normal circumstances, innovative methods of infusing oxygen into water needed to be developed.

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REPORTER VO:

In its broadest sense, AERATION is the process by which oxygen from the surrounding air or an oxygen supply is dissolved into the water, either by natural methods or mechanical devices.

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REPORTER VO:

The general idea behind AERATION is to bring the water into intimate contact with the air, by being discharged directly into free air, or the air being forced into a body of water.

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REPORTER VO:

Without oxygen, hydrogen sulfide gases rapidly form in the wastewater, emitting foul odors and hastening pipeline corrosion.

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REPORTER VO:

Historically, the aeration process has been attempted by novel systems utilizing gravity, agitation, special membranes, and forced air induction. But, as this comparison chart indicates, very few of these come even close to achieving the level of oxygen transfer efficiency of HydroFlo.

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REPORTER STANDUP:

HydroFlo's patented process works on the premise that wastewater needs to be infused with oxygen micro-bubbles--bubbles that measure less than five microns in diameter--at either a PRE-TREATMENT stage, or at the wastewater basin stage.

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REPORTER STANDUP:

In either treatment scenario, the effluent, or sludgy waste matter, is returned to the basin or force main supersaturated with oxygen that hasten the breakdown of harmful gases and prevent their future formation. These micro-bubbles are the key to the efficiency of HydroFlo's patented systems.

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REPORTER VO:

Dennis Mast, chief executive officer for HydroFlo, explains how their two primary products, the PLUS and ATS systems, achieve maximum aeration levels.

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CG: “Dennis Mast, CEO, HydroFlo, Inc.”

DENNIS MAST, CEO HYDROFLO:

Describes what HydroFlo offers (to the effect of): “The PLUS system, which stands for Pressure Line Upstream System is an aeration device that installs at new or existing lift pump stations and treats sewage with pressurized oxygenation as it passes through main pumps prior to reaching the treatment facility.”

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DENNIS MAST, CEO HYDROFLO:

“The ATS system, which stands for Aero Transfer System , aerates sewage and wastewater basins by drawing the wastewater from the bottom and passing it through the HydroFlo aeration unit.”

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DENNIS MAST, HYDROFLO CEO:

“Our patented process works on the premise that oxygen micro-bubbles--bubbles that measure less than five microns in diameter—can work much more efficiently on wastewater at either a PRE-TREATMENT stage, or at the wastewater basin stage.”

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DENNIS MAST

HYDROFLO CEO:

“A constant, pressurized flow of oxygen dissolved in high concentrations get an enormous amount of work done in a shorter span of time than competitive methods using larger bubbles that rise towards the water's surface more rapidly.”

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REPORTER VO:

A good example of how HydroFlo's aeration systems work can be found at a large food processing company in the Pacific Northwest .

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REPORTER VO:

This particular company produces between two and three million gallons of processed water per day. Their treated wastewater is used for crop irrigation and feed grasses.

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REPORTER VO:

Because the untreated water is packed with bacteria and organic matter, when it was pumped into the spray fields, high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide gas were emitted. The repugnant odor from the gas was noticeable up to three miles away by local residents.

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REPORTER VO:

Prior to deploying the HydroFlo Plus system, the plant had been treating their water with Chlorine, peroxide and nitrate compounds, but their success was inconsistent, at best.

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REPORTER VO:

Within thirty-six hours of operation, the HydroFlo system had eliminated all gaseous odors and significantly reduced the back- pressure in the pumps from treated waste.

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REPORTER VO:

Corrosion on the pumps, the wet well, and the irrigation components was also reduced. AND, because the food processing plant didn't need to use expensive chemical additives any more, they were able to realize significant cost savings with consistent results over their former system.

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DOUG ROGERS

INDUSTRY ANALYST:

COMMENTS to the effect that:

•  The demand for sewage treatment services that HydroFlo provides is huge. The sewage infrastructure in America is decrepit and dilapidated.

•  The EPA is fed up with the situation and it has become a priority concern for them.

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REPORTER

STANDUP:

Other experts say that we can expect municipal water companies to begin raising their rates to pay for reconstructing the water grid. We can only hope that public utilities officials will proceed with caution in this massive project, selecting only those companies that offer the best economic value and a firm commitment to the environment.

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REPORTER

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From Raleigh , North Carolina , I'm NAME SURNAME reporting for Business World News.

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Thanks, REPORTER NAME.

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If you would like more information about HYDROFLO's aeration technology, or the current status of America 's water grid structure, you can visit their website at W-W-W-dot-H-Y-D-R-O-F-L-O-DASH-I-N-C-dot-com.

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For all of us here at Business World News, thanks for watching.

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