Water Stocks News - Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Reports Third Quarter Net Income Per Share from Continuing Operations of $0.38; Adjusted EPS of $0.42

Water Stocks News - Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Reports Third Quarter Net Income Per Share from Continuing Operations of $0.38; Adjusted EPS of $0.42

•Reports third quarter sales of $663 million, down 23 percent year-over-year. •Delivers $103 million of free cash flow; Year to date free cash flow at $202 million •Operating margins in Water Group increase year over year; Technical Products adjusted operating margins over 14 percent •Introduces fourth quarter adjusted EPS guidance of $0.40 to $0.44 and updates full year adjusted EPS guidance of $1.40 to $1.44. All financial information and period-to-period references are on a continuing operations basis unless otherwise noted. Reconciliations to discontinued operations as well as GAAP and Non-GAAP reconciliations are in the attached financial tables.

MINNEAPOLIS-- October 20 2009 -Pentair, Inc. (NYSE:PNR) today announced third quarter 2009 net earnings per diluted share from continuing operations (EPS) of $0.38. This represents a decrease of 12 percent as compared to the $0.43 of EPS in the third quarter last year. Current period results included a negative $0.04 per share impact from restructuring charges. Adjusting for these items, third quarter 2009 EPS was $0.42, compared to adjusted third quarter 2008 EPS of $0.56, a decrease of 25 percent.

Total company sales decreased 23 percent to $663 million, compared with $856 million in the third quarter of 2008. The company delivered third quarter operating income of $67 million. On an adjusted basis, the company delivered operating income of $74 million versus $101 million in the year-ago quarter. The company’s adjusted operating income in the current quarter excluded the impact of additional severance charges associated with the third quarter elimination of 275 positions not included in prior restructuring. Overall, adjusted operating margins for the third quarter contracted 60 basis points to 11.2 percent. The positive impact from productivity and price did not offset the significant negative impact related to lower volumes.

Total company free cash flow was positive $103 million for the quarter. Year-to-date the company has generated $202 million of free cash flow, which is $95 million more than was generated in the first three quarters of 2008. The company said it remains on track to achieve free cash flow greater than $225 million for 2009.

“We continue to benefit from our cost actions and remain committed to our full year outlook. Additionally, with our strong free cash flow generation and the investments we have maintained in product innovation and sales and marketing we believe the company remains in an excellent position to benefit as markets recover,” said Randall J. Hogan, Pentair chairman and chief executive officer.

THIRD QUARTER BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

The Water Group delivered $462 million in sales, a 17 percent decline year-over-year. Sales were down 16 percent excluding foreign exchange.

•Flow Technologies sales were down 14 percent versus the year-ago quarter, as growth in the company’s global municipal market did not offset declines in commercial, industrial and residential markets. •Filtration sales were down 21 percent as sales to global residential, commercial and industrial markets continue to reflect inventory destocking and overall market softness. •Global Pool sales were down 16 percent as the prolonged decline in North American residential pool markets persists. The Water Group’s third quarter reported operating income totaled $53 million, up 7 percent as compared to $50 million in the same period last year. In the quarter, the Water Group had $3 million in pre-tax restructuring charges associated with severance from recently announced additional headcount reductions. Excluding these items, third quarter 2009 adjusted operating income was $56 million, down 12 percent versus third quarter 2008 adjusted operating income of $63 million. Adjusted operating margins of 12.1 percent were up 80 basis points as benefits from productivity more than offset the negative impact from volume declines, inflation, and pay-as-you-go restructuring costs.

Technical Products delivered third quarter 2009 sales of $201 million, a decrease of 32 percent versus the year-earlier period. Sales were down 31 percent excluding the impact of foreign exchange.

•Global Electrical sales were down 29 percent as industrial customers continue to reduce capital projects and distributors aggressively reduced inventory levels. •Global Electronic sales were down 34 percent as each of our major vertical markets contracted. Technical Products’ third quarter reported operating income totaled $24 million, down 49 percent compared to $48 million in the same quarter last year. Adjusting for a restructuring charge, operating income was $29 million. Adjusted operating margins were 14.4 percent, down 180 basis points versus the third quarter 2008. In the quarter, the benefits from productivity did not offset the negative impact from volume declines and foreign exchange.

“Overall, our third quarter results were solid given the recessionary environment. The results of our productivity actions were reflected in our Water business adjusted margins which expanded 80 basis points year over year despite a 17 percent sales decline,” said Randall J. Hogan, Pentair chairman and chief executive officer. “Additionally, our Technical Products business produced adjusted margins of over 14 percent despite sales declines of 32 percent, which were worse than anticipated and reflected declines in most major end markets.”

OUTLOOK

The company introduces its fourth quarter reported 2009 EPS guidance range of $0.37 to $0.41 which would be up when compared to fourth quarter 2008 reported EPS of $0.22. Adjusting for non-recurring items in both years (see attached reconciliation table) fourth quarter adjusted EPS is expected to be $0.40 to $0.44 or essentially flat with the year ago quarter. Fourth quarter sales are expected to be down approximately 14 percent.

