ADS Environmental Services and Accusonic Technologies, two divisions of ADS LLC, will each receive the prestigious Innovative Technology Award from the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international not-for-profit technical and educational water quality organization. The awards will be presented during ceremonies at WEFTEC®.08 - WEF’s 81st annual technical exhibition and conference - next month in Chicago, IL.

The Innovative Technology Awards, which include one award for each of the four categories - collection systems, instrumentation, process equipment, and solids handling & disposal, are presented annually to WEF associate members who have introduced new innovative products or services related to the construction, operation, or maintenance of treatment facilities.

ADS Environmental Services® is being recognized in the collection systems category for its ADS Spider™ technology. The ADS Spider merges two existing technologies to increase the efficiency of alarm notification for broad applications including wastewater operations. The device uses cellular service to simultaneously act as an alarm dialer and data logger. It communicates directly with the operator without using an interposing Web service.

Accusonic® Technologies is being recognized in the instrumentation category for its Accusonic 7510+® flow meter technology. The device uses multiple chordal path, transit-time technology with application specific transducers to provide significant flow metering capability across a large range of pipes and channels as well as cross sectional temperature data.

ADS Environmental Services and Accusonic Technologies will be honored during WEFTEC.08, the largest water quality event in North America and largest annual water quality exhibition in the world. More than 18,000 of the world’s leading water quality experts and 1,000 companies featuring the latest in water quality technology are expected at McCormick Place in Chicago from October 18-22, 2008. For more information on WEFTEC, visit www.weftec.org. For more information on ADS LLC products and services visit www.adsenv.com. ADS LLC is an IDEX Fluid and Metering Business.

About ADS LLC

ADS® LLC develops and provides technology-based products and services for the water, wastewater, and hydroelectric industries through three divisions, ADS Environmental Services, Hydra-Stop®, and Accusonic Technologies. ADS pioneered the industry's first flow monitoring hardware and software products 33 years ago, and today continues to provide the highest quality products and services to its clients. The Company is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, and is an IDEX Fluid and Metering Business.

About WEF

Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 35,000 individual members and 81 affiliated Member Associations representing an additional 50,000 water quality professionals throughout the world. WEF and its member associations proudly work to achieve our mission of preserving and enhancing the global water environment.