MIOX60/News/Parkson-and-MIOX-Employees-Run-a-200-Mile-Relay-Race-nwMFT_172.aspx/News/Parkson-and-MIOX-Employees-Run-a-200-Mile-Relay-Race-nwMFT_172.aspxMore than a race, it was an unforgettable experience. This is the feeling shared by Parkson and MIOX employees that participated on the last Ragnar Relay Florida Keys race that took place between January 6-7, 2012.The companies joined together to create one team – the “Water Boys” – for the 200 mile adventure race. Starting in Miami and finishing in Key West, the relay offered a unique opportunity to run near the ocean side, and across the southern end of the state of Florida. Along the way, they ran across multiple bridges including the Seven Mile Bridge hopping from key to key, passing through Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon Key and Big Pine Key with the race wrapping up in Key West.“Everything went just perfect!” celebrated team’s captain Chris Burt, Parkson’s Aftermarket Operations Leader. “We had a blast. The weather was great, everyone was excited. This is something we will never forget.”Besides the 12 runners, who ran distances between 10 and 20 miles in three separate legs over two days, the team also counted on four drivers and safety officers, 90 bottles of water, 79 bottles of energy drinks, 30 feet of healthy sandwiches, 25 protein bars, 24 bagels and 15 bottles of chocolate milk to survive the journey.“I have to admit that I was anxious at first” says Parkson CEO Zain Mahmood. “However, there was such positive energy in the air. It was simply amazing! It is something I definitely recommend to anybody. Given the opportunity, I would love to run again next year!”"It succeeded on two levels" added MIOX CEO, Carlos Perea. "There was a sense of personal accomplishment. But more significant was the team building. The excitement of supporting and rooting on teammates was infectious. Everyone developed strong personal bonds in a very short time."Besides the race itself – that received more than 500 teams, 6,000 runners and 1,000 vehicles – Parkson team members also collected and donated 200 pairs of shoes to Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity that collects and distributes shoes to people in need, in over 127 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States. 1/18/2012 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-to-market-new--small-scale-water-purifier--nwMFT_174.aspx/News/MIOX-to-market-new--small-scale-water-purifier--nwMFT_174.aspxpublished in New Mexico Business Weekly by Kevin Robinson-Avila, NMBW Senior Reporter Read the article here.1/11/2012 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Technology-Selected-for-Yas-Island-Water-Park-in-Abu-Dhabi-nwMFT_171.aspx/News/MIOX-Technology-Selected-for-Yas-Island-Water-Park-in-Abu-Dhabi-nwMFT_171.aspxExpected to be one of the leading water parks in the world, Yas Island Water Park will disinfect water with award-winning on-site generation systemMIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, today announced that it has been selected to supply three RIO mid-size on-site sodium hypochlorite generators to disinfect the aquatic features at Yas Island Water Park in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The water park will utilize three MIOX RIO H5 units, capable of generating a total of 1,500 lbs/day of free available chlorine (FAC) on site, on demand. MIOX distributor CoolTech Gulf was integral to winning the project with ALEC, the contractor who was awarded the $165 million contract for the water park.“We are thrilled to have been chosen to be a part of this exciting project in the UAE,” commented MIOX vice president of sales and marketing, Bob Newton. “The developer has committed to making this facility one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable water parks in the world. This project is a natural fit for MIOX on-site technology.”Peter Tracey, general manager, CoolTech Gulf said, “We are equally excited to be part of this premium project, which has a stringent specification for on-site disinfection generation. MIOX RIO's efficient performance characteristics and MIOX team's quick responses to address any design queries played a huge part in our client's selection process. CoolTech Gulf has always strived to introduce and implement innovative technologies that enhance effectiveness and ensure maximum customer satisfaction.”Using just salt, water and power to generate chemistry on site eliminates the need to purchase, transport and store potentially hazardous bulk chemicals and is a more environmentally sustainable method compared to other aquatics treatment alternatives.The park’s unique Emirati theme will be woven into the more than 40 water coasters and attractions of the water park, which is currently under construction and expected to be complete in early 2013. The water park is located on 13+ hectares, adjacent to the one of the world’s fastest growing tourist attractions, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. ###About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. About CoolTech GulfCoolTech specializes in providing a complete range of water quality services and cooling tower inspection services that enables cooling service providers to maintain the operational efficiency and optimize the longevity of their plants in a safe and environmentally-friendly manner. CoolTech is the most experienced provider of water quality services across the region managing over 1 million tons of installed capacity .The company has achieved various ISO certifications, including ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001: 2004 and OHSAS 18001:1999. CoolTech’s services include water quality services, water recycling, and performance auditing services. It distributes Puroflux separators, Walchem controllers and Iwaki dosing pumps.9/29/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/Craig-Beckman-Joins-MIOX-as-Executive-VP-of-Business-Development-nwMFT_170.aspx/News/Craig-Beckman-Joins-MIOX-as-Executive-VP-of-Business-Development-nwMFT_170.aspxFormer GE Water executive to lead MIOX’s international growth and new product commercializationMIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, today announced that it has hired Craig Beckman as Executive Vice President of Business Development. As part of the executive team, Beckman will play a key role in MIOX’s aggressive business growth strategy and will be responsible for driving new partner development and new product commercialization to dramatically increase the company’s distribution capacity and access to markets worldwide. He will lead the company's efforts to identify new global business opportunities and provide new partners with customized service solutions, while leveraging MIOX’s position as a leading provider of on-site chemical generation.“We are excited to have Craig join our team,” commented Carlos Perea, MIOX President and CEO. “Of course we value his extensive industry expertise and this should be a tremendous asset as we develop new partnerships and grow our distribution reach. But equally important, Craig brings an entrepreneurial mindset and attitude that fits ideally at MIOX. His enthusiasm and energy to build a new type of platform technology company in the water treatment sector is contagious.”Beckman joins MIOX from GE Water where he was the vice president of global commercial development. His nineteen years of water industry experience includes roles in application engineering, marketing, sales, and sales management at membrane filtration company Osmonics and GE Water. His extensive global market experience is essential to his transition to MIOX and include food and beverage; pharmaceutical; power; municipal; biogen; oil and gas; and microelectronics. Beckman holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and energy to generate a safe but powerful disinfectant chemical on site. Creating chemicals on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications.8/11/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/Sandia-Resort-and-Casino-Selects-MIOX-to-Treat-Pools-and-Spas-nwMFT_169.aspx/News/Sandia-Resort-and-Casino-Selects-MIOX-to-Treat-Pools-and-Spas-nwMFT_169.aspxAward-winning resort upgrades to state-of-the-art on site disinfectant generation system to improve guest experience and alleviate safety concernsMIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, today announced that it has been selected to install two AE-4 on-site disinfection generators to sanitize the pools, spas and outdoor hot tub at Sandia Resort and Casino. Currently employing a salt system, Sandia Resort and Casino is upgrading to MIOX to further improve the quality of the water, and the consistency of the chemistry."Guest safety and satisfaction is our top priority at Sandia,” commented Tim Nichols, Resort GM. “After visiting other MIOX aquatics installations, including a new aquatics center at our own Sandia Pueblo, we’re confident that generating a mixed oxidant solution on-site, on demand will result in crystal clear water that is completely safe and odor-free.” MIOX cost of operation and ease of maintenance were also instrumental in the decision to switch to MIOX.MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate safe but powerful disinfectant chemical on site. Creating chemicals on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. ###About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications.About Sandia Resort & CasinoSandia Resort & Casino is owned and operated by the Pueblo of Sandia. The Pueblo of Sandia is located at the base of the breathtaking Sandia Mountains. The Resort is less than 10 miles from the Albuquerque International Airport. Minutes from Historic Old Town and downtown Albuquerque, it’s conveniently located off of Interstate 25, near Balloon Fiesta Park. For more information visit, www.sandiacasino.com.7/27/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Ships-Large-Scale-Disinfection-Equipment-to-Bogota-Colombia-nwMFT_168.aspx/News/MIOX-Ships-Large-Scale-Disinfection-Equipment-to-Bogota-Colombia-nwMFT_168.aspxAlbuquerque-based water disinfection company sends two of their largest systems to treat drinking water for 8 million Bogotá residentsMIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, and its Colombia-based distributor USA Global Market, S.A, have announced that the Francisco Wiesner Water Treatment Plant, managed and operated by the Acueducto de Bogotá in La Calera, Colombia, northeast of Bogotá, has procured two MIOX RIO Grande™ mixed oxidant units. The Francisco Wiesner Treatment plant, which currently disinfects the water with chlorine gas, is the largest drinking water plant in Colombia, supplying water to 8 million Bogotá residents. Wiesner marks the second water treatment plant that Acueducto de Bogotá will convert from chlorine gas to MIOX on-site generated mixed oxidant solution. USA Global Market commissioned one MIOX RIO™ mixed oxidant system earlier this year at El Dorado water treatment plant in Bogotá, which provides treated water to 500,000 Bogota residents. The safety concerns associated with transporting and storing gas chlorine cylinders, as well as the disinfecting advantages of the mixed oxidant solution, prompted the switch for both plants. The first two systems at Francisco Wiesner plant are scheduled to be commissioned in July 2011. “The City of Bogotá is excited to replace their old gas chlorination disinfection systems with a state-of-the-art on-site generation system for disinfecting their drinking water. Public health and safety is a top priority at the Francisco Wiesner Treatment Plant. This cost-effective method is also expected to improve the quality of the water,” commented Mario Afanador Villegas, USA Global Market sales manager.The installation of the two RIO Grande systems is the first phase of a larger project for the Wiesner plant. Three additional RIO Grande systems will be needed to completely replace the gas chlorine that is currently being used at this facility. The next phase of the project is expected to initiate upon the commissioning of the first two MIOX units. MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. # # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 6/28/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-Selected-by-the-Artemis-Project--as-a-2011-Top-50-Water-Company--nwMFT_167.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-Selected-by-the-Artemis-Project--as-a-2011-Top-50-Water-Company--nwMFT_167.aspxThe Artemis Project Top 50 Unveils 2011’s Most Innovative Water TechnologiesMIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, today announced that it has been chosen by The Artemis Project™ as a Top 50 Water Companies Competition winner. "The Artemis Top 50 is the water industry’s benchmark for recognizing innovation that will matter. It identifies the entrepreneurs that are applying technology to meet the world's water challenges,” noted Laura Shenkar, principal at The Artemis Project. “Water tech is quickly becoming an engine for economic development and job growth. With these awards, we strive to identify the companies offering the most promising technologies coming onto the market.”"It was an honor to receive this award again, especially as the competitive field has grown significantly,” said MIOX CEO, Carlos Perea. “There were many impressive, well funded companies developing breakthrough technologies and innovative products for water treatment. MIOX is proud to be among these recognized leaders."MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate safe but powerful disinfectant chemical on site. Creating chemicals on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. Please visit www.theartemisproject.com/competitionpage.html for a full list of the 2009 Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners.###About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications.About The Artemis ProjectThe Artemis Project™ is a boutique consulting practice dedicated to helping companies thrive in a world of increasing water scarcity. We operate at the intersection of corporate strategy, advanced technology, investment and policy. We work with global corporations to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage through operational excellence in water management and assist advanced water technology companies in maximizing the value they bring to their customers. For more information visit: www.theartemisproject.com.Artemis Contacts:Laura Shenkar, The Artemis Project, (415) 751-0100, laura@theartemisproject.comLisa Hawes, Sterling Communications for The Artemis Project, (408) 884-5155, attensity@sterlingpr.com 6/8/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Featured-on-Good-Day-New-Mexico-nwMFT_166.aspx/News/MIOX-Featured-on-Good-Day-New-Mexico-nwMFT_166.aspxMIOX Corporation CEO Carlos Perea was featured on KOB-TV’s Good Day New Mexico program on Friday May 20 talking about their employees' experience with Nuvita Wellness Program. Click here to watch "Making Your Employees' Health a Priority."5/23/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/Parkson-and-MIOX-Partner-to-Grow-Municipal-On-Site-Generation-Water-Disinfection-Market-nwMFT_165.aspx/News/Parkson-and-MIOX-Partner-to-Grow-Municipal-On-Site-Generation-Water-Disinfection-Market-nwMFT_165.aspxParkson and MIOX announced today the formation of a new partnership to develop the market for on-site generation (OSG) disinfection systems. As an exclusive distribution partner, effective June 1, 2011, Parkson will market and sell MIOX’s award-winning line of proprietary hypochlorite and mixed-oxidant systems to municipal water and wastewater customers in the United States, Canada and six Middle East countries. “We’re thrilled to partner with MIOX,” says Zain Mahmood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkson. “This partnership blends MIOX’s proven research & development capabilities with Parkson’s application and process expertise. MIOX’s innovative and green technology also extends Parkson’s reach into the drinking water segment while leveraging our strengths in the Municipal wastewater treatment space.” “We are proud to team up with Parkson,” commented MIOX Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Perea. “In addition to having a strong sales and marketing organization, they have a reputation for outstanding customer service and support and they know how to develop the market for advanced products like MIOX. Working together, MIOX and Parkson can have a bigger and faster impact on the municipal water and wastewater treatment markets, accelerating the shift from traditional disinfection methods to a safer, more affordable and more sustainable treatment option.”MIOX’s cost-effective and green technology combines salt, water and electricity to replace the need to transport and store bulk liquid or gaseous chlorine. Compared to traditional chemical delivery it is much safer and more cost effective. Chlorine is a proven disinfectant and is used universally to maintain water quality through a water plant’s distribution lines. Increasingly, chlorine is being deployed in wastewater plants as well to meet growing demand for water reuse, which must be treated before being applied in landscaping, urban or industrial uses. As exclusive distributor of MIOX, Parkson will provide plants with a proven technology that can save money and improve their process. Parkson’s latest technology offering can meet the disinfection needs of the entire range of municipal treatment plants, by providing three distinct and patented MIOX on-site generation models. Parkson’s line of disinfection technology also offers the industry’s only self-cleaning cells and low maintenance systems to ensure that plants operate at the highest efficiency possible. About Parkson CorporationWith 25,000 installations in its 50 years of existence, Parkson Corporation is a leading provider of advanced solutions in water recycling and treatment and is committed to providing clean water for the world. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, with offices in Chicago, Montreal, Dubai and partners in Latin America and India, Parkson is an Axel Johnson Inc. company. To learn more, visit www.parkson.com.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (http://www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 4/28/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/Justin-Sanchez-Steps-Up-as-Chief-Technical-Officer-at-MIOX-Corporation-nwMFT_164.aspx/News/Justin-Sanchez-Steps-Up-as-Chief-Technical-Officer-at-MIOX-Corporation-nwMFT_164.aspxPromotion to CTO reinforces the water treatment company’s commitment to innovation Albuquerque, NM ­– April 14, 2011 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announces the promotion of Justin Sanchez to chief technical officer (CTO) from his previous role of vice president, engineering and product development. As CTO, Sanchez is responsible for the company’s engineering, product development, and research and development activities. He has been integral to developing and launching three groundbreaking new products including the Vault™, a revolutionary self-cleaning on-site water disinfection system that is safely treating water in municipal, industrial and commercial markets.“Justin's leadership has enabled a game-changing, award winning product line at MIOX. He and his team have responded to customer and market feedback for systems that are reliable, cost effective and simple to maintain. Moreover, he continues to push the boundaries on what is possible with on-site-generation technology," commented, Carlos Perea, MIOX chief executive officer. “The role of CTO more accurately reflects Justin’s position in the company. He and his team will continue to develop innovative new and improved technologies that address the need for high-quality water in a spectrum of applications and markets.”Prior to joining MIOX in 2006, Sanchez held leadership positions in two early stage companies and was at Intel for approximately seven years in both engineering and manufacturing positions. Sanchez has a B.S. and an M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management. MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a powerful but benign disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers.# # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 4/14/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/Biofilm-Control--A-Simple--Powerful-Disinfectant-nwMFT_163.aspx/News/Biofilm-Control--A-Simple--Powerful-Disinfectant-nwMFT_163.aspxBiofilm Control: A Simple, Powerful DisinfectantSummary -Industrial fluid processing operations can face a number of serious problems due to bacterial biofilms. Biofilm-induced corrosion, mechanical blockages and impedance of heat transfer processes result in huge monetary losses each year. In engineered systems, additional risks of biofilm-mediated contamination include negative public health consequences and product spoilage. This article addresses aspects of biofilm control strategies for industrial processes and introduces a promising disinfectant.3/16/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Announces-Promotion-of-Kyle-Lee-to-Chief-Operating-Officer-nwMFT_162.aspx/News/MIOX-Announces-Promotion-of-Kyle-Lee-to-Chief-Operating-Officer-nwMFT_162.aspxAlbuquerque-based water treatment company is poised for market expansion with the appointment of chief operating officerAlbuquerque, NM ­– March 9, 2011 – MIOX Corporation today is announcing its appointment of Kyle Lee to chief operating officer. This promotion is part of MIOX’s strategy to develop and support strategic partnerships and the expansion and growth into new markets and geographies. “Kyle has demonstrated outstanding leadership” said Carlos Perea, chief executive officer of MIOX. “In addition to streamlining internal operations, he has been a key contributor in negotiating critical partner agreements. He has helped position MIOX for a major growth inflection phase.”As chief operating officer, Mr. Lee is responsible for the company’s production, distribution, sales support and marketing efforts for all its products. He joined the company as director of operations from Intel Corporation, where he was the factory production manager responsible for the daily operations of the then largest Intel semiconductor factory. Prior to Intel, Mr. Lee was a financial analyst in the investment banking division of Alex, Brown & Sons, participating in IPO, M&A, private equity placements and business valuation projects in the insurance industry. A native of New Mexico, Mr. Lee has an undergraduate degree from Stanford University in quantitative economics, and received an MBA from the University of New Mexico.# # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 3/9/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-Awarded-Nearly-Half-a-Million-Dollars-for-Phase-II-Small-Business-Innovation-Research-From-The-National-Science-Foundation-nwMFT_161.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-Awarded-Nearly-Half-a-Million-Dollars-for-Phase-II-Small-Business-Innovation-Research-From-The-National-Science-Foundation-nwMFT_161.aspxOn-site generated aqueous chlorine-based technology under development at MIOX is expected to yield a safer and more cost effective advanced oxidation process (AOP)Albuquerque, NM ­– February 22, 2011 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announced it has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the amount of $497,746. This funding, obtained by the MIOX science team in collaboration with Professor Shane Snyder at the University of Arizona and Dr. Benjamin Stanford at Hazen and Sawyer, provides a two year extension for a previously awarded NSF SBIR Phase I project investigating the use of aqueous chlorine as part of an Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP). See diagram.AOPs are advanced water treatment processes where hydroxyl radicals, extremely powerful oxidizing agents, are generated by several processes including reacting a chemical oxidant with ultraviolet (UV) light. The generated hydroxyl radicals are capable of completely oxidizing organic chemicals that are challenging to remove from water through any other treatment process. AOPs are expected to become a more prominent technology for water and wastewater treatment when the removal of toxic organic chemicals such as Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs), Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) is required. AOPs typically utilize hydrogen peroxide or ozone as the chemical component of the process, but the on-site generated aqueous chlorine-based technology under development at MIOX is expected to yield a safer and more cost effective AOP compared to the traditional approach. The NSF, an independent federal agency, was created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" NSF is tasked with keeping the U.S. at the leading edge of discovery in a wide range of scientific areas. In addition to funding research in the traditional academic areas, the agency also supports "high risk, high pay-off" ideas, novel collaborations and numerous innovative projects. NSF research is fully integrated with education so that today's revolutionary work will also be training tomorrow's top scientists and engineers.MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. # # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 2/22/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/A-Tale-of-Two-Towers-nwMFT_160.aspx/News/A-Tale-of-Two-Towers-nwMFT_160.aspxA Tale of Two TowersPublished: Feb 1, 2011 By Paul E. Schrock, senior chemist, NIPSCO Valparaiso Service Center and Tom Muilenberg, global business director for power and heavy industry, MIOX Corp.A new onsite mixed oxidant system at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station of Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO), in Wheatfield, Ind., has yielded substantial treatment chemical cost savings and improved Summer operation compared to the control unit cooling tower.The NIPSCO project holds the double honor of being MIOX’s first power plant cooling tower installation as well as its largest cooling tower installation.The Schahfer Generating Station lies southeast of Chicago near Valparaiso, Ind., along the Kankakee River. The station’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requires compliance with a chlorine residual level that cannot be exceeded when discharging into the Kankakee River’s final receiving waters.Until spring 2010, NIPSCO’s Chemical and Environmental Compliance Department had used a “tri-cocktail” regimen of sodium hypochlorite, sodium bromide, and a photosynthesis blocker (or algaecide) to treat water supplied to four cooling towers at the 1,780 MW coal-fired power plant.The cooling water is allowed to reach 2 to 3 cycles of concentration, with the cooling tower blowdown being discharged into a 200-acre settling pond, which then may be discharged into the Kankakee River. Due to the NPDES permit restrictions, disinfection dosing is limited to two hours a day for each tower. During the summer months, it was not uncommon to see spikes in Legionella above 200 colony forming units per milliliter (CFU/ml), when an action level of 100 CFU/ml triggers a recommendation to workers servicing the towers to wear respiratory equipment for health safety.At the time the utility first began considering a new disinfection regimen, sodium hypochlorite prices had nearly doubled to about $1.60 to 1.65 a gallon, so saving money was central to the idea of a new regimen. The savings potential of also reducing the number of chemicals used in bio-control from three to one only made the proposal more attractive to officials at NIPSCO, who have a forward-thinking reputation of working closely with environmental regulators to stay ahead of the regulatory curve.NIPSCO has invested significantly in both the boiler water and cooling water areas concerning automated chemical feed control, process chemistry data acquisition, and compliance with the Electric Power Research Institute recommended cycle chemistry guidelines. The company has also stayed ahead of the air emissions regulatory curve for NOx and SO2 removal by complying early with the Clean Air Act rules.NIPSCO installed a MIOX RIO on-site mixed oxidant disinfection system in late 2009 early 2010 on one of the four cooling towers at R.M. Schahfer Generating Station, Unit 15, which has a flow rate of 168,000 gallons per minute (gpm). Unit 14, the tower most like Unit 15 (but with brass versus stainless steel main condenser tubes), was kept on the biocide/algaecide tri-cocktail treatment as a control comparison to help evaluate the new system’s effectiveness. The hypochlorite-to-bromide biocide ratio on Unit 14 ranges from 4:1 to 8:1, depending on the tower’s biological conditions. Unlike the other two towers, towers 14 and 15 have open-air hotdecks, which makes algae control more problematic.The ongoing evaluation criteria for comparing Unit 15 to Unit 14 included:   -Mild steel corrosion rate data   -Dipslide total bacteria counts   -AquaFlour (chlorophyll A) counts   -Program costs - financial efficiency   -Condenser visual cleanliness   -Condenser differential pressure   -Legionella bacteria counts.After two full quarters of use, the Unit 15 cooling water system has experienced a longer summer run without a cleaning than historically has been experienced, said Bert Valenkamph, NIPSCO’s director of Chemical and Environmental Compliance.Except for a time at the end of September when record high temperatures promoted increased biological growth, the Unit 15 tower outperformed Unit 14. In the future, NIPSCO plans to shift the dosing regimen from an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening to four times a day in half-hour dosing periods. The company continues to investigate alternative dosing regimens that will yield optimal results, and has also discussed the possibility of applying for permit revisions in order to gain a longer allowable daily dosing period. Algal growth was still minimized compared to the previous years, even while tweaking the dosing strategy and volume.As for corrosion, Steve Barnes, a NIPSCO senior chemist involved in the project, said the utility is currently in the process of establishing better corrosion data for the cooling water systems.Unit 15 is normally the dirtiest cooling tower and has to be cleaned regularly to clear condenser tubes. After a record long run, though, the condenser was brought down for a scheduled maintenance check in June.Financially, the system has delivered savings. The Unit 14 tower’s treatment employs sodium hypochlorite, sodium bromide and an algaecide for a total cost of $225,000 annually. Meanwhile, the MIOX-treated Unit 15 tower (with yearly forecast estimated on the high side) has expenses of about $66,500 a year. The annual savings with the MIOX system amounts to about $158,500 a year. There has also been no increased costs for operating and maintaining the Miox system compared to the previous system. 2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Water-Technology-Sanitizing-Celebrity-Century-Cruise-Ship-nwMFT_152.aspx/News/MIOX-Water-Technology-Sanitizing-Celebrity-Century-Cruise-Ship-nwMFT_152.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– December 9, 2010 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announced it has installed a RIO™ on-site generation system aboard the Celebrity Century(SM) cruise ship. The ship has been using MIOX mixed oxidant disinfection technology to successfully sanitize all guest recreational water features on the recently revitalized ship since early 2009. The system, which has been sized for expansion to provide all shipboard potable water treatment, could also be used in the future for surface sanitation. “We’re very satisfied with the MIOX technology, equipment and service,” commented Nikolaos G. Doulis, Fleet Director. “The system has performed reliably and the mixed oxidant chemistry has improved the water quality of the pools and spas. In addition, the studies we’ve conducted have demonstrated a superior chemical strength compared to traditional chlorine, giving us confidence that the sanitized water onboard the Century is the cleanest, purest water possible.”MIOX works with global leaders of industry to safely and effectively treat water for communities, hotels, ships, and a variety of industrial applications. The patented advanced mixed oxidant disinfection technology in use on the Celebrity Century offers improved disinfection performance compared to traditional methods, including added protection against recreational water illnesses, and reducing chlorinated by-products.MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and electricity to generate a dilute sanitizer on site. Creating sanitizer on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage losses and disposal of chemical containers. # # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX® Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 12/9/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-VAULT-Receives-NSF-ANSI-Standard-61-Certification-nwMFT_151.aspx/News/MIOX-VAULT-Receives-NSF-ANSI-Standard-61-Certification-nwMFT_151.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– December 2, 2010 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, has received NSF/ANSI Standard 61 certification for its VAULT™ line of on-site hypochlorite and mixed oxidant generators, used globally for effective, affordable water disinfection. With this certification, MIOX has met the NSF/ANSI 61 Standard for its newest product line, representing the company’s commitment to ensuring drinking water safety. To achieve certification, the equipment was passed through a rigorous seven-step process, overseen by the NSF Drinking Water Additives Joint Committee.NSF/ANSI Standard 61 was published in 1988 to establish minimum requirements for the control of potential adverse human health effects from products that contact drinking water. This includes criteria for testing and evaluating products to ensure they do not leach potentially harmful contaminants into the water. These contaminants include those regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Health Canada, as well as any other non-regulated compounds that may be of concern.The NSF/ANSI 61-certified VAULT™ on-site generator has been designed for high efficiency, low lifecycle cost, durability and reliability and is virtually maintenance free. With superior flow control, an air-cooled power supply, corrosion-resistant cabinet and a new touch screen display, the VAULT offers unprecedented functionality and easy interface. The VAULT, like all MIOX clean technologies, treats water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site.  Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. ###About NSFNSF International (www.nsf.org), The Public Health and Safety Company™, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, is the world leader in standards development, product certification, education, and risk-management for public health and safety. For 65 years, NSF has been committed to public health, safety, and protection of the environment. While focusing on food, water, indoor air, and the environment, NSF develops national standards, provides learning opportunities, and provides third-party conformity assessment services while representing the interests of all stakeholders. The primary stakeholder groups include industry, the regulatory community, and the public at large.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 12/2/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Mixed-Oxidant-Vault--Replaces-Aging-Calcium-Hypochlorite-System-at-Richmond-Water-Distribution-Facility-on-the-Island-of-St.-Croix--U.S.-Virgin-Islands-nwMFT_150.aspx/News/MIOX-Mixed-Oxidant-Vault--Replaces-Aging-Calcium-Hypochlorite-System-at-Richmond-Water-Distribution-Facility-on-the-Island-of-St.-Croix--U.S.-Virgin-Islands-nwMFT_150.aspxMIOX Mixed Oxidant Vault™ Replaces Aging Calcium Hypochlorite System at Richmond Water Distribution Facility on the Island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin IslandsPrefabricated system simplifies system installation, reduces costs, provides safety benefitsAlbuquerque, NM ­– October 1, 2010 – MIOX Corporation has been selected by Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority to supply a prefabricated packaged on-site mixed oxidant disinfection system for the final disinfection phase at the Richmond Water Distribution Facility on the Island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. The prefabricated packaged system will include three Vault™ Series mixed oxidant generators, each with a 60 pound per day capacity, and will treat 3 million gallons of desalinated water per day. The new prefabricated packaged Vault Series system, expected to be complete by late 2010, will replace the facility’s aging calcium hypochlorite system.Hugo V. Hodge, Jr. CPQ, Executive Director of the Authority said, “We’re excited to have a state-of-the art disinfection system that will reduce costs and improve water quality for our community. By ordering the prefabricated system ‘plug and play’, installation costs are significantly reduced, and choosing the Vault made perfect sense. The new system will minimize maintenance, saving the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority time and labor costs.”The Vault Series generates a 0.45 percent mixed oxidant solution on site, on demand, by combining three common consumables - salt, water and electricity. Generating a chlorine equivalent on site eliminates the need to transport and store potentially dangerous chlorine gas and alleviates operational challenges associated with storing and injecting bulk sodium hypochlorite. Mixed oxidants offer advantages over other chlorine technologies, exhibiting superior disinfection efficacy, elimination of biofilm, a more durable chlorine residual, reduced formation of disinfection by-products, and improved taste and odor. The MIOX system product line is highly scalable with free available chlorine (FAC) ranging from 4 to 1,550+ lb/day.# # #About Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA)The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is a public-power utility whose core purpose is to enhance the economic development and the quality of life for people living in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the surrounding areas. It was created in 1964 by the Fifth Legislature of the Virgin Islands and is an autonomous instrumentality that produces and distributes electricity and potable water to approximately 66,000 customers on St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas and Water and Hassel Islands. WAPA is considered a not-for profit public corporation that contributes directly to the budget of the Virgin Islands Government through an annual payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) to the Virgin Islands Treasury. The Authority is governed by a nine member board of public and private sector members appointed by the Governor. www.viwapa.viAbout MIOX CorporationMIOX® Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.10/1/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Improving-Clean-In-Place-Technology-nwMFT_159.aspx/News/Improving-Clean-In-Place-Technology-nwMFT_159.aspxEnvironmentally sustainable sanitizing option saves time and money- Beth KennedyClean-in-place (CIP) is used in beverage bottling to clean syrup and water lines for a variety of reasons including flavor carryover prevention and microbial control. CIP also eliminates organic residues like precipitated proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and other contaminants that harbor bacteria and may lead to microbial induced corrosion (MIC).Older, more traditional methods of CIP require disassembly for cleaning, and even though in-situ CIP is faster, it can still be a significantly time-consuming aspect of plant operation and maintenance. Because time lost to CIP is also lost production time, many producers are constantly looking for ways to reduce their CIP cycle times without sacrificing safety and without adding burdensome additional cost.Implementing onsite generation (OSG) of oxidant for CIP can enable beverage processing plants to increase production time with a rapid three-step cold CIP process.The advanced mixed oxidant system technology from MIOX, which has been used for more than 15 years in 30 countries, is one option for CIP beverage processing. The process reduces costs by generating sanitizer on site and on demand, increasing efficiency and increasing valuable beverage production time. The mixed oxidant CIP cleaning solution is an environmentally sustainable and single-component solution that replaces four- and five-step CIP processes with a rapid three-step cold-CIP process consisting of rinse, treatment and final rinse. The nonthermal technology reduces energy consumption, and the rapid cleaning cycle significantly improves beverage facility production rates.How It WorksOnsite generators (OSGs) apply electricity to a solution of salt and water, which produces chlorine and other oxidant species. OSGs have a number of industrial applications and are used to treat municipal water to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drinking water standards.OSGs produce chlorine when a solution of sodium chloride is passed through an electrolytic cell and electricity is added. Incoming water goes through an ion exchange water softener to remove calcium. Softened water feeds the electrolytic cell while a soft water sidestream fills a brine tank, which generates a concentrated salt solution. The near-saturated brine is then injected into the softened water stream entering the electrolytic cell.When the dilute salt solution is inside the electrochemical cell, current passes through the cell producing a strong oxidant solution. After exiting the electrolytic cell, the oxidant solution is stored in an oxidant tank. The electrolytic cell is fundamental to the OSG. Electrolytic cells consist of two electrodes—the anode and cathode—designed so that both make contact with the mixed water and brine solution. A voltage is applied to the cell so that current flows through the cell, causing chemical reactions to take place at the surfaces of both electrodes, producing the disinfectants. Oxidation reactions are carried out at the anode where two chloride ions are stripped of one electron each to produce chlorine, which is dissolved in the solution.The geometric, hydraulic and power configuration of the cell makes it possible to produce oxidants other than chlorine that can provide enhanced removal of microbiological contaminants. The strong chlor-oxygen-based solution is delivered to the oxidant storage tank at a pH of 9, reducing corrosion effects in CIP piping.Chlorine production is balanced by the reduction reactions that occur at the cathode where water is converted into hydroxide ions and hydrogen gas. Hydrogen gas in the form of bubbles is produced during electrolysis at the cathode. Passive and active ventilation systems remove the gas from the OSG and piping before it can enter the oxidant storage tanks, thereby providing the maximum in system safety.OSG offers significant sanitation benefits for beverage processing, including increased beverage production, chemical cost savings, improved safety, more effective sanitation and greener applications.Cost SavingsIncreased beverage production time using the 3-step OSG CIP process can result in significant margin improvement, chemical cost savings and the non-thermal cleaning method reduced energy consumption.Because there is no need to continuously purchase expensive chlorine chemicals, OSGs typically produce chlorine at a much lower cost than traditional delivery methods, as the only consumables are salt and electricity used to generate the chemical. In fact, many beverage plants will already have high-quality food-grade salt available, simplifying procurement of the only “chemical” required for the generator.Although OSG systems can present a larger upfront capital equipment cost, most beverage processing plants realize a return on their investment in OSG equipment in a very short period of time. Decreased transportation and safety-related costs and lower insurance premiums offer additional savings.Improved SafetyProduced on site, on demand, the mixed oxidant solution is an inherently safer beverage CIP disinfectant, using only salt, water and power to generate disinfectant. The solution produced has a relatively low concentration with moderate pH, unlike other “quick CIP” chemicals such as peracetic acid.Without hazardous chemicals transported, generated or stored, OSG offers safety for beverage plant personnel and the community.Improved PerformanceBecause mixed oxidants are highly effective at eliminating biofilm, bacterial contamination is reduced or eliminated and disinfectant requirements are reduced. A more durable disinfectant residual safely prevents recontamination. Taste and odor carryover are eliminated when switching from one beverage to the next, plus the solution is easily rinsed from the system, quickly eliminating residual “chlorine” taste and odor. With fewer organics in beverage distribution piping, fewer disinfection byproducts are formed and microbial-induced corrosion is reduced.Compatibility of the solution with existing materials of construction (304 and 316 stainless steel, etc.) is excellent and below industry standards for corrosion.Environmentally SustainableOSGs offer greener operations compared to traditional chlorination methods. In addition to the reduction in use and potential accidental release of toxic chemicals, transportation of chemicals from factories to the beverage processing plant is reduced. Many purchased sanitizers are diluted in water to make handling safer, but the dilution water requires transportation, often significantly more weight and volume than the salt needed for OSG processes. This reduces the carbon footprint of the plant since less fossil fuel is needed to supply the plant with disinfectant.Beth Kennedy is marketing communications manager for MIOX Corp. Kennedy can be reached at beth.kennedy@miox.com or 505.224.1140.Source: Water Quality Products September 2010 Volume: 15 Number: 9Copyright © 2011 Scranton Gillette Communications9/30/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-partners-with-Grupo-FEMSA-nwMFT_155.aspx/News/MIOX-partners-with-Grupo-FEMSA-nwMFT_155.aspxNew Mexico Business Weekly - by Kevin Robinson-Avila Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 2:52pm MDThttp://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2010/09/13/daily18.html?ana=from_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+industry_5+%28Industry+Energy+%26+the+Environment%29Water purification firm MIOX Corp. expects to greatly broaden its customer base in Latin America thanks to a new distribution partnership with Quimiproductos S.A. de C.V. in Mexico.Quimiproductos is a subsidiary of Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V., or Grupo FEMSA, which is Coca Cola’s bottling partner for Latin America and the largest integrated beverage maker in the region.FEMSA subsidiary Quimiproductos makes and distributes chemical products, mainly specialty chemicals for the food and beverage industries. Quimiproductos will exclusively distribute MIOX’s water disinfection systems in Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina.Albuquerque-based MIOX produces an environmentally friendly, low-cost water purification method that’s based on a simple mix of water and salt shot with an electric current. The electric mix helps separate the salt into its component parts – sodium and chloride. The resulting oxidant solution is then poured into water, where the chloride destroys pathogens.MIOX President and CEO Carlos Perea said the company will rely heavily on Quimiproductos to expand its distribution capabilities south of the border.“It’s a multi-national company that’s particularly committed to distribute MIOX products,” Perea said. “It’s a large industrial player in Latin America.”MIOX Vice President of Industrial Markets Bob Newton said Quimiproductos’ expertise in the food and beverage industry was particularly attractive to MIOX.“Their experience and intimate understanding of the food and beverage market in those regions will allow MIOX to bring a cost-effective, green disinfectant that improves safety by eliminating hazardous chemicals in food and beverage plants,” Newton said in a prepared statement.MIOX has made substantial headway in Latin America and other foreign markets. More than 50 percent of revenue this year will come from exports, up from 20 percent four years ago, Perea said.The company has water-purification systems installed in nearly 30 countries worldwide, but its overseas sales are particularly concentrated in Latin America.“Latin America is our most important region today,” Perea said. “It’s approaching 40 percent of our overall sales now, and 75 percent of our international sales.”In addition to the new distribution partnership with Quimiproductos, MIOX also plans to set up its own office in Mexico – the company’s first directly run regional office for Latin America.“The Mexico City office will support our customers and distribution partners,” Perea said.MIOX builds its water-purification systems at a 64,000-square-foot facility near Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park.The company has received nearly $50 million in venture capital from Flywheel Ventures and other private equity firms since forming in 1994. 