Example
of Projects Undertaken by Epic Management Inc.
Epic Management Inc.
has been a leader in innovative management practices to protect the
environment and improve business productivity. A project initiated
and spearheaded by Epic Management Inc. (Formerly El-Rayes Environmental
Corp.) was selected by The United Nations (UN-HABITAT) as one of the
best management practices. The project illustrated the importance
of partnership between industry and government to achieve effective
protection of the environment.
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/mgroups/success/ccpp4.htm
The following is a partial list of past projects conducted
by the principals during their professional careers.
1.
Water Supply
- Application of ozone for disinfection of water and wastewater
(Las Cruces, NM).
- Assessment of ozone requirements for disinfection of fish hatchery
water supply (Fraser Trout Hatchery, B.C.).
- Evaluation of taste problems in water supplies for Powell River,
B.C.
- Removal of hydrogen Sulfide from well water at Rothsay Heights
Water Company.
2. Wastewater
Collection Systems
- Evaluation of the wastewater collection system and permit amendments
(Mount Seymour Resorts Ltd.).
- Effluent collection and flow equalisation system upgrade (Ocelot
Industries Ltd., Kitimat, B.C.).
- Corrosion control in sewage system (District of Mission).
- Corrosion control in Los Angeles County wastewater collection
system.
3. Wastewater
Treatment
- Construction of an engineered marsh for waste water treatment
and development of wastewater management plan (Biowaste Management
Ltd.).
- Sewage treatment and disposal from a residential development
(Anmore Village, B.C.).
- Sewage treatment and disposal from a residential development
(Mission, B.C.).
- Design of effluent collection, equalising activated sludge
treatment, sludge dewatering and cooling water recycling system
(Reichhold Ltd.)
- Waste management plan for new pulp and paper mill including
closed water system design (Orenda Forest Products Ltd., West
Vancouver, B.C.).
- Treatment and disposal of car-wash water (Khera's Ruskin Centre,
Maple Ridge, B.C.).
- Wastewater disposal at Britco Export Packers Ltd. (Fort Langley,
B.C.).
- Characterisation and treatment of wastewaters from a box board
plant (Crown Packaging, Kelowna).
4. Odour and Sulfide
Control
- A pilot plant study to control sulfide production in a simulated
sewer using ferric nitrate (Los Angeles County Sanitation District,
CA).
- A study on the impact of discharge of primary and waste activated
sludge on sulfide production in the wastewater collection system
(Los Angeles County, CA).
- Biological control of sulfide generation in a wastewater collection
system (Las Cruces, New Mexico).
- Use of hydrogen peroxide for control of sulfide generation
in a municipal wastewater collection system (Albuquerque, New
Mexico).
- Evaluation of odour problems in gravity and pressure sewers
(Chilliwack, B.C.).
- Removal of hydrogen sulfide from Rothsay Heights Water Company
well water.
- Odour and corrosion control in a wastewater collection system
(Mission, B.C.).
- Odour control in a wastewater treatment plant and composting
operation (City of Penticton, B.C.).
5. Stormwater and Runoff
- Characterization of potential Stormwater contaminant contributions
from Industrial and Commercial Operations in the City of Surrey
(City of Surrey).
- Review Of CSO And Urban Stormwater Characterization Study Data
for the GVRD.
- Treatment of stormwater runoff from a bulk terminal at the
Port of Corpus Christi (Texas, USA).
- Urban runoff quality and treatment: a comprehensive review
(GVRD, Municipality of Surrey, B.C. Ministry of Transportation
and Highways, and Ministry of Advanced Education and Training).
6. Pollution
Prevention 
- Status of environmental controls at use in the wood preservation
sector (Environment Canada).
- Development of a code of practice for the automobile recycling
industry (B.C. Automotive Recyclers).
- Development of a pollution prevention guide for the Insurance
Corporation of B.C.
- Development of a technical pollution prevention guide for the
Breweries and Wineries for Environment Canada.
- Evaluation of Pollution Prevention Options for Slater Steel
Recycling.
- Evaluation of Pollution Prevention Options for Unitow.
- Pollution Prevention in the Dry Cleaning Industry (Environment
Canada).
- Development of a technical background document for a code of
practice for the dry cleaning industry (Environment Canada).
- Development of a technical pollution prevention guide for the
automobile recycling industry (B.C. Automotive Recyclers).
- Development of best management practices for the automobile
recycling industry (B.C. Automotive Recyclers).
- The impact of disposable diapers on the municipal solid waste
stream (B.C. Ministry of Environment).
- Modification of operation and waste treatment system to meet
discharge permit requirements (Nalley's Marine Drive Plant Canada).
- Modification of production processes in a synthetic leather
factory to minimize the industrial waste and to improve product
quality (Cairo, Egypt).
- Study of solid wood residue reduction, uses and disposal (Alberta
Forestry, Lands and Wildlife, Forest Industry Development Division).
- Wood gasification system waste management planning (Westcan
Infra-systems Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.).
- Eliminating spent acid discharge from etching process in a
metal plant (LaPoint Engineering Ltd., Kitimat , B.C.)
