SET Bluemetric Environmental, Inc.

OTTAWA, Aug. 5, 2011 /CNW/ -- OTTAWA, Aug. 5, 2011 /CNW/ - Seprotech Systems Incorporated (TSX-V: SET) ("Seprotech" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual and Special Meeting of shareholders held on August 4, 2011 Mark Stirling was appointed as a new Director of the Company Mark Stirling was most recently a Vice President, Investments in Ontario at GrowthWorks Capital. Mr. Stirling has held numerous executive and technical positions in both Canada and US, including: COO - Nakisa Inc., COO/CFO - ISOPIA Inc., COO/CFO - GSA Consulting Inc., President - Obvious Systems Inc., Vice President - ABTS Global LP (Aird & Berlis LLP), President - Laurentian Media (ComputerWorld) and Founding President - International Data Corporation (IDC) Canada. Mr. Stirling holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario and a BSc in Physics (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Toronto. Prior to his entry into the private sector, he was a theoretical physicist with NASA. Mr. Stirling serves on a number of boards including GreenCore Composites, Ascentify, Kibboko, Multicorpora, and Natrix Separations. He is also Chair of Hy-Power Nano, and Secretary of the Board of Governors of Hillfield Strathallan College, Canada's third largest independent school. Jordan Grant, Chair and CEO of Seprotech welcomed Mr. Stirling to the board with these comments: "Mark's experience as both an operational leader of growing companies and more recently as an investment manager and corporate director gives him a unique perspective that will strengthen our board even further." Mr. Grant continued, "Management looks forward to receiving Mark's thoughtful guidance and advice as we move into the growth stage of our turnaround plan." Mr. Stirling's appointment is the third new Directorship announced by Seprotech in 2011 and brings the Board back to five members, four of whom are independent. About Seprotech: Seprotech is a provider of pre-engineered water and wastewater treatment solutions to the municipal/land development, resource sector and military market place, including Reverse Osmosis water purification systems, ROTORDISK® biological sewage treatment package plants and CrystalBlue™ membrane-based water recycling systems. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein. Some of the statements in this press release, including those relating to the Company's strategies and other statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "estimates" or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations of the Company. These statements are not historical facts but instead represent only the Company's expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/05/c2057.html p Mr. Ian W. Malone, CFObr/ Tel: (613) 523-1641br/ Fax: (613) 731-0851 /p

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