Andrew Collentro of Water Consulting Specialists will be teaching two courses on Pharmaceutical Water for ISPE March 19-22. These courses are newly revised and correspond with the release of the new revision of the ISPE Baseline Guide for Water and Steam Systems. These are the most comprehensive courses offered for pharmaceutical water in the industry today. More information including registration forms can be found at:

http://www.ispe.org/2012sandiegotraining

Doylestown PA – Water Consulting Specialists, Inc., a leader in the high-purity water industry, has announced a relocation of their Pennsylvania office.  As a result of our expanding client base and scope of services, the additional space afforded by the new office will allow us to better service our customers.  Water Consulting Specialists, Inc. chose to remain in Doylestown, PA and is dedicated to the serving Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey from this location.  The phone and fax numbers for the new office will remain the same.  There will be no interruption or delay in services for all accounts as a result of the relocation.  The new office location is:

Water Consulting Specialists, Inc.

3853 Old Easton Road

Doylestown, PA 18902

Phone: 215-348-0050

Fax: 215-348-0052

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William Collentro To Address ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma Conference

PHILADELPHIA—William V. Collentro, a visiting assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), will present two technical papers at ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma 2011, as well as assist with moderating the sessions.  Registration is open for the conference that is slated for April 12-13 at the DoubleTree Hotel in center city Philadelphia. 

Mr. Collentro’s April 12 presentation, entitled “Monochloramine Removal-Design, Operating, and Maintenance Issues”, will focus on the use of monochloramines for secondary disinfection of EPA-quality drinking water, and the techniques used to remove it.  His April 13 presentation, “Membrane Processes for Meeting U.S. EPA Long-Term 2 SWTR”, will examine EPA regulations on the reduction of microorganisms such as Cryptosporidium.  Both presentations will relate their content to pertinent issues in pharmaceutical water treatment.  Mr. Collentro is a well-respected pharmaceutical water expert who also acts as a subject matter expert to Water Consulting Specialists, which he founded 1993. 

The meeting will begin April 12 with a keynote address by Mr. Mark Hassenplug of Ernst & Young, who will report on business aspects of the pharmaceutical industry.  Ms. Anita Michael of the FDA will report on the agency’s view and approach to validation.  On both days the conference will also include technical presentations on important topics related to pharmaceutical water.  Examples will include monochloramine removal, UV treatment, ozone sanitation, on-line water testing, a novel ion-exchange process, and an enduser case report.

Conference attendees will have the opportunity to network with others active in the pharmaceutical water field.  Other benefits from attending the conference will be the opportunity to learn from experts with direct experience with the USP and FDA, as well as from technical experts actively involved with technologies used to treat pharmaceutical-grade water.  Tabletops will feature exhibits by leading water equipment companies. 

On-line registration is available at http://www.talloaks.com/Zencart/.  The technical program for ULTRAPURE WATER Pharma is available at http://www.ultrapurewater.com/Expo/PDF/Pharma2011.pdf.  For conference information or to register, contact 303/973-6700, or visit http://www.ultrapurewater.com, or email: info@ultrapurewater.com.

Marc St. Germain of Water Consulting Specialists will speak in an industrial session at WQA 2011 on “What Industrial Users Want Now: Current Trends in Industrial Design”.  The presentation will take place on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the WQA – Aquatech: The Water Opportunity Show in San Antonio, Texas.  For more information, please visit: https://s36.a2zinc.net/clients/wqa/wqa11/public/enter.aspx

Is your water up to FDA Standards?  -   Attend the ISPE Professional Development Courses on Pharmaceutical Water this March to learn more.  Pharmaceutical Water Generation and Pharmaceutical Water Storage & Distribution are each two day extensive courses that will help you learn how to enhance your career development by applying new skills and practical knowledge as well as providing you with valuable solutions to daily work problems. Register Now!

http://www.ispe.org/2011sanfranciscotraining/pharmaceuticalwatergeneration

The second edition of Pharmaceutical Water: Systems Design, Operation and Validation has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover all relevant aspects of pharmaceutical water technology in a clear and concise style. It deals with pharmaceutical water systems by addressing the written requirements (of the US Pharmacopeal Convention), the nature of raw water supplies, unit operations associated with pharmaceutical water systems, specific preparation and valid documentation.

Key features include:

• Extensively updated chapters on ozone discussion and biofilm presentation
• New figures and tables throughout
• Case studies that highlight the best and worst of water system design and operation from personal author experience
• Chapters reference current US Pharmacopeia (USP) guidelines throughout.

This will be an essential read for validation personnel, plant engineers, quality control chemists, microbiologists, quality assurance personnel and chemical engineers.

Copies may be purchase on-line at http://www.informahealthcarebooks.com/pharmaceutical-science/pharmaceutical-water-systems-design-operation-and-validation.html

William V. Collentro, founder of Water Consulting Specialists, will speak on Water Purification Systems – Challenges and Developments at the Boston Chapter of AIChE on November 18, 2010. The event is being held at the Radisson Hotel & Suites in Chelmsford, MA at 5:30 p.m. The talk will focus on membrane based unit operations such as reverse osmosis (RO). Registration is open at the following link: http://www.aiche-boston.org/events/eventdetail.php?eventId=79

WCSI will participate in session on WFI Monograph requirements and production methods at the ISPE Annual Meeting on Monday, November 6, 2010 at the Swan & Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.  Invited speakers include members of USP and European Medicines Agency (EMA).  The session will focus on harmonization efforts and a review of a recent ISPE industry survey on the topic.

Water Consulting Specialists presented on “Trihalomethanes in Raw Water Supplies – Detection and Removal” on Wednesday October 6th at the 2010 American Filtration Society (AFS) Water Quality & Filtration Testing Conference at the Turf Valley Hotel in Ellicott City, MD.  Please contact us for a copy of the presentation or further information on this topic.