The company updates its full year reported 2009 EPS guidance to $1.25 to $1.29, which would be down approximately 50 percent when compared to reported full year 2008 EPS. Adjusting for non-recurring items in both years full year adjusted 2009 EPS is expected to be $1.40 to $1.44 or down approximately 35 percent year over year. The company continues to anticipate future non-recurring gains from certain tax items but the timing is uncertain so these items are not included in the current full year reported EPS guidance.

“As anticipated, the benefits of our cost actions are rapidly improving our operating margins and earnings,” said Hogan. “Our fourth quarter EPS guidance demonstrates the results of our structural cost savings as we expect earnings to be flat year over year with higher operating margins despite anticipated sales declines.”

“We continue to position the company for market recovery, which we are seeing in some select markets and regions, and expect our operating margins and earnings growth will demonstrate that much of what we’ve accomplished in 2009 is sustainable,” Hogan added.

EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

Pentair Chairman and CEO Randall J. Hogan and Chief Financial Officer John L. Stauch will discuss the company’s performance and fourth quarter and full year 2009 guidance on a two-way conference call with investors and a live audio webcast at 9 a.m. Eastern today. Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures are set forth in the attachments to this third quarter 2009 earnings release and in the third quarter 2009 earning release conference call presentation, both of which can be found at Pentair’s web site (www.pentair.com). Related financial charts and certain other information to be discussed on the conference call will be available on the company’s website shortly before the conference call. The web cast and presentation will be archived at the same site following the conclusion of the conference call.

CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Any statements made about the company’s anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties such as the breadth and severity of the global economic downturn; the strength of housing and related markets; the ability to implement our restructuring and other cost reduction plans successfully and the risk that expected benefits may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; foreign currency effects; retail, commercial and industrial demand; product introductions; and pricing and other competitive pressures, as well as other risk factors set forth in our SEC filings. Forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results.

ABOUT PENTAIR, INC.

Pentair (www.pentair.com) is a diversified operating company headquartered in Minnesota. Its Water Group is a global leader in providing innovative products and systems used worldwide in the movement, treatment, storage and enjoyment of water. Pentair’s Technical Products Group is a leader in the global enclosures and thermal management markets, designing and manufacturing thermal management products and standard, modified, and custom enclosures that house and protect sensitive electronics and electrical components. With 2008 revenues of $3.35 billion, Pentair employs approximately 13,100 people worldwide.

For financial tables see company news at www.pentair.com


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Water News - Bunker Hill Capital Partners with Senior Executive from Water Industry

Water News - Bunker Hill Capital Partners with Senior Executive from Water Industry

BOSTON---Bunker Hill Capital announced today that it has partnered with Donald W. Borden Jr. to assist in the identification and acquisition of companies in the water and wastewater industry. This operating partner relationship provides Bunker Hill Capital with a seasoned senior executive who has extensive experience in the water and wastewater industry including a deep network of market contacts.

Prior to partnering with Bunker Hill Capital, Mr. Borden served as the President of Crane Environmental, a division of the $2.3 billion publicly-traded Crane Co. While at Crane Co., Mr. Borden managed the water treatment group which included two major industrial product lines, and he oversaw product manufacturing at two of the Company’s production facilities. Mr. Borden’s division experienced significant growth due to the successful implementation of lean enterprise and six sigma techniques which required the development of a unique one-piece-flow system, reduction in lead times on large reverse osmosis product units and significant improvement in both on-time delivery and product quality. Through a direct sales model and by providing the highest quality reverse osmosis products, Mr. Borden’s division grew at a double-digit rate for over five years. Mr. Borden stated, “I decided to join forces with Bunker Hill Capital in order to capitalize on the numerous and exciting investment opportunities in the water and wastewater sector. My operating background and water industry experience should complement Bunker Hill Capital’s proven investment approach and strategic market assessment. As a result, I am enthusiastic about working with Bunker Hill Capital to target new investments in the water and wastewater industry.”

Bunker Hill Capital identified the water and wastewater industry as an attractive area for investment after extensive due diligence on the industry. Mark DeBlois, a Managing Partner at Bunker Hill Capital, said, “We periodically select industry sectors that are fragmented and forecasted to experience exceptional growth rates such as the water and wastewater sector. Our collaboration with an exceptional C-level executive like Don Borden, including his strong network of contacts, makes for a compelling consolidation strategy.”

Rufus Clark, also a Managing Partner at Bunker Hill Capital, added, “We are very pleased to have Don on board and believe his deep industry experience will greatly assist us in our proactive investment approach within this sector. We believe that sub-sector fragmentation, the product replacement cycle, government support for improved infrastructure and long-term demand for increased efficiencies will continue to create exceptional investment opportunities in this industry.”

About Bunker Hill Capital, L.P.

Bunker Hill Capital is a private equity firm that makes investments in lower middle market companies with enterprise values up to $150 million. The principals of Bunker Hill Capital have invested over $400 million in 29 transactions and target opportunities across four industry sectors, including industrial products, business services, consumer products and specialty retail. Bunker Hill Capital’s portfolio company investments include California Family Fitness, the leading owner and operator of fitness centers in the greater Sacramento, CA area; Papa Gino’s/D’Angelo, a dominant quick-service restaurant operator in New England; Smith & Wollensky, a premier steakhouse concept in the United States; and /n Spro, a leading Canadian provider of functional consulting services focused on SAP AG software solution architecture and configuration. For additional information on Bunker Hill Capital, please go to www.bunkerhillcapital.com.