9/14/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Announces-Distribution-Partnership-with-Quimiproductos-nwMFT_149.aspx/News/MIOX-Announces-Distribution-Partnership-with-Quimiproductos-nwMFT_149.aspxPartnership offers MIOX entry into Latin American food & beverage market with safer, cost-effective water disinfectant solutionsAlbuquerque, NM – September 13, 2010 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, today announced an exclusive distribution partnership with Quimiproductos for MIOX products in the food and beverage market in Latin America including Mexico; Central America; Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. Based in Mexico, Quimiproductos manufactures and distributes chemical products to a broad range of sectors in the food and beverage industry, including soft drink, brewery, food, meat, water treatment and product distribution. Quimiproductos was selected as an exclusive MIOX distributor because of their demonstrated market leadership position in this marketplace and their complementary business model. “We’re very excited about partnering with Quimiproductos in Latin America,” said Bob Newton, MIOX VP of Industrial Markets. “Their experience and intimate understanding of the food and beverage market in those regions will allow MIOX to bring a cost-effective, green disinfectant that improves safety by eliminating hazardous chemicals in food and beverage plants.” MIOX provides advanced, cost-effective solutions to the beverage industry for all water treatment applications including plant source water treatment, surface or groundwater, process water treatment, wastewater treatment, cooling towers on the facility,ECA (electro-chemically activated) clean in place (CIP) for process fill lines - including syrups and raw sugars - and bottle rinsing. MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications.About QuimiproductosQuimiproductos S.A. de C.V. (Quimiproductos) is a Mexico based chemical company, which manufactures and distributes chemicals products, mainly specialty chemicals, to food and beverage industries. The company is a subsidiary of Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (Grupo FEMSA). The company offers its products and solutions to diverse sectors such as soft drink, brewery, food, whey products, meat, water treatment and product distribution. The principal products offered include adhesives, coatings, detergents, disinfectants, semi-synthetic lubricants and synthetic container transporters, cleaners, and products for hand hygiene, plant maintenance and water treatment.9/13/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Newport-Utilities-approved-MIOX-purchase-nwMFT_156.aspx/News/Newport-Utilities-approved-MIOX-purchase-nwMFT_156.aspxAuthor: Duay O'NeilSource: The Newport Plain TalkAugust, 19 2010NEWPORT-Members of the Newport Utilities board of directors, meeting Tuesday, approved a requested increase in the capacity of a MIOX purchase from the base unit, which would have 120-pounds-per-day capacity to one which will have 180 pounds-per-day.According to Linton Atkins, the larger unit will increase the cost from $69,000 to about $85,000, but will pay for itself in a short time."This will allow us to produce chlorine on-site," explained Atkins, "just using salt and water. It is very safe. We need more capacity because we are pumping more water than ever."NU Manager Ron Fugatt echoed Atkins' comments, "The average daily flow through the plant is the largest it's ever been."Board members also approved the purchase of a "truckload" of 6-inch Ductile Iron Pipe from HD Waterworks at a total cost of $20,606.40.Rehabilitation work on Lincoln Avenue also received the board's attention. Carroll Proffitt told the board, "We want to get the project done before the city repaves the street from the corner of Morrell Springs Road to Sixth Street."Proffitt explained that the utility's project will include boring down the edge of the road and tying into the manhole at Sixth Street.The board approved the purchase of piping for the project from Southern Pipe at a cost of $25,888.58. "This is not the lowest bid," said Proffitt, "but it will have the shortest delivery time," adding that the difference in cost is only $31.Proffitt also presented a plaque of recognition to Eastern Plating Plant Manager Tom McNeely and EP Wastewater Treatment Supervisor Jeff Norton for the company's exception work in wastewater treatment.In her report to the board, Sherry Frisbee announced that the number of kilowatt hours demanded by utilities customers in July of this year topped that of July 2009 by 5 million.Donna Bryant, NU Purchasing Agent, and Donnie Freeman, Class IV Shift Operator, were recognized for their years of service-25 and 23 respectively.The board's next meeting will be Sept. 21 at 10:30 a.m.8/19/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/New-Brookings-Mountain-West-Report-Released---August-3-2010-nwMFT_148.aspx/News/New-Brookings-Mountain-West-Report-Released---August-3-2010-nwMFT_148.aspxAlbuquerque based MIOX Corporation Highlighted For Seeking New Applications and Markets AbroadAlbuquerque, NM – August 3, 2010 – The new Brookings Mountain West report “Export West: How Intermountain West Metros Can Lead National Export Growth and Boost Competitiveness,” was released last week. The report, a tailored companion to the Brookings report “Export Nation: How U.S. Metros Lead National Export Growth and Boost Competitiveness,” offers a compelling look at the ten large metros of the Mountain West and their performance as export hubs. The report provides a unique and timely analysis of exports of goods and services from the Mountain metros and includes rankings of the 100 largest metros according to the level of their export production, the number of jobs created by exports, and other criteria. “In doing so the report makes an important larger point,” says Mark Muro, Co-Director, Brookings Mountain West. “It contends that international exports of goods and services offer a plausible source of sustainable growth for the West at a time when the region is searching for new demand in the wake of major malfunction of the region’s traditional migration, consumption, and real estate-driven growth model.” MIOX Corporation, a leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, was recognized in the report. Over the last five years under the leadership of a new management team, MIOX has doubled its workforce and substantially expanded its foreign business as a result of new strategic business and distributor relationships. With its new strategy, MIOX plans to have exports account for 50% of its sales on top of 100% year over year growth.Most recently, MIOX supplied their mixed oxidant generators to the whole Mexican State of Chiapas for their drinking water, and the swimming pools of Macau’s City of Dreams, an ultra luxurious resort.MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. To read the full report please visit: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2010/0726_exports/0726_mountain_exports_muro.pdfAbout BrookingsThe Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Their mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans; and, secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system. Brookings is proud to be consistently ranked as the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tank.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 8/3/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/WCC-votes-to-clean-city-s-water-nwMFT_157.aspx/News/WCC-votes-to-clean-city-s-water-nwMFT_157.aspxCity awards $407,000 contract to Miox Corporation to get work startedBy: Rachel Cavanaugh Published: 7/31/2010 10:20:00 AM WOODBURN — The Woodburn City Council has given staff the green light to begin installing equipment to disinfect the city’s drinking water.After months of debate, the decision to start the process of chloramination was expedited Monday night after a public hearing.Although not originally scheduled until Aug. 9, councilors moved the vote forward to authorize a $407,000 contract with Miox Corporation for the work, saying they “didn’t want to wait any longer.”“I’m ready to move forward,” said Councilor Frank Lonergan.“I don’t want to delay any longer,” said Mayor Kathy Figley. “I feel that I have a moral and ethical obligation to this community sitting up here to take care of it.”During the hearing, two people voiced opposition to disinfection, one person said they were neutral and five spoke in favor.Former Mayor Nancy Kirksey said she was surprised it hadn’t been done sooner.“Why has it taken so long when chlorine was developed in 1910?” Kirksey asked. “By the beginning of World War II, most communities had chlorinated water. … This city needs to move forward. … We need to do something to make our water safe for the people in this community and we don’t need to fool around and put it to the vote of the people. We elected you to make decisions and that’s why you’re sitting there, so do it.”Yet others pointed to concerns about chloramination, which included allergies, medical conditions, health risks associated with its byproducts and changes in taste or odor.Former Councilor Kristen Berkey said that although she is neither for nor against disinfection, is critical for the public to understand the process and be allowed input.“Something we’re going to ingest in our bodies is extremely intimate. … The public should have the opportunity to learn more,” Berkey said.Kevin Kenagy, who spoke against disinfection, said he had concerns about costs associated with blocking chlorine to people who don’t want it in their homes.“Is the city willing to do that for everybody?” he asked.City Administrator Scott Derickson said the city will offer financial assistance for chlorine blocking devices; however, a valid medical reason would need to be documented.In addition to chlorine concerns, there was the issue of potential health effects from chloromine byproducts.At the moment, there is disagreement within the scientific community about whether the byproducts can produce notable health risks. Studies linking chloramine disinfection to things like cancer and miscarriages have been conducted; however, results have been disputed.Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control contend the benefits of disinfecting drinking water outweigh any possible long-term health risks from byproducts.Councilor Jim Cox said he did his own research on the subject and couldn’t find legitimate evidence to support the health concerns. Listening to council presentations also assuaged his fears, he said.“If it were going to give cancer to people or if it were likely to give cancer to people … I’m going to be against it, but you know, I haven’t heard that,” Cox said.Councilor Pete McCallum expressed similar thoughts, saying the immediate risk of contaminants like E. coli or a malicious threat overrides the possibility of unknown, long-term side effects that may or may not be present.“Life is a risk and sometimes we have to make decisions based on the best information available. … We need to act and we need to act as soon as we can,” McCallum said.Beyond health worries, concerns about taste and odor came up. According to professional engineer Melinda Friedman, who spoke during the hearing, the water will look and taste a little different at first, calling the first month or so a “transition period.”“There could be some discolored water events and people will see lots of that discolored water coming out of the distribution system,” Friedman said, adding the importance of public education on the subject.The mayor agreed.“I realize turning on the tap and having it smell funny or having it look disgusting is an issue,” Figley said. “We’d rather be proactive. Let people know, ‘This may happen; this is why,’ and what to do about it.”The contract authorized Monday night will pay for the purchase and installation of equipment for a process called on-site sodium hypochlorite generation. It will be put in at the city’s three water plants and provide chloramination to the entire system.Chloramination is a system similar to chlorination, where both chlorine and tiny amounts of ammonia are added to the water.They react together to form chloramine, which lasts longer than chlorine and has fewer byproducts associated with it.Friedman said that chloramine also permeates biofilm better and has less of a taste or odor than chlorine.Although the issue of chlorine versus chloramine was debated heavily, council ultimately opted to move forward with the latter.Friedman said they will introduce the new system in the winter when water demands are down, as well as biological activity. They will also develop informational material to explain to residents what to do if water is discolored (don’t drink it) and how to flush their taps.Friedman noted the continuing presence of midge fly larvae, which doesn’t pose a health risk but underscores the system’s problems.Figley pointed out that Woodburn’s water issue isn’t the groundwater but its distribution system.“Our water is so clean,” Figley said. “Our problem is we have 90 plus miles of system, some of it old and some of it compromised and it gets dirty in the system. The issue is what happens to it as it makes its trip through.” 7/31/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Frost--and-Sullivan-Recognizes-MIOX-Corporation-for-Robust-Product-Line-Strategy-July-26-2010-nwMFT_146.aspx/News/Frost--and-Sullivan-Recognizes-MIOX-Corporation-for-Robust-Product-Line-Strategy-July-26-2010-nwMFT_146.aspxFrost & Sullivan Recognizes MIOX Corporation for Robust Product Line StrategyFrost and SullivanJuly 26th 2010MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 26, 2010 - Based on its recent analysis of the on-site hypochlorite generation (OSHG) technology market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes MIOX Corporation with the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy. The municipal water treatment market is experiencing a paradigm shift, identifying safety and the ability to provide cost-effective treatment solutions as current areas of concerns. For municipal end users that utilize bulk hypochlorite systems for treatment, OSHG technology solutions are the cost-effective and safe alternatives. MIOX Corporation is well positioned in the marketplace with a strong product line composed of small-scale, mid-range, and full-scale systems."The success of four major product lines that cover the three product sizes allows MIOX Corporation to address the treatment needs of both industrial and municipal end users, with varying volume capacity expectations," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Eric Meliton. "If increased awareness for public and employee safety and environmental sustainability initiatives continue, MIOX will experience strong growth in this industry segment in the future."MIOX Corporation's small series hypo system (HYPO-10 and HYPO-20) is the top seller for the company and works well for small well sites, small-scale commercial and industrial facilities, and residential and recreational aquatic centers. The VAULT on-site generator system (VAULT H25, H50, H75, H100) provides hypochlorite generation for small- to mid-size systems (ranging in capacity from 25-100 lbs/day) and offers modular capacity increments for the markets it serves. Its unique self-cleaning and automatic flow control features make it virtually maintenance free, which removes cost for industrial and municipal facilities.In the mid size range, the RIO series (RIO H1, H2, H3, H4, and H5) is popular in modular applications and is utilized by small to mid-sized municipalities, well water treatment applications, raw water applications, and industrial facilities such as bottling and beverage facilities. Finally, the large-scale RIO Grande series is ideal for larger municipalities and high-volume industrial manufacturing facilities.The RIO Grande and VAULT series were developed to address the growing demand for high-volume capacity systems by larger municipalities and industrial end users, as well as bridge gaps in cost effective OSHG in capacities between 25-100 lbs FAC/day. The reputation developed from the continued success of the small series hypo systems and the mid-size RIO series contributed to MIOX Corporation's expansion into these larger scale and mid scale applications.Partnerships with engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms have allowed MIOX Corporation to maintain exposure within the OSHG technology marketplace, as the competitive marketplace is quite small. Acceptance of MIOX Corporation's OSHG technology product lines depends on offering competitive returns on investment, providing a solid list of product features and capabilities, improving operational efficiency and energy use, and by maintaining a solid vendor reputation – which influences procurement by both end users and EPC firms.Already, independent third-party validation of the operational standards had identified the RIO Grande series as the leading OSHG technology for large size capacity needs. Similarly, the VAULT, launched in 2010, is another example of MIOX taking a step towards maximizing customer value. The system is operationally efficient, requires almost no maintenance or calibration, and has low capital and plant integration requirements."Municipalities and industrial end-users are slowly becoming more aware of the benefits of OSHG technology, inclusive of ROI, energy optimization, safety, security, and lower risk in comparison to bulk hypochlorite systems and conventional chlorine gas applications," concludes Meliton. "As this awareness continues throughout both segments of the industry, more end users will seek out alternatives, and MIOX Corporation is well positioned to address the needs for all capacity requirements."Enhanced modular capabilities, effective product features, strong case study examples of success, combined with a solid industry reputation, are key factors moving forward to ensure market presence. MIOX Corporation has succeeded in maximizing these factors, which will secure the company's growth in the OSHG market sectors. In recognition, MIOX has been chosen as the recipient of the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy in the OSHG technology market.Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has developed a comprehensive product line that caters to the breadth of the market it serves. The award recognizes the extent to which the product line meets customer base demands and the overall impact it has in terms of customer value.Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.About MIOX CorporationBased in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, MIOX Corporation has more than 1,500 product installations in the United States and in more than 30 countries. MIOX Corporation is a core expert in issues dealing with potable water, wastewater applications, water reuse programs, commercial aquatic facilities, and other industrial applications, such as applications for the food and beverage industry. MIOX Corporation has a reputation built on providing end-users with cost-effective, innovative technology, and addressing individual end-user needs.About Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.awards.frost.com.Contact:Jake Wengroff210.247.3806jake.wengroff@frost.com7/26/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Thirst-Quenching-Solutions-July-20-2010-nwMFT_145.aspx/News/Thirst-Quenching-Solutions-July-20-2010-nwMFT_145.aspxThirst-Quenching SolutionsSea ChangeJuly 20th 2010In some parts of the world, millions of people struggle daily for access to safe drinking water, while elsewhere people consume water at nonrenewable rates. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with two individuals who are working to help find a solution. Alex Wise talks with Carlos Perea, the CEO of Miox, an Albuquerque-based water purification company that uses salt and electrolysis to make potable water. Perea explains how Miox’s technology can be a cost-effective solution for both a hiker and an entire municipality. Dr. Chandrasekhar “Spike” Narayan, who heads IBM’s Almaden Lab Science & Technology Organization, discusses his team’s approach to developing energy-efficient, large-scale desalination systems using both reverse and forward osmosis (here’s a video about their work):7/20/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Unveils-New-Vault--On-Site-Generator-at-ACE.10-in-Chicago-nwMFT_143.aspx/News/MIOX-Unveils-New-Vault--On-Site-Generator-at-ACE.10-in-Chicago-nwMFT_143.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– July 8, 2010 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, displayed for the first time its new Vault™ self-cleaning on-site generator at the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) annual conference and exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. The conference, attended by approximately 12,000 with over 500 exhibitors, was a successful venue for unveiling the new Vault small series on-site generator, which is unlike anything on the market. Designed for high efficiency, low lifecycle cost, durability and reliability, the self-cleaning Vault with self-adjusting flow control is virtually maintenance free. The Vault, which generates 15-100 lbs/day of free available chlorine (FAC), features an easy-to-upgrade cell to convert between sodium hypochlorite and advanced mixed oxidant with expandable capacity for maximum flexibility.“It was invigorating to see the strong positive reactions to the Vault by end users, leading engineering firms and other industry leaders at the show,” MIOX CEO Carlos Perea commented. “The Vault delivers all of the standard benefits of on-site generation, including the safety advantages of not storing and transporting chemicals. But the Vault has been carefully designed to go so much further than any other disinfection system in the industry. With minimal maintenance required, easy installation and very low operational costs, the Vault is truly the first of its kind.”Founded in 1881, AWWA is the authoritative resource on safe water, with more than 60,000 members worldwide sharing knowledge on water resource development, water and wastewater treatment technology, water storage and distribution, and utility management and operations. AWWA provides knowledge, information and advocacy to improve the quality and supply of water in North America and beyond and advances public health, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the water community.MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and electricity to generate a dilute disinfectant on site, eliminating the storage and handling of hazardous disinfection chemicals while still providing a chlorine residual. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage losses and disposal of chemical containers. # # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.7/8/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Success-Flows-From-Innovation--Albuquerque-Journal--July-5--2010-nwMFT_133.aspx/News/Success-Flows-From-Innovation--Albuquerque-Journal--July-5--2010-nwMFT_133.aspxSuccess Flows From InnovationAlbuquerque Journal July 5, 2010It's called the world's most precious resource, but in too many places around the world, it can't be trusted. In fact, unsanitary drinking water contributes to more deaths than AIDS and a host of other diseases.But an Albuquerque company has been building an international reputation behind its innovative, cost-effective technology to do something about it -- and opening doors, in the process, to a multitude of business opportunities.From miniaturized water purifiers for soldiers, campers and hikers to portable, disinfectant generators that can treat millions of gallons of water, MIOX Corp. products can already be found across the U.S. and in more than 30 countries.Just this April, the local government of Chiapas, Mexico, selected MIOX to supply 175 water systems with its disinfection technology, which will ultimately benefit thousands of residents in the poor Mexican state. Three months earlier, the company delivered eight portable purification systems to Haiti, providing thousands of gallons of virus and bacteria-free water to areas devastated by the earthquake. Similar support was provided in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the 2005 Hurricane Katrina.The applications go beyond drinking water.MIOX products are also in use for commercial swimming pools, military and cruise ships, food processing and the beverage industry, or like in the case of Cloudcroft, N.M., an indirect potable water reuse system.'... by doing good' "Doing well by doing good," is how MIOX chief executive officer -- and Albuquerque native -- Carlos Perea describes the company's successes so far.Headquartered on Balloon Fiesta Park Loop in north Albuquerque, MIOX employs about 65 people. Its sales and marketing staff of eight has offices in Philadelphia."We've managed to get really good traction with our public drinking water systems," Perea said. "The next step is to find a much larger partner who can dominate that market and then move ourselves into other markets." That could come soon. Perea said the company may be just weeks away from announcing a partnership with a major multinational distributor."Right, wrong or indifferent, there's no Fortune 1000 companies in New Mexico," Perea said. "There's a couple that have tried, but we think we're the best-positioned company to emerge as a large, not only national, but international-scale company in the water and environmental sector."We know we have a great technology... it's been around a while, but it's proven. But more importantly, we've attracted world class investors -- very successful investors from the Silicon Valley as well as New Mexico -- which has allowed us to attract a group of world class executives." MIOX actually was conceived about 15 years ago inside another company, the New Mexico-based Los Alamos Technical Associates."The original concept was the military was looking to replace chlorine gas from water treatment," Perea said.Removing the chlorineThe traditional chlorination process -- the "gold standard" in water treatment --was introduced in the U.S. more than a century ago and rid public water supplies of some of the most dangerous waterborne diseases, such as typhoid and cholera.But it has some major drawbacks, Perea said, starting with the safety risks of transporting and storing the chlorine gas and bulk bleach used in the process."The problem with having gas chlorine in a military application is if you have a leak, by accident or by deliberate means, it's really toxic," Perea said.The company's answer: A far safer purification process that involves a "twist on electrolysis," mixing water with salt and then shooting it with an electric current."We convert the salt into a safe, but powerful, disinfection solution," Perea said.The solution is then injected into the water at an appropriate treatment level to destroy all the pathogenic microorganisms.Perea joined MIOX in 2005 after assembling a group of investors that acquired a controlling interest in the company to focus on commercializing its technologies. He previously was president of the alternative energy technology firm, Qynergy, and chief financial officer for Novalux, a semiconductor laser company. He also worked for years with Intel, holding a variety of operations management and marketing roles.Today, MIOX has better than 18 patents and another 20 or so pending.Scalable purifiersIts smallest purifier -- the MIOX Purifier -- is a flashlight-size device intended for soldiers or individuals who camp or hike. The pen, as it is called, uses two 3-volt lithium camera batteries, common salt and a small electrolytic cell to create a solution that can treat up to four gallons of water with a single dose. Nearly 100,000 devices, which can be used over and over again, have been made, mostly for the military. It retails for about $140.MIOX's on-site disinfection generators can achieve the same results on a much larger scale with the same basic technology. Built into stainless steel enclosures, the systems combine salt, water and electrolysis to generate thousands of gallons of purification solution on site as needed, which can then be injected into a large water system to make it EPA safe."The key is what goes on inside that is really complicated," Perea said. "There's an inlet and outlet and a titanium plate that has precious metal coatings. There's a lot of science into how we flow and control the system. All of the technological development and know-how originates here." Perea said creating disinfectant on site is not only safer than transporting and storing chlorine, but is also cost-effective: A return on investment typically is realized in a year to three years.MIOX has deployed about 1,700 of the on-site generators, which can treat from 10,000 gallons a day to upwards of 100 million gallons a day and range in price from $500,000 to well over $1 million. A system in Florida is treating more than 20 million gallons a day, another in South Carolina more than 60 million. A number of New Mexico communities also employ MIOX systems, including Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Rio Rancho.Municipalities remain part of the MIOX customer mix, he said.Unexpected uses "But what we've found as we've deployed our systems is a lot of applications we didn't anticipate," he said.A cruise ship with the Celebrity line, for example, was using MIOX for its drinking water and swimming pools."Then they started asking, well, what about if we used it to disinfect or wipe down our surface to sterilize them?" Perea said.He said a test done with Reckett Benckiser, the international company behind Lysol, showed the MIOX disinfectant to be 10 more powerful than Lysol and other household disinfectants."Imagine this as a concept: Take a bottle filled with tap water, fill it with ordinary salt, press a button and in a couple of minutes you have a spray solution," Perea said.One of its customer targets is hospitals, which wage a constant battle against hospital-acquired infections."We're going through the regulatory approval right now for hospital settings in Europe and the U.S.," Perea said.The list of customers continues to grow: Coca-Cola in Colombia employs a MIOX system to purify the water for its overall processes, while its bottler in Mexico followed suit with a MIOX system to sterilize its bottle-washing process. Systems can also be found in China and Japan.More locally, MIOX products are in use at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort at Santa Ana Pueblo, the Radisson Hotel and Water Park-Albuquerque and the pool at Perea's high school alma mater, Albuquerque Academy.Perea foresees the trajectory for MIOX continuing to move upward."I expect us to be a pretty solid employer," Perea said. "Maybe not thousands, but you will see us grown from 60-70 to several hundred over the next couple of years." To see more of the Albuquerque Journal, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.abqjournal.com.Copyright (c) 2010, Albuquerque Journal, N.M.7/6/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation--Seeking-New-Applications-and-Markets-Abroad-nwMFT_147.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation--Seeking-New-Applications-and-Markets-Abroad-nwMFT_147.aspxMIOX Corporation: Seeking New Applications and Markets AbroadBrookings ReportJuly 5th, 2010 Albuquerque-based MIOX Corporation began life in 1994 as a largely domestic play. Employing a cost-effective technology that creates potable water from three simple ingredients—water, salt, and electricity—the start-up manufactured on-site water disinfectant generators for the military with the support of a SBIR/ STTR grant from the Navy. Today MIOX has grown to be New Mexico’s largest venturebacked firm by value, with its technology treating more than 6.5 billion gallons of water per day in over 30 countries, and its growth is increasingly a story of exports. Until 2005 exports accounted for less than 20 percent of company sales. Since then, however, a new management team has more than doubled its workforce to 65 people and substantially expanded its foreign business, in part by securing a more strategic international distributor and targeting new markets around the world. This year the firm both sold water purification systems to the poor Mexican state of Chiapas and saw its water treatment systems installed in the swimming pools of Macau’s City of Dreams, an ultraluxuriousresort. Currently the company is busy setting up offi ces in Mexico and Asia to expand its foreign trade. The upshot: In 2010 CEO Carlos Perea expects exports to account for nearly 50 percent of the company’s sales on the back of 100 percent year-on-year revenue growth.Sources: Michael Hartranft. “Successflows from innovation.” Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook, July 5,2010. Conversation with Carlos Perea, July 7, 2010. MIOX Corporation website.7/5/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Introduces-Their-Award-Winning-Greener-and-Safer-Water-Disinfection-Technology-Ezine-Articles-June-23-2010-nwMFT_138.aspx/News/MIOX-Introduces-Their-Award-Winning-Greener-and-Safer-Water-Disinfection-Technology-Ezine-Articles-June-23-2010-nwMFT_138.aspxMIOX Introduces Their Award Winning Greener and Safer Water Disinfection Technology Ezine Articles June 23 2010The traditional method for water disinfection comes from the use of chemical and chlorine treatments. Disinfectant chemicals and chlorine are hazardous chemicals; which present many potential dangers with the handling and transporting of these products. An advanced Eco-friendly technology based on the century old idea of using salt electrolysis introduces a "Greener", safer and more successful application for water disinfection alternatives. This "Green" innovative water disinfection advancement comes from the MIOX Corporation and their award winning patented technology. This new Eco-friendly solution allows for on-site disinfectant generation while eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals, solving transporting dangers and eliminating the storing and disposing of hazardous containers.MIOX Corporation is a water treatment company that was founded in 1994 and has been progressively moving towards the goals of today and becoming more of an environmentally friendly company that offers "Green" solutions to the major problems of today's water disinfection. From their Albuquerque, New Mexico plant they began manufacturing on-site Eco-friendly salt electrolysis water disinfectant generators. The MIOX technology was created by their world-class scientists; while working under a government contract. The goal was to develop a way of purifying water through the use of a portable disinfecting unit; which could be used in extremely remote areas and for highly contaminated water applications.Today; MIOX's installed on-site environmentally friendly salt electrolysis technology serves millions of customers worldwide using their patented hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant water disinfectants. Their new "Green" patented on-site water disinfectant manufacturing system; which uses the salt electrolysis idea to generate an on-demand chlorine disinfectant; safely and cost effectively disinfects over 6.5 billion gallons of water per day. Their cutting edge environmentally friendly patented technology includes the on-site manufacturing of water disinfectant through a combination of salt, water and electricity (salt electrolysis); effectively eliminating the conventional methods of using truck deliveries of hazardous chemicals. Through this Eco-friendly advanced technology and on-site disinfectant generation; MIOX have successfully cut back transportation requirements by 80%; which reduces fuel consumption and lowers carbon emissions.The MIOX Corporation holds numerous patents, produces many U.S. manufactured products and "MIOX" is an internationally registered trademark. They are the innovative water treatment specialists that serve many commercial and industrial applications; some of which include commercial swimming pools, portable water supplies, cooling towers, military and cruise ships, food processing and beverage industries; among others.Over the years, the MIOX experts have worked with many agencies; including The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The World Health Organization (WHO). The MIOX products are certified by the International for Drinking Water Systems Components (NSF) and are listed by the U.S. EPA as a Compliance Technology. MIOX Corporation has been listed as a "Going Green" Top 100 company for their environmentally friendly innovations and has received the President's "E" Award for Excellence in Exporting as well as been awarded the Popular Science Best of What's New Grand Award for Innovation.With the rising transportation costs, stricter regulations, and spiking chemical costs many companies, including Clorox, have been searching for safer, more environmentally friendly and more cost effective alternatives. It has been estimated that the average investment for all necessary equipment to handle the environmentally friendly water treatment capacity of between 24,000 gallons to about 500 million gallons per day would have a 1-3 year ROI (Return on Investment). This "Green" technological breakthrough might just provide more companies a viable cost effective option with the incorporation of "Eco-friendly" and safer water disinfection practices.6/23/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Water-Shifts-to-On-Site-Chlorine-Generation-June-22nd-2010-nwMFT_144.aspx/News/Water-Shifts-to-On-Site-Chlorine-Generation-June-22nd-2010-nwMFT_144.aspxWater Shifts to On-Site Chlorine GenerationICISJune 22nd 2010On-site generation offers an economical solution to safety issues surrounding chlorine transportationINNOVATIVE CHEMICAL engineering could help resolve a major disagreement between the water treatment industry and environmentalists over chlorine.Chlorine has a stellar record in the disinfection of water, but in recent years its reputation has suffered a steady assault from activists opposed to its production and use. Perhaps their greatest objection is the possibility that thousands of people could be killed if a railcar or storage tank of the corrosive and highly poisonous gas were ruptured in a highly populated area. The point is reasonable. In 2005, a train carrying 90 tonnes of chlorine collided with a parked locomotive in Graniteville, South Carolina, US, releasing a toxic cloud that killed nine and drove thousands more away from their homes.Chlorine has, however, saved many more lives than it has taken in the century since it was first used to ensure safe public water systems. It remains at the forefront of water disinfection today because nothing else comes close to offering the same combination of efficacy and economics.In terms of cost, nothing can beat gas chlorination, which typically averages only $4/m gal of water treated, according to UK-based research firm Global Water Intelligence (GWI), in a recently issued report entitled Water Technology Markets 2010. Furthermore, chlorine gas not only disinfects water - it also remains at a residual level, preventing reinfection by viruses or bacteria during transport, storage, and distribution, GWI notes."For this reason, in the US, the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] and individual state regulators set requirements that all municipal drinking water contain measurable residual chlorine. So even as other new disinfection methods, such as ozone and UV light, are gaining popularity, chlorine-based treatment remains indispensable in water treatment and potable water disinfection," says GWI. "These merits, coupled with the regulatory challenges, have stimulated an emergence of a market for new types of chlorination equipment."HEAVY ON THE SALTEach year, about 50m tonnes of chlorine are produced globally, almost entirely by the electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride (table salt). The coproducts of this transformation, which is called the chlor-alkali process, are hydrogen and sodium hydroxide. Most of the chlorine produced is consumed in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other organic chemicals, but a significant quantity, about 2.5m tonnes in 2009, goes to water treatment, says GWI. Safely transporting this chlorine to water treatment facilities, which often lie near population centers, is a sore point, particularly in this age of terrorism. One solution is to embed chlorine's disinfectant activity in chemical products that are more easily transported, such as aqueous sodium hypochlorite (bleach) or chloramine. On the other hand, what could be easier to transport than table salt? In the 1970s, a number of companies began to develop smaller equipment that could economically miniaturize the chlor-alkali process to manufacture chlorine gas or sodium hypochlorite where and when it was to be used, thus eliminating the problems of transportation and storage. Interest in these technologies has grown with the possibility of expanded regulation. US-based GE Power & Water, for example, introduced its modular Cloromat membrane electrolysis system in 1973. It has since evolved to incorporate advances in materials and design. Cloromat can produce 30,000-300,000 liters/day of sodium hypochlorite solution in concentrations of 60-195g/liter of available chlorine. It can also be configured to produce both hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide."In the early days of Cloromat, the majority of installations were for on-site production of water or wastewater treatment," says Michael Rees, product manager, Cloromat systems - water and process technologies at GE. "The shift in terms of users was then towards chemical [and] bleach producers who were looking to supply sodium hypochlorite (and/or HCl and NaOH) to the local market and also industrial customers." More recently, he adds, "there has been an increasing interest from water authorities."Rees says Cloromat can pay for itself in two to five years. "The economics and payback depend on several factors such as raw material costs (particularly salt and power), distance from the nearest supplier, as well as the ­competitiveness in the local market amongst local suppliers (both sodium hypochlorite and chlorine)," he explains. "It also depends on the size of the plant. In addition, ­intangible benefits such as improved safety by ­removing chlorine from a site are difficult to quantify."Other major equipment providers include MIOX and Severn Trent De Nora, both of which specialize exclusively in hypochlorite generators.US-based MIOX supplies hypochlorite generators with capacities ranging from only 4.5kg/day of free available chlorine to more than 700kg/day. MIOX touts the ability of its technology to produce "mixed oxidants" as well as hypochlorite. Characterizing these mixed oxidants has been elusive, but the company says their presence is demonstrated by their superiority compared with hypochlorite. According to GWI, mixed oxidants provide more effective disinfection, elimination of biofilm, more durable chlorine residual, reduced formation of disinfection by-products and also improved taste and odor. "Mixed oxidants behave like chlorine dioxide or ozone, while offering a residual chlorine disinfectant to comply with EPA requirements," says MIOX.Severn Trent De Nora a joint venture between US-based water treatment firm Severn Trent Services and Italian electrolysis firm Gruppo De Nora, specializes in the electrolysis of seawater to generate hypochlorite.AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVESome chlorine producers might see competition in the trend toward on-site chlorine generation, but Dutch specialty chemical company AkzoNobel hopes to turn it into a new service business, which it calls "Remote-Controlled Chlorine Production." Two and a half years in the making, the service, which is now available in Europe, targets chlorine users that do not want to run a chlorine plant. Instead, modular skid-mounted units, designed by Italy's Uhdenora, are operated remotely by AkzoNobel personnel. "We didn't have the water treatment market directly in mind, but more in general the chlorine-consuming industry, which [was] not [yet] supplied via pipeline but by means of transporting the chlorine to its site," says Ellen Holmen, business manager, remote-controlled chlorine production. "This industry covers everything from different kinds of organic and inorganic chemicals, pharmaceutical ingredients to sodium hypochlorite for, among others, water treatment. Our aim is to eliminate the chlorine transportation in general."The plant's capacity is about 15,000 tonnes/year of chlorine. The standardization of size and design, as well as operational efficiency of remote, centralized operation, helps compensate for the loss of scale effects associated with larger chlor-alkali plants, Holmen notes."In the rest of the world, the same small unit is offered as a single plant which can supply the customer with chlorine, caustic and/or sodium hypochlorite for consumption directly on-site, perfectly suited also for water treatment applications as long as the volume suits the consumption on site," says Holmen. "The latter is easier in the US than in Europe, as the size of the water treatment installations here are in general smaller, requiring less chemicals."GWI expects the market for chlorination chemicals to grow at 2-4%/year in North America and Europe, and 5-7%/year in the rest of the world. The firm estimates that the market for chlorine feed equipment, which includes electrolysis systems, chlorine dioxide systems and peripheral equipment, will total $250m (€204m) in 2010 and grow at a combined annual rate of 4.7% through 2016.By: Clay Boswell +1 713 525 26536/22/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Disinfection-Used-in-Indirect-Potable-Reuse-Project-nwMFT_132.aspx/News/MIOX-Disinfection-Used-in-Indirect-Potable-Reuse-Project-nwMFT_132.aspxCloudcroft, New Mexico, a beacon for water conservation with safer, greener technology including on-site disinfection generationAlbuquerque, NM ­– June 16, 2010 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, has been selected to provide disinfection for an innovative indirect potable water reuse system, pipe-to-pipe recycling of wastewater for everything from dishwashing, clothes washing, irrigation, street cleaning and even drinking. After a drought in 2006 left the small high desert community of Cloudcroft, NM, completely without water, they decided to move away from their existing traditional gas chlorination treatment method to a fully reclaimed, recycled “zero liquid discharge” system. Partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), using photovoltaics to provide power to the plant, the reuse system is a groundbreaking trifecta of water conservation, safety and environmental innovation.After carefully reviewing the disinfection options, Cloudcroft reuse plant supervisor Tom Stewart concluded that MIOX was the best disinfection technology to cost-effectively maintain the necessary chlorine residual while also preventing or minimizing organic growth in the distribution line. “As a water teacher, it’s important for me to keep up with the latest water treatment options,” said Stewart. “I have a long history of successfully working with MIOX and knew their technology and experienced staff would be an excellent inclusion in Cloudcroft’s long-term water solution strategy to use 100% recycled water.”The Cloudcroft reuse system uses a membrane bioreactor (MBR), a multi-barrier filtration system, and MIOX on-site sodium hypochlorite to treat the wastewater. Natural waters from local sources will be blended in and disinfected with MIOX mixed oxidants to better-than-drinking-water standards. With a permanent population of approximately 800 people that can grow to nearly 8,000 during vacation season, Cloudcroft will use a MIOX HYPO10 on-site sodium hypochlorite generator that can treat up to 200,000 gallons per day (GPD) at the wastewater treatment plant, and an Ox-Cell mixed oxidant generator that can treat up to 360,000 GPD for final disinfection to drinking water. MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and electricity to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage losses and disposal of chemical containers. # # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.6/16/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Selected-by-The-Artemis-Project--as-a-Top-50-Water-Company-nwMFT_131.aspx/News/MIOX-Selected-by-The-Artemis-Project--as-a-Top-50-Water-Company-nwMFT_131.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– June 8, 2010 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announced today that it has been chosen by The Artemis Project™ as a winner of the 2010 Top 50 Water Companies Competition. This award distinguishes MIOX as a leading company in one of the greatest high-growth industries of the 21st Century. MIOX was selected by a panel of industry experts based on four criteria: technology, intellectual property and know-how, team and market potential.“The Artemis Project’s Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners have excelled in key areas of the emerging advanced water technology sector,” said Laura Shenkar, Principal of The Artemis Project™. “We are excited to showcase these innovative companies and congratulate them for their achievements in creating solutions that will reinvent the water landscape.” “We’re so pleased to be included again in this prestigious group of ground-breaking water companies,” said MIOX President and CEO Carlos Perea. “The global community continues to become more invested in the future of water, and the Artemis-recognized companies are at the forefront of cutting-edge technology that can make a difference.”The Artemis Project™ Top 50 winners are being honored today at the BlueTech Innovation Forum being held at The Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco www.bluetechforum.com. Please visit www.theartemisproject.com/competitionpage.html for a full list of the The Artemis Project™ 2010 Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.About The Artemis Project™Established in 2000, The Artemis Project™ is a boutique consulting practice that brings unique capabilities to 21st century water management. It combines an understanding of the most advanced water resource management solutions with an international network of developers, investors and users of advanced water technology. As the leading authority on applying advanced water solutions to business operations, The Artemis Project™ specializes in developing holistic water management strategies for major corporations. The Artemis Project™ also supports product launches of advanced water technology into business operations worldwide. The Artemis Project™ actively participates in water industry events and supports environmental policy initiatives. More information is available at http://www.theartemisproject.com/. 6/8/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Local-Businesses-MIOX--and-Radisson--Hotel-Albuquerque-Water-Park-Working-Together--Supporting-Recreational-Water-Illness-Prevention-Week-nwMFT_127.aspx/News/Local-Businesses-MIOX--and-Radisson--Hotel-Albuquerque-Water-Park-Working-Together--Supporting-Recreational-Water-Illness-Prevention-Week-nwMFT_127.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– May 27, 2010 – The week before Memorial Day has been designated National Recreational Water Illness (RWI) Prevention Week. The goal of this week is to highlight the simple steps swimmers and pool operators can take to ensure a healthy and safe swimming experience for everyone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a 12-step RWI prevention program, including evaluating the aquatics facility and instituting disinfection guidelines. The Radisson Hotel Albuquerque Water Park has embraced the CDC’s recommendations by utilizing award-winning MIOX technology to sanitize its new water park. With features including indoor/outdoor waterslides, Lazy River, activity pool, wading pool, indoor/outdoor adult spa and hot tub and two-person FlowRiderTM, this unique attraction in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has had over 9,000 visitors since its grand opening in March 2010.RWIs are caused by germs spread by swallowing, breathing in mists or aerosols of, or having contact with contaminated water in swimming pools, hot tubs, water parks, water play areas, interactive fountains, lakes, rivers, or oceans. RWIs can be a wide variety of infections, including gastrointestinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, neurologic and wound infections. Radisson Hotel Albuquerque employs state-of-the-art technology across its treatment operations to ensure the best possible swim experience for its guests, including MIOX mixed oxidant technology. The mixed oxidant technology in use at the Radisson Albuquerque Water Park demonstrates greater oxidizing power than chlorine, improving control of recreational water illnesses. Headquartered in Albuquerque a few miles from the Radisson, MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and electricity to generate a dilute sanitizer on site. Creating sanitizer on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage losses and disposal of chemical containers. MIOX technology is EPA-compliant and NSF-50 compliant for pool and spa applications.# # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.About Radisson HotelsRadisson® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading, full-service hotel brands, offers vibrant, contemporary and engaging hospitality that is defined by its distinctive Yes I Can! service philosophy. Radisson includes more than 420 locations in 73 countries. It is part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, a leading global hotel company with more than 1,055 locations in 77 countries under the brands of Regent® Hotels & Resorts; Radisson® Hotels & Resorts; Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts; Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM and Park Inn®. The Radisson Hotel Albuquerque is an independently owned and operated franchisee of Radisson® Hotels & Resorts. Contact: Arthur “Coop” Cooper 505-889-4902.5/27/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-President-and-CEO-Carlos-Perea-Speaks-at-Stanford-University-s--Entrepreneurial-Thought-Leaders-Series----The-Ebb-and-Flow-of-Clean-Tech-and-Entrepreneurs--nwMFT_126.aspx/News/MIOX-President-and-CEO-Carlos-Perea-Speaks-at-Stanford-University-s--Entrepreneurial-Thought-Leaders-Series----The-Ebb-and-Flow-of-Clean-Tech-and-Entrepreneurs--nwMFT_126.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– May 24, 2010 – Carlos Perea, President and CEO of MIOX Corporation, spoke at Stanford University’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series in San Jose, California, during Earth Week. In his presentation, “The Ebb and Flow of Clean Tech and Entrepreneurs,” Perea focused on how to create a true value proposition in clean tech; the benefits of working in clean tech; attracting a motivated team; and venture capital’s improved navigation of clean tech. A podcast of the presentation can be viewed at: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2433Before joining MIOX in 2005, Perea was president of Qynergy, an alternative energy technology firm, and CFO for Novalux, a semi conductor laser company. At Intel Corporation, he held a variety of operations management and marketing roles.Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that brings innovation leaders from business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, to share their insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world. The lectures reach an in-person audience of over 200 entrepreneurial students. In addition, podcasts and video clips of the talks are posted on the STVP ECorner website and are downloaded over 10,000 times every day.# # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX® Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries. 5/24/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/South-American-Group-gets-Tour-of-City-Water-Treatment-Facilities-Fairfield-Glade-Vista-May-21-2010-nwMFT_124.aspx/News/South-American-Group-gets-Tour-of-City-Water-Treatment-Facilities-Fairfield-Glade-Vista-May-21-2010-nwMFT_124.aspxSouth American Group gets Tour of City Water Treatment FacilitiesFairfield Glade VistaMay 21st 2010City water plant personnel recently gave a tour of their facilities to one of their suppliers and members of a South American water project looking to upgrade their water purification process.Officials of the MIOX Corporation, a supplier of the city’s water treatment plant, and members of the Aqueduct of Bogota, Columbia (South America), got a tour of the Crossville facilities from department head Jerry Kerley and staff.MIOX has more than 1,500 installations in hundreds of U.S. communities and over 30 countries, including Crossville, and the visitors from Bogota got a first-hand look at the technology in their visit here.The process, a patented technology used to purify water without dangerous chemicals, was demonstrated and explained to the visitors during the tour by Kerley and staff earlier this month. The process also enables significant energy savings versus traditional treatment methods, officials say.MIOX products are listed by the U.S. EPA as a “compliance technology,” and its facilities treat more than 6.5 billion gallons of water each day worldwide, the company website says. The treatment applications include potable water, wastewater and reuse, swimming pools and other commercial and industrial applications.After the tour here, the Aqueduct of Bogota officials made the decision to use the process in two of their facilities in the city, the capital of Columbia, which has a metropolitan population of near 10 million, MIOX officials announced.“We’re always happy to show interested groups our treatment facilities, which are top of the line and do a tremendous job for us and our customers,” Kerley said. “We had a productive visit with the folks from MIOX and the Bogota water treatment group that day.”CAPTION: Officials of the MIOX Corporation, a supplier of the city’s water treatment plant, and members of the Aqueduct of Bogota, Columbia (South America), got a tour of the Crossville facilities from department head Jerry Kerley and staff recently. Shown here (l-r) are Carlos Alberto Rincón, Plant Superintendent Bogotá Aqueduct; Julian Montoya, Master System Manager, Bogotá Aqueduct; Jerry Kerley, Director of Crossville Water Resources ; Tulio Sánchez, Plant Superintendent Bogotá Aqueduct; Nicholas Iserna, Marketing and Sales Coordinator, MIOX Corporation; and Sara Vera Aguirre, Project Director, USA Global Market S.A, the exclusive distributor for MIOX in Colombia and Latin America. (Photo submitted)5/21/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Pilot-water-system-gives-Sunnyside-a-fresher-taste-The-Packet-May-13-2010-nwMFT_125.aspx/News/Pilot-water-system-gives-Sunnyside-a-fresher-taste-The-Packet-May-13-2010-nwMFT_125.aspxPilot Water System gives Sunnyside a Fresher TasteThe PacketMay, 13th 2010Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.The words of the ancient mariner were originally used to describe sailors' inability to drink the salt water surrounding their ships.That was life before salt water purification.Last year, Sunnyside switched from the typical chlorine gas water filtration system to a pilot on-site chlorine generation system. High quality, water softening salt is added to a filtration system and electrical currents break apart the salt water solution into a chlorine and water solution called brine.(For a detailed explanation of the process, see sidebar)"The chlorine gas (system) never really did work for us," said Robert Snook, mayor of Sunnyside."In order to get any chlorine in the upper end of our line, which is approximately five to six km away, we had to have so much chlorine below."With another two to three km of waterlines being constructed soon, another pumping station would have to be constructed to keep the proper amount of chlorine available throughout the whole line, using chlorine gas.The salt system provides clean water to the entire line without needing extra pumping stations.Snook said because the chlorine wasn't traveling the whole waterline, it was concentrating at the beginning of the line. The amount of chlorine in the water too strong for residents close to the filtration facility and not strong enough for people further away.If the government doesn't approve the new system, the town will have to spend $120,000 to put in another chlorine gas water pumping station midway through the town in order to provide the all citizens with clean water.If approved, the town will only spend $80,000 to pay for the salt water filtration facility, which is capable of providing the whole water line with clean water without a pumping station midway.That means $40,000 in savings.Sunnyside switched to this new system about a year ago when the town became concerned with the levels of Trihalomethanes (THM) - the byproduct of chlorinated water, which has been linked to an increased risk of cancer and miscarriages - and the number of boil orders.Since implementation of the salt water system, the town is seeing around half the levels of THM, said Sunnyside town manager, Philip Smith.He adds he's also seen a decrease in the number of complaints regarding the smell, taste and black particles found in the water when chlorine gas was being used.After the implementation of the new system, questionnaires were sent out, but Mayor Snook said there hasn't been any negative feedback on the system."We were expecting to get some negative feedback... but it was so gradual it wasn't even noticed," he said adding the system also cleans pipes as it works.What the town found when they switched to this new Miox System, said Snook, was a much cheaper way to purify its water and reduced number of THMs."If this pilot works out, I can't see why it wouldn't be approved by the government. It's a better system, it's cheaper and it has better results," Snook said.The system requires the use of one bag of high quality water softener salt per week, which costs about $30 a month, compared to the $90 a month the town used to spend on chlorine gas.That means a saving of $360 a year."Every cent saved is a good thing," Smith said, adding Heart's Delight, Come by Chance and Liwn are also using this new system.5/13/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Pond-Water-to-Drinking-Water-CNN-Money-May-3-2010-nwMFT_137.aspx/News/Pond-Water-to-Drinking-Water-CNN-Money-May-3-2010-nwMFT_137.aspxPond Water to Drinking WaterCNN Money May 3 20105/3/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/What-Kind-of-Green-Technology-Does-a-Traditional-IT-Venture-Capital-Firm-Invest-In--Fast-Company-April-30-2010-nwMFT_142.aspx/News/What-Kind-of-Green-Technology-Does-a-Traditional-IT-Venture-Capital-Firm-Invest-In--Fast-Company-April-30-2010-nwMFT_142.aspxWhat Kind of Green Technology Does a Traditional IT Venture Capital Firm Invest In?Fast Company April 30 2010Tom Blaisdell, a general partner at DCM, isn't interested in green tech that won't pay off. He's looking for things that any good venture capitalist wants: protectable investments, disruptive technology, and ROI. But with so many greenwashed companies touting their energy-saving miracle technology, what's worth paying attention to?"Our primary bets are on energy efficiency. That's the lowest hanging fruit," Blaisdell told FastCompany.com at this week's Green:Net conference. "We do out of the box investments, but we haven't spent much time with biofuels, wind power, cars, or building materials." DCM's big out-of-the-box greentech investment is in MIOX, a company that produces an onsite water disinfectant technology that uses just salt, water, and power--no need to store nasty chemicals onsite. MIOX can make its systems small enough to be used by a backpacker taking a solo trip or large enough to serve a municipality the size of Dallas. So far, MIOX has appealed primarily to municipalities, but the company is expanding its reach to beverage companies (including Coca-Cola) as well as countries with less reliable clean water supplies like China. "There isn't a water shortage in the world. There's a shortage of getting it where we want it, when we want it, and at the quality we want it," Blaisdell said. Besides MIOX, DCM invests mostly in the usual suspects like solar power, LEDs, and battery technology. Solar panels are especially attractive to an IT venture capitalist like Blaisdell--they're really just giant semiconductors chips. "The energy business is a trillion dollar market. We just want to be part of the mix," Blaisdell said.4/30/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Audio-Podcast-The-Ebb-and-Flow-of-Clean-Tech-and-Entrepreneurs-Stanford-E-Corner-April-21-2010-nwMFT_136.aspx/News/Audio-Podcast-The-Ebb-and-Flow-of-Clean-Tech-and-Entrepreneurs-Stanford-E-Corner-April-21-2010-nwMFT_136.aspxAudio Podcast:The Ebb and Flow of Clean Tech and EntrepreneursStanford E-CornerApril 21 2010Description Twenty percent of the world's population do not have access to clean drinking water, says Miox CEO Carlos Perea. What's an entrepreneur to do? Ideally, find a way to clean and reuse the global water supply that's, "twice as good at half the cost" of conventional chlorine decontamination. In this lecture, Perea demonstrates his company's abilities and explains the benefits and challenges of being an entrepreneur in clean technology. 4/21/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Achieves-ISO9000-Compliance-nwMFT_123.aspx/News/MIOX-Achieves-ISO9000-Compliance-nwMFT_123.aspxMIOX achieves ISO9000 Compliance in the State of New Mexico. See link for details.4/21/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Up-and-Running--nwMFT_154.aspx/News/Up-and-Running--nwMFT_154.aspxWritten by Jennifer Cirillo Wednesday, 07 April 2010 11:53 http://www.beverageworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37630:up-and-running&catid=52:production&Itemid=149Sustainability. Efficacy. Cost. Safety. All are important factors for today’s beverage plant operators when it comes to plant and equipment cleaning. As the cost of caustic cleaning material, like bleach, is on the rise in some parts of the country and time becomes more valuable in relation to running CIP (clean in place) cycles, operators look for options to meet sustainability goals and increase the bottom line. One of those options has become electrolyzed water, also known as electrolyzed oxidizing water, electro-activated water or electro-chemically activated (ECA) water. Electrolyzed water is produced by the electrolysis of water containing dissolved salt.Tony Peet, senior vice president of sales for Trustwater Group, a leader in ECA water technology explains, “ECA technology is on-site, on-demand generation of a pH neutral sanitizer plus a separate highly effective surfactant detergent that replace traditional CIP chemicals. The generated solutions are environmentally and human safe. Inputs to the generator are water, salt and electricity.”This technology has been around for many years, and is used in other industries, including food manufacturing, but it has become a new choice in beverage operations over the past three years or so.The growing interest is a result of the savings in water, time and money these types of systems can provide bottlers—for example output solutions can be used at ambient temperatures reducing CIP cycle steps and solutions can be generated on-site eliminating the need to purchase, ship or store chemical cleaners.EAU Technologies, Inc., a provider of “Empowered Water”—electrolyzed oxidative (EO) and reductive (ER) water equipment—recently completed a test at a bottling plant of a large global beverage company, which led to the approval of its electrolyzed fluids for sparkling beverages in the company’s North American operations.According to Doug Kindred, executive vice president and chief technology officer at EAU, initial savings at the plant included water savings of 33 percent and a 40 percent reduction in CIP time.Kindred adds, depending on the beverage plant, annual savings could range between $200,000 and $800,000.“Some of the water savings are due to the fact that there is no need for a rinse or flush step between the electrolyzed alkaline water detergent step and the electrolyzed acid water sanitation step as the two fluids can be combined without the violent reaction that can occur with common industrial cleaners and sanitizers,” says Kindred. “Also, since the electrolyzed fluids are highly effective at ambient temperature there is no need to heat the fluids. Heating of commonly used cleaners and sanitizers results in the need to burn fuel and requires time and water to cool the piping and tanks back down at the conclusion of the CIP cycle.”At drinktec 2009, Trustwater introduced its latest ECA technology designed for beverage manufacturers. A highlight of the device is its efficient salt conversion ratio, which ensures zero corrosion potential, notes Edmond O’Reilly, CEO of Trustwater Group. At a European bottling plant of a major global carbonated soft drink company, initial savings using the device were 700,000 kw/year in energy savings, 845,000 gallons/year in water savings and an anticipated ROI of 11 months.“The overall benefits are shorter cleaning and sanitizing times, more rapid product changeovers and considerable water and energy savings,” says O’Reilly, adding that the device can be plugged into a traditional household outlet.Albuquerque, N.M.-based MIOX Corp., a manufacturer of on-site generators of liquid mixed oxidants, introduced the “Vault,” a small series, self-cleaning on-site generator in January with the beverage marketplace in mind. The “Vault” is designed for high efficiency, low lifecycle cost, durability and reliability, says Tom Muilenberg, global business director for MIOX. The system generates a diluted chlorine-based solution, which is used as a sanitizer, as opposed to a split-stream type treatment. The Vault is designed to cut down on maintenance time and offers a 40 percent improvement in salt and energy conversion efficiencies vs. its other systems.“The beverage industry is one of our newer growing industries,” Muilenberg says. “We’ve had a staggering amount of interest.”From Beverage World April 15, 20104/15/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/CoolTech-to-introduce-MIOX-mixed-oxidants-Trade-Arabia-April-12-2010-nwMFT_141.aspx/News/CoolTech-to-introduce-MIOX-mixed-oxidants-Trade-Arabia-April-12-2010-nwMFT_141.aspxCoolTech to Introduce MIOX Mixed OxidantsTrade Arabia April 12 2010CoolTech Gulf, a leading water quality and mechanical services provider, has partnered with Miox Corporation, to introduce an unique disinfectant for the treatment of commercially and domestically used water, in the Middle East.With this partnership, CoolTech Gulf becomes the first company in the Middle East to launch Miox water disinfection in the region, said a top official.Peter Tracey, general manager, CoolTech Gulf said, “We are happy to be offering Miox water disinfection in the region. CoolTech Gulf has always strived to introduce and implement innovative technologies that enhance effectiveness and ensure maximum customer satisfaction.''The Miox technology is an advanced method of disinfection which offers advantages over other traditional disinfection alternatives such as ozone, chlorine dioxide, chlorine, bromine and ultra-violet (UV),' he noted.'It is extremely effective and offers superior disinfection, improves oxidation, improves taste, reduces odour, improves bio-film control and eliminates algae,' he added.'The mixed oxidant solution (MOS) used in the Miox system is extremely safe, non-hazardous and cost-effective. It controls slime, algae and bacteria and therefore reduces corrosion potential,' Tracey explained.'It uses salt, water and power to generate on-site oxidants, eliminating the use and transportation of toxic chemicals. The benign raw materials are comparatively inexpensive and easily handled,' he added.According to Tracey, the company's primary focus was water quality services and water recycling, within which water disinfection had significant importance.'The Miox MOS water treatment system has a number of benefits over conventional treatment solutions and can very easily be integrated into our existing systems,' he noted.'By offering Miox, we can generate, monitor and control, dose, service and manage the entire system, whether it is a cooling tower, potable water system or a swimming pool,' he stated.Miox, Tracey pointed out, marked a step forward for water disinfection in the region. 'In addition to being environment-friendly, extremely effective and efficient, it provides a better return on investment.' Bob Newton, Miox vice president Industrial Sales said, “We are pleased to be working together with CoolTech Gulf to bring advanced mixed oxidant technology to the Middle East. We see tremendous opportunity for on-site generation in the region; partnering with CoolTech will allow us to leverage their experience and success in the industry.''We look forward to our work together on Reef Island launching us into a bright future,' he added.-TradeArabia News Service4/12/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Mexico-Adopts-Sustainable-Water-Disinfection-in-Chiapas-CleanTechnica-April-11-2010-nwMFT_135.aspx/News/Mexico-Adopts-Sustainable-Water-Disinfection-in-Chiapas-CleanTechnica-April-11-2010-nwMFT_135.aspxSustainable Water Disinfection in ChiapasCleanTechnica.comAprill 11, 2010Working with the social investment group FEMSA, the government of Chiapas, Mexico is introducing sustainable disinfection technology to 175 local water systems, in support of the United Nations’ Millenium Development Goals partnership to reduce extreme poverty, hunger and disease. The new systems will be installed by MIOX Corp., a water treatment company that specializes in producing disinfection chemicals on site from salt, water and electricity rather than going the conventional route of trucking in supplies of chlorine. By ditching chlorine shipments, the MIOX system significantly reduces the carbon footprint of transportation and fuel consumption. As for an overall improvement in sustainability, a few tweaks in the system could make an enormous difference.The Problem with Chlorine As graphically illustrated by the Graniteville chlorine disaster, chlorine is an extremely dangerous substance to transport and handle, and industries have been scrambling for safer alternatives in the face of stricter regulations. Even the ubiquitous chlorine user Clorox recently announced that it was phasing out rail transportation of chlorine in favor of trucking in a more manageable bleach product to its factories. Chemical price spikes and shortages are also motivating water treatment professionals to search for alternative water disinfection technologies such as ultraviolet light (including zero emission solar power) or kinetic “energy bombs.”On-Site Disinfectant ProductionMIOX’s solution is a technology that uses common raw materials to manufacture disinfectants on site, which avoids the vagaries of the manufactured commodities market. The company estimates that on site generation cuts down the carbon footprint of transportation by about 80%. It also significantly reduces carbon emissions associated with manufacturing and disposing of chlorine containers. The company’s proprietary technology generates two types of disinfectant, hypochlorite and an advanced mixed oxidant, using water, salt and electricity as raw ingredients.About that Water, Salt and Electricity…In terms of overall sustainability, the on site production of disinfecting chemicals is a partial solution. At least two elements are needed to complete the circle. One is a more energy efficient water reclamation process, which would help conserve scarce water supplies (new high efficiency technologies for desalinating seawater could also yield supplies of salt). Another element is a low or zero emission source of power, and new advances in low cost solar technology are bringing that closer to reality.4/11/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Install-175-On-Site-Generation-Systems-in-Chiapas--Mexico-nwMFT_122.aspx/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Install-175-On-Site-Generation-Systems-in-Chiapas--Mexico-nwMFT_122.aspxState-of-the-art Technology to Provide Clean Drinking Water to Help Meet Millennium Development GoalsAlbuquerque, NM ­– April 6, 2010 – MIOX® Corporation has been selected by the government of Chiapas, Mexico, to supply 175 water systems using MIOX disinfection technology. FEMSA Foundation, which supports the conservation and sustainable use of water resources in Mexico and Latin America, played an integral role by connecting Chiapas with a technology that would benefit many thousands of people in the state. The on-site generation technology will be delivered to Chiapas in May 2010. Through sustainable management of water resources and access to potable water, the southernmost Mexican state will comply with the guidelines of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the result of a global partnership led by the United Nations to reduce extreme poverty, hunger and disease by 2015. Governor Juan Sabines Guerrero was instrumental in selecting the on-site generation technology. “Investing in clean water,” he said, “is investing in our people. The fundamental task is to provide drinking water to the people of Chiapas who need it most, especially the 28 municipalities with the lowest human development index. Through the Millennium Development Goals, we are committed to eradicating or significantly reducing the poverty in our state over the next 5 years.” The MIOX equipment will be shipped in a “plug-and-play” configuration for simplified installation and start-up as point-of-use water systems. MIOX’s clean technologies use only salt, water and electricity to generate a dilute disinfectant on-site. The operation of each of the 175 systems, which will be managed by trained state personnel and local residents, will require up to 50 kg of salt per month. The MIOX salt-based system can be sourced directly from the local town of Ixtapa, generating economic income for local residents. The MIOX technology was chosen for its superior disinfection capabilities, taste and odor reduction, simple design, and easy start-up. Creating disinfectant on-site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage losses and disposal of chemical containers.Photo Captions:Top: Water source in Chiapas, Mexico.Bottom: MIOX® Vice President of Operations, Kyle Lee, enjoys Chiapas water that has been treated by MIOX mixed oxidants..............................................................................................................................................About MIOX CorporationMIOX® Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries. About FEMSA FoundationFEMSA Foundation (www.femsafoundation.org) is a social investment instrument that supports the conservation and sustainable use of water resources as well as the improvement of quality of life in communities through applied education, science, and technology. By creating strategic alliances with world-class institutions, FEMSA Foundation supports projects with true potential to become legacies in Latin America. 4/6/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/The-Top-Fifty-Green-Start-ups-CBS-News-March-22-2010-nwMFT_129.aspx/News/The-Top-Fifty-Green-Start-ups-CBS-News-March-22-2010-nwMFT_129.aspxThe Top Fifty Green Start UpsCBS NewsMarch 22, 2010 Posted by Michael Kanellos Venture capital firms have invested almost $20 billion into hundreds of greentech startups since 2005. Very few of these firms will actually make it. At Greentech Media, we put our energy reporters and analysts to the task of picking fifty VC startups in greentech that have at least a fighting chance of succeeding as VC-funded startups and making an impact on our energy-intensive lives. Methodology: We spread the names of 500 VC-funded firms on the Greentech Media dance floor and cut the head off of a chicken. Wherever the chicken landed - that was a winner. We stopped when we ran out of chickens.Water Oasys: This Yale start-up promotes forward osmosis to take the salt out of seawater. It is less energy intensive than the reverse osmosis technology throughout now in the industry. MIOX: It purifies water with salt. Clorox did this 100 years ago but MIOX has made it more efficient. Water companies now won't have to truck chlorine all over the place. Purfresh: If you drink bottled water or eat bagged organic lettuce, you've encountered Purfresh. The company, backed by Foundation Capital, kills microbes with ozinated water. Growers use it to keep food fresh on the way to store shelves and bottlers use it to sterilize plastic. Orders go up every time an e coli outbreak occurs. Like Serious Materials, Purfresh is expanding from its base to become a full-service water and food company. 3/22/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Fertile-Ground-Santa-Fe-Reporter-March-10-2010-nwMFT_140.aspx/News/Fertile-Ground-Santa-Fe-Reporter-March-10-2010-nwMFT_140.aspxFertile GroundSanta Fe Reporter March 10 2010By Lucas ConleyIt didn’t take an MBA to identify the bottleneck in Kenneth Baltz’ supply chain. “His entire supply of eggs would be sold out within two hours of opening the Farmers Market,” Sarah Noss, the executive director of the Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, recalls. “Then he’d just have to sit there for the rest of the day.” Baltz needed more chickens. One year later, with the help of a pair of small FMI loans, the 60-year-old semi-retired farmer had them. Eight hundred more of them, in fact—plus a new 6,000-square-foot pen to protect his investment from the coyotes that frequent the farm he and his wife, Judy, own just north of Abiquiu.“Not only have I doubled my flock,” Baltz says. “I’ve doubled my eggs and doubled my customers. Those loans really got me up and going.”For farmers like Baltz, the FMI offers a welcome solution to capitalism’s classic chicken-and-egg dilemma: Entrepreneurs want money to grow their businesses, but lenders want to see a business grow before investing their money. By removing many of the typical prerequisites to getting a loan (submitting to stringent credit checks, filling out stacks of paperwork, writing a detailed business plan), in just two years, the FMI has been able to provide more than 50 farmers across northern New Mexico with a total of $127,000 in low-interest, community-funded microloans, ranging from a few hundred dollars up to $5,000. FMI’s refreshingly utopian program has quickly assumed a vital role in the regional food ecosystem. But as the spring growing season looms and farmers look to borrow money again, Noss says FMI’s funds are nearly exhausted.As the global economy has retracted, local growers, distributors, restaurateurs and innovators at every level have found the challenge of starting or growing a business increasingly difficult. The added economic pressure compounds a host of long-standing regional issues—from rising land costs and dwindling water rights to Santa Fe’s high cost of living and insufficiencies with local infrastructure. Despite these challenges, entrepreneurs large and small are successfully navigating New Mexico’s investment landscape.From subsistence to successKosma Channing isn’t the bookish type. By his own admission, the 27-year-old farmer barely graduated from high school. Nevertheless, Channing does know a thing or two about running a business. By methodically building up his farm and undercutting farms from out of state, he and his brother, Teague, 31, have created Gemini Farms, a Las Trampas cooperative founded with a small loan from their mother just eight seasons ago. It’s now a stove-top name around Santa Fe’s best kitchens. La Casa Sena, Santacafé, Body—in all, more than a dozen of the city’s most discerning chefs buy organic vegetables from Gemini. Success has transformed the Channings’ operation into one of the larger non-wholesale farms in northern New Mexico, incorporating new fields and crops, irrigation systems and additional infrastructure, like hoop houses, raised beds and a cavernous storage cellar. Through it all, they’ve adhered to one basic fiduciary principle: “If we don’t have the money,” Kosma says. “We don’t buy it.” But as their farm has grown to the point of requiring more land, the Channings have had to face the prospect of reconciling their high ideals and their low income. Even if the Channings overcome their ideological reluctance to borrow, more practical questions remain—like where they’ll find financing.(Really) Slow MoneyThe search for financing is what drew some 25 small-business owners to a two-hour “Realities of Financing” workshop at the Santa Fe Business Incubator this past February. Produced by the Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST), a nonprofit economic development organization aligned with the Small Business Administration, the workshop featured a panel of local lenders, among them ACCION, Capital Bank and The Loan Fund. Advice and empathy flowed freely. Capital, however, did not. Panel members heaped on the encouragement and platitudes but, by the time the Q&A session rolled around, the “loan luncheon” left an aftertaste of rejection. One attendee, a volunteer with SCORE, the free business counseling service, expressed his frustration. “Our clients are hitting a brick wall,” he said. “We’ve helped them prepare a business plan and sent them out to lenders to get some money, but there’s no money to be had!”Friends, fools and familyAccording to Michael Schafer, managing partner at New Mexico Community Capital, many investors are more interested in good ideas than business plans. “Most of your investors are looking eye-to-eye across the table. They don’t require a business plan,” he says. “Traditional lenders are required to see one, but most start-ups get their capital from friends, fools and family.”Such was the case with Nathan Gonzales, the founder of Southwest Bio Fuels, based in Albuquerque. A mechanic in the family trucking business since age 8, Gonzales, now 28, learned how to convert vegetable oil into biodiesel while in the Army. Using homemade biodiesel in the family’s fleet came naturally, but his dream of building a biodiesel plant from scratch was something else entirely.“Making biofuel is easy, but making it right is hard,” he says. “There’s 1,001 ways to do this, most all of them are incorrect.”To raise the $400,000 he needed to make his plant a reality, Gonzales turned to a variety of sources. The first $200,000 came from his father and an SBA “patriot loan,” while LANL’s Venture Acceleration Fund and an “angel investor” from Taos kicked in the rest. Now up and running, Gonzales says he’ll have a network of 300 restaurants supplying oil by this summer, enabling him to sell biodiesel to clients like University of New Mexico for 18 to 20 cents per gallon less than conventional diesel. World classAt the upper end of New Mexico’s investment ladder is water treatment company MIOX. MIOX’s chemical-free water purification technology can be found all over the world, from hand-held units employed in disaster areas like Haiti to massive room-size units installed in luxury hotels and cruise ships. Having raised some $42 million (including investment by NMCC), the 15-year-old firm is by all accounts the state’s largest venture-capital-backed company. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Perea notes MIOX has had to reach well beyond local “friends, fools and family” to grow.“To be a world-class company, you need world-class investors and management,” he says. This often means finding capital and talent outside the state. And, as New Mexico isn’t the most centrally located place for a global corporation, MIOX opened a second office in Philadelphia in 2009.Despite these issues, Perea stresses that MIOX is, at its core, a New Mexico company. “One of our board members is a New Mexico-based venture capitalist. And we’ve always had a desire to employ people in New Mexico,” he says. “As a New Mexican, I want to see us create an explosive economy here. There’s no reason we can’t be competitive.”Each of these New Mexico start-ups are rooted more heavily in social capital and community wealth than in status quo financing schemes. Building a farm on a shoestring or a biofuel plant from a dream or a multinational with a mission all require that entrepreneurs first invest in their own communities before collecting returns.That’s hatching your chickens before they’re counted.3/10/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/On-Site-Generation--OSG--Technology-For-Beverage-Industry-Sanitation-nwMFT_158.aspx/News/On-Site-Generation--OSG--Technology-For-Beverage-Industry-Sanitation-nwMFT_158.aspxEnvironmentally Sustainable Sanitizing Option Saves Time and Money In beverage bottling and canning plants, Clean-in-Place (CIP) is used to clean various product lines such as syrup and water lines for a variety of reasons including flavor carryover prevention and microbial control. CIP also eliminates organic residues like precipitated proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and other contaminants that harbor bacteria and may lead to microbial induced corrosion (MIC). While in-situ CIP is faster than older, more traditional methods that require disassembly for cleaning, it can still be one of the more time-consuming aspects of plant operation and maintenance. Time lost to CIP is also valuable lost production time. As a result, many producers are constantly looking for ways to reduce their CIP cycle times without sacrificing safety, complexity or burdensome additional cost. By using On-Site Generation (OSG) of oxidant for CIP, beverage processing plants can increase production time with a rapid three-step cold CIP process. 3/10/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Top-50-VC-Funded-Greentech-Startups-GreentechMedia-March-8th-2010-nwMFT_130.aspx/News/Top-50-VC-Funded-Greentech-Startups-GreentechMedia-March-8th-2010-nwMFT_130.aspxTop 50 VC Funded Greentech StartupGreentechMediaMarch 8th, 2010Venture capital firms have invested almost $20 billion into hundreds of greentech startups since 2005.  All of these firms are looking to launch a disruptive force into their target markets, scale rapidly and grow quickly. Very few of these firms will actually make it. We put our energy analysts, reporters and editors to the task of picking fifty VC startups in greentech that have at least a fighting chance of succeeding as VC-funded start-ups and making an impact on our energy-intensive lives.WaterWater Oasys: This water start-up is built around research from Yale with $10 million in venture funds to see if its novel desalination technique, which exploits fundamental chemistry and waste heat, can go commercial. The company claims its "forward osmosis" process can desalinate water for about half the cost of standard reverse osmosis desalination.MIOX: The disruptive aspect of Miox' business plan is distributed water purification instead of the current centralized model. The company makes onsite water purification systems for gray water remediation and water recycling. Distributed water purification could potentially open up a flood of investment into water. Miox's trick is in making the process cost-effective. The company's system can purify a given amount of liquid with a volume of salt that is one-fourth the amount of liquid chlorine that would be required. Investors include Sierra Venutres, DCM, and Flywheel Ventures.Purfresh: If you drink bottled water or eat bagged organic lettuce, you've encountered Purfresh. The company, backed by Foundation Capital, kills microbes with ozinated water. Growers use it to keep food fresh on the way to store shelves and bottlers use it to sterilize plastic. Orders go up every time an E. coli outbreak occurs. Like Serious Materials, Purfresh is expanding from its base to become a full-service water and food company. 3/8/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/CHILE-RELIEF-CHARITABLE-DONATION-REQUEST-FOR-MIOX-EQUIPMENT-nwMFT_115.aspx/News/CHILE-RELIEF-CHARITABLE-DONATION-REQUEST-FOR-MIOX-EQUIPMENT-nwMFT_115.aspxMIOX Corporation is committed to assisting the disaster relief effort in Chile and Haiti.  If your organization would like to be considered for a charitable donation of MIOX equipment, please download the pdf form on this page and email, fax or mail your request to:MIOX Corporation5601 Balloon Fiesta ParkwayAlbuquerque, NM 87113Fax: 505-343-0093Email: mari.uehara-damp@miox.com3/6/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Getting-off-the-Water-Grid-GreenTech-Media-March-5-2010-nwMFT_139.aspx/News/Getting-off-the-Water-Grid-GreenTech-Media-March-5-2010-nwMFT_139.aspxGetting off the Water Grid GreenTech Media March 5 2010Solar panels have allowed consumers and commercial users to wean themselves off the grid.Miox wants to have a similar effect in water.The company, which makes onsite water purification systems, is looking at ways to promote its technology for gray water remediation and water recycling. In most parts of the U.S., consumers and businesses send their gray water -- i.e., water that's been used for showers or cooking but not run through the toilet -- to large municipal treatment plants. The process requires pumps, infrastructure upkeep, and energy, and generally it's overkill. The water doesn't require the levels of treatment that black water (from the sewer) would.By keeping the water local, communities can start to ease those burdens. One Miox customer, a resort located near a Native American community, has begun to recycle its gray water as a way to reduce the amount it needs to pump from the local aquifer, according to Carlos Perea, CEO.New community developments and industrial customers are also looking at distributed water processing. In turn, Miox will try to make its equipment more turnkey-like so it appeals to a broader base. The company also hopes to soon announce marketing and sales alliances with multinationals.Distributed water purification could, potentially, also finally open up the long-awaited flood of investment into water. The world currently sits on the precipice of a water disaster: China, Australia, and parts of the U.S. and Europe have struggled with droughts and crop failures in recent years. The field of water treatment could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year. (See A Guide to the Water World and Water World Part II: Investing in Purification.)Unfortunately, the main buyers tend to be state and local government agencies and water utilities are about the most staid, conservative organizations around. Water treatment hearings and lunchtime at a retirement community: I've been to both and still can't recall which was which.A shift to distributed water and private sector customers could accelerate the market. You could even see companies like IBM, Bechtel or Siemens offering the complete off-the-grid package to new housing developers and contractors. (Welcome to Omega Man Estates.) Companies such as HydroPoint Data Systems, among others, currently sell computerized systems that can help commercial property owners reduce water consumption.So how does Miox work? The company's systems split salt (sodium chloride) and use the resulting chlorine gas and/or chlorine oxygen compounds to kill impurities. Traditional water purification relies on adding chlorine gas or liquid into water. Thus, the chemical agents are similar -- Miox mostly differs from the norm in the way it delivers chlorine."Chlorine is not the perfect chemistry but is it well understood. It is the gold standard," he said.Salt electrolysis avoids the problem of transporting liquid chlorine. The company, in fact, grew out of military research. "The DoD didn't want chlorine gas in the field. A stray bullet or sabotage could create huge issues," he said.Miox's trick lay in making electrolysis cost-effective. The company's system can purify a given amount of liquid with a volume of salt that is one-fourth the amount of liquid chlorine that would be required.3/5/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-Discovers-a-Reason-Why-Cryptosporidium-is-Resistant-to-Chlorine--nwMFT_119.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-Discovers-a-Reason-Why-Cryptosporidium-is-Resistant-to-Chlorine--nwMFT_119.aspxAlbuquerque, NM - March 4, 2010 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, published a peer-reviewed scientific paper in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The research for this publication was conducted in collaboration with the Center of Infectious Diseases and Biodefenses, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. The research was led by Principal Microbiologist George Bajszar, PhD.The paper, entitled "Stress-induced Hsp70 gene expression and inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by chlorine-based oxidants," uncovers for the first time that chlorine triggers a strong defensive molecular response to oxidative stress in this important waterborne parasite. This response likely contributes to the high resistance of these waterborne pathogens to chlorination. After this initial defensive response mechanism to oxidative stress is "overwhelmed" by extended contact time or at higher concentration of chlorine oxidant, the exposure to the oxidant leads to oocyst death. The relative biocidal effect of bleach and electrolytically generated mixed oxidant solution (MOS) on the oocysts was compared at identical free chlorine concentrations. The results showed that MOS exhibits a higher efficacy in oocyst inactivation that hypochlorite.Oocyst viability was monitored by a commonly accepted infectivity assay, which uses live mammalian cells to estimate the infectivity of oocysts. In addition, a fast molecular diagnostic assay, based on the quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) technique was applied. The comparative assays gave consistent results. The latter method is faster and simpler to perform. While the qRT-PCR assay may not yet be used under current regulatory frameworks to monitor for C. parvum oocysts, it can be developed for rapid assessment of disinfection dose rates more rapidly in response to changing conditions by-product formation in the finished water or increase dose if the risk of contamination is greater.The MIOX-UNM research team also observed that Cryptosporidium oocysts can remain physically intact for several days following disinfection treatment - even when they are already dead.These findings will enable MIOX and others in the drinking water community to develop more efficient disinfection protocols and analytical methods for the inactivation of chlorine-resistant microorganisims.Photo courtesy of Dr. Alexander Dekoneko, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.Pictured: Cryptosporidium parvum. Clusters of infection by C. parvum in a cell culture monolayer. The C. parvum cells are labeled with a green fluorescent antibody, and the host cells (HCT-8; an intestinal colorectal adenocarcinoma cell culture, which can be infected with C. parvum) are stained in the background with a blue fluorescent dye (DAPI).###About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.3/4/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Local-Company-Donates-Water-Purifiers-To-Haiti-nwMFT_117.aspx/News/Local-Company-Donates-Water-Purifiers-To-Haiti-nwMFT_117.aspxALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- As the death toll for Haiti grows, food and shelter for survivors are still coming up short. According to survivors, officials are demanding bribes before giving out bags of rice from the United Nations. Another problem that is growing from the devastation, is the lack of clean water. The Miox Corporation in Albuquerque creates equipment that helps sanitize water, making it safe for consumption...View full video and news story here: http://www.koat.com/news/22458972/detail.html?taf=alb2/4/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Treat-Water-for-Lakehaven-Utility-District-nwMFT_116.aspx/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Treat-Water-for-Lakehaven-Utility-District-nwMFT_116.