GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company, announced its upcoming World Water Tour, a series of seminars, which will bring water industry experts and industrial water users together to discuss best practices and solutions capable of meeting industry’s increasing need to minimize operational costs, create sustainable supplies of water, decrease energy consumption and meet increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. The 14-city tour will focus on best practices proven in balancing competitive business and industrial demands that often face industrial water users, especially in regions facing water scarcity and quality challenges. For more information on GE Water & Process Technologies’ World Water Tour, please visit www.gewater.com.

The National Asphalt Pavement Association announced the publication of an update to their technical document Recycling Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavements. The text of this guide to the processing of RAP (reclaimed asphalt pavement) at the hot-mix asphalt plant has been expanded. Available from NAPA at $16 per copy call 888/468-6499 or email publications@hotmix.org

ASTM International Amphibian Toxicity test will aid site contamination assessment, WK13030 guide for conducting whole sediment toxicity tests with Amphibians. The proposed guide which is being developed by subcommittee E47.03 on sediment assessment and toxicology will allow users to study the level of contamination in a wetlands area and its effect on animals. All interested parties are invited to participate in the ongoing development for more information contact Amy Hawkins at 805/982-4890 or email amy.hawkins@navy.mil