On June 3, 2008, 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 for
environmental issues that affect our most precious
resource—water!
This day was envisioned initially by me, John Moll of
CrystalStream Technologies, but I was quickly joined by many others who had felt
the need for such an association, but had not yet taken the steps to make 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; Cul-Tech Inc.; Environment 21, LLC; Hydro
International; KriStar Enterprises Inc.; Imbrium Systems Corporation
(Stormceptor); Rinker Materials; Royal Environmental Systems Inc.; StormTech
LLC; StormTrap LLC; and UltraTech International Inc. The founders will be
presenting their association to others to join as charter members at StormCon
’08 in Orlando.
The group viewed Alden
Laboratories as the perfect “neutral” territory for an initial meeting, based on
the decades of professional and unbiased testing and assessment of flow-based
technologies. If 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 ’08 in Orlando, Florida, on August 6, 2008. The Executive Committee
will be meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Chicago Room at the conference
hotel, the Orlando World Center Marriott, but the doors will be opening at 7
p.m. for anyone interested in becoming an Associate or Charter member. All are
welcome.
You can reach the Executive
Committee at swema@yahoogroups.com.