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– February 3, 2010 – MIOX Corporation has been selected by Lakehaven Utility District to supply a RIO™ M3 on-site mixed oxidant generator in King County, Washington. The RIO unit has a 180 pound per day capacity to treat the 10 MGD facility. The Lakehaven District, which is located between Seattle and Tacoma, includes 350 miles of mainline, 27 pump stations and two secondary wastewater treatment plants, the Redondo Plant and the Lakota Plant. The new MIOX unit will be installed at the Lakota Plant in spring 2010, replacing the gas chlorine and bulk bleach currently employed.The Lakehaven Board of Commissioners voted to upgrade the facility to a MIOX on-site generator based on safety and cost efficiencies. A capital lease program that includes quarterly service with continuous remote monitoring allowed Lakehaven to improve their facility at less cost to the utility than a capital equipment purchase or the monthly cost of chemicals. Other factors in the decision included the relatively small footprint of the system and the ability to expand with modular electrolytic cells. “Switching to MIOX was a carefully considered decision,” said Chris McCalib, wastewater operations manager, Lakehaven Utility District. “We knew we needed to address the potential costs and complications associated with process safety management if we were to continue to use gaseous chlorine. At the same time, we had microbiological issues that we needed to address, particularly filamentous bacteria in the secondary treatment system. It made sense to go with on-site generation for safety and cost benefits, and after careful scrutiny and evaluation, we chose MIOX because of their excellent safety record and the superior effectiveness of the mixed oxidant chemistry.” MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and electricity to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage losses and disposal of chemical containers. # # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX® Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries. 2/3/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/Sustainable-Water-Disinfection-nwMFT_153.aspx/News/Sustainable-Water-Disinfection-nwMFT_153.aspxSafe, ‘green’ onsite chlorine generation - By Beth KennedyBased on technology that has been around for decades, onsite generation of chlorine and other oxidant species is achieved by applying an electrical current to a solution of food-grade salt and water. While onsite generators (OSGs) also are used industrially and commercially to provide disinfection for swimming pools, cooling towers and sanitation for clean-in-place operations, the largest application of OSG technology is in municipal drinking water disinfection.Many water municipalities are moving away from more traditional chlorine delivery systems such as chlorine gas, concentrated sodium hypochlorite and bulk calcium hypochlorite, turning instead to OSG systems as a safer, “greener,” more cost-effective disinfection method.How It WorksIncoming water first goes through a softener, then splits into two lines. One line flows directly into the electrolytic cell where the electricity is applied. The other is used to fill the brine tank. This tank stores a concentrated salt solution that is injected into the softened water stream entering the electrolytic cell.The electrolytic cell, where the oxidant is produced, is the heart of any OSG. Electrolytic cells consist of two electrodes—the anode and cathode—arranged so that both make contact with the mixed water and brine solution. When the OSG is activated, a voltage is applied to the cell so that current flows through the cell, causing chemical reactions to take place at the surfaces of both electrodes that eventually produce the disinfectants.Once the oxidant solution leaves the electrolytic cell, it is stored temporarily in an oxidant tank until it is metered into the water being treated. A byproduct of electrolysis, hydrogen gas also is produced inside the electrolytic cell, and the hydrogen is safely removed from the cell and oxidant storage tank through vents.Benefits associated with onsite generation include improved operator safety, environmentally greener applications and cost savings.Improved Operator SafetyTraditional chlorine-based methods of water disinfection can pose a variety of safety concerns to the operator. Chlorine gas is probably the most hazardous—and most common—source of chlorine used by water treatments plants. First used in World War I as a weapon, chlorine gas is a powerful, toxic irritant to the respiratory system. Another common form of chlorine used for disinfection is industrial-strength sodium hypochlorite, bleach, a 12.5%-by-weight solution, which is caustic.OSG systems use only water and salt and produce nontoxic, noncaustic oxidant solutions with a chlorine content that typically contains less than 0.8% free available chlorine. Compared to those using traditional forms of chlorine disinfection, treatment plants that use OSG systems typically face less oversight from state health agencies, require less safety training for operators and have less of an insurance liability issue.Greener ApplicationsOnsite generation is a more sustainable option compared to traditional chlorination methods. Transporting just salt instead of chemicals to the treatment plant reduces carbon emissions. For example, it can take more than four deliveries of 12.5% sodium hypochlorite solution to produce the same amount of chlorine as one delivery of salt. Reducing transportation requirements reduces the carbon footprint of the plant because less fossil fuel is needed to supply it with disinfectant. Additionally, onsite generation eliminates the waste of empty chemical containers.Cost SavingsBecause it is unnecessary to continuously purchase expensive chlorine chemicals, OSGs typically produce chlorine at a much lower cost than traditional delivery methods. Additional savings are realized by decreased safety-related and transportation costs, including potentially lower insurance premiums. Although OSG systems may present a significant upfront capital equipment cost, most water plants realize a return on their investment in OSG equipment within two to three years.Beth Kennedy is manager of marketing communications for MIOX Corp. Kennedy can be reached at 505.224.1140 or by e-mail at beth.kennedy@miox.com. Source: Water & Wastes Digest January 2010 Volume: 50 Number: 1Copyright © 2011 Scranton Gillette Communications 1/30/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/When-the-earthquake-hit--the-aquatics-industry-stepped-in-to-lend-a-hand-Aquatics-International-January-12-2010-nwMFT_128.aspx/News/When-the-earthquake-hit--the-aquatics-industry-stepped-in-to-lend-a-hand-Aquatics-International-January-12-2010-nwMFT_128.aspxHelp for Haiti: When the earthquake hit, the aquatics industry stepped in to lend a handAquatics InternationalJanuary 12, 2010By Kendra Kozen Jan. 12, 2010, will be seared into the minds of Haitians for years to come. That day’s catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 and left roughly 1 million homeless, and the devastation and suffering left in its wake is still attracting worldwide attention. In the past two months, donations have poured in from everywhere, including the aquatics industry. Some industry numbers were impacted directly and several companies stepped up with monetary donations. Meanwhile, a number of manufacturers have used their expertise to help provide much-needed clean water.“We are supporting efforts in Haiti through our Chlorine Chemistry Foundation [supported by member companies, including PPG, Arch, Occidental and BioLab],” said Jeffrey Sloan senior director of water and sustainability, Chlorine Chemistry Division, American Chemistry Council. “We have provided $15,000 to International Action for relief efforts in Haiti, and are planning additional support to UNICEF’s water and sanitation efforts.”Arch Chemicals has worked with International Action to provide clean water in Haiti for several years. Following the earthquake, the company donated $10,000 each to International Action and the American Red Cross, to bolster emergency efforts, according to Dale Walter, a company spokesman for the Norwalk, Conn.-based company.Similarly, global water solutions provider Pentair Inc. worked with its foundation and its charitable partner, Water Missions International, to contribute $200,000 to fund portable water-treatment systems and related supplies to Haiti. The Minneapolis-based company provided five chlorinators and 10 Living Water Treatment Systems, which can provide potable drinking water to approximately 100,000 people daily.Team Horner of Fort Lauderdale Fla., has become involved on a more personal level. When employee Fernand Pascal’s family lost everything, he went to Haiti directly to assist them. His co-workers held a raffle and sent the money raised directly to him and his family. Another employee, Marc Germain, lost a relative in the earthquake and the company also collected funds to help his family. Other firms that provided aid include the following: Masco Corp., parent company to Watkins Manufacturing, maker of Hot Spring Spas and Caldera Spas, made a contribution to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to assist with food, water, shelter and general relief operations in Haiti, and matched individual employee donations; the National Swimming Pool Foundation also made a donation to the American Red Cross; Miox Corp. donated five portable water-treatment systems; Regency Pool and Spa of Florida Inc. made a contribution to the American Red Cross; BECS Technology Inc. made a donation to the American Red Cross of $50 on behalf of each of its employees, plus financial contributions to two other relief organizations working in Haiti; Hach, the parent company of AquaChek, and Danaher Corp., which acquired Hach in 1999, made financial contributions, provided equipment, and created a program to encourage staff and customers to donate; Playtime matched employee donations to Shelterbox USA; and Taylor Technologies matched employee contributions to Samaritan’s Purse Haiti earthquake relief efforts, and donated customized water test kits to Safe Drinking Water Ministries. 1/12/2010 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Technology-Retained-to-Manage-Water-Quality-at-Radisson-Hotel-Albuquerque-Water-Park-Opening-in-First-Quarter-2010-nwMFT_86.aspx/News/MIOX-Technology-Retained-to-Manage-Water-Quality-at-Radisson-Hotel-Albuquerque-Water-Park-Opening-in-First-Quarter-2010-nwMFT_86.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– November 24, 2009 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announced it has been awarded the service contract to provide aquatic sanitation for the new Water Park opening at the Radisson Hotel Albuquerque, New Mexico. The contract will include managing water quality and cleanliness for the Radisson’s five water features, including a 63,895-gallon river and slide plunge pool; 32,235-gallon activity pool; 12,577-gallon wading pool; 8,690-gallon spa; and a 57,230 gallon FlowRiderTM. The MIOX SmartStartTM lease program includes a mixed oxidant on-site generation system, training, remote monitoring and on-site preventive maintenance services. The mixed oxidant technology in use at the Radisson Albuquerque offers better control to prevent recreational water illnesses; ensure removal of biofouling that may exist in distribution pipelines; reduced formation of chlorinated by-products; and a better swim experience through elimination of the eye and skin irritation typical of many pools and spas. “By partnering with MIOX, we have found a highly effective water sanitation technology that ensures the safest and most enjoyable environment possible for guests and employees,” said Jim Metzger, general manager of the Radisson. “With the SmartStart program, we have the peace of mind of knowing MIOX’s job is to keep our solution tank full, while also ensuring peak performance from the MIOX system. We were able to achieve the best of both worlds, the performance and cost reductions of on-site generation and the reliability and availability that comes from traditional, delivered chemical models. We’re delighted with this arrangement.” MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and electricity to generate a dilute sanitizer on site. Creating sanitizer on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage losses and disposal of chemical containers. MIOX technology is EPA and NSF-50 compliant for pool and spa applications.The water park facility was designed by the consulting team of Cities Edge Architects, a national hotel, resort and water park design firm and Ramaker & Associates. Ramaker & Associates performed the aquatic, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering design for the facility. “Our firm is pleased that the Radisson Hotel has embraced our recommendations for utilizing the MIOX disinfection solution,” said Duane Wepking, PE, senior project manager at Ramaker & Associates. “MIOX’s SmartStart program presented a creative means for Radisson to implement the MIOX installation and on-going maintenance of the equipment. They have demonstrated that their solution is effective for swimming pool applications and has many short term and long term benefits for the owner. The solution is very user-friendly and greatly diminishes the risk posed by conventional on-site chemical storage. Overall, sustainability is the key asset for the MIOX system.” # # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries. About Ramaker & AssociatesRamaker & Associates (www.ramaker.com) is a leader in designing innovative indoor/outdoor swimming pools and water parks. As a full-service engineering company, they are proficient in all phases of the design process. Over the past 15 years, Ramaker & Associates has assisted hundreds of communities and destination resorts in the development of popular water attractions.About Cities Edge ArchitectsCities Edge has designed hundreds of Hotels and Resorts across the country. In addition to this they have held the lead role in designing many Water Parks as well as prototype designs for Water Park facilities. Cities Edge, www.citiesedgearchitects.com enjoys many professional relationships with quality companies like Ramaker & Associates, and MIOX Corporation.About Radisson HotelsRadisson® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading, full-service hotel brands, offers vibrant, contemporary and engaging hospitality that is defined by its distinctive Yes I Can! service philosophy. Radisson includes more than 420 locations in 73 countries. It is part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, a leading global hotel company with more than 1,055 locations in 77 countries under the brands of Regent® Hotels & Resorts; Radisson® Hotels & Resorts; Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts; Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM and Park Inn®. The Radisson Hotel Albuquerque is an independently owned and operated franchisee of Radisson® Hotels & Resorts. Contact: Arthur “Coop” Cooper 505-889-4902 11/24/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Cover-Story--A--Green--Way-of-Life--Beverage-World-November--09-nwMFT_87.aspx/News/Cover-Story--A--Green--Way-of-Life--Beverage-World-November--09-nwMFT_87.aspxCover Story: A 'Green' Way of Life Written by Jennifer Cirillo    Tuesday, 17 November 2009 13:19 Since its inception nearly 120 years ago, FEMSA has taken part in programs that would now fall under the umbrella term, social responsibility. Documentation dated as early as 1918 indicates the Monterrey, Mexico-based company offered its employees things like medical services and housing assistance.“Those were the times of the Mexican Revolution so things weren’t easy for anyone, but investing in the people, investing in the community was something that was part of this company’s culture since then,” says Jaime Toussaint, community affairs and social responsibility director of FEMSA.Fast-forward to 2009 and it’s evident that the principles the company was founded on haven’t been uprooted.FEMSA is the largest beverage company in Latin America, operating three business units in the soft drink, beer and convenience store markets: Coca-Cola FEMSA, FEMSA Cerveza and FEMSA Comercio. Coca-Cola FEMSA is the No. 2 Coca-Cola bottler worldwide. FEMSA Cerveza boasts a portfolio of 35 high-quality beer brands, including Dos Equis and Tecate, brewed at 14 facilities in Brazil and Mexico. Last year, it reported export sales volume growth of 12.3 percent, despite the decline in the overall import beer category in the United States. FEMSA Comercio operates the largest and most profitable convenience store chain in Latin America—OXXO. With nearly 7,000 stores located in Mexico, OXXO is the largest nationwide seller of Coca-Cola products and beer in the country. In fact, OXXO is the main FEMSA Cerveza customer accounting for approximately 12 percent of its beer volume in 2008.Business numbers aside, FEMSA also is a leader in social responsibility. One of the company’s most recent endeavors in this regard was the inception of FEMSA Foundation in November of last year, created with the focus of promoting projects that would provide in-depth and long-term solutions for two of the key challenges in Latin America: environmental sustainability and quality of life in the community.“The company had been thinking about the possibility of having an instrument that could go beyond the frontiers of the company and truly begin to contribute into the community,” says Vidal Garza, FEMSA Foundation director.An initial four projects were created. 1. The Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean represents the first major specific effort in Latin America that focuses on sustainable water conservation and usage with leading-edge technology and participating specialists. In conjunction with FEMSA Foundation, Tec de Monterrey, a private university founded in 1943, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a source of multilateral financing to support the process of economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean, invested US$11 million for the creation of the center. “[The foundation] is an instrument of social investment,” explains Garza, “so the idea was to actually begin to develop an alliance with other institutions.”2. Providing potable water for Latin American communities that are isolated from urban centers is another area of need. FEMSA Foundation is working with MIOX Corp., based in Albuquerque, N.M., a company that provides on-site water disinfectant generators, and non-governmental organizations that have presence in areas where communities lack potable water. Currently, installations have been placed in El Salado, Columbia and Valle de Bravo, Mexico, which benefits between 5,000 and 7,000 families, notes Garza.3. Providing potable water in case of a natural disaster is yet another focus of helping those in Latin America and the Caribbean—where the occurrence of natural disasters is prevalent. Verde is the name of a trailer funded by FEMSA and FEMSA Foundation designed to potabilize any kind of water quality to drinking standards. The capacity of the vehicle is half a liter per second (comparable to a normal running water faucet) and can provide water for 4,000 people a day. The vehicle is intended to operate in a disaster zone autonomously during the first 72 hours of the natural disaster. Garza expects the vehicle to be operational in spring of 2010.4. Quality of life is another important commitment of FEMSA Foundation, so over the next six to eight months, the foundation is collaborating with IDB and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, to reduce malnutrition among children in Latin America.“We see social responsibility as a commitment that we have to generate social and economic value in a simultaneous way,” says Toussaint. “The company was founded with that idea.” Company Culture At FEMSA, Toussaint explains the company’s efforts in social, economic and environmental programs are to not only impact the communities in which it operates and minimize waste in its production plants, but to encourage a more socially responsible way of living.In Mexico, Coca-Cola FEMSA implemented a program that trained its employees in leak detection, recovering and reusing water in its cleaning tasks. This program allowed the company to improve its water usage by 3.6 percent in 2008 compared with the previous year, while raising awareness among its employees of the need to use water in the most efficient manner.“We think that these kinds of actions do more than just saving a few liters of water, but create a culture of always watching any water use in the company with different eyes and those things are very valuable because they are translated to home,” Toussaint says.In fact, Garza notes the families of FEMSA employees that live in and around Monterrey use less water on average per month compared with the city’s average. In Monterrey, the average amount of water used monthly per household is 30 cubic meters. For households of FEMSA families that measurement drops to 20 cubic meters.Last year, Coca-Cola FEMSA’s reduction in water usage allowed the company to save nearly 890,000 cubic meters of water, the same amount of water used by more than 2,500 five-member families in one year.FEMSA Cerveza also has reduced water usage by up to 54 percent. The business unit is able to produce 1 liter of beer using 3.8 liters of water, a feat the company says is well below the world average.FEMSA also operates 33 water treatment plants (20 of which are in Mexico) the most recent being a wastewater treatment plant in Panama completed last year. Construction on another plant in Barcelona, Venezuela is underway. Toussaint notes that these efforts are not only good for business and the community, but spread the message of sustainability and, hopefully, as a result, encourage others to follow the lead, even in tough times. Through the Mexican Revolution of years ago and today’s economic crisis, FEMSA hasn’t held back. “Right now we are passing through a severe [economic] crisis,” he says, “and our programs are still in place because we know this is something that will make the company sustainable for the future.”One ‘Interesting’ Story Juan Fonseca, investor relations director, FEMSA was walking through customs at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York a few months ago. (He often travels to the United States from Mexico for business as one might imagine.) This time, he found himself having an interesting conversation with the customs agent. Fonseca says the dialogue went something like this. (He prefaces the story by saying: “Usually, US customs and immigration officers are very serious folks who have a job to do and basically go through the process of making sure that anybody who gets into the country is there for the right reasons.”) Fonseca hands the customs agent his customs form. Customs Agent: “What is the purpose of your visit?” Fonseca: “Business.” Customs Agent: “What business are you in?” Fonseca: “Well, we make beer.” Customs Agent: “What brand?” Fonseca: “Dos Equis.”The customs agent drops the customs form on the counter and looks Fonseca straight in the eye. Customs Agent: “I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.” That famous phrase is the tagline from the marketing campaign for Dos Equis featuring none other than The Most Interesting Man in the World, who offers advice on everyday circumstances and always closes his argument with this often recited line.This year, the company decided to take the campaign national. For the past two years, it was on air in only nine states with local television stations.“It’s one example that is very telling of the type of reaction and retention (of the campaign) where people are actually memorizing these lines,” Fonseca says.And stories like that one keep multiplying.Dos Equis has seen strong growth in a declining import beer market in the US. Over the past five years, the brand has experienced CAGR of over 20 percent year after year. Luis Durán, international director, FEMSA Cerveza, likes to tell people, “We are having an overnight success that has been 10 years in the making because this is obviously not an accident.” FEMSA has quadrupled its investment in Dos Equis within the US over the past 10 years. Understanding the consumer coupled with an award-winning marketing campaign and the execution of the brand in the marketplace with Heineken USA have contributed to the brand’s success, Durán explains.“With Dos Equis we believe that we have something that is very unique,” says Durán. “We think we are very near that breakthrough moment that happens once in a lifetime for brands.” He adds that now is the time to make a big push in the marketplace as the consumer pull is happening.Tecate and Tecate Light also are performing well in the US. From 2004 to 2008, for example, Tecate’s CAGR accelerated at 9.1 percent while domestic premium brands decelerated, notes Durán. Fonseca adds, “I think judging from other instances in the history of our business, certainly run away success in the US bodes very well for eventually gaining critical mass elsewhere.” –J.R.C.From Beverage World November 15, 200911/17/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/New-water-disinfection-system-impressive--superintendent--Nor-Wester-November--09-nwMFT_88.aspx/News/New-water-disinfection-system-impressive--superintendent--Nor-Wester-November--09-nwMFT_88.aspxNew water disinfection system impressive: SuperintendentBILLY CANNING The Nor'westerA relatively new water disinfection system is getting two thumbs up by Springdale's superintendent. Pat King said he was impressed when representatives of Miox Corporation conducted a presentation on their sodium based hypochlorite operation at the Canadian Public Works Association meeting in early October in Gander. The system doesn't require liquid or gas chlorine, because the operation produces chlorine itself, said Tom Muilenberg, sales manager for Miox. "We're taking the salt and dissolving it into water, so we have both sodium and chloride in a solution," he said. "And as you pass that through an electrolytic cell you end up stripping the chloride off of the ions and then it recombines to form chlorine. You're creating chlorine from the solution by converting chloride ions naturally found in salt." Mr. King said the system could be beneficial to municipalities in the province. "It's a fairly new system and it's starting to gain some good reviews," he said. "For any community starting off new, I don't think it would be that expensive." He said current chlorine systems municipalities use require a specialized trained individual to handle the substance. But with the sodium based hypochlorite system, it's relatively harmless because it's chlorine free. Another upside to the system is that there's no need to have a large inventory of liquid chlorine on site, running the risk of the substance losing its potency, because with this system, it produces chlorine as needed at the right strength, he said. "There are a lot of side benefits to it," he said. Mr. King said the Town of Springdale has a good water system in place and there's no short term plans to change over to the sodium based hypochlorite system. "We have no immediate plans or reasons to change, but it's nice to know that system is there," he said. "It's a good system and I could see it replacing all the liquid chlorine applications out there." The cost varies due to size of the operation, ranging between US$15, 000 to $30,00 for small to medium size systems. There are five systems operating in the province, and one pilot project completed, with one in the pipeline.11/17/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Information-is-King-in-Current-Economic-Climate-Water-World-November-09-nwMFT_89.aspx/News/Information-is-King-in-Current-Economic-Climate-Water-World-November-09-nwMFT_89.aspxBy Anthony PicozziWith information being "king" in this volatile economy, it is paramount to manufacturers' success to have access to this critical market data in a cost-effective and timely manner. WWEMA has been providing this for over 101 years.The "queen" of WWEMA, Dawn Kristof Champney, held court on September 29th at WWEMA's annual Presidents Council meeting. This event consists of senior executives from leading manufacturers in the water industry. With water treatment becoming a global focal point, the leaders of these companies discussed the issues currently facing the marketplace. The overall feeling from the executives is that we are in the very early stages of recovery. While stocks are starting to recover, most WWEMA manufacturers have postponed hiring and have either cut back on overall spending or have frozen spending at current levels.Key topics of discussion were:Current and Future Economic Outlook - Domestic and InternationalWashington Updates - ARRA Spending and Buy AmericanWWEMA 2009 Supplier Cost SurveyBest Practices - Leading indicators, Industry BenchmarksDomestically, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) continues to be a hot topic among manufacturers. The economic stimulus package enacted by Congress in February 2009 was intended to provide a stimulus of approximately $787 billion to the U.S. economy in the wake of the economic downturn, with $6 billion dedicated to water and wastewater infrastructure. But is the stimulus package really stimulating our industry? The feedback is that very little of the monies have been spent or allocated to date.WWEMA manufacturers discussed the ARRA and the pros and cons of the Buy American clause contained in this Act. Two primary concerns were the potential for retaliation from other countries and the additional costs required to meet this requirement. The biggest positive aspect of the Act is that although it is still in the very early stages for the water sector, the funds are finally starting to flow into the system.The domestic business has been seeing a large upswing in repairs and upgrades while new capital purchases lag from the previous year levels. Internationally, the water business continues to show promise, but currency fluctuations and potential volatility in metal markets continue to cause concern. Most manufacturers viewed the international market not as a "Global" water market, but more as a "Regional" water market. The regional drivers are so unique throughout different parts of the world that a "Global Strategy" proves difficult to implement.WWEMA conducted a cost survey among its membership. This survey offers members a benchmark of industry indicators. The survey measures cost increases – from raw materials to production - from 2008 to 2009. The survey also reviews how these increases are handled and whether the market will bear these increases or are being absorbed by the manufacturers. Results were discussed at the meeting."Green Technologies" was another topic of interest among the attendees at the President's Council, from how to define "green" and the goals associated with green initiatives, to how it all ties in with ARRA funding. Discussions focused on:Sustainability - meeting the water needs in ways that can continue indefinitely into the future without affecting or depleting natural resources."Cradle to cradle" design - ending the "cradle to grave" cycle of technologies, by creating technologies that can be fully reclaimed or have beneficial re-use.Source reduction - reducing solid wastes and technologies that reduce water consumption.Innovation - developing new alternatives technologies and the reduction in time it takes for acceptance.The attendees also received an update on a joint initiative between WWEMA and the American Water Works Association to define the barriers to bringing new technologies to market and possible solutions to allow these technologies to become proven and accepted technologies in the water and wastewater industries.WWEMA, a 101-year old organization, continues to provide its membership with critical information in today's ever changing water markets. From engaging in government rulemaking, to advocating good business practices, WWEMA supplies its membership with timely, cost-effective information to aid them in identifying market trends and opportunities critical to their business success. Key business decisions can be made with fact-based information, not "word on the street" banter.If your company is interested in joining WWEMA, please log on to www.wwema.org for more information. About the author: Anthony Picozzi is Senior Vice President of Sales for MIOX Corporation, a manufacturer of water disinfection technology based in Albuquerque, NM. Picozzi serves on WWEMA's Board of Directors.11/3/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Clorox-to-make-changes-at-bleach-plants--San-Fransisco-Business-Times-November--09-nwMFT_108.aspx/News/Clorox-to-make-changes-at-bleach-plants--San-Fransisco-Business-Times-November--09-nwMFT_108.aspxMonday, November 2, 2009Clorox to make changes at bleach plantsSan Francisco Business Times - by Steven E.F. BrownThe Clorox Co. will change the way it makes its eponymous bleach by phasing out transport of chlorine in rail cars to its factories.The chemical composition of the bleach won’t be changed, said spokesman Dan Staublin, but the ingredients transported to the factories and stored there will change.“The emphasis here is that we’re removing the transportation of chlorine from our end-to-end supply chain,” Staublin said.Instead of shipping chlorine in rail cars to its plants, Clorox (NYSE: CLX) will buy “high-strength bleach” from manufacturers and ship that in trucks. Once at the plant, the high-strength bleach will be diluted and treated with the company’s proprietary processes to create household bleach.This also means chlorine won’t have to be stored and handled at the factories.Staublin gave two main reasons for the change — efficiency and security.“We’re in a regulatory environment. Certain chemicals are being more closely scrutinized,” he said. If U.S. regulators focus on chlorine in the future and change requirements for shipping it and storing it, that could be more expensive.Already, regulations allow shipping sodium hypochlorite solutions, which typically contain from 5 percent to 15 percent chlorine, easier than shipping elemental chlorine itself, since people who handle the material require less safety training. Such bleach solutions are less hazardous and easier to handle than chlorine.Although Staublin emphasized that Clorox has “handled chlorine responsibly for our entire 96-year history,” nevertheless he said these changes will add “another level of security.”Clorox will start making these changes first at a plant in Fairfield. That should take about six months. Six other factories around the United States will be changed over the following few years.The changes won’t affect the size of the company’s workforce, Staublin said.Don Knauss is CEO and chairman of Oakland-based Clorox.11/2/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Progress-in-Pool-Chemistry-Research-Understanding-Disinfection-Byproducts-and-Combined-Chlorine-Water-Conditioning---Purification-Novermber-1-2009-nwMFT_134.aspx/News/Progress-in-Pool-Chemistry-Research-Understanding-Disinfection-Byproducts-and-Combined-Chlorine-Water-Conditioning---Purification-Novermber-1-2009-nwMFT_134.aspxProgress in Pool Chemistry Research Understanding Disinfection Byproducts and Combined Chlorine Water Conditioning & Purification Novermber 1 2009Swimming pools require disinfection for inactivation of waterborne microbial pathogens. In most cases, a halogen-based compound—usually chlorine—is used as the disinfectant. Chlorine also serves the function of oxidizing contaminants introduced by the swimmers. These disinfection (biological) and chemical (oxidative) reactions are some of the most complicated water chemistry systems to understand and manage. Recent research has provided insight into how UV and chlorine react with the bodily fluids and microorganisms introduced into pools, predominately by swimmers.For full article click here.11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Rio-Rancho--N.M.--Mayor-Applauds-Recent-Recognition-for-MIOX-Corp.--Water---Wastes-Digest-October--09-nwMFT_90.aspx/News/Rio-Rancho--N.M.--Mayor-Applauds-Recent-Recognition-for-MIOX-Corp.--Water---Wastes-Digest-October--09-nwMFT_90.aspxRio Rancho, N.M., Mayor Applauds Recent Recognition for MIOX Corp.MIOX named Global Cleantech 100 company October 30, 2009Tom Swisstack, mayor of Rio Rancho, N.M., applauded the recognition of New Mexico-based MIOX Corporation, which recently was named a Global Cleantech 100 company by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group LLC. The Global Cleantech 100 highlights what it believe to be the most promising private clean technology companies around the world. "MIOX is deserving of this recognition, as their technology has brought added safety to our water operations and residents," Swisstack said. The city of Rio Rancho has been utilizing MIOX since 2006 and currently has 11 of their systems installed. Using MIOX on-site generation water disinfection systems at city wells has replaced the need for chlorine gas for water disinfection, creating a safer and greener disinfection process for the city and its residents, the City said. The technology used in MIOX systems disinfects drinking water on-site and on-demand using only salt, water and power, eliminating the need to purchase, transport and store chemicals in the process of providing affordable and safe water, according to the City. The list of 100 was compiled from approximately 3,500 nominations. 10/30/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Mayor-Swisstack-Applauds-Recent-Recognition-for-MIOX-Corporation-nwMFT_85.aspx/News/Mayor-Swisstack-Applauds-Recent-Recognition-for-MIOX-Corporation-nwMFT_85.aspxRIO RANCHO, NM - October 28, 2009 - Mayor Tom Swisstack applauds the recognition of New Mexico-based MIOX Corporation who was recently named a Global Cleantech 100 company by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group, LLC. The Global Cleantech 100 highlights the most promising private clean technology companies around the world.“MIOX is deserving of this recognition as their technology has brought added safety to our water operations and residents,” said Swisstack.The city of Rio Rancho has been utilizing MIOX since 2006 and currently has 11 of their systems installed. Using MIOX on-site generation water disinfection systems at city wells has replaced the need for chlorine gas for water disinfection, creating a safer and greener disinfection process for the city and its residents. The technology used in MIOX systems disinfects drinking water on-site and on-demand using only salt, water and power, eliminating the need to purchase, transport and store chemicals in the process of providing affordable and safe water.The Global Cleantech 100 recognizes companies at the forefront of cleantech innovation offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. The list of 100, which was compiled from approximately 3,500 nominations, was determined by leading experts from around the world.For more information about MIOX Corporation’s on-site generation technology, which is used in more than 30 countries, visit their Web site, http://www.miox.com. To learn more about the city of Rio Rancho, visit http://www.ci.rio-rancho.nm.us. 10/28/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-Awarded-National-Science-Foundation-Grant-nwMFT_84.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-Awarded-National-Science-Foundation-Grant-nwMFT_84.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – October 5, 2009 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announced it has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in the amount of $149,990 in response to a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I proposal entitled “Investigation for the use of Chlorine Based Oxidants for Removal of Natural Organic Matter using Advanced Oxidation Processes.” The funding, obtained by the MIOX science team and led by Research Scientist Andrew Boal, PhD, will enable MIOX to conduct research with strong potential to improve current water purification technology across a broad spectrum of applications. “This funding will enable advanced research on how to best address major water quality issues such as natural organic contaminants and disinfection byproduct formation,” commented Carlos Perea, MIOX president and CEO. “Pollution of drinking water is the number one environmental issue in America according to a Gallup Poll completed in March of 2009.”The NSF, an independent federal agency, was created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" NSF is tasked with keeping the U.S. at the leading edge of discovery in a wide range of scientific areas. In addition to funding research in the traditional academic areas, the agency also supports "high risk, high pay off" ideas, novel collaborations and numerous innovative projects. NSF research is fully integrated with education so that today's revolutionary work will also be training tomorrow's top scientists and engineers.MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers.# # #About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (http://www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.10/5/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Onsite-Disinfection--Rugged-Realities-in-Honduras--Water-World-October--09-nwMFT_91.aspx/News/Onsite-Disinfection--Rugged-Realities-in-Honduras--Water-World-October--09-nwMFT_91.aspxOnsite Disinfection: Rugged Realities in HondurasBy Rachel ZubackMIOX Corp. recently partnered with a team of missionaries to offer Honduran colonias access to clean drinking water.Tucked between the islands of Útila and Guanaja off Honduras' northern Caribbean coast, Roatan Island is 60km long and less than 8km wide at its widest point. An influx of inhabitants has increased pollution and rapidly depleted natural resources including water. Many small colonias, or unplanned neighborhoods on urban outskirts or in semi-rural areas on the island, often don't have access to clean water.Committed to improving health and quality of life for local inhabitants, missionaries Chuck and Tia Laird partnered with Henry Zittrower, founder of Living Water 4 Roatan, and MIOX Corp. to improve the water situation on the island. MIOX on-site disinfection generators have provided a sustainable and innovative solution, bringing safe, affordable drinking water to outlying areas.The island is a serene tropical getaway for many vacationers. Pristine beaches, diving, snorkeling, and sunset cruises attract tourists worldwide. Each year, thousands descend on Roatan to indulge in the many amenities offered at world-class resorts including charming restaurants, exciting excursions, aquatic activities, a well-developed transportation system and, of course, readily available drinking water.But despite some of the lush surroundings, Roatan Island is still an underdeveloped community, stricken with poverty. With increased pressure on the natural resources, small colonias on the island – including Sandy Bay Village and Polin Carpo – often don't have access to clean water. Existing supplies are becoming depleted and more polluted.Enter Chuck and TiaNatives of Palmdale, California, the Lairds had deep roots in the desert sand. The couple owned a powder coating shop, as well as Terra Art Water Supplies. Satisfied but not fulfilled, the Lairds picked up and moved to Roatan Island. Before their arrival, four young boys under age six died from dysentery associated with drinking contaminated water.The Lairds were committed to improving the health and quality of life for local inhabitants, setting up the Calvary Chapel Roatan and Son Rise Terra Art Hotel. Given Chuck's professional expertise and these terrible tragedies, one of their primary missions became providing potable water to these communities.True LifesaverWith about 350 homes, Polin Carpo is a very impoverished colonia. "When we arrived, it had a major need for improved access to safe drinking water. The untreated well they previously used broke and became unusable due to mismanagement," Chuck said. Community members lived without well water for eight months and many resorted to fetching water from nearby ditches filled with stagnant water that was polluted with parasites and bacteria. Families often sent small children to carry water jugs back and forth between these ditches and their homes.Remembering a positive experience with MIOX from his previous life in California, Laird contacted the Albuquerque, New Mexico-company and secured the donation of a MIOX AE-4 on-site chlorine generator. The technology uses salt, water and electricity to produce a chlorine-based disinfectant, known as mixed-oxidants, on demand. "These technologies offered a sustainable and innovative solution, bringing safe drinking water to outlying areas on Roatan," Laird said. "The water became affordable, clean and healthy; and people appreciated the fact this water was odorless and tasteless."MIOX On-Site Generation system, at Son Rise Terra Art HotelChuck Laird personally installing a MIOX system for Polin CarpoOne unit was installed at a well the missionaries built for Living Water 4 Roatan and another purchased for the Son Rise Terra Art Hotel, providing disinfected water to Polin Carpo and Sandy Bay Village. A third unit was donated to the SOS Orphanage in La Ceiba, another Honduran colonia."The technical specifications of the MIOX system worked well in these communities," said Laird. It's a simplified automatic unit that requires less than 4 lbs of mixed oxidants per day measured as Free Available Chlorine, and can produce up to 480,000 gpd of treated water."The AE-4 specifications are perfect for rural and remote communities," said MIOX CEO Carlos Perea. "The only service requirement is to load salt into the brine generator. And you only need 12 volts of power to run the unit."Before Laird and Zittrower re-structured the water delivery system, none of the residents of the colonia had water delivered to their homes. In Polin Carpo, 90% of homes now have a water tap and subscribers pay the equivalent of $5 a month to have water service. The exceptions are residents at higher elevations who must walk down to retrieve tap water from a neighbor's house.The Right FitSandy Bay Village community members installed the piping networks that would deliver safe drinking water.Laird has seen many organizations come to Honduras to give away water treatment systems with the best of intentions, but unfortunately many of those gifts don't fulfill their intended purpose. "Bio-sand filters don't kill all of the bacteria that may be present in raw water," explains Laird. "And people get tired of adding bleach to their water because they don't like the taste."Systems installed without careful consideration of local needs or capabilities quickly become abandoned or useless. "The MIOX units have been operational for over three years, successfully improving water quality and also making a positive contribution to the social and economic growth of the communities," adds Laird.Sustainable ApproachLaird and Zittrower did more than just hand-off a free water treatment and distribution system. They established an ongoing, locally supported program for delivering clean water to the people of Sandy Bay Village and Polin Carpo. The mayor approved installation of the systems, and locals were trained to manage the entire program as a private, self-sustaining enterprise.Employees of the program collect money from customers, pay the electric bill, and operate and maintain the systems and infrastructure. The US$5 a month collected from each household that uses the water pays the employees, electricity bills and maintenance costs. As well as bringing safe drinking water to these communities, the project created jobs and empowered residents to take responsibility for their own access to clean water.Laird and Zittrower hand-picked operators who were well-regarded members of the community. "Operators and other employees are not technical experts, but they have the skill sets and acumen to manage these systems," explained Laird. "The MIOX units are compatible with the low voltage (106-112VAC) that's available in the colonia. The systems are appropriate for these communities not only in terms of their ability to disinfect and deactivate the dangerous pathogens, but also in terms of the practical, daily usage of the systems for a consistent, reliable and safe water supply."Promising FutureImplementation of on-site water treatment technologies has been complemented by health education efforts on the part of Peggy Stranges, R.N. Stranges is an American registered nurse who runs a low-cost and free health care clinic on Roatan Island. Her education programs informed residents about the dangers of drinking or using water in stagnant pools or creek beds. Along with availability of clean drinking water, educating people not to use the unsafe water has dramatically reduced the number of people who rely on surface water.Access to clean water is one of the world's most critical yet unresolved issues, according to MIOX's Perea. "This is why we're committed to improving safe access to drinking water in developing communities around the world," he said. "With the energy it takes to boil one liter of water, our systems can treat over 40,000 liters. It's a safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective way to purify water and help save lives." WWiAuthor's Note: Formerly international market development coordinator, Rachel Zuback is now product manager for Miox Corp. Its patented water disinfection technology is used in over 30 countries and hundreds of U.S. communities for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. Contact: +1-505-343-0090, rachel.zuback@miox.com and www.miox.com10/1/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-Named-a-Global-Cleantech-100-Clean-Technology-Company-nwMFT_83.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-Named-a-Global-Cleantech-100-Clean-Technology-Company-nwMFT_83.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – September 17, 2009 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announced it has been named a Global Cleantech 100 company by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group™, LLC, providers of leading research, events and advisory services for the cleantech ecosystem. The Global Cleantech 100 is the first ever list highlighting the most promising private clean technology companies around the world. Supported by the Carbon Trust, the Global Cleantech 100 recognizes companies at the forefront of cleantech innovation offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Approximately 3,500 companies were nominated/considered. The final list represents the collective opinion of hundreds of leading experts from cleantech innovation and venture capital companies in EMEA, North America, India and China, combined with the specific input of an expert panel of 35, drawn from well-respected organizations such as Altira Group, Crossover Advisors, Deloitte, Emerald Technology Ventures, Google, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, New York Stock Exchange, NGEN Partners, Nth Power, New Enterprise Associates, Sterling Communications, Tsing Capital and Vantage Point Venture Partners. “The first ever Global Cleantech 100 shines a spotlight on which companies and which technology areas the global innovation community is most excited about from a commercial standpoint,” said Richard Youngman, managing partner at Cleantech Group.“We are excited to be named a Global Cleantech 100 company”, said MIOX president and CEO Carlos Perea. “All of us at MIOX are extremely proud that our products eliminate the need to store and transport hazardous chemicals and increase access to safe, clean water to people around the globe. We are committed to providing solutions that are both affordable and environmentally responsible. It is an honor to be recognized by such a leading panel of experts in the clean technology community.” MIOX and other winners were honored at Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston, 8-10 September 2009 (www.cleantech.com/bostonforum) and will be celebrated at Cleantech Forum XXIV in Delhi, 15-16 October 2009 (www.cleantech.com/delhiforum) and at the Guardian’s UK Cleantech Summit in London on 23 November 2009 (guardian.co.uk/cleantechsummit). MIOX received the award on the basis of its innovative on-site water disinfection technology that uses salt, water and power to provide safe, healthy affordable water without the use of hazardous chemicals. Generating the safe disinfectant on site reduces carbon emissions from transportation and eliminates the cleaning and disposal of empty chemical containers.More than half (56) of the companies listed on the Global Cleantech 100 are headquartered in North America, while European firms make up 36 percent. Five firms are based in Israel and three in India. The full list of Global Cleantech 100 firms is available on the Guardian (guardian.co.uk/globalcleantech100) and Cleantech Group (cleantech.com/news/awards/globalcleantech100) websites.About the Cleantech Group, LLCThe Cleantech Group pioneered the clean technology investment category in 2002. Today, it accelerates the development and market adoption of clean technologies globally. The company’s worldwide network of investors, entrepreneurs, enterprises, service providers and others—representing trillions of dollars in assets—receives access to capital, investment deal flow, networking, market leading research and data, sales leads and promotional opportunities. The Cleantech Group also provides advisory services for large corporations and governments, publishes leading cleantech sector industry news coverage and produces the premier Cleantech Forum® events worldwide. Details are available at http://www.cleantech.com.About the GuardianThe Guardian is a unique voice with an international reach delivering progressive journalism to a global audience. The Guardian's vision is to be the leader on sustainability within the media industry and to be environmentally regenerative in their activities. Through their editorial coverage and business activities, they demonstrate to readers, staff, advertisers, suppliers and their communities that GNM (Guardian News and Media) is committed to enhancing society's ability to build a sustainable future.