Press Release

Release Date: October 30, 2009

The Oneonta Utilities Board has shown its long-term commitment to sustainability by providing its residents with free gas water heaters to reduce the community's energy usage. Keeping with this environmentally conscious approach, the Board has approved the selection of the MIEX^® Process to improve its water quality and meet future EPA regulations. The MIEX^® Process is an energy efficient, low waste ion exchange process that reduces Disinfection By-Product (DBP) levels by removing dissolved organic carbon that reacts with chlorine to form DBPs.

 "Our mission is to safely and reliably supply our customers with the highest quality solution at the lowest possible cost," said Mr. Rodney McCain, Manager of the Oneonta Utilities Board. "Following a successful pilot trial in late 2008, we selected the MIEX^® Process as the most cost-effective and sustainable option to meet the EPA Stage 2 DBP Rule which will be enforced in 2011," said McCain.

The Oneonta Utilities Board entered into a contract with Orica Watercare Inc. in late September to purchase a 3 MGD MIEX^® System. The system is currently in design with InSite Engineering of Hoover, AL.  The Oneonta system is the third MIEX^® System in the State of Alabama and the second to be designed by InSite Engineering.

About Orica Watercare Inc.

Orica Watercare Inc. is the manufacturer of MIEX^® Systems and MIEX^® Ion Exchange Resins for the reduction of Disinfection By-Products, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Color, Nitrate and Arsenic from water & wastewater streams. Orica Watercare Inc., headquartered in Denver, CO is a subsidiary of the Orica group of companies. The Orica group is the largest supplier of water treatment and industrial chemicals in Australia and New Zealand and is the world's largest supplier of commercial explosives.

Visit http://www.miexresin.com for more information.