The next meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the American Filtration & Separations Society is Friday, Sept. 9, from 2:00 to 5:00 at Local Pour in The Woodlands, TX. The meeting will kick off with a presentation from Duane Germenis of Intelligent Water Solutions on media filtration for oil and gas, water analyzer technology and solids removal technology using hydrocyclone technology. The meeting will go until 5pm, giving attendees enough time to network, enjoy complimentary snacks and try out a handheld analyzer.

Duane has worked as a Product Design Engineer, Business Development Director and Technical Service Engineer for the produced water market in such companies as Vortoil Separation Systems, USFilter, Siemens Water Technologies, and Veolia.

Duane started Intelligent Water Solutions to focus on the development of companies and products in the water equipment space. He has been an active member of the Produced Water Society for 32 years and currently serves on the Technical Committee. He also serves on the Permian Basin Water in Energy committee and was selected as the Chairman of the Board of the Texas Water in Energy Institute at the University of Texas Permian Basin in 2019.

Local Pour is located at 1900 Hughes Landing Blvd., Ste. 350 in The Woodlands, Texas. RSVP by emailing chapter president Ken Winston at [email protected].