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries. 9/17/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/U.S.A.-Ambiental-Joins-MIOX-as-Exclusive-Distributor-in-Colombia-nwMFT_82.aspx/News/U.S.A.-Ambiental-Joins-MIOX-as-Exclusive-Distributor-in-Colombia-nwMFT_82.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – September 9, 2009 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announces that U.S.A. Ambiental of Bogotá, Colombia, has joined MIOX as the exclusive distributor of its on-site generation products for industrial and municipal applications in the country of Colombia. U.S.A. Ambiental will distribute MIOX’s full range of hypochlorite and mixed oxidant generating systems, including the new Vault™ self-cleaning system and the new high-efficiency oX-Cell™ electrolytic cell. U.S.A. Ambiental specializes in product marketing, services, engineering works, and all activities related to public utilities services including water and sewage, electric power, natural gas, and garbage removal. U.S.A. Ambiental can be contacted at:Calle 57B Nº 37A-09 Barrio Nicolas de Federmán - Bogotá, D.C. Colombia.Phone: (571) 221 57 93 / 221 57 89 / 400 73 01Web: www.usaambiental.comMIOX’s clean technologies use just salt, water and power to safely and cost-effectively create a dilute chlorine-based solution for water disinfection. On-site generation technologies cut back transportation requirements, reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminate the storage and disposal of hazardous chemical containers.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, and aquatics and leisure industries.9/9/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Douglas-Brown-Joins-MIOX-Board-of-Directors-nwMFT_81.aspx/News/Douglas-Brown-Joins-MIOX-Board-of-Directors-nwMFT_81.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– August 25, 2009 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, announced today that Douglas Brown has been elected to MIOX’s Board of Directors.“Doug is an outstanding addition to our board and we are proud of his affiliation to MIOX,” noted Carlos Perea, MIOX president and CEO. “Doug’s reputation as an outstanding business and community leader is well deserved. He has been a successful entrepreneur and has extensive experience as a director, having served on over 50 for-profit and non-profit boards over his career. We are excited that he is willing to share his ideas and energy as we shape the future of MIOX.” Brown was elected to the position of Dean, Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico in June 2009 and is a principal in Brown and Brown Ventures, LLC, a holding company for various real estate holdings, an internet company and several new product activities. A former UNM Regent, Brown was chosen by Governor Bill Richardson to take over as New Mexico State Treasurer in November 2005 and fix a scandal-ridden agency. Brown was president and CEO of Talbot Financial Services and also served as president and CEO of Tuition Plan Consortium, an association of 275 private colleges and universities subscribing to a prepaid tuition plan named by Business Week as the “Best Product of the Year.”Brown has served as director for fourteen for-profit companies in commercial and mortgage banking, land development, insurance brokerage, utility and internet companies. He is currently lead director of California Water Service. He has served on numerous New Mexico state boards and has been very active in community service, including serving on 50 different boards and holding 18 board presidencies. He is the recipient of many awards, and was named, together with wife, Sarah, New Mexico’s Outstanding Philanthropists, 1996 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Brown is a graduate of Stanford University, where he earned his AB and MBA. ###About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, cooling tower, and aquatics industries. 8/25/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-charges-through-recession-with-new-products--new-markets--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly-August--09-nwMFT_92.aspx/News/MIOX-charges-through-recession-with-new-products--new-markets--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly-August--09-nwMFT_92.aspxFriday, August 14, 2009MIOX charges through recession with new products, new marketsNew Mexico Business Weekly - by Kevin Robinson-Avila NMBW StaffLike most savvy entrepreneurs, MIOX Corp. CEO Carlos Perea sees opportunity in a down economy.The Albuquerque firm has launched two new products, overhauled its corporate Web site and expanded markets and applications for its water-purification technology.Perea said those efforts will position MIOX to hit the ground running when the economy rebounds.“We’ll come out of this crisis stronger than before,” Perea said. “We have a great balance sheet and a solid cash position in the bank, so we’re investing resources to build sales and improve our marketing capabilities.”Company finances are good, thanks to a $19 million investment from venture capital firms last year, which brought total private equity in MIOX to nearly $50 million.Kim Sanchez Rael of Flywheel Ventures said the company is strengthening its market position.“They continue to innovate, and they’re going directly to industrial customers to show how MIOX can save businesses money,” Sanchez Rael said.MIOX produces a reportedly environmentally friendly, low-cost water purification method that’s based on a simple mix of water and salt shot with an electric current. The electric mix helps separate the salt into its component parts – sodium and chloride. The resulting oxidant solution is then poured into water, where the chloride destroys common pathogens, eliminating the need for dangerous chemicals commonly used in other systems.The company operates at a 64,000-square-foot facility near Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park. It supplies small machines for swimming pools, spas and factories, and large ones for municipal water systems.The recession has impacted MIOX’s sales, Perea said. Industrial customers are reluctant to make capital investments, and many municipalities are waiting to upgrade water-purification systems.But Perea expects an uptick in municipal business as federal stimulus spending gains force. And the company has launched new strategies to open foreign and industrial markets.This year, the company began promoting purifiers among beverage makers as a tool to sterilize industrial machinery rather than simply supply clean water. By using MIOX machines, beverage factories can replace costly, chemical-based cleaning systems and eliminate hazardous waste, said Bob Newton, vice president for industrial markets.“MIOX systems provide a very attractive return on investment compared to existing cleaning programs because of savings on chemicals, energy and waste disposal,” Newton said. “Overall, the bottling industry represents a multi-billion dollar market for us. It’s opening a whole new revenue stream.”MIOX also established new partnerships with large, international corporations to improve sales on foreign markets. Sojitz Corp., Japan’s fifth-largest publicly traded firm, helped MIOX obtain certification from the Japan Water Works Association in May. That cleared the way for marketing on public water projects in Japan.A similar partnership with a French firm helped MIOX win certification for sales to countries in the European Union.Two new products could also make MIOX machines more appealing to new customers, while leading to upgrades by existing clients.“The Vault,” released in June, will convert MIOX’s water purifiers into automated, self-cleaning systems. That eliminates the need to periodically flush out machinery, said Vice President of Engineering Justin Sanchez. And, in July, the company introduced the oX-Cell to improve the efficiency of MIOX purifiers.“We optimized the electrolytic cell, which converts the salt and water into disinfectant,” Sanchez said. “The oX-Cell allows systems to use 30 to 40 percent less salt and energy than before to produce the same amount of disinfectant.”Finally, MIOX re-designed its Web site this year to make it more user friendly. Rather than its previous focus on the general benefits of MIOX technology, the new site guides visitors directly to “landing pages” that address an individual’s specific needs, Perea said.“Commercial and industrial businesses use Web sites as a key source to gather information,” Perea said. “We expect a good return on the investment.”Meanwhile, MIOX is busy adding new customers on its home turf.New Mexico Utilities has used the system for years to supply water to commercial and residential customers on Albuquerque’s Westside around the Cottonwood Mall and Paradise Hills areas.Now, the Hyatt Regency Tamaya at Santa Ana Pueblo is using MIOX purifiers for its pools and spas.And, the new indoor water park under construction at the Radisson Hotel in Albuquerque will include MIOX purification systems.krobinson-avila@bizjournals.com | 505.348.83028/14/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Venture-Backed-Start-Ups-Seek-Stimulus--The-Business-Planner-August--09-nwMFT_93.aspx/News/Venture-Backed-Start-Ups-Seek-Stimulus--The-Business-Planner-August--09-nwMFT_93.aspxTuesday, August 11, 2009 Venture-Backed Start-Ups Seek Stimulus Venture capitalists are increasingly focused on a fresh funding source: Washington, D.C.Venture-capital investors see Washington's economic stimulus program as a potential financial boost for the hard-hit technology firms and other start-ups they own. Of particular interest is more than $60 billion earmarked for four sectors widely invested in by venture-capital firms: environmentally clean technology, rural Internet broadband, cyber security and health-care information technology.In addition to slack demand for their products amid a recession, small start-ups are finding it difficult to secure the cash infusions many need to stay in business during their early years. Stimulus funds could address such challenges by creating markets for their products and giving them cash injections. For some start-ups, venture investors say, money from the Obama administration could be the difference between survival and failure.Not long after the $787 billion stimulus package was unveiled earlier this year, Tom Scholl, a partner at venture firm Novak Biddle Venture Partners in Bethesda, Md., directed one start-up company he invested in to draw up its own "stimulus plan" -- a blueprint for getting a piece of the funding.Mr. Scholl then canvassed Washington law firms for information on how to apply for funds. He also suggested that executives of the firm, wireless start-up DigitalBridge Communications Corp. in Ashburn, Va., prepare dummy applications for quick filing to the government."We wanted DigitalBridge to be first in line" for stimulus cash, Mr. Scholl says. "Washington has become a new bank."Venture capitalists like Mr. Scholl, who put money into young companies and help nurture them with the aim of profiting later when the firms go public or are sold, are turning to Washington to boost the prospects for their investments, not unlike ailing banks and auto makers.Many venture-capital firms are hiring law firms and attending seminars to help their start-ups snare a slice of the stimulus pie. Some venture capitalists are investigating how the stimulus program might open new investment areas.An embrace of bureaucratic Washington is a change for the venture industry, which has traditionally prided itself on keeping the government at arm's length. Venture-capital firms have previously tapped government opportunities, notably when the departments of Homeland Security and Defense showed a burst of enthusiasm for security technology following the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Otherwise, many venture-backed companies preferred to limit government funding to research grants and Small Business Administration loans.Now, though, government funds might be critical as venture capitalists risk running out of cash to pump into their stable of start-ups. Venture firms raised just $2.4 billion in the first quarter, down 64% from $6.6 billion a year earlier, according to research firm VentureSource. Stimulus dollars "can be the difference between a young company making it through this time or not," says Chuck McDermott, a general partner at RockPort Capital Partners, which has offices in Menlo Park, Calif., and Boston.In March, one RockPort investment, solar-panel maker Solyndra Inc., received a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. While the guarantee wasn't connected to the stimulus, the support it gave to the start-up helped boost its financial profile and underscored the influence of official backing.For Miox Corp., the prospects of stimulus money prompted it to adjust strategy. The Albuquerque, N.M., maker of water systems had been trying to drum up business in the private sector. But after learning that stimulus money would flow to public water infrastructure, several of Miox's venture investors encouraged the company to seek government-backed water projects."The stimulus caused us to pause and put more focus back on the public sector, especially since the private sector is more reticent to invest," says Carlos Perea, Miox's chief executive. He forecasts the stimulus package will lead to a tripling of spending on public water infrastructure to $3.9 billion over the next six to 24 months.Kim Sanchez Real, a venture capitalist at Flywheel Ventures and an investor in Miox, says stimulus dollars could allow the company to secure new investment without diluting the equity held by investors like her firm.So far, Miox's refocus hasn't paid off. Many states and municipalities are still waiting to receive stimulus money, Mr. Perea says. Miox, which is unprofitable, has raised $35 million in venture capital.Venture backers of four-year-old DigitalBridge say its business of providing wireless networks to smaller towns fits with the stimulus package's goal to extend rural broadband networks. DigitalBridge is in the process of applying for $40 million to $50 million of stimulus money that would be used to deploy wireless networks in localities with fewer than 5,000 residents, says Chairman Bill Wallace.Partly because of expectations DigitalBridge will get stimulus funds, Mr. Wallace says, more venture capitalists are now competing to invest in the company, which has independently raised $40 million and remains unprofitable. DigitalBridge hopes to close on pledges for $8 million to $10 million in venture financing by late July.8/11/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Launches-oX-Cell--for-Existing-On-Site-Generating-Systems-nwMFT_80.aspx/News/MIOX-Launches-oX-Cell--for-Existing-On-Site-Generating-Systems-nwMFT_80.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– August 4, 2009 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in safe water disinfection, has introduced the oX-Cell™ mixed oxidant electrolytic cell for existing MIOX mixed oxidant and hypochlorite on-site generating systems. The ox-Cell is designed to reduce operating costs with improved chlorine production, lower salt and energy consumption, an enhanced control scheme, and easy installation. “We are continually innovating to provide our customers with safe, cost-effective and advanced water disinfection technologies,” said Justin Sanchez, MIOX Vice President of Engineering. “The oX-Cell can improve energy and salt conversion efficiencies, as well as Free Available Chlorine capacity 30-50 percent; that means significant operational savings for our customers.”The oX-Cell conversion package includes all parts needed to convert qualified existing units, including software and hardware. Installation should take less than one hour to complete. MIOX’s clean technologies use just salt, water and power to create a dilute chlorine-based solution for water disinfection. On-site generation technologies cut back transportation requirements, reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminate the storage and disposal of hazardous chemical containers.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented on-site water disinfection technology safely and economically generates either hypochlorite or advanced mixed oxidant using just salt, water and power, replacing the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is safely used in over 30 countries for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and non-municipal applications including the food and beverage, power, cooling tower, and aquatics industries. 8/4/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Equips-City-of-Dreams-with-Disinfection-Technologies-for-Swimming-Pools-and-Spas--nwMFT_78.aspx/News/MIOX-Equips-City-of-Dreams-with-Disinfection-Technologies-for-Swimming-Pools-and-Spas--nwMFT_78.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– June 22, 2009 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, was chosen by City of Dreams, a premier entertainment and gaming complex in Macau, China, to provide disinfection solutions for the resort’s spas and swimming pools. In partnership with their exclusive distributor, MIOX Asia Ltd, Hong Kong, MIOX Corporation installed eight mixed-oxidant units, with production capacities ranging from 4 lbs (1.8 kg) to 25 lbs (11 kg) of free available chlorine per day, in the aquatic facilities of three City of Dreams hotels.Three MIOX SAL-40 units and one MIOX-251 unit were installed at five vitality pools, a hot pool, and swimming pools at the Crown Hotel. In addition, four more MIOX units were installed at the Hard Rock Hotel and the Hyatt. “MIOX creates a healthier, safer environment for guests and staff of City of Dreams,” said Carlos Perea, MIOX President and CEO. “Mixed oxidants eliminate the need to handle dangerous concentrated chlorine and inactivate a wider range of microorganisms than traditional chlorination technologies, decreasing the risk of waterborne diseases, outbreaks, and illnesses.”“MIOX on-site generation was selected over ozone and delivered sodium hypochlorite,” added a project consultant. ”The unique chemistry of mixed oxidants improves the bather’s experience by eliminating chlorinous odors, eye and skin irritation. In addition, MIOX technologies rid pool surfaces of slime, bacteria and algae.”City of Dreams opened its doors to visitors in June 2009. Built on Macau’s Cotai strip, City of Dreams features three luxurious hotels with 2,200 guest rooms and suites. Hard Rock hotel, Hyatt and Crown Towers offer world class entertainment, stylish bars and lounges, shopping, and a spacious gaming experience. MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers.###About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 6/22/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Launches-New-Corporate-Web-Site-nwMFT_79.aspx/News/MIOX-Launches-New-Corporate-Web-Site-nwMFT_79.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– June 4, 2009 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, has launched a new Web site at www.miox.com. The site offers information about MIOX, the water disinfection industry, and the company’s water treatment solutions in an easy-to-navigate, streamlined format. “The new Web site better conveys our brand promise, safety,” says Sr. Vice President, Sales, Anthony Picozzi. “MIOX offers a safe way to treat water, while reducing costs and protecting the surrounding environment.”The Home Page explains why MIOX is the “safest water in the world,” and includes links to product specifications and water treatment solutions for a variety of applications including potable water, wastewater, cooling towers, aquatics, and food and beverage. Facts about water treatment challenges such as biofilm, hazardous by products, and taste and odor, as well as informational videos and a technical library are a click away. The Web site also includes recent company news, client testimonials and case studies, and an introduction to MIOX in Japanese, Spanish, French, German and Italian. MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. ###About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation (www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world's most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX's patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. 6/4/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX--Mixed-Oxidant-Systems-Receive-Japan-Water-Works-Association-Certification-nwMFT_77.aspx/News/MIOX--Mixed-Oxidant-Systems-Receive-Japan-Water-Works-Association-Certification-nwMFT_77.aspxAlbuquerque, NM ­– May 20, 2009 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, announced the company’s small, medium and large mixed-oxidant generators received certification from the Japan Water Works Association (JWWA) through a partnership with Sojitz Corporation, one of the largest trading companies in Japan. The MIOX systems are the first on-site generators certified by JWWA. The MIOX systems were evaluated using Material Leaching and Chemicals Additive tests. Examination of the results determined each of the systems met the JWWA technical standard, manufacturing and quality standard, as well as the certification guidelines outlined in JWWA’s “On-Site Chemicals Generator Certification Manual.” MIOX on-site generators are used to treat water supplies and well sites where biofilm, chlorine residual maintenance, disinfection by-product formation, or taste and odor have become issues. They are sized based on requirements for pounds per day (PPD) of free available chlorine (FAC). “We are very pleased our product performance exceeds the high standards set by the Japan Water Works Association,” said Carlos Perea, President and CEO of MIOX. “This is an important market for MIOX and we look forward to our partnership with Sojitz Corporation to introduce safe water treatment and disinfection technologies to Japan.” MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. Full press release attached. 5/20/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Miox-Named-Top-10-Water-Company-by-The-Artemis-Project-nwMFT_30.aspx/News/Miox-Named-Top-10-Water-Company-by-The-Artemis-Project-nwMFT_30.aspxAlbuquerque, NM - April 23, 2009 - MIOX Corporation, a leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, placed 9th in The Artemis Project™ Top 50 Water Companies Competition. This award distinguishes MIOX as a leading company that is helping to build one of the great high-growth industries of the 21st Century. MIOX was selected by a panel of industry experts based on an integrated matrix of four criteria: technology, intellectual property and know-how, team and market potential. “MIOX is honored to be recognized as a leading innovator in water treatment and disinfection technologies,” says MIOX CEO Carlos Perea. “We are committed to addressing a critical and unresolved issue around the world; the need for safe, healthy, and affordable water.” “The Artemis Project’s Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the emerging advanced water technology sector,” added Laura Shenkar, Principal of The Artemis Project. “We are excited to spotlight these innovative companies for the first time on the world’s stage and congratulate them for their achievements in introducing the solutions that will reinvent the water landscape.” MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. Please visit http://www.theartemisproject.com/competitionpage.htmlfor a full list of the 2009 Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners. About The Artemis Project Established in 2000, The Artemis Project is a boutique consulting practice that brings unique capabilities to 21st century water management, combining an understanding of the most advanced solutions with an international network of developers, investors and users of advanced water technology. As the leading authority on applying advanced water solutions to business operations, The Artemis Project specializes in developing holistic water management strategies for major corporations. The Artemis Project also supports product launches of advanced water technology into business operations worldwide. The Artemis Project actively participates in water industry events and supports environmental policy initiatives. More information is available at http://www.theartemisproject.com/. About MIOX Corporation MIOX Corporation (http://www.miox.com) is focused on solving one of the world’s most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX’s patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals. MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications 4/29/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Top-10-Water-Innovators-Celebrated-in-New-Report--Green-Biz-April--09-nwMFT_94.aspx/News/Top-10-Water-Innovators-Celebrated-in-New-Report--Green-Biz-April--09-nwMFT_94.aspxLink to Article4/21/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX--Tapped-by-Town-of-Westerly--RI-to-Install-Mixed-Oxidant-Disinfection-Systems-nwMFT_31.aspx/News/MIOX--Tapped-by-Town-of-Westerly--RI-to-Install-Mixed-Oxidant-Disinfection-Systems-nwMFT_31.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – April 1, 2009 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, has partnered with the Town of Westerly, RI, installing two MIOX-501 and four MIOX SAL-80 mixed-oxidant systems to prevent microbial contamination. The Town of Westerly chose MIOX following a study conducted by C&E Engineering Partners, Inc., which found mixed oxidants helped maintain water distribution system chlorine residuals and improved water quality taste while improving corrosion control and lowering the formation of disinfection byproducts typically associated with more standard chlorine-based water treatment processes. “We analyzed MIOX’s mixed-oxidant system using approved EPA methods and found the chlorine residuals could be more easily maintained in the primarily unlined cast iron distribution system without the inherent issues of chlorine taste and odor associated with sodium hypochlorite. Distribution testing for the Lead and Copper Rule also indicated lower concentrations of copper and lead and that the MIOX system was less likely to generate Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) and Haloacetic Acids (HAAs),” said Thomas B. Nicholson, P.E., President/Chief Engineer at C&E Engineering.   MIOX’s clean technologies treat water using only salt, water and power to generate a dilute disinfectant on site. Creating disinfectant on site is cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers.  "The MIOX system eliminates the need for the Town of Westerly to store and transport chlorine gas, reducing the potential for accidents and better protecting employees, nearby residents and businesses,” says Brian Hyde, Northeast Regional Sales Manager. “Our mission was to provide Westerly residents with a safe, environmentally friendly and cost-efficient way to treat the town’s drinking water. With the cooperation and support of Westerly Town Council, we were successful.” MIOX mixed-oxidant technologies enhance the quality of drinking water by eliminating biogrowth in pipelines, reducing the formation of disinfection byproducts, preventing recontamination with a protective disinfectant residual and improving odor and taste. “Water quality has been identified in Westerly as a quality-of-life issue,” adds town council member Chris Duhamel, PE. “We have found the MIOX system to meet the requirements for high safety without the associated chlorine bleach taste or odor. Our constituents are in great support of the MIOX system over the previously mandated sodium hypochlorite system. In addition there are reduced maintenance costs and improved handling safety associated with MIOX. Westerly is pleased with the result.” 4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/California-Declares-Water-Crisis--Has-Time-Come-for-Water-Grid---Green-Tech-Media--February--09-nwMFT_95.aspx/News/California-Declares-Water-Crisis--Has-Time-Come-for-Water-Grid---Green-Tech-Media--February--09-nwMFT_95.aspxLink to Article2/28/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Expands-Operations-with-East-Coast-Facility-nwMFT_33.aspx/News/MIOX-Expands-Operations-with-East-Coast-Facility-nwMFT_33.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – February 20, 2009 – MIOX Corporation, a leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, has expanded operations to the East Coast, opening a suburban Philadelphia facility in Lansdale, PA. The strategic expansion will enable MIOX to be more responsive to its growing installation base on the East Coast while also improving access to the European market. Key personnel will be based out of the Philadelphia facility, including Anthony Picozzi, SVP of Sales and Robert Newton, VP of Industrial Markets. MIOX’s clean technologies disinfect water on site, on demand, using just salt, water and power. Creating disinfectant on site is cost effective and environmentally responsible, cutting back transportation requirements, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption, and eliminating the storage and disposal of chemical containers. “We are excited to establish our first office outside of corporate headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico,” said Carlos Perea, President and CEO of MIOX. “Environmental and safety concerns continue to drive growth in the on-site disinfection market. Users are also finding that on site solutions can dramatically reduce operational expenses and improve process quality. The new office will enable us to better serve our growing customer base and provide a platform to increase our Sales, Marketing and Customer Service capabilities. The new facility is located in the Towamencin Corporate Center in Towamencin Township, 1690 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 150, Lansdale, PA 19446. 2/20/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Bob-Newton-Joins-MIOX-as-VP-of-Industrial-Markets--January-09-nwMFT_109.aspx/News/Bob-Newton-Joins-MIOX-as-VP-of-Industrial-Markets--January-09-nwMFT_109.aspxBob Newton Joins MIOX as Vice President Industrial MarketsAlbuquerque, NM – December 4, 2008 – MIOX Corporation, leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water treatment, is pleased to announce that Bob Newton has joined the company as Vice President Industrial Markets. He will be responsible for growing sales and sales channel capability in the industrial market sectors. Mr. Newton brings over twenty years experience in the global water and wastewater industry. Prior to joining MIOX, he held the position of Global Director Strategic Marketing for Siemens Water Technologies. During his career in the water industry he has held various positions in management, marketing, sales, and business development during his career with Siemens, USFilter, Wheelabrator Technologies & Westates Carbon. MIOX president and CEO Carlos Perea commented, “We are excited to have Bob leading our expansion into the industrial market space.  He is an excellent addition to a very strong sales and marketing team and he brings a wealth of experience and industry relationships.” Bob holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and currently resides in the Philadelphia area.      1/31/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/Membrane-pretreatment-and-cleaning---mixed-oxidants-in-practice--Environmental-Expert-January--09-nwMFT_96.aspx/News/Membrane-pretreatment-and-cleaning---mixed-oxidants-in-practice--Environmental-Expert-January--09-nwMFT_96.aspxLink to Article1/20/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/President-s-Message--ASCE-Houston-January--09-nwMFT_97.aspx/News/President-s-Message--ASCE-Houston-January--09-nwMFT_97.aspxLink to Article1/14/2009 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Sr.-VP-Anthony-Picozzi-Elected-to-WWEMA-Board-of-Directors-nwMFT_34.aspx/News/MIOX-Sr.-VP-Anthony-Picozzi-Elected-to-WWEMA-Board-of-Directors-nwMFT_34.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – December 30, 2008 – Anthony Picozzi, Senior Vice President of MIOX Corporation, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Water Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) during the organization’s 100th Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. With over 20 years of water and wastewater experience –from manufacturer’s representative and contractor, to leadership positions at US Filter, Siemens, and MIOX - Picozzi offers WWEMA a comprehensive industry perspective. Since 1908, WWEMA has informed, educated and provided leadership on the issues that shape the future of the water and wastewater industry. With headquarters in the nation’s capital, WWEMA works closely with Congress and other regulatory agencies, monitoring legislative actions, testifying before congressional committees, and advocating adequate funding to meet environmental goals. 12/30/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/The-Current-Features-MIOX--Fall-Winter-2008-nwMFT_65.aspx/News/The-Current-Features-MIOX--Fall-Winter-2008-nwMFT_65.aspxDecember 30, 2008 - Albuquerque Academy’s Alumni Magazine, The Current, Features MIOX, Fall/Winter 2008 12/30/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Inc-Magazine-Features-MIOX--Nov-2008-nwMFT_66.aspx/News/Inc-Magazine-Features-MIOX--Nov-2008-nwMFT_66.aspxBlue is the New GreenForget for a moment about carbon emissions. The world is facing a more immediate crisis -- it is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread shortages is creating a new kind of new economy. Meet 11 entrepreneurs who are ahead of the curve, finding opportunity in the largest emerging market the world has seen in some time. By Adam Bluestein | Oct 1, 2008First, some numbers. The United Nations estimates that by 2025, two-thirds of the world's population will face periodic and often severe water shortages. And the problem is not limited to the developing world. Here in the U.S., water managers in 36 states are predicting significant shortfalls within the next decade. Even in regions that do have sufficient supplies, aging infrastructure, inadequate treatment facilities, and contamination pose more problems. No surprise, then, that battles over water rights are becoming commonplace, pitting states and sometimes nations against one another in increasingly bitter conflict. Analysts estimate that the world will need to invest as much as $1 trillion a year on conservation technologies, infrastructure, and sanitation to meet demand through 2030. As in the past, most of the large capital-intensive projects will be done by the usual multinational corporations and engineering firms. But the extent of the problem and the demand for new technology to address it present -- pardon the metaphor -- a kind of perfect storm for entrepreneurs. "Small companies with intellectual property, significant know-how, and a product that's scalable can stake out a niche below the radar of the large companies," says Laura Shenkar, a water expert and consultant in San Francisco. "This is an opportunity that will generate Googles." In the pages that follow, Inc. examines the emerging water economy and takes a trip along the water trail, from source to sewer. Our guides on this journey: 11 extraordinary entrepreneurs who are creating radical change at every step of the way. Some of their innovations are striking in their simplicity. Mark Sanders's AQUS System uses water from bathroom sinks to fill toilet bowls. Others push at the limits of science and technology. Fatemeh Shirazi, for example, is "training" microorganisms to kill pollutants in water. What they share is a vision, a drive, and an address -- the sweet spot at which blue meets green. Increasing the Supply Born in Swaziland, raised in Zimbabwe, and educated in South Africa, Amanda Brock knows what water scarcity looks like. "I have seen and lived through waterborne diseases, childhood mortality, cholera, typhoid," she says. "I have lived the poverty that comes from inadequate access to a fundamental resource like water. And with global warming, it's getting worse." The desire to do something about it is what led the former Enron executive and water-industry consultant to take the CEO spot at Water Standard, a start-up founded by Florida entrepreneur Andrew Gordon. Water Standard plans to bring water to dry regions in a new way: by installing state-of-the-art desalination plants inside retrofitted tankers and delivering freshwater, via pipeline or by ship, to thirsty cities on the shore. The ships, which Brock says can be outfitted in less than a year at a cost of about $150 million, will be anchored from one to five miles offshore and will be capable of producing up to 75 million gallons of freshwater a day -- enough to meet the basic residential water needs of a small city. And because they will operate in deep water rather than close to shore, the ship-based plants should promise to virtually eliminate the negative environmental side effects often cited by critics of desalination. Specially designed intakes will draw seawater from a greater depth and at a slower speed than typical desalination facilities, thus reducing injury to aquatic life, and the concentrated brine produced in the desalination process will be thoroughly and rapidly diluted before it is returned to the sea, far from the more ecologically sensitive zone close to shore. While the ship-based plants will have a carbon footprint -- initially, they will run on marine-gas turbines or new emissions-compliant diesel generators -- Brock hopes eventually to generate energy using ocean-current or wave-action turbines. Freshwater already is exported via tankers between France and Algeria and Turkey and Israel. And smaller-scale barge-based desalination systems operate in the Middle East and India. Tom Pankratz, a desalination consultant and the editor of Water Desalination Report, expects mobile barge- and ship-mounted systems to play an important role in increasing the supply of freshwater -- whether by addressing site-specific environmental concerns or space limitations, getting facilities up and running faster than the two to seven years it takes to construct a land-based plant, or responding to emergency or temporary needs. Investors seem to like the idea. In March, Water Standard secured $250 million in venture funding, one of the largest investments to date for a water start-up. The company's first vessel -- a tanker that's currently used to transport vegetable oil -- should be ready to sail sometime in 2009. And thanks to recent regulations requiring that oil tankers be double hulled, there is an abundance of older single-hulled ships that are perfectly suited to join the fleet. Brock has spent much of the past year meeting with investors and potential customers in the Middle East, Chile, Cyprus, India, and China. Whether based on land or at sea, almost all desalination plants built after 2000 use a technology called reverse osmosis, or RO, to get the salt out. Water is pushed at high pressure through a membrane that lets freshwater pass through but blocks salt and contaminants. RO technology is generally more efficient than other desalination methods that use heat to evaporate and distill water, but it still requires a lot of energy -- at seawater plants, almost half the costs are for the electricity required to push water through the membranes. This makes desalination one of the most expensive ways to produce freshwater: The cost of producing 1 cubic meter (264 gallons) of desalinated water ranges from about $1 to $1.50, compared with 10 cents to 20 cents to obtain water from a reservoir or well. (Average U.S. daily household use is about 350 gallons.) The Los Angeles-based start-up NanoH2O is working on a way to make the process a lot more efficient. The company was founded in late 2005 by Robert Burk, an engineer with extensive experience on water and wastewater projects, and current CEO Jeff Green. It is now ramping up for mass production of a nanocomposite membrane based on technology developed by researchers at UCLA led by Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering. In pilot studies, it has proved nearly twice as productive as existing membranes -- meaning you can get almost twice as much water with the same energy input or the same amount of water for half the energy -- and has the potential to reduce the total expense of desalinated water as much as 25 percent. That would make it a far more attractive proposition for communities looking to diversify their water portfolio. Unlike traditional RO membranes, which are just filters made of a dense polymer, NanoH2O's polymers interact with "thirsty" nanoparticles to draw in water and repel salt and contaminants as well as the organic materials and bacteria that tend to adhere to conventional membranes and decrease efficiency over time. The technology was an academic research project when Burk and Green, a serial entrepreneur who previously founded the software start-ups Stamps.com and Archive Inc., came across it in their search for a water-related technology to build a company around. Why water? It's where the action is, Green says. Software, he believes, has largely become commoditized. With water, on the other hand, "core technology and intellectual property are still differentiators," he says. "As an entrepreneur, when you see the scarcity issues, and you see that technology can make a difference and that it's still a little early on the curve, all those factors led to a decision that it would be a good time to start to look into this." Green and Burk moved quickly to secure the intellectual property through UCLA's tech transfer program and closed a seed round to speed up work. In 2007, the company received $5 million from Khosla Ventures, the clean-tech investment group led by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. In August, it got $15 million more from Khosla and Oak Investment Partners. Now, with 11 employees and several prototypes being tested in the field, NanoH2O is in the process of shifting from a research and development venture to an operating company, with the goal of bringing a product to market by the end of next year. The market for RO membranes is dominated by big players -- including Dow, General Electric, Koch Industries, and the Japanese companies Nitto Denko and Toray. But Green is unfazed. "As big as Dow or GE are, they don't apply all their energies to reverse osmosis -- if you have the resources to stay independent, you can compete for that segment," he says. "For me as an entrepreneur, it's an exciting place to be." Desalination, of course, is well and good for communities that are close to the ocean and that can afford relatively expensive water. In the villages of sub-Saharan Africa, that's not the case. Forty-two percent of the region's population lacks access to a safe water supply, and the impact of waterborne diseases on public health is staggering: Of the 396 million cases of malaria every year, the majority are in sub-Saharan Africa; 90 percent of those who die from the disease are children under 5. About 100 million Africans are infected with the parasitic disease schistosomiasis, which kills tens of thousands annually, also mostly children. The death toll from diarrheal diseases is probably much higher. What's more, a lack of reliable, clean water precludes meaningful economic development. By one estimate, some 40 billion hours a year are spent collecting water in sub-Saharan Africa -- or roughly a year's labor for the entire work force of France. The work usually falls to women and children, who are left with little time for things like growing food or going to school. Moving Water Industries, an 82-year-old, family-owned manufacturer of water pumps based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, has been selling portable pumps for irrigation and flood protection in Nigeria for more than 30 years. But its mission in Africa has taken on a new focus: addressing the problem of safe drinking water in rural villages. The company's solution is the SolarPedalFlo, a solar- and pedal-powered pump that can provide filtered and chlorinated water for thousands of people a day -- three to four times the amount that can be produced from a borehole equipped with a hand pump. Each unit costs about $15,000. Working with local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, MWI has been able to install hundreds of the pumps in 12 African countries. The company is just introducing the technology in Central and South America and has one unit installed in the Philippines. With the hopes of speeding adaptation in Africa, it is in discussions with Green WiFi, a U.S.-based volunteer group that is working to install solar-powered Wi-Fi networks in the developing world. Together, the companies would be able to offer a compelling infrastructure two-for-one: clean water and Internet access powered by the same set of solar panels. William Bucknam, MWI's vice president and point man in Africa, hopes that pressure to meet the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals -- decreasing the number of people without access to safe drinking water by half by 2015 -- will encourage more of the public-private partnerships that will be needed for the technology to spread. "It's a huge problem," he says, "and we believe we have the answer." Treating It In spring 2007, the Department of Homeland Security issued an alert about a new terrorist threat: chlorine truck bombs. At least five had been exploded in Iraq, killing scores of people and injuring many more who inhaled toxic fumes. The insurgents who carried out the attacks probably stole the chlorine from water-purification and sewage treatment plants, which use the chemical for disinfection. Authorities here worried about the 2,000 or so U.S. water systems that store Environmental Protection Agency -- regulated quantities of chlorine. More than 100 treatment facilities are in densely populated areas, where an explosion could expose more than a million people to toxic gases. Some say the threat was overrated. But the underlying facts were real -- and for at least one company, the heightened awareness was good news. MIOX, an Albuquerque-based outfit founded in 1994, makes compact generators that allow water treatment facilities to produce a liquid chlorine -- based solution on-site, using only water, salt, and electricity, eliminating the need to store or transport hazardous chemicals. (The company also makes a hand-held battery-powered version of its generator, used by backpackers and military personnel.) The gold standard of disinfection for more than 100 years, chlorine kills bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens, and it has played a key role in eliminating diseases such as typhoid and cholera in the U.S. And chlorine's benefits in water are twofold: it not only disinfects but also remains at a residual level in the water, preventing reinfection by viruses or bacteria during transport, storage, and distribution. For that reason, the EPA and state regulators require that all municipal drinking water contain a measurable chlorine residual. So even as new disinfection methods, such as using ozone and UV light, gain popularity, they continue to be used with some kind of chlorine-based treatment. Safety and security alone might have been sufficient drivers to propel MIOX's technology. But since joining the company as CEO in 2005, Carlos Perea, a veteran of the semiconductor and telecom industries, has been highlighting other benefits. Water quality is one: Using freshly generated chemicals helps avoid the development of undesirable chlorine byproducts. And because the MIOX generator can produce a "mixed oxidant" (hence the company name) that disinfects water with less chlorine, treated water has less chemical taste and odor, and there is less buildup of biofilm and algae in the treatment system. But cost and carbon savings are an even bigger selling point. "It doesn't make sense to transport chemicals when you can generate them yourself at a fraction of the cost and a fraction of the impact," Perea says. In August, the 77-employee company received $19 million in Series C funding from several venture capital firms, including DCM, Sierra Ventures, and Flywheel Ventures. Water utilities in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and other cities now use MIOX generators. The U.S. Navy also uses them on some of its ships. For some large beverage makers, MIOX equipment is the first disinfection step in their bottling processes. Other industrial and commercial customers are looking to use the system as a component in self-contained water recycling systems to disinfect water before it is reused for, say, landscape maintenance or cooling. "Moving water is so power intensive, such a huge energy user, that it doesn't make sense to continue to treat it one place, pump it, live with losses and degradation, and move it someplace else to dispose of it," says Perea. "If you have a swimming pool, you don't fill it up and dump it out every time that you use it; it just wouldn't make sense." In a developing country like India, the ability to treat one's own water at home can be a matter of life and death. According to a 2002 World Health Organization study, 782,000 deaths, or 7.5 percent of all deaths in India that year, were caused by diseases related to unclean water. Even in places where municipal tap water is available, quality is unreliable, and the water runs for only part of the day. Much of the population gets drinking water from vendors who sell it from tanker trucks. Those with limited means often purify water by boiling it or mixing it with iodine tablets. Those who can afford it use home water-purification systems. One of the companies capitalizing on demand for such systems is Eureka Forbes, India's largest manufacturer of home water-purification systems. And since 2006, a Bothell, Washington, company, HaloSource, has played an integral part in Eureka Forbes's effort to make such systems much more affordable. HaloSource manufactures a sort of turbocharged version of the cartridge that goes in your Brita pitcher at home. But whereas the Brita cartridge merely filters water, thus improving appearance and taste and removing some contaminants, the HaloPure biocidal cartridge -- packed with tiny polystyrene beads that have bromine ions chemically bonded to their surface -- disinfects it, eliminating viruses and bacteria. Eureka Forbes is using HaloPure cartridges in gravity-fed countertop water purifiers that let a family treat and store up to 6.5 gallons of water at a time. Unlike ultraviolet purifiers, countertop water purifiers don't require electricity to work, and their lower cost -- $40 to $60, versus $200 to $300 -- puts them within reach of India's burgeoning middle class. HaloSource also manufactures products used for recreational water treatment and storm-water management, as well as antimicrobial coatings for textiles. But the company, which has annual revenue of more than $10 million, sees its biggest opportunities in water purification. HaloSource has partnered with the Brazilian consumer-device maker Everest, which will use HaloPure cartridges in countertop water purifiers, and the Chinese manufacturer Chanitex, which uses them as a component in reverse-osmosis purifiers for homes and businesses. HaloSource now has manufacturing facilities in Bangalore and Shanghai, as well as in Washington State. In 2007, the company secured $15 million in funding from the Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Clean Tech Fund. "In China and India combined, you've got close to three billion people who will be looking for consumer-product solutions to problems they've dealt with for generations," says Andrew Clews, HaloSource's vice president of marketing and business development. "Access to clean, safe drinking water is certainly one of those issues." Storing It It's nice to imagine that water flows magically from a pristine reservoir or spring to your home faucet, but that's simply not the case. As we have seen, it is disinfected and pumped along through a sprawling network of water mains and pipes. The U.S. water network, much of it built in the 1950s and '60s, will require some $277 billion worth of construction, upgrades, and replacement in the next 20 years, according to EPA estimates. With scarcity driving water agencies to fix leaks -- by some estimates, about six billion gallons per day in the U.S. are lost through literal cracks in the system -- companies making high-tech metering and leak-detection technologies are doing well for themselves. San Rafael, California-based PAX Water Technologies, founded in 2006, is focusing elsewhere, on a relatively overlooked niche in the distribution chain: water storage tanks. Though the numbers are hard to tally, there may be as many as 400,000 storage tanks in use in the U.S. today, according to PAX Water's vice president of marketing, Jason Oppenheimer, who came to the company after nearly a decade of working on water infrastructure projects as a civil engineer. After being treated, drinking water can spend as long as 100 days in the distribution system before reaching an end user. