Monthly Archives: August 2011

International Ozone Association Meeting in Toronto September 18-21

International Ozone Association meeting will be held in Toronto September 18-21. This meeting offers an informative technical program covering ozone and UV application with regard to the following subjects: disinfection and disinfection byproducts, UV validation and monitoring, advanced oxidation processes, … Continue reading

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Mississauga, Ontario Replaces Chlorine with Ozone, UF and UV

A three-year $106-million project that will replace the chlorine-treatment process with a new advanced 100 MGD plant is underway at the Lakeview Water Treatment plant in Mississauga, Ontario. The process will use a combination of ozonation, ultrafiltration (UF) and ultraviolet … Continue reading

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Sucralose, an Artificial Sweetner, Found in Surface Water

Sucralose, the artificial sweetener in Splenda, passes right through the body, then through sewage treatment systems and out into surface and ground waters with little degradation. It is not clear if increasing amount of of sucralose released into the environment … Continue reading

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Ashland MA Refurbishes Plant for Improved Performance of Ozone System

Ashland and Hopkinton, MA are towns of about 16,000 and 14,000 residents, respectively. They are situated midway between Boston and Worcester in eastern Massachusetts. The Howe Street facility uses clarification, carbon filtration, and ozonation to treat groundwater. Ashland experiences seasonal … Continue reading

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Danvers/Middleton Drinking Water Plant to Adopt Ozone Water Treatment

But by 2015, regulations that govern trihalomethanes (THMs,) when chlorine is used to disinfect drinking water, are forcing the Danvers/Middleton drinking water plant to spend $21 million to redesign the treatment process. Once the work begins, it will take about … Continue reading

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Springfield, MO to Replace Chlorine with Ozone at Water Plant

City Utilities of Springfield, Mo plans on capital improvements for their drinking water infrastructure. The water division plans to build a new million-gallon water tower in southeast Springfield to boost water pressure in that part of the city. In addition, … Continue reading

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Study Says Ozone Technology Sales to Exceed $800 Million by 2015

A BCC Research technology market research report indicates that total worldwide sales revenues for ozone technology were $469 million in 2007, and are expected to increase to more than $800 Million in 2015, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of … Continue reading

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Windsor WTP Wins Best Tasting Water in Ontario Award

The Windsor Utilities Commission and the City of Windsor won the Award for Best Tasting Water at the Ontario Works Association’s annual water testing competition. Windsor was the first municipality in Ontario to utilize Ozone for primary disinfection. Many other … Continue reading

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