Cosmos in the News
Cosmos Technologies awarded ALCOSAN contract to design new filtration system- January 2019
While most people know the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) will be spending more than $3.6 billion in the next two decades in multiple communities in and around Pittsburgh to comply with federal clean water mandates, they tend to forget that, in addition, ALCOSAN will be spending millions more to triple its treatment plant’s capacity to handle the greater flow that work will generate.
Cosmos Technologies President Frederick Douglas didn’t forget. His company recently won the contract to design a new filtration system that will operate throughout the plant’s expansion—and he’s
the prime contractor.
“I am very happy and thankful to be the prime contractor on this project,” he told the New Pittsburgh Courier in a Jan. 28 interview. “Several others, including some large companies, bid on this, but we won. I think our experience with these kinds of mechanical systems, and our process-engineering work, allowed us to anticipate and account for challenges in the system.”
The system Douglas and his team are designing is a temporary hypochlorite filter and is the final filter in the series of pipes, holding and settling tanks, and chemical treatments and filters the plant subjects waste water to before it is discharged.
“It’s called temporary because it will only operate for the four years it takes to complete the plant expansion,” he said. “By the end the plant will go from treating about 100 million gallons a day to 250 million gallons—and our system will handle that.”
Douglas started Cosmos at his kitchen table in 1998, with no employees and no contracts. He now has 19 full-time employees—with offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Akron, and Cleveland—and his proprietary system for treating fracking waste water is patented in the U.S., Canada, Austria, and Chile.
- Christian Morrow, Courier Staff Writer
Cosmos Technologies President Frederick Douglas didn’t forget. His company recently won the contract to design a new filtration system that will operate throughout the plant’s expansion—and he’s
the prime contractor.
“I am very happy and thankful to be the prime contractor on this project,” he told the New Pittsburgh Courier in a Jan. 28 interview. “Several others, including some large companies, bid on this, but we won. I think our experience with these kinds of mechanical systems, and our process-engineering work, allowed us to anticipate and account for challenges in the system.”
The system Douglas and his team are designing is a temporary hypochlorite filter and is the final filter in the series of pipes, holding and settling tanks, and chemical treatments and filters the plant subjects waste water to before it is discharged.
“It’s called temporary because it will only operate for the four years it takes to complete the plant expansion,” he said. “By the end the plant will go from treating about 100 million gallons a day to 250 million gallons—and our system will handle that.”
Douglas started Cosmos at his kitchen table in 1998, with no employees and no contracts. He now has 19 full-time employees—with offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Akron, and Cleveland—and his proprietary system for treating fracking waste water is patented in the U.S., Canada, Austria, and Chile.
- Christian Morrow, Courier Staff Writer
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!
Cosmos Technologies Inc. is proud to announce receipt of a Chilean patent for the ComTak Water Treatment Process. Cosmos now has five (5) patents located in the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia and Chili!
You can read more about the COMTAK patent on our “Environmental Research & Development” page!
Cosmos Technologies Inc. is proud to announce receipt of a Chilean patent for the ComTak Water Treatment Process. Cosmos now has five (5) patents located in the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia and Chili!
You can read more about the COMTAK patent on our “Environmental Research & Development” page!
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Cosmos V.P. accepts SWEP Board Nomination- January 2019 COSMOS’ Vice President, Holly Hudson, has been nominated to fill the sponsorship chair position for the Society of Women Environmental Professionals otherwise known as SWEP. SWEP is a national non-profit professional association of women involved or interested in environmental law, science, business, and policy. The Chapter serves as a resource for members, providing opportunities for professional development through educational programming, social events, mentoring, and public service. CONGRATULATIONS! |
Cosmos Working With PWSA to rid the city of lead lines- December 2018
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Cosmos celebrates 20 years!- January 2018 In January 2018, Cosmos Technologies, Inc. celebrated 20 years in business. Founded in 1998 by Frederick Douglas in his living room, the company has since expanded to 4 locations in Pittsburgh, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Cleveland, OH, and Akron, OH. Cosmos Technologies is an MBE civil engineering firm whose mission is to make a difference. It is the innovation of the company: five patents, exemplary green infrastructure designs, and community engagement and well as the positive difference exemplified by Cosmos’ mentoring opportunities, volunteer efforts and second chance career path opportunities that have set Cosmos apart. In celebration of this momentous event , Mayor William Peduto , City of Pittsburgh declared January 19th , 2018 “Cosmos Technologies Day” and Chief Executive Richard Fitzgerald was on hand to read the county proclamation and affix the Seal of Allegheny County. April 2011 - Cosmos promotes Marcellus water treatment process "Water treatment is a major concern for the drillers because each well uses about 4 million gallons, with about 2 million gallons coming back that need to be treated. Our Process can treat 2000,000 gallons a day at a cost of about $0.15 per gallon. So it is very cost effective," Mr. Frederick Douglas stated at the African American Chamber of Commerce April PowerBreakfast. |
October 2016 - New roads to connect Hills District, Downtown Cosmos had a leading role in the development and design of the 28-acre site of the former Civic Arena. "We're working to correct a mistake that is over 70 years old and in the process we're setting the table for really effective development in Pittsburgh" said Gov. Tom Wolf at the Oct. 7th event. November 2014 - Assisting with Geographical Information and Map Development for Historic Preservation of Pittsburgh Consultants for the city’s planning department spent much of the summer with tablet computers and cameras in Troy Hill. What they reported back will set the course for a citywide inventory of properties. |
