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Anand Rao

- Re: Raising the dissolved oxygen in the Chicago River

From:

Anand Rao

To:

thenaturaledge©comcast.net

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Subject: Re:

Raising the

dissolved

oxygen in the Chicago River

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CC:

Alisa

Liu

Dear Mr. Day,

thank you for sharing the information

concerning the Coherent Water Resonator. We are

unable

to meet with

you at this time because of

an ongoing Board rulemaking on the Chicago Area waterway System

(CAWS)

in

Docket

R08-9. We will place your email along with the attachment in

the

CAWS rulemaking docket as a public

comment.

You may file any additional information or comments concerning the CAWS with the Board’s clerk’s

office,

Sincerely,

Anand Rao

Senior Environmental Scientist

Illinois Pollution Control Board

Ph: (312) 814-3956

Fx: (312) 814-3669

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Dear Anand and Lisa, The saga of cleaning the Chicago River continues. I know two things.... 1) I have

a

technology, The Coherent Water Resonator,

that is

capable of

putting 80,000 lbs of

dissolved

oxygen

in

one

billion gallons of

river

water

every

24 hours and 2) Unless we partner with Nature the job of cleaning the Chicago

River will never happen...

So

where

do we go from here....l

will

be in my Chicago

office on Friday (2120109)...I

can meet

with

you at your

office in

the afternoon. The attachment reflects one of the many

letters

I

have

sent to

the MWRD with not much success. Please respond yes or no to the meeting asap so that I can make

arrangements. Rick

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Anand Rao - Raising the dissolved

oxygen in the Chicago River

From:

<thenaturaledge©comcast.net>

To:

<RAOA@lPCB.STATElL.US>, <LIUA@IPCB.STATE.IL.US>

Date:

2/18/2009 1 1:46

AM

Subject:

Raising the

dissolved oxygen in the Chicago River

Attachments: tne letter to MWRD

Commissioners 062408.doc

Dear Anand

and Lisa, The saga of cleaning the Chicago

River continues. I know two

things...

.1) I have a technology, The Coherent Water

Resonator, that is capable of putting

80,000 lbs of dissolved

oxygen in one billion gallons of river water every

24

hours

and 2)

Unless we partner with Nature

the job of cleaning the Chicago River will never happen...

So

where do we

go

from here...

.1 will be in my Chicago office on Friday (2/20/09).. .1 can meet

with

you at your office in the afternoon.

The attachment reflects one of the many letters I have

sent

to the MWRD with not

much success. Please respond

yes

or

no

to

the

meeting asap so that I

can make arrangements.

Rick

file :1/C :\W1NDOWS\Temp\XPGrpWise\499BF5 ODPCBIPCB-CHI10017533771 F023 1

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2/18/2009

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Commissioner,

I

just finished reading Technical Memorandum

6WQ

dated 1/12/07 prepared

by

CTE/AECOM

for

the

MWRDGC. Project 40779, Appendix

F

reflects the capital costs

of supplying supplemental

aeration to Bubbly Creek. Three aeration facilities would be

constructed

on

Bubbly Creek

to

generate

26,600 pounds of oxygen (02) daily to raise the

dissolved

oxygen

of Bubbly Creek.

Three pieces of property would be purchased to

accommodate

the three facilities. The

cost of construction of all 3 would be

approximately

$163,000,000

plus

the land. The yearly

energy

costs and operation and

maintenance costs, Appendix

G, would be approximately

$5,400,000.

The Coherent

Water

Resonator is capable of generating 80,000 pounds of

dissolved oxygen

(0)

daily to raise the

dissolved oxygen of Bubbly Creek. The purchase

price of the CWR and the

operation and maintenance for the first year would be

approximately

$300,000.

The operation and maintenance

of subsequent years would be

approximately

$30,000.

The CWR is

solar. Energy costs during 9 months of the year

would

be

$0.

If

the

unit is run during the winter months, under the ice if necessary, it can

be plugged in to a normal socket and the

energy cost is minimal. The CWR can be

secured on

the

property

of the Racine Pumping Station, 30 square feet of space is needed.

The

CWR is capable of raising the

dissolved oxygen to over 20 ppm with a

saturation

level in excess of 200%.

The

IEPA is going to raise the

minimum dissolved oxygen standards for the

Chicago Waterways. What is presently in place

cannot even maintain present standards.

The Natural Edge has been approved to do business with MWRD. This

is

the

only

technology

available

immediately to allow you to attain your goals

Rick

Richard M. Day

224-723-5040

847-275-651 1-cell