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Water Stocks News - Skinny Water Now Available at All Fairway Market Locations in New York and New Jersey

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BALA CYNWYD, Pa- Skinny Nutritional Corp. (OTC BB:SKNY), the maker of Skinny Water® and a leader in the zero-calorie enhanced water category, announced today that Skinny Water is now available at all Fairway Market grocery stores.

Servicing the residents of New York and New Jersey since the 1940s, Fairway Market transformed from a fruit and vegetable grocery store into a “high-end, low price specialty store.” This transformation is attributed to each previous generation’s determination to cultivate the vision of offering the best grocery selection in a warm, friendly atmosphere.

Besides being a fixture in the communities they serve, one of Fairway Market’s many accolades include being recognized by Specialty Food Magazine as one of the country’s ‘Six Outstanding Specialty Food Retailers’ as well as ‘Consumer Deal of the Year’ by M & A Magazine.

The Skinny Water® lineup features six great-tasting flavors, including Acai Grape Blueberry (Hi-Energy), Raspberry Pomegranate (Crave Control), Goji Fruit Punch (Shape), Lemonade Passionfruit (Total-V), Peach Mango Mandarin (XXX-Detox), and introducing Orange Cranberry Tangerine (Wake Up). Every bottle of Skinny Water® has calcium, potassium, and EGCG and has zero calories, sugar, sodium, no preservatives, and all natural colors and flavors.

ABOUT SKINNY NUTRITIONAL CORP. Headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., Skinny Nutritional Corp., the creators of Skinny Water®, a zero-calorie, zero-sugar, zero-sodium and zero-preservative enhanced water. Skinny Water comes in six great tasting flavors that include Acai Grape Blueberry, Goji Fruit Punch, Peach Mango Mandarin, Raspberry Pomegranate, Orange Cranberry Tangerine and Lemonade Passionfruit. Skinny Nutritional Corp. also expects to launch additional branded products, including Skinny Tea®, and other Skinny branded beverages. For more information, visit www.SkinnyWater.com.

ABOUT FAIRWAY MARKET With over 2000 current employees, Fairway Market currently has five locations throughout New York and New Jersey, with a highly-anticipated sixth store opening at the end of this year in Westchester County, NY, as well as a seventh location in Stamford, Connecticut, and an eighth in Douglaston, NY. For more information, please visit www.fairwaymarket.com.

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Environmental Capital Partners Completes Cascade Drilling Transaction

Environmental Capital Partners Completes Cascade Drilling Transaction

Investment provides capital to fund future growth initiatives

WOODINVILLE, WashEnvironmental Capital Partners (“ECP”), a New York based private equity firm, with its affiliates announced today that it has made an investment in Cascade Drilling, L.P. in order to fund the Company’s future growth initiatives. Bruce Niermeyer, the Company’s founder, remains a significant shareholder and will continue as President and CEO of the Company. Mr. Niermeyer has been a leader in the drilling industry for decades and has been instrumental in developing Cascade Drilling into one of the largest independent drilling companies in North America focused on the environmental sector. The transaction enables the Company to expand significantly while affording it the ability to continue to service its customers at the highest level. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.


“We are delighted with our investment in Cascade Drilling. By providing environmental drilling services for water and soil assessment, monitoring, and remediation purposes, Cascade Drilling is a perfect fit with our broader mission to promote the growth of companies that enhance environmental sustainability,” said Robert Egan, a Managing Partner of ECP. “Our investment provides the business with the flexibility to grow beyond existing locations in Seattle, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Portland and for expanded service offerings while maintaining its keen focus on safety and customer service. Technological advances in remediation, an ever increasing need to assess and clean up contaminated sites, and the improved economics of applications such as geothermal heat transfer will provide secular growth in Cascade Drilling’s core sectors. Bruce Niermeyer has built an industry leading company through deep knowledge and outstanding leadership; we look forward to partnering with Bruce in developing Cascade Drilling in the coming years.”


“Our relationship with ECP will provide us with a long-term partner to promote future growth and enable us to build upon our leadership position by expanding the locations in which we offer clients the highest level of service and safety,” Cascade Drilling President and CEO Bruce Niermeyer said. “I view the transaction as a natural progression within Cascade Drilling’s lifecycle. We have grown without outside resources to cover the entire West Coast and are now at the point where it makes sense to team with an institutional partner to take the Company to the next level. ECP has shown a strong commitment to Cascade Drilling’s core values of safety first and quality while demonstrating the skills and track record I was looking for in a partner.”
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Capital Strategies Group served as exclusive financial advisor to Cascade Drilling in this transaction. PNC Business Credit arranged the financing for the transaction. O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Karr Tuttle Campbell provided legal advice to ECP and the Company, respectively.


About Cascade Drilling
Cascade Drilling is a leading provider of environmental drilling services for water and soil assessment, monitoring, and remediation purposes on the West Coast. The Company is a recognized regional leader in auger and direct push drilling, standard drilling methods for assessing the extent of subsurface contamination. Cascade Drilling also provides rotary, sonic and other drilling methods, which allows it to offer a wide range of environmental drilling services. The Company drills holes for a wide range of reasons, including providing samples of water and soil, installation of devices through drilling that facilitate monitoring, and subsurface application of chemicals or other agents for in situ remediation. Cascade Drilling’s core beliefs are safety first, customer service and quality.



About Environmental Capital Partners
ECP provides long-term capital and management support to leading middle-market companies in the environmental industry with a focus on companies that provide goods and services to prevent, limit, or correct environmental damage to water, air, soil, or human health. Based in New York, ECP typically seeks to invest $5 to $25 million of its own capital in companies with sales of $20 to $150 million. ECP’s model is to invest in established businesses with strong growth potential that can benefit from its financial, operational and strategic resources.






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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) trading at $19.6, up $ 0.07 (0.36%) 10:39am ET
Ameron International Corporation (NYSE: AMN) trading at $ 73.23, up$ 0.47 (0.65)
American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) trading at $36.73, up $ 0.22 (0.60)
Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) trading at $16.87 0.01 (0.06%)
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) trading at $49.80, up $ 0.27 (0.55%) 10:45am ET
Middlesex Water Company (NasdaqGS: MSEX) trading at $15.5, up 0.07 (0.45%) 10:38am ET
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) trading at #30.37 0.84 (2.84%) 10:47am ET
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS ) trading at $30.44, up $0.44 (1.47%)
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) trading at $0.26 - 0.28

Featured Water Stock Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )
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Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.

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Water Stocks News - Wescorp Energy and Ellycrack AS restructure their joint agreement for the development and commercialization of the VISCOSITOR heavy oil upgrading technology
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HOUSTON, TX and CALGARY, AB - Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE), an oil and gas technology solutions provider, and Ellycrack AS, a private heavy oil technology company based in Norway, are pleased to announce that they have restructured the terms of their joint agreement to develop and commercialize the patented on-site heavy oil upgrading technology. The new agreement benefits both companies by aiding Ellycrack to secure the required funding, which, when obtained, will rapidly advance extensive testing, development and refinement of a commercialized facility. The Ellycrack technology, called the VISCOSITOR, uses a low temperature and low pressure thermo-mechanical process to increase the viscosity of heavy oil, thus increasing its value per barrel by US$25 to $30 in a single operation at a cost of approximately US$5 per barrel. The VISCOSITOR technology offers substantial economic and environmental benefits to clients engaged in the production of heavy oil, including the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by up to 60%.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Ellycrack will have full legal ownership of the VISCOSITOR technology, including its designs, work projects and the 50 barrel-per-day VISCOSITOR test unit that is currently located in western Canada.

In return, Ellycrack AS will deliver 725,000 shares of Ellycrack to Wescorp for nominal consideration and Ellycrack will credit Wescorp as having satisfied its obligation to Ellycrack of approximately $160,000. Wescorp will become the largest single shareholder of Ellycrack with ownership of 23.72% on a fully diluted basis. Wescorp also has been granted the option to participate in all future Ellycrack share issuances thus allowing Wescorp to maintain its ownership percentage in Ellycrack AS.

"Wescorp is very pleased with the new arrangement with Ellycrack regarding the VISCOSITOR," commented Doug Biles, President and CEO of Wescorp Energy. "It is our understanding that the Ellycrack team will quickly begin the continued extensive testing and development of the VISCOSITOR technology. This arrangement also will allow our Wescorp team to become completely focused on the water and solid remediation business opportunities in North America."

"This new agreement is beneficial to both companies," stated Olav Ellingsen, CEO of Ellycrack AS. "Ellycrack's legal ownership and control of the test unit allows us to finance the company so further development and commercialization can occur at a much faster rate. We look forward to having Wescorp as a value-added shareholder as we prove the commercial viability and large scale economic value of the VISCOSITOR."

About Wescorp

Wescorp Energy Inc. (www.wescorpenergy.com) is an oil and gas operations solutions company focused on commercializing technologies that overcome tough operations challenges facing oil and gas operators today. Wescorp combines its intellectual capital, oil and gas industry experience, best practices methodologies and its market offerings to deliver these solutions in a timely, economic and environmentally friendly manner.

Wescorp shares currently trade on the NASD.OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "WSCE".

About Ellycrack AS

Ellycrack AS is a private company based in Norway. Ellycrack's VISCOSITOR is a patented on-site heavy oil upgrading technology. The VISCOSITOR uses unique dry, low-temperature and low-pressure thermo-mechanical process using pre-heated particles as catalysts.

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Water Stocks Report; Wescorp Energy’s (OTCBB: WSCE) Oil-Water Separation Technology Addresses Multi-Billion Dollar Market Opportunity

Water Stocks Report; Wescorp Energy’s (OTCBB: WSCE) Oil-Water Separation Technology Addresses Multi-Billion Dollar Market Opportunity

POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –September 22, 2009, www.Investorideas.com and www.water-stocks.com, an investor and industry research portal covering the water sector, present an industry report by Lisa Springer CFA, Equity research analyst, on the oil- water separation technology industry multi-billion dollar opportunity.

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Lisa Springer CFA, Equity research analyst and financial writer

One of the greatest challenges oil and gas companies face is cleaning “produced water”, water that comes up with the production of oil or gas, or water left over from their drilling operations. This water, contaminated with hydrocarbon solids, sand, drill cutting and salt, is a major source of pollution and must be brought to the surface, treated to separate the water from residual oil, then disposed of either by re-injecting the treated water into the ground or pumping it into a surface separation pond. Treating and disposing of this water can cost as much as $12.00 per barrel and energy companies also lose thousands of dollars in potential oil revenues each year because some oil remains trapped in the water despite treatment.
The scope of the problem becomes apparent when you consider that oil and gas companies must dispose of some 250 million barrels of oilfield contaminated water daily. The global market for the cleaning and re-use of produced water is estimated to exceed $50 billion annually. Oil revenues lost because treatment technologies leave some oil still trapped in the water are not trivial, either. An article in the May 12, 2008 edition of Oil and Gas Journal titled “Produced Water Management: Controversy versus Opportunity” suggests as much as nine tons of oil remain trapped in oilfield water for every million tons of hydrocarbons produced.
Wescorp Energy (OTCBB: WSCE) has developed and begun commercializing a proprietary oil-water separation technology that is able to remove more of the residual hydrocarbons from treated oilfield water. Depending on the specific technology, conventional treatment methods can leave as much as 5,000 to 30,000 parts per million of hydrocarbons behind. Wescorp’s technology reduces the hydrocarbon component of treated water to less than 10 parts per million. H20Maxx technology uses an aeration process based on microscopic bubbles several orders of magnitude smaller than conventional technologies. The bubbles attach to oil droplets in the water and break the oil/water interface, allowing the oil to be skimmed off. The benefits of H20Maxx technology include lower disposal costs, the ability to recycle treated water in drilling operations, thus reducing fresh water consumption and the recovery of greater amounts of residual oil.
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Water news- DOE Awards Up to $14.6 Million to Support Development of Advanced Water Power Technologies

WASHINGTON, DC – Sept 15th 2009 - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that 22 advanced water power projects will receive up to $14.6 million in funding to advance the commercial viability, market acceptance, and environmental performance for new marine and hydrokinetic technologies as well as conventional hydropower plants. The projects selected today will further the nation’s supply of domestic clean hydroelectricity through technological innovation to capitalize on new sources of energy, and will advance markets and research to maximize the nation’s largest renewable energy source.

“Hydropower provides our nation with emissions-free, sustainable energy. By improving hydropower technology, we can maximize what is already our biggest source of renewable energy in an environmentally responsible way. These projects will provide critical support for the development of innovative renewable water power technologies and help ensure a vibrant hydropower industry for years to come,” said Secretary Chu.

The selected projects successfully address five topic areas:

· Hydropower Grid Services - Selection has been made for a project that develops new methods to quantify and maximize the benefits that conventional hydropower and pumped storage hydropower provide to transmission grids.

· University Hydropower Research Program - Selected projects will be for organizations to establish and manage a competitive fellowship program to support graduate students and faculty members engaged in work directly relevant to conventional hydropower or pumped storage hydropower.

· Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion Device or Component Design and Development - Selections are for industry-led partnerships to design, model, develop, refine, or test a marine and hydrokinetic energy conversion device, at full or subscale, or a component of such a device.

· Marine and Hydrokinetic Site-specific Environmental Studies - Selected projects are for industry-led teams to perform environmental studies related to the installation, testing, or operation of a marine and hydrokinetic energy conversion device at an open water project site.

· Advanced Water Power Market Acceleration Analysis and Assessments - Selections are for a number of energy resource assessments across a number of marine and hydrokinetic resources, as well as life-cycle cost analyses for wave, current and ocean thermal energy conversion technologies.

Projects selected in today’s announcement will focus on updating technologies and methods to improve the performance of conventional hydropower plants. The projects selected for negotiation of awards totaling up to $14.6 million include:

Dehlsen Associates, LLC (Carpinteria, CA) will further develop and validate the Aquantis Current Plane ocean current turbine technology. The project will validate analytical design tools and develop the technology’s direct drive component.

DOE share: up to $750,000; Duration: up to 2 years

Dehlsen Associates, LLC (Carpinteria, CA) will first develop a bottom habitat survey methodology and siting study approach in accordance with all relevant regulatory agencies in the southeast Florida region; then they will determine the most suitable areas for mooring marine and hydrokinetic facilities based on the distribution of sensitive bottom habitats identified by existing and supplemental surveys.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Electric Power Research Institute (Palo Alto, CA) will develop and demonstrate an innovative approach using industry-proven analyses and modeling tools at the unit level, the plant level, the system level, and the regional/national level, over multiple time scales ranging from seconds to years in order to quantify and maximize the benefits provided by conventional and pumped storage hydroelectric projects to transmission grids.

DOE share: up to $1.5 million; Duration: up to 2 years

Electric Power Research Institute (Palo Alto, CA) will perform a comprehensive assessment of existing United States in-stream hydrokinetic resources and the optimal achievable energy conversion rates which could be produced by future hydrokinetic turbine machines from those resources.

DOE share: up to $500,000; Duration: up to one year

Electric Power Research Institute (Palo Alto, CA) will perform desktop and laboratory flume studies that will produce information needed to determine the potential for injury and mortality of fish that encounter hydrokinetic turbines of various designs installed in tidal and river environments. Behavioral patterns will also be investigated to assess the potential for disruptions in the upstream and downstream movements of fish.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Re Vision Consulting, LLC (Sacramento, CA) will develop life-cycle cost profiles for different site and wave, tidal, ocean current, and in-stream hydrokinetic technology combinations using baseline representative commercial project development data from specific sites.

DOE share: up to $500,000; Duration: up to one year

Hydro Research Foundation (Washington, DC) will establish a competitive Hydro Fellowship Program to award fellowships to approximately 27 graduate and doctoral level students for two-year periods of study, which shall include conducting relevant research in the fields of hydropower-related engineering and environmental sciences.

DOE share: up to $1 million; Duration: up to 3 years

Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, GA) will perform an ocean current resource potential database, which will then be used to develop a web-based interface and GIS (Geographic Information System) tools for understanding the locations and practical amount of energy that can be extracted from ocean currents.

DOE share: up to $500,000; Duration: up to one year

Ocean Engineering and Energy Systems International, Inc (Honolulu, HI) will conduct baseline biological sampling studies of a proposed Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion site in Port Allen, Kauai, Hawaii in order to create a conceptual design of a site-specific warm water intake pipe.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Ocean Renewable Power Company (Portland, ME) will design a standard mooring system for hydrokinetic devices that will be moored below the surface and suspended in the water column in reversing tidal environments. The Ocean Renewable Power Company will validate its tidal turbine by deploying it in Western Passage, Maine.

DOE share: up to $750,000; Duration: up to 2 years

Ocean Renewable Power Company (Portland, ME) will use a new combination of monitoring technologies to collect baseline data on pre-deployment patterns of marine mammal distribution in Cook Inlet, Alaska, with special emphasis on the endangered beluga whale. Monitoring during and after deployment will then occur to determine marine mammal interaction with the company’s tidal turbine.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Harris Miller Miller & Hanson (Burlington, MA) will deploy two established tidal energy technologies near Martha’s Vineyard and collect and analyze information related to sediment transport alteration and impacts on protected species.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Free Flow Power Corporation (Gloucester, MA) will design, implement, and test an electrically interconnected hydrokinetic turbine pylon installation to achieve maximum water-to-wire efficiency. Special emphasis will be placed on the design of a mooring system that maximizes efficiency of installation and maintenance.

DOE share: up to $750,000; Duration: up to 2 years

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc (Pennington, NJ) will create conceptual prototype designs and model a prototype device of much increased power delivery. Modifications to the power take-off component and the implementation of a Design For Manufacture approach will reduce costs and address mass manufacturing issues.

DOE share: up to $750,000; Duration: up to 2 years

Pacific Energy Ventures (Portland, OR) will test a limited range acoustic deterrent system at an open water location near a proposed Oregon State University project site with the purpose of discouraging migrating gray whales from entering wave energy parks in order to minimize the risk of mortality.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA) will support at least eight individual Master of Science (MS) or Doctoral (PhD) level research projects to identify and investigate topics in the hydropower industry for which academic research is of benefit to the industry, and thus generate new knowledge and technologies that will enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. hydropower industry in the global market.

DOE share: up to $1 million; Duration: up to 3 years

Columbia Power Technologies, Inc (Charlottesville, VA) will optimize, demonstrate, and validate an intermediate-scale wave energy conversion device in preparation for a full-scale bay/ocean demonstration. Improvements in energy capture of this device will occur through research into hydrodynamics and advanced controls to better match the wave regime.

DOE share: up to $750,000; Duration: up to 2 years

Columbia Power Technologies, Inc (Charlottesville, VA) will perform benchmark laboratory experiments and numerical modeling of the near-field and far-field impacts of wave scattering from an array of wave energy devices. This will provide the information needed to design arrays balancing performance with the mitigation of far-field impacts.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Lockheed Martin Corporation (Manassas, VA) will develop and describe designs, performance and life-cycle costs for both the nearshore and offshore Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) baseline cost figures.

DOE share: up to $500,000; Duration: up to one year

Lockheed Martin Corporation (Manassas, VA) will develop a GIS-based dataset and software tool to assess the maximum practicably extractable energy from the global and domestic U.S. ocean thermal resource and identify regions viable for OTEC and Cold Seawater Based Air Conditioning.

DOE share: up to $500,000; Duration: up to one year

Public Utility District #1 of Snohomish County (Everett, WA) will determine the types of aquatic species in Admiralty Inlet, Washington and will determine both baseline levels of background noise as well as the acoustic impacts that hydrokinetic turbines will have on these species.

DOE share: up to $600,000; Duration: up to one year

Principle Power, Inc (Seattle, WA) will design, validate and determine the levelized cost of electricity for an innovative floating support structure that combines a number of wave and wind energy power take-off mechanisms, which will defray the mooring and installation costs associated with higher power output.

DOE share: up to $750,000; Duration: up to 2 years

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Water Stocks Sector Close –Up on Water Stocks; Climate Change and Water

Water Stocks Sector Close –Up on Water Stocks; Climate Change and Water

2009 World Water Week participants unanimously support Stockholm Statement on water, climate change, and adaptation

Featured Water Stock Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )

POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –August 28, 2009 www.Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on water stocks on water and climate change, following comments from World Water Week in Stockholm.


News from World Water Week:
Global conference says that water must be included in COP-15 climate negotiations

2009 World Water Week participants unanimously support Stockholm Statement on water, climate change, and adaptation

Stockholm, Sweden- The participants of the 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm unanimously said that water must be included in the COP-15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December.

At various sessions throughout the Week, a number of organizations and officials have articulated the
reasons why water needs to be an integral part of the negotiation process on climate change and
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Supporting data for the urgency and impact of climate change was released this year from Oxfam this year with
new research in a report (The Right to Survive ) that projects that by 2015, over 375 million people could be affected by climate-related disasters each year, including drought.

For investors, the water opportunity is significant but needs more attention according a report earlier this year.
Ceres.Org, released a report, "Water Scarcity & Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses & Investors", noted that water is an area that needs more attention. More: http://www.ceres.org/Document.Doc?id=406

Investors following the sector can find research tools, news and global water stock directory to find opportunities within the growing sector.

Water Stocks Sector close- up trading, August 28, 2009

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) trading at $20.24 -0.12 (-0.59%) 12:30pm ET
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) trading at $50.65 -0.47 (-0.92%) 12:43pm ET
Middlesex Water Company (NasdaqGS: MSEX) trading at $15.50 0.08 (0.51%) 10:05am ET
Nalco (NYSE:NLC) trading at$17.44 0.21 (1.19%) 12:43pm ET
Northwest Pipe (NasdaqGS: NWPX) trading at $ 34.03 0.21 (0.61%) 12:46pm ET
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) trading at $ 28.43 0.29 (1.01%) 12:48pm ET
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS ) trading up at $28.81, up 0.13 (0.45%) 12:14pm ET
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) trading at $0.27
PFW Water Fund (PFWAX) trading down at 24.28 - 0.08 (0.33%)


Water investors can also read recent interviews and gain insight from Perspectives on the Water Industry by Sector Expert Neil Berlant, Fund Manager of the PFW Water Fund : PFW Water A (PFWAX).

Featured Water Stock Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )

Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.

Dave LeMoine, Wescorp’s VP Corporate Development explains more “Produced water handling and treatment represents an $18 billion cost to the oil and gas industry in the United States alone. The cost of disposing of oil and gas produced water ranges from a low of $0.002 per gallon ($0.08/barrel) to a high of $0.30 a gallon ($12.00/barrel). By contrast, water for agricultural irrigation can be as low as $0.0001 per gallon ($0.004/barrel) and municipal drinking water costs in the range of $0.001 per gallon ($0.04/barrel). The price of cleaning produced water is therefore as much as 300 times greater than municipal water, and as much as 3,000 times greater than agricultural irrigation water. By oil and gas producers incorporating Wescorp’s H20Maxx technology will reduce the use of fresh water, allow for in increase in the recycling of produced water, and have a small impact on the eco system.

Wescorp Energy Inc Showcase Profile Page: http://www.water-stocks.com/CO/WSCE/Default.asp
Wescorp Energy Inc Company Website: http://www.wescorpenergy.com/

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Investing in Water- Impact on Economy

Report/news: An Assessment of Short-Term Economic Impacts of Water and Wastewater
Construction Projects in the United States
Clean Water Council (CWC)

Key Findings:

Investments in water and wastewater infrastructure have immediate, substantial and far-reaching effects on the economy.
At the national level, an investment of $1billion almost triples in size as total demand for goods and services reaches an estimated $2.87 to $3.46 billion.
*The total effect on economic demand is smaller at the state level, but direct investments in water and wastewater infrastructure can nearly double as expenditures for necessary supplies and household spending impact the economy.
Spending to rebuild our infrastructure affects a wide range of economic sectors. Engineering services, heavy equipment, truck transport, and pipe materials are needed to complete infrastructure projects, but businesses
and households, in turn, spend money on goods and services across a wide array of sectors.
An estimated 20,003 to 26,669 jobs can result from a national investment of $1 billion. These opportunities
are spread across the economy with more than one-half of the jobs in industries other than water and wastewater
construction.
Personal incomes and economic security are impacted by infrastructure investment.
An increase in total employee compensation accompanies job creation at the national, state, and local levels.
State and local revenues increase as infrastructure is built or improved, though the size of effects vary by
location, size, and type of project.

Full Report PDF - http://www.nuca.com/files/public/CWC_Sudden_Impact_Report_FINAL.pdf





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Water Stocks Sector Close –Up on Water Stocks Following a Recent Survey Reporting Water Issues are the Top Environmental Concern Worldwide

Water Stocks Sector Close –Up on Water Stocks Following a Recent Survey Reporting Water Issues are the Top Environmental Concern Worldwide


POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –August 21, 2009 www.Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on water stocks following a recent survey reporting water issues are the top environmental concern worldwide. Investors following the sector can find research tools, news and global water stock directory to find opportunities within the growing sector.