7. Environmental
Studies and Assessments
- Site assessment for six Automobile Recycling Facilities (confidential).
- Site assessment for Unitow.
- Site assessment for Slater Steel Recycling.
- Site assessment for United Used Auto Parts Ltd of Surrey and
Grand Sierra Construction Ltd, Surrey, B.C.
- Site assessment for Fraser River Harbour Commission, New Westminster,
B.C. and Delta, B.C.
- Assessment of a site at Amix Salvage and Sales Ltd. (Fraser
River Harbour Commission, New Westminster, B.C.).
- Inventory of Methane generation from landfills and other agricultural
activities in B.C (B.C. Environment).
- Inventory of industrial, institutional, commercial, and domestic
chemical discharges into the sewer system within the Capital Regional
District, B.C.
- Inventory of institutional and commercial chemical discharges
into the sewer system within the Greater Vancouver Regional District,
B.C.
- A study on the destruction efficiency of industrial flares
in chemical plants and petroleum refineries in Canada, and recommendations
for a monitoring program (Environment Canada).
- Development of a proposed code of practice for dry cleaning
facilities in Canada (Environment Canada).
- Inventory and evaluation of management measures of greenhouse
gases (methane) for British Columbia (Ministry of Environment,
B.C.).
- Study of solid wastes disposal for the Dewdney-Allouette Regional
District.
- Lifecycle assessment off MTBE-oxygenated gasoline (Ministry
of Environment, Environmental Choice Programs).
- Investigation of use of engineered marshes for the treatment
of liquid effluents (B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education).
- Assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposed Hat
Creek Coal Liquefaction Plant and associated Power Plant.
8. Hazardous
(Special) Waste
- Delisting of Timbercote contaminated wastes (Napier Int. Technologies)
- Assessment of special waste management capabilities in B.C.
(Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks).
- Contaminated light ballasts destruction project.
- Recovery of DDAC from Timbercote contaminated products (Napier
International Technology Inc.).
- Inventory of contaminants produced from Ministry and other
databases.
- Review and Development of Manual for Household Hazardous Waste
Hotline (Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks).
9. Soil
Remediation
- Remediation of Bunker C contaminated soil using physical and
biological treatment methods (MacMillan Bloedel).
- Feasibility study of in-place bioremediation of contaminated
soil (MacMillan Bloedel).
- Soil bioremediation using a heap leaching process.
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10.
Treatability Studies
- A treatability study for removal of cyanide from Alcan wastewater
(Alcan Smelters and Chemicals).
- Application of ultrasonic waves and ozone for destruction of
PCB.
- Treatment of dye wastewaters with a combination of ozone and
sonic energy.
- Characterisation and treatment of oil contaminated wastewaters
(Base Construction Engineering Office, CFB Esquimalt).
- Characteristics and treatability of hog fuel leachate (Norecol
Environmental Consultants Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.).
- Characteristics and treatability of hog fuel leachate (Fletcher-Challenge,
Fraser Mills, B.C.).
11. Pulp
and Paper
- Pilot Scale Anaerobic-Aerobic Lagoon for Dechlorination of
Kraft Mill Effluents (Biofor/Bioqual).
- Wastewater lagoon treatment and cold weather mill shut down
(Eurocan Pulp & Paper).
- Control of sludge bulking in a pulp mill secondary treatment
plant using pure oxygen (UNOX).
- Lifecycle assessment of coated paper (Ministry of Environment,
Environmental Choice Programs).
12. Landfilling and
Leachate Control
- Stormwater and leachate treatment (Biowaste Management Ltd.).
- Investigations of odour and leachate problems at a River Road
Property (Vito Steel Boat and Barge Ltd., Delta).
- Design of leachate containment and Control for a proposed landfill
(Vito Steel Boat and Barge Ltd., Delta, 1990).
- A study to estimate methane emissions from Canadian Municipal
landfills (Environment Canada).
- Landfill Closure Report for the Fraser Port, Richmond Site
(Fraser River Harbour Commission).
- Hydrogen Sulfide and Landfills (Fraser River Harbour Commission).
- Leachate potential evaluation concerning landfilling of a property
in Maple Ridge.
- Proposed design of constructed marsh treatment system for hog
fuel leachate (Department of Highways, Victoria, B.C.).
- Treatment of hog fuel leachates (Fletcher Challenge Canada,
New Westminster, B.C.).
- Hydrogeological investigation of Wantage Landfill to determine
the impact of the landfill leachate on ground and surface waters
(Prince Rupert, B.C.).
13. Air
Pollution Control
- Development of an odour control plan for a municipal composting
operation (Biowaste Management Ltd.).
14. Miscellaneous
- A plan for transportation, storage, handling, and safety measures
for raw materials, fuels, and products of a 500 tonne per day
paper mill (Orenda Forest Products Ltd.).
- Management of maggots in secondary sewage sludge piles for
incineration (Fletcher Challenge).
- Removal of algae from two artificial lakes in Picacho Hill
Golf Club (Las Cruces, New Mexico).
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