What is a pilot study and why do we need one? Shouldn’t the pilot study be subject to a full environmental review?
United Water has proposed a temporary pilot study that would help the company to identify the best combination of treatment processes that we would use in the permanent facility. Although the plant is not a necessary step in developing a permanent project, pilot studies like the one conducted for United Water’s Haworth treatment facility in Haworth, New Jersey, are considered best practice in the water treatment industry by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The temporary pilot will be used for research purposes and would be significantly smaller than the permanent plant and therefore, according to state environmental regulations, not subject to environmental review. We believe that our customers would want us to conduct a pilot study because it will help to optimize the processes we would use in a permanent facility, help reduce costs BEFORE proceeding with a permanent plant and would demonstrate that water can be successfully drawn from the Hudson and purified to meet
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