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but when water sits in a tank too long, it begins to stagnate and settle into layers of different temperatures, as in a lake. In warmer layers at the top, the disinfectants used in treatment are burned off, which increases the potential for contamination. Even when the water is being used, poor tank design can create an uneven distribution of disinfectant and encourage uneven aging, allowing water at the bottom of a tank to be replenished more quickly than water at the top. The traditional solution is to dump more disinfecting chemicals into the holding system, which has environmental and economic costs and can lead to the formation of chemical byproducts. Water agencies also use energy-intensive "operational cycling" -- basically pumping moving water around from tank to tank -- or even dump some water at the end of the line to allow fresher water to flow into a stagnating system. The energy-efficient, inexpensive, and elegant solution proposed by PAX Water is called the Lily impeller. Featured in a 2008 design exhibit at New York City's Museum of Modern Art, the Lily -- a spiral propeller whose shape calls to mind a calla lily -- is not just pretty but powerful. When installed on the bottom of a storage tank, the impeller, which weighs less than 70 pounds, can mix up to seven million gallons of water while drawing the same amount of energy as three 100-watt bulbs. Mimicking natural convection currents, the mixer evenly circulates water in the tank, thus reducing or eliminating the need to add disinfectant. Several states require new and retrofitted storage tanks to include some of kind of mixing system -- a potential boon for PAX Water. The water mixer came to market in 2007 and won the People's Choice Award in the New Product Technology Showcase at the American Water Works Association convention. The same year, PAX Water launched a beta program in California. That helped open up the market, and by mid-2008, the company had about 25 of the $30,000 units installed in municipal storage tanks. Dan Heimel, a water quality specialist in Redwood City, California, which participated in the pilot study and subsequently purchased a mixer for a troublesome water tank, says the system solved the city's thermal stratification problem. But for Oppenheimer, storage tanks are just the beginning. A floating solar-powered impeller, for example, could improve surface water to be treated for drinking or even provide basic wastewater remediation in an off-grid environment. "We think that our technology has huge potential to help natural remediation of water bodies and all sorts of applications around the world," he says. Conserving It As a kid, Mark Sanders hated brushing his teeth with cold water. But watching all that clean, drinkable water run down the drain as it warmed up bugged him. So at the age of 9, he began thinking about ways to capture it and save it for some other purpose -- say, flushing the toilet. Three decades later, during a visit with his wife's family in drought-stricken Oklahoma in 2000, he took up the problem again with a newfound sense of urgency. On the plane ride home to Louisville, he made a sketch of a water recycling system that would take used water from the bathroom sink, disinfect it, and reroute it to the toilet tank for flushing. Back home, he took the drawing to a friend who did home remodeling, and two weeks later -- with a hot glue gun, some PVC pipe, and a Tupperware container -- the friend had a prototype working in his own home. Sanders, a CPA by trade and at the time the CEO of a large medical practice, patented the system, built a basic website, and began touting the system to anyone he thought might be interested. The result: thousands of hits for the site and affirmation that the interest was out there. In 2003, Sanders left the medical practice and founded WaterSaver Technologies; he picked up a partner, Tom Reynolds, along the way. After the two spent a couple of years raising money and testing prototypes, the system, dubbed AQUS, made its big-time debut at a water-industry trade show in 2006. Sanders describes the response as "incredible," especially from water companies in the increasingly parched South and Southwest, excited at the prospect of adding another water-saving device to the arsenal of products for which customers already receive rebates. Indeed, utilities have found that offering customers rebates for things such as low-flow showerheads and toilets and efficient front-loading clothes washers has been a reliable and cost-effective way to curb water use -- and the related cost of energy to supply and treat water and wastewater. (In California in 2005, for example, about 19 percent of electricity use, 30 percent of natural gas consumption, and 88 million gallons of diesel fuel were used to move and treat water.) Thanks to such efforts, total U.S. per capita water use has declined from a high of 1,950 gallons per day in 1977 to 1,480 gallons per day in 2000, according to the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit research group. The AQUS System -- named one of the 100 best innovations of 2007 by Popular Science magazine -- uses standard plumbing parts and can be installed by a professional plumber in about two hours. Priced at $395 (before rebates), it can save up to 6,000 gallons of water a year in a two-person household. Cutting-edge green architects use AQUS in their home designs, and Sloan Valve -- the world's leading manufacturer of water-efficient plumbing devices -- recently agreed to distribute the product. "People are just now beginning to be aware of the value of water and the dollar savings they can achieve," says Jim Allen, head of Sloan's water-efficiency division. Sanders and Reynolds -- who remain the company's only employees for now -- aim to sell 5,000 to 10,000 units in the first year of the Sloan deal, ramping up to as many as 300,000 after five years. Allen expects the market to swell as more states mandate water-efficient technologies. That kind of regulation -- coupled with compelling economics -- has already helped Falcon Waterfree Technologies, another pioneer in restroom efficiency. If you are male, and you have recently heeded nature's call at Dodger Stadium, the Hollywood Bowl, the "Bird's Nest" at the Beijing Olympics, or the Taj Mahal, you may be familiar with its product. Falcon, founded in 2000, claims about 90 percent of the worldwide market for water-free urinals and revenue of more than $15 million a year. Like WaterSaver, Falcon, headquartered in Los Angeles and Grand Rapids, Michigan, piggybacks on the existing sales and distribution networks of established partners in the sanitary equipment industry (it, too, has a partnership with Sloan in the U.S.). "In many respects -- on a significantly smaller scale -- we're really not unlike Intel," says James Krug, Falcon's CEO. "We are the technology that powers the urinals." Here's how it works: Urinal manufacturers create the "bowl with a hole" -- a porcelain or metal unit designed with a smooth, easy-to-clean surface. A stainless-steel housing provides a perfect seal between the opening and a patented cartridge containing a biodegradable liquid with a specific gravity lighter than water. As soon as urine passes through the cartridge, this lighter liquid covers it and creates an airtight seal, blocking any escaping odor of urine and sewer gases. Unlike with conventional urinals, there is no "flush plume" to spread bacteria and no moving parts that require maintenance; cartridges just need to be replaced every 7,000 uses or so. "Pound for pound, our system is probably the most effective water-conservation device out there," Krug likes to brag. "It doesn't reduce water use by 10, 20, or 30 percent -- it's a 100 percent reduction. Each urinal saves about 40,000 gallons of water a year." Falcon is backed by some very heavy hitters. Its founder and lead investor is Marc Nathanson, a cable entrepreneur and chairman of Voice of America in the Clinton administration. In 2006, Capricorn Management, an investment group founded by Jeff Skoll, eBay's first president, bought 25 percent of Falcon. And its board of advisers includes Al Gore, Richard Gephardt, and former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan. Acceptance of a waterless urinal was once the challenge. Now the challenge is competition, including new rivals such as Kohler and Zurn. Still, Krug believes that by continuing to invest heavily in R&D, he is keeping ahead of the curve. And competition has its advantages, too. "When everyone else joins in," he says, "you know you've gone from fringe to mainstream." Here's a fact: According to the American Water Works Association, 58 percent of urban water goes to landscape irrigation. And as much as half of that is lost or wasted because of evaporation, wind, or improper irrigation design, installation, maintenance, and scheduling. Chris Spain, co-founder and chairman of Petaluma, California-based HydroPoint Data Systems, saw an opportunity in those lost 3.5 billion gallons. After selling a software start-up in 2000, Spain and two partners began plotting their next move. Water was especially attractive. "One, it seemed to be a huge issue that a variety of macro trends were driving to a crisis point," says Spain. "And two, there seemed to be a huge absence of focus, investment, and innovation." They came across a company in Petaluma that had patented a compelling technology -- a system that used live weather data, rather than preset timers, to tell sprinklers when and how much to water crops, lawns, and commercial landscapes. They acquired the company, raised funds from angel investors, and went to work upgrading the technology. Now known as WeatherTRAK, the system uses data retrieved from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites that gather information from 40,000 weather stations across the country. WeatherTRAK's database and servers can accurately map weather conditions -- wind, humidity, and temperature -- for any given square kilometer in the U.S. Subscribers to the system (commercial users pay $225 per year) need only set a sprinkler controller with some information about the plants and topography of their site, and the system takes over, sending weather updates via satellite to automatically adjust watering needs to real conditions on the ground. There are some 45 million irrigation controllers nationwide, and according to a survey by the American Water Works Association, most still have the same settings they had when they left the factory. The result: overwatering, often accompanied by runoff into neighboring surface waters. By watering landscapes just enough, the WeatherTRAK system cuts water use up to 59 percent. Agriculture would seem to be an obvious market. But long-term contracts for purchasing water give farmers extremely low prices, so they generally have little incentive to invest in conservation. So HydroPoint has focused on commercial and institutional clients. Among its 15,000 subscribers: Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Google, Lowe's, and the cities of Newport Beach, California, and Charleston, South Carolina. In 2007, those 15,000 customers saved a combined 6.7 billion gallons of water. Lockheed Martin estimates it saves $1 million a year using WeatherTRAK at its two Silicon Valley campuses. Keeping It Clean Though drought is one of the more obvious consequences of climate change, water experts are equally worried about the problems caused by extreme storms and flooding that many, if not most, scientists believe are another consequence of global warming. Long underregulated and undermanaged, storm-water runoff has become a concern for its effect on surface and ground water, as well as the additional burden that it puts on already creaky wastewater treatment facilities when it is treated. Glenn Rink, founder and CEO of Scottsdale, Arizona-based AbTech Industries, first used his Smart Sponges -- made from a synthetic polymer -- in 1997 to clean up oil spills from tankers at sea. In 1999, when he turned his attention to storm water, most regulation was focused on runoff from new construction. "No one was really doing anything about dealing with the billions of gallons of rain that come down on the roads and go into our flood-control devices and are contaminated on the way through," he says. So Rink figured out how to mold the sponge material into different shapes that would fit into street-level storm drains and catch basins, soaking up oil and debris and letting clean water pass through. Later, he developed a way to coat the sponges with an antimicrobial agent so they would disinfect water as well. The next iteration will add the ability to capture heavy metals, herbicides, and pesticides. Long Beach, California, installed 2,000 AbTech filters in June 2004. Tom Leary, the city's storm-water compliance officer, was primarily concerned with cutting bacterial pollution at beaches. Tests showed the Smart Sponges effectively eliminated bacteria. And in the unusually rainy year following the sponges' installation, they also caught almost 92,000 pounds of trash and debris and 3,600 gallons of waste oil. Leary likes the technology, because unlike UV treatment or mechanical debris catchers, "it's not outrageously expensive, and it's easy to move around. You don't smell them, hear them, or see them." Today, AbTech has 13,000 installations in 36 states and seven countries, and its 2008 revenue is expected to be 2,000 percent higher than last year's. Seventy percent of its business is with municipal customers. But private developers and commercial entities are increasingly part of the mix. British grocery giant Tesco recently installed an AbTech system to treat runoff at a new 88-acre facility in Riverside, California. Smaller operators are employing the technology to solve niche problems -- in bus depots and fast-food drive-throughs, to cite two examples. Airports, too: The ones in Newark, New Jersey, and New York's Westchester County are among those that have installed AbTech sponges, which typically need to be replaced every two to four years; used sponges are sent to waste-energy plants and burned as fuel. Road runoff is one problem. But pollutants from other sources are even more insidious. Hundreds of U.S. water utilities, for example, are dealing with high levels of the chemical perchlorate, a rocket-fuel ingredient that has been found in the lower Colorado River, which provides water for more than 15 million people in the Southwest, and in dozens of ground-water wells throughout California. Though the EPA has yet to set a drinking-water standard for perchlorate, Massachusetts and California have, citing health risks to developing fetuses. The gasoline additive MTBE is another troublesome ground-water pollutant, as is nitrate, a common agricultural contaminant, which at high enough levels in water causes serious illness or death in infants. A new technology being commercialized by a company called Microvi Biotech literally eats these pollutants up. Eliminating challenging pollutants from water has traditionally involved using mechanical filters or chemicals. Recently, researchers have experimented with using genetically modified organisms to degrade water pollutants. But until now, all these methods have had at least one major drawback: the production of a secondary waste stream of concentrated pollutants or sludge that must be incinerated or otherwise disposed of. In eliminating one kind of pollution, they create another. Microvi's founder, Fatemeh Shirazi, has developed what she and others believe is a safer, more efficient, and cleaner method -- using so-called biological reactors that house colonies of natural microorganisms "trained" to feed off particular pollutants in water. Inside the reactor, Shirazi explains, microorganisms are "packaged" in materials and configurations that protect them from the die-off common in other treatment methods. Most remarkably, the system is self-cleaning -- when the microbe population reaches a critical stage, it stops growing and cleans house, with living organisms feeding off dead ones. As a result, there is no fouling and buildup inside the reactor and no waste to dispose of -- all that comes out is clean water. "It's unique," says Michael Dimitriou, president of the consulting firm WaterInnovations. He discovered Shirazi's work when he was asked to review it for a multinational water company. "It does something that's been tried before but no one could do." Shirazi has developed reactors that target about eight specific pollutants, including PCE, a chemical used in dry-cleaning and other industries, MTBE, perchlorate, and nitrates. The novelty of her technology was recognized with a first prize in the water category at the 2007 California Clean Tech Open competition. Shirazi earned her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Oklahoma State University, got her first U.S. patent in 2002, and incorporated Microvi in 2004 in Overland Park, Kansas. With $1.8 million in grants from agencies including the National Institutes of Health, she worked to troubleshoot issues with the technology. Now headquartered in Union City, California, the company has 11 employees and is beginning its first large-scale implementations. In addition to working with public water and wastewater facilities to treat emerging pollutants, Shirazi anticipates a market in treating water discharged by various industries -- including the paper industry, which produces wastewater high in toxic chlorinated phenols, and the food and beverage industry, which discharges water high in organic pollutants and nitrate. "We are in such a big mess today partly because we never thought about the consequences of discharging water that was full of pollutants," says Shirazi. "It never made sense to me that in the name of cleaning up those pollutants, we've kept coming up with solutions that also have a negative impact on the environment. The idea of using biotechnology -- using concepts from nature -- to do this is very appealing."Adam Bluestein is a Burlington, Vermont-based freelance writer.Copyright © 2010 Mansueto Ventures LLC. All rights reserved.Inc.com, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007-2195.12/29/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Water---Wastes-Digest-Magazine-Features-MIOX--Oct-2008-nwMFT_67.aspx/News/Water---Wastes-Digest-Magazine-Features-MIOX--Oct-2008-nwMFT_67.aspxDecember 28, 2008Mixed Oxidant Solutions: Moving away from chloramines while maintaining water quality12/28/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Making-the-Case-for-a-National-Climate-Change-Service--Green-Tech-Media--December--08-nwMFT_98.aspx/News/Making-the-Case-for-a-National-Climate-Change-Service--Green-Tech-Media--December--08-nwMFT_98.aspxUcilia WangDecember 15, 2008Making the Case for a National Climate Change ServiceSome scientists are pushing for the creation of an agency similar to the National Weather Service that would provide climate change data to communities for water, fire, land-use and transportation planning. Should there be a national climate change service, much like the National Weather Service that provides near-term data to help consumers and businesses plan their day?That's the idea being batted about by scientists who want to make information about climate change more accessible to ranchers, forest managers and local communities for long-term planning, said Jonathan Overpeck, co-director of the Institute for Environment and Society at the University of Arizona, at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting in San Francisco Monday.A climate change agency would provide regional data that can be put to work by local communities. Much of the climate change research looks at trends over large geographical areas. More work should be done to narrow the focus in order to explain the impact of climate change on people's everyday lives, Overpeck said."We need to address what users in the United States need," Overpeck said. "If you are a forest manager and you want to prescribe burns to prevent catastrophic fires, you have to take into account far more than just weather. We can help decision makers understand the broader context."Creating a climate change service, or having a depository of regional climate change data also could benefit greentech companies. Understanding which region in the country will become warmer, colder or rainier could help solar and wind energy developers determine the ideal locations for their projects. It also will help spur the development of clean water technologies.The timing to push for a climate change agency is right. President-elect Barack Obama has made climate change a key policy issue for his administration. He has created a new White House post to coordinate energy, climate change and environmental policies across federal agencies (see Obama Names Energy and Environment Leaders).Many states and cities are already crafting plans to reduce emissions and support renewable energy and clean water initiatives (see California Approves Climate Change Master Plan).The federal government has been funding some research that looks at the regional impact of climate change. For example, the National Research Council released a report earlier this year that examined the impact of climate change on the country's transportation system.The report, "The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation," delved into regional impact and concluded, among other things, that airports and roads in San Francisco and Oakland could be inundated by seawater as a result of rising levels caused by climate change.The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been running a research program looking at regional climate change impact. The program, Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA) began in the mid-1990s to study El Niño after receiving requests for information from ranchers, water managers and other local officials.Managers of the Colorado River, which feeds western states including California, already use RISA research on the prehistoric climate to help predict what large-scale changes could take place in the future, Overpeck said.A consortium of 70 universities has been in place to try to make climate data more relevant to local policy makers and industries. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colo., manages a variety of research programs that produce tons of data on greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of climate change on the society and national security.Still, more can be done to match scientists and their knowledge with community planners, advocates say."Water utilities are considering climate change in their long-term planning," said Jack Fellows, UCAR's vice president for corporate affairs at the AGU meeting. "Regions that don't involve in the planning will lose out economically."Water utilities and other local governments that pay attention to climate change will make good customers for companies in water technologies. Many venture capitalists are pouring money into technologies to produce clean water. Miox in Alburquerque, N.M., for example, raised $19 million from DCM, Sierra Ventures and Flywheel Ventures earlier this year to develop water-treatment systems12/15/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Albuquerque--NM---December-30--2008---Anthony-Picozzi--Senior-Vice-President-of-MIOX-Corporation--was-elected-to-the-Board-of-Directors-of-the-Water-Manufacturers-Association--WWEMA--during-the-organization-s-100th-Annual-Meeting-in-Tucson--Arizona.--nwMFT_35.aspx/News/Albuquerque--NM---December-30--2008---Anthony-Picozzi--Senior-Vice-President-of-MIOX-Corporation--was-elected-to-the-Board-of-Directors-of-the-Water-Manufacturers-Association--WWEMA--during-the-organization-s-100th-Annual-Meeting-in-Tucson--Arizona.--nwMFT_35.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – December 4, 2008 – MIOX Corporation, leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water treatment, is pleased to announce that Bob Newton has joined the company as Vice President Industrial Markets. He will be responsible for growing sales and sales channel capability in the industrial market sectors. Mr. Newton brings over twenty years experience in the global water and wastewater industry. Prior to joining MIOX, he held the position of Global Director Strategic Marketing for Siemens Water Technologies. During his career in the water industry he has held various positions in management, marketing, sales, and business development during his career with Siemens, USFilter, Wheelabrator Technologies & Westates Carbon. MIOX president and CEO Carlos Perea commented, “We are excited to have Bob leading our expansion into the industrial market space. He is an excellent addition to a very strong sales and marketing team and he brings a wealth of experience and industry relationships.” Bob holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and currently resides in the Philadelphia area. 12/4/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Former-USFilter-Executive-Michael-Reardon-Joins-MIOX-s-Board-of-Directors-nwMFT_36.aspx/News/Former-USFilter-Executive-Michael-Reardon-Joins-MIOX-s-Board-of-Directors-nwMFT_36.aspxNovember 18, 2008 - MIOX Corporation, leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water treatment, today announced that Michael J. Reardon was elected to MIOX’s board of directors. “Mike’s many years of industry experience, his insight and understanding of our business will be a great asset to MIOX,” said Carlos Perea, MIOX’s President and CEO. “He is an excellent addition to our board.” With over 26 years of experience as an operating executive, Mike has served on numerous boards of directors and is an active investor and adviser in a number of private equity and entrepreneurial ventures. He has broad-based experience working with consumer, commercial, municipal and industrial customers, and multiple channels of distribution, manufacturing and worldwide sourcing. He also has led aggressive acquisition and integration strategies while sustaining organic growth and productivity. Previously, he served as President and COO of Culligan International, and was a co-founding finance and operations executive and a member of the board of USFilter (NYSE), which grew during his tenure to over $5 billion in revenues. USFilter led the consolidation of the global water and wastewater industry by acquiring and integrating over 200 companies in nine years, before it was acquired by Vivendi. Reardon is a CPA and received his business degree from California State Polytechnic University and is a graduate of the Kellogg Management Institute at Northwestern University. 11/18/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Brian-P.-Hyde-Joins-MIOX-as-Northeast-Regional-Sales-Manager-nwMFT_38.aspx/News/Brian-P.-Hyde-Joins-MIOX-as-Northeast-Regional-Sales-Manager-nwMFT_38.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – October 17, 2008 – MIOX Corporation, leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, is pleased to announce that Brian P. Hyde has joined the company as its northeast regional sales manager. In this position, Mr. Hyde is a key addition to the MIOX sales team and will focus on increasing domestic sales. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he will be responsible for developing and maintaining an independent distributor and manufacturer’s representative network in the northeast and mid-Atlantic territories. Mr. Hyde brings over twenty years of experience in the water and wastewater industry. Before joining MIOX, he held the position of manufacturer’s representative and manager for eastern sales territory with Kappe Associates, Inc. He has an in-depth knowledge of all types of water and wastewater treatment technologies and has contributed to hundreds of municipal projects, adding value to all phases from concept to completion. Anthony Picozzi, MIOX Vice President of Sales, commented: “Brian brings decades of experience and an expansive understanding of all aspects of the municipal water treatment process. With his history of working closely with consultant engineers and contractors to specify water and wastewater equipment, Brian’s network of subject matter experts throughout the Mid-Atlantic region make him a real asset for MIOX. I am pleased to have him on the team.” Mr. Hyde is currently involved with the PA/NJ Water for People and plans to expand his role in the future. 10/17/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-features-the-latest-in-advanced-on-site-disinfection-technology-at-WEFTEC.08-Booth-26138-nwMFT_37.aspx/News/MIOX-features-the-latest-in-advanced-on-site-disinfection-technology-at-WEFTEC.08-Booth-26138-nwMFT_37.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – October 14, 2008 – MIOX Corporation, provider of advanced water treatment systems, will be showcasing its on-site generation technology at WEFTEC.08 in Chicago, IL, October 19-22. MIOX on-site generators produce either hypochlorite or mixed oxidants to treat water and wastewater from small well systems up to flows over 50MGD. All MIOX systems use only salt and power to safely and cost-effectively generate a dilute chlorine-based solution, eliminating the storage and handling of hazardous disinfection chemicals while still providing a chlorine residual. MIOX’s SAL™ family of automated mixed-oxidant or hypochlorite on-site generators disinfect smaller water supplies or well sites, especially where biofilm, chlorine residual maintenance, disinfection by-product formation, or taste and odor have become issues. The mid-sized RIO™’s groundbreaking modular design allows for easy interchange between on-site sodium hypochlorite and on-site mixed oxidant generation with the added flexibility of up to 5x epanded production capacity without increasing the system footprint. The new large-scale RIO Grande™ on-site generator offers large capacity production for flows of 50 MGD and higher. The “wash-in-place” cell system minimizes cell maintenance and the air-cooled power supply allows a feed water temperature limit of 80° F (27°C) with no additional cooling required. Technical and scientific professionals will be available at WEFTEC Booth 26138 for demonstrations and more information. While there, register to win an MSR MIOX Purifier, a scaled-down handheld version of the municipal water treatment technology that is ideal for campers, backpackers, travelers, the military, and first responders and can be used by an individual or family for disaster preparedness. 10/14/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Treat-Reclaimed-Water-for-Emerald-Coast-Utility-Authority-s-Pensacola-Plant--September-2008-nwMFT_110.aspx/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Treat-Reclaimed-Water-for-Emerald-Coast-Utility-Authority-s-Pensacola-Plant--September-2008-nwMFT_110.aspxMIOX Selected to Treat Reclaimed Water for Emerald Coast Utility Authority’s Pensacola PlantMIOX Corporation’s RIO water disinfection systems will treat 20 million gallons per day of Pensacola, Florida’s wastewater for industrial reuseAlbuquerque, NM – July 18, 2008– MIOX Corporation has been selected by Baskerville-Donovan, Inc. to supply five RIO Series on-site sodium hypochlorite generators for the final disinfection phase at the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s (ECUA) new Central Water Reclamation Facility (CWRF) in Pensacola, Florida. Each RIO unit has a 500 pound per day capacity and will treat 20 million gallons of wastewater per day. The new treatment facility, expected to be complete in 2010, will replace the aging Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant.The RIO units will produce up to 20 million gallons of effluent per day, and the disinfected water will be reused by Gulf Power’s Crist Plant. Recycling the effluent discharge via industrial reuse minimizes the impact the facility’s processes will have on the environment while enhancing the efficiency and reducing operational costs of both the Crist Plant and the CWRF. The RIO generates a 0.8 percent sodium hypochlorite solution on site, on demand, by combining three common consumables - salt, water and electricity. Generating a chlorine equivalent on site eliminates the need to transport and store potentially dangerous chlorine gas and alleviates operational challenges associated with storing and injecting bulk sodium hypochlorite. The MIOX system product line is highly scalable with free available chlorine (FAC) ranging from 4 to 1,550+ lb/day.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation is focused on solving one of the world’s most pressing issues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water.  MIOX’s patented water disinfection technology replaces the need to purchase, transport and store dangerous chemicals.  MIOX is used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communities across the U.S. for public drinking water systems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial and industrial applications. More information is available at www.miox.com.9/30/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Welcomes-John-Deogracias-as-Southwest-Regional-Sales-Manager-nwMFT_39.aspx/News/MIOX-Welcomes-John-Deogracias-as-Southwest-Regional-Sales-Manager-nwMFT_39.aspxSeptember 15, 2008 - MIOX Corporation, leader in on-site generation of hypochlorite and mixed oxidants for water disinfection, is pleased to announce that John Deogracias will be joining the company as its southwest regional sales manager. In this position, Deogracias is a key addition to the MIOX sales team and will focus on increasing domestic sales. Based in Chandler, Arizona, he will be responsible for developing and maintaining an independent distributor and manufacturer’s representative network in the southwest U.S. territory. Deogracias brings over sixteen years of experience in the water and wastewater industry. Before joining MIOX, he held the position of west regional municipal business developer for Siemens Water Technologies. He has worked for Veolia Water, United Water, consulting engineering firm Robert E. Curry & Associates, and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Anthony Picozzi, MIOX Vice President of Sales, remarked: “John brings a significant level of experience in the water and wastewater industry and a history of successful strategic business development and sales initiatives in the municipal market. We’re excited to welcome him to the MIOX sales team.” John holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Evansville and an MBA from Anderson University. He also obtained his Class II Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator License in the State of Indiana. 9/15/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Selected-By-AlwaysOn-as-a-GoingGreen-Top-100-Winner-nwMFT_40.aspx/News/MIOX-Selected-By-AlwaysOn-as-a-GoingGreen-Top-100-Winner-nwMFT_40.aspxSeptember 8, 2008 – MIOX Corporation today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen 100 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the green technology industries. MIOX was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz. MIOX and the GoingGreen Top 100 Companies will be honored at GoingGreen 2008, scheduled to occur on September 15-17, 2008 at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, CA. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities. “The GoingGreen Top 100 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global clean energy technology markets,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and systems that are driving the next phase of greentech innovation and transforming the biggest industries on earth.” MIOX’s technology converts a brine solution electrolytically on-site and on-demand, eliminating the hazards associated with traditional technologies, reducing energy outputs, and inactivating water-borne pathogens immune to chlorine disinfection. Transporting salt – a harmless, renewable green chemical resource – rather than bulk liquid bleach reduces the addition of carbon to the atmosphere while offering significant chemical benefits. According to Carlos Perea, CEO, MIOX Corporation, “MIOX’s ability to use non-hazardous chemicals in conjunction with our technology allows us to provide green solutions to a wide range of customers in municipal, industrial, and institutional applications. In addition to minimizing safety concerns, MIOX systems provide cost and operational efficiencies that make us a valued partner in the disinfection of water.” A full list of all the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners is available on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/288689/8/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/AlwaysOn-Green--08-Winners--Synthetic-Genomics-Best-Overall--Earth-2-Tech--September--08-nwMFT_100.aspx/News/AlwaysOn-Green--08-Winners--Synthetic-Genomics-Best-Overall--Earth-2-Tech--September--08-nwMFT_100.aspxAlwaysOn Green ‘08 Winners, Synthetic Genomics Best OverallBy Craig RubensPosted September 4th, 2008 at 3:23 pm in Hitlines, StartupsAlwaysOn has just put out its second annual GoingGreen Top 100 Private Companies Awards and named Craig Venter’s Synthetic Genomics as the GoingGreen Overall Winner. The startup aims to make biofuels by design through synthetically created organisms. Venter says his startup will produce octane from carbon dioxide — so-called “fourth generation biofuels” — by mid 2009, with the ultimate aim of undoing the oil industry.The GoingGreen awards whittled down more than 500 nominations from venture investors, investment bankers and industry experts to 100 companies from 11 different cleantech sectors ranging from water technology to green automobiles. The solar energy category was the most populated, including 17 startups, reflecting solar’s continued prominence in the venture capital world.Water Technology and Water Management* AbTech Industries* Agua Via* Bio Pure Technology* HydroPoint Data Systems* Microvi Biotech* Miox* NanoH2O* Purfresh* Windesal9/4/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Funding-Roundup--Mega-Solar-Deals--Algal-Biofuels-and-Clean-Water--Green-Tech-Media-September--09-nwMFT_101.aspx/News/Funding-Roundup--Mega-Solar-Deals--Algal-Biofuels-and-Clean-Water--Green-Tech-Media-September--09-nwMFT_101.aspxUcilia WangSeptember 1, 20080 CommentsFunding Roundup: Mega Solar Deals, Algal Biofuels and Clean WaterInvestors pump $404M into two big solar deals. Meanwhile, Miox gets $19M for detoxing water and Natural Cleaners Colorado receives $1.9M for green dry cleaning. Two mega-deals announced by Nanosolar and AVA Solar last week reflected investors' increasingly large bets on thin-film solar technologies.Thin-film solar has conquered only a fraction of the solar market today, where most of the panels use crystalline silicon to convert sunlight into electricity. Thin films aren't as efficient at producing power, and manufacturing them in large volumes has proven challenging. But they use little or no silicon, making them an appealing option amid today's silicon shortage.Nanosolar confirmed that it had raised $300 million in equity and closed the deal back in March. The San Jose, Calif. company plans to use the money to expand its existing factory in its hometown and to build a new one in Germany (see Nanosolar Confirms $300M Funding). It began shipping its first commercial panels, which use copper indium gallium selenide, last December.Most of the new cash came from AES Corp, the Carlyle Group, EDF and Energy Capital Partners through Riverstone Holdings and EDF Renewables. The remainder came from Lone Pine Capital, the Skoll Foundation and the Omidyar Network, GLG Partners, Beck Energy and Grazia Equity.AVA Solar, which is in pilot production, raised $104 million. DCM led AVA's new round of funding, which also came from Technology Partners, GLG Partners, Bohemian Companies and Invus (see AVA Solar Gets $104M).Here are some of the other deals announced in the last week:PRIVATE:Solar:Silfab SpA, a silicon producer in Italy, plans to receive €30 million ($44.7 million) from Sino-American Silicon Product. Silfab plans to use the money to build its first manufacturing plant, which is expected be able to produce up to 5,000 metric tons of solar-grade silicon per year. The plant is scheduled to begin production in the forth quarter of 2009. Silfab also has signed a contract to supply its new investor with 500 metric tons of the silicon per year for six years, starting in 2010.Xunlight raised $11 million to expand its manufacturing of thin-film solar panels. The company, based in Toledo, Ohio, is developing thin films with amorphous silicon, amorphous silicon germanium and nanocrystalline silicon. Xunlight, which already operates a 2-megawatt pilot plant, is building a 25-megawatt plant.Other:Solazyme raised $45 million to grow algae in massive quantities without sunlight and harvest the plants' oil to make biofuels (see Green Light post). The company, based in South San Francisco, Calif., raised the money from Roda Group, Haris & Haris Group, Braemar Energy Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.Miox raised $19 million from DCM, Sierra Ventures and Flywheel Ventures (see Green Light post). The company, based in Albuquerque, N.M., is developing water-treatment systems for consumers and industrial treatment plants.Nexterra Energy, a Canadian developer of biomass-gasification technology, raised C$3.8 million ($3.6 million) from ARC Financial Corp. The company's gasification systems turn wood chips and other green waste into syngas for producing heat and electricity. Nexterra's systems are used by companies in both Canada and the United States.Natural Cleaners Colorado, a dry cleaner using environmentally friendly processes, raised $1.9 million from Advantage Capital Partners. Natural Cleaners, based in Avon, Colo., uses a carbon dioxide-based cleaning method and the GreenEarth process created by General Electric and Procter & Gamble.EpiSensor, a smart-grid technology developer in Ireland, raised €1 million ($ 1.46 million). The company uses the ZigBee wireless standard to create energy-monitoring devices. The funding included €500,000 ($730,152) from Enterprise Equity, €250,000 ($365,095) from Enterprise Ireland and €250,000 ($365,095) from the company founder Gary Carroll, his family and company director Brendan O'Malley.First Wind raised an undisclosed tax equity investment from Lehman Brothers Holdings for a 20-megawatt wind farm that was completed in Lackawanna, N.Y. First Wind, based in Newton, Mass., filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It plans to raise up to $450 million (see Funding Roundup: more IPOs for Wind, Solar).PUBLIC:EverQ plans to raise more than €500 million ($736 million) through an initial public offering or a combination of IPO and debt financing, reported Bloomberg. The German solar-cell maker, which is able to make up to 100 megawatts per year, is installing equipment in a third factory this month that will increase the production capacity to 180 megawatts per year. The company is owned by Renewable Energy Corp., Q-Cells and Evergreen Solar.FUNDS:Guggenheim Investment Management is raising for a $500 million fund to invest in energy companies, reported Private Equity Week. It already has brought in about $150 million from investors such as Midland National Life Insurance.CMEA Ventures is looking at raising a $400 million cleantech fund, reported the San Francisco Business Times. The San Francisco firm has hired Ali Iz, who worked on business development and project financing at General Electric, to handle the fund raising. CMEA plans to invest in companies that need money to build manufacturing plants.CLSA Capital Partners in Hong Kong has launched a fund to invest in Asian companies developing water supply and distribution and wastewater treatment projects. An undisclosed London investment firm provided the $35 million seed money for the fund.9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Venture-backing-helps-MIOX-finance-worldwide-growth--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly-August--08-nwMFT_102.aspx/News/Venture-backing-helps-MIOX-finance-worldwide-growth--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly-August--08-nwMFT_102.aspxFriday, August 29, 2008Venture backing helps MIOX finance worldwide growthNew Mexico Business Weekly - by Kevin Robinson-Avila NMBW StaffAlbuquerque-based MIOX Corp. will use a new $19 million investment from venture capitalists to aggressively grow its markets and sales.The water-purification company closed on a $19 million series C round on Aug. 26, led by Silicon Valley-based DCM. The new round brings total venture investments in MIOX to nearly $50 million, said MIOX CEO Carlos Perea.“We expect this to be the last round of venture capital we take on,” Perea said. “Further institutional rounds will likely come from later-stage investors, up to and including public investment. That’s the track we’re on.”Previous investors, Sierra Ventures and Flywheel Ventures, both participated in the latest round, said Flywheel General Partner Kim Sanchez Rael.“That MIOX received fresh capital from such a prestigious investor as DCM shows how well they’re doing in their core markets and in opening up new ones,” Sanchez Rael said. “MIOX is a showcase company for how new technology firms in New Mexico can be leveraged into global markets.”MIOX, which formed in 1994, offers an environmentally friendly, low-cost purification method. It uses a simple mix of water and salt shot with an electric current. The electric mix helps separate salt into its component parts — sodium and chloride. The resulting oxidant solution is poured into water where the chloride destroys common pathogens.The company sells a wide number of products that range from handheld, pen-size purifiers for outdoors types and military personnel to industrial machines that treat water in factories and municipalities, including Albuquerque’s Cottonwood and Paradise Hills areas on the Westside. It builds its systems at a 64,000-square-foot facility near Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park.DCM is a venture capital power house with $1.6 billion under management. It led four of its portfolio companies to successful initial public offerings last year, and aided two more in acquisitions by larger firms.DCM General Partner Tom Blaisdell said MIOX’s growing prestige in the clean-tech sector and its potential for rapid growth internationally attracted his organization’s attention.“MIOX is making a big impact in the market,” Blaisdell said. “We see increasingly large opportunities for its technology, especially in developing countries. There’s a burgeoning need for potable water and purification systems as rural populations move heavily into urban areas and local governments work to make scarce water resources go further.”MIOX has focused on broadening its international sales, which now account for between 40 and 45 percent of total sales every quarter.The company is concentrating especially on building markets in the Asia Pacific region. It’s currently establishing an office in Hong Kong, where it’s made some important sales.Now, however, MIOX will benefit from DCM’s expertise in that area.“We have offices in Tokyo and Beijing and we work as a unified team with our portfolio companies to explore opportunities,” Blaisdell said. “We’ve already engaged our folks in those offices to look at markets and assist MIOX.”The new capital also will help MIOX ramp up domestic sales and open new commercial and industrial markets for its water-purification systems. The company is specifically targeting entertainment-related businesses, such as pools, spas and cruise ships, said Jack Reynolds, MIOX’s vice president for marketing.