Industry Leaders Establish SWEMA

On June 3, at Alden Labs, a group of industry leaders put aside their competitive nature for a day to help establish the Stormwater Equipment Manufacturers Association (SWEMA). This association is a landmark event for the water quality industry and environmental issues that affect our most precious resource--water.This day was envisioned initially by John Moll of CrystalStream Technologies, but he was quickly joined by many others who had felt the need for such an association but had not yet taken the steps to making such a meeting a reality. The new association is anchored by the following companies: AquaShield Inc.; Best Management Products Inc. (The Snout); Bio-Clean Environmental Services Inc.; BaySaver Inc.; CONTECH Stormwater Soultions; CrystalStream Technologies; CULTECH Inc.; Environment 21 LLC; Hydro Intl.; KriStar Enterprises Inc.; Imbrium Systems Corp. (Stormceptor); Rinker Materials; Royal Environmental Systems Inc.; StormTech LLC; StormTrap LLC; and UltraTech Intl. Inc. The founders will be presenting their association to others to join as charter members at StormCon 2008 in Orlando.The group viewed Alden Laboratories as the perfect “neutral” territory for an initial meeting based on its decades of professional and unbiased testing and assessment of flow-based technologies. It was only fitting that this historical event be held on the grounds of such a historically important facility such as Alden Labs.The next meeting will be held at StormCon 2008 in Orlando on Aug. 6. The Executive Committee will be meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Chicago Room at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort, and the doors will be opening at 7 p.m. for anyone interested in becoming an associate or charter member. All are welcome.