Control and Prevention of Invasive Bivalves

COUNSELING FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THE INVADING BIVALVE Limnoperna fortunei IN THE MERCOSUR BASINS

.........THIRD PARTY SERVICES PROGRAM

Facultad Ciencias Naturales y Museo
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Macrofouling Services Consultant : Dr. Gustavo Darrigran

Date: October 1994
Company: AGOSBA. Potabilization plant of La Plata City.
Description of Job: Evaluation of the presence of Limnoperna fortunei inside the plant and of control mechanisms against it's settling.
Reference: Cr. Luis Pedro Sanguinetti. Administrador General.
Date: November 1996
Company: Aguas Argentinas. Bernal Potabilization Plant.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant and evaluation of the situation.
Reference: Jefe de Planta General Manuel Belgrano.
Date: December 1996
Company: Aguas Argentinas. San Martín Potabilization Plant.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant and evaluation of the situation.
Reference: Jefe de Planta San Martín.
Date: March 1997
Company: Central Térmica San Nicolás.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant and evaluation of the situation.
Reference: Jefe de Medicina Laboral, Higiene y Seguridad.
Date: March 1997
Company: Siderar
Description of Job: Visit to the plant, diffusion and evaluation of the situation.
Reference: Jefe de Taller Eléctrico y Servicios. Planta General Savio.
Date: May 1997
Company: Swift-Armour S.A.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant, diffusion, evaluation of the situation and counseling.
Reference: Ing. Eduardo J. Hadad. Oficina Técnica.
Date: June 1997
Company: La Plata Cereales.
Description of Job: Diffusion and evaluation of the situation.
Reference: Jefe de Producción. Puerto San Martín.
Date: May 1998
Company: Central Hidroeléctrica Yacyretá.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant, diffusion, evaluation of the situation and counseling.
Reference: Obras Complementarias. Coordinador Medio Ambiente. EBY.
Date: December 1998 - December 1999
Company: Central Hidroeléctrica Yacyretá.
Description of Job: Implementation of the EBY-FCNyM agreement "Monitoreo y evaluación para el Control de Limnoperna fortunei en la Central Hidroeléctrica Yacyretá (CHY)".
Reference: Representante Técnico EBY.
Date: December 1999
Company:Swift-Armour S.A.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant, diffusion.
Reference: Gerente de Ingeniería de Planta.
Date: June 2000- July 2001
Company: Central Hidroeléctrica Yacyretá.
Description of Job: Implementation of the EBY-FCNyM agreement "Monitoreo y evaluación para el Control de Limnoperna fortunei en la Central Hidroeléctrica Yacyretá (CHY)".
Reference: Representante Técnico EBY.
Date: febrero 2001
Company: Administración de las Obras Sanitarias del Estado.Gerencia General (OSE).
Country: República Oriental del Uruguay.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant, diffusion, evaluation of the situation and counseling.
Reference: Ing. Raúl Oyhantcabal, Jefe Unidad Usina Montevideo.
Date: May 2001
Company: Central Hidroeléctrica Itaipú -Binacional-
Country: Brazil-Paraguay
Description of Job: Visit to the plant, evaluation of the situation and counseling.
Reference: Ing. Eduardo Nery Huerta.
Date: July 2001
Company: General Electric International , Inc. Central Puerto Nuevo.
Description of Job: Visit to the plant, diffusion, evaluation of the situation and counseling.
Reference: Esteban Hesse.
Date: November 2001
Company: Repsol - YPF Ensenada, Bs.As.
Description of Job: diffusion and evaluation of the situation.
Reference: Ing. A. Heinke.
Date: Febrero de 2003
Company: Frigorífico Casablanca, Paysandú.
Country: República Oriental del Uruguay.
Description of Job: Diagnosis.
Reference: Eugenio Schneider
Date: Octubre de 2003
Company: CTSN, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Description of Job: Diffusion and diagnosis.
Reference: Ing. Lucio Nuñez.
Date: Septiembre de 2003
Company : Central Nuclear Embalse, Embalse, Pcia. de Cordoba, Argentina.
Description of Job: Diffusion of the problem.
Reference: Ing. Fernandez Acevedo.

For more information contact us by e-mail:
invasion@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
gdarrigran@malacologia.com.ar

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