Water investors can also read recent interviews and gain insight from Perspectives on the Water Industry by Sector Expert Neil Berlant, Fund Manager of the PFW Water Fund : PFW Water A (PFWAX).


Report/news:
NEW GLOBAL PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY FINDS WATER ISSUES ARE THE TOP ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN WORLDWIDE

Water pollution and shortage of fresh water emerge as most important water-related issues

STOCKHOLM – A comprehensive global public opinion survey on attitudes about fresh water sustainability, management and conservation finds that people around the world view water issues as the planet’s top environmental problem, greater than air pollution, depletion of natural resources, and loss of habitat and climate change.

The poll surveyed 1,000 people in each of 15 countries, and probed 500 in each of the following countries on specific questions: Canada, China, India, Mexico, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The results were released today in Stockholm as part of World Water Week. The independent survey was commissioned by Circle of Blue, the Michigan-based international network of leading journalists, scientists and communicators focused on global water issues. Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) supported the research, which was conducted by GlobeScan, a global survey research firm.
Full Story: http://www.investorideas.com/News/082009c.asp

According to Dave LeMoine, Vice President of Business Development, of Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE),
“The oil and gas industry knows of the term “Peak oil” as production increases, the new term may be “Peak water” let me explain more, it is well known that as fresh water becomes more scarce with global population growth, increasing standards of living in developing countries, and rapid industrialization, and global oil and gas producing companies licensing and consuming a higher degree of fresh water, the reuse of “produced water” is becoming more attractive to the oil and gas industry. Wescorp’s oil water separations technologies H20 Maxx can be the complement to helping producers reuse recycle their produced water. Our technology provides the producers with hydrocarbon free water, this water can play a significant role in providing this renewable resource to increase oil production through injection, or further treatment for other purposes, for example direct discharge in off shore production, recycling frac fluids.”

Water Stocks Sector close- up trading, at close of August 20, 2009

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) trading at $20.07, up $ 0.21 (1.06%)
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) closed at $49.51, up $ 0.08 (0.16%)
Middlesex Water Company (NasdaqGS: MSEX) closed at $49.51, up $ 0.08 (0.16%)
Nalco (NYSE:NLC) ended trading at $17.66, up $ 0.20 (1.15%)
Nephros Inc. (NEPH.OTCBB) closed down at $ 2.30, down $0.23 (9.09%), following a recent impressive run for water investors.
Northwest Pipe (NasdaqGS: NWPX) ended the day at $ 35.64, up $ 0.13 (0.37%)
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) closed trading at$27.24, up $ 0.01 (0.04%)
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS ) ended at $28.33, up $ 0.63 (2.27%)
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE ) ended trading at $0.295, up 0.01 (3.51%)
PFW Water Fund (PFWAX) traded up at 23.41, up 0.30 (1.30%)

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Featured Water Stocks Showcase Company: Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE )
Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTCBB: WSCE) is an Oil and Gas solutions provider focused on deploying its water remediation and environmental technologies that overcome tough operational challenges facing oil and gas operators today on a global basis. Virtually anywhere in the world oil is produced contaminated water is produced, this includes associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production and potable water used in unconventional oil production such as the massive Oil Sands development in Alberta Canada.
Using conventional oil/water/solids separation technology, between 0.05% - 5% (500 ppm - 50,000 ppm) residual oil content remains in the water, Wescorp's patented, proven and highly scalable H2Omaxx microscopic aeration technology addresses this crisis by being able to increase the recovery of oil and reduce the amount of hydrocarbons in the contaminated water to less than 0.001% or 10 ppm. Wescorp's H2Omaxx is extremely economical and environmentally friendly eliminating the use of chemicals, filtration systems, high temperature systems and high pressure vessels.
Wescorp Energy Inc Showcase Profile Page: http://www.water-stocks.com/CO/WSCE/Default.asp
Wescorp Energy Inc Company Website: http://www.wescorpenergy.com/

www.Water-Stocks.com, a portal within the InvestorIdeas.com content umbrella, offers investors research tools, news, Blogs, online conferences, Podcasts , interviews and a directory of public companies within the water sector .The water-stocks content hub has created a global marketplace and meeting place for investors, public companies, industry buyers and sellers of water technology, services and water assets.
Listen to the Investing in Water Podcast to gain additional insight: http://www.investorideas.com/Podcasts/water.xml


Visit the Marketplace to research water opportunities for business and investors: water companies seeking funding and water investors seeking new investment opportunities
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About InvestorIdeas.com:
Investorideas.com creates a meeting place for investing ideas to take form and come to life in an entrepreneurial environment, servicing the needs of small investors and start- up companies to large conglomerates! We cover multiple industry sectors but specialize in environmental and water.

Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured showcase companies (WSCE), news submissions and online advertising. Compensation Disclosure and disclaimers:
www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp http://www.investorideas.com/About/News/Clientspecifics.asp

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