“We’ve already had success in the past putting our systems on naval vessels, so now we want to do the same thing on the commercial level,” Reynolds said. “We’re very close to a sale with a large [cruise-related] provider.”The company has ramped up its sales and marketing team by 50 percent since last year, from 10 to 15 members. It’s planning to hire more sales and marketing reps and soon will open an East Coast office in Philadelphia.MIOX’s work force has grown from 55 in early 2007 to 70 now. It’s currently hiring more engineers for research and development in Albuquerque, Perea said.krobinson-avila@bizjournals.com | 348-83028/29/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Venture-capitalists-today-look-far-and-wide-for-start-ups--USA-Today-August--08-nwMFT_103.aspx/News/Venture-capitalists-today-look-far-and-wide-for-start-ups--USA-Today-August--08-nwMFT_103.aspxVenture capitalists today look far and wide for start-upsBy Edward Iwata, USA TODAYWhile others toiled in the technology mecca of Silicon Valley, Trevor Loy — a former Intel manager and Stanford University-trained engineer — pursued the digital road not taken.Nearly a decade ago, he moved to the New Mexico desert to co-found a small venture-capital firm called Flywheel Ventures. His aim: to find the next generation of start-ups where few others were looking.Tapping into the wealth of technology talent and research in the region surrounding the Sandia and Los Alamos federal research labs, Flywheel Ventures has invested $34 million in 19 companies in solar, biofuel and other sectors. Most of the start-ups were "born global," Loy says, with U.S. and overseas offices, employees and customers.One promising find off the beaten tech track: Miox, an Albuquerque firm that makes water-disinfectant generators that use salt and electricity, not potentially dangerous chlorine gas. Miox — which just received $19 million in funding from DCM, Sierra Ventures and Flywheel Ventures — has water-treatment installations in 30 countries."This is the natural evolution of our industry," the 37-year-old Loy says. "Venture capital has matured and reached critical mass in some markets, and now we're seeing explosive growth and opportunities elsewhere."The nearly half-century-old U.S. venture industry appears to be entering a new era — what some call Venture Capital 2.0. Powerful forces, from economic globalization to weak markets for initial public offerings and acquisitions, are sweeping the industry and causing much soul-searching. To grow and survive, venture firms large and small are hunting for new global entrepreneurs and markets, and for fresh investment sectors such as clean technology and alternative energy.Some venture capitalists believe that their traditional industry model needs shaking up. Over the decades, U.S. venture firms have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into thousands of young tech firms. Most died or failed to grow, while others — Intel, Apple, Amazon.com, Google — grew into business giants.Since the dot-com boom and its 2001 bust, venture investment returns in the USA have dwindled. Too many venture firms and too much capital are chasing too few prized start-ups, many say.Dileep Rao, a University of Minnesota entrepreneurship professor, contends that venture investing is mostly "a lottery system" won by a lucky few. He says that elite venture firms — about 4% of all firms — haul in most of the profits with big IPOs and acquisitions, while returns for others pale by comparison.Venture capitalists, he says, "need home runs such as Google and eBay to reach their financial goals, but there are not enough high-potential ventures to satisfy the large numbers of VC funds."Venture investors focus narrowly on short-term investments and what they believe to be the Next Big Thing, contends Tom Simpson, founder of Northwest Venture Associates in Seattle.Instead, they should seek steady, long-run growth in young companies. Starbucks is a prime example of a former start-up that resisted the early temptation to sell its stock until the company enjoyed steady profits and growth, says Simpson, whose firm manages $170 million in venture investments.The debate comes at a tough time for venture firms, as the usual "exit strategies" for venture-backed young companies have dried up in the USA.Mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2008 fell 59% from the same time last year, says Dow Jones VentureSource.And there were no venture-backed initial public offerings — when private companies "go public" and sell stock — in the second quarter, reports the National Venture Capital Association. That's the first time that has happened in 30 years.With no way to cash out of their start-up investments, venture capitalists say they must continue raising millions of dollars to sustain the young companies in their portfolios."It is like having a family of children that are still living at home in their 30s," Simpson says. "The traditional VC model and mentality does not effectively accommodate this new 'buy and hold' reality."Not surprisingly, venture capitalists are gloomy about the near future. Their confidence last month fell to record low of 3.0 on the 5-point scale of the Silicon Venture Capitalist Confidence Index, a quarterly survey by University of San Francisco entrepreneurship professor Mark Cannice.Many Internet and software investments — core of the venture-capital industry for years — have hit a point of limited returns, say venture capitalists such as Josh Kopelman, managing partner at First Round Capital in West Conshohocken, Pa.Take a typical $400 million venture fund, he says. For the fund to enjoy a 20% annual return over six years, it roughly would have to triple in value to $1.2 billion."The numbers just don't work," Kopelman says. "You've got a whole generation of venture capitalists who have never made money from their funds."Over the past 30 years or so, U.S. venture capitalists and investors have enjoyed attractive returns of 17% to 18%, says Josh Lerner, a Harvard Business School professor and co-author with Harvard colleague Paul Gompers of The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. Returns peaked at 190% during the dot-com boom in 1999 and hit 20% last year.The investments are high-risk, though, and the most lucrative returns are taken by mostly larger venture firms, Lerner says. And returns have slowed in recent years because of the weak financial markets.Some falling out A shakeout in the industry already is starting, according to venture capitalists. More than 1,000 venture funds sprouted during the dot-com era, but many of those will shrink or be absorbed by other funds, says Gompers. About 500 or 600 funds — the level of the 1980s — would be healthy for the industry, he says.At the same time, the venture industry is growing abroad. Venture capitalists in Silicon Valley once joked that they'd never invest in a start-up more than a 15-minute drive away. Not now.Increasingly, Silicon Valley venture firms such as Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Sequoia Capital are looking beyond U.S. tech hotspots and investing from Dubai to Dublin. Since 2001, U.S. venture firms have raised $230 billion in venture capital worldwide — with $40 billion coming last year, according to Ernst & Young.Of course, U.S. companies have long dominated IPOs. But in the first half of this year, only one — Visa — made the Top 10 IPOs in the world. The rest are based in China, Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and other countries, according to IPO research firm Renaissance Capital."Entrepreneurship and innovative technology has gone global," says DFJ managing director Raj Atluru. "Back in the early 2000s, a software engineer in India was maybe two years behind us. In 2005, he was six months behind us. Now, I don't think there's any difference."At DFJ, one-fourth of its core venture fund invests in foreign-based start-ups, including thriving search-engine firm Baidu, often called "the Google of China."DFJ also oversees a widening network of 20 foreign "partner funds" run by venture capitalists and investors from Asia to Europe. Managing director Don Wood says the DFJ-branded funds manage $6 billion in investments and are seeing "strong deal flow and a steady flow of exits" via IPOs and acquisitions.Higher standards As the economic slump drags on, venture firms are more closely scrutinizing their investments, funding only meaner-and-leaner start-ups.During the IPO frenzy of the dot-com era, tiny start-ups with barely a few million dollars in sales typically rushed to market to sell their stock. Today, though, young companies must boast seasoned management teams, strong products and tens of millions of dollars in sales. They prudently manage their cash, not recklessly burning through it.Then, after five to eight years, they're primed to go the IPO route or be acquired by a bigger company. Even the slow economy gives start-ups the chance to streamline their business and toughen themselves."The goal is to build real companies," says Matt Trevithick, a partner at Venrock Venture Partners in Menlo Park, Calif. "Successful companies in good or poor markets will remain successful companies."A new breed of U.S. entrepreneurs — not weaned on short-term IPOs and lucrative stock options — hope to grow their start-ups into larger corporations in the tradition of Dell and Microsoft, says Mark Heesen,president of the National Venture Capital Association. And that's a good sign for the long-run health of the tech industry, he notes.Moreover, as the U.S. economy and industries mature, Venrock and other venture-capital firms are stepping up the search for new investments in faster-growing sectors.For decades, U.S. software and the Internet have been by far the largest sectors for venture investments. Now, though, venture firms also are investing more in energy, the life sciences and clean technology, which includes start-ups developing new environmentally friendly technology.Energy use globally is rising, and more companies and consumers are looking at alternative fuels and greener cars and products, says Joseph Muscat, Ernst & Young's Americas director of venture capital and clean tech.Last year, VCs poured a record $3 billion into more than 200 clean-tech deals in the USA, China and Europe, says Dow Jones VentureOne. "This is very much the beginning of a long-term trend," Muscat says.In Seattle, venture capitalist Simpson believes that the standard venture investment fund should be what he calls an "evergreen fund" that invests patiently in young companies with strong cash flow, rather than cashing out quickly in three or four years.Evergreen funds would offer investments in start-ups from a much wider range of sectors and geographies than traditional venture funds. Investors also would enjoy financial gains earlier by receiving dividends, rather than waiting many years for an IPO.Natural evolution Whatever the new era may bring, venture capitalists say, their industry model isn't dying, merely evolving.Business innovation still thrives during downturns. First-rate entrepreneurs are emerging in many countries. Investment capital keeps flowing across borders. Their industry, they believe, will spring back strongly once financial markets rebound."The VC model is always going through transformation," Muscat says. "That's the very nature of venture investors … and it is fundamental to the industry."Venrock illustrates VC's shifting focus. Founded as the venture arm of the Rockefeller family to invest in aviation before World War II, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based firm has since poured $2.2 billion into 400 companies.Now Venrock is prowling overseas for clean-energy, technology and health care companies. Venrock and a syndicate of venture firms recently invested $24 million in British start-up Orecon, which makes a buoy-like wave-energy device that generates electricity for 1,000 homes."We spend an awful lot of time in airplanes," Trevithick says.8/28/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Featured-in-USA-Today-nwMFT_68.aspx/News/MIOX-Featured-in-USA-Today-nwMFT_68.aspxAugust 28, 2008 Read about MIOX, Flywheel Ventures and the direction of venture capital at http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/2008-08-27-venture-capital_N.htm8/28/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Mixed-Oxidant-Technology-Treats-Water-in-Rwanda--featured-in-Water-Conditioning-and-Purification-nwMFT_69.aspx/News/Mixed-Oxidant-Technology-Treats-Water-in-Rwanda--featured-in-Water-Conditioning-and-Purification-nwMFT_69.aspxMixed Oxidant Technology Treats Water in Rawanda featured in Water Conditioning and Purification8/27/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Announces--19-Million-Investment-to-Accelerate-Growth-in-Global-Markets-nwMFT_41.aspx/News/MIOX-Announces--19-Million-Investment-to-Accelerate-Growth-in-Global-Markets-nwMFT_41.aspxAugust 26, 2008 - MIOX Corporation, a provider of advanced water treatment systems, announced that DCM, a leading international venture capital firm, has led a series C investment round totaling $19 million with participation from existing investors Sierra Ventures and Flywheel Ventures. Over the past year, MIOX has experienced strong growth in the U.S. municipal drinking water disinfection market and is leveraging this success to pursue opportunities in institutional and industrial markets. MIOX has successfully developed and brought to market technology for a variety of other applications in market segments including personalized handheld water purification, cooling towers, food and beverage and aquatics. According to MIOX CEO Carlos Perea, “This investment led by DCM will enable MIOX to take full advantage of its outstanding and proven on-site generation technology and move more rapidly into strategic markets. The demand for safe, treated water continues to grow throughout the world. Our new partner, DCM, provides exceptional experience in global market development and will be integral to our plans to grow internationally. We are excited that they have joined our existing group of investors.” Tom Blaisdell, a general partner at DCM, noted, “MIOX is an outstanding company that complements our investment objectives in clean technology and our mission to help entrepreneurs address global needs and successfully bring products to markets. We understand the tremendous growth potential in the water sector and also recognize that MIOX technology has multiple applications within the sector. With DCM teams in the United States and Asia, we look forward to helping MIOX access global markets while they continue to build on their track record of successful product innovation.” Jeff Loomans, partner at Sierra Ventures, added, “Sierra remains excited about the growth rate of the water segment and the potential for global expansion. MIOX has assembled a strong management team and is poised to continue its rapid development.” About DCM DCM is an early stage venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs building world-class technology companies. The firm’s partners manage US$1.6 billion and have funded leading technology companies including 2Wire, 51job (Nasdaq: JOBS), @Motion (Openwave), About.com (The New York Times Co.), All About (Jasdaq: 2454), Arroyo (Cisco), Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR), Dang Dang, eDreams (TA), Foundry Networks (Nasdaq: FDRY), HireRight (Nasdaq: HIRE), Internap (Nasdaq: INAP), IPivot (Intel), JCI (Nasdaq Japan - Hercules: 9424), Neopath Networks (Cisco), Neutral Tandem (Nasdaq: TNDM), nQuire (Siebel), PGP Corporation, Recourse Technologies (Symantec), RockYou, Sigmatel (Nasdaq: SGTL), SMIC (NYSE: SMI), Sling Media (EchoStar), VanceInfo (NYSE: VIT) and Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC). DCM offers hands-on operational guidance and access to an extensive network of resources, including close relationships with many of the Pacific Rim’s leading companies and investors. For more information, please visit DCM’s website at http://www.dcm.comAbout Sierra Ventures Sierra Ventures (http://www.sierraventures.com) is a privately held venture capital firm focused on investments in Information Technology companies. Sierra has strong operational expertise and works closely with its portfolio company management teams to build them into large, profitable businesses. It manages nine venture capital partnerships with $1.5 billion in capital under management. Current investments include companies based in the U.S., Canada, China, and India. About Flywheel Ventures Flywheel Ventures (http://www.flywheelventures.com) is a venture capital firm that empowers entrepreneurs to build globally-competitive businesses based on innovations in information technology and the physical sciences. Flywheel typically makes the first institutional investments in companies with origins in the Mountain West region of the United States. The firm matches talented entrepreneurs and market opportunities with Flywheel’s capital, entrepreneurial experience, and industry relationships to accelerate innovations into profitable companies. Flywheel is based in Santa Fe and also has offices in Albuquerque and San Francisco. 8/26/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Treat-Reclaimed-Water-for-Emerald-Coast-Utility-Authority-s-Pensacola-Plant-nwMFT_42.aspx/News/MIOX-Selected-to-Treat-Reclaimed-Water-for-Emerald-Coast-Utility-Authority-s-Pensacola-Plant-nwMFT_42.aspxJuly 18, 2008 - MIOX Corporation’s RIO water disinfection systems will treat 20 million gallons per day of Pensacola, Florida’s wastewater for industrial reuse MIOX Corporation has been selected by Baskerville-Donovan, Inc. to supply five RIO Series on-site sodium hypochlorite generators for the final disinfection phase at the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s (ECUA) new Central Water Reclamation Facility (CWRF) in Pensacola, Florida. Each RIO unit has a 500 pound per day capacity and will treat 20 million gallons of wastewater per day. The new treatment facility, expected to be complete in 2010, will replace the aging Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant. The RIO units will produce up to 20 million gallons of effluent per day, and the disinfected water will be reused by Gulf Power’s Crist Plant. Recycling the effluent discharge via industrial reuse minimizes the impact the facility’s processes will have on the environment while enhancing the efficiency and reducing operational costs of both the Crist Plant and the CWRF. The RIO generates a 0.8 percent sodium hypochlorite solution on site, on demand, by combining three common consumables - salt, water and electricity. Generating a chlorine equivalent on site eliminates the need to transport and store potentially dangerous chlorine gas and alleviates operational challenges associated with storing and injecting bulk sodium hypochlorite. The MIOX system product line is highly scalable with free available chlorine (FAC) ranging from 4 to 1,550+ lb/day. 7/18/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-Promotes-Kyle-Lee-to-VP-of-Operations-nwMFT_43.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-Promotes-Kyle-Lee-to-VP-of-Operations-nwMFT_43.aspxJuly 18, 2008 - MIOX Corporation Promotes Kyle Lee to VP of Operations MIOX Corporation, international provider of water and wastewater on-site disinfection technology, has announced the promotion of Kyle Lee to Vice President of Operations. In a series of key additions to the executive team, Lee’s primary responsibility will be to continue to increase manufacturing and supply chain management efficiency. Carlos Perea, MIOX President and CEO said, “I’m very pleased to promote Kyle into this key position at MIOX. To keep up with the rapid growth driven by our increased sales and service efforts, we have essentially doubled our production and service capacity. Kyle has been an integral contributor to successfully managing our growth by improving inventory accuracy, on-time production and key service metrics.” Lee joined the company in 2006 as Director of Operations, where he led the effort to build MIOX production and service organizations through improved inventory accuracy, on-time production and key service metrics. Prior to joining MIOX, Lee spent ten years with Intel in a variety of roles, including FAB Production Manager. In that position, he was responsible for production, quality and safety for a large manufacturing team. Lee received a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of New Mexico (UNM). 7/18/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/UNC-Researchers-Garner-Best-Poster-Award-at-ACE-nwMFT_44.aspx/News/UNC-Researchers-Garner-Best-Poster-Award-at-ACE-nwMFT_44.aspxJune 17, 2008 - University of North Carolina (UNC) researchers Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz, Howard S. Weinberg, Ana M. Saenz de Jubera, and Alison C. Sykes authored the research poster entitled, “Novel Strategies for the Characterization of Mixed-Oxidant Solutions for Drinking Water Disinfection”, which won first place in the “Water Science & Research Best Poster” competition at the AWWA ACE 2008 tradeshow in Atlanta. The authors’ research focuses on mixed oxidants, the on-site generated disinfectant that demonstrates greater efficacy in Cryptosporidium parvum inactivation, as well as inhibition of biofilm formation and lower DBP levels than traditional chlorine. Selection criteria for the award included: quality of the research, significance of the research with respect to water supply and treatment, as well as presentation skills. 6/17/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Report-authors-say-cities-can-create-green-jobs-by-focusing-on-assets-and-public-policy--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly-May--08--nwMFT_104.aspx/News/Report-authors-say-cities-can-create-green-jobs-by-focusing-on-assets-and-public-policy--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly-May--08--nwMFT_104.aspxFriday, May 23, 2008  |  Modified: Friday, May 30, 2008Report authors say cities can create green jobs by focusing on assets and public policyNew Mexico Business Weekly - by Megan Kamerick NMBW StaffCorrection at bottom of article Last week, Albuquerque became the first city to sign on to a pledge to build a green economy. The commitment (www.usgreenjobspledge.org) was unveiled at the ICLEI Local Action Summit, a gathering on sustainability in American cities. But how exactly does a city or a state develop green jobs? "We are all kind of pioneers here," Bracken Hendricks, senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan research institute, told elected officials from around the country at a green jobs panel during the summit. "There is no textbook on building a green economy. There is no textbook on creating green jobs." But there is a new report, "Green Jobs in America's Cities," authored by the Center for American Progress with the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, a national policy center; Green for All, a nonprofit focusing on the green economy; and the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of businesses, labor, environmental and community leaders. "Green jobs is doing things you're already doing smarter and more efficiently and with fewer impacts," Hendricks said. Kate Gordon, program director with the Apollo Alliance, told attendees it is important for cities to integrate environmental and work force goals. The report highlights a number of cities that have created Green Jobs Corps, which include training programs to create career ladders into green industries. Los Angeles is investing in retrofitting hundreds of city buildings. It's saving the city money in utility costs and creating a training program for low-income residents in green careers, she said. Newark, N.J., created an apprenticeship program to train students for green construction projects. Richmond, Calif., is training low-income residents to do solar system installations. "Cities have always led the way and they can again," Gordon said. "They can help create high-quality, career-track jobs." Gordon said cities should also build on their existing strengths. Mayor Patrick Hays from North Little Rock, Ark., said one reason a Danish wind turbine blade manufacturer located a factory in his city was the ready access to rail and water transportation options. Even a large pool of unemployed workers can be an asset. The lumber industry in Grays Harbor, Wash., was decimated, but it had a skilled workforce from its shuttered paper mill, as well as a deepwater port and rail access. It now has the largest biodiesel manufacturing plant in the country, Hendricks said. The report encourages officials to use public investment and policy mandates to expand the market for green products, something officials are already doing here to some extent. Gov. Bill Richardson has mandated that all state buildings be LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). And the state has aggressive goals for renewable portfolio standards that are increasing demand for clean energy. The city of Albuquerque has mandated the use of alternative fuels in city buses and other vehicles and is promoting alternative energy use in its facilities. Mayor Martin Chávez signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement in which he agreed to reduce Albuquerque's greenhouse gas emissions by seven percent from 1990 levels. Chávez said signing the green jobs pledge will help stimulate what he characterized as a "thriving green jobs economy" here. Schott Solar broke ground here earlier this year on a massive solar manufacturing facility at Mesa del Sol that will eventually employ 350 and perhaps as many as 1,500. The industry is still nascent, however. Another solar company, Advent Solar, laid off about half its work force this year to re-tool its manufacturing line. Misty Benham, spokeswoman for the company, said Advent is working on a product it will launch next year to make it more competitive, which should bring it more growth. The city's technology sector is also creating green jobs, including Altela and MIOX, both of which have developed water purification systems. MIOX is expanding rapidly and its employment base has jumped from 55 to 70 in the past year. And green apparently is the color of future work force development in the state. A draft implementation plan for a $5 million grant the state received from the U.S. Department of Labor focuses heavily on developing green manufacturing and green business here. The Office of Workforce Solutions is awaiting approval of the plan by the federal agency. mkamerick@bizjournals.com | (505) 348-83235/23/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Water-starts-to-make-waves--Sustainable-Industries-May--08-nwMFT_105.aspx/News/Water-starts-to-make-waves--Sustainable-Industries-May--08-nwMFT_105.aspxWater starts to make waves by Amy Westervelt - 5.16.08WASHINGTON, D.C.The "Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008," (S.2739) was signed into law last week, and what was barely covered in the media was the new law's impact on  water resources in the country.The law authorizes significant federal funding for "specified" water projects, seven of which are in the Bay Area. Two recycled water projects in Santa Clara County, which will provide water for irrigation and landscaping, will receive $15.25 million. The federal funding could be just the support the venture community needs to make good on its much-publicized intentions to invest heavily in water. Three days before the bill was was signed into law, Venture Beat predicted big opportunities in the water sector if it passed.The President may have been motivated to sign S. 2739 by the Environmental Protection Agency's recent report on the need to address the effect of climate change on water resources. In it, the EPA lays out several concerns that the National Water Program will need to address in coming years: water safety and quality as water becomes more polluted and adversely affected by extreme weather; a reduced amount of available water due to drought or rising sea levels; and the impacts of warm water, high sea levels and extreme weather on coastal lands and marine biology. In addition to the EPA's concerns, the rising middle class in China and India suddenly able to afford clean water has already helped fuel the success of water purification companies such as Sylvan Source, Miox, Novazone and Purfresh.Now, with federal funding for water projects, companies with technological solutions to water quality issues could provide attractive investment opportunities for venture capitalists focused on cleantech. Just as energy-efficiency and demand-response technologies have proven to be sound investments for cleantech funds, companies with technologies that improve the efficient use and management of water could become big winners in the space.Further bolstering support for investments in water are a handful of recent IPO filings in the space.  Arizona-based  water utility Global Water Resources Group, which owns and operates 16 water and wastewater utilities in the state, filed this week and is aiming to raise $50 million on the Nasdaq. The Global Water IPO comes a month after American Water Works stock debuted on the Nasdaq with its stock priced $2.50 less per share than anticipated, and San Leandro, Calif.-based desalination company Energy Recovery, Inc. filed to go public.     5/16/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Government-funding-could-lift-Bay-Area-water-investment-sector--Green-Beat-May--08-nwMFT_106.aspx/News/Government-funding-could-lift-Bay-Area-water-investment-sector--Green-Beat-May--08-nwMFT_106.aspxGovernment funding could lift Bay Area water investment sectorMay 5, 2008 | Jeremy JacquotSeven Bay Area recycled water projects could pave the way for a wave of new investments in the growing sector if the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 is ratified by the president. The measure authorizes the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to defray up to 25% of the projects’ construction costs.The extra government push could be just what the staid water sector has been looking for: An opportunity for local startups to dive right in and begin reaping the rewards of a cleantech field with a lot of room to grow. Two projects in Santa Clara County, which would provide recycled water for landscape irrigation and industrial use, would each receive an estimated $15.25 million.Other areas that would benefit from the government’s largesse include Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View and several others. The projects will make around 12,205 acre-feet of water available annually in the short term, and up to 37,600 acre-feet in the long term. With water supplies growing tight, these reservoirs, whose water will not be at the mercy of the weather or changing climate, will allow 17 Bay Area cities to free up large volumes of potable water for other, more lucrative uses.Unbeknownst to most, water is a critical resource — not only for drinking, but also for the manufacture of everything from chemicals and construction materials to light bulbs. This is what’s known as embedded, or virtual, water — the amount that is used up during all aspects of a product’s life cycle. And while most companies still take it for granted, the quantity of embedded water — in projects and products of all sizes and shapes — is only expected to grow larger, and more expensive, over time.Possible government policies to reduce water consumption, such as marginal pricing, would be especially painful for the heavily water dependent construction industry. Companies that design systems to manage and optimize water use throughout a product’s lifecycle — for the both consumer and industrial use — would certainly gain some traction in this market.Because water is still relatively cheap, there is an opportunity for an ambitious startup or two to capitalize on the coming shortages by developing cheaper, more effective water recycling technologies. The Palo Alto Research Center (which Dean Takahashi visited a few days ago), for example, is working on particle manipulation technologies that could be scaled up for applications like desalination and membrane-free filtration. Other technology categories that could see some growth are: energy efficiency of treatment and distribution systems, waste minimization/recycling and better identification/capture of new sources.Miox and Purfresh are two firms that have seen their fortunes rise with the increased global demand for purification equipment and services. Having already racked up a large volume of sales in the U.S., both are aggressively expanding their operations overseas, particularly in developing countries which lack advanced water treatment infrastructure.With a recentEPA report highlighting the need to recognize and address the threats posed by global climate change on dwindling water resources, it seems likely that the federal government will continue to provide the necessary financial incentives for companies to innovate, and profit, in this sector.5/5/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MMU-board-approves-bid-for-new-water-disinfection-system--Marshall-Democrat-News-April--08-nwMFT_107.aspx/News/MMU-board-approves-bid-for-new-water-disinfection-system--Marshall-Democrat-News-April--08-nwMFT_107.aspxMMU board approves bid for new water disinfection systemTuesday, April 29, 2008By RACHEL HARPER/Staff writer Marshall Municipal Utilities Board of Public Works met Tuesday, April 29, to award a bid to MIOX Corporation/JCI Industries, Inc. for the disinfection facility's sodium hypochlorite generation and feed equipment. Dennis Stith, associate and project manager, and Scott Williamson, project engineer, both from Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc., came before the board to make their formal recommendation for the bid- awarding process. SKW received four bids from companies for the equipment. Stith, Williamson, MMU Environmental Services Director Ginny Ismay and Water Treatment Plant Chief Operator Allen Boydston reviewed all bids. "We decided the manual bulk panel is the way we want to go," Stith said. MMU decided an automatic bulk panel would be excessive. It is also substantially more expensive. Bids were received from Siemens-OSEC/Fluid Equipment Company, Inc. for $311,073; MIOX Corporation/JCI Industries Inc. for $323,000; Process Solutions, Inc./Durkin, Inc. for $347,200; and Severn Trent-ClorTec/Ray Lindsey Co. for $424,300. SKW went a step further when seeking bids to get estimates on operations and maintenance costs for the future. After much research and deliberation, SKW recommended MIOX based on specifications. Stith said though Siemens was lower in bid, the standard size of the unit was smaller than required. MMU was requiring a unit that would produce 1,045 pounds of chlorine brine solution per day. Siemens' unit is rated for 1,000 lbs/day and MIOX is rated for 1,100. Siemens was a "little smaller in capacity than the rest of the standard sizes proposed," Stith said. Stith said another determining factor is that the water treatment plant is dealing with Siemens now trying to get aerators serviced. "They are not getting response from the company," he said. The company has changed hands several times over the past several years. Ismay was asked if she was happy with this recommendation. She said at first she was concerned with accepting MIOX, but after dealing with the company for this process she is very happy with them. Prior to dealing with them firsthand, she heard several negative feedbacks from plants around Missouri on a particular unit, not related to the one MMU is looking at using for disinfection. "I have done a complete '180' on them where I am very comfortable with them (and their system)," Ismay said. MIOX has come to Marshall for two presentations on their disinfection equipment. She also said JCI Industries of Lee's Summit is MIOX's local representative and MMU has formed a really good partnership with them over the past. Williamson said the project was projected near $1 million. The bid for this piece of equipment that was projected at $450,000, "came in much lower than anticipated," he said. "This project is mostly centered around this piece of equipment." "It came in $100,000 less than we anticipated," Stith said. "So that puts the project under projected cost." Williamson said SKW will receive bids May 8 for the rest of the project, which includes the equipment already bid out, the building and other contractor work. Ismay said MMU's attorney has written a letter to EPA requesting an extension time to June 20 for having an executed contract for construction. "We actually only have 20 days left in the one-year time frame of the consent order, rather than 30," she said. Ismay said they only asked for 15 days of extension, instead of the maximum 20 says left. The next meeting will be Tuesday, May 13, at 8:30 a.m. 4/29/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Promotes-Engstrom-to-VP-nwMFT_45.aspx/News/MIOX-Promotes-Engstrom-to-VP-nwMFT_45.aspxApril 27, 2008 - MIOX Corporation strengthens focus on international markets with recent promotion of Ioana Engstrom to VP of International Business Development. MIOX Corporation, leading manufacturer of advanced on-site generation equipment for potable water and more, promoted Ioana Engstrom to Vice President of International Business Development. Ms. Engstrom will drive sales in new regions by establishing key customer accounts and distribution partnerships. Ioana Engstrom joined MIOX in early 2006 as Director of International Sales. She arrived with over 20 years of professional experience, including time as COO of Figaro, as well as CEO and founder of PermaCharge, a technology company that uses charged polymer products for variety of advertising and printing applications. Ms. Engstrom earned an MBA and BA from the University of New Mexico. 4/27/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-to-launch-its-products-in-French-market-nwMFT_46.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-to-launch-its-products-in-French-market-nwMFT_46.aspxMarch 31, 2008 - MIOX Corporation, DUPUY SAS and the U.S. Dept. of Commerce will present MIOX technology to selected industry leaders at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. MIOX plans to introduce its advanced water treatment systems in France and BENELUX through its distributor DUPUY SAS. MIOX and DUPUY SAS have collaborated for more than a year on the CE certification process for MIOX small systems. On April 08, 2008 MIOX President and CEO, Carlos Perea, and MIOX VP of International Market Development, Ioana Engstrom, will join José Clabaux, President of DUPUY SAS, for a two-hour presentation at the U. S. mission in Paris. The event is hosted by Robert S. Connan, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at Office of the U.S. Ambassador to France. 3/31/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Sponsors-Four-Corners-Adventure-Racing-Team--nwMFT_47.aspx/News/MIOX-Sponsors-Four-Corners-Adventure-Racing-Team--nwMFT_47.aspxMarch 26, 2008 - MIOX is sponsoring the Four Corners Adventure Racing Team. The company has donated four MSR MIOX Purifier Pens to team members to treat their water as they brave the great outdoors. According to team leader, Tom Ober: I believe MIOX could be an excellent match… as a sponsor, in that a water purification method is a required piece of equipment in adventure racing. Your product is ideal since it is light weight, small, easy to use, fast, and reliable. This six member team has placed 1st in both the Albuquerque AR Club Race and the Durango 24 Hour X-Stream AR in 2007. MIOX is proud to support the Four Corners team and wishes all the members the best of luck in their upcoming 2008 races: Primal Quest Montana and Gravity Play Adventure Xstream Series. 3/26/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Ramps-Up-International-Sales--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly--nwMFT_70.aspx/News/MIOX-Ramps-Up-International-Sales--New-Mexico-Business-Weekly--nwMFT_70.aspxMIOX ramps up international sales March 7, 2008, New Mexico Business Weekly By Kevin Robinson AvilaWhen the sprawling, $1.5 billion City of Dreams casino opens in Macau on China’s south coast in late 2008, a bit of New Mexico will course through its veins. Albuquerque-based MIOX Corp. will install eight industrial water purifiers at the complex—a gambler’s paradise built on a lagoon with a 420,000-square-foot underwater gaming center, 85,000 square feet of retail space, and three luxury hotels. The purifiers will treat everything from pools and spas to drinking water, said MIOX CEO Carlos Perea. “Macau is the Monte Carlo of Asia,” he said. “The contractors chose us over all competitors for the City of Dreams. It’s a very visible, high-scale project that reflects the headway we’re making in Asian markets.” Indeed, MIOX is making major inroads overseas, with particularly strong thrusts into the Asian and Latin American regions. International sales accounted for 31 percent of MIOX’s total sales in 2007, up from just 15 percent in 2006, Perea said. “In the fourth quarter of 2007, international sales reached 44 percent,” he said. “Our goal this year is to increase overseas sales by 100 percent, and we’re on track to do it.” The company is opening a regional office in Hong Kong, where it sold about 100 systems, Perea said. The new office will manage sales in Taiwan, the Philippines and other Asian markets. The City of Dreams contract will help build regional name recognition as sales in Asia gain momentum, said Katie Bolek Rich, director of marketing. “It gives us extended visibility and offers us a very high-profile reference customer,” Bolek said. “We gain a lot more credibility with big guys like this on board.” The company opened an office in Colombia last year to increase sales there and in other Latin American countries. “We started aggressively marketing in Mexico, Colombia and elsewhere last year,” Perea said. “We’re finding a very receptive market.” Mexico-based FEMSA—Coca Cola’s bottling partner for Latin America and the largest integrated beverage maker in the region—uses MIOX water purifiers in Mexico and Colombia and might soon install them at facilities in other countries. Colombia’s national government is interested in MIOX technology and will host a joint event with public officials and businesspeople in Bogota in late March to discuss the firm’s technology, Perea said. Municipal and state governments in that country, and in Mexico and Puerto Rico, are also discussing pilot projects to showcase MIOX’s water purifiers. Interest in developing countries is growing because MIOX technology helps offset expensive investments in water-treatment infrastructure. The company offers an environmentally friendly, low-cost purification method. It uses a simple mix of water and salt shot with an electric current. The electric mix helps separate salt into its component parts—sodium and chloride. The resulting oxidant solution is poured into water where the chloride destroys common pathogens. The company sells a wide number of products that range from handheld, pen-size purifiers for outdoors types and soldiers to industrial machines that treat water in factories and municipalities, including Albuquerque’s Cottonwood and Paradise Hills areas on the Westside. It builds its systems at a 64,000-square-foot facility near Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park. MIOX has received more than $30 million in venture capital, including a $14.5 million investment in January 2007. The latest round helped the company ramp up international sales, with six new marketing people joining the company since July and more hires scheduled for this year. The work force has grown from 55 in early 2007 to 70 now. The next big marketing thrust could target Eastern Europe, where countries are scrambling to modernize infrastructure as they work to integrate into the European Union, Bolek said. MIOX just made its first sale in Romania this year, where the federal government is using MIOX systems to treat contaminated water in the River Bega. Kim Sanchez Rael, general partner at Flywheel Ventures—a lead investor in MIOX—said the company is riding a new tide of global investment in clean energy and water. “New mega trends in energy and water technology are fundamentally changing investment strategies and capital markets,” Sanchez Rael said. “MIOX is very well positioned to take advantage of those trends.” krobinson-avila@bizjournals.com | 348-8302 All contents of this site © American City Business Journals Inc. All rights reserved.3/7/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-System-Installed-on-Naval-Vessel-Made-from-World-Trade-Center-Steel-nwMFT_48.aspx/News/MIOX-System-Installed-on-Naval-Vessel-Made-from-World-Trade-Center-Steel-nwMFT_48.aspxFebruary 25, 2008 - On March 1, 2008, the US Navy will christen the USS New York, a San Antonio-class warship made using steel recovered from the World Trade Center. Through a partnership with Howell Laboratories in Maine, two MIOX water treatment systems will be on board the USS New York to treat drinking water, ensuring troops have the safest water possible. MIOX advanced water purification systems have been standard equipment on San Antonio class amphibious assault ships since the first ship of the class, the USS San Antonio, was commissioned in 2005. MIOX systems are also standard equipment on the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise CVN-65 and the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. The Navy recently recognized MIOX water purification technologies in the Top 50 “2007 SBIR/ STTR Success Stories”. The USS New York is a recent addition to this new fleet, and was constructed with steel from the World Trade Center. The warship will by christened March 1, 2008 and is due to be commissioned in 2009. 2/25/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Albuquerque-Journal-Op-Ed-nwMFT_71.aspx/News/Albuquerque-Journal-Op-Ed-nwMFT_71.aspxBusiness Opportunity Beckons in Mexico Feb 21, 2008, Albuquerque Journal, Op-Ed / Letters to the Editor BY ANTONIO O. GARZA U.S. Ambassador to Mexico With over $1 billion of trade each day between the United States and Mexico, our two countries are interconnected like never before. As a native of the border region, I can honestly say that nowhere is this more evident than along our 2,000-mile frontier, where cross-border ties have meant long-standing and fruitful business between Mexican and American firms. With a population of well over 100 million, a fast-growing middle class with increased spending power, and its geographic proximity to New Mexico, Mexico is an excellent market for companies looking to increase their sales. Many New Mexico firms already do business in Mexico: in 2006, New Mexico export sales to Mexico topped $258 million, a 121 percent increase over 2002. This dynamic has solidified Mexico as the state’s fourth largest export destination — and created new opportunities that support jobs and greater tax revenue for the “Land of Enchantment.” Now, New Mexico companies stand to benefit even more from key Mexican growth initiatives. In July 2007, Mexican President Calderon unveiled his administration’s National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) aimed at boosting the country’s international competitiveness. As such, the Mexican government will announce nearly $141 billion in bid proposals over the next five years for over 300 key projects, including: Environmental Technologies. To increase the availability of clean drinking water the NIP allocates $14 billion for 50 projects, including three new aqueducts, seven wastewater treatment plants, and the modernization of 13 treatment plants in Acapulco. Energy Sector. The oil, gas and electric power sectors are a priority for Mexico, requiring the construction of oil platforms, power and LNG plants, and deep-water exploration projects. More than $76 billion has been earmarked for up to 40 projects aimed at boosting capacity for hydrocarbon production, exploration, refining and production. Electricity infrastructure improvements require $35 billion in investment. Seaports. Five new seaports are to be constructed, and another 22 ports will be either expanded or modernized. Approximately $6.6 billion in funding from private investors will be distributed throughout 17 of the projects. Airports. Three new airports will be constructed in the Mayan Riviera, Puerto Peñasco and Ensenada, and another 31 airports will be modernized — many of these projects will start in 2008. Highways. $26.6 billion will be targeted for the construction, modernization, and refurbishment of nearly 11,000 miles of highways and rural roads all over Mexico — over 100 projects are confirmed or in the planning stages. Information Technologies. All of these infrastructure projects will require extensive use of information technologies in the areas of computers, security systems, wireless and telecommunications networks. To help U.S. and New Mexico businesses access these opportunities, USTDA and the U.S. Commercial Service have planned a unique business development event, U.S. and Mexico: Building Partnerships in Infrastructure, to be held February 26-28, in Mexico City. I will join U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to bring U.S. and Mexican firms together at the conference, where they can learn more about the NIP. Many New Mexico companies have found Mexico to be a lucrative market. Take MIOX Corp. of Albuquerque. The firm manufactures biological enhancement products for wastewater treatment and agriculture. With help from the U.S. Commercial Service in Albuquerque and Mexico City, the firm was able to make new sales to Mexico. Ioanna Engstrom, Director of International Sales, says that “with the country’s developing infrastructure and demand for improved water quality, we see opportunities for years to come.” Engstrom says sales to Mexico and NAFTA have played a major part in her company’s export growth which is expected to double in 2008. Mexico is clearly open for business for New Mexico, and here in Mexico City we’re ready to help your exporting firm find the right contacts and grow your business. To see the agenda and register for the conference, please go to http://www.trademeetings.com For further information on the Mexican market, go to http://www.buyusa.gov/mexico/2/21/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/Miox-Selected-As-One-Of-The--Hottest-Private-Companies-In-Greentech--nwMFT_49.aspx/News/Miox-Selected-As-One-Of-The--Hottest-Private-Companies-In-Greentech--nwMFT_49.aspxJanuary 17, 2008 - MIOX Corporation recognized as one of hottest greentech companies by AlwaysOn. MIOX Corporation, a New Mexico-based water purification technology company, was selected as one of the “hottest private companies in greentech” for 2007 by AlwaysOn, a Silicon Valley on-line network that tracks high-tech companies and trends. The Going Green Top 100 list recognizes innovative companies that are altering industry landscapes by providing environmentally sustainable solutions. Companies were evaluated for the award based on technology innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value creation and media attention. 1/17/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Water-Purification-Systems-for-Developing-Countries-nwMFT_50.aspx/News/MIOX-Water-Purification-Systems-for-Developing-Countries-nwMFT_50.aspxJanuary 8, 2008 - MIOX Corporation provides the most advanced water purification systems available. Its patented technology can purify water without dangerous chemicals and enables significant cost and energy savings versus traditional treatment methods. MIOX systems meet or exceed U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and NSF International standards for potable water applications. The advanced technology is proven effective in the most complex municipal water systems in the world, as well as the most rugged, rural and remote settings. MIOX scales from personal sized systems to large size systems that can treat hundreds of millions of liters of water per day. MIOX technology uses a process referred to as on-site generation (OSG) – the use of salt, water and electricity to produce a powerful chlorine-based disinfectant, “mixed oxidants”, on demand. Consumers prefer drinking water treated with mixed oxidants because it is virtually odorless and tasteless at recommended doses and does not cause the throat irritation that is often experienced when drinking bleached water. Additionally, mixed oxidant dosing levels are controlled, minimal and highly effective unlike the necessary dosing requirements for bleach. MIOX is broadening access to affordable, clean and healthy water through its environmentally sound technology. Mixed oxidants eliminate virtually all harmful viruses and bacteria in water. Independent studies have shown that mixed oxidants inactivate Cryptosporidium by 99.9%, while conventional disinfectants have minimal impact on this dangerous parasite. Chlorine has been the gold standard for water purification for the last century, and its use has dramatically reduced water related illness, as well as the prospect for pandemic disease. However, it is a very toxic and dangerous substance and poses significant threats to both people and the environment as it is transported to water treatment facilities and handled by workers and technicians. In fact, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security considers the storage and transport of chlorine gas to be one of the most significant threats to community safety. With salt as the only bulk-transported and stored material needed, MIOX on-site generation not only eliminates most bleach-related safety threats, but it also reduces transportation issues. For example, salt transport compared to bleach cuts delivery weight and frequency by 75% or more while providing substantial cost savings. These advantages make MIOX ideal for regions with little to no transportation infrastructure where shipping explosive materials is particularly expensive and hazardous. Considering the minimal safety training requirements, a MIOX installation could further benefit a community by creating employment opportunities for low-skilled, local workers. MIOX is safer, cleaner, more environmentally friendly and more cost effective than other water treatment methods. In many parts of the world, water is purified thermally by boiling away contaminants. Given the same energy required to boil one liter of water, a MIOX system can treat 40,000 or more liters. Moreover, water purified with MIOX will be resistant to recontamination, while boiled water can easily be reinfected with potentially dangerous pathogens. This feature helps promote sustainability in establishing water treatment habits because it eliminates the need to impose behavior changes on local consumers. For example, instead of drinking water warmed by storage in metal filters, MIOX users can have safe, cool water kept in preferred traditional containers without sacrificing taste or healthy quality. MIOX is the only company that has successfully scaled and implemented on-site generation products in sizes ranging from community applications to individual use. Today, there are approximately 1,000 large scale installations in the US and another 500 in thirty countries across the world. These systems are used for community and industrial water treatment. The MIOX technology also has been scaled for individual use with the introduction of the MSR MIOX Purifier in 2003. Over 70,000 handheld purification units have been sold worldwide, with approximately 27,000 in use by the US Military, some under extreme weather conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan. MIOX products are satisfying the needs of volunteer and relief workers who live in rugged or cramped conditions and require reliable access to safe drinking water. Government agencies and NGOs (Non Government Organizations) have also effectively used systems to provide point of use water purification in disaster relief efforts including Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka and Thailand and the recent floods in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Additionally, MIOX systems have proven effective in remote settings including an orphanage in Roatan, Honduras, as well as villages in South Africa and Rwanda, Africa. MIOX continues to advance its technology and products in a quest to improve clean water access. While existing MIOX systems already have low power demands and are adaptable for use with solar power, portable generators, car batteries or rechargeable batteries, product development and redesign will further integrate alternative energy sources to better fit developing nations’ needs and price points. MIOX is actively seeking partners to facilitate distribution, local manufacturing, micro finance and other activities for market integration. Ideal partners will bring expertise working with nations that have minimal access to safe water and hygiene, particularly African, Arab, Inter-American, Asian and Pacific countries. 1/8/2008 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Featured-in-Dept-of-Navy-SBIR-Success-Story-nwMFT_51.aspx/News/MIOX-Featured-in-Dept-of-Navy-SBIR-Success-Story-nwMFT_51.aspxDecember 18, 2007 - MIOX Corporation was recently included in the Department of the Navy’s 2007 SBIR/STTR Success Stories, which is published every three years. From the thousands of SBIR/STTR programs, only 50 made it into the book. SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) are US Government programs aimed at helping small businesses (less than 500 employees) stimulate innovation. The story describes the MSR-MIOX purifier technology, its military and commercial significance, and a brief bio on MIOX. The article states “The MSR MIOX purifier provides the warfighter with a portable, light-weight water purification device that alleviates the expense and difficulties of water logistics. The purifier does not require pumping, which is an advantage in a hostile environment where water must be captured quickly and treated under cover.” MIOX’s technology is truly one-of-a-kind – it is the only success story with military, commercial, and humanitarian applications. MIOX originally received the SBIR grant to commercialize the Purifier, in partnership with Cascade Designs Incorporated. However, our contract was extended to perform further research and development on individual water purification systems, even after the Purifier was on the market. The Navy is now seriously considering supporting the development of the “mini-MIOX”, a redesign of the Purifier, for military, outdoor, and developing nation applications. 12/18/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Assists-in-Mexico-Disaster-Recovery-nwMFT_52.aspx/News/MIOX-Assists-in-Mexico-Disaster-Recovery-nwMFT_52.aspxDecember 18, 2007 - MIOX Corporation joined forces with the FEMSA Foundation, the charitable division of the Mexico-based FEMSA beverage company, to provide clean water to the victims of recent floods in the Mexican state of Tabasco. MIOX Corporation, an Albuquerque, NM based water disinfection equipment manufacturer, donated equipment and trained personnel to the non-profit FEMSA Foundation to assist in disaster recovery in Tabasco. According to Dr. Vidal Garza Cantú, Director of the FEMSA Foundation, about 90% of FEMSA employees in the affected region have suffered significant damage to their homes and even the FEMSA bottling facilities are “stop and go.” MIOX President Carlos Perea stated, “I hope that together we can help make a meaningful difference for the people affected by this storm” and commended the FEMSA Foundation for its efforts to help with Tabasco recovery efforts. The donated MIOX water purification equipment can provide approximately 100,000 liters of treated water per day to a total of 6,700 disaster victims, and can be run off of standard AC power, batteries, or photovoltaic power. The MIOX systems were used successfully in response to Hurricane Katrina, as well as the tsunami relief efforts in Thailand and Sri Lanka. About FEMSA Corporation and Foundation FEMSA is the largest integrated beverage company in Latin America, serving more than 184 million customers and operating in nine Latin American countries. FEMSA Foundation is the corporate foundation of FEMSA. Its mission is to participate in the improvement of the quality of life and sustainable development of the countries and communities in which FEMSA operates and its associates live, work, learn and develop, making FEMSA an attractive company to the community. 12/18/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/Justin-Sanchez-Promoted-to-MIOX-VP-nwMFT_53.aspx/News/Justin-Sanchez-Promoted-to-MIOX-VP-nwMFT_53.aspxDecember 18, 2007 - MIOX Corporation further strengthens executive team with promotion of Justin Sanchez to VP of Engineering and Product Development. MIOX Corporation, leading manufacturer of advanced on-site generation equipment for potable water and more, promoted Justin Sanchez to Vice President of Engineering and Product Development. As Director of Engineering, Sanchez’s contributions to MIOX have been significant. He led the MIOX technical team in the development of the RIO series, an industry-leading product platform launched this fall. In his new position as VP of Engineering and Product Development, Sanchez will lead all engineering and new product introduction activities for MIOX. Sanchez’s promotion follows the recent hire of Anthony Picozzi as Vice President of Sales. According to Sanchez, “It is an honor to be a part of such an amazing team, and I appreciate the opportunity to help innovate our technology so we can expand our market reach. That is no small task given the fact that MIOX is leading the on-site generation industry with the safest, highest performance, and most cost effective equipment. The core goals for MIOX will be continuing to scale the technology across markets and helping improve the world’s water situation. I’m excited every day to get up and be a part of it.” Mr. Sanchez joined MIOX in early 2006, coming from Advent Solar and, prior to that, Intel. Sanchez took Advent’s manufacturing facility from pilot to first customer shipments. Over seven years at Intel he managed several teams and helped improve factory output by reducing cycle time and improving production yields. Sanchez holds a BS and MS in Materials Science and an MBA, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 12/18/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Hires-VP-of-Sales-nwMFT_54.aspx/News/MIOX-Hires-VP-of-Sales-nwMFT_54.aspxDecember 18, 2007 - MIOX Corporation is pleased to welcome Anthony Picozzi as VP of Sales. Anthony Picozzi has joined MIOX Corporation as the Vice President of Sales effective July 30, 2007. MIOX Corporation provides on-site generation equipment used to process water for public drinking water and other applications. Mr. Picozzi’s entry to the company coincides closely with the release of a new and improved product line that sets a new standard in safety and performance at drastically reduced operational costs. According to Mr. Picozzi, “The time has come for the world to provide safe drinking water to its people. MIOX will prove to be a key partner in this global initiative.” Mr. Picozzi comes to MIOX from Siemens Water with over 21 years of expertise and success in the water and wastewater industries. Mr. Picozzi’s experience includes general contracting, project management, sales, and executive level sales management. 12/18/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-SELECTED-AS-ONE-OF-THE--HOTTEST-PRIVATE-COMPANIES-IN-GREENTECH---December-07-nwMFT_111.aspx/News/MIOX-SELECTED-AS-ONE-OF-THE--HOTTEST-PRIVATE-COMPANIES-IN-GREENTECH---December-07-nwMFT_111.aspxMIOX SELECTED AS ONE OF THE “HOTTEST PRIVATE COMPANIES IN GREENTECH”Albuquerque, NM – December 18, 2007 – MIOX Corporation recognized as one of hottestgreentech companies by AlwaysOn Going Green Top 100 List.MIOX Corporation, a New Mexico-based water purification technology company, wasselected as one of the “hottest private companies in greentech” by AlwaysOn, a Silicon Valleyon-line network that tracks high-tech companies and trends.About MIOX CorporationMIOX Corporation is a technology company focused on solving one of the world’s most pressingissues: the need for affordable, safe, and healthy water. MIOX’s patented technology replacesthe need to transport and store dangerous chemicals and provides a process for purifying waterto meet EPA and NSF International standards. MIOX users routinely report better water qualityand operational cost savings versus traditional treatment methods, and MIOX can also be a keypart of a carbon footprint reduction program. Applications include public drinking watersystems, water reuse projects, and a variety of commercial applications, including world classswim facilities. MIOX products are used in over 30 countries and in hundreds of communitiesacross the U.S. More information is available at http://www.miox.com.About Going Green Top 100The Going Green Top 100 list recognizes innovative companies that are altering industrylandscapes by providing environmentally sustainable solutions. Companies were evaluated forthe award based on technology innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholdervalue creation and media attention.12/18/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Bolsters-Sales-Team-nwMFT_55.aspx/News/MIOX-Bolsters-Sales-Team-nwMFT_55.aspxNovember 20, 2007 - MIOX Corporation is pleased to announce two additions to the Sales Team—Jeff Rice and Randy Otts have joined MIOX as Regional Sales Managers. Each comes to MIOX with considerable sales success in the water industry. Jeff Rice has been in the water and wastewater industry for over 22 years. His sales experience includes both domestic and international sales. Most recently, he successfully managed the Mid-Atlantic Territory for a large water technology corporation. In conjunction with this role, Jeff also was responsible for the unique needs of a major US engineering firm as National Account Manager. Randy Otts comes to MIOX with over 15 years of chemical feed and disinfection equipment sales and service in the industry. He spent his first 10 years in the industry with a local sales and service company in Louisiana and Mississippi. He held roles in field service, customer service, project management, local outside sales, and sales management. Over the last 5 years, he has worked for a well-known water technology corporation. During his tenure there, he was South-Central Regional Sales Manager for the Chemical Feed & Disinfection Group covering Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. This past year, he covered both the corporation’s Chemical Feed & Disinfection Group and Municipal Equipment Group. Please join us in welcoming Jeff Rice and Randy Otts to the MIOX Team. 11/20/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/New-Disinfection-System-Yields-Safer--Better-Tasting-Water-nwMFT_56.aspx/News/New-Disinfection-System-Yields-Safer--Better-Tasting-Water-nwMFT_56.aspxOctober 22, 2007 - On October 21st, Lake Front Hartwell.com published a story about one of MIOX’s newest installations at Anderson, SC. MIOX is excited and honored to have been picked as Anderson’s disinfection method. “This system is much safer to use than chlorine gas. In recent years, chlorine gas has been highly scrutinized due to the fact that it is highly toxic if released in a gaseous form and can be deadly to all forms of life. Chlorine gas is also monitored by the state and federal government due to its potential for use as a weapon of mass destruction. In addition to providing a safer community and environment, MIOX provides a higher water quality and, according to other systems that currently use MIOX, it also provides for a better tasting drinking water. At the same doses and contact times as conventional chlorine gas, mixed oxidants have been shown to achieve a more thorough and more rapid inactivation of a wider range of microorganisms than traditional methods of disinfection.” 10/22/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-a-company-to-root-for-according-to-The-Motley-Fool-nwMFT_57.aspx/News/MIOX-a-company-to-root-for-according-to-The-Motley-Fool-nwMFT_57.aspxJuly 12, 2007 - In February of this year The Motley Fool, a popular commercial website that discusses stocks, investing, and personal finance described that MIOX "isn’t just a company to invest in; it’s one to root for." The Motley Fool article discusses MIOX’s efforts in making the world a better place by making water safe to drink. The article continues by discussing the recent investment of $14.5 million by venture investors to help MIOX accomplish this effort. 7/12/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/New-system-in-the-works-for-water-and-sanitary-district-nwMFT_58.aspx/News/New-system-in-the-works-for-water-and-sanitary-district-nwMFT_58.aspxMay 15, 2007 - TRI CITY — The hazard of using and storing poisonous chlorine gas has necessitated a change of disinfection systems for the Tri City Water & Sanitary District. The district decided it needed to either upgrade its disinfection system or replace it, said Vicki Howren, district manager. The district has used chlorine gas since its inception to kill potentially harmful microorganisms found in drinking water. A study performed by Pioneer Technical Services, a Texas-based environmental science consulting firm, found that the upgrades were necessary to meet new state and federal standards and regulations of chlorine storage and use. “We have close proximity to (Interstate 5), Old Pacific Highway, South Umpqua High School and Tri City Elementary,” Howren said. “The potential is there to actually ... have to evacuate people.” Howren said the board of directors voted unanimously Feb. 14 to replace the system with an onsite sodium hypochlorite generation system produced by the New Mexico-based company MIOX. “They’ve been thinking about it for a while,” Howren said. “It’s in the master plan of changing over.” The new system could be installed as soon as summer and will not result in a fee increase, Howren said. The 1,600 users of the water system currently pay an average of $35 per residential household based on their water usage, she said. Robert Bynum, one of the principal owners of Hbh Consulting Engineers, which contracts with the water and sanitary district, said the initial startup cost of installing the system is roughly $85,000. Although he could not give the cost of upgrading the current system, Bynum said the cost of simply installing a new system is “less money than it was going to take to upgrade their gas system.” The sodium hypochlorite system uses water, salt and an electric current in a process called electrolysis to create liquid chlorine, which is safer than chlorine gas. The salt is added to the water, making brine, and the combination is sent through a power current, creating sodium hypochlorite. The liquid is then stored in a storage tank before it is pumped into the drinking water as a disinfectant. “Instead of storing this toxic gas on site, all they have to store is salt,” Bynum said. Doyle Tankersley, superintendent of the Roberts Creek Water District plant in Green, said his district began using a similar MIOX system about five years ago after conducting a study into the safety of using gaseous chlorine. The district used to keep two 1-ton cylinders of chlorine at the treatment plant similar to the Tri City Water & Sanitary District, Tankersley said. The report found that the cylinders could be vulnerable. “If a 1-ton cylinder was to break, it would hurt a lot of people,” Tankersley said. He said the plant now uses a 40-ton brine tank and receives salt shipments of between 25 to 35 tons about once per year. The plant pumps about 500 gallons of liquid chlorine mixed with water, or mixed oxidant, per day. “It’ll be good for them,” Tankersley said of Tri City’s potential change. “Just getting rid of the chlorine’ll be good for them. It takes just one time for something to happen.” You can reach reporter Erik Skoog at 957-4202 or by e-mail at eskoog@newsreview.info5/15/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/New-system-in-the-works-for-water-and-sanitary-district-nwMFT_114.aspx/News/New-system-in-the-works-for-water-and-sanitary-district-nwMFT_114.aspxTRI CITY — The hazard of using and storing poisonous chlorine gas has necessitated a change of disinfection systems for the Tri City Water & Sanitary District. The district decided it needed to either upgrade its disinfection system or replace it, said Vicki Howren, district manager. The district has used chlorine gas since its inception to kill potentially harmful microorganisms found in drinking water. A study performed by Pioneer Technical Services, a Texas-based environmental science consulting firm, found that the upgrades were necessary to meet new state and federal standards and regulations of chlorine storage and use. “We have close proximity to (Interstate 5), Old Pacific Highway, South Umpqua High School and Tri City Elementary,” Howren said. “The potential is there to actually ... have to evacuate people.” Howren said the board of directors voted unanimously Feb. 14 to replace the system with an onsite sodium hypochlorite generation system produced by the New Mexico-based company MIOX. “They’ve been thinking about it for a while,” Howren said. “It’s in the master plan of changing over.” The new system could be installed as soon as summer and will not result in a fee increase, Howren said. The 1,600 users of the water system currently pay an average of $35 per residential household based on their water usage, she said. Robert Bynum, one of the principal owners of Hbh Consulting Engineers, which contracts with the water and sanitary district, said the initial startup cost of installing the system is roughly $85,000. Although he could not give the cost of upgrading the current system, Bynum said the cost of simply installing a new system is “less money than it was going to take to upgrade their gas system.” The sodium hypochlorite system uses water, salt and an electric current in a process called electrolysis to create liquid chlorine, which is safer than chlorine gas. The salt is added to the water, making brine, and the combination is sent through a power current, creating sodium hypochlorite. The liquid is then stored in a storage tank before it is pumped into the drinking water as a disinfectant. “Instead of storing this toxic gas on site, all they have to store is salt,” Bynum said. Doyle Tankersley, superintendent of the Roberts Creek Water District plant in Green, said his district began using a similar MIOX system about five years ago after conducting a study into the safety of using gaseous chlorine. The district used to keep two 1-ton cylinders of chlorine at the treatment plant similar to the Tri City Water & Sanitary District, Tankersley said. The report found that the cylinders could be vulnerable. “If a 1-ton cylinder was to break, it would hurt a lot of people,” Tankersley said. He said the plant now uses a 40-ton brine tank and receives salt shipments of between 25 to 35 tons about once per year. The plant pumps about 500 gallons of liquid chlorine mixed with water, or mixed oxidant, per day. “It’ll be good for them,” Tankersley said of Tri City’s potential change. “Just getting rid of the chlorine’ll be good for them. It takes just one time for something to happen.”2/28/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corporation-set-to-expand-with-investment-from-Sand-Hill-Road-Venture-Capital-Firm-nwMFT_59.aspx/News/MIOX-Corporation-set-to-expand-with-investment-from-Sand-Hill-Road-Venture-Capital-Firm-nwMFT_59.aspxAlbuquerque, NM – January 22, 2007 – MIOX Corporation announced today that it has raised $14.5 million in capital to accelerate its growth into emerging markets. MIOX currently sells products to purify water for public water treatment systems. It has also successfully developed products and technology for a variety of other applications, including personalized handheld water purification, industrial water, marine, military, and pool and spa applications. MIOX products are cost effective, safe, and a more environmentally sound alternative to the dangerous and harsh chemicals typically used to treat water for these applications. “Customers have pulled MIOX technology into a number of new applications and exciting opportunities,” said Carlos Perea, president and CEO of MIOX Corporation. “With the financial backing of our investors, we can now properly address and develop these fast growing markets. Moreover, we can continue to grow our international markets where there is a rapidly growing demand to treat water in a safe and environmentally sustainable manner.” The round was led by Sierra Ventures with participation from Nick Pritzker via Tao Capital and New Mexico Community Capital. Also participating were the major existing investors including Flywheel Ventures. Sierra Ventures is a top tier venture capital firm with investments in the United States, China, Canada, and India. Sierra is known for its operational expertise and ability to work with entrepreneurs and management teams to build companies into large, profitable businesses. “Sierra invests in world-changing ideas. We’ve been interested in making an investment in the Clean Tech space for some time,” said Jeff Loomans, a partner at Sierra. “One reason Water Technology is attractive is that water is one of the largest markets in the world with a significant growth rate. It wasn’t until we found MIOX that we found a company that meets our investment criteria.” “We are excited about the new investment in MIOX,” said Trevor Loy, managing partner at Flywheel. “MIOX is an excellent example of a company applying technology to address a major market opportunity and, at the same time, address a major social and environmental issue. Today, one of five people in the world still do not have access to safe, clean water, resulting in major costs to society. MIOX is a distributed architecture and will allow end users to treat their water at the point of use. This is a cost-effective approach that many parts of the developing world are embracing.” About MIOX Corporation MIOX applies patented technology to manufacture products that can provide clean, safe water, anywhere at any time. The technology was originally developed under military and federal contracts with the goal of replacing traditional water treatment chemicals. For over a decade MIOX products have been used by hundreds of municipalities across the United States to treat water to EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards. MIOX eliminates the need to store and transport dangerous chemicals such as chlorine gas, which is considered by the Department of Homeland Security to be one of the most significant threats to community safety. MIOX is currently being sold in over 40 countries and can be used in a variety of water treatment applications. More information is available at http://www.miox.com. About Sierra Ventures Sierra Ventures, founded in 1982, is a privately held venture capital firm focused on investments across all areas of the Information Technology sector from semiconductors to enterprise software. Sierra Ventures has managed nine venture capital partnerships and currently has more than $1.5 billion of capital under management. Some of the firm’s investments include 360Commerce (acquired by Oracle), Active Software (acquired by WebMethods), AmeriGroup (AGP), Centex (acquired by WorldCom), ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell), FatBrain (acquired by Barnes & Noble), Frontbridge (acquired by Microsoft), Healtheon (merged with WebMD), Interact Commerce (acquired by Sage), Intuit (INTU), Micromuse (acquired by IBM), OnAssignment (ASGN), OnLink (acquired by Siebel), Quinta (acquired by Seagate), StrataCom (acquired by Cisco), Sychip (acquired by Murata Manufacturing) and Teradata (acquired by NCR). More information is available at http://www.sierraventures.comAbout Flywheel Ventures Flywheel Ventures is a venture capital firm that makes investments of first institutional capital in the Mountain West. Flywheel targets companies based on innovations in information technology and the physical sciences. The firm matches talented entrepreneurs and market opportunities with Flywheel’s capital, entrepreneurial experience, and industry relationships to accelerate innovations into profitable companies. Flywheel is based in Santa Fe and also has offices in Albuquerque and San Francisco. For more information on Flywheel, please visit http://www.flywheelventures.com1/22/2007 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Receives-NSF-Certification-on-Large-Generators-nwMFT_60.aspx/News/MIOX-Receives-NSF-Certification-on-Large-Generators-nwMFT_60.aspxLarge Capacity Generators Now NSF CertifiedDate: December 1, 2006 MIOX Corporation received NSF certification on November 27, 2006, for their high capacity on-site chlorine generators, including both the hypochlorite and the mixed-oxidant product lines. The newly certified models provide anywhere from 250 to 1000 pounds of free available chlorine (FAC) per cell on a daily basis. The listing is under NSF / ANSI Standard 61, Drinking Water System Components - Health Effects, and can be found on-line under the NSF web site at http://www.nsf.org/Certified/PwsComponents/Listings.asp?Company=20950&Standard=061 The certification procedure includes a toxicology review to ensure that no contaminants are leached into the drinking water, a factory audit to verify formulations and QA/QC records, and product testing according to the protocols in the NSF standards. In order to maintain the listing, the company will provide for annual inspection of the product and periodic re-testing. MIOX Corporation’s new certification under NSF Standard 61 adds to an existing listing for small capacity and medium capacity chlorine generators, as well as for oxidant solution tanks ranging from 55 to 5000 gallons. The MIOX SAL Series is also NSF-certified under Standard 50 for Circulation System Components and Related Materials for Swimming Pools, Spas, and Hot Tubs. 12/1/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Launches-New-Web-Site-nwMFT_113.aspx/News/MIOX-Launches-New-Web-Site-nwMFT_113.aspxMIOX embarks on redesign, refunctioning and growth of online presence. In early 2006, MIOX began working on a new web page.  Phase 1 of the update includes a new visual interface, updated information on our product lines, and more detail on a variety of market applications, among many other improvements. Phase 2 will focus on the revised technical library.  The goal was to allow users to easily access any desired information regarding MIOX, regardless of position or level of interest.  Phase 1 of the new web site went live in mid-August 2006. 8/31/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Certification-nwMFT_61.aspx/News/MIOX-Certification-nwMFT_61.aspxDate: July 17, 2006 MIOX Level 1 and Level 2 Technical Certifications now available. On July 17, 2006, MIOX implemented a new technical certification program that focuses on in-depth technical, electrical and troubleshooting training. The goal of the program is to educate attendees on every aspect of MIOX equipment. Level 1 certification is designed for equipment operators, to assist them with regular maintenance and upkeep of their systems. Level 2 certification is designed for technicians in the field who will be servicing MIOX equipment. MIOX introduced this program to over 15 domestic and international customers and representatives in July. Moving forward, this program will be available on a quarterly basis. The new certification program is led by the MIOX customer service team, with help from the marketing and chemistry departments. Continuing education units (CEUs) for attending the certification program may be available in individual states. 7/17/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/Announcement--MIOX-Moves-nwMFT_62.aspx/News/Announcement--MIOX-Moves-nwMFT_62.aspxMIOX is pleased to announce its expansion and relocation. On June 5, 2006, MIOX relocated to 5601 Balloon Fiesta Parkway, located on the north end of Albuquerque. MIOX has grown by 50 percent since its reorganization last September, and the move is a welcomed expansion. The new building is roughly 67,000 square feet, allowing MIOX to increase its office staff and ramp up its production capabilities. The additional square footage also allows MIOX to expand its lab and testing abilities. Please update your MIOX contact information. MIOX phone numbers and e-mail addresses will remain the same. MIOX Corporation 5601 Balloon Fiesta Parkway NE Albuquerque, NM 87113 6/5/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/Marines-To-Introduce-Water-Purifying-Technology-To-Other-Services-nwMFT_73.aspx/News/Marines-To-Introduce-Water-Purifying-Technology-To-Other-Services-nwMFT_73.aspxBy Chris Johnson Inside the Navy Vol. 19, No. 20 May 22, 2006The Defense Department is poised to introduce individual water purification systems used by Marines to other services, according to Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace. Pace mentioned the planned technology transfer when Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) questioned him on the matter during a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing May 17. Domenici’s state is home to MIOX Corp., one the companies that developed the technology. In congressional testimony, Pace confirmed that DOD will spread this technology to other services. “It will be a joint effort, sir,” he said. Pace said the Marine Corps briefed other services on the technology when he was chair of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. Pace was chair of that council when he was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005. Cascade Designs, a Washington-based company that was also responsible for developing individual water purification systems, describes the technology as a modular, mission-specific, on-the-move water purification and hydration system designed to integrate with the Marine Corps’ Infantry Load Bearing Equipment. "It will enable Marines to gather fresh water from any source, anywhere and purify it into safe drinking water,” the company said in a press release issued in February. During the hearing, Domenici noted this technology has helped solve a critical problem for Marines. “Water purification . . . has been a tremendous problem for the department, and right down to Marines who are trying to have clean water as they go through the filthiest war zones you can imagine,” he said. Cascade Designs in Washington state and MIOX Corp. in New Mexico developed the technology together. Initial development funding was provided from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, according to the press release. The Marine Corps first used the technology when 1,000 units were deployed to units in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003, according to the press release. Marine Corps Systems Command spokesman Capt. Jeff Landis said he was unaware of any plans to export the technology to other services. “There has been no discussion of a transfer,” he said. “We continue to work with the Army on a number of projects, this happens to be one of them, but there hasn’t been any formal discussions.” Landis said the Marine Corps and the Army had a “handshake” agreement on developing the technology when it was in its early phases. However, he said nothing formal has developed from the agreement. Domenici has offered an amendment to the Senate version of the fiscal year 2007 defense authorization bill that would provide $4.5 million in funds for the water purification program. The extra funding would allow for the additional procurement of the system next year, according to the amendment.5/22/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-Corp.-Has-Growth-in-Mind-And-A-New-And-Bigger-Space-nwMFT_74.aspx/News/MIOX-Corp.-Has-Growth-in-Mind-And-A-New-And-Bigger-Space-nwMFT_74.aspxMay 18, 2006 Albuquerque Journal By Richard Metcalf Journal Staff Writer MIOX Corp., the water disinfection tech company, is moving in a matter of days into much larger digs to ramp up its production capability. Currently in the shadow of the Century Rio 24 Theaters, the Albuquerque business will take over Envirco’s former 67,000-square-foot plant at 5601 Balloon Fiesta Parkway NE. “We will re-establish our production line to be much more efficient, cost-effective and safe — essentially value-engineering it,” said president and CEO Carlos Perea. “We’ll significantly expand our lab and testing capability on site.” On target for $15 million in revenue this year, MIOX has grown by 50 percent since its reorganization last September under new majority ownership and new management, he said. The forecast is for 50 percent revenue growth each year for the next few years. Forty-three of the company’s 47 employees are now crammed into 16,000 square feet at 5500 Midway Park Place NE. Employees have doubled up in offices designed for one, said Perea, and production resembles “garage shop assembly.” The new digs in the Balloon Fiesta Parkway building have 60,000 square feet of warehouse and production space, which is more than the company needs but allows plenty of room for growth, Perea said. Envirco, which had leased the building, employed 120 people at the site in 1998 making air systems for clean rooms at computer chip plants. In 2004, the operation began scaling back as most of the jobs shifted elsewhere. Since that time, a growing amount of square footage in the building was made available, said leasing agent Tim MacEachen, formerly of Maestas & Ward but now with Grubb & Ellis New Mexico. About six month ago, the entire facility became available for lease and MIOX took it, he said. MIOX searched the entire metro area for a new office and plant, from Rio Rancho to Mesa del Sol, the giant development getting started south of the Albuquerque International Sunport. The company settled on Envirco’s former building, in part, because it is 5 1/2 miles north of the company’s present location. “It didn’t have a disruptive effect on the commute for any employees,” Perea said. MIOX’s technology uses salt, electricity and water to create a disinfecting solution for water. The solution is chlorine-based but is safer and easier than traditional chlorination. In fact, MIOX recently won a research role on a contract with the Department of Homeland Security. The idea is to find a way to eliminate the use of chlorine gas because it is a hazardous chemical and potential target for terrorists. “One of MIOX’s purposes is to reduce the need to transport and store hazardous chemicals,” Perea said. “Chlorine is similar to the mustard gas used in World War I.” The company is also a partner in developing a pen-size portable Individual Water Purification System under a $4 million contract with the U.S. Marines. “The Army is asking about it as well,” he said. “It’s presumed it will eventually make its way to the commercial market.” While government contracts have been a constant in MIOX’s business since it was formed in 1994, Perea said commercialization — bringing the disinfection technology to the public — is the company’s mission. The biggest market for MIOX’s small, mid-size and large systems is in this country: municipal water systems, hospitals, swimming pools and spas. “Our primary growth has been in delivering systems to municipal markets,” he said. There’s also interest from Hong Kong, Japan, Poland and the United Kingdom. 5/18/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/Announcement--MIOX-Grows-nwMFT_63.aspx/News/Announcement--MIOX-Grows-nwMFT_63.aspxMIOX welcomes a new Director of Engineering and New Product Development. Justin Sanchez joined the MIOX Corporation team as the Director of Engineering and New Product Development, in early 2006. With both a graduate and undergraduate degree from MIT and a strong background in manufacturing and technology, Sanchez is a valued addition to the MIOX team. For more information on Sanchez, please see his biography in the MIOX Team/Leadership section of our web site. 2/28/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/Department-of-Defense-Funding-To-MIOX-nwMFT_64.aspx/News/Department-of-Defense-Funding-To-MIOX-nwMFT_64.aspxMIOX Appropriated Four Million Dollars for Individual Water Purification System (IWPS) The Department of Defense appropriate $4 million in funding in fiscal year 2006 to procure the MSR MIOX Individual Water Purification Systems (IWPS) for the U.S. Marine Corps. The IWPS, which treats water on-the-go, is designed to contain 3 liters of water that has been both disinfected and filtered. The funding will be sufficient to outfit approximately 1/3 of the 175,000-strong Marine Corps. The systems will be purchased by the Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM). The New Mexico Congressional contingent, including Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), was highly influential in obtaining the $4 million appropriation. Congresswoman Wilson is the only woman veteran currently in Congress, and the first Air Force Academy graduate in Congress. She continues to be influential in issues of defense and in support of the New Mexico economy. “New Mexico is consistently on the leading edge of technology,” says Congresswoman Heather Wilson. “I’m proud to have supported and requested this funding, which will allow a growing New Mexico company to use their technology to support the warfighter on the battlefield. This is amazing technology that has applications far beyond the military. Indeed, you can step into REI and buy one of MIOX’s products, and our own sheriff’s office used MIOX technology in New Orleans. This is a great New Mexico success.” Water logistics in Iraq originally accounted for sixty percent of the total logistics. Although bottling plants are now being built, warfighters in the field still struggle with water supply to meet mission needs. A single gallon (3.8 liters) of water weighs 8.4 pounds (3.8 kg) with a daily requirement of up to 25 pounds (11.3 kg) of water (2-3 gallons or 7-11 liters) per individual warfighter. This significant weight burden further exhausts warfighters and adds to the need for hydration. Moreover, the water previously could not be replenished in the field without going through a treatment process that was both limited in effectiveness and added a poor taste to the water. The water carried in the IWPS weighs just over 6 pounds (2.7 kg), can be replenished and retreated in the field, has no taste and odor, and is thoroughly treated by a redundant system to ensure purity. 1/31/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/A-solution-for-filthy-water-nwMFT_75.aspx/News/A-solution-for-filthy-water-nwMFT_75.aspxIn the fight against grime, homeowners might have a new weapon using technology an Albuquerque company recently sold to the U.S. military. With salt, water and electricity, MIOX Corp.’s technology creates a cleansing solution strong enough to make filthy water drinkable and to neutralize biological weapons. In cooperation with a Seattle company, MIOX used the technology to make a water-purification backpack - closely resembling the water bladder backpacks worn by mountain bikers and hikers - that the military will buy for about 60,000 Marines at a $4 million cost. It could also be used to make a spray-bottle cleanser for the home. “One of the areas we’re looking at very closely is taking advantage of the miniaturization and looking at individual home users, shared wells, smaller communities,” said Carlos Perea, MIOX president and CEO. A spray-bottle product for the home is at least one to two years away from store shelves, said Chief Technical Officer Rodney Herrington. But the company has “developed systems for some of the large corporations that are interested in using this as a surface cleaner,” he said. “It kills things that you can’t kill with some other stuff, and it’s a very simple process,” Herrington said. “You can replenish (the cleansing solution) just by pushing the button.” In the meantime, U.S. troops in Iraq using MIOX’s water-purification backpack will reduce the weight of a single-day water supply by about two-thirds. How? They can collect and cleanse water in the field instead of carrying it on their backs. Perea said MIOX’s other customers could include those in rural areas around the world where obtaining clean water is a challenge. “Water quality is an issue that is very real and meaningful for people in these very rural areas,” he said. “Those issues happen right here in our backyard.” Reaching that market will take time, but the company is expanding, he said. In the past four months, MIOX has increased its work force by about one-third, to 45 employees. He said MIOX has installed 1,200 large water-purification systems - such as those that cities use - in the United States and foreign countries. Beginning in 1998, the technology driving the larger systems was miniaturized with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. The military already uses MIOX’s pen-sized portable water purifier. Sporting goods stores also sell it. 1/20/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/Safer-drinking-water-in-works-for-U.S.-Marines-nwMFT_76.aspx/News/Safer-drinking-water-in-works-for-U.S.-Marines-nwMFT_76.aspxby Clay Holtzman NMBW Staff New Mexico Business Weekly January 18, 2006 Thanks to a $4 million Department of Defense appropriation, 57,000 U.S. Marines soon will have a handheld water purification device at their disposal—one that relies heavily on technology licensed from a New Mexico company. The contract was awarded recently to Seattle’s Cascade Designs Inc., which, in 2003, signed a license agreement to use a proprietary method of water purification developed by Albuquerque-based MIOX Corp. The MIOX water purification system, marketed by Cascade under the brand name Mountain Safety Research (MSR), will be used by Marines serving in Iraq. Like many other MIOX products, its technology is based on a process that uses salt and electricity to kill bacteria in the water, making it safe to drink. The device consists of a water bag, the MIOX disinfection unit and a separate filter. It is capable of processing and holding up to three liters of water at a time. The contract will purchase enough of the devices to cover about one-third of the entire Marine Corps. MIOX spokeswoman Katie Boleck says the contract could lead to more business for MIOX and Cascade. “We’re hoping to get additional funding to outfit the rest of the Marine Corps,” she says. No time line for the distribution of the devices to the Marines has been set. On Thursday, MIOX will host a ceremony celebrating the contract at which U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-NM, will speak. Boleck credits Wilson and other members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation with helping to secure the contract. “It was largely through her efforts and our senators’ that this appropriation was funded,” she noted. MIOX, founded in 1994, has 45 employees. It makes handheld, portable and utility-scale water purification systems for drinking purposes. The technology, which also is used to clean pools and spas, is an alternative to traditional chlorine-based treatment systems. In September 2005, new and existing investors, led by locally-based Entrada Ventures, took over ownership of MIOX for $16 million in debt and equity capital. 1/18/2006 12:00:00 AM/News/MIOX-to-market-new--small-scale-water-purifier--nwMFT_173.aspx/News/MIOX-to-market-new--small-scale-water-purifier--nwMFT_173.aspxMIOX to market new, small-scale water purifier New Mexico Business Weekly by Kevin Robinson-Avila, NMBW Senior Reporter Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 2:30pm MST MIOX Corp will roll out a tiny version of its water-purification system this year that could greatly expand sales worldwide.It’s designed for small communities, especially in developing countries, and for small-scale commercial operations, said MIOX President and CEO Carlos Perea.“We’ve got the first 10 pre-production beta units operating in customers’ hands now,” Perea said. “We expect to be in full production in the first quarter of 2012.”Albuquerque-based MIOX bills its systems as low-cost and environmentally friendly.Its proprietary technology uses a mix of water and salt shot with an electric current to treat drinking water. The electric mix helps separate the salt into its component parts, sodium and chloride. The resulting oxidant solution is poured into water, where the chloride destroys common pathogens, eliminating the need for chemicals used in other systems.The system is currently operating at private and public facilities in some 30 countries, including Bogotá, Colombia, where MIOX treats nearly 100 percent of the water consumed by city residents.But the system has proven too large and costly for tiny communities in developing countries, such as Mexico, where MIOX has focused a lot of its marketing efforts, Perea said.The company’s distribution partner for Latin America, Quimiproductos S.A. de C.V., worked with MIOX to sell the system in about 1,200 small communities in Mexico’s far southern state of Chiapas. But the system was too big and expensive for about 1,000 of those villages, which often had 200 people or fewer.“We had customers excited about what we were doing, but even our smallest systems were still too large for them,” Perea said.In response, MIOX designed its new unit specifically for tiny villages, and for use in things like swimming pools or small-scale food and beverage operations. It sells for a couple of thousand dollars.“It’s our lowest priced system by far, and it’s much simpler and easier to use,” Perea said. “It’s designed to be operated by people without experience. It uses solar power and can run for six months with no intervention.”About 50 percent of MIOX’s revenue comes from exports, and about 75 percent of that comes from sales in Latin America, where the smaller systems could increase demand.“We expect it to greatly expand our markets,” Perea said.MIOX builds its water purification systems at a 64,000-square-foot facility near Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park.The company has received nearly $50 million in venture capital from Flywheel Ventures Flywheel Ventures Latest from The Business Journals Top Newsmakers: Venture capitalists upheld ‘new normal’ in 2011New water quality technologies make wavesMIOX Corp.’s water treatment flows into foreign markets Follow this company and other private equity firms since forming in 1994. 1/11/1912 12